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A Special Yoga foundation training will give you the tools to bring the children in your care to a space of calm, promoting learning, healing and joy.
This Special Yoga for Special Children course provides you with the knowledge and techniques to support children with a diverse range of additional needs. On completion, you’ll be confident to assist children with diagnoses of autism, cerebral palsy, PMLD and down syndrome, in addition to complex needs and anxiety disorders, and to guide groups or 1:1 in holistic practices to foster their physical, emotional and mental well-being.
Course Structure & Timetable
This course is self-paced online learning with a mix of pre-recorded videos and written material.
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Practices included are: Special Yoga Precepts and Self Learning, Pranayama - Breathwork, Asana - Postures, Sound and Rhythm, Relaxation, Mindfulness, Massage and Energy, Working in Groups and Working with Adolescence
Sharing the Practices: when you have graduated the course you will be able to adapt the practices to any condition or diagnosis including Autism Spectrum Disorders, Aspergers, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia, PMLD and Down Syndrome.
The investment of your time and money in a Special Yoga course is repaid through the benefits you’ll see with the children but is also a great addition to your CV. Some of our parent graduates who joined the course to share yoga with their children go on to become Special Yoga practitioners sharing with other groups of children or offering one to one sessions.
If you are sharing Special Yoga as a job you will need have insurance and we work with a company who recognise the value of our training. They will require a copy of your course certificate which demonstrates that you have passed your assignments and have had 40 hours of training.
How are the forty hours made up?
Self-paced Learning
You will have access to the online course. Content will be drip-fed over 2 months to help you pace your study. You can choose to study when suits you. The course should take 3 months to complete, but you will have access to the online course for ONE year and can complete the course at any period within that time window.
Live Online Clinics
There are regular live online clinics that you can attend for free to ask any questions you may have throughout the training. To certify you will need to attend a minimum of 2 Clinics, but there is no maximum number of clinics. You can access them for free as long as you are on this course.
Certification
To gain certification you will need to complete 4 assignments once you have finished working through the course materials . When completed, we’ll set you up with a mentor who will read through the assignments and then arrange a free 1:1 online zoom meeting with you to give feedback on the assignments and ensure you have a solid understanding of the Special Yoga methodology and practices. On successful completion of this, you will be sent out a course certificate.
Self Practise and Embodying the Practices
Being a Special Yoga practitioner means you will work from the heart. This is not only a result of our teachings but also as a result of the work you do day to day to practise self care and compassion.
In the course you will find practices to support a personal practice. Our Heart Meditation, Grounding Yoga Practice and Coherent Breathing are key but be lead by your own instincts daily as to what will best serve you.
Time has been set aside within the forty hours for your daily practice and we trust you will honour this.
So that's the forty hours.
The Small Print
Course Refund and Transfer
Our refund and transfer policy was available to view on our website prior to a student making a booking. They are as follows:
Refunds
If you have booked onto a Special Yoga course you will not be eligible for a refund unless it has been cancelled by us.
If you have signed up to a payment plan you are reminded that when purchasing you have agreed to continue to make those payments until the full amount of the course fee is paid.
Transfers - after course start
If you have already started the course and, for whatever reason you wish to transfer to a later course you will still be responsible for full payment of the first course.
Please write to info@specialyoga.co.uk with your transfer request.
If agreed you will be eligible to join the subsequent course at half price.
You will be sent a discount code along with a booking link for the subsequent course.