There are many options to find unique yoga classes (photo: The London Mother)
At least once in our life, we have tried to master the art of yoga. From the downward-facing dog to the Lotus, yoga has been known to be beneficial for your body and soul. If you are sick of experiencing yoga the traditional way, fret not, as India Outbound lists the top four unusual and non-traditional yoga classes across the globe on the occasion of International Day of Yoga.
Dog Yoga
Also known as Doga, this form of yoga infuses dogs and yoga. For those not motivated enough to practice yoga due to lack of company, Doga is a type of yoga that humans can do together with their pets and the results can benefit the mental and physical health of both the human and the pet. With the creation of more yoga studios and professional yoga classes, studios have opened up the option to bring in the pets for a yoga session. While the humans can try various yoga positions with their arms and legs, the pets can roam around and interact with the other humans in class. Both the dogs and yoga have proven to have positive impacts on the general well-being of humans. Hence, clubbing these two together is a sure-shot way of improving the general well-being of a human. After all, who doesn’t love a healthy dose of snuggles and kisses from dogs?
Dog Yoga- the perfect blend of yoga and dogs (photo: Paws for thoughts/ YouTube)
Where to enroll?
Puppy Yoga London hosts hour-long doga sessions with intervals of yoga and puppy playtime. With tickets from GBP 35, head over to London with yoga mats and get the mind and soul to relax with puppies and yoga.
Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga, also known as Laughing Yoga or Yoga Laughter, is a type of exercise that originated in India and promotes the use of laughter as a form of physical exercise. Nobody is certain as to who invented it or when it first appeared. It owes its current success to family physician Dr Madan Kataria who modernised the practise and made it accessible to common people. Scientists say that the body benefits from laughing even when one is only pretending to laugh. There is a proven connection between laughing and breathing patterns which makes laughter yoga a happy and fun way to keep oneself fit. Next time, if you walk into a session and see the group laughing without no reason, don’t be taken aback. They are all trying to stay fit by laughing their worries off.
Laugh your worries away at the laughing yoga classes (photo: Laughter Yoga UK)
Where to enroll?
London offers numerous options to take part in laughter yoga sessions. With options to attend it offline or online, the London Laughter Yoga training hosts sessions all across the UK.
Tantrum Yoga
A new form of yoga that allows the practitioner to let out frustration and anger in a healthy way, the tantrum yoga serves to expel steam and emotion and is typically followed by a blissfully quiet calm. Although this is needed for every adult, it is socially unacceptable for adults to stomp and shout their frustration out. Thus, this yoga class can prove to be a safe haven for adults to vent the negativity out of their souls and relax. A fun and unusual therapeutic outlet for the negativity, tantrum yoga is safe for people to experience their anger without fearing that they will become physically violent. This unusual yoga has been conceptualised by Hemalayaa Behl who invented this form for people to dump their anger out without being violent.
Let your anger out at the tantrum yoga sessions (photo: SHARED)
Where to enroll?
Tirisula Yoga in Singapore hosts tantrum yoga sessions from USD 35.
Yoga Raves
Rave Yoga is a style of yoga that combines music and yoga to create a high-energy party atmosphere. From sharing your love of music with fellow yogis to ending this energised yoga session with mocktails, yoga raves leave you at peace and energised. The majority of Rave Yoga classes are vinyasa flow, with some also including chanting and meditation. Yoga Raves usually last for 4 hours with both adults and youngsters trying yoga poses amidst peppy music and UV lighting.
Dance your stress out at the shiny and funky yoga raves (Photo: WBUR)
Originally started by a group of youngsters in Argentina to create a new environment of fun in areas ruled by alcohol and drugs, yoga raves now take place at 50 parties in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, the United States and Denmark. Along with basic yoga for beginners, these raves end with a brief period of peace and solitude. After four hours of fun, the session ends with meditation to ensure deep rest of the body and mind. End this unusual, quirky, and fun yoga session with a spread of fruity drinks and a healthy vegetarian platter.
Where to enroll?
From the US to the UK, one can find yoga raves at almost every corner of the world. However, to experience the authentic yoga rave, head over to Argentina and have the time of your life.
