Journal — Yoga Practice

  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...

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....

  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...