Hema is a YA registered children’s yoga teacher and E-RYT 200. She completed her B.S in Dietetics and during the same period also completed her first teacher training in 2004 in Boston.
For a very long time, Hema has always had a passion towards kids, yoga and a healthy lifestyle. Her constant pursuit for this passion has led her to various trainings in this profession. In 2006 she enrolled in Radiant Child Training, followed by an extensive Marsha Wenigs Yoga Kids 1 year training programme led by Grace Hetherington in 2008, Hong Kong. At the same time, she’s been offering classes and workshops to adults and kids at The Yoga Room. Since then, Hema has developed her own kids yoga programme for the studio and other International schools she’s working extensively with including Hong Kong Academy, Carmel, ESF Peak, ESF Kowloon Junior, ESF Kennedy and Harbor School.
Hema’s kids classes, from toddlers to teens, are filled with energy and fun yet incorporates all the essentials of breathing, mindfulness and postures. Her yoga classes create a nurturing and non- competitive environment for the children where they build more on self-awareness, mindfulness, compassion, balance, creativity, friendship and health. Through the poses, breathing exercises and games, they learn varying techniques they can take off the mat and into their daily lives including school and family life for better living, growth and development.
Kids yoga at this age help condition the young minds and bodies, giving tools that will enhance and support them to be more balanced, creative as well as calm individuals with a strong sense of who they are in relation to the world. It also helps encourage self-esteem, concentration, body awareness, enhance coordination, and has a very compelling effect on brain development, heightened focus and gives young kids the ability to steer their way smoothly through life’s challenges.
QUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
RYT 200 hour Hatha Teacher Training with Debbie Cohen in 2004
Radiant Child Yoga Program with Shakta Khalsa in 2006
83 hour Hatha Teacher training with Patrick Creelman in 2006
100 contact hours and 300 non contact hours of Yogakids Training in 2008
30 hour Yin Yoga Teacher training with Paul Grilley, 2011
75 hour Prenatal teacher training with Yoga Space in 2011
Next Generation Yoga kids yoga training with Jodi Komitor in 2012
RYT 200 hour Power Vinyasa Teacher training with Janet Lau in 2014
50 hour Mastering the art of vinyasa yoga with Jason Crandell in 2016
20 hour Dharma yoga wheel training in 2016
RYT 300-Hour Certification Svastha Yoga Therapeutics with Dr. Ganesh Mohan, 2017
30 hour Yin Yoga training with David Kim in 2017
