With a great desire to travel and move we await the June 21steighth edition of the world yoga day, to celebrate it worthily in Italy or abroad. The theme chosen by the United Nations this year is Yoga for Humanity. “This millenary practice that harmonizes body and mind, explains Antonio Nuzzo, member of the Mediterranean Yoga Federation, helps to center one’s balance, reduces stress and states of anxiety, up to improving the quality of sleep and mood, as well as perform toning effects on the body. But above all it teaches to live better and to take care of oneself more carefully than others ». There are those who practice every day, some when they can. Here is a selection of places to practice around the values of non-violence and peace, pillars of yoga, on the day of the summer solstice.
In Milan
Among the appointments in Milan there is the one at the new space Superstudio MAXIin via Moncucco 35, in the largest sustainable open space in the city where free activities are provided for everyone, even for mothers with children (yogafestival.it). The start of activities is set for 18.00 with the appointment Yoga Ensemble by the Italian Hindu Union. The classic sequence of Surya Namaskar – the Greeting to the Sun – becomes a dance with the guidance of the teacher-dancers of the Gitananda Ashram in Altare (Savona): a choreography within everyone’s reach with which the twelve passages give life to a hypnotic dance, a cure and a prayer for the soul.
North
The Integral Yoga Shanti center di Milano ([email protected]) organizes a weekend in the woods between Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore, for two days (18/19 June) dedicated to regeneration and practice led by Paola Faini, student of Swami Asokananda, disciple of Swami Satchitananda, founder of the Integral Yoga school (integralyoga.org).
In the surroundings of Treviso we find ourselves among the secular trees of the beautiful Park of Villa Guidini in Zero Branco (Tv) at 7.45 pm to practice together for free and take the opportunity for a deep connection with nature (eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-giornata-giornata-dello-yoga-332002467317). TO Thienein the Vicenza area, theDharmahome association (dharmahome.it) organizes a day open to all and free, from 6 to 20, with various practices to spread the well-being of yoga practices. For those who have more time there are many other opportunities. Along the Via Francigena, a Talignano (PR), on the 21st from 7 pm to 8.30 pm we meditate walking with donkeys like pilgrims and St. Francis (asininelcuore.it).
Center
From 17 to 19 June the small Camaldolese Benedictine Monastic Community ofHermitage of Monte Giove (Fano) who with courage and dedication constantly works at the service of those interested in the process of inner and spiritual growth organizes a seminar on the theme: Sūtra di Patañjali: IV.12 (atītānāgatam svarūpato ‘sty adhva bhedād dharmānām)“The energy of the Witness is released when the past atīta and the future ānāgata are rendered inactive “(For information, contact 0721 864090 or [email protected]).
In Umbria to the widespread hotel Torre del Nera (torredelnera.it) of Scheggino (Pg) June is dedicated to yoga with hatha yoga practices in the morning from 8.30 to 9.30.
South
TO Marina of Ugentoin Puglia, the 3rd Mediterranean Kundalini Yoga Festival is held from 20 to 26 June (kundaliniyogamediterraneo.it ), on the beach in front of the Vivosa Apulia Resort ( vivosaresort.com).
In Calabria, al Capovaticano Resort Thalasso Spa(capovaticanoresort.it) International yoga day ‘is celebrated with yoga classes all day on the beach and on the green hills facing the sea.
For those who are already experts and are looking for a place in nature and silence to concentrate and restore themselves can leave on a sailboat (with or without skipper) just in that week to reach the most remote coves of any island Mediterranean and meditate in the waves (sailogy.com). \
From Tyrol to Formentera
In the middle of nature, between woods and pastures of the Kufsteinerlandin the austrian tyrol on 21 June, the theme excursion “The wonders of the Kaisergebirge” is planned, led by the naturalist guide Maria Bachmann, an expert on herbs, who shows the different medicinal plants, herbs and trees that grow on site (kufstein.com), followed by a meditation on nature.
And in Spain, a Formenterathe smallest island of the Balearics, there will be an open air yoga session (formenterazen.es/dia-internacional-del-yoga/) curated by the Spanish yogi model Veronica Blume in the square of the capital of the island Sant Francesc Xavier. The event anticipates the famous Formentera Zen Festival which takes place every year on the island from 14 to 16 October (formenterazen.es).
Source: Vanity Fair
