The cost of studio memberships can be pretty high, so people are increasingly organising their own free or affordable wellness-based gatherings – these can usually be found through local groups on social media, and on platforms like Meetup.
Yoga teacher Anastasiia Mirraslavska, for example, hosts a meetup called Sunday Reset in London. Every month the group meets in a different city park to do yoga and meditate together, and they also come together for online meditation sessions over Zoom. Some of the sessions are paid-for – about £10 – and others are free.
“I wanted to create a space where people could experience [yoga and meditation] in a simple and accessible way,” she told the BBC.
Erica Correa, a model, is trying to do something similar in Liverpool. She’s started arranging a regular meetup called Soft Sunday, where people come together for curated wellness experiences. The last session was a pilates class, followed by a beauty experience.
“Everything about Soft Sunday is intention over expense,” she told the BBC. “Wellness is more about the decisions that you make in life, how you protect your time.”
For now they’re invitation-only, but she’s hoping to open them up to more people soon.
