The Noon Practice
ATTENTION WELL SPENT
Practical wellness education.
Mindful movement, breathing, and attention.
Stop striving. Start aligning.
Gentle group classes in movement, breath, and attention. Sussex County, New Jersey.
What Mindful Movement Is
Mindful Movement is a group class built around three simple things: slow, repeatable movement; steady breathing; and unhurried attention.
A typical class moves through seated breathing, standing qigong warm-ups, chair yoga joint mobility, a traditional qigong movement sequence, and a quiet guided close. Everyone has a chair. The class moves between seated and standing practice. Standing is always optional, and can always be chair supported. Staying seated for the whole class is fully taking part. No experience, flexibility, or special clothing is needed. Come as you are.
Why “Noon”
At noon the sun is at its highest point. The brightest moment of the day, the most light, the fewest shadows. Nothing leans. Nothing casts sideways. It also happens to be our family name. That’s the whole idea of the practice: less straining toward something, more settling into alignment with what’s already here. Stop striving. Start aligning.
Who Teaches
Brian Noon, MS
Brian Noon holds an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Walden University, 2017). His study of mindfulness and meditation began in 2010 as an undergraduate at Montana State University, where he worked in two psychology research laboratories, including one focused on memory and aging. He received formal instruction in tai chi and qigong from 2015 to 2017, has taught mindfulness and meditation since 2016, and has led classes in Sussex County since 2025.
He previously worked in school-based behavioral settings and as a licensed clinical professional counselor in Montana. Brian no longer practices as a counselor. The Noon Practice offers wellness education, not counseling, therapy, or medical care.
Raj Trivedi
Raj Trivedi co-facilitates the breath and movement portions of the class. He completed Yoga Teacher Training Phase I in July 2020 and brings a calm, steady presence to the room. He has taught yoga at the Sussex County YMCA in Hardyston since 2024, has led monthly group meditation, breathwork, and yoga sessions for a wellness coaching program since 2021, and led workplace meditation sessions from 2020 to 2021.
Since 2025 Brian and Raj have taught chair yoga and mindful movement classes at libraries across Sussex County.
Brian and Raj built these classes themselves, drawing on traditions including yoga and qigong, and on their years of teaching breathing, meditation, and attention.
Where to Find a Class
Mindful Movement runs at public libraries around Sussex County and at other local venues. Current classes are listed on the Classes page.
Join the class list to get dates, locations, and times as they’re confirmed. The list is only used to send class dates and details. To come off it at any time, write to thenoonpractice@gmail.com.
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