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12 Christmas Yoga Poses to Try as 2021 Turns to 2022   Who said Christmas is the wrong time to practise yoga? There’s no wrong time to de-stress yourself with some stretching, meditation and breath control. If you’re excited to try new revitalising Christmas yoga asanas, roll out your mat and add these 12 poses to your practice. Don’t do them all at once. Try one pose each day of the festive season to let your body and mind gradually soak up the Xmas spirit! Day 1. Start your Christmas yoga with childlike happiness Unleash your inner child with a...

Our bodies are a mind blowingly intricate internal ecosystem, and regulating that entire system are our hormones. Serving as messengers in charge of coordinating and controlling our body, it’s no wonder that even the slightest imbalance can throw us totally off. When you’re feeling all out of whack, getting on your yoga mat could be one of the best things to do!       Signs your hormones are out of balance  Feeling high as a kite one day and grumpy or low the next? Our emotions are hugely impacted by the complex chemical process going on behind the scenes,...

When the nights start to draw in and the weather turns colder, it’s common for many of us to feel a little down in the dumps. But could your change in mood be something else? Seasonal Affective Disorder is a depressive mood disorder, that is directly linked to the change in seasons. Learn more about Seasonal Affective Disorder and whether you can ease some of its symptoms through the power of restorative yoga:  What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Often abbreviated to SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, presents itself much like other symptoms of depression: Feeling constantly low in mood throughout the...

  The science is clear; smiling is great for you. When we smile is activates neural messaging which changes the chemical makeup of our brain, to make us both happier and healthier! Dopamine, serotonin and endorphins (basically all the good stuff) are released as soon as a smile flashes across our face. So in honour of World Smile Day, here’s our 5 ways that yoga can make you smile…     1. Feeling better in your body We’ve said it before at Blossom Yoga Wear and we’re definitely going to end up saying it again...yoga is great for promoting a...

Whether you sought your yoga life out intentionally, or suddenly found yourself falling into the yoga world completely by accident, there are a few things along the way that we didn’t necessarily understand from the get go. Along the wonderful journey into yogahood we seem to have several aha moments, that left us scratching our head as to why nobody told us sooner!    Strange noises   Ok, who let Darth Vader into the class and why on earth didn’t he bring his inhaler if he knew he’d be working out. What’s that? Oh, it’s intentional. Yes it turns out...