New year, new ways to yoga travel
Sunset photo from the final flight of my round-the-world trip By Sonja Bjelland
Big news this month in the yoga travel world.
For starters, San Francisco International Airport unveiled its new yoga room today.
An observant yogi posted on her blog about this last week and officials held a press conference in Terminal 2 this morning.
Rose 101has a photo of what the new sign for “yoga room” looks like. I think this means I have to fly somewhere through SFO.
I’ve been saying for more than a year that they should darken those old smoking areas and turn them into yoga dens. I just want someplace where I can do a downward dog and not look inappropriate. This is especially true when I’ve got a long layover or I’m staring down a 14-hour flight to Asia.
Turns out Airport Director John Martin may well know those feelings. He’s been into yoga for 18 years and rocked a sun salutation in honor of today’s unveiling, according to the San Jose Mercury News article.
A Sivananda yoga students sits by the nearby lake. By Sonja Bjelland
Yes, I’m sure some people will roll their eyes and think that’s so San Francisco. But maybe it’ll get other airports to find creative ways to use their open spaces. I’m just glad this one’s free because I can envision an entrepreneur taking off with this idea.
Other news happening this month, the Hanuman Festival sent me a note that they’re lineup will be announced Jan. 31 so fellow Coloradoans be on the look out.
So what else is happening in the world of yoga:
- One writer survives a yoga boot camp meant to get skiers in shape in the Canadian Rockies and writes about it for the U.K. Telegraph.
- A husband and wife team, both former professional snowboarders, are opening a surf and yoga retreat company.
- A woman who left the corporate world to do her yoga teacher training talks about her time at the Sivananda ashram where I stayed in India.
