Flower Yoga Teacher Training Course

"I whole heartedly recommend Tara Rachel Jones' Flower Yoga teacher training! As a special educator, in the field of education for 20 years, I learned more from Tara Rachel regarding children's development than I did in graduate school. For what feels like forever, I have had a strong knowledge base for working with differently abled children, and to a large degree, I had not kept up with staying formally educated on teaching to typically developing children. Tara Rachel's curriculum beautifully showed me how to tap into and expand the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills of children using the many gifts found within a yoga lesson. Her curriculum, supported by research driven articles and texts, took a serious look at the science behind the practice of yoga as well as the philosophy of yoga and how all of its many pieces holistically support the whole child. With regards to self-study, I appreciated Tara Rachel's assignments outside of class (yoga class observations, reading assignments and summaries, self- practice (yoga postures, meditation), journaling and even an exploration into ayurveda. Most important, the training helped me come home to myself. As a very small child, I did not give myself permission to fully express myself through play and this often got in the way of my being playful with my students and my very own children. Throughout the Flower Yoga training, I discovered waking up to movement, music, story telling, and art in ways that all seemed brand new to me. I am forever grateful for this training and I think it should be on every children's yoga teacher training list!"

-Elizabeth Seeger-

E-RYT 200, RCYT. RCYS

Founder of Stretch What Matters

Mother, Educator, Teacher Trainer

"Flower Yoga teacher training, masterfully lead by Tara Rachel Jones is positively one of my life's most special experiences. Nurtured by her astounding multi-decade spanning experience as an early childhood educator and daily yoga practitioner, Jones is able to fully capture the stages of childhood development. She encapsulates childhood and provides a structure for teaching that facilitates ease in lesson plan creation. Jones models peace and loving kindness with every movement she makes and verse she sings. Steeped in knowledge about yoga philosophy, educational styles such as Montessori and Waldorf, this training is taught in such a way that any one that participates will walk away with myriad ideas and inspiration. The training manual is in depth. To walk away with it is to walk with both the facilitator's and her mentor's life's work. You get such a richness from the manual that it feels like bonus material."

-Lara Hocheiser-

E-RYT 200, RCYT, RCYS

Founder of Flow and Grow Kids Yoga

Mother, Author, Educator, Teacher Trainer  

"I took Tara’s Teacher Training Course for Children in 2015 at Sivananda Yoga Ranch. I couldn’t be happier.  It was 10 days of a very intense work and fun. I could write a book about the program itself, but you really need to experience that. The only thing I would say, that after the 10 days spent with Tara, I was ready to comfortably teach yoga to children and families, lead yoga programs at schools and community centers, I knew how to register my business, how to advertise and price my services, all the “dos and donts” that were necessary to just go out and be a children’s yoga teacher. And that’s what I did. A week or two after my training, I was organizing classes and teaching. I have been successfully doing it since then, teaching in local schools, centers, giving private lessons, etc. And all that’s great, but for me, the most important aspect is the constant support and mentorship that Tara offers after the training is over. You become a member of a beautiful Flower Yoga Teachers Family.... its a bit like becoming an Ivy League College alumni, but better." 

-Marta Gil-

RYT 200, RCYT

Young Flower Yoga

Mother, Educator