We are pretty sure that Mumbai yoga artiste Natasha Noel has surprised passerbys each time she does a few impromptu poses across public spaces in the city. A professional dancer for five years, she began practising yoga about a year ago. “I had been self-training with Iyengar yoga books and Youtube videos for three months, post which I did a teacher’s training course. I used to dance but had an injury, so I couldn’t take up any physical activity for a year and half. After my recovery, I took to yoga,” says 23-year-old Noel. “I took up various yoga challenges on Instagram, where the host gives you a posture and you replicate it. I followed many yogis on Instagram and realised that international artistes performed yoga at gorgeous locations. Yoga originated India, so I wondered why artistes here were not doing the same,” she adds.

Hanumanasana or Monkey pose (Split).
Benefits: Increasing flexibility, alignment and balance, improves digestion, blood circulation, releases toxins and relieves stress. Location: The balcony of a villa in Goa