Pelvic floor meditation
Meditation. That word stresses lots of us out. I can’t meditate, my mind is too busy. I don’t have time to meditate. Sometimes there are...
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Anya Hayes
May 24, 20193 min read
How long am I ‘postnatal’ after having a baby?
What is ‘the postnatal period’? It is not a small window of time that exists after you have a baby. It’s not a finite period when you...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 27, 20197 min read
The Bounce Back! Your postnatal health, wellbeing and fitness
This time last year I got together with an amazing group of women to have a very exciting meeting, with Baroness Cumberlege who is the...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 25, 20194 min read
Pelvic flaws: Part 2 of my talk at the Birth trauma conference.
The link between mental and physical health is inextricable, arguably. But never more so than in pregnancy and motherhood. In the second...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 24, 20194 min read
Pelvic flaws – the link between pelvic floor dysfunction and postnatal mental health issues
My talk at the Birth Trauma Conference earlier this month focused on the link between maternal mental health and pelvic floor...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 24, 20193 min read
Pilates for Body–Mind in Pregnancy
Pregnancy isn’t an illness: it’s a natural, normal and healthy state – even if that first-trimester permanently hungover feeling makes...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 30, 20182 min read
New year – same you! Why we should ditch new year’s resolutions
It’s that time of year again, where fitness advertising cashes in on the fact that we’ve all eaten too many biscuits and have been...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 9, 20185 min read
The Supermum Myth – how to overcome anxiety, ditch guilt and embrace imperfection
Motherhood is the one thing able to send you from feeling like a million dollars to a piece of poo, in one swoosh of a baby wipe. It...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 7, 20184 min read
Anxiety in motherhood – why you’re feeling anxious, and how to make friends with it
What is anxiety? What is its purpose? Anxiety organises our responses to threats to our life, health and wellbeing. Focuses on our escape...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 4, 20184 min read
Mindfulness for pregnancy, birth… and motherhood
Mindfulness is definitely a buzzword, like many a new fad in the wellness industry we may have reached peak saturation in terms of...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 3, 20183 min read
Mindfulness for mums – meditation for perinatal wellness
I’m so delighted and proud to say that I have passed my first level of Teaching Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with the British...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 30, 20183 min read
Your pelvic floor – how to build pelvic floor rehab into your day to day
I’m doing two FREE workshops next week: Your Confident Mothermorphosis for you beautiful bumps, and a pelvic floor restore workshop at...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 21, 20184 min read
Perinatal anxiety – what it is, and tips for how to manage it
Perinatal Anxiety Pregnancy The Naked Truth by Anya Hayes What is it, and why am I feeling it? We’ve all heard of ‘postnatal depression’...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 17, 20182 min read
What is “the postnatal period”? How long am I “postpartum”?
I’ve just finished writing Postnatal Pilates – I cannot wait for this to be available as a resource for mums to take ownership of their...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 16, 20183 min read
Abdominal Massage – why it’s so important for your postnatal recovery
If I could have known the power of JUST ONE THING postnatally first time round, it would have been the immensely healing and restorative...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 15, 20181 min read
Pregnancy and Postnatal mindfulness and core strength workshops
I’m excited to be adding two monthly workshops to the schedule in the new year. I’d love to hear your thoughts, and if you’re in south...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 15, 20184 min read
Diastasis recti – how to strengthen your separated abdominals post-birth
Around the second trimester, depending on the size of your bump, you will have experienced some degree of abdominal separation: diastasis...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Stretches for feeding mums
Forward leaning when feeding your baby is literally a pain in the neck. In some ways aches and pains are inevitable as a new mum, but...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 14, 20184 min read
Post birth healing tips
In the first few days and weeks after giving birth you’ll probably feel bruised and sore, whatever birth experience you’ve had. We’re...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 1, 20183 min read
How to restore your pelvic floor, in less than 3 minutes a day
One of the things that new mums tell me almost more than than anything else, is that they wish they had fully understood how important...
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