Kiddie Yoga

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Hi, I'm Carine Robin. I obtained a Master's degree in Psychology in Belgium in 2002, specialising amongst other things in child psychology. I started my career in Belgium working for various social services including a foster care agency, a contact centre and a day centre for adults with mental deficiency. In parallelI, I also worked as a private counsellor for children and their family.

I was a member of a Drama club for 12 years while living in Belgium which gave me a taste for teaching group activities.  I undertook various drama and art-therapy short courses that gave me tools to use in my role as a psychologist in Belgium. I especially liked running a drama club for adult with mental disabilities. More than just play, the club helped the members to express themselves in a safe and welcoming environment.

Without knowing it, through my different trainings, I was already incorporating minfulness and yoga techniques in my professional practice (I remembered learning and teaching the Tree pose as a concentration technique in Drama).

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In 2006, I moved to Ireland and started to work in a daycare nursery with children from birth to 5 years. This is where I discovered the Montessori education. 

When I was pregnant with my first child, I attended some pregnancy yoga classes and I remember that it was the only time during the week when I was able to focus solely on myself and on my body. Those classes were my first encouter with yoga and I felt straigh away that it was good for me.

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In December 2007 after having my first child, I started to read more about the Montessori education from birth.

 

I gained a Montessori diploma in 2009 and went back to work in a Montessori classroom until I moved to the UK in May 2011. On the side, I was practising yoga on and off.

In London, I ran successfully for 3 years a Montessori based parents and toddler group then after relocation to the Bedfordshire, I opened another parents and toddlers group in Bedford that I ran for around 6 months.

Then I became the manager and Montessori lead teacher of a Montessori preschool near Huntingdon for nearly 2 years. It's there that I started to incorporate yoga and mindfulness activities with the children.

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At the same time, as a parent, I was looking for a yoga class in Sandy or in Biggleswade for my own child, who was an anxious 8 years old. Frustrated that I couldn't find anything nearby enough, I started to practice yoga with my own children. Observing the benefits on my own children and on the children at school, I decided to train myself in order to provide classes to the local families and children around Sandy, Biggleswade, Letchworth and Hitchin.

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I'm regular in my own yoga practice, attending at least two yoga classes each week, at the Courtyard Centre in Biggleswade. I'm currently attending a Foundation of Yoga, level 4 at CamYoga and I will start the 200H yoga teacher training in September 2017.

 

I have trained with Yogabeez. It's a course that blends Yoga, Mindfulness and Montessori principles to educate the Whole Child from 2 to 15 years old.

It's fully recognized by the Yoga Alliance.

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I also trained with Enchanted Wonders, a creative way to sparkle imagination through yoga and mindfulness.

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I'm committed to further education and I fully intend to attend other yoga trainings in the near future.

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I also hold a paediatric first aid qualification, I'm DBS checked (CRB) and fully insured.

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