ZenKids✦Yoga & Mindfulness Training
Next intake - 25th, 26th, 27th November 2026 at SunFyr Barns in Norfolk.
Match funded training to share the transformative power of yoga and wellbeing practices with children (EYFS, key stage 1 and 2) in your school or community. In the last three years, the likelihood of young people having a mental health problem has increased by 50%, a problem exacerbated as a result of the pandemic. However, yoga has a positive effect on stress, physical and mental wellbeing for children; it is now more important than ever to put yoga in action to strengthen the wellbeing of the next generation. Train with us and make change today.
Freedom Wellbeing Project is committed to widening access to wellbeing education within schools and communities. Through community fundraising, sponsorship, and grant funding we may be able to offer match-funded or subsidised training places. This can reduce costs to individuals, organisations and schools by up to 50%. For example: Freedom Wellbeing Project contributes 50% the individual, organisation or school funding contributes 50%.
All Trainings take place at SunFyr Barns in Norfolk.
Training dates ✦ 2026-2027
25th, 26th, 27th November 2026
13th, 14th, 15th Jan 2027
31st March, 1st April, 2nd April 2027
April 28th, 29th, 30th 2027
2nd, 3rd, 4th June 2027
Empower young people: train with us
We are looking for applicants from primary schools, charities, and community hubs to join a fully funded training programme designed to increase access to yoga and wellbeing for children across Norfolk. The programme includes three days of in-person training at SunFyr Barns, after which you will be equipped to offer free children’s yoga classes in your local community. We’ll support you to feel confident in sharing mindful movement, breathwork, and inclusive yoga practices that help children feel calm, connected, and supported.
Increase your impact and better serve the communities on your doorstep; choose to specialise in yoga and wellbeing for kids and start supporting local families today.
Applicants might be a parent running a community group, a Forest School or outdoor learning leader, a SEND specialist or practitioner, a teaching assistant, teacher or nursery worker - or hold another relevant community-based role connected to children or young people.
One Day CPD for Kids Yoga and Mindfulness Training
Among our other offerings, we also have One day CPD Kids Yoga and Mindfulness Training - available upon the request of schools and organisations.
A friendly, practical day for participants to learn to help teach children regulation tools that feel kind, realistic and effective. This could take place as an inset day in schools or be held at our sister business and venue - SunFyr Barns in Norfolk. Learn movement for stress management, breath and mindfulness tools to support children to improve their concentration, classroom participation, build confidence, and ability to connect with their peers.
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Deliver to your community
In exchange, you deliver free classes to local communities of need that wouldn’t otherwise be able to access yoga and wellbeing resources.
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Lead local change
We equip you with practical tools, accessible resources and a clear pathway to confidently deliver inclusive yoga & wellbeing sessions in your own community.
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MATCH-FUNDED training
Freedom Wellbeing CIC is willing to match fund 50-50 for this 3 day course worth £595. This means you only pay £297.50 to become fully equipped with the skills and resources to share yoga & wellbeing with teens.
Course content
Kid’s Yoga based movement & mindfulness, EYFS, key stage 1 & 2 (primary school age) via the ZenKids programme
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The experience of exploring children’s yoga and wellbeing. Children’s yoga has to be fun, co-creative, full of adventure and story-telling, it needs boundaries, and safety, and involves community and togetherness. We need to think about the difference in the ages we teach in terms of enjoyment, catching imaginations, curriculum, and safety for growing energetic bodies.
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The building blocks of every class. Specialising yoga to the needs of young people, including mindful moments, appropriate safe and fun asana, playing with pranayama and specialist and imaginative shavasana. We need to teach the full range of yoga asanas appropriate for each child’s age and encourage the benefits in a fun and inspirational way.
Includes a downloadable manual full of children's yoga postures and games, mindful moments and guided meditations for children.
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Teaching a safe class. Development, adaptations, and contraindications, what’s happening throughout growth and what this means for your yoga and wellbeing instruction.
Motor skills:
With our Children’s Occupational Therapist contributing to the content, this course is great for developing gross-motor skills, fine-motor skills and core stability, helpful for children when in the classroom.Proprioception:
We also focus on proprioceptive exercise which reassures the nervous system, this has a calming effect on the body and mind. -
Community, Collaboration, Calm and Confidence, working together to support and encourage each other.
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Exploring the Yogic values of peace, truth, honesty, self-control, freedom, contentment, willpower, insight, resilience and compassion. Using story-telling and time travel to transport us into exploring the freedom of our imagination and creating meaningful mindful moments.
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Proprioceptive power
Yoga Bursts - 5-minute calming and resilience solutions for the classroom
Asana games
Imagination station
Mindful moments
Guided relaxation for chilled out kids -
We support you to start teaching your community group, with information on brand presence, business planning and marketing musts.
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Full attendance of the course, 5 short essays, demonstration of safe teaching during the training.
Contact Training Days
Next intake - 25th, 26th, 27th November 2026
9.45am - 5.30pm, SunFyr Barns in Norfolk
3 days of in person training, plus 5 short essays (600-1000 words each) which will total around 45 hours of training.
Community Delivery
Free classes for kids
After completing your training, you’ll begin offering free children’s yoga and wellbeing classes in your local community. These sessions should be accessible to groups who may not otherwise experience yoga and wellbeing support.
While there’s no formal delivery period or set structure, we encourage consistency and care in how you share what you’ve learned. You are responsible for organising and delivering these sessions independently, with the freedom to tailor them to your setting.
More details about the programme structure here:
Make ◖ change today
If you are interested in joining our Kids Yoga and wellbeing training programme, please fill out an application form.
We cannot wait to bring yoga and wellbeing to communities that need it most - and change the world for the better, one breath at a time.