	{"id":42326,"date":"2020-09-17T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=42326"},"modified":"2020-09-16T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:02:14","slug":"yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga to calm the body and mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga teacher Anna Rimmer is encouraging the region\u2019s healthcare and education workers to roll out their mats and join a free virtual yoga session.<\/p>\n<p>Anna, of Yoga Farm 3217, has been teaching yoga since 2002 and said the free weekly Yin Yoga classes exclusive for healthcare and education workers aimed to ease the stress and pressure of working in the educational and medical fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthcare workers are the front line in the war on Coronavirus and are experiencing huge amounts of stress and anxiety. Our teachers are also struggling under challenging conditions and both should be offered tools to relieve their physical, mental and emotional pressure\u201d says Anna Rimmer, Founder of Yoga Farm 3217.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYin Yoga calms the body and mind. It releases tension trapped in the body, slows down thoughts, increases circulation and enables better body movement,\u201d Anna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been running free courses for healthcare and education workers for some time and feedback has been remarkable. There\u2019s never been a more important time to help our frontline heroes and this is the perfect way to allow them to reset every weekend\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yin Yoga is a peaceful moving meditation practice that is suitable for all ages and fitness levels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30038 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/yoga1_07684.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Classes run each Saturday morning at 9am from Anna\u2019s Mt Duneed location for an hour, and healthcare workers and teachers can simply register online. The classes will run for as long as there is enough interest and are totally free and without condition.<\/p>\n<p>Class attendee Liz said she \u201cteared up\u201d in Anna\u2019s free class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a teacher and have swayed between burnout and adrenaline fueled \u2018keep going\u2019 emotions all year. I completely loved the class and feel so relaxed and energized. Thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna is experienced in running Virtual Yoga Classes and welcomes hundreds of attendees in each session.<\/p>\n<p>For bookings, email Anna on yinyogawithanna@outlook.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga teacher Anna Rimmer is encouraging the region\u2019s healthcare and education workers to roll out their mats and join a free virtual yoga session. Anna, of Yoga Farm 3217, has been teaching yoga since 2002 and said the free weekly Yin Yoga classes exclusive for healthcare and education workers aimed to ease the stress and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":42329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-42326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yoga teacher Anna Rimmer is encouraging the region\u2019s healthcare and education workers to roll out their mats and join a free virtual yoga session. Anna, of Yoga Farm 3217, has been teaching yoga since 2002 and said the free weekly Yin Yoga classes exclusive for healthcare and education workers aimed to ease the stress and [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"456\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a21243f5aec06a5bb8c264a9774e6ef\"},\"headline\":\"Yoga to calm the body and mind\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":456,\"caption\":\"Healthcare and education workers can take a free yoga class with Anna Rimmer.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/living\\\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yoga to calm the body and mind\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":350,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"Surf Coast Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a21243f5aec06a5bb8c264a9774e6ef\",\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/author\\\/contributor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times","og_description":"Yoga teacher Anna Rimmer is encouraging the region\u2019s healthcare and education workers to roll out their mats and join a free virtual yoga session. Anna, of Yoga Farm 3217, has been teaching yoga since 2002 and said the free weekly Yin Yoga classes exclusive for healthcare and education workers aimed to ease the stress and [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/","og_site_name":"Surf Coast Times","article_published_time":"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":456,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/"},"author":{"name":"Guest Contributor","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/1a21243f5aec06a5bb8c264a9774e6ef"},"headline":"Yoga to calm the body and mind","datePublished":"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/"},"wordCount":319,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png","articleSection":["Living"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/","name":"Yoga to calm the body and mind - Surf Coast Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png","datePublished":"2020-09-16T15:00:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AnnaBetts-YogaF_70458-e1600218020687.png","width":1200,"height":456,"caption":"Healthcare and education workers can take a free yoga class with Anna Rimmer."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/yoga-to-calm-the-body-and-mind\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yoga to calm the body and mind"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","name":"Surf Coast Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization","name":"Surf Coast Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","width":350,"height":38,"caption":"Surf Coast Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/1a21243f5aec06a5bb8c264a9774e6ef","name":"Guest Contributor","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/author\/contributor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42326"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=42326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}