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In January, we all have to put in a little extra effort to keep sane. With the dark evenings, cold stormy weather and our bank accounts drained from December’s festivities, it’s easy to just stay home and rot. But don’t give in to that temptation – there are loads of things going on across London this month that help make these winter months a little less miserable.
To ward off the dreaded January blues, Tate Britain is putting on a week of wellness packed with free activities. And as part of that, it’s giving yogis an opportunity to stretch and flow in one of its grand exhibition galleries.
The yoga sessions are being hosted by London’s biggest studio MoreYoga across six days. There’ll be morning ‘energising’ sessions from 8.30am to 9.30am on January 16, 21 and 24 and evening ‘calming’ sessions from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on January 20 and 22.
The classes will take place in Room 8 of the gallery, so you’ll doing downward dog, mountain pose and warrior one under the gaze of nineteenth century paintings like John William Waterhouse’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’ and John Singer Sargent’s ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’.
Other stuff going on as part of the Tate Collective’s Wellness Week include two life-drawing sessions with 2B or Not 2B and free coffee at the Djanogly cafe. There’s just one important thing to note – you need to be signed up to Tate Collective before you can access the activities and claim a complimentary coffee. And in order to do that, you must be between the ages of 16 and 25.
The Collective is free to join and, as well as the yoga and life drawing sessions, members get to enjoy all Tate exhibitions for just £5 and get discounts in its shops and cafes throughout the year. Once you’ve got your membership, the free tickets for yoga and life drawing at the Tate Britain will be up for grabs from 1pm on Thursday January 15 here.
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