I’ve come out of my Downward Dog to fulfil my promise to bring you my Part II of Yoga around the World – its homeland, Asia.
The theme of this year’s Yoga Day is Yoga at home and it helps, of course, when your home is an embassy.
And word reaches us that they’re all Zen-ed out from China to Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Yogi are urging us to use it to cope with the stress of COVID-19.
And who are we to disagree.
Addressing an event to mark the International Day of Yoga in India https://www.incredibleindia.org/content/incredible-india-v2/en.html Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said:
‘Yoga is a relatively low-risk, high-yield approach to improving health and its full potential must be harnessed.
And here’s where we want to go when we can get the mat back out out there.
Tahiti treatie
Practise under the palm trees in Tahiti: Oh, go on then. It’s a pretty secluded island so there won’t be anybody there who knows you.
Yogis can enjoy a coconut after you’ve gone through your stretches straight from the tree.
And perhaps a dip then in the South Pacific.
Try the Ohana Yoga School Tahiti https://www.atlanticyogashala.com/sharleen-gonnet/ who offer both classes and full courses. And visit https://tahititourisme.uk/en-gb/.
Buddha, can you lend me a mat?
Practise yoga in a Buddhist temple: If you want something a little bit different from traditional yoga to hot yoga then this one is made in Japan.
It’s shin-shin-toitsu-do.
Which I know you know is the way of mind and body unification.
This yoga dates back to the 20s and is still pretty much confined to Japan.
Go the whole hog and take a retreat in a Buddhist temple.
Where you can also dabble in meditation sessions and other Japanese ceremonies.
Many are offered with English-language instruction.
See https://www.japan.travel/en/uk/ and https://www.dairyuji-oga.com.
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