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Pilates for Pregnancy
Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking to the Pilates PT Hollie Grant about all things passion-led career, pelvic floor, Pilates and...
Anya Hayes
Mar 20, 20182 min read
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The bounce back – postnatal fitness and health
This week I got together with an amazing group of women to have a very special meeting, with Baroness Cumberlege who is the Independent...
Anya Hayes
Feb 27, 20186 min read
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Control freak? – Motherhood, identity, exhaustion, PND
I’ve never really thought of myself as a control freak, I’ve always thought I was relatively easy going and serene. But I guess, up until...
Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20185 min read
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Birth Trauma – Trauma is not a normal part of birth
Today is Freddie’s birthday. This time 3 years ago I was lying in the postnatal ward, breastfeeding a newborn of two hours old. (Three...
Anya Hayes
Jan 5, 20189 min read
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Let’s Talk Miscarriage
Today I went to a wonderful Gathering of Tribes event at Emma Cannon‘s Chelsea clinic to commemorate Baby Loss Awareness Week. Emma...
Anya Hayes
Oct 31, 20173 min read
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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
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Diastasis whatsi? How to get rid of the “mum tum”
I was in two minds about the heading “get rid of” the mum tum because I’m all about celebrating and embracing mum hood and all its weird...
Anya Hayes
Jul 28, 20175 min read
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Keeping mum mighty – the importance of self care
There are some wonderful things going on on social media to champion the cause of self-care, encouraging us all to take a bit of...
Anya Hayes
Jul 11, 20177 min read
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Pregnancy: What should I pack in my hospital bag?
This week, excitingly I was featured as an expert in Mother & Baby magazine. What should you pack in your hospital bag? Or, birthing bag...
Anya Hayes
Jun 18, 20174 min read
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Route 66 – What does it take to create good habits?
There are some amazing body confident campaigns going on in social media right now. Clemmie Hooper, midwife, mum of 4 and author of How...
Anya Hayes
Jun 18, 20174 min read
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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
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Essential postnatal self-care
When Freddie was born, a friend of mine who had her baby the same week gave me a beautiful book called The Fragrant Pharmacy a guide to...
Anya Hayes
Jun 12, 20174 min read
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Why am I a Pilates Teacher?
What’s your story? ✨ In The Supermum Myth in one chapter we delve into narrative therapy – we’re all made up of stories and live...
Anya Hayes
May 29, 20172 min read
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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
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Series: What’s in Your Toolkit 5 – Fern Taylor
Instagram connected me to Fern Taylor – her feed is full of mindfulness tips, a love of nature, and a gorgeous cat. Basically all the...
Anya Hayes
May 28, 20174 min read
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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
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Series: What’s in your toolkit 3 – Emma Cannon
Emma Cannon is a fertility expert, author, natural conception and IVF support acupuncture practitioner, and has been supporting women in...
Anya Hayes
May 8, 20175 min read
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Series: What’s in your toolkit? 2 – @thepsychologymum
@thepsychologymum burst onto our Instagram squares of awareness two months ago, and has made a huge impact in a short time with her...
Anya Hayes
May 5, 20175 min read
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Series: What’s in your toolkit? 1 – @mumologist
New Series Klaxon! For the next few weeks I’ll be featuring a few of my favourite wellness, coaching, psychology experts asking them to...
Anya Hayes
May 4, 20178 min read
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Finding Mama’s Mojo
This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. I’ll be starting an exciting new series tomorrow on the blog: getting to...
Anya Hayes
May 4, 20173 min read
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