Young Yoga Masters held a survey for the month of May, 2023. In that time we got almost a hundred responses to better understand people interested in kids yoga. Here are the results to these questions:

1. Who is teaching kids yoga?
2. Where are they located?
3. What kind of training do they already have?
4. I also share the logistics of the survey (what program I used, etc)

Don’t Make this Mistake

Before you read on, it’s important to note that the numbers are easy to misinterpret. For example:

• In the first question about people’s connection to kids’ yoga, the number one answer is the 41 people who said “I’m already a kids yoga teacher.” (51 people did not choose that response).

• When you look at the third question about how much training you have, the number one answer is 0 – 20 hours (coincidentally also 41 people).

You might think people those 41 people are the same people who answered both questions but the individual responses show this is not the case. Only one person identified themself a kids yoga teacher with 0-20 hours of training, and this person indicated they’ve been teaching yoga for 20+ years (before the children’s yoga teacher designation even existed with Yoga Alliance!).

Most people who answered 0-20 hours training did not identify as a kids yoga teacher… yet : )

As you look at the final tallies, keep in mind that each question needs to be reviewed on it’s own and you can’t carry over the numbers from one answer to the next.

So let’s take a look at what people answered:

Who is Teaching Kids Yoga?

Q. Describe Your Connection to Kids Yoga:

Participants could check all the boxes that apply, so there were 185 answers! Here are the responses:

1. Already a kids yoga teacher: 41
2. Kids in my family (eg. parent, aunt, grandparent): 40
3. Yoga Teacher interested in teaching yoga to children: 28
4. School Teacher (grades K-3): 18
5. Work with children (not a teacher or ECE): 17
6. School Teacher (grades 4 – junior high): 14
7. Early childhood educator: 13
8. Other: 14

Q. Where are you located?

Respondents could give one response.

1. Canada: 31
2. USA: 36
3. England: 5
4. India: 4
5. Ireland: 3
6. Australia: 2
7. Chile: 1
8. Serbia: 1
9. Czech Republic: 1

Q. What Kids’ Yoga Training do you already have?

Participants could check one.

• 0 – 20 hours kids yoga teacher training: 41
• 21-94 hours kids yoga teacher training: 23
• 95+ Hours of Training but not with an RCYS: 7
• 95+ Hour Graduate from a Registered Children’s Yoga School (RCYS): 8
• RCYT (Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher = 95 HR + 200 HR + Registered with Yoga Alliance): 5
• Other: 8

Logistics of the Survey

For those thinking of running a survey, here’s how I ran it:

• Set goals for the survey: my main goal was to get feedback about where people are at with their kids’ yoga. Next, was sharing the really useful resources we have in the kids yoga training by sending Yoga Alphabets to each person and few extras to share with others if they wish.
• JotForm for the survey. I developed the survey to be short (5 questions) and used my paid version of Jotform. I’ve used JotForm for years for registration, intake forms, waivers, contracts, and surveys. It’s quite easy to use and it gives good reports and spreadsheets to review answers and keeps my contracts organized and in one place.
• Got the word out about the survey through my email list and posting anywhere I could for free on social media. I thought about running social media ads, like many people do, and decided I didn’t want to give that money to social media. Social media is designed to be addictive and some of the yoga on social media is a problem. I want to support people who are making an impact in the real world by teaching yoga in a way that empowers kids!  So I made an investment in sending the postcards instead.
• Mailed out Postcards: So those who added their address to the survey got 11 Yoga Alphabet postcards mailed to them. Yes, hard copies in the actual mail! Almost 1000 postcards went out into the world. My hope is that people will share a few of the postcards with others who are interested in kids yoga and they will see how dang useful our resources are!

Thanks for Completing the Survey!

I’m drilling down into the other responses about what people’s goals. There’s a lot of interest in games and the business side of teaching kids yoga.

Watch for an email series on these topics and possibly some new courses.

Your feedback means so much to helping us serve kids yoga teachers!

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