Nursery World - Yoga therapy campaign raises £1,000 for SEN children

A yoga centre in North London is raising money to give more children with special needs access to specialist one-to-one therapy sessions.

More than 100 babies and children already attend therapeutic sessions every month at the MahaDevi Centre in Islington.

The #allheartsloveyoga campaign aims to support the centre's work and offer subsidised sessions for some families.

The therapy is offered by nine specially trained teachers and can be applied to almost any kind of special need. So far the Centre has helped children with autism, Down’s syndrome, epilepsy, Prader-Willi syndrome, hemiplegia, ASD, ADD, ADHD, eye impediments, ME, sciatica, cerebral palsy, speech impediments, and behavioural issues.

The method, Yoga for the Special Child, is an early intervention programme to help the healthy formative development of infants and toddlers. It was pioneered by renowned yoga teacher Sonia Sumar who designed the method to help and enhance the natural development of her own daughter who had special needs. It is now internationally recognised.

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