A Design For Life

The block star, Shaynna Blaze, opens up to Paul Ewart about being a long-time vegetarian, her at-home mental health rituals, dealing with Tragedy and reveals how yoga changed her life.

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 She’s forged a career as Australia’s interiors queen. Through her roles as resident judge on The Block and presenter on Selling Houses Australia, Shaynna Blaze is a fixture on our TV screens. But outside of the media spotlight, this talented all-rounder has penned several books on interiors, and helmed an award-winning design company for the last 20-plus years; a business she started as a single mum while struggling to raise two young kids. Want to know the secret to her success? Yoga. “I first started yoga when I was 18,” the 55-year-old tells Good Health. “And it has been a huge part of my life ever since. For 20 years I did it every day – I’d wake up and be on my mat for a good 45 minutes to an hour, or I’d fit it in when my kids were at school. For me it wasn’t just physical fitness, it was about my peace of mind too. “Like my yoga, I also worked on a lot of my business stuff when my children were at school or when they were asleep. My attitude was, ‘You’ve just got to do what you have to do!’ It didn’t always go to plan, but yoga definitely helped me cope.”