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Stress, Anxiety, Breathing & Mindfulness

Explore how mindful movement, breathing techniques and relaxation can support your mental and emotional wellbeing. Discover practical ways to manage stress and anxiety, improve body awareness, find calm and bring more balance into everyday life.

Navigating Perimenopause, High Cortisol, and Chronic Stress

Rebecca Harford 22 September 2026

When your body is experiencing hormonal transitions, high work stress, or chronic exhaustion, pushing through a high-intensity, high-impact gym workout can actually cause more harm than good. High cortisol levels…

Breathing: When you own your breathe- noone can steal your peace

Rebecca Harford 5 June 2025

Last night I was catching up with one of our students- last week she had received some incredibly devasting news which rocked her world (its seems a few of us…

Shedding layers with Spring

Rebecca Harford 31 August 2023

It’s the first day of Spring & as I drove into class today under the literal light of the blue moon, it was hard not to feel the layers of…

Yoga for calm & relaxation

Rebecca Harford 12 October 2022

Have you ever had that feeling that there was just so much to do? Maybe even that there just wasn’t enough (time, energy, money)? As it feels like our world’s…

Breathe, Calm & Relaxation

Rebecca Harford 6 October 2022

Hands up if you would like to be able to breathe better, feel calmer and be more relaxed. Maybe, take a moment to just breathe. When the world around us…

Laughter and why we want it in class

Rebecca Harford 19 February 2020

We all know how good it feels to laugh and we have a vague idea that yes, laughing is good for us. However it is not always encouraged in Yoga.…

Standing Tall

Rebecca Harford 18 February 2020

One of the best goals that a student has shared with me was that he wanted to stand tall in a room. He meant this physically, mentally and emotionally and…

Learn to Relax

Rebecca Harford 12 February 2020

Relaxation in class (or life..) is really hard!! Calm down…..sadly does not create the calm experience! So what can you do to relax???? Firstly, start by dropping your expectations of…

Margaret’s Success

Rebecca Harford 27 December 2019

Margaret is a very inspiring woman. We have been working with Margaret for over a year now and her results are extraordinary. She has worked hard with dedication and focus…

How yoga helped my anxiety

AYAP Team 5 September 2019

by Charmaine Aitken Anxiety …. a lot of us have experienced it at some stage of our lives. Some more than others. Whether it’s being worried about what your going…

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