Saudi Arabia’s First Yoga Festival Attracts More Than 1,000 People
New Delhi, Jan 31: Hundreds of people showed up to Saudi Arabia’s first yoga festival, which was held on Saturday at Juman Park in Jeddah’s King Abdullah Economic City.
The event was organised by the Saudi Yoga Committee, which was established by the Saudi Olympic Committee under the Ministry of Sports in May 2021. At its helm is the kingdom’s first female certified yoga instructor Nouf Almarwaai, who also founded the Arab Yoga Foundation.
It was a one-day affair, with more than eight hours of classes from local and international yoga masters, from aerial to vinyasa, plus lectures, meditation and mindfulness sessions.
فعالية اليوغا اليوم pic.twitter.com/O65sDWr0oo
— اللجنة السعودية لليوغا|Saudi Yoga Committee (@yoga_ksa) January 29, 2022
The event received a largely positive reaction. “Unbelievable! Saudi Arabia is changing,” wrote one Twitter user.
“Congratulations on a fantastic event. Well organised. Amazing to see so many yoga lovers,” said another.
First visuals: Saudi Arabia’s first yoga festival organised at Juman Park, King Abdullah Economic City, Jeddah. @NoufMarwaai played a role in popularising Yoga, for which Indian Govt honoured her with Padma Shri in 2018. https://t.co/50fjJQh4r4 pic.twitter.com/Ur50HcFic0
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) January 30, 2022
