Hayley Wanders Yoga

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Hayley Wanders Yoga

Vinyasa. Yin. Restorative. Yoga Instructor. I am passionate about finding new ways to move our bodies to allow us to tap into the subtle layers within.

Flow with me weekly on the Sunshine Coast or join me for an upcoming workshop or retreat.

11/12/2025

I can still feel that shimmer of connection, the threads that were woven on this past Women’s Rewilding Retreat, that deep remembering in my bones that our womanhood is meant to be revered. Eighteen women gathering in the forest, arriving with busy minds, tired hearts, and that familiar sense of being stretched thin. In our first circle it was so clear how many of us carried the same threads: the pressure, the pace, the longing to slow down, the quiet ache of feeling disconnected from our bodies. And yet in just two nights, something shifted. The depth of connection we wove as strangers became a living reminder of what’s possible when women meet without judgment, when we trade presence for performance and let their wild hearts be seen.

I felt so grateful to return to this familiar land, to commune with the elements, with earth herself. She held our shares, our songs, our tears. She reminded us how sacred each moment truly is, how the divine lives in our bodies and in the here and now. We heard it in the rain shimmering through the canopy, sometimes so loud we were forced to stop talking and simply listen. We felt it in our sisters hands as she softly massaged our face and stroked our hair. We bathed in its beauty in waterfalls and in moonlight. We found it in our wombs as our bodies whispered truths about honouring our seasons and celebrating our cycles.

These retreats always exceed anything I could plan. The energy of the group carries the experience in ways I could never orchestrate. The impromptu singing circles, the silliness, the laughter that rises right when we need it. The courage of each woman offering her raw, trembling, magnificent self to be witnessed. It feels both rare and precious and also like something ancient, a way of being we instinctively remember.

If something in you stirs as you read this, a gentle ache or a quiet yes low in your belly, then maybe Portugal is whispering to you. We’ll gather again next year with the same devotion to truth, softness, wildness, and the sacred remembering of who we are as women.

04/11/2025

October felt so full.

Ripe and abundant amidst the death and decay of autumn. A month where every morning I watched the snow line inch its way down the mountainside and watched my breath turn to fog in the cold air while we sat together with our cacao and our tarot cards and felt the warmth of community that holds us through the harshness of life. Every day I felt gratitude move through me like a prayer, for this life, and this house that felt so much like a home. Filled with so many people I love all together under one roof.

It really landed for me this month that I’m just a better version of myself when I’m around people. I’m more creative, more inspired, more me. Sometimes I wonder if the reason I love it so deeply is because I feel everything in such intensity. Isolation feels too much for my body to hold, it’s not only the difficult seasons that feel heavy when carried alone, even the joy feels fuller when witnessed, life is more beautiful when shared, at least for me, and I think somewhere inside I have always known this. It’s what has shaped my path, it’s what’s shaped me.

On a canoe trip this summer as we watched the sunset over the lake, we played a game where you say just one word that most wholly encapsulates each person When it came to me, my friend Kim said gatherer, and it struck something so deep because it felt like the most honest and accurate reflection of who I am beneath everything I do.

That word came back to me again tonight.

I held a women’s circle where we reflected on the ways we strive to be seen vs. the way we want to be remembered, the legacy we are leaving behind, and if there was a gap between the two. And that word gatherer came to me again.

You know, it’s a beautiful thing to be witnessed in the way you want to be remembered. We all strive to be someone and it doesn’t always align with who we truly are at our core. But in that moment I felt seen. And this last month reminded me of this gift. I think maybe it’s my superpower in this life. We all have one.

A gatherer. Of humans. Of hearts. Of magic. Of memories.
 What’s yours? ✨

17/10/2025

There is a wild awakening happening all over the world. The women are being called. To gather and remember and return to their power.

We will not be tamed. We will not be silenced. We will not stay small.

This weekend together is an invitation to heed this call, the one that stirs something deep in your bones.

Join us in ritual and remembering as you awaken the wild woman within you. The one who’s laid dormant all this time listening and waiting to rise up and meet you.

She does not tread lightly. She will shake you to your very core. She will plunge you into darkness and bring you face to face with all that you’ve buried. But she will also set you free.

One space remains to join us. Comment WILD to receive details and claim that spot!

30/09/2025

Snaps of September.

I’ll be honest, it’s been challenging..and beautiful. Grounding. And chaotic. Anyone else feel like they’re riding a roller coaster in life? One day feels like my heart could burst with how in love with life I feel. The next. I’m having an existential crisis about who I am and what I’m even doing with my life. While one home slowly comes together I feel my own foundations coming undone. Eclipses and equinox bringing to the surface the shadows. And the light. One cannot exist without the other. Being forced to fully surrender, releasing expectation and bowing down (sometimes with resistance) to the unknown forces at play. I reread my journal from 2 years ago only to realise I’m still struggling with the same themes. Stuck in a spiral, only not stuck. Returning to learn and unlearn. Build and break. Lessons repeating like the seasons until I’m ready to unearth what’s deeper. The feather, the brick, the truck. Life gets louder until we’re ready to listen. To learn. To love.

Ah this beautiful, messy, miraculous life we get to live. Fleeting and ephemeral. But eternally grateful. Expanding my capacity to hold it all. ❤️

16/09/2025

It’s not about doing it all. It’s about living it all. Who you are when nobody is watching.

None of rituals or practices matter if their essence is abandoned the moment you step of your mat. True embodiment doesn’t live in the practices it lives in life.

05/09/2025

THE ART OF FLOW: Advanced Asana & Sequencing Masterclass | November 22

This masterclass is an invitation to step beyond the familiar and explore the artistry of practice. Through seamless transitions, creative sequencing, and the weaving together of music, breath, and movement, we’ll enter a flow state where the practice becomes less about shapes and more about a moving meditation that is fluid, dance-like, and deeply embodied.

Together we’ll journey towards peak postures, not just as a physical destination but as a pathway to discover new possibilities in your body and your mind. Expect to be challenged, inspired, and surprised by what unfolds when you let the practice carry you.

This experience is open to all levels. No matter where you are in your practice, all you need is a willingness to try. You’ll be guided to explore at your own pace, while still being taken to new places within you.

Guiding you is Hayley Wanders, a senior teacher with over a decade of experience leading advanced trainings and retreats across the world. With a background in running 300-hour programs and mentoring teachers and facilitators, Hayley brings both depth and creativity to the practice, offering you tools to expand your own understanding while immersing fully in the joy of movement.

02/09/2025

August. Leaving one home behind to build another some place new. Finally back in the mountains after years of being called. Landing in their yin presence. I just learned yesterday our property backs onto Mount Newmoon and I couldn’t think of anything more perfect. So many new adventures. New moon. New home. New husband. New chapter of our lives. And finally some time just us. Newlyweds. Endless kms of driving, sunrise to sunset, lakes and prairies and dance parties and good chats and the deepest feel it in my bones reminder that he is my person. My home. Wherever this life takes us.

01/09/2025

I am so excited to be collaborating with .her.health to bring you this online Spring Equinox Women’s Circle.

For those in southern hemisphere, the shift into spring is slowly setting in. As women, we feel the turning of the seasons not only around us but also within us. Our cyclical nature carries us through constant waves of change. Growth and grounding. Expansion and contraction.

This Spring Equinox, we invite you to gather in celebration of new life and returning light. Together we’ll honour the light within each of us, seeing it reflected in all the women we gather in sacred space beside.

Our circle will include sharing, somatic practices, guided journaling, and meditation. It is a space to reconnect, renew, and welcome the season ahead.

When: Sunday 21st September, 2pm - 4pm AEST
Duration: 90 minutes + 30 minutes optional connection space
Where: Live on zoom
Cost: $20 (free for Healing Her members)

Link in bio to book.

If you are in the northern hemisphere and craving some connection with women and a time to honour this equinox you can still join! (Sat 20th 9pm PDT)

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