Tag • #yoga

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How to keep fit without stretching your finances

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 25 January, 2025

Gym fees not required. The Guardian’s resident fitness expert gives tips on how to exercise for (almost) free

There are lots of ways to work out that do not involve paying gym fees. Phil Daoust, the Guardian’s resident fitness expert, has six tips on how to exercise on the cheap.

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Happy new you! 10 of the best UK wellbeing retreats for 2025

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 1 January, 2025

Get the year off to a positive start by booking a restorative break. We pick the best wellness retreats, with yoga, swimming, walking and more in pretty settings from the Highlands to Essex

At the foot of Skirrid Mountain near Abergavenny, Wonderful Escapes is a converted 16th-century farm that now welcomes guests for wellbeing breaks. Besides hosting longer events – from yoga weekends to men’s leadership retreats – you can tailor your own stay by booking in for dinner, bed and breakfast and using on-site facilities, from a swimming pond to a sauna. There’s an on-site masseur, and activities including private yoga classes and foraging can be arranged, plus there are wonderful walks on the doorstep.
• Dinner, bed and breakfast from £139 per person midweek, retreat prices vary, wonderfulescapes.co.uk

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Connecting with my south-Asian roots on a traditional Indian yoga retreat in the UK

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 20 March, 2024

On a weekend break in rural Lincolnshire, the ‘smiling yogi’ takes this ancient practice back to its origins, with an emphasis on mantras and mindfulness

Often when I’ve turned up at various yoga studios in London, the groups I’ve encountered have been overwhelmingly white, svelte and middle class. Perhaps I’ve not found the right class, but as a south Asian woman, it always felt like I was in somebody else’s space.

Yoga originated in ancient India, and I wanted to connect with my Indian roots, so I started looking for an authentic Indian yoga teacher in the UK. I thought it would be a lot easier than it was. In a 2020 report about UK yoga, 91% of practitioners who responded to the survey were white, and south Asian instructors regularly speak out about the lack of diversity in the industry.

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Eri, l’âme grec ‘πνεῦμα’ du yoga.

nsfw.movim.eu / BonjourMadame • 4 July, 2023

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Meanwhile: Obesyx is getting ready to lay down some riffs.

comics.movim.eu / Belzebubs • 13 October, 2021

Meanwhile: Obesyx is getting ready to lay down some riffs.