Train with Us
Developed through 20 years of instruction in New York City public schools.
Our Children’s Yoga Teacher Training program teaches participants how to lead yoga classes that meet the diverse needs of students at each grade level, improve their social and emotional skills, and prepare them for learning. Open to all who are interested in applying yoga and mindfulness practices and philosophy to their work with youth. Yogis, non-yogis, teachers, parents and teens are welcome!
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Our Training
Led by BOL founders, senior teachers and subject matter experts in education, childhood development and psychology, trauma, and racial awareness.
You will learn
Self-Care for Teachers
Yoga for Childhood Development
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
Positive Behavioral Management
Racial Autobiographies & Reflections
BOL’s Best Practices for Yoga in Classrooms
Yoga Curriculum & Lesson Planning for Grades Pre-K–5
Yoga Curriculum & Lesson Planning for Grades 6–12
Cost: $1,750*
*does not include fees for fingerprinting, materials, or Yoga Alliance registration
95-Hour RCYT Certification
Bent On Learning is a Registered Children’s Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance. Those who complete the full 95 hours of training will be certified as a Bent On Learning yoga instructor and eligible for YA’s RCYT certification.
Continuing Education Credits
Bent On Learning is an educational partner of Course4Teachers, an affiliate of the University of the Pacific/Benerd College. School teachers and staff may earn graduate-level professional development credit for our training.
“Bent on Learning’s team is wonderful and very experienced in how to run a Yoga class for the youth. I’m more confident now in guiding students, and I hope it brings peace, calmness, and clarity to their lives.
I’m looking forward to volunteering and
supporting this great program!”
milton scher
new design high school
“I have taken many yoga trainings over the years and even led a 25-hour kids yoga teacher training module. This training topped them all in terms of the amount of information provided. I learned how to create clear, engaging, age-appropriate lesson plans, I better understand the unique developmental stages of K-12th graders, my classroom management has also improved."
Tanya, Educator
Success Academy
New York City
“BOL does a fantastic job. We were welcomed and we created a true learning relationship. Not even in face-to-face courses have I had an experience like this...I don't thank you alone. I also say this on behalf of the children who are practicing these beautiful teachings.”
Flavio Teixeira
IT Specialist/Yoga Teacher
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
"The information and the experience of the BOL program
has enhanced my whole being as a teacher and a yogi. Learning
about neurodiversity and trauma-informed yoga practices, the readings required, the conversations, lectures and in-person
Zoom experience all contributed to the impact on my
personal and professional life."
Alisha Zebulon-Sow
Dance Teacher/Parent
New York City
"I have weaved in BOL’s student/kid-centered practices while working with students in the public education system. It has enabled me to effectively work with all entities of the school community."
Janine DaSilva
Crisis Intervention
NYC Department of Education
