Happy and Healthy with Hayley

17/09/2022

So I’ve been notified that this page will be shut down soon….apparently it’s a ‘grey’ account which doesn’t work well with the current Facebook things 🤷‍♀️ (seriously - don’t ask me for detail as I don’t really understand but I’ve also realised I actually don’t mind….I don’t use this account very much), & as far as I’m concerned, the less social media noise the better (for me & most probably for you too) 🙏
There are some big changes coming for this little business of mine - & I’d still love to keep you in the loop.
If you want to keep ‘following’, I’ll still be on Instagram as ‘hayleyaggs’, otherwise, you can sign up to my very (sporadic) email list here: https://happyandhealthywithhayley.com.au/contact/
Also - if you use this page to contact me, instead simply send me a txt or an email…..& I’ll get back to you quicker too 😘
Hayley

22/08/2022

Amy & I are super excited to be running our day retreat ‘Beauty that Moves’ again after receiving some really awesome feedback from our first event (with some enhanced tweaks of course 👏).
We have just changed the date we originally advertised - having realised we had booked this on a long weekend 🤦🏼‍♀️
The new date is Saturday September 24th, once again at the beautiful space that is & catered for by the divine 🤤
We would love to share time, space, & curiosity as you uncover/remember the innate wisdom & beauty that already exists within.
This is an invitation to shift your perspective, take some time for yourself, & to sink into the listening, wise & intuitive body you already have 🙏
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Booking link in bio 😘

14/08/2022

Health is your natural state…..

‘You don’t have to go & ‘do health’, health is what naturally happens when we align ourselves with natural rhythms….life simply emerges’
I wrote a blog post with some ponderings on our approach to food/movement/life…..it’s on my website if your interested (or in your inbox if you’re on my list) 😘
Would love to hear what you think xx

14/08/2022

https://events.humanitix.com/beauty-that-moves?_ga=2.27147710.2014471400.1660467662-747671249.1659959269

Join Amy and Hayley Agnew for a day of meditation, movement, creativity and flow. Retreat for a day at the beautiful space that is 'Inner Sanctuary Collective'. This is an invitation to shift your perspective, enjoy some time and space for yourself, and to sink into the listening, wise and intuitive...

01/08/2022

….from the garden 🌸

20/07/2022

Just over two weeks until our day retreat 👏
Amy & I are very much looking forward to this….so much so that we even made an awkward video for your viewing pleasure 🤣💁🏼‍♀️🧝‍♀️😂
We still have a few tickets left & we would love you to join us - to come home to yourself, to reconnect to your inner radiance, & to remember the beauty of the individuality that you are 🖤
Hit me up if you have any more questions 🥰

19/07/2022

This Wattle never ceases to shock me….the way it flowers so VIBRANTLY smack bang in the middle of Winter….
I’m always surprised…..like ‘What is going on? Is Spring here already? Did I miss something?….& also ‘why is it still SO cold?!’
But of course, nature blooms as it does, when it’s meant to…..always.
This beauty reminds us of the joy in the present, that the warmth will come again (because cmon - we can forget when it’s so damn cold 🥶), & that the future is bright…..& she reminds us right when we really need to hear it too 🥰

13/07/2022

I received the most amazing gift last week…..this painting from (artist, organic farmer & all round legend of a human….a man who just in his being, reminds me that we all have our own way 🌟).
To receive a gift of this magnitude is humbling….who am I to deserve such a gift?! …..but I’ve reminded myself, who am I not to?
Life has really been showing me lately how to receive….& while historically I’ve been much more comfortable being the one to give - I’m learning that to receive graciously is a gift itself 🙏….it feels good to give, just as it feels good to receive.
Thanks Hamish - I still don’t really have the words to describe how incredibly lucky I feel, but I’m so grateful 🙏
Swipe to see the image this one is based on 🙌

23/06/2022

I love this image.
I took this picture of my friend Amy on a moody evening in Autumn.
We have started doing this….heading out & taking photos without a reason (ie there is no ‘project’ that this image will serve)….but it does serve the purpose of creativity, of joy, & of looking for & seeing beauty - in ourselves, but also all around us.
Could this acknowledgment of beauty be why we’re here? At least in part?
To see & witness beauty even when it’s not ‘pretty’, or perhaps looks different than what we’ve been told.
As the wonder that is/was John O’Donohue wrote:
‘The earth is full of thresholds where beauty awaits the wonder of our gaze’
This practice for us, heading out with a camera (or sometimes painting, or drawing or writing), surrounded by nature, & simply BEING creative, has become important….not necessarily for the images (though what we have captured to us is indeed beautiful), but for allowing time & space for the process & flow of creativity to run through us.
This is the spark of something else beyond flesh & blood….the spark of spirit speaking through our personal lense….a unique fractal of perspective & how we view & interact with the world around us.
I hope you remember that we ALL have this …the spark of creativity….the flow of the universe running through us…..
I beg you not to forget….& gift yourself the time & space to create 🙏

05/06/2022

Moody Sunset 🖤

28/05/2022

Those perfect Autumn days on the farm ☀️

18/05/2022

With just one week and a half left before I take a little pause from teaching yoga, I would LOVE to see you on the yoga mat 🙏
This week we’re again exploring our body as a vehicle of sensing….an intelligent, wise, & trustworthy source of information….literally the meeting place between the Earth & the Cosmos 💫
Can we listen with our WHOLE body? (Not just to our thinking mind).
Can we use the sensing pads of our palms to take in the pulse of the Earth?
Can we allow the instrument of our body/mind to equally absorb (& to respond) to the information we’re receiving?
This kind of practice not only activates our intuition, but it also feels DELICIOUS….like a coming home 🌸🌈
I’d love to see you before I ‘pause’ xx

23/04/2022

A shift….
So I’ve decided to take a break from teaching yoga.
Yep, you read that correctly.
For the last 10 plus years (with a very small break to have Ireland), I’ve been sharing this practice with others.
However, now, It’s time for me to take a pause…..I feel tired & I need a rest. It really is that simple.
I may be back to teaching in the future, but at this stage - I’m not sure.
I need some time & space to consider how I want to show up in the yoga space. I desire more room for creativity & to consider how I can be of service in a way that is truly nourishing to others (& to me).
Having said that, there are some offerings in the pipeline (hint hint - retreat 🥰).
I will continue to teach until the end of May & would be STOKED to see you on the mat over the next 4 weeks or so🖤
For the record - I still LOVE & am inspired by these practices - yoga feels a part of me & is a huge part of how I show up in life.
As states so beautifully in his translation of ‘The Radiance Sutras’, what we practice really is ‘the yoga of wonder & delight’ 🥰
The lineage of yoga for the householder/everyday people (ta**ra), invites us to feel, to be, & to engage more fully & wholeheartedly in the world.
It is indeed a LIFE ENHANCING practice - & as you’ve heard me say SO many times - it’s not about the shapes/poses, but about how we take our practice ‘off the mat’🙏
Know that you can trust in your body, & you can trust in yourself…..this decision is me trusting in the calls of my body/mind/spirit at this point in time.
My gratitude to those of you who do/have practiced with me over these last 10yrs is immeasurable. Sharing these practices has invited me to depths & understandings I would never have experienced otherwise….& you guys are a huge part of that.
RECIPROCITY at its finest.
Thankyou 🙏
Hayley x
PS - Thankyou for all that you are & all that you give me in friendship - your support through this decision was 🙌…& for capturing me in ways that have changed the way I dare to see myself. You bro, are a gift to this world…love ya xx

19/04/2022

Yoga continues as normal in school holidays 🧘‍♀️🥰
Millicent - 5:15pm & 6:30pm tueaday evenings at the Millicent Community Church.
Mt Gambier, Friday & Saturday morning, 8:45am
I’d love to see you on the mat, for a nourishing slow flow practice.
Hayley x

23/03/2022

Hey Peeps,
Please note - there will be NO yoga class this coming Friday (25th March) …..I’ve got a very important Sports Day to attend (essentially practicing my highest ‘yoga’ - being this kid’s Mum 🙏).
Class is still on Saturday morning at 8:45am 🥰🧘‍♀️
I would LOVE to see you on the mat.
Hayley
PS this was a legitimate attempt at a selfie 🤷‍♀️

17/03/2022

If I don’t place my bare feet on the earth most days….
I don’t quite feel like myself.
If I don’t let my body be bathed in the waters of the ocean, or plant my fingers in the soil, or brush my hands on the plants of my home regularly….it’s like I’ve lost myself….diminished my connection to the greater mystery…..weakened my relationship to the unknown but sacred steadiness of the world.
If I don’t let the unemcumbered joyous love offered to me by my son, touch the tendrils of my heart….I diminish a little….
(as we sat eating an icey pole after school this week, his little voice whispered to me ‘you know what’s so good about Mum’s? they are the sweetest’…..oh my heart - does he really have to keep growing up?!)
But these moments, with him, & in nature, & in my home….I miss them sometimes - often actually.
I get too busy to ‘drop in’ & actually feel it…..& then I am lost. Rudderless. Inconsequential. My Energy flat. My mood darkened.
But then something brings me back & I remember…..The EXQUISITE everyday.
The Sacredness that lies in the mundane.
I remind myself……soften. drop in. feel it.
Can I drop into preparing a meal? …the joy of nourishing my children, my friends, my beloved, myself….
This offering of such simplicity….but it’s also everything.
Can I drop into these moments…..these everyday offerings - not particularly pretty….but god’s damn, so very beautiful….daily gifts…..especially when the world feels like it’s gone mad.
As we approach equinox, & the moon builds to fullness (& the general state of the world feels chaotic)….the energies we feel are BIG.
At this point in time - the veil to the unseen thins…letting us feel & see perhaps what we’ve previously been unaware of.
I’ve felt this building over the last few weeks….taking me at times into anxiety & unsteadiness. I’ve spoken to many of you feeling the same.
All I can say is I’m with you - I feel it too….& in times of doubt, return to nature, return to your people…& remember the sacredness of everyday life.
Soften. Drop in. Feel it.
It will bring you home.

01/03/2022

Rose Elixir 🌹
The medicine of love, healthy boundaries, & strength balanced with gentleness.
I started working with Rose medicine nearly two years ago…..her subtle medicine gently working away at the rough edges of my psyche….inviting me to surrender, but holding me to be strong.
Her medicine is subtle, but powerful….putting us back in touch with the energy of our hearts 🖤
I have a limited number of these little beauties for sale - rose petals grown in my own garden, the first blooms of the season harvested with the intention of healing.
$25 - inbox me if you feel called to embody this medicine of the heart.
Hayley
PS - I wrote a blog post on Rose a while ago - still up on my website (link I’m bio)

24/02/2022

‘I want to be free to do things beautifully & well.
What has helped me, is to recognise the authenticity of my longing…..my longing to be busy with a life I love & to hold my time as sacred’.
These words from really sang to my heart this week….we all need purpose, to feel engaged with life….to have space for creativity, for love, & for healing….time & space for each other.
Can we re-frame our meaning of ‘busy’? ….can we not create a story of busy that is based on connection - to ourselves, to each other, & to nature.
A story that lifts our spirits & builds our vibrancy?
….I like to think we can.
I like being busy doing what I love, & having a life full of people who matter to me….& I believe this is true for all of us.
Maybe I just wanted to say, being busy isn’t all bad, & maybe we just need to get busy doing the things that matter most to us 🖤

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