Yoga on the camino

[Orla Joyce]

Hi All, just wondering if anyone has come across drop in yoga classes aling their camino walk?
Orla

 

[Deleted member 3000]

I have seen flyers on bulletin boards in albergues offering yoga. I don't know how consistently they are available. I have seen many pilgrims doing yoga, so you mind find others along the way and not need classes.

 

[Orla Joyce]

Thanks for that. Plenty of time to see what's going on. Not going til April. But now that my flights are booked I'm all about the planning

 

[Oravasaari]

Casa Magica in Villatuerta had yoga back in 2015 I recall.

 

[Bodi]

Casa Verde in Hospital de Orbigo has a yoga class in the evening before supper. Highly recommend!

 

[trecile]

Casa Magica in Villatuerta had yoga back in 2015 I recall.

Even if there is no class, Casa Mágica has a great yoga room.

 

[Orla Joyce]

Casa Verde in Hospital de Orbigo has a yoga class in the evening before supper. Highly recommend!

Ah brilliant. Thank you

 

[Duffman]

I have seen flyers on bulletin boards in albergues offering yoga. I don't know how consistently they are available. I have seen many pilgrims doing yoga, so you mind find others along the way and not need classes.

I completed the Frances in June and unsuccessfully searched for a yoga class. I just ended up practicing in albergues, plazas, etc., of course without a mat.

 

[Vacajoe]

Wife was constantly on the lookout for yoga, but the closest she came was an albergue with a yoga room but no instructor. We met a traveling yoga instructor who said he was hosting evening sessions wherever he stopped, but we never met up with him again.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Astorga
Two in Ponferrada
etc.

Check Google Maps.

 

[Dorpie]

Casa Verde in Hospital de Orbigo has a yoga class in the evening before supper. Highly recommend!

Lovely albergue in a pretty grim area, just off the main road as it is, and even as a non-vegetarian I thorughly enjoyed the home grown, meat free meal. the yoga class was good, though for someone who hasn't done it in a long time pretty full on.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Lovely albergue in a pretty grim area

A bit harsh! It is near a supermercado and several restaurants. "Downtown" is only about a five minute walk away. I know "grim" is in the eyes of the beholder, but the albergues, all of them, are on a busier highway in San Martin, probably making them grim as well.

 

[Tali]

The is a yoga studio in Estella. Look for signs on bulletin boards in Town

 

[Dorpie]

A bit harsh! It is near a supermercado and several restaurants. "Downtown" is only about a five minute walk away. I know "grim" is in the eyes of the beholder, but the albergues, all of them, are on a busier highway in San Martin, probably making them grim as well.

You're right @falcon269 , perhaps not beautiful would be closer to accurate. It just came as a surprise to find such a nice albergue next(ish) to a busy main road junction.

 

[Zen Librarian]

In case you are thinking about walking across the Pyrenees on the Camino Frances this year and resting your tired feet at the Albergue in Roncesvalles, I am delighted to announce that hospitalera Zen Librarian will be offering daily donativo "Yoga for Pilgrims" sessions again between 31 May and 13 June 2019.
Spread the word!

 

[Kanga]

Wonderful @Zen Librarian, and thank you for your service. I hope your two weeks are rewarding and pleasurable. And that managing bed numbers is not too stressful.

 

[HeidiL]

There's a do-it-yourself yoga handbook here on the website - written by a member.

 

[Zen Librarian]

Wonderful @Zen Librarian, and thank you for your service. I hope your two weeks are rewarding and pleasurable. And that managing bed numbers is not too stressful.

@Kanga Thank you! I hope that in June I will have to send away a lot fewer pilgrims than I had to in September 2018. Fingers crossed.

 

[LTfit]

@Kanga Thank you! I hope that in June I will have to send away a lot fewer pilgrims than I had to in September 2018. Fingers crossed.

Too bad I missed you as I started in October. Plus point was that the crowds had already died down, such so that only one floor was open and not even full!

Thanks for your service and the yoga!