Training You to Take Care of Yourself
Educating You to Support Others
Empowering You to Make a Difference.
What Is Special Yoga?
“Everything we teach at Special Yoga is grounded in love,
with respect for ourselves and compassion for those in our care. Everybody has the right to shine.”
Jyoti Manuel - Special Yoga Founder
In Schools
Practices for the whole classroom. Calm teachers are effective teachers.
Many of us work in education because we want to make a difference; our training helps you do that more effectively.
Re-ignite your passion, regulate your classroom and help your kids succeed.
Inset, bespoke, and twilight training.
At Home
Learning to self-regulate is the most important thing you can do for your child.
The responsibilities and pressures associated with caring for children can easily take their toll, especially with children
with additional needs.
Learn how to fill your own cup first and then really show up for the whole family.
In Healthcare
Self-care changes everything about how you can benefit those in your care.
Wherever you work and whoever you care for, Special Yoga gives you the tools to facilitate growth, connection, ease and happiness in your clients and yourself.
From babies through to elderly adults, Special Yoga makes a real difference.
Your State Matters
Special Yoga combines body, breath and mindfulness practices that benefit the practitioner first; calm caregivers create the foundations for calm children, teens and adults with additional needs.
Initially creating a calm state Special Yoga offers the potential for everybody to:
Experience less physical pain and emotional trauma
Form rewarding relationships with all those around them
Learn practical communication skills and techniques
Improve natural sleep and digestion patterns
Develop cognition, fostering a greater capacity to learn
Build strength, coordination and flexibility
Practices are accessible, adaptable and effective for everybody and easy to follow and share with those in your care. No prior knowledge of yoga is required.
Foundation Training
Our training courses run online with live teaching webinars, study groups, and practical and theoretical self-study.
You can also take a blended course where the webinars are replaced with in-person training.
Special Yoga for Special Children Foundation
Designed to educate and support anyone caring for children with additional needs. Learn about a variety of conditions and the remedial techniques and adaptations for each. We teach you how and when practices can be adapted for different situations and populations. Help every child thrive, whatever their diagnosis.
Special Yoga & Mindfulness for Autism & ADHD
Teaching you how to support the behaviours and challenges of these diverse populations however a diagnosis presents.
The techniques you’ll learn are invaluable resources when caring for those with ADHD or Autism at home, in healthcare settings and in mainstream and specialist schools.
On graduating, you’ll have a solid understanding of the needs and how to meet them across the spectrum of conditions.
Special Yoga for Cerebral Palsy & PMLD
Learn how to guide your children to find emotional peace and ease in their bodies. We’ll teach you how to create communication pathways to manage fear and anxiety while reducing physical pain.
The training explores the different types of diagnosis, from quadriplegic CP to hemiplegia and the varying challenges that each one brings, including seizures, digestive challenges, and sleep.
Yoga for Adults with Additional Needs
Share the Special Yoga methodology with less-able groups of adults. The skills learned can be used in settings supporting dementia, the elderly, and vulnerable adults.
Graduation means you’ll be able to nurture adults’ physical, mental and emotional well-being, whether with reduced mobility or impaired cognitive function.
Our advanced training courses have been developed to further your learning, guiding you to reach your full potential as a Senior Special Yoga Practitioner.
Advanced Training
Special Yoga for Special Children Level 1
Build on the skills you developed in the foundation course and dive much deeper into the practices.
Learn an even more comprehensive range of techniques to use with the children, explore a broader range of conditions, populations and settings to work in and be guided to further explore your personal development.
Special Yoga for Special Children Level 2
The final step on our practitioner journey and the most in-depth and extensive. Comprised of 17 modules, Level 2 guides you on a deep exploration of yourself, the children, the conditions and the practices.
Delve into topics such as the sensory system, fascia, embodied listening, non-violent communication, singing and somatics. Upon completion, you’ll be a Senior Practitioner, meaning you have the potential to become a study group leader and support trainings.
Special Yoga Online Community
Ancient Wisdom, Contemporary Science, Global Community.
A space for everyone supporting anybody with additional needs.
Parents, Carers, Teachers, Yoga Teachers and Healthcare Professionals.