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Teach Children Meditation - level 2 Course

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June 2012 (Edinburgh) - 1 place left

Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September(Edinburgh) - 3 places left

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Calm Kids - How to teach children meditation professionally...

This professional 2-day course provides the advanced information and skills necessary to professionally teach children how to meditate.

The professional course teaches you how to establish a practice of meditation sessions for children in your community - schools, local youth groups, privately and is ideal for those already (or looking to work) with children in this capacity eg, school teachers, learning assistants, therapists, yoga teachers.

The course will give you an advanced perspective and experience of teaching meditation for the purpose of relaxation, reducing stress and empowering children with meditation techniques to help them to develop their creativity, emotional intelligence, self esteem and remain calm in moments of high stress.

What you will learn on the Teach Children Meditation Programme - level 2

Through this course you will:-

• Understand the broad range of meditation techniques available and how to apply these to different settings/age groups
• Learn how to professionally set up a meditation environment suitable for children - on a 121 or group basis
• Understand how to work with children who are ADHD or on the Autistic spectrum
• Learn how to support the families of those with children who are ADHD or on the Autistic spectrum
• Learn how to write meditations with children in different age groups (under 6's, 7 to 12, 13+)
• Practise meditation delivery with different timescales (1 minute, 5 minute and 15 minute sessions)
• Learn different methods of using the breath in meditation with children
• Learn how to further develop self awareness to strengthen their teaching meditation skills
• Learn how to use specific props to support meditation practice (mandalas, mudras, crystals/stones, colour, day-to-day objects)
• Understand the energy centres and how they apply to meditation
• Appreciate the importance of grounding techniques in meditation and how to apply them to children
• Follow a code of ethics when teaching meditation to children
• Learn about contraindications to teaching meditation to children
• Understand how to cope with strong energy reactions to meditation
• Know how to market and promote their meditation practice
• Aware of the required professional conduct when teaching meditation to children

Costs, Venue, Timing

The course costs £250 and includes:

• 2 full days of training
• training manual
• training CD to aid practise
• follow up practise and share sessions for students
• listing on our website as a meditation teacher
• a diploma certificate for insurance
• follow up support by email/telephone/quarterly online newsletter

The Level 2 course takes place in our city centre venue in Edinburgh and runs from 9.30 to 5pm both days. We restrict the size of classes so pre-booking is required.

Useful Information

Entry Requirement - completion of level 1 of the TCM programme.

Disclosure Checks - in order to complete your training, we require a copy of a basic disclosure check to confirm that you have a clear history with no criminal charges.

Assessment - to complete your level 2 training to a professional standard, assessments must be completed. These include case studies (group and 121 sessions), CD/DVD recording of delivering a meditation to children, essay and home written test.

A 15% discount is available for those on low income benefits or who are a full time student. Evidence of low income/benefits is required. Please email in the first instance.

ILA funding can be used toward level 2 (or combined Level 1 and 2) of the TCM programme. Please email us in the first instance if you have an ILA account (only students in Scotland)

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