Child & Youth Programs

At Collective Being, we create safe, inclusive spaces for children and young people to reconnect with their bodies, manage stress, and build emotional resilience.

Through our body-based, trauma-informed programs, we support participants to develop practical tools for navigating big feelings, settling the nervous system, and strengthening their sense of safety and agency. Our child and youth work is responsive, strengths-based, and grounded in current research on stress, trauma and wellbeing.

We partner with schools, housing services and community organisations to deliver two dedicated programs: Soma Play for children aged 5–12, and Soma Skills for teens and young adults. Both programs are movement-based, accessible, and designed to meet the unique needs of each group.

Whether we’re guiding a group of kids through playful body-awareness games, or supporting young people to develop tools for emotional regulation, our aim is the same: to create safe and positive experiences whilst fostering transferable wellbeing skills.

Our programs

Soma Play Children’s Program

A gentle and playful introduction to movement and mindfulness for children aged 5-12 years.

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Soma Skills Youth Program

A group work program exploring self-regulation, resilience and connection for young people aged 13-25 years.

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“I learnt many things about how to regulate my temper and my breathing when I’m feeling stressed.”

- Migrant Information Centre, Soma Skills participant

Program FAQs

Soma Play usually runs for 8 weeks, covering weekly themes including:
- Arriving together
- Resourcing and safety
- Curiosity & nature-based mindfulness
- Balancing and regulating
- Understanding boundaries and personal space
- Playing together
- Settling and soothing
- Acknowledging your efforts
Soma Skills usually runs for 8 weeks, covering weekly themes including:
- Arriving together
- Resourcing and safety
- Curiosity and compassion
- Stress relief practices
- Balancing and regulating
- Boundaries and consent
- Support for sleep
- Acknowledging your efforts
Your organisation will be integral in program delivery, ensuring participant safety, and engaging in feedback for program evaluation. Venue provision is appreciated but not mandatory. Partner program staff must be onsite and in the program room for the duration of all sessions.
Collective Being will provide program materials including yoga mats, program workbooks and additional props and resources for each participant of the program.
Our programs are delivered in locations convenient to program participants, and the venue is generally determined by program partner organisations. Sometimes onsite at your service, or at a nearby and appropriate venue.
Collective Being has experience facilitating programs across a diverse range of settings. Some of our experience includes:
- Working within clinical and complex medical settings
- Delivering our programs in multi-use spaces where there may be disruptions
- Collaborating with interpreters and translators
- Facilitating movements and practices accessible to the wide-ranging and diverse mobility needs of all group participants
- Facilitating sessions with neurodivergent people and seeking to establish neuro-affirming spaces
- Co-designing and co-facilitating with program partner staff to meet their organisational objectives.
Please email our Programs Coordinator Alexia directly at alexia@collectivebeing.org