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A vitally important foundation for providing your entire body with strength and stability, our hips offer support to our spine and organs. Because of the amount of movement we put our hips through on a daily basis, never mind when we hit the dance floor Shakira style, it’s no wonder our hips can feel the strain. Discover how yoga poses that relax and open the hip help both body and mind. How tight hips impact the body The hip flexors are made up of a group of muscles which connect the lower body, which we know as the pelvis area....

  It already feels like the endless summer and it’s only August. When the sun shines it sends us all into a headspin...although that could also be down to sunstroke and sangria. Whatever the reason we’re loving the happy smiles all round, beachtime vibes and luxuriously lengthy holiday yoga sessions. To celebrate an (all too rare) beautiful British summer, here at Blossom Yoga Wear we’ve compiled your ultimate yoga wardrobe for every occasion...   Nothing says summer quite like a seaside break. The feeling of sand between your toes and a beautiful horizon of blue as far as the eye...

  Modern science may have proved that the Universe is entirely made up of a mass of energy, but ancient cultures have known for centuries that all living things contain a lifeforce. This “spirit” that flows through us all (and not just after a heavy weekend!) was believed to form energy centres within the body, known as chakras. Translating from Sanskrit as ‘wheel’, it’s helpful to think of these points as a mass of swirling, turning energy.  In Eastern philosophy, any blockages in the flow of energy through the body are believed to cause imbalance that can create illness and...

At Blossom Yoga Wear we’re the first to preach that yoga is about SO much more than the body beautiful, but hey, if they were handing out Beyonce booty’s in class...then sure, we’d certainly take one. Vanity aside, strengthening the glutes helps to support the lower back, hips and knees, as well as reduce imbalance in the pelvis area. If you’re specifically looking to tone your butt, then incorporating some of these 7 yoga poses into your practice will help to firm that derriere.        1. Locust Pose Despite being classed as a basic asana, Salabhasana is one...