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A public workshop arrives through a retirees’ club

Portonovo’s November 13 yoga workshop is part of a provincial program that brings activities into existing community associations.

A curving sandy beach and waterfront buildings at Baltar, Portonovo.
Baltar beach, Portonovo, 19 January 2009. Photo: Lameiro / Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized. Public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=6022383

Pontevedra’s provincial government announced November 6 that twenty-five members of Portonovo’s retirees’ and pensioners’ club are due to begin a yoga workshop on Friday, November 13. It is part of the Provincia Activa program for older residents.

The association is part of the infrastructure

The same announcement schedules Pilates workshops for two other associations in Cerdedo-Cotobade and Oia. Across the three groups, roughly seventy residents are expected to take part. These are planned activities, not attendance results.

Provincia Activa’s wider catalog spans movement, wellbeing, social participation and other interests. The yoga workshop sits inside that broader effort to create places for older people to meet and exchange experiences.

Metropolitano’s November 7 report describes the activities as free. The named club group should not be mistaken for an unrestricted public drop-in class. For anyone following the program, the association and provincial announcement are the relevant starting points for current participation details.

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