Practice of Yoga taking hold in NCD

The practice of yoga is taking off pretty well in Port Moresby.

By Friday next week, February 10, the yoga fraternity will have 38 new yoga trainers to have completed basic level one yoga teaching skills.

The 38, are regular yogis - participants of the Yoga for Life and Walk for Life programs in Port Moresby.

According to their yoga instructor Fazilah Bazari, the 38 chosen attend community class every Saturday and are already equipped with a certain level or ability of yoga.

“Now we are undergoing a basic level one yoga retreat that will give them basic skills to teach classes on a small scale, assisted by a teacher who has been teaching for a long time,” she said.

This is the second batch, since the program, initially called the Youth of change retreat program, was established last year.

However, this year, the program has accepted yogis off all age, the oldest being 53 and the youngest 19 years old.

The two weeks program started yesterday and each trainer will be formally introduced during the launch of the 2017 Yoga for Life and Walk for Life program on February 12.

Fazila says the first two days has been amazing with each yogi really realising the depth of yoga, what they’ve been practising, how it is affecting their body and why it is healthy.

“It’s so nice to see the light bulb moment in people’s eyes. For me it’s really rewarding,” she said.

Author: 
Gloria Bauai