Yoga4Yachties Inc Namaste Ocean Yoga

16/04/2026

Ever caught yourself yawning mid-class?

It’s not boredom… it’s actually your body doing something pretty amazing.

Yawning during yoga, Pilates, or exercise is often a sign your nervous system is shifting. As we slow down, breathe deeper, and move with awareness, the body moves from “go-go-go” mode into a more relaxed, parasympathetic state.

🥱 What’s happening when you yawn:• Your body is releasing tension• Oxygen levels are rebalancing• Your nervous system is down-regulating• You’re letting go… physically and emotionally

It’s especially common during:

💙 Breath work
💙 Stretching
💙 Slower, mindful movement
💙 When your body finally feels safe to relax

So if you yawn in class… don’t fight it.

Lean into it.

It’s a beautiful sign your body is unwinding, resetting, and receiving the benefits of your practice

Next time you yawn — just smile and think…“Ahhh… something is shifting.”

Love and Light
Leanne 🙏
www.lambislandyoga.com

31/03/2026

From ocean crossings to island parties… yoga was always with me.
Reverse Warrior… but make it island life.

Somewhere between ocean crossings, sunset skies, and the rhythm of the sea… yoga was never something I did - it was something I lived.

These moments were captured heading to an island fancy dress party during the Musket Cove Regatta in Fiji…
dressed up, a little wild, completely free… and still, I found myself in flow.

Feet grounded (even on a moving boat),
heart open,
body remembering what it means to feel alive.

That’s the beauty of yoga…
It meets you wherever you are
on a mat, on a deck, or on your way to a celebration under the stars.

And yes… even dressed for a party,
Reverse Warrior still found me 🌺

Leanne x
Lamb Island Yoga Fitness & Health

Become still enough to hear yourself,
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow

Extract book in progress
“Yoga4Yachties - Finding stillness between the waves”

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31/03/2026

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Rainy days… the perfect invitation to slow down, soften… and come back to yourself.

✨ Good Friday Studio is closed
✨ but today… you can still give yourself the gift of movement

Join me for a Grounded Yoga Flow
🧘‍♀️ Today | 5:30 – 6:30pm

A gentle, steady practice to:
• release tension
• reconnect with your breath
• feel calm, strong, and centred

And if you’re craving something a little different…
✨ Reformer Pilates sessions are also available today

Sometimes it’s not about doing more…
It’s about coming home to your body, even for just one hour.

💙 Your mat is waiting
💙 Your body will thank you

Book 0452204322
Online : www.lambislandyoga.com
use coupon code PENSIONER for $4.00 pensioner discount

Leanne
Lamb Island Yoga Fitness & Health

24/03/2026

Find me teaching 🙏

Hello beautiful community 🤍

Rain on the roof… the perfect reminder to slow down, soften, and come back to your body.

Even on a rainy island day, our space is warm, welcoming, and ready for you.

✨ This Week’s Classes:
• Monday 10:30am – Chair Yoga
• Tuesday 5:30pm – Grounded Yoga Flow (All welcome)
• Wednesday 6:30pm – Mat Pilates
• Friday 8:15am – Vinyasa Flow
* Sat 9 am - Mat pilates (fortnightly)

Whether you feel stiff, tired, or just need a moment to breathe…
this is your time.

No pressure. No perfection.
Just gentle movement, connection, and showing up for yourself.

📍 Lamb Island Yoga Fitness & Health
38 Melaleuca Drive

Message me to book or simply come along if you’re already part of our community.

Leanne x
0452204322
www.lambislandyoga.com

20/03/2026

After letting go of Migaloo, we found ourselves standing in front of a very different boat.

Red Sky.

She was everything we thought we wanted — bigger, stronger, more capable. Built for distance. Built for the next level of sailing.

John saw possibility straight away.

I felt something else.

Not doubt… but hesitation.

She wasn’t Migaloo.

I ran my hand along her rail, taking in every detail, knowing this boat would take us somewhere new — even if I wasn’t quite ready yet.

Sometimes the next chapter doesn’t feel comfortable at first.

Sometimes it simply asks you to trust… and step onboard anyway.

Leanne ⚓
Become still enough to hear yourself,
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow

Extract book in progress
“Yoga4Yachties - Finding stillness between the waves”

Photos on anchor Marquesas 2012

Red Sky is a 2001 Moody 54, Cutter rigged sloop. She is a centre cockpit with Electric in boom furling Mainsail and electric roller furling headsail and staysail. Built in the UK by Moody and designed by Bill Dixon

16/03/2026

Did you know…

The more you press your chest forward and lift toward the sky,
the less compression you place in your lower back.

In backbends, it’s not about dropping backwards.
It’s about lengthening first… then opening.

Lift the sternum.
Create space through the spine.
Let the heart lead the movement.

When we do that, the backbend becomes supportive instead of stressful.

These photos were taken in Fiji — one of my favourite teaching spots.
A wooden deck overlooking the ocean…
the sound of the wind and water…

Yoga felt so natural there.
Just breath, movement and the sea.

Sometimes the best yoga studios
don’t have walls at all. 🌺

Leanne
Lamb Island Yoga Fitness & Health

14/03/2026

Yoga Mid-Passage
This photo was taken on the port side deck of Songlines, sailing from Australia to New Caledonia during the Down Under Rally.

Looking at it now, the teacher in me starts analysing…

My shoulders.
My arm placement.
My alignment.

But then I remind myself of the reality.

I wasn’t in a yoga studio.

I was mid-passage at sea.

The boat gently rolling.
Wind in the rigging.
Salt on my skin.
The endless blue horizon all around.

And yet… yoga still happened.

Not perfectly.
Not in silence.
Not on a perfectly flat floor.

Just a natural moment of movement on a moving boat.

When you live at sea long enough, your body simply asks for it.

To stretch.
To breathe.
To reconnect after hours on watch.

These small practices became part of life onboard.

And many of the stories behind moments like this - the boats, the rallies, the passages, and the people - will be part of the book I’m slowly writing.

Because sailing life is often misunderstood.

Sometimes it’s challenging.
Sometimes magical.

But moments like this…
quietly practicing yoga in the middle of the ocean…

are the ones that stay with you forever.

Leanne ✌️





Photo: John Hembrow
Down Under Rally – Australia to New Caledonia

12/03/2026

Letting go of Migaloo wasn’t easy.

She wasn’t just a boat — she was years of our life. Ocean crossings, quiet anchorages, lessons learned the hard way, and the freedom of living by wind and tide.

We had poured everything into her. Time, energy, hard-earned money. Every system upgraded, every detail cared for.

So when the conversation turned to selling her… my heart resisted.

But sailing has a way of teaching you about timing. After many long conversations and a careful list of “for and against,” two emails arrived almost together.

One contract to sell.
One contract to buy.

A sliding door moment.

Letting go of Migaloo hurt — but she had already carried us exactly where we needed to go.

Sometimes the ocean teaches you that holding on and letting go are both part of the journey.

Leanne ⚓

Become still enough to hear yourself,
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow

09/03/2026

The dolphin at the bow - extract spoken words

They came in fast and playful, exactly as they always do when a boat moves through open water. We all went forward instinctively to watch them ride the bow wave.

I lay down on the bow, chin resting on my arms, looking straight into the water as Migaloo pushed steadily south.

One dolphin broke from the pod and slid directly beneath me.

Then it rolled onto its back.

And looked straight up at me.

We held each other’s gaze as it swam….

You only need to become still enough to hear yourself -
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow

Author of Yoga 4 Yachties — Finding Stillness Between the Waves

06/03/2026

International Women’s Day.

Today I’m being a little brave.

No brushed hair.
No perfect photo.
Just me… at almost 60.

For many years women have been told we need to look a certain way to be seen or valued.

But the truth is, strength, wisdom and beauty grow with the years.

This is what a life of movement, yoga, sailing adventures, sunshine and living looks like.

To every woman out there — you don’t need to hide your age, your story, or your authenticity.

Your brilliance is still shining.

You only need to become still enough to hear yourself
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow

06/03/2026

Some years ago I was invited to speak on Empowering Women’s Brilliance.

Watching this again reminds me that every woman carries a quiet strength within her.
Sometimes life, responsibilities, or self-doubt make us forget it.

Movement, breath, and connection have always been my way back to that inner light.

This weekend, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, I share this conversation as a reminder to every woman:

Your brilliance was never meant to be dimmed.

🎥 Watch here:
https://youtu.be/ANOtKmEeyBI?si=Bs8fSmbzG19i-Mji

You only need to become still enough to hear yourself
then trust what you hear. Leanne H Hembrow


https://youtu.be/ANOtKmEeyBI?si=Bs8fSmbzG19i-Mji

Kym Shaw from Empowering Women's Brilliance and I met briefly at The Galley The Boat Works last season, you know when your drawn to someone ~ anyway I asked ...

04/03/2026

Before yoga teaching.
Before writing.
Before I knew this would become a book.
It was just life unfolding.

I’m beginning to realise this story was never just about sailing.

Leanne 🙏

Onboard SV Red Sky - El Salvador flag # Yoga, Health & Sail Wellness with Leanne