Last updated: 25 October 2026

Youth yoga in Darwin: Flametree’s regular classes are adult classes, so please contact us first about a young person (5 to 16 years) joining a beginner class at Coolalinga with one adult parent or carer. We talk it through with you. Our Palmerston classes are paused. Flametree teaches a wide range of introductory yoga postures.

In short, once we have talked it through, a young person aged 5 to 16 can join a beginner class with an adult parent or carer. See our yoga timetable for class times.

For instance, some yoga postures build flexibility, strength, co-ordination and balance. Other postures are for getting calm and focussed, as well as for thinking better.

Below, there’s also more about what happens in Flametree’s youth yoga (5 to 16 years).

Youth Yoga is for ages 5-16 years. Older teenagers can also come to adult classes with their parents, so there are more of the younger ages in Youth Yoga.

Also, see more at our most recent Facebook post on these and related matters.

Safe and secure procedures

Flametree has a check-in process for its classes. Each young person doing child yoga Coolalinga or Palmerston should be with one adult parent or carer.

Second, just before each class starts, students check in with Flametree’s experienced yoga teachers (with the regular teachers for these classes holding Working With Children cards).

Parents and carers can obviously be with the children as the class proceeds.

On average, students are very engaged with the class. But very young children doing yoga with their parent can also bring a device to quietly occupy their time until the parent concludes the yoga for children and adults class.

Youth yoga timetable & what happens in children’s yoga classes

Stuart and Kim (and Flametree’s other yoga teachers from time to time), teach Flametree’s Darwin region children’s yoga when a young person joins a beginner class by arrangement. See the timetables for the class times.

Please get there 10-15 minutes before class so the teacher can check students into class. Stay for a few minutes afterwards, as you clean the mats that are provided, and ask any questions of the teacher/s.

(We also find that many of the parents get to know each other, or already do yoga with Flametree).

In the classes, teachers will demonstrate each pose, as well as describe in words and step by step, how to do the pose.

With each student, the teachers can see how each person is managing the pose and can give individual tips and lots of encouragement, as appropriate.

 Benefits of youth yoga

More details of the class are below, but first, here are some areas where studies of yoga with young people look encouraging (the studies are small):

• concentration at school
• managing anger
• mental focus
• de-stressing & calmness
• settling in the classroom
• coping with exam stress
• managing strong feelings
• better self-image and optimism.

Some teachers in schools report that classes settle more easily after short yoga breaks.

Parents who join in also take part in the class. If you wish, see Dr McCall’s list of 117 conditions where studies found yoga helpful, on our yoga benefits.

Experienced and qualified child yoga Darwin region teachers

The teachers are very experienced with teaching yoga to children & adults. Both Kim and Stuart have a Working With Children certification.

Stuart is also a father of three of his own children.

Kim also works in professional capacity across the Darwin region.

Prices for youth yoga

The free youth yoga offer ended on 1 May 2025. Please contact us about current options for a young person.

The usual way in is a class pass. Newcomers can start with the beginner half price deal: 12 classes for $59.50. Ask us how a young person’s class is counted.

A SPORTS VOUCHER is also possible for these Youth Focus classes.

If you are using a Sports Voucher, or equivalent, contact us, or do the transaction at the studio. Contact Flametree on Facebook Messenger or 0468 362 641, or 0448 11 22 51, to set up a time you can drop by, or make other arrangements with us.

The pictures on this page are some of the types of poses that are done or learnt, depending on the level of the young person.

Usually, they advance rapidly, as they are more flexible than adults. In any particular class, the teacher can and does manage young people at a range of different levels.

Youth yoga in Darwin: questions parents ask

Can my child do yoga at Flametree in Darwin?

Flametree’s regular classes are adult classes, so please contact us first. We talk it through with you, and a young person aged 5 to 16 can then join a beginner class at Coolalinga with one adult parent or carer.

Does a young person need an adult with them?

Yes. Each young person should be with one adult parent or carer. Older teenagers can also come to adult classes with their parents.

Are youth yoga classes running in Palmerston?

No. Flametree’s Palmerston classes are paused. Coolalinga is the closest, and you can ask us about it.

Is youth yoga free?

The free youth yoga offer ended on 1 May 2025. Contact us about current options. Newcomers can start with the beginner half price deal of 12 classes for $59.50.

Who teaches the young people?

Stuart and Kim, with Flametree’s other teachers from time to time. Kim and Stuart both have Working With Children certification. Stuart is also a father of three.

What happens on the day?

Arrive 10 to 15 minutes before class so the teacher can check everyone in. Stay a few minutes afterwards to clean the mats, which are supplied, and to ask the teacher any questions.

Can we use a Sports Voucher?

A Sports Voucher or equivalent is possible. Contact Flametree on Facebook Messenger or 0468 362 641, or do the transaction at the studio.

Where can a teenager find out more about yoga?

See our page on yoga classes for teens.