Hayley Tillard

Hayley Tillard MOTHERHOOD EDUCATION + PRENATAL & POSTPARTUM YOGA COACHING

BRISBANE + ONLINE

Programs and mentoring for pregnancy and postpartum based on ancient wisdom for a modern woman. I will hold your hand as you navigate motherhood because we're not meant to do it alone.

Your neck is tight. Your jaw is clenched. And you’re holding in something unsaid 🗣️ For mothers especially: the forward-...
14/04/2026

Your neck is tight. Your jaw is clenched. And you’re holding in something unsaid 🗣️

For mothers especially: the forward-head posture of feeding, screens, and carrying children compresses the cervical spine, rounds the shoulders, and loads the upper back. Add a mental load that never fully switches off, and this area holds the weight of life.

Releasing the neck and shoulders changes your breathing, your posture, your nervous system, and the frequency of tension headaches 🧠

But yoga is more than postures — it’s a complete framework for living.

Chakras are energy centres in the body that can become blocked. The throat chakra governs communication and authentic expression. When it’s restricted, it shows up physically exactly as we’re describing: a tight neck, raised shoulders, a jaw that won’t chill.

Satya is a principle from yoga philosophy — it means honesty. Being truthful with yourself about what you’re carrying and what you actually need. It’s the thread running through every April class at .sandgate

This month, yoga focuses on the neck, shoulders, and upper spine — working through mobility, release, and gentle strength, subtly enabling our ability to speak up honestly.

Classes are free for everyone. Suitable for pregnancy and postpartum. Book in the .sandgate app.

04/04/2026

Easter 🐇 An extra long weekend and an opportunity for core-memory making moments…

…aaaaand a lot of invisible labour. On top of regular parenting, there’s the magic making, memory capturing, the consequences of deviating from routine, and navigating potential sugar crashes.

We go into motherhood expecting wholesome moments to cherish at Easter time, and while we absolutely can have that, no one really talks about how we can also be exhausted and consumed by the mental load of Easter 🐣 🍫

If you’re feeling it, you’re not alone. If this holiday didn’t match your expectations, it’s because motherhood is a nuanced experience. You’re doing well - just remember to focus on what makes you happy, not what makes you perfect.

As we traverse Matrescence, the transition into ‘mother’, we can find ourselves feeling compelled to perform elements of...
29/03/2026

As we traverse Matrescence, the transition into ‘mother’, we can find ourselves feeling compelled to perform elements of mothering a certain way. Perhaps they’ve been modelled to us, explicitly taught, or absorbed subconsciously through society and culture.

One of the struggles of Matrescence is feeling like parts of this performance don’t serve us and learning to find a balance between obligation and free will; working out how to be the type of mother you are proud of, while still honouring your wants and needs.

This identity work can be muddy as you shed your old identity and step into each evolving phase of motherhood.

But there’s hope! Your new life begins when you can hold boundaries, choose joy, embrace your sense of self, and be honest with your limits.

It boils down to giving yourself permission to choose yourself within the context of motherhood 🤍

How do you show up for yourself as a mum?

Today’s Align Club guided journalling event was a powerful one. We did the fundamental self-work of learning our persona...
29/03/2026

Today’s Align Club guided journalling event was a powerful one. We did the fundamental self-work of learning our personal values - not merely as naming words but how we can turn them into actions in our daily lives 💙

Through guided journalling, paired discussion, coaching, and meditation, we explored the roles that form our identity (and dismissed those that no longer feel authentic), identified the qualities of each role and how we’d like to show up, and reflected on how those virtues could manifest in our daily actions and life choices.

We all have values. We live them whether we recognise them or not. It feels good to be familiar with our own and use them as standards and principles in life… and our children’s.

Just as poignantly, we gave ourselves permission to scrap the virtues that don’t feel authentic or sustainable in this season.

The details for the next Align Club event and journal prompts theme will be released later this week. Make sure you’re on my mailing list to not miss any details (the link is in my Align Club highlight) 📧

This isn’t another productivity bro hack. Dinacharya is an ancient morning routine within the health science philosophy ...
25/03/2026

This isn’t another productivity bro hack.

Dinacharya is an ancient morning routine within the health science philosophy of Ayurveda; the sister science of yoga, designed to optimise health, mental clarity, and alignment with nature.

It has incredible benefits but show me a mum who’s mindfully rubbing hot oil over her body every morning… I’ll wait.

Though unrealistic in its entirety, we can use Dinacharya as a guide, adapt it to our reality in motherhood, and slowly implement more of its principles as family dynamics evolve.

It’s one thing to be pragmatic about your busy lifestyle, but let’s not disregard this ancient wisdom or forego self care. You’re allowed to be an involved mum and prioritise your wellbeing.

20 minutes to feed two families dinner 🍕 Coming straight from work, school drop off, and the mechanic, I had a brief win...
18/03/2026

20 minutes to feed two families dinner 🍕

Coming straight from work, school drop off, and the mechanic, I had a brief window before leaving for coffee with my yoga client who just had a baby. I had nothing prepped, just a strong pull to show up with something nourishing because IMO that is the best, simplest way to support a family with a newborn (we all gotta eat!).

Showing up for your village can feel like too much when you’re already stretched caring for your own family.

But I believe belonging to a supportive community comes with the cost of inconvenience, the extra effort, the mental load - sometimes long before you receive.

Today, my values beat my excuses.

I kept dinner simple, used what I had, and made it work— just like I do at home most nights. No perfection, just intention.

Getting clear on my values (and actually living them) is something I’ve built through journalling - and the theme of this month’s Align Club, my guided journalling events. You can join the next one:

Sunday 29 March 9–9:45am
At Lift HQ, Sandgate
Optional coffee afterwards at ☕️

Book via the link in my bio 🦋💙

Sunday Family Day 💕
17/03/2026

Sunday Family Day 💕

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Through our podcast and website articles, we tell stories to empower your sustainable lifestyle.

Ecolust (n.) an insatiable desire for sustainability and freedom.

We grew up together in Brisbane, Australia but it wasn’t until long after school that we went on our first date. Hayley was living in Auckland while Chris was touring New Zealand and sparks flew over dinner and losing abysmally at trivia. The rest was history… girl moves home, boy proposes to girl, boy and girl elope in Bolivia…

As millennials growing up in typical Australian families, we ate meat everyday, drove everywhere, bought new things all the time, and we didn’t even think about our plastic consumption. But we came to realise our ‘normal’ lifestyles were harming the planet. We didn’t want to be part of the problem anymore so we committed to change. Don’t freak out - we’re not about to give up our smart phones, subsist on tofu, and dress in hessian sacks. We want full lives and we like nice things, but in a better way. Now, we’re taking steps to live sustainably.