By Luke Voogt
Mount Duneed yoga instructor Anna Rimmer is thanking health workers and teachers for their hard work during COVID-19 with “an hour of peace and calm”.
The mother-of-two has run four free Saturday morning classes so far for health workers and teachers to show her gratitude.
“I really felt quite driven to share it with them because I’ve been remote learning with my kids for a couple of terms and I’m in awe of the teachers,” the 52-year-old said.
“They pulled it together so quickly and smoothly. It must be so stressful and I can’t even imagine what it must be like for health workers.”
Anna hopes her sessions can give them “tools to relieve their physical, mental and emotional pressure”.
“Healthcare workers are the frontline in the war on coronavirus and are experiencing huge amounts of stress and anxiety,“ she said.
“Our teachers are also struggling under challenging conditions.”
The founder of YogaFarm 3217, Anna has so far run the free online sessions from her 13-hectare property for 30 to 42 teachers and health workers at a time.
“I’ve got capacity for 500 so I’d like to fill that,” she said, laughing.
“It’s gradually growing.”
Anna has taught yoga since 2002 and says her style works well in online tutorials.
“Yin Yoga calms the body and mind,” she said.
“It releases tension trapped in the body, slows down thoughts, increases circulation and enables better body movement.
“There’s never been a more important time to help our frontline heroes and this is the perfect way to allow them to reset every weekend.”
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