/ Town Hall
Wednesday 18th May 2022
Calvià holds the first edition of Mallorca Yoga Festival
• A three-day meeting with more than 15 activities focused on yoga, health and wellness.
• Talks, music, a craft market and master classes with international masters for all audiences will fill the Melani Costa sports centre from 3rd to 5th June.
• On the occasion of International Yoga Day, a solidarity practice will be held for the benefit of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation that will take place also in June.
As from 3rd June, Calvià will hold the 1st edition of Mallorca Yoga Festival. The event aims to promote the practice and knowledge of yoga, as well as approach the island's yogi community to international masters.
In the privileged environment of Calvià village, a wide and varied programme of activities related to Yoga, well-being and conscience will be developed. Proposals aimed at all people, regardless of their knowledge of yoga and for all ages. As highlighted by the organisation “the desire is to provide an experience that brings together the island's yogi community and helps spread this practice amongst the entire population. We want it to be a meeting that connects people around a joint experience”. During the festival there will be a market with crafts, food trucks and live music, open to the public.
A complete and attractive programme of activities with proposals for all people
The festival will begin on Friday the 3rd with a meditation concert “Sound Experience” that will take place in the Finca Galatzó cloister. The activities on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June will take place at the Melani Costa sports centre, and amongst others, the following proposals are included:
●Acroyoga
●Yoga Kids
● Meditation and Kundalini Yoga
● Power Yoga
●Vinyasa Yoga
● Slow flow and bowls
● More information and complete programme: www.mallorcayogafestival.com
Participation of referents in the field of Yoga
The Festival will have the participation, amongst others, of Amanbir, an international master of Kundalini Yoga, who comes from New York to offer classes on the island, Fabián Doménech or Xóchitl Correa who will teach styles such as Power Yoga or Vinyasa.
A project of municipal interest
The Festival, comes from the private initiative and has the support of the Calvià Sports Institute (Calvià Town Hall), as it is considered an activity that fits within the objectives related to the healthy lifestyle plan being developed by the municipality.
Mallorca Yoga Festival and the Vicente Ferrer Foundation
Mallorca Yoga Festival expands beyond this meeting and joins the Vicente Ferrer Foundation with a solidarity class that will take place in June to celebrate International Yoga Day. The Foundation, which will also have presence during the Festival, will offer a talk on Sunday 5th June, where it will present its mission, values and projects. The Vicente Ferrer Foundation is a development NGO committed since 1969 to the process of transforming one of the most impoverished areas of southern India: the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They believe in people and in the power of action involving the most disadvantaged groups in India to achieve sustainable development and social justice.
A 40% discount has been created for residents in Calvià
