95-Hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training · Online

Become the teacher who helps a child befriend their own body, breath and mind.

A 30-day certification in the living Nath tradition of Sri M — training you to teach yoga to children aged 6 to 14 with real depth, real skill, and real confidence.

Yoga Alliance RCYS

AYUSH · YCB recognised

Indian Yoga Association

Small cohort

A certification recognised in India and worldwide

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Logo of Yoga Certification Board, YCB
Logo of Indian Yoga Association
Logo of Bharat Yoga Alliance, 200 hours Registered Yoga School

Why this course matters

Children today carry loads they were never built to carry.

Long school hours. Screens that never switch off. Pressure to perform before they can tie their shoes. Less unstructured play than any generation before them. We see it in their shoulders, their sleep, their short fuses and their anxious questions. They are not broken. They are simply carrying too much, too young, with no tools to set it down.

Yoga gives a child something no app and no tuition class can: a steady body, a calm breath, and the quiet confidence of knowing their own mind. A child who can lengthen their out-breath before a test, who can stand like a tree when life wobbles, who has felt real stillness once and knows the way back to it, carries that for life.

Teaching yoga to children is not a smaller version of teaching adults. It asks for different skills, a different language, and a different heart.

That is exactly what this training gives you. Not a folder of games, but the real craft: how a six-year-old’s mind differs from a thirteen-year-old’s, why the breath calms the nervous system and how to teach that to a restless class, how to carry a value inside a story so it is remembered for years, how to keep a room of energetic children safe, engaged and genuinely changed. You leave able to plan a class, hold a class, and stand in front of children with calm authority — and with a recognised certification that opens real doors.

95

Hours of certified training

30

Days, fully online & live

6–14

Age range you’ll be trained to teach

RCYS

Yoga Alliance registered school

What your teaching will give children

The gift you’ll be trained to pass on

Every hour of this course points back to the child on the mat in front of you.

A calmer nervous system

Child-safe breath and relaxation that genuinely settle anxiety, anger and over-excitement — tools a child can use under a desk before an exam, and for the rest of their life.

A strong, capable body

Age-appropriate strength, balance, flexibility and posture that counter screen-time slump and growing-body strain, taught with full attention to safety.

Focus and self-control

Attention and impulse control built through play — the move-and-freeze, the steady gaze, the quiet minute — skills that carry straight into the classroom.

Emotional intelligence

Children learn to name and steady their feelings, and to be kind to themselves and others, through the yamas and niyamas lived as stories and games.

Confidence and resilience

The wobble in Tree Pose, the patience of the hundredth try — children learn to fall, smile, and grow again, on the mat and off it.

Values that last

Kindness, honesty, gratitude and cooperation, carried inside stories and partner play rather than lectured — remembered long after the pose names fade.

Why BYK is different

Most kids’ yoga courses teach you games. We teach you to teach.

Anyone can hand you a deck of animal poses. Very few can give you the depth that turns a hobbyist into a teacher children remember.

An authentic living lineage

BYK is guided by Sri M, a disciple of Maheshwarnath Babaji in the ancient Nath tradition. You are not learning a repackaged Western format — you are receiving an unbroken transmission, taught with the depth and integrity of a genuine parampara.

Real depth, not just activities

Proper child psychology (Piaget, Erikson), the physiology of the breath and the growing body, the scriptural roots of every value, and the craft of storytelling — all simplified for children, but understood in full by you. You leave with two comprehensive handbooks you will use for your whole career.

Hands-on from day one

You practise, teach, and receive personal feedback throughout — not just watch slides. A deliberately small cohort means real mentoring, a graded teaching assessment, and the confidence that you can actually lead a class when you walk out.

What you get Typical course BYK
Approach A set of games A teaching craft
Child development A slide or two Taught in depth
Anatomy & safety Generic Growing-body specific
Philosophy roots Skipped Lived & simplified
Lineage Commercial brand Nath tradition, Sri M
Reference handbooks A few handouts Two full manuals
Mentoring Large groups Small cohort
Recognition Varies RCYS · AYUSH · IYA

Upcoming batch

Reserve your place

Cohorts are kept small for genuine mentoring. Early registration is recommended.

Dates

1 July – 30 July 2026 (30 days)

Timing

  • Weekday
    5:30–6:30 am & 5:30–6:30 pm (Mon–Fri)
  • Saturday session
    4:30–6:30 pm (longer integration class)

Mode

Online · live via Zoom

Fee

INR 25,000 + 5% GST | USD 300 | EUR 265

Where this takes you

A certification you can actually build a livelihood on

Children’s yoga is one of the fastest-growing areas of wellbeing — and qualified, confident teachers are in real demand.

  • Design complete, age-appropriate class plans for children 6–14

  • Lead a children’s class with calm, confident authority

  • Tell stories that carry yogic values and hold a room

  • Teach breath, relaxation and meditation safely to children

  • Simplify yoga philosophy so a nine-year-old understands it

  • Manage energy, behaviour and mixed abilities with warmth

  • Keep every child physically and emotionally safe

Schools & pre-schools

Many schools now seek trained yoga teachers for curriculum, PE and wellbeing slots. Your certification, with BYK’s recognised accreditation, is exactly what they look for.

Studios & after-school programmes

Run dedicated children’s classes, holiday camps and weekend workshops — a service most studios want and few teachers can deliver well.

Your own online & community classes

Teach independently from home, in your neighbourhood, or online, with the materials and confidence to start straight away.

The RCYT pathway

On completion you receive a certificate from BYK (RCYS). If you already hold an RYT-200, you become eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (RCYT).

Who this training is for

If you have a sincere heart for children, you belong here

No prior teacher training is required — only a personal practice and the wish to make a difference.

Practitioners ready to teach

You’ve felt yoga’s gifts in your own life and want to pass them to the next generation.

Aspiring kids’ yoga teachers

Ready to build a fulfilling path, starting from a solid, recognised foundation.

Yoga teachers (RYT-200+)

Specialise, add a new dimension to your work, and unlock the RCYT credential.

School teachers & educators

Bring movement, mindfulness and calm into your classroom in joyful, practical ways.

Childcare professionals

Add tools that genuinely support the children in your daily care.

Parents & caregivers

Understand yogic principles deeply enough to support your own children’s growth.

The 95-hour curriculum

A complete, structured education — not a checklist

Built around the Yoga Alliance RCYS framework, blending tradition with modern child development. Tap each part to see what’s inside.

  • The living lineage: Guru-Shishya parampara, the Nath tradition and the story of Sri M
  • What yoga truly is — origins, the eight limbs of Patanjali, and the four streams of yoga
  • The scriptural definitions, and how to simplify each for a child
  • The yamas and niyamas as lived values, taught through story and play
  • Ethics, ethical touch, and child protection (including POCSO awareness)

  • How children think and feel at each age — Piaget and Erikson made practical
  • The three age bands (6–8, 9–11, 12–14) and what each needs on the mat
  • How children learn: attention, movement, story, song and repetition
  • Behaviour management and helping children regulate their own emotions
  • Inclusive teaching: ADHD, the autism spectrum, anxiety and physical differences

  • Growth plates, joints and the safety rules that follow for a child’s body
  • Posture, the spine, and undoing screen-and-school-bag strain
  • The nervous system and why the long exhale calms — the science you’ll teach
  • Energy anatomy: prana, the nadis and the chakras, taught with integrity

  • Sukshma Vyayama and Surya Namaskara for children, with the mantras
  • A full library of asanas — standing, seated, prone, supine and partner poses — taught safely and playfully in the BYK tradition
  • Child-safe pranayama and breath games (no retention, no force)
  • Mantra and chanting, mudras, meditation, mindfulness and yoga nidra for children

  • Storytelling as a teaching tool — choosing, building and telling a yoga story
  • Krida Yoga: games that train focus, breath, balance and cooperation
  • Art, craft and creativity in the yoga class
  • The architecture of a class, sequencing, and building real class plans
  • Working with parents and schools, and building your teaching career

  • Observation of real children’s classes, with structured reflection
  • Peer teaching, assisted teaching, and supervised lead teaching
  • Personalised feedback and your own development plan
  • A final assessed teaching demonstration

  • Yogic diet and daily routine for children
  • Written examination and practical assessment
  • Course reflections and certification

Each participant receives two comprehensive handbooks — a Theory manual and a Practical manual — plus class-plan templates and ready-made sequences to use from day one.

Your 30-day journey

From practitioner to confident children’s teacher

Week 1

1–4 July

Foundations

The tradition, the philosophy and the values you’ll teach — plus your own practice of Sukshma Vyayama and Surya Namaskara begins.

Week 2

6–11 July

The child & the body

Child development, how children learn, behaviour and inclusion, the growing body and safety — alongside daily asana practice.

Week 3

13–18 July

Techniques in depth

Breath, sound, stillness and energy — pranayama, mantra, meditation and yoga nidra, both practised and learned to teach.

Week 4

20–25 July

The art of teaching

Storytelling, games, creativity and class planning — you start designing and leading your own sessions.

Week 5

27–30 July

Practicum & certification

Supervised teaching, your assessed demonstration, written examination, and graduation.

Live morning practice sessions build your own sadhana; evening sessions deepen theory and methodology; Saturdays are longer integration workshops. Guided assignments between sessions turn everything you learn into real teaching skill.

Meet Instructor

Vijayendra
Venkatesha

Lead facilitator for the Children’s TTC, kids’ summer camps and Balavidya classes. Over seven years guiding students across all ages, with a strong command of asana sequencing and breathwork.

Chitra Ganesh

M.Sc in Yoga for Human Excellence, trained under Kalaimamani M.R. Chandrashekhar, with certifications from Kaivalyadhama and Yale. For Chitra, yoga is the golden thread running through life.

Dr. Shubha Chetan

Ayurvedic physician and yoga therapist with a PG Diploma in Yoga Therapy from SVYASA, and certified in pre- and post-natal yoga. She brings holistic healing to her teaching.

Srilakshmi

An artist in love with colour, who sees every shade as a doorway into emotion and meaning. She leads the art and creativity strand of the training.

Good questions

Frequently asked

No. This course is open to anyone with a sincere heart for children and an established personal yoga practice. If you already hold an RYT-200, you also become eligible for the Yoga Alliance RCYT credential on completion.

Yes. BYK is a Yoga Alliance Registered Children’s Yoga School (RCYS), and our institute is recognised by the Ministry of AYUSH, the Yoga Certification Board and the Indian Yoga Association. You receive a BYK (RCYS) certificate on successful completion.

Fully online and live via Zoom over 30 days: morning and evening one-hour sessions on weekdays, and a longer two-hour session on Saturdays. Between sessions you complete guided assignments and your own practice, with full support and two comprehensive handbooks.

We keep cohorts small and attendance matters, but life happens. Speak to the team — recordings and catch-up guidance are available so you can stay on track and meet the certification requirements.

Plan and lead complete children’s yoga classes for ages 6–14, tell teaching stories, lead breath and relaxation safely, manage a class with confidence, and step into teaching in schools, studios, camps or your own classes.

Alongside the live sessions you keep a daily practice journal and complete a small set of practical assignments each week — a child observation, pose cue-cards, a recorded story, three full class plans, and a practice-teaching session. They are designed to make you a genuinely capable teacher, not to fill time.