About
Hayley Tillard is a qualified prenatal and postpartum yoga teacher, motherhood educator, and mum to two little boys.
I had some challenges in my first pregnancy
Read My Story: Part 1
I suffered from painful pregnancy conditions like sciatica, pelvic girdle pain, and back pain and was told by health professionals to put up with it as a normal part of pregnancy. It seemed like no one took the time to listen to my experiences or guide me through these challenges.
I wanted to exercise for both my body and mind, but I didn’t know how to move safely – for myself or my baby.
As a new mum, I didn’t take the time to properly rest and recover after birth. I struggled with perfectionism, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum depletion. I felt isolated, like I was shouldering the mental load of parenting alone, and had lost my identity.
Read My Story: Part 2
It was only after reaching breaking point that I made changes and prioritised my needs. I began to heal and learn the traditional ways women can actually thrive as new mothers instead of being physically and emotionally eroded – something we’ve largely ignored in Western society.
It’s from these challenges and lessons that prompted me to train in prenatal and postnatal yoga and mentor women through pregnancy and postpartum, holistically guiding women through the transition to motherhood. Armed with knowledge of the pregnant and postpartum body, ancient wisdom, and my experience as a modern mother, I educate women on the lessons we should have grown up learning, like matrescence, nervous system regulation, and the fourth trimester.
Mothers aren’t meant to walk this path alone.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Communications, The University of Queensland
- 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Ravvi’s School of Yoga, Cyprus
- 85-hour Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training, Bliss Baby Yoga
- Anatomy and Physiology Extension Module, Bliss Baby Yoga
- Mentoring for Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, Bliss Baby Yoga
- Prenatal and Postnatal Nutrition and Ayurveda, Bliss Baby Yoga
- Certificate IV Entrepreneurship and New Business, TAFE QLD
Hayley Tillard Values
Connection
That connection with your true self, to listen to your intuition and understand your needs. Connection with your baby, forming that unbreakable bond. Connection with other mothers, because we’re not meant to do this alone.
Empowerment
Having the tools to nurture yourself physically, mentally, and spiritually. To advocate for yourself. To live intentionally and in line with your values.
Trust
Trust me to show up for you, to deliver what I promise. Trust your village to hold space and support you during this sacred time. Trust yourself as a new mother.