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My self care toolkit
It’s half term this week in the UK, which means I’ve got both boys with me full time, plus a load of admin to keep an eye on, and various...
Anya Hayes
May 28, 20194 min read
The art of breathing
It all begins with the breath. Did you realise that, although breathing is a natural reflex that all living animals perform, newborn...
Anya Hayes
Oct 18, 20182 min read
The Elastic Brain – benefits of meditation
“Mummy I never change my mind. I always keep the same mind.” Maurice said this to me yesterday, when I suggested that he *might* change...
Anya Hayes
Jun 1, 20183 min read
What I’d Give a New Mum
This week has been maternal mental health awareness week. The fact that there even IS a week dedicated to maternal mental health...
Anya Hayes
May 4, 20182 min read
Returning to “normal” post-baby
You have a baby. You take it relatively easy for the first 6 weeks, maybe doing the odd squeeze of your pelvic floor (clenching your...
Anya Hayes
Apr 11, 20188 min read
Flexible Strength: your pelvic floor in pregnancy and beyond
The pelvic floor: you’ve heard about it, you’re told to “exercise” it, you know it’s there…but it’s a little bit intangible and ethereal....
Anya Hayes
Sep 27, 20178 min read
How to create space and unclutter the mind
One of the things we most crave as mums – as modern humans – is space. When I chatted with the lovely Zoe from @motherkind_zoe for her...
Anya Hayes
Jul 16, 20173 min read
Route 66 – setting intentions and the S word
It takes 66 repeated acts for the human brain to register a new habit. So, I’m on a 66-day mission to create positive body habits and...
Anya Hayes
Jun 21, 20173 min read
Heart and Sole
Last night I went to the Yellow Kite Books inaugural summer event, The Exciting Future of Wellness. It was a panel discussion involving 4...
Anya Hayes
Jun 14, 20176 min read
Mindfulness – how can it help me?
I’ve just finished a proofreading job for Bloomsbury Publishing, a book called Mindful Running, written by Mackenzie Havie, who I would...
Anya Hayes
Jun 6, 20173 min read
Wake up Mama! – Energy Boosters
Happy Bank Holiday! Remember May bank holidays before children? Usually involved lots of sunny Sunday drinking in beer gardens, languidly...
Anya Hayes
May 29, 20174 min read
Series: What’s in your toolkit? 4 – Suzy Reading: Part 1
I first connected with Suzy on Instagram last year, when I sensed a kindred spirit in her posts, an understanding of the relentless...
Anya Hayes
May 15, 20176 min read
Firing up the cylinders
The idea of going to a Pilates class when you’re feeling low on energy is, sadly, an unappealing one. I’ve been there, at the end of a...
Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20173 min read
The A game
Anxiety. The monkey that sits atop our shoulder, wriggling and jiggling, weighing down and informing thoughts, which become our...
Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20173 min read
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