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Active Lifestyle - Yoga Challenge

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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 da

Active Lifestyle - Summer Smoothies

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If your based in England you know how relieved we are to see the sun! Summer time has come at last and the weather is brighter and warmer. So what better way to cool down then a smoothie, a delicious way to stay healthy. Whilst in England smoothie bowls have just been discovered, it's not new to warmer parts of the world where you can get summer fruits all year round. Places like Bali (Indonesia & Asia)  have fresh produce at there finger tips but this is only because people source their fruit from local farmers markets, which makes the produce really organic and natural (not from local super-markets like us Westerners). So if your thinking about making your own, it's really worth going to a farmers market at the right time of year or grow some berries in your back garden (we all went blueberry picking as children, right? Well it's time to start that past time again). The best smoothie's are always made with fresh fruit and produce (nuts, coconut chips and