10-Day Kids Yoga Teacher Certification Intensive

Immerse yourself in the complete Grounded Kids Yoga certification program with our focused 10-day experience. You’ll move through all four training steps with expert faculty guidance, gaining the skills, resources, and confidence to teach trauma-informed yoga to children and teens in schools, studios, therapy settings, and community spaces. This program is offered in person at our Alpharetta, GA studio or live online via Zoom, with mailed materials for online participants.

This certification meets the requirements of the 95 hour specialty in Children’s Yoga (RCYT) with Yoga Alliance. You do not need to already have your 200 hr RYT in order for this to count.

This training takes place at least once each summer. Now is the time to email us your preferred dates for summer 2026.

What You’ll Learn

Master the Grounded Kids Yoga curriculum

  • Learn 84 Grounded poses with modifications and enhancements to meet individual needs.
  • Plan lessons, themes, and class structures that engage and inspire diverse populations.
  • Use specialized mini flows and mantras to balance each chakra, and practice creating your own with intention.
  • Teach 11 essential alignments to children with skill, clarity, and creativity.
  • Gain a working knowledge of general anatomy and physiology.

Respond skillfully to every child

  • Manage classes based on each student’s constitution and prevailing elements.
  • Address common behavioral challenges with practical, compassionate strategies.
  • Understand the what, why, and how of yoga for children with Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and other special needs.
  • Assess and effectively respond to individual children in both group and personalized yoga settings.

Enrich your classes with creativity and observation

  • Integrate literature, art, storytelling, music, and games to elevate learning.
  • Fine-tune your observation skills, teach to what you see, and give effective manual and verbal adjustments.
  • Receive personalized feedback to refine your teaching practices and become an effective, dynamic leader.

Bring yoga to every environment

  • Introduce yoga into schools and understand its impact on students, teachers, administrators, and communities.
  • Deliver curriculum-based yoga for P.E., Health, and even classroom settings with desks.
  • Apply trauma-sensitive yoga training for youth, including user-friendly information on PTSD and neurological changes from trauma, chronic pain, and recurrent stress.

Deepen your own practice and professional path

  • Engage in introspection and conversations that inspire best practices in teaching yoga to children.
  • Teach mindfulness, meditation, mudras, and breathing techniques appropriate for ages 3 to teens.
  • Create a vision-based action plan and receive tools to support your business growth.

For a detailed breakdown of what is included in each step, including all mailed materials for Zoom participants, see the complete course descriptions under our Step 1–4 trainings.

Certification Path Pricing

  • 10 day intensive is considered bundle pricing – Early Bird: $2,096 / Regular: $2,296
Grounded Kids Yoga transparent pricing chart for certification program, showing early bird discounts for each training step and bundle savings

Our Graduates Speak For Themselves

  • I Felt Supported & Inspired

    I traveled from California to attend the summer intensive in Georgia in 2019. Amy was wonderful about answering all my questions over the phone and email about the training and also the logistics of getting there. I loved how this training made it accessible to teach kids real yoga beyond just the poses and also blended different styles of yoga. The intensive was well planned out and the energy and heart that Amy and Sedef brought made me feel supported and inspired throughout the two weeks. I would definitely recommend this training to anyone considering teaching kids. Not only did it make me feel prepared to teach real yoga to kids, but it was a great addition to my 200 hr and 300 hr trainings and I’ve brought some of the things I’ve learned through Grounded Kids into my adult classes as well.
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    Brittany T.

  • Never A Dull Moment

    I highly recommend the Ground Kids Yoga Teacher Certification Intensive! Amy and Sedef managed to turn a virtual training into a very personal, connected, safe self-enhancing, and highly engaging experience. Every day of the training was filled with YOGA and included movement, dialogue, meditation, self-reflection, learning, and laughter. There was never a dull moment as we worked our way through the very thorough and well-developed Grounded Kids Curriculum and Step 1 – Step 4 Training Manuals. A great deal of vital material was covered, yet it was presented in an incredibly organized and accessible manner. Amy and Sedef created a space where I felt comfortable being vulnerable and asking questions. They openly and lovingly shared their vast expertise and built confidence in trainees by treating us as part of the Grounded Kids Teacher community from the beginning of the training.
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    Najia A.