Gay yoga retreat 2022

It&#;s been a stressful year. Maybe it&#;s time you tried Yoga With Chuck.

When Chuck Raffoni started a Men&#;s Yoga Workshop where an out gay couple attended, he &#;horrified&#; to see them treated badly, particularly at a yoga event. He decided he would put the focus on gay men and welcome &#;open-minded men.&#;

&#;I wanted to be as clear as possible that this was a safe space,&#; he says. &#;I wanted to compete for something in the middle of what I was seeing in the marketplace. It was either nothing being offered or very erotic, nude classes. I see the value in classes that allow for that autonomy but personally, I wanted to create a space in the middle. I kept the groups small — 10 to 15 guys so we could truly develop connections throughout the diurnal. We would have two packed movement practices; one more vigorous in the morning and termination with a relaxing session. In the middle of the night we would share lunch and then spend 90 minutes in conversation about issues in our life we wanted to travel with our peers. The conversations would range from the practical to the theoretical and