Cape Men's Yoga

Cape Men's Yoga is celebrating its 6th year of energy this month. This all started after a trip to New York and a few classes with Hollis and the team at Nude York Yoga. South Africa is a conservative place in many ways, and Cape Town - though the most beautiful city on the planet - is sometimes like an uptight little village (*grin*). So the idea of getting a bunch of guys, off all different sexual orientations, cultures, races, religions, economic levels and ages to ALL get butt naked and do yoga together - well, there was not much hope it would last - but we all agreed that it would be fun to try.  We were amazed, moved, touched, inspired, brought to tears, brought to laughter, brought to love, to find how many men were willing to bare it all - dropping their shorts and their defences, letting themselves be truly authentic, honest and open - in a community environment, non-judgemental, kind and supportive. Big ones, small ones, skinny and beary, grey-haired, bald, gell...

Cape Men's Yoga CMY is a voluntary group of men who came together to co-create a practice of nude yoga and yogic education based on the full scope of yoga practice - physical, ethical, spiritual and philosophical. We were inspired by our contact with Nude York Yoga in Manhattan. Nude yoga has become a global phenomenon, as part of the massive expansion of yoga practice worldwide. We've been operating since June 2011, meeting most Sundays for a two hour practice. We organise biannual retreats. See the previous posting for our Winter 2013 retreat weekend. Practices include pranyama (controlled breathing exercises), asana (yoga positions) and meditation. The asana component is athletic and dynamic, based on the Ashtanga primary series with modifications in a vinyasa flow. We also do classes of yin yoga (slow, gravity based practice), and some specialised hatha asana to deepen knowledge of certain movements. Doubling up the downward facing dog Most of the all, the c...