kids doing yoga

Private Classes

Now hosting private classes in the comfort of your own home in: Anstead, Bellbowrie, Brookfield, Chapel Hill, Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Moggill, Pinjarra Hills, Pullenvale.

Classes from $80 mid-week
$100 weekends for a 45 minute class.

Group Classes

Group classes are held weekly during school terms.

Brisbane Independent school 
Sunday 9.30 – 10.30am
Brisbane Independent School 2447 Moggill Road

Course 2 starts October 20 2019

What happens in a Sensitive Kids’ Yoga class?

Pair work.

Children with ADHD, ASD or anxiety attend yoga classes with their parent or carer or teacher (whenever possible). Together, the adult and the child and practise yoga.  If adults can’t join in   (because of an injury, or due to other commitments,) then experienced students are matched up with newbies.  Parental participation enhances and reinforces the yoga your child will learn.  You’ll all enjoy yourself so much, you’ll want to practise at home too.

Most of the yoga poses are practised in pairs.  This creates a sense of fun and connection, which increases harmony and cooperation within the family.   You’ll learn new techniques on how to work with your child’s issues – and you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much you can learn from him or her.

Both partners receive a solid physical workout.  You’ll get as much stretch, strengthening and cardio out of this yoga as you would in any other general yoga class.

The class is paced so that short bursts of concentration are followed with periods of relaxation.  This concentration /relaxation combination is repeated during the lesson.  In “Trauma-Proofing Your Kids” Dr Peter Levine explains that structured physical activities are effective ways to release excess energy, especially when they are designed “so that highly energised periods of excitation are interspersed with equal periods of rest to give kids sufficient time for settling down”.  During both phases (the excitement and the settling), excess energy is automatically dispersed.

Individual work

Individually we practise:

  • Self-awareness via mindfulness games.
  • Yoga breathing techniques that encourage relaxation and wellbeing.
  • Massage and conscious touch. These promotes relaxation and mindful embodiment.  Touch is firm and predictable, so sensitive children are never surprised by it.  These techniques help children become grounded and confident in their bodies.
  • A variety of guided meditation techniques.


All of these skills are taught in a manner that is simultaneously child-friendly and adult-friendly.

Classes last an hour.

Reviews

The Yogini sensory Yoga practice that Noush has implemented with the students at BIS has a beautiful and powerful connecting impact. The combination of traditional yoga with this process of concrete awareness practice of the “self” and “other”, leads to a shared sense of connection. It is an embodied social and emotional learning. I would recommend every parent experiences this process with their child as it will undoubtedly change your interaction for the better and grow your connection.  This is such a powerful opportunity for all parents and children to experience. Having watched the beautiful embodied practice that Noush takes the children through, I can see how powerfully it will bring parents and children together.
Jen Haynes
PrincipAL, Brisbane Independent School
We attended family yoga over the Christmas holidays on three occasions, my family included my 68 year old mother, myself, my 11 year old son and 13 year old daughter. Noush has such a lovely connection with all her students, the class introduced my children to concepts of mindfulness, mind body connection and awareness as well as a range of carefully selected yoga poses that were both challenging and fun. This class is a wonderful way to introduce children to yoga practice and is skillfully adjusted to meet the needs of its attendees. We all left calm, relaxed and will certainly return. Thank you.
A.
Mother of sensitive teenagers.
We had a lot of fun together and enjoyed the partner work… My daughter has a poor attention span, but she kept in it pretty well. Two thumbs up from my daughter. She really enjoyed it. I think she got into the chanting at the end, and it was really interesting for her.
H. T.
Mother of ASD 9 year old child.
My highly sensitive daughter and I attended a yoga event with Noush as I was concerned about her sedentary lifestyle choices. She enjoyed the session immensely and as a result of the experience since has chosen more physical activity as she knows this is an effective calming strategy that can also work for her.
C. Barnaby
Father of 12 year old
Loved this. It was needed after a moment of family challenge and growth last night! Oliver had a great time. His favourite pose is the Tree.
E.P.
Mother of sensitive 6 year old
What a wonderful class, thank you Noush. My kids and I got so much from class. I even overheard my kids reenact the whole class later in the day. Clearly had a very positive impact on them (and me). Look forward to doing it again some time.
A.M.
Mother of highly sensitive children, 9 and 5.
It was AWESOME!
P. O. H.
Highly sensitive 13 year old.
Yoga helps open the mind and keeps you healthy. It really helped me become more calm and healthy with a challenge. I think it’s great for the body and for mental health.
Harry
Student of 3 years

Noush Baxter

My Profile

I am a registered school teacher, and a registered children’s yoga teacher.

As a school teacher since 1992, I have regularly worked with kids with ADHD. I have seen the challenges that kids with extreme sensitivity face.

As a yoga teacher I have been teaching adults since 2006 and with children since 2010. I’m registered with Yoga Australia as an Intermediate Level teacher. My training includes 320 hours with My Health Yoga, 520 hours with Yoga Physio and 10 hours with Radiant Child Yoga Program. I recently trained in yoga therapy for Children with special needs. My yoga teaching won a Business Achiever Award in Fitness and Sports in 2011.

I started teaching yoga to children when my daughter was attending Chapel Hill Kindergarten in 2010. When she moved to Brisbane Independent School I started to teach yoga to the children there. I’ve worked with children from prep to grade 7 ever since. At this school I have regularly worked with students with ADHD and ASD. I have also seen the challenges that highly sensitive children experience.

My work at BIS has shown me that the more sensitive a child is, the more they benefit from yoga and meditation. I have discovered that although sensitivity can be a challenge for the child, it can also be a blessing when given gentle and confident guidance. In my 8 years at BIS I have observed how students with sensitivity issues, whether ADHD, ASD or HSP can use embodied practise to move into profound levels of peace, self-awareness and self-connection that far exceed those without sensitivity issues.

Contact Noush

0416 328 317

Email noush@yogini.net.au