What a Neat Idea!

[Raineyrocks]

Bus riders get free yoga sessions on way to work
Eastern-style exercises on Israeli public transport calm commuters' nerves
   
Israelis do yoga exercises while commuting in Tel Aviv. The weekly sessions are courtesy of a local bus company.
Ariel Schalit / AP
   
Updated: 1:55 p.m. ET Feb 21, 2007

TEL AVIV, Israel ? Stressed-out commuters got a peaceful surprise as they boarded an Israeli bus on this week: a yoga instructor with a microphone coaching them how to breathe correctly.

The passengers stretched their hands toward the ceiling and bent their heads forward as Miri Harovi, a 21-year veteran yoga teacher, guided them through a set of exercises that can be performed while sitting down.

Harovi said the idea for a yoga bus came to her in the middle of the night while she was sleeping. She said that she talked to the Tel Aviv bus company and that they jumped on the idea.
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Most of the passengers on the bus participated, and many said they felt relaxed and more ready for work.

Big yoga fans
The yoga bus has run every Tuesday for three weeks, but Harovi hopes that the program will continue and expand. She and her husband, Gilad Harovi, have worked for years to promote yoga on Israeli television and in public schools.

"We want people to try yoga and feel how good it is," Harovi said.
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The weekly sessions are courtesy of a local bus company.

Yoga on the morning bus ride. What will those crazy companies think of next?

You can be sure nothing like this would ever have come out of a government bureaucrat's head.

[Braddogg]

I wish they had this when I was living there!  Riding the buses is a stressful situation to begin with over there sometimes, so this would have been awesome.

[Raineyrocks]

I wish they had this when I was living there!  Riding the buses is a stressful situation to begin with over there sometimes, so this would have been awesome.

Hi Braddogg,

I didn't know you lived there, I bet riding the buses were very stressful.

[Braddogg]

I wish they had this when I was living there!  Riding the buses is a stressful situation to begin with over there sometimes, so this would have been awesome.

Hi Braddogg,

I didn't know you lived there, I bet riding the buses were very stressful.

Nah, it wasn't that bad.  I actually had a lot of fun.  It was a blast!