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Or aim is to:
- Provide people with a set of tools to participate in the maintenance of their well-being through an understanding of the issues impinging on their health and an action plan based on yoga in a relaxed holiday setting, away from the stresses of home and work, in a place which is congenial to relaxation in inland Spain
- We endeavour to take or participants to the ‘real’ Spain by basing ourselves in the centre of a historic town, and will facilitate contact with the economy and culture of the place by providing information on local events and activities / projects, and bridging language barriers to this end.
- We aim to support the local economy by encouraging the use of local services to provide employment. We also aim to minimize the possible negative impact of tourism on the social, economic and physical environment and maximize benefit to visitors and host culture by providing information on services and activities outside of the organized course. Airport to destination transfer will be mainly or entirely by public transport. Some participants may choose to travel from the airport to the bus station by private taxi, but details of public transport alternatives will be given to all. Beyond this, the 255km stretch from Madrid to our final destination in Trujillo will be by public coach (AutoRes).
We do not need air conditioning as the yoga studio is in a granite built house which remains cool in the summer heat. We also choose our course dates in order to avoid the very hot or cold times of the year. We use low energy bulbs for lighting and recycle all materials permitted by the local authority and provide information for recycling to our participants.
To minimize water usage in this water-poor area participants will use the public municipal pool which is surrounded by grass and trees for shade and has a café-bar as well as separate kids’ pool. Written guidelines for minimizing water usage will be given in the travellers’ code of conduct sheet.
Brief historical description of the region and the city, as well as language, and current political situation is given to orientate and contextualize travellers’ experience. The importance of travel / tourism for the local economy will be emphasized: the town’s main industry is tourism-based, which is itself based on the city’s historical monuments.
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