Yoga v music
British folk singer songwriter Laura Marling - who released her sixth studio album, Semper
Femina, in March - has revealed how she took a break from music to concentrate on her
yoga, including spending time as an instructor. Speaking to The Guardian in a recent
interview, Marling spoke about a period when she moved to Los Angeles in the USA to take
a break from music and teach yoga. However, the Hampshire-born singer says she wasn’t
very good at it: “You need to know a lot more than I know to do it well,” she admits. Marling
described the period as a “difficult” time in her life. The award-winning songstress is now
back to her best with her latest release.
Twinkle toes
The Australian Ballet is looking to help people improve their moves by offering yoga and
dance classes at the newly-launched The Australian Ballet Studios. A fitness centre of
sorts, the Melbourne studio offers drop-in classes for yoga, pilates, and adult ballet and
Broadway dance. “Find your inner dancer in ballet class, strut your stuff in Broadway, find
your calm with yoga and get balanced with pilates,” it states on its website. “With no class
terms or lock-in contracts, they’re a hassle-free path to fitness, fun and focus all year
round.” There’s no shame in being a bad dancer...but now, finally, there is hope for us all.
Viva veggies
A new law in Portugal has made it compulsory for public canteens to offer a veggie
option on their menu. The move was adopted by the Portuguese Parliament recently.
It means all public canteens (schools, universities, prisons, hospitals) must provide
a strict veggie option within the next six months. Nuno Alvim, spokesperson for the
Portuguese Vegetarian Society hailed it a major breakthrough. “It will promote diversity
of eating habits and encourage more people to choose the veggie option as it becomes
more widely available. This of course is predicted to have a significant impact on the
population’s health foremost, but also on animals and the environment in the long run.”
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