Helping Families, Nurturing
wellbeing
Welcome to Essential Being
At Essential Being, our mission is to nurture children’s wellbeing through holistic practices that blend mindfulness, self-regulation, and emotional growth.
We equip parents, educators, and children with the tools to foster emotional resilience, creativity, and a sense of balance in everyday life. Our approach is centered on supporting children to feel grounded, empowered, and connected to their true selves.
Our vision is to build a world where every child has the skills, support, and understanding to thrive emotionally, mentally, and physically.
We envision schools and homes as places where children’s wellbeing is prioritised, where emotional growth and self-regulation are nurtured, and where every child feels safe, supported, and valued.
Chaos to Calm: Supporting better behaviour, learning & connection in the classroom
Our Training Program: Chaos to Calm helps support educators to embed a 6-week program focusing on specific practical self-regulation tools and strategies that specifically target stress responses in children.
After many years of implementing yoga programs in schools, I’ve tried and tested strategies to know what works and what doesn’t.
It’s an integration of breathing techniques, yoga poses, mindfulness tools & cognitive behaviour strategies that help to target the specific stress responses to each child in the moment.
Educators come away knowing how to identify stress responses in students, and which strategies to use to target a specific stress response, in order to bring students back to a feeling of safety, connection and learning.
Family Yoga Therapy: GUIDING YOU TOWARD CONFIDENT & COMPASSIONATE PARENTING
Family yoga therapy is a holistic practice that blends the physical postures and mindfulness of yoga with therapeutic techniques to nurture emotional well-being and strengthen family relationships.
It offers families a structured yet playful way to connect, communicate, and heal together through shared movement, breathwork, and intentional presence.
Whether you’re dealing with behavioural challenges, looking to improve communication, or seeking support for a child with additional needs, my family sessions provide compassionate, judgement-free support.
Through 1:1 sessions, I offer actionable tools and insights tailored to your family, empowering you to feel more confident, connected and prepared in your parenting journey.
Resources
We use a multitude of resources in our programs. Parents & Educators can also use these resources as a way to introduce emotions and co-regulation skills to young children.
Our Storybook and Yoga Cards have been created to help children explore how they feel when emotions arise and then teach them specific yoga poses to deal with them.
Founder
Jess is a Wellbeing Educator, specialising in creating and implementing child-led, strengths-based educational programs and holistic wellbeing strategies for children, educators & their families.
Client’s Reviews
My 8yr old enjoyed Jess’ class and her gentle manor. He said it was good to stretch his body, the class had a good flow and he felt relaxed to start his home learning day. The meditation messages were good too : I am safe, I am brave, I am loved, I am happy.
Annabel S / Parent
My kids loved this class – kept them so engaged and they had lots of fun while moving 🙂
Lara L / Parent
Jess was really great at engaging all the kids! Loved how it focused on breathing, the stretching as well as feelings. Would definitely highly recommend Essential Being Kid’s Yoga.
Amanda I / Parent
Jess was really great at engaging all the kids! Loved how it focused on breathing, the stretching as well as feelings. Would definitely highly recommend Essential Being Kid’s Yoga.
Amanda I / Parent
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We acknowledge the sacred lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nations. We pay respect to and stand in solidarity with the traditional custodians in their commitment to decolonise and heal country and culture through self determination, human right and land rights. Sovereignty was never ceded.
