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YOU ARE INVITED TO......

Kids’ Yoga Teacher Training,
for Yoga Visionaries
with Maalaa

A wonderful opportunity to love Yoga,  do Yoga, be Yoga, talk Yoga, think Yoga... Be a kid, be enthralled, be delighted, and be excited about why it’s today’s hot topic and why we’re in it!!
See the list of upcoming trainings.

This is ideal for Yoga Teachers, School Teachers, ECE Teachers, ESL Teachers, Daycare workers, Special Ed workers, Child Health Care workers, Nannies and Parents who are interested in sharing the joy of Yoga with the children who light up our life.

Some of the aspects of this ever-unfolding realm that we will explore:

• Yoga for Kids is Yoga for Life:  Living Philosophy for Young Minds, Maalaa’s Zap Raps, Mudras, Poems, Stories
• Teaching age-appropriate poses: Yoga Flows or Vinyaasa for kids of all ages (including the grown-up variety!)
• Lesson Planning, Assists, Modifications, Props, Partners, Group Formations
• Themes, Stories, Songs to complement and enrich your Yoga programs
• Art projects, Yoga Science, Presentations, Plays, Creativity
• Techniques for attracting and holding attention, Problem Solving
• Launching your Kids’ Yoga program
• “Yoga Party!” – with kids— a first-hand experience of Yoga magic in action. 

Winnipeg: April 5,6, 2008
@ 'St. Norbert Art Centre'
100 Rue Des Ruins du Monastere
To register, contact Nikki :  Tel.: 204-291-6538 
Email: nikki-shanti@hotmail.com

Montreal:  April 11, 12, 13, 2008
Studios Lyne St-Roch (514) 277-1586
4416, St-Laurent, bureau 103, (entre Marie-Anne et Mt-Royal)
Montréal (Québec) H2W 1Z5
www.lynestroch.com   info@lynestroch.com

Vancouver:  May 9, 10, 11
@ Sourcepoint Shiatsu Center
3263 Heather St. (b/t 16th & 17th)
To register, call (604) 730-1026 or (250) 244-1553
maalaa@theyogatree.com    www.theyogatree.com

Toronto:  June 13-15
Location:  Friday, June 13th, @Yoga Sanctuary
2 College Street, Suite 301
Saturday and Sunday,  TBA
www.theyogasanctuary.net/teacher-training-kids-yoga.html

Sweden:  July 18 – 25
Details TBA

Norway:  July 25 - 27
Details TBA

Newfoundland:  Sept. 19 -25
Details TBA

Vancouver: Oct. 10, 11, 12
@ Sourcepoint Shiatsu Center
3263 Heather St. (b/t 16th & 17th)
To register, call (604) 730-1026 or (250) 244-1553
maalaa@theyogatree.com    www.theyogatree.com

PHOTOS FROM PAST TEACHER TRAININGS AND KIDS' YOGA CLASSES

Mandala Magic	Balance with Flair	Room with a View
Character Pose	Through the Downward Dog Tunnel	Playing Cards
Sunstar	A Different Angle	A Playful Moment
Singing Along	Tunnel of Love	Sailboat
Bridge	Forest Scene	Blossom

TESTIMONIALS:

I wanted to tell you how much I got from your workshop now two weeks ago.  I woke up dreaming about it for a solid week!  I had the songs all in my head and just felt so full of life.  I even felt my feelings toward my children and toward my parenting responsibilities shift in a wonderful way.  It was quite remarkable.  I can't really do it justice with words and didn't fully appreciate how much the experience was reaching me when I was in it. ~Marci Babineau, Montreal

My little boy is crazy about the Yoga Song. I have to sing it for him at bedtime. And when I play your CD he does the movements (the way he feels them...which is not really similar to anything I am doing in front of him...but it’s so cute to see). In the shop and in the street he keeps shouting out YOGA. ~Eva Olson, Oslo, Norway

I would like to personally thank you for such a beautiful weekend. You are truly an inspirational woman. Thank you as well for being so kind to my kids, they had a wonderful time and already know all the words to the YOGA song, too sweet. ~ Carolyn Koziolek, Toronto

I wanted to thank you again for the wonderful weekend workshop.  It was very inspirational and helped me feel like I was going to find the path I needed.  I really did walk out feeling refreshed, positive and excited to get my head and soul creating ideas for yoga and kids!! ~Dana Crudo, Vancouver

Through your multifaceted approach to teaching, you illuminate the special place within each of us where we are as we have always been. Reminding us that this flame of compassion, creativity and stillness is what unites us with each other and the whole universe, you weave song, science, movement, silence and voice into an experience that makes learning fun for all ages. ~Patrice Webb, Vancouver

“Thank you so much for offering this weekend’s workshop.  It was a joy to meet you and to observe the laughter and love that you share with the children in your class.  It was one of those experiences that I feel has truly opened my heart to be more a loving, patient and compassionate person.  My heart feels like I shed an old outer layer and am feeling shiny, new and golden.  I do not recall having laughed so much since I was a child.  I dropped my inhibitions and felt free of all the years of social conditioning.  I also feel that I have learned more about the breath, bandhas and teaching Aasana than ever before.  Thank you, Maalaa, for sharing your knowledge.” ~Julie Fournier, N. Vancouver

“That was one of the best yoga workshops I’ve ever taken! Thank you………you are such an inspiration to me, really. I used the CD at class last week, we did guru hops and savasana was better than ever. We are so blessed to have teachers like you in our lives. Thank you and Namaste”. ~ Dhana

“My mind has just been buzzing with ideas and I've just been filled with inspiration as I begin to work on my programs for the summer. Yesterday I went to my volunteer work in a grade 3 class and did some yoga with the kids. We talked about and experienced our inner/outer eyes, how our bodies let us do things, and also trees - we made willow trees, oaks, palms, fruit trees, cedars etc. and swayed in the wind, dug our roots. Then we discussed what the trees need to live (earth etc.) and how we also need those things and how that inner space we explored is connected to all of it, and how our inner space is always there unchanging etc. And you know Maalaa, you could just see and feel most of the kids really getting it and loving it!!  So thank you so much.”
~Kristina Wilkes