Welcome

We’re glad you stopped by.  We created this site as an expanding resource for those who want to facilitate the inner and outer development of children.  Our links page will guide you to more quality websites and our blog will give you a place to share and learn with others who are interested in the wellness of children and families.
 
Global Family Yoga provides tools, based in the science and art of yoga, for nurturing the development of children into the happiest, healthiest and most well balanced individuals they can be.  These tools include various training programs for those who care for and about kids.  Parents, teachers, health care workers and other professionals who work with young people can benefit by augmenting their expertise with these techniques.

Now you can become a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance® AND become certified to teach yoga to children at the same time!  Once you've completed our comprehensive training, you will be a qualified RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) able to share the gift of yoga with both children and adults.

What's New?

YOGA FOR CHILDREN IN THE BAHAMAS

Our Director of Training, Mira Binzen E-RYT, will again be a guest instructor at the Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas.  She will be teaching a one-week Yoga for Children course in this lovely setting from February 28-March 6, 2010.

This course provides a comprehensive approach to teaching Yoga to children.  The curriculum includes -

• Physiology and anatomy of child development
  
• Teaching playful asanas
  
• Breathing and relaxation techniques for children
  
• Meditation for children
  
• Adapting asanas, meditation, breathing and relaxation for children of different ages
  
• Teaching health awareness to children
  
• Developing the spiritual teachings for children
  
• Making Yoga for children creative and fun with chanting, music, art and stories

Registration is open to all Yoga practitioners, to certified Yoga teachers from all traditions and to professionals working with children (school teachers, sports instructors, pediatric practitioners and others) who have an established Yoga practice. 

You can see all the details and register at the Sivananda Bahamas website.

What's Next?

KNOW YOUR YOGA

Our next 20-hour weekend training is Know Your Yoga: philosophy, history & ethics April 16-18 in Chicago, Illinois.

This course is like a weekend getaway to India!  You will be submerged in the ancient wisdom of this fascinating culture from which Yoga has evolved. We will explain the 3 gunas, 4 paths, 8 limbs, 196 sutras and 5 koshas, while we share a few great stories and a couple of myths. The weekend will be spent exploring the vast topic of yogic philosophy, history, culture and myth in an experiential and integrative way.

You do not have to be part of the certification program to participate in this fun and enlightening weekend.

Please call us at 312-324-3119 for more information or click here to register now.. 

Visit our calendar page for a current list of all our training opportunities.