City crush the yoga class record

Yesterday, 632 people launched their carpets and joined a mass yoga class at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Hosted by Wild Dunedin-Festival of the Nature of New Zealand, the purpose of the event was to win the New Zealand record by Auckland-300-person yoga session in the domain of Auckland.

The festival’s marketing manager, Charlie Buchan, said the main point of the day was to get people to feel the grass with their feet, relax and enjoy nature.

“It is to connect people to nature in a digestible way, not in a mainstream manner, as pressing sustainability. Some people do not always come out and sit down and have fun in their daily lives.”

Instead of the descendant dog, the poses received an exclusive Dunedin turnaround with movements such as “Hoiho down” or the “sea lion pose”.

“It’s a good way to celebrate nature in Dunedin and how we are lucky to be in the capital of wildlife,” Buchan said.

He was happy to see a diverse range of people and families, many of whom may not have tried yoga before.

The general theme of the festival this year was Rocks.

The yoga session was a part of yesterday’s natural event at the stadium. Other elements included gold bakery demonstrations and hardware and information about all types of insects, dirt and rocks.

There were performances by Dunedin’s Children’s Choir and New Zealand artists Suzy Cato and Anika Moa.

Later, in the afternoon, the Disney movie Moana It was tracked.

laine.pestley@odt.co.nz