Have you ever considered doing yoga at a museum? It’s a trend happening worldwide. Recently, the Louvre Museum in Paris invited people to practice among the masters as a promo for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Why museums host yoga classes Downward dog with a Degas? Sun salutations with sculptures? Prayer squat at the planetarium? These are all of the movements you might experience when doing yoga at a museum, cultural center, aquarium, science center or more.
At some of these locations, yoga in the galleries is a regular thing. In other places, these classes double as special events. There are a couple of reasons that museums nationwide are inviting yogis to roll out their mats and bring their yoga props to classes held in one-of-a-kind spaces.
At the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, they wanted to make art accessible to everyone. So they thought a great way to invite new visitors would be through exercise classes. Now, on the second Sunday of every month, you can participate in classes that are part of what they call Movement in the Museum.
In addition to yoga, you can also take mat pilates and tai chi classes. The Saint Louis Science Center in Missouri uses yoga classes as a way to help participants learn about astronomy. Before each Yoga Under the Stars class, held regularly in the center’s planetarium, you get a 15-minute guided Star Show that explores the current night sky.
Then, the lights stay low but the stars stay bright overhead for a 60-minute gentle, begi.
