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What healthy events do you want to take part in this weekend?
A whole-body stretch yoga session followed by a wholefood brunch? A sound meditation session for better sleep? Perhaps some strength training, suitable for all ages, is on the cards?
Or you could turn things on their head with handstand training from Hong Kong yoga instructor Victor Chau.
Which will you choose?

1. Brunch Yoga Whole Body Stretch
Join yoga instructors Rachel and Sandy from Precision Fitness for an hour of yoga with deep stretching this Saturday from 12pm to 1pm.
Afterwards, refuel with an acai bowl from health food shop Suphia’s Functional Foods.
The cost including lunch is HK$398; bring a friend and get a HK$20 discount per person.

For more details and to book, click here.
Precision Fitness, 4/F, Hoseinee House, 69 Wyndham Street, Central
2. Therapeutic Sound Meditation for Better Sleep
Join therapeutic sound practitioner Billy Leung at Be Earth yoga studio on Friday evening from 7.15pm to 9.15pm for a workshop combining sound healing with techniques to improve sleep quality.

Experience a relaxing sound meditation session, explore the science behind it and its impact on sleep, and gain practical tools to help with insomnia and sleep issues.
For details and to book, click here or call 852 2833 5323.

Be Earth, 2/F, On Building, 162 Queen’s Road Central, Central
3. Ageless Strength Training | AIA Vitality Park
Taking place Saturday morning from 10am to 10.50am, this free session at AIA Vitality Park will emphasise building strength and maintaining physical function throughout one’s life.
The session will focus on exercises that engage multiple muscle groups at once, using free weights, resistance bands and body weight movements.

It will prioritise functional fitness – working out muscles you are likely to use in everyday activities, for improved mobility and injury prevention.
The instructor can adapt the programme for individuals of all ages and fitness levels, making it accessible to older adults who wish to maintain their independence and quality of life by building sustainable strength and resilience.
For details, and to book, click here.
AIA Vitality Park, 33 Man Kwong Street, Central
4. Ecstatic Dance HK
Kick off your Sunday morning with a dance, however you like, to the music of DJ Allan Ho on an expansive floor with views of Victoria Harbour.

Organisers say ecstatic dancing is a form of moving meditation, a therapeutic practice that can help us connect to ourselves and others. The event begins with body and voice warm-up exercises at 10.30am after doors open at 10.15am.
The dance music begins with meditative tracks and moves into electronica, world music and organic/ethnic beats and downtempo tracks before ending with a gentle sound bath. The session ends at 1pm.
Tickets are HK$280 in advance or HK$350 at the door. The dances are family-friendly, and under-12s can attend for free.
For details and to book, click here.
20F, 148 Electric Road, Tin Hau
5. The Handstand Club with Victor Chau
From 2.30pm to 5.30pm this Saturday, participants can learn basic to advanced handstand skills to help start them off with, or improve, their handstands.

The workshop begins with warm-up exercises followed by different drills according to skill levels. Non-yogis and handstanders of all levels (including those with no experience) are welcome.
The session costs HK$780 per person.
Click here for details or to book a spot.
The Yoga Room, 3/F, Xiu Ping Commercial Building, 104 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan
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After a whole-body stretch yoga class at Precision Fitness, indulge in an acai bowl from Suphia’s Functional Foods. Photo: @suphias.functional.foods

Be Earth’s Friday evening therapeutic sound workshop will include relaxing meditation and an exploration of how it can aid sleep. Photo: Be Earth

Learn how sound healing benefits both the mind and body at Be Earth’s workshop this Saturday. Photo: Be Earth

This weekend’s free strength training session at AIA Vitality Park will focus on functional fitness, improved mobility and injury prevention, and will be ideal for older adults wishing to maintain their independence and quality of life. Photo: Allevents

An indoor ecstatic dance, a form of moving meditation, will take place on Sunday morning in a studio in Tin Hau with views of Victoria Harbour. Photo: Ecstatic Dance Hong Kong

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