STORY YOGA: The MAGICAL ZOO
Professional Development Workshop
A dynamic, fully-immersive 3-hour training designed for educators, storytellers and caregivers of children aged 2 – 6+years.
Explore an exciting array of creative animal and transport poses and in a wonder-filled Story Yoga adventure to the Magical Zoo! Includes kids yoga games and useful breathing techniques! Experience how children’s yoga can offer a brilliant holistic teaching strategy that fully supports all strands of the Te Whāriki curriculum.
Upcoming Trainings:
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- You’ve just missed this PD in Auckland and Wellington. Keen to be notified about the next ‘Story Yoga: the Magical Zoo’ PD? LET US KNOW HERE!
- Looking at offering this in TAURANGA late January too, so please get in touch asap if you’re interested!
- Investment $135 or $160 to include invaluable support manual – view here Group discounts 10% discount for bookings of three or more; 20% for 6+ (one invoice) Limited to 20 participants
- IN-HOUSE PD – info here
Story Yoga: The Magical Zoo serves as a stand-alone introduction to Kids Yoga or as an invaluable refresher for those who have attended our Storybook Yoga PD, offering an expanded repertoire of poses, class plans and games.
Workshop content:
‘The Magical Zoo” PD explores Kids Yoga through essential animal poses, both traditional and creatively modified, in a way that resonates with children’s innate sense of fun and engages their vivid imaginations. We embark on a drama-yoga adventure to reach the mysterious Magical Zoo using fun individual, partner and group poses to travel there, observing and emulating nature as we go. Our session includes kids yoga games to reinforce our learning, some useful breathing techniques and guided relaxation. Participants come away with an educational, fun, healthy activity that they can share over and over again.
Workshop presenter Michaela Sangl is a highly qualified and experienced yoga teacher for children, teens, partner yoga and adults integrative yoga with a formidable background in performance and the arts. She is the director of Yogi Kids and her passion is making yoga fun, imaginative and accessible to children. To learn more about Michaela, click here.
‘The Magical Zoo’ class is always a winner with children and the concept can be easily varied by teachers to create an endless array of fun classes with imaginative contributions from the kids! It’s very important to me that teachers walk way from a Yogi Kids PD with something that they can implement with confidence and success straight away.” – Michaela Sangl
Screenshots from Yogi Kids handbook:
If you have any further questions, please contact Michaela on 021 229 0197 or email info@yogikids.co.nz
Michaela Sangl – manta ray yoga pose
Testimonials
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Craig Smith (Wonky Donkey)
Author & Kid's entertainer
Some people are good at yoga, but not good with kids; some people are good with kids, but not at yoga (like me). Michaela is great at both! Add to this her wonderful voice and creative thinking and you have a yoga class that is fun, highly imaginative and leaves kids in a really positive and relaxed state. Highly recommended!
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Kristin
Devonport
Michaela is such a creative and generous yoga teacher. Her classes are fantastic and, as an added bonus, my daughter has been able to get to sleep more quickly at night by using some of the relaxation techniques.
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Holly Moss
Holistic Nutritionist "The Food Pharmacy'
Michaela is a very passionate yoga teacher and artist, who inspires children with her energy, enthusiasm and creative ideas. She combines yoga with her knowledge of geography, nature, art, movies and children’s literature in fun-filled classes in which the children get some great exercise, breath awareness and relaxation, whilst learning more about the world. Michaela puts a great deal effort and planning in to each class to ensure that everyone has a fantastic time!
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Tracy
Ponsonby, 7-10yr class
Michaela, I am really impressed with how much energy you put into your classes and how much time you spend preparing!!! It really is an amazing class. You are very in tune with each of the children and Penny’s confidence and concentration is improving. Most importantly, Penny really looks forward to going!
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Becky
mum of Esme, 4yrs
We love Yogi Kids! Esme is entranced and captivated and it is the highlight of her week. She is becoming greatly aware of her body and repeating the postures all week.
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Marcus Rinaldi
My very energetic six year old son loves going to kids yoga with Michaela. Her creative and imaginative techniques as well as her ability to build a bond with every child in the room are what make her stand out.
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Theresa
Devonport, 6-10yrs class
Our girl has learnt to swim, to play netball and tried Kelly Sports, but none of these have given her an inner light like Yogi Kids! I can see she is so very proud of herself and of what she is achieving in these classes! She will be back next term!
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Ana
Titirangi, 3-5yrs and caregivers
Michaela has a wonderful way with children and takes them to a fantasy place where they feel like they are playing but most of the movements are yoga moves disguised in play. A great way for your child to stretch and breathe and for parents to get a chance to as well!
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Justin Buckingham
Glasshammer, Visual Effects
Bubbly, fun, creative, intelligent, a cornucopia of information; until I Michaela, I thought I was the only person with these qualities. Michaela is a uniquely talented person whose classes I highly recommend to everyone.
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Charlotte Penman
Jewellery Designer, Devonport
My 4 year old son and I did a term of pre-school yoga with Michaela and we both absolutely loved the classes. They were fun, engaging and creative and we can’t wait to do more. My son learnt breathing techniques and poses that helped with his focus and confidence and Michaela always prepared really exciting lessons that engaged and inspired the children.
