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Your family is growing.
Let’s help everyone find their feet.
Specialist support, tools, and resources for parents navigating the new sibling transition — with nervous system science, conscious parenting, and a lot of heart.
“Most support focuses on the new baby. But your older child is going through something big, too. And so are you. Shine Om is here for the whole family.”
How We Help
Where would you like to start?
The Joyful Parenting Project
Boutique 1:1 coaching for families navigating the new sibling transition. Practical tools, nervous system support, and daily Telegram access to Rachel — delivered at your family’s pace.
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In-person family yoga classes that nurture connection, co-regulation, and sibling bonds — through movement, breath, and play.
Book a ClassMindful Tools for Families
The Family Gratitude Journal and Mindful Colouring Book — simple, screen-free tools to reconnect with your children in 10 minutes or less.
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In-Person Classes
Family Yoga in Canberra
Playful, connection-based yoga for parents and little ones. Build body awareness, co-regulation, and joyful movement together in a warm, welcoming space.
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Breathe, Laugh, Parent
Honest conversations about the beautiful mess of raising small humans. Each episode explores practical strategies for emotional regulation, mindful parenting, and building deep family connection — without the pressure of perfection.
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“The podcast that makes you feel like you’re having a cup of tea with a wise friend who just gets it.”
Words from Our Community
“We had a great time at Family Yoga today. There were some nerves at the start, but Rachel did a great job making everyone feel comfortable and including everyone in the session. Looking forward to the next family session!”
Canberra
“My son absolutely loves coming to Kids Yoga and I have noticed him become more aware of his emotions and use language to express how he is feeling and where he feels it in his body. Shine Om Kids Yoga is so much more than a yoga class.”
Canberra
“Everyone is sending their kids to psychology to help kids learn strategies to self-regulate and find their calm, but I think your sessions are way more powerful. Psychology tells you the strategies, but you tell, show & implement on the spot.”
Canberra
Why Shine Om
Why families come to Shine Om
Because the new sibling transition is one of the most significant — and most underserved — seasons in family life.
Most support focuses on the newborn. But your older child is going through something enormous. And so are you.
Shine Om is here for the whole family — with nervous system-informed tools, conscious parenting practices, and the kind of warm, practical support that actually fits into a real family’s life.
Created by Rachel Whytcross — yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, primary school educator, and mum of two — on Ngunnawal Country, Canberra.
Shine Om acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, connect, and play. We pay our respects to the past, present, and emerging elders and extend this acknowledgment to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples we communicate with or work with.