Category Archives: prenatal yoga

Blooma’s 9-Month Pass at an Amazing Price!

You’ve asked, so here it is once more! Blooma is bringing back its popular 9-Month Pass for the month of May, in honor of Mother’s Day month. Here’s the scoop:

9 Months of Unlimited Yoga (plus so much more..)

  • BloomaLandFor $500 (20% off the unlimited pass!)
  • This takes you all the way through into 2014.
  • You can pause the pass at any time!
  • ONLY available to purchase May 1st-May 31st, 2013
  • In addition to unlimited yoga (Prenatal, Vinyasa, Bring Your Own Baby), you’ll also get unlimited Barre classes and Mama Group classes
  • Use your pass at any of our three locations: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Shakopee

The 9-Month Pass makes a GREAT GIFT for Mother’s Day… from a loved one or to yourself. It’s easy to buy, too. You can call us at 612.223.8064, sign up in-person at any of our three locations, or purchase online. Easy peasy!

Love,

Alisa, Sarah & the women of Blooma

*Live* Your New Mama Yoga Practice In the Small Moments

One of Blooma’s prenatal yoga teachers in Shakopee, the lovely Anne Johnson, recently gave birth to a sweet baby girl, Emilia. Congratulations, Anne!! Like many of us new mamas, she struggled to figure out when it would be appropriate to start postnatal yoga. She shares with the Blooma blog her path to rediscovering yoga and self-care in a new body, with new demands on her time and energy. (Thanks, Anne, for admitting that not all moments are Zen moments, either!)

Mamas, comment below with your own tips on finding yoga practice time — or any down time — since becoming a mama! 

Love,

Blooma prenatal yoga teacher Anne Johnson practicing with Emilia inside her belly!

Blooma prenatal yoga teacher Anne Johnson practicing with Emilia inside her belly!

Alisa, Sarah & the women of Blooma

{By Anne Johnson}

I found I needed yoga in my second week postpartum just to connect and to breath and tap into the energy I found both before and when I was pregnant. I’ve missed my own physical practice for centering and feeling strong in the first two weeks of Emilia’s life outside my belly — a very large yet wonderful transition for both of us. Continue reading

Welcome Teresa Espenas — A Yogi Powerhouse of Love + Good Energy!

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She’s zigzagged the globe, studying yoga and meditation, while learning to embrace the fullness of her life with each breath. Now Teresa Espenas has moved to the Twin Cities and shares her teachings right here at Blooma. I had the opportunity to get to know Teresa when we completed Blooma’s Advanced Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training together, and quickly discovered that her bright and genuine energy is infectious. We’re certain you’ll think so, too!

headshotThe Twin Cities is lucky to have Teresa in town, both as a yoga teacher and a birth doula. Read her rockin’ story below and try one of her Prenatal Yoga or Vinyasa Flow classes for yourself! Continue reading