Yeo-ga for breakfast

Yeo Valley family farm is already on a mission to deliver ‘great taste, the right way’ – so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the new Bio Live packs, which hit supermarket shelves this month, are made with no added refined sugar.

For those of you who know a bit about the company, it’ll also come as no surprise that the launch spurred Yeo Valley staff to make wider improvements to their health and wellbeing. We’re not talking hardcore gym workouts and crash diets: having a laugh is as central as the soil to life at Yeo Valley HQ. Instead, staff were inspired to have some fun and burn some energy with their very own morning Yeo-ga session.

Here are some of our favourite poses – click here for more, and share your own Yeo-ga pics using #ahealthieryeo!

‘As organic farmers we are only too aware how the balance in the soil of water, air, humus and bacteria is critical to the health and wellbeing of the plants we grow and the animals that eat those plants. Applying the same holistic approach to our own wellbeing comes as second nature.’

Tim Mead, owner of Yeo Valley family farm

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Benefits: Awareness of standing posture, as well as shoulder mobility and chest opening.

Breathe in and lift arms up and wide, with the elbows bent. Feel your shoulder blades squeeze back and down to mobilise the shoulders and open the chest.

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Benefits: Stretches out the backs of your legs, opens your shoulders, lengthens the spine.

From your hands and knees, tuck your toes under and lift your hips to the sky. Spread your fingers out and push the floor away. Feel your hips lift up and back. Keeping your hips high, gently press your heels towards the ground. You should feel the stretch down the backs of your legs.