What Makes Grounded Kids the Best Kids Yoga Teacher Training?

Wondering what sets Grounded Kids Yoga apart from every other kids yoga program out there? This isn’t just another certification or set of flashcards. Grounded Kids Yoga is a complete methodology that weaves together child development, trauma-informed care, energetic systems, and real-world teaching tools into one powerful, life-changing experience. Rooted in the chakra system and five universal elements, our approach equips you to teach with clarity, confidence, and heart, whether you’re in a classroom, studio, therapy setting, or living room. Led by deeply experienced and widely respected educators Amy Haysman and Sedef Dion, Grounded Kids Yoga offers the most comprehensive kids yoga training available, with printed curriculum, pose cards, themed lesson plans, and direct mentorship you won’t find anywhere else. If you’re searching for a program that honors the whole child and gives you everything you need to lead with purpose, you’ve found it.

How do you support me after training, with curriculum, resources, and real tools?

After you complete training, you’ll still have access to the people and tools that helped you grow. We provide continued guidance through private groups, resource updates, and ongoing connection with Amy, Sedef, and the wider Grounded Kids Yoga community.

The materials you receive are meant for long-term use. These include lesson plans, pose cards, visual guides, creative games, and templates for different teaching environments. Our goal is to give you everything you need to keep growing and teaching with confidence.

What makes Grounded Kids Yoga different from other kids yoga programs?

Grounded Kids Yoga is built on the belief that children deserve real, rooted yoga. Our methodology is based on the chakra system and five universal elements, delivered in ways that are developmentally aligned, emotionally fluent, and trauma-informed.

Each training step comes with a full bundle of teaching materials you won’t find anywhere else, pose cards, and curriculum tools so you’re ready to teach real yoga right away. Grounded Kids Yoga is not a watered down version of a bunch of different kids yoga trainings. Our program is original and created by expert educators and moms with a total of 7 kids. Everything we teach has been tested and approved by children of all ages, true yoga masters, pediatricians, chiropractors, OT’s, PT’s, speech therapists, leaders in the fields of special education and trauma and parents. Amy and Sedef are experienced educators and authentic leaders who have trained thousands of professionals while continuing to mentor and teach themselves. Our graduates say it best: they feel changed, not just certified.

Why is it important to teach real yoga to kids and not just games or movement activities?

When children learn yoga with intention, they gain tools for self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience. Real yoga creates space for them to notice their breath, connect with their body, and grow into their own strength and stability.

Our lessons do include play, imagination and creativity, but everything we offer is designed to support the nervous system and emotional development. Teaching real yoga gives kids a lifelong foundation for inner clarity, focus, and well-being. When yoga is reduced to movement without mindfulness or breath awareness we miss the opportunity to help kids develop lifelong tools for emotional intelligence, regulation, and self-awareness. Real yoga builds a child’s inner compass. It helps them understand their breath, their choices, and their relationship to the world around them.

At Grounded Kids Yoga, we respect children as capable, intuitive beings. Our approach teaches yoga with depth and clarity so that even the youngest students learn more than poses; they learn presence, patience, and power. You’re not just filling time in a classroom or studio or entertaining them at home, you’re giving kids skills they’ll carry for life.

How is your training more emotionally fluent and developmentally aligned than others?

Every part of our training is grounded in the real lives, rhythms, and needs of children. You will learn our 84 signature poses and how to sequence based on energy, attention, age and emotional readiness. Our lesson planning template includes space for alignment actions, heart actions, “tune in” practices, and guided integration.

This means you’re not just teaching kids how to stretch. You’re teaching them how to self-regulate, connect, and reflect. We help you see beyond behavior to the nervous system underneath it, and meet each student where they are with both clarity and compassion.

Does Grounded Kids Yoga prepare me to teach in schools, therapy settings, and everyday real-life with my own kids and grandkids?

Yes, this training prepares you to teach in all of those settings with confidence and clarity. Grounded Kids Yoga is designed for real-life application, whether you’re leading a classroom of students, guiding a therapy group, or simply looking for ways to connect more deeply with your own children or grandchildren.

We teach you how to adapt each practice for the environment you’re in, including desks in a classroom, cushions in a therapy space, or a rug in your living room. You’ll learn how to use movement, breath, and language to create safe, meaningful experiences that support focus, emotional regulation, and connection. Many of our graduates use what they’ve learned both professionally and personally every single day.

I’m already a teacher or therapist, how will this expand my skills and credibility?

Our training complements and enhances professional skills you already use. Whether you’re a classroom teacher, a licensed therapist, or a yoga instructor, you will leave with a new level of insight into how to guide children through movement, breath, and self-awareness.

We give you a system that is both structured and flexible. You’ll receive language that supports regulation, tools that deepen social-emotional learning, and a framework that allows you to respond with clarity and purpose. Many experienced professionals have said this training gave them resources they had been searching for in other programs without success.

Do I need to be flexible or have a yoga background to succeed in your training?

No prior experience with yoga is required. We welcome parents, educators, counselors, and anyone who feels called to support children through meaningful, movement-based practices.

You’ll learn the fundamentals of alignment, language, and energetic understanding as part of the course. What matters most is your willingness to show up, learn with openness, and offer kids a space to grow.

How does your method support nervous system literacy, trauma-informed care, and SEL?

Our training helps you understand your own nervous system before you begin teaching others. We guide you through the science behind stress responses, regulation, and polyvagal theory, and then show you how to apply that understanding in a way that feels safe and empowering for children.

You’ll learn to recognize signs of dysregulation, teach from a place of grounded presence, and use movement, breath, and imagery to support emotional healing. Our curriculum builds self-awareness and resilience in both teachers and students.

What’s included in your certification that I won’t find anywhere else?

Our certification offers a complete, intentional system designed to support you as both a teacher and a person. You’ll receive printed manuals, full-color pose cards and mini pose cards, curriculum books aligned to the chakras and five universal elements, lesson templates, creative tools, and teaching prompts that help you bring clarity, purpose, and creativity into every class. Everything is built with real teaching environments in mind, from classrooms and therapy offices to after-school programs and family settings.

The Grounded Kids Yoga method was developed by educators with deep experience in child development, yoga, and energetic systems. It is rooted in years of classroom teaching, therapeutic application, and work with children of all ages and needs. Every tool we provide is grounded in care, tested in real-world use, and designed to support meaningful learning and emotional growth.

You’ll receive a framework that’s clear and adaptable. We provide structure and guidance, and you bring your own presence, creativity, and lived experience to what you teach. Think of it as a canvas, a set of paints, and a palette. You paint the picture. Grounded Kids Yoga teachers build from a strong foundation and create something that feels personal and alive.

This certification also includes a strong element of mentorship. Amy and Sedef remain actively involved and accessible. They are experienced educators who continue to teach and support every member of our community. Many graduates stay connected long after completing the training, returning for collaboration, encouragement, and guidance as their teaching evolves. Our program is built with intention and generosity, and that spirit stays with you.

Is this training really worth the investment?

Absolutely YES! The value of this training is felt long after the sessions are complete. Many of our participants come for professional reasons, but stay connected for deeply personal ones. The most common feedback we receive is that this training helped people feel more connected to themselves, not just more prepared to teach. One person told us, “I feel like I came home to myself.” Another shared, “I signed up to learn how to teach yoga to kids. What I didn’t expect was how much I would grow, heal, and reconnect with my own joy.”

This program invites you to show up as you are and build something meaningful from that place. You are guided, supported, and respected through every step of the journey. The materials are beautiful and useful. The teaching is clear and heartfelt. The people you meet often become part of your lifelong community. If you are looking for something that will strengthen your sense of purpose and help you feel steady and inspired again, this training is an investment in that kind of transformation.

To talk about a school or district program, reach out to Amy Haysman at amy@groundedkids.com, or see the full training pathway.