How to Choose the Right Yoga Pants for Your Silhouette

Q: What materials we use?

We work with three fabrics. Three. Not thirty.Brushed Organic Cotton Jersey (220g, made in Portugal) soft, slightly thick, with a peach-skin touch. Our flagship. The Sohang, Yamala and Mahan are knitted from this.Mercerized Organic Cotton Jersey (180g, made in Portugal) lighter, smoother, with a subtle natural sheen. Our new Essence Collection uses this for models like Ankaa, Nashira, Maia.Bamboo Viscose blended with Organic Cotton (made in Turkey) cool, breathable, fluid. Used for the Lilii pants and the Mizar Kimono. Bamboo regrows in three to five years, without replanting and without irrigation.Most pieces include around 8% certified elastane, enough to hold shape over years of wear, without losing breath.We use every meter of yarn we knit. What we don't sew, we save for repairs and samples. Nothing goes to waste.

Q: Three generations of women to design

Three generations of women.My grandmother Johanna sewed evening dresses by hand. Long, careful, beautiful work, a kind of patience that has all but disappeared.My mother, Cornelia, learned from her. In 2009, she founded Breath of Fire. The very first piece she designed, the Sohang, was created on the floor of her living room in Switzerland, with a yoga teacher friend named Christina. It is still our flagship today, seventeen years later.Today, I ( Pernelle) run the brand. I do not redesign what works. I extend it. The Essence Collection, launched in 2025, sits beside the Evergreen line. New silhouettes, same intention.We do not design for trends. We design for the body in practice, for the moment when the breath deepens, when the posture lengthens, when you forget what you are wearing.That is the test of a piece. Forgetting it on. Returning to it.

A yoga pant does not exist in the abstract. It meets a body — yours — with its shape, its history, its way of moving. Here is how to find the cut that follows you, not the one that imposes itself.

We have designed yoga clothes for seventeen years, in our small Portuguese workshop. What we have learned: there is no perfect silhouette. There is only the silhouette you have today, and the cut that respects it.

Here is a short guide.

1. Identify your starting point

You don't need a body-shape category to dress well. But a few honest observations help.

If your bust and hips are roughly even, with a smaller waist — an hourglass shape. High-waist cuts highlight the natural curve. Our Sohang Pants sit beautifully here.
If your bust, waist and hips are aligned — a straight silhouette. Mid-rise cuts with structure work well. The Ankaa Pants from the Essence collection are designed exactly for this elongating line.
If your hips are wider than your bust, with a defined waist — a pear shape. Wide-leg cuts that flow from the hip downward (like our Yamala Pants) balance the proportions naturally.
If your shoulders and bust are the widest part — an inverted triangle. Looser cuts at the hip — our wrap-skirt Sohang, our flowing Lilii — bring weight downward and balance the silhouette.

Take a soft tape measure. Bust, waist, hips. The numbers are not a verdict — they are information.

2. Match the cut to the practice

Body shape is only half of the answer. The practice also asks for something.

Slow practices — Yin, Hatha, Restorative — flourish in loose, draping cuts. Wide pants like our Sohang or Lilii leave room for long-held postures and the deep breath that comes with them.
Faster practices — Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Power yoga — flow better in close-fit cuts. Our Amrit Leggings hold the body without compression, with gaiters that stay in place during inversions.
Mixed practice — pants that move from one to the other. Our Ankaa Pants in mercerized organic cotton offer a refined straight leg that works for both rhythms.

3. Consider the rise

High-waist — sits at the natural waist, covers the belly. Supportive in seated meditation, protective in inversions. Best for hourglass and pear shapes.
Mid-rise — sits at the hip. Comfortable for long days off the mat. A good neutral.
Low-rise — sits below the hip. Less common in our collection because we believe the abdomen should be free, not compressed by a tight band.

4. Consider the length

Full-length — covers the ankle. Traditional for floor practice, ideal for cooler seasons. Our Sohang, Yamala, Ankaa, Amrit.
Capri or ¾ — ends mid-calf. Lighter for warm weather, summer practice, travel. Our Inderjit ¾ Pants and Alya Capri Legging.
Shorts — for hot yoga, summer practice, and warm climates.

The honest part

There is no "ideal" body for yoga clothes. There is only the body that practices. The piece that serves you is the one that lets you forget you're wearing it.

If you are unsure between two cuts, two sizes, two silhouettes — write to us. A real person will answer, and we will guide you to the piece that follows your shape, not the other way around.

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What you wear matters. The texture against skin. The breath that moves freely. Pieces that soften with the years.

Our clothes are certified organic cotton, knitted and sewn in Portugal in small batches since 2009. Natural fibers. Slow craft. Clothing for those who pay attention to what touches the body.

Near Porto, in Portugal, two small family businesses work side by side for us. The first, in one village, knits our organic cotton from scratch and dyes it to our specifications. The second, in the next village, cuts and sews. We have been visiting both every year since 2009. We know the people by name. We share meals when we visit. They have watched our collections grow alongside their own children.

During the Covid years, when organic cotton and bamboo became briefly impossible to source in Portugal, we found a second family workshop in Turkey — also ethical, also certified, also personal. About 5% of what we make passes through their hands today. The Mizar Kimono and a few Lilac pieces from past collections come from there.

Most yoga brands buy fabric from a market — pre-made rolls, ready to cut. We don't. Every meter of jersey we use is knitted from scratch to our specifications. That is why the Sohang feels the way it does. That is why a five-year-old pair softens instead of wearing thin.

A slower way of making clothes. Sometimes inconvenient. Always worth it.

Sustainability for us is not a marketing department. It is a series of small, sometimes annoying choices we have made since 2009.

We chose certified organic cotton when it was 40% more expensive than conventional or plastic fabrics. We still pay that premium today. We grow without external capital which means we cannot afford to overstock, so we don't. We use every meter of yarn we order, even when it means smaller runs and longer waits. We are 100% self funded and all the money is placed in ethical funds in a local bank.

We focus on evergreen pieces, the Sohang, the Amrit, the Amba instead of seasonal collections. Some of these designs are over a decade old and still our bestsellers. A garment worn for ten years on a body is the most sustainable thing a fashion brand can make.

Our fabrics are dyed with processes gentle enough for a baby's skin. We package in either recycled or biodegradable bags. We ship from our small warehouse in Cully (Switzerland) or our partner in Germany, never overseas.

We don't tick every box. We are not perfect. But these are the choices we make, and we make them visible.

We work with three fabrics. Three. Not thirty.

Brushed Organic Cotton Jersey (220g, made in Portugal) soft, slightly thick, with a peach-skin touch. Our flagship. The Sohang, Yamala and Mahan are knitted from this.

Mercerized Organic Cotton Jersey (180g, made in Portugal) lighter, smoother, with a subtle natural sheen. Our new Essence Collection uses this for models like Ankaa, Nashira, Maia.

Bamboo Viscose blended with Organic Cotton (made in Turkey) cool, breathable, fluid. Used for the Lilii pants and the Mizar Kimono. Bamboo regrows in three to five years, without replanting and without irrigation.

Most pieces include around 8% certified elastane, enough to hold shape over years of wear, without losing breath.

We use every meter of yarn we knit. What we don't sew, we save for repairs and samples. Nothing goes to waste.

Three generations of women.

My grandmother Johanna sewed evening dresses by hand. Long, careful, beautiful work, a kind of patience that has all but disappeared.

My mother, Cornelia, learned from her. In 2009, she founded Breath of Fire. The very first piece she designed, the Sohang, was created on the floor of her living room in Switzerland, with a yoga teacher friend named Christina. It is still our flagship today, seventeen years later.

Today, I ( Pernelle) run the brand. I do not redesign what works. I extend it. The Essence Collection, launched in 2025, sits beside the Evergreen line. New silhouettes, same intention.

We do not design for trends. We design for the body in practice, for the moment when the breath deepens, when the posture lengthens, when you forget what you are wearing.

That is the test of a piece. Forgetting it on. Returning to it.

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How to Choose the Right Yoga Pants for Your Silhouette

1. Identify your starting point

2. Match the cut to the practice

3. Consider the rise

4. Consider the length

The honest part

Wear your frequency.

Two villages in Portugal makes your clothes

The slow choices we keep making for sustainability

What materials we use?

Three generations of women to design