Giving children
the tools to thrive.
Most children don’t struggle because they’re too sensitive.
They struggle because no one taught them how to stay with themselves when things get overwhelming.
Emotional resilience, self-regulation, and the ability to recover — these are not personality traits. They are learned skills. And the earlier children learn them, the more powerfully they shape a life.
“Joyful Kids” is the name Joy gives to all of her work with children and teenagers aged 3–18 — from one-to-one sessions and school yoga programmes to a virtual programme families can use anywhere in the world. Whatever a child is navigating, and wherever you are, there is a way in.
Everything Joy brings to this work is age-appropriate, trauma-informed, and genuinely fun. Because children don’t learn when they’re scared or bored. They learn when they feel safe, seen, and engaged.
Ways to Work Together
Joy works with children in three ways — find the right fit:
For Families
1:1 Sessions
In-Person or Online | Age Adapted
Private 1:1 sessions for children navigating big emotions, anxiety, or life changes.
For Schools
Joyful Kids Yoga
In-Person | Salzburg
In-person yoga and group programmes brought directly to your school or setting.
At Home, Anywhere
Virtual Programme
Online | Self-Paced
A self-paced virtual programme your child can use anytime — no equipment needed.
1:1 SESSIONS
Support that meets children where they are
Children and teenagers don’t always have the words for what they’re feeling.
They don’t need to.
Joy works with young people navigating anxiety, big emotions, confidence challenges, and difficult life changes — meeting them exactly where they are, at their own pace, in a space that feels safe and unhurried.
Using age-adapted versions of the same tools she brings to her adult work — hypnosis, NLP, and emotional integration — Joy helps children build an internal language for their experience. Not by talking it to death, but by working with the body, the imagination, and the nervous system directly.
Sessions are gentle, playful where needed, and always led by the child. Parents are kept informed and supported throughout.
What a Session Can Help With:
✿ Anxiety & Overwhelm
✿ Big Emotional Reactions
✿ Stress & Inner Tension
✿ Low Confidence or Self-Worth
✿ School Pressure & Social Challenges
✿ Family Challenges, Loss, or Transition
JOYFUL KIDS YOGA
Where movement meets emotional resilience.
Children learn best through their bodies — and yoga gives them a language their nervous system already understands.
Joy’s group yoga classes and school programmes teach children how to regulate, reset, and come back to themselves — through movement, breath, and play. No prior experience needed. No performance required. Just children learning to feel at home in their own skin.
Joy comes to you. Sessions are available for schools, kindergartens, after-school groups, and community settings — adapted to the age and needs of the group.
What the Programme Includes:
✿ Breathwork & Grounding Exercises
✿ Movement & Embodiment Practices
✿ Playful, Age-Appropriate Sequences
✿ Tools Children Can Use Independently, Long After the Session Ends
Our kids LOVE your yoga lessons!
English Play Group, Salzburg
THE JOYFUL KIDS PROGRAM
A virtual programme by Joy Cates and her daughter Grace
Created for families, classrooms, and communities, this programme gives children a simple, three-step toolkit for understanding, processing, and accepting their emotions — no apps, no equipment, no electricity required.
The method draws on visualisation, breathwork, and tapping — age-adapted techniques that work across cultures, languages, and learning styles, including children with visual or hearing impairments.
What’s Included:
✿ Video Lessons & PDF Materials
✿ A Portable 3-Step Toolkit Children Can Use Anywhere, Anytime
✿ Facilitated by Joy & Grace
✿ Accessible to All Abilities & Backgrounds
€60
ONE-TIME ACCESS
Children don’t learn self-regulation by being told what to do.
They learn it by watching us do it.
Embodied practices give them a foundation — not just for school, but for life.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Let’s figure it out together.
Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or a school coordinator — if you’re not sure which offering is the right fit, just reach out. Joy will point you in the right direction.
