🇫🇷 Instructor Training for Children Ages 4–12 – October 2026 Group

The Mindfulness Instructor Training for Children qualifies you to lead a mindfulness program for children ages 4 to 12, based on Eline Snel’s method “Mindfulness Works!” This training is designed for child care professionals, teachers, psychologists, and anyone who wishes to incorporate mindfulness into their work with children.

For more information about the childhood trainer course, click here.

A condition for participation is a completed MBSR/MBCT training.

Duration of the children's instructor training
The course takes place over six days and combines face-to-face and online sessions:

• Days 1 & 2 (face-to-face in Paris): Intensive immersion to lay the theoretical and practical foundations of the method.
• Days 3 to 6 (online, in 4 sessions of 4.5 hours each): Deepening skills and putting them into practice.

Participants will also be required to run an 8-week pilot program with a group of children, write a report on their practice, and participate in a supervision interview in order to obtain their certification.

Trainer: Marianne Hooijer (experienced trainer, certified by the Academy for Mindful Teaching)

Language of instruction: French 🇫🇷

Location of face-to-face sessions:
Home Yoga Paris
8 Rue des Acacias, 75017 Paris

Training – October 2026 Group:
Day 1: October 24, 2026, 9:30 AM–5:30 PM in Paris
Day 2: October 25, 2026, 9:30 AM–5:30 PM in Paris
Day 3: November 7, 2026, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–2:00 PM online
Day 4: November 21, 2026, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–2:00 PM online
Day 5: December 5, 2026, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–2:00 PM online
Day 6: January 23, 2027, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and 1:00 PM–2:00 PM online