Active Lifestyle - Yoga Challenge

This Summer we decided to do a Yoga Challenge, collaborating with Melon & Lime Mats and Chant Malas. With Anna De Sousa as the host; Anna is a plant based blogger and yoga teacher in training, she believes in supporting ethical brands as she holds Eco friendly values. The theme of the Yoga Challenge was 'Heart Openers' (which was really close to our hearts) so we called it #summerheartopeners This included a variation of five yoga poses related to the theme. Anna flowed through each pose wearing Active Therapy Clothing, her balance and flexibility was astonishing.


Yoga Challenges are nothing new to the Yoga industry but we wanted to do something a little different, something that was inclusive. We decided to do the challenge because we wanted to inspire and motivate those involved. Luckily we had a really positive response and many Yogi's world wide took part (for this we are very grateful), in different locations (from the sea, city to fields).



Each day Anna would describe the posture and explain how to move into the pose, guiding all involved. This created a community response, allowing each precipitant to feel supported. At the end of the challenge we announced a winner, this was a very hard decision to make due to the amount of fantastic people involved. However, it was apparent that @yoga_byangie was a strong winner, taking part in the challenge daily. All Sponsors were impressed by her enthusiasm and practice. 
 


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