Health-Wellness In Cape town
Cape Town in itself is a wellness travel experience with its general atmosphere and other attributes. Its nickname Mother City gives a feeling of affection, protection, serenity and calm to both locals and visitors. Visitors coming to Cape Town are connected to its nature and natural environment. Being in nature is healing and has many restorative benefits. Nature reduces stress, anger, and fear and also increases pleasant feelings. Being close to nature makes one feel better emotionally and physically, resulting in reduced blood pressure, muscle tension, heart rate, and the production of stress hormones. Cape Town with its mountains, beaches, vineyards, lush greenery and breath-taking beauty everywhere, provides the perfect backdrop for fitness and wellness holidays. One can combine health and wellness in Cape Town with numerous activities like – yoga, meditation, walking, running, gymming, or biking around the city streets, mountains and beaches.
Yoga and Meditation in Cape Town
Yoga Cape Town is becoming very famous for a few years due to the presence of many Yoga studios, Yoga teachers and regular yoga events. Many styles of Yoga are practised and taught here, like Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Bikram, Jiva Mukti, etc. The more trendy or adventurous can practice SUPing Yoga or Yoga on a Stand Up Paddleboard in a tide pool or calm oceans. Table Mountain area is also a very popular destination for yogis and yoga retreats. Some of the famous Yoga Classes Cape Town are Yoga Life, Yoga zone, Art of Living, and Unraveled Yoga. Some famous centres for meditation Cape Town are Shambhala South Africa, Kagyu Buddhist centre, the Om Revolution, Diamond Way Buddhism, and the Tushita Kadampa Buddhist.
Spa & Fitness centres in Cape Town
People looking for ultimate relaxation, Cape Town is the best place with many world-class spas and wellness retreats. Most of them are in beautiful locations with wine estates or beautiful gardens or beaches as a backdrop to provide the ultimate relaxing experience. Some famous wellness retreats are Babylonstoren, Urban retreat, One & Only spa, Heavenly Spa at Westin, Majeka House Spa, and Temenos Retreat & Wellness centre. Fitness Cape Town is famous with locals as well as visitors with many fitness clubs and gyms in the city. Virgin Active is the largest gym chain in the country and has many branches in Cape Town. It has a wide range of activities with a world-class gym like swimming, squash and fitness classes. Planet fitness is another major name with many branches. It lays emphasis on enjoyment with world-class facilities and innovative classes. Roark Gym focuses on functional training. Its training is a mix of machines, weights and a variety of movements. Some other famous gyms in Cape town are Crossfit, Transfit, Stature CT, Sweat 1000 and Sports Science Institute.
Health Events in Cape Town
Health and fitness in Cape Town is very important. It has various health and wellness seminars, workshops, events, and conferences happening throughout the year. Some prominent ones are the Africa Health Exhibition, Africa Healthcare Summit, SA Health and Fitness Expo, medexpo Africa, Body and Mind festival, and Greyton Trail, Yoga and wellness weekend. Africa health Exhibition is the largest event of healthcare companies, technology, services and products in Africa. SA Health and Fitness Expo is one of the largest fitness and lifestyle convention. Apart from these, there are various yoga classes in Cape Town.
