This unique program, developed to support children’s wellbeing and empower them to self-soothe, as well as have greater awareness of and connection to themselves.

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Children are welcomed into the space with their individual needs respected and are invited to explore and express through movement, play, creative art, sound and song.

 

 

Child-directed, independent, sensory play is offered as well as opportunity for group engagement (and in turn, co-regulation) through discussion and games.

 

Children are guided through somatic (body-based) practices to use during emotionally heightened times and are given insight into how their brain and body responds. With time and repetition, these practices become familiar, felt and known inner-resources.

 

When children are encouraged to use their inner resources consistently, they develop confidence and trust in their innate ability to navigate intense emotions and bodily sensations. They develop self-affirming responses to challenging situations and manage the peaks and troughs of life with a greater sense of flow. The program’s intention is not to create a constant feeling of calm, ease and relaxation in the child (although calm, ease and relaxation often do result from the sessions). It is instead to allow them to feel all that arises from within and know that they have the tools to handle it.