Yoga Therapy for Children and Adolescents
If your child is struggling — with anxiety, low mood, overwhelm, or just finding it hard to get through the day — sometimes the last thing they need is more words.
Yoga therapy offers something different. A space where a young person doesn't have to explain themselves or sit still or get it right. Where breath and movement and rest do the work that talking sometimes can't.
I've spent over a decade in London schools, working alongside children and young people who were dysregulated, overwhelmed, or quietly falling through the gaps. That experience shapes every session I offer. I understand how children actually are — not how we'd like them to be — and I know how to create a space where they feel safe enough to just be.
Sessions are playful, gentle, and led entirely by the young person's pace. We might move, breathe, draw, rest, or simply notice. There's no right way to do it, and no prior experience of yoga needed.
I work with young people experiencing anxiety, low mood, emotional overwhelm, trauma, and neurodivergence including ADHD. My work draws on specialist training in Yoga Therapy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Minded Institute), ten years in the classroom, and a genuine belief that every young person deserves a space where their nervous system gets to rest.
The tools we build together don't stay in the session — they go home with your child, into the school day, into the moments when things get hard.
My Approach
Unconditional Positive Regard
I’ve spent over a decade helping young people feel seen, heard and understood. I use mirroring and inquiry skills to show that I’m hear to listen, not to fix or problem-solve, just simply to see them in all their layers and parts.
Simplicity and Repetition
Cognitive overload and over-stimulation is experienced by many young people in schools and the modern world. Our sessions are kept simple, drawing on effective, evidence-based yoga practices that support regulation and mindfulness. Co-regulation and settling practices that the young person enjoys are repeated.
Collaborative, Creative and Playful
To celebrate curiosity and engagement, I collaborate with parents and the young person to incorporate innovative, creative, and playful practices. I do this by finding out what interests them, what brings them joy, and bring this in to yoga postures, breathwork, visualisation and guided meditation.