Private yoga classes for gay men

For more than seven years in Melbourne, guys interested in their wellbeing and health have been attending gay men’s yoga.

In a private studio in Collingwood, there are yoga classes exclusively for gay men during the week. There are underwear yoga classes, general classes, beginners courses, and, of course, individual private classes.

There are therapeutic yogic massages/energy work for those who are interested in one-on-one classes or who want to work on their own to move through something — or just get an idea of yoga in their own time, or are looking for a class that suits their time and lifestyle.

Also available, in a different location each time, are the international gay men’s yoga retreats/holidays. Retreats have been held in the Caribbean, Mykonos and Thailand in the past. This November, during the Melbourne Cup long weekend, there is a gay yoga retreat in Bali.

These retreats attract gay men from different countries and it’s a great way to meet international guys, have some fun with like-minded people, and get an understanding of what yoga really is about and how to incorporate it into your life.

The style of yoga practised is raja yoga — meaning yoga for the kings, as in the maharaja. This style of yoga is focused on the body’s endocrine glands, otherwise known as the glands in the body which balance our hormones.

Our hormones make us who we are, how we feel, what we look like — literally everything we are is due to our hormones. Raja yoga is focused on putting you into positions that will give your body a full internal squeeze to flush out the old stale hormones, toxins, impurities and hormones that get caught up in and around the glands.

Yoga is not about bending backwards or getting your leg behind your head, although we would all love to be able to do that. The focus of this style of yoga is on you.

But if you wanted to get your leg behind your head, the Tuesday underwear class is a more challenging class that not only keeps you fit but is heaps of fun as well. There are classes that will suit every body shape, size and physical emotional or mental state.

info: For more on gay men’s yoga, visit www.gaymensyoga.com.au