Park Yoga

Parkrun has become a global phenomenon. Now you can enjoy Park Yoga as well

Reading time: 2 minutes

Every Saturday morning, Parkrun attracts thousands of runners up and down the country for a free 5km that’s fun, sociable, and a great workout. Best of all: it’s totally free!

A Park Yoga session is a free, hourlong, yoga session held in a local greenspace on Sunday mornings from May to September. It’s all put together by a small charity, Park Yoga, that wants to make yoga inclusive and accessible for all. The goal is to improve health and wellbeing by providing free yoga sessions in open spaces for everyone. All are welcome; regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity or ability.

Just like the Parkrun phenomenon has attracted more and more interest, Park Yoga is growing strongly too.

It dates back to 2017, with the first Park Yoga sessions held in Dorset (where Park Yoga HQ is).

This year it has 32 locations, including nine new venues – still mainly situated across the south west of England — plus one new one in
Lancashire!

The new venues are: Barnstaple, Bodmin, Burnley, Chippenham, Dorchester, Par, Wanborough, Weston-super-Mare and Whiteley.

But the organisers hope that more venues are on their way as part of efforts to spread the yoga love right across Britain.

It’s all totally free (although please do consider a donation if you’re able to) and all levels, ages and abilities are welcome — Park Yoga is a great way to try yoga for the first time!

If you are a venue and would like to be considered for Park Yoga in the future, or if you are a yoga instructor who believes that Park Yoga could make a real difference in your community, then get in touch at: parkyoga.co