Why I Love Teaching Toddler Yoga

Toddler yoga is one of the most joyous classes you will ever teach. But how did I get here, and what can I share with you on your own journey?

My Journey

In 2017, I became a certified pre and postnatal yoga teacher, thanks to the fabulous Sally Parkes. It had been my dream from the very start of my yoga teacher training to support women through their pregnancies, birth, and beyond — and this training became the foundation for nearly a decade of teaching what I love.

I immediately fell in love with Mum & Baby Yoga. I taught it with my own youngest child, and although he had to "retire" at 7 months (the moment he started crawling), I taught this class three times a week, and it always brought me such joy. Sally then invited me — or, more honestly, I think I pestered her into it — to assist on the Pre & Postnatal YTT and lead the Mum & Baby Yoga module. I've been reveling in this role for many years, and many of you reading this may know me from there.

But when the babies started crawling, just like my little one did, the class stopped working — for mum or baby. So I trained in pre-school yoga and created the class so many of my mums were asking for: the one that comes after Mum & Baby Yoga. I now call it Mini Movers.

Over the years of teaching, I perfected and honed my classes. I was always determined to bring in as much yoga for mum as possible, while introducing yoga to the kids through story, dance, music, song, and play.

When I moved house a year ago, I met a wonderful teacher called Kate. She was already teaching toddler yoga locally, and our timetables clashed — so I finally decided to do what so many of you have been asking me to do for years: write a 30-hour CPD training so you can take this work back to your own communities and teach it with joy.

It's been a six-month journey, during which I've deepened my own knowledge and risen to the challenge of putting everything you need into one training — everything you need to teach these classes successfully.

Whether in your own classes, in studios, or in nurseries and pre-school settings, helping to fill those "dead" yoga hours of the day, my Mini Movers Training has finally arrived. I believe it's exactly what you need to take the next step in your yoga teaching journey. The first cohort trains this autumn, with one day online (Sun 27th September) and two days in person at Jing Studio, Central Brighton (Sat 3rd, Sun 4th October).

Numbers will be limited to ensure everyone gets the support they need to leave the training ready to teach.

I would love you to join me

If this story resonates with you — if you've taught Mum & Baby Yoga and watched your littlest students start to crawl their way out of your class, or if you've simply been waiting for a joyful, well-structured way to bring yoga into nurseries and pre-schools — Mini Movers was created for you.

Spaces in the first cohort are limited, and early bird pricing closes soon. 👉 Find out more and join the waitlist I can't wait to share this wonderful style of yoga with you. Heather x