Tell us about drinking while doing yoga.
The concept of finding “inner peace” in any setting is always about carving out space and time for yourself to slow down, reflect, and observe your surroundings and your responses to those surroundings sans judgment. How you build the container to hold that space and time is up to the individual.
Is Drunk Yoga coupled only with wine?
No! While Drunk Yoga originated with wine in-hand in the back of a bar, we now offer all sorts of curated classes, under the umbrella of “demystifying” yoga through interactive classes. In addition to our signature “wine yoga” classes, we also offer Coffee Yoga, Spirit(s) Yoga (our signature sober yoga class, sans beverage), as well as some special events that include beer at breweries, or even high alkaline vodka, mimosas, green juice … whatever lifts your spirit(s).
There are noted health benefits to drinking wine and also to doing yoga, but what about the health benefits of doing them together?
In short, we believe that happiness is health. Too much of anything is a bad thing. That includes drinking too much alcohol, but it also includes taking a ritualistic practice like yoga too seriously. Our fun spin on traditional yoga is meant to–quite literally–lift spirit(s). My mission is to cultivate joy through community so that my students leave Drunk Yoga feeling “drunk on joy,” and empowered to go out into the world and uplift others. We do this through socializing, storytelling, partner poses, and some conventional stretching. Adding yoga with wine isn’t inherently “healthy,” but the way I’ve stylized this uniquely curated experience is food for the soul, as it sparks smiles, laughter, and whole-hearted wellness through a sense of “belonging.” |
