Yogatraveller at The Yoga Show!

 

The Yoga Show

What a weekend! Michael and I travelled to London to exhibit at the massive Yoga Show, a 15,000 strong crowd of yogis and yoginis all there to live, breathe and sample yoga!

There were 100's of stalls offering information on yoga styles, studios and retreats, shops selling yoga products: clothes, books and even mugs, and many many other strange and wonderful stalls with things ranging from the Yoga Chair to tarot reading. All around The Olympia's Grand Hall there were classes, workshops and demonstrations being held and I defy anyone to be bored and not a little lighter of pocket leaving that place (Yes, I spent, boxes and boxes of Pukka Tea's I can't get here, some natural shampoo and conditioner, a chakra poster, Yin Yoga DVD, a Shiva Rea DVD and two nice pairs of yoga pants, we even splashed our on a Vitamix, naughty!)

There were many well known teachers there and classes were so popular it was difficult to get into any of the paid workshops, not to mention the free classes. I had brought my new 'eco mat' with me in the hope of attending some on the Friday morning (when I assumed I would be quiet) but how wrong I was! We didn't have even a minute to spare and were on our feet and chatting away about Yogatraveller the whole time!

We ran a raffle to win a yoga holiday for two to Gozo and we took hundreds and hundreds of names as people stopped by our stall to chat, enter the raffle and discuss everything from yoga holidays to superstar yogis (not sure I'm too comfortable with that one). It was a huge experience. There were representatives from Sivanada, Iyengar, The Special Yoga Centre, Yoga Bugs, Kundalini Yoga and many many others. All over the place there were friendly faces waiting to chat to you about their yoga thing what ever that may be. I was there for 3 days and even though I was at my stall most of the time, even with all the breaks I went to explore (and shop!) I still feel like I didn't see half of it!

It might not be for everyone and could definitely be interpreted as a commercial event, everything that yoga isn't. I have to admit that svelte babes in micro-lycra doing advanced postures does have a touch of the ego attached to it, but it was all a bit of fun at the end of the day. For us, yoga isn't just a lifestyle, it's become a business too, so being at the Yoga Show was very important for us.

We had quite a few past customers stop by to say hi which was lovely, it's always nice to either meet them again (on holidays we ran) or put faces to the names. Thank you for that.

We will definietely be back at The Yoga Show next year, watch this space!!!

Namaste,

Michelle