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Niroga Teacher Training: Teaching Yoga to Youth

June 16 & 17, 2012 Saturday and Sunday: 12:00pm -6:00 pm Bring your brown bag lunch. Snacks & drinks provided Invite friends to this event on Facebook

Location: Niroga Yoga Studio Cost: $300 Registration Form (PDF) No refunds For more information email

Some of the topics our training will cover include:

• Introduction to Niroga; Core values and objectives
• Teaching Yoga to at-risk youth in school settings (elementary through high school) and in juvenile hall
• Building self-control and resilience through centering, breath-work, and movement
• Understanding and managing transference & counter-transference
• Learning effective classroom communication in schools and juvenile hall settings
• Best practices
• Guest speakers who are experts in their field

Yoga for Youth Testimonials

"Hard to improve on such a valid program. Training was great!"
- Yoga for Youth participant, October 2010

"I loved the guest speakers and the role play. Having the youth come in at the end was also very helpful to validate the effects. A genuine environment of trust was cultivated."
- Yoga for Youth participant, October 2009

"This training is head and shoulders above anything else out there!"
- James F, Yoga Instructor for IPP at San Quentin Prison

"Every day I am seeing the transforming effects of the Healing Yoga Protocol in Juvenile Hall - it really works!"
- Erin H, Niroga instructor at Alameda County Juvenile Hall

"The guest speakers were informative, powerful, and brought real insight to the work.  Lots of great "how to" tips and ideas for problems solving."
  - Yoga for Youth participant, January 2012

"Wonderful trainers: Kind, sharing, informed, funny, reassuring and realistic.  Time for questions was perfect."
 - Yoga for Youth participant, January 2012

Niroga's Yoga for Youth Teachers

Danielle Ancin has been teaching dance and yoga to children and young adults for more than a decade. Her desire to share sustainable, dynamic tools for resilience and positive youth development drives her work, which has included integrating yoga into humanitarian assistance and violence prevention programs in Colombia and teaching yoga classes in communities affected by violence throughout Latin America. She is a Niroga Program Manager and Niroga Yoga Corps instructor. Danielle is also involved in research on the effects of Niroga's Transformative Life Skills on youth development.

Annika Hanson was born and raised in the Bay Area. At the age of sixteen an automobile accident left her with several spinal fractures and unable to live a normal teenage life. During her recovery a friend invited her to attend a yoga class, and she began to experience the self transformative properties of yoga and meditation. In her quest to empower others through the practice of yoga she continued her study, obtaining a certification from It's Yoga in Miami in 2004 and an additional certification from the Niroga Institute, with an emphasis in yoga therapeutics, in 2006. She is committed to raising awareness about the healing benefits of yoga and meditation. Annika coordinates the Niroga Institute programs in Alameda County Juvenile Hall, including the work of Niroga instructors and the research work being done to assess the impact of this work on the young people.