I know I’ve banged on about the little things about life in Spain that make it special for me, so stick your fingers in your ears as I’m here with my drum again I’m afraid! 
After a pretty miserable morning’s work in the office, I went for a sit down in the sun in a nearby park for my lunch, and was instantly reminded why it’s the silly little things that make me smile. Aside from the semi-regular “troupe” of old folk being taken out for a spin in their wheelchairs by their carers (probably one of my all time favourite sights from amongst the “silly little things” category) there was also the hilarious sight of a couple of obreros taking a nap on a bench. One had drifted off to sleep and was resting his head on his mates shoulder, who in turn had his cheek lying against the top of the first guy’s head. Quite cute really, as well as very amusing for me. Where’s my camera when I need it? I got told off by a friend last week (SteveW from the forums!) for not carrying my camera with me at all times, and I gave him the old “yeah yeah, whatever” treatment, but I regret it now as I could’ve easily got a cheeky snap of these two without them even knowing.
Also in this park there’s a large underground gym, and when the weather’s nice (as it is almost every day lately) a group of yoga enthusiasts do their bending and stretching outdoors on the grass. They were there today with their limbs folded up in a way I know mine would snap if I tried. Again, a picture would’ve been cool, and my theory is that I could’ve got one and run off before they unravelled themselves and came after me to complain about invasion of privacy
Back to reality in the office again now, but slightly happier than before, and left pondering what the collective noun might be for a group of people doing yoga? Hmmmm, a yoggle of yogaers? Prize to the best suggestion (or of course the “correct” answer if one exists!) in the comments below *
* Note: Prize may not actually exist. No correspondance will be entered into. Judges decision is final! jeje
Tim
9 Mar 07 at 9:51 am
A “lesion”?
Edith
9 Mar 07 at 9:55 am
Yogis?
Pepino (Dave Hall)
9 Mar 07 at 10:24 am
A “triple hernia of yogers” maybe?
Mike F
9 Mar 07 at 10:55 am
It’s an “Om” of yogists. Actually, maybe that’s “Aum”
Marina
9 Mar 07 at 11:09 am
Yogui – For a man
Yoguini – For a woman
But the plural I have no idea…
According to the wikipedia it is Yoguis (http://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/yogui)
Ben
9 Mar 07 at 11:10 am
A yogurt?
ValenciaSon
9 Mar 07 at 7:26 pm
A Yogatta for a group or transcendental troupe?
Vergentino
9 Mar 07 at 10:27 pm
In a “web 2.0 world” they would be… yogrs?
sandy
13 Mar 07 at 10:58 pm
Or simply yogans?
Shannon Askay
14 Mar 07 at 4:49 am
As a yoga instructor, I would say you saw “yogis practicing” in the park. But I prefer your original suggestion: a yoggle of yogaers… much more entertaining.
What else can you tell me about the Yoga scene in Barcelona? A popular choice for many hip, conscious-living Spaniards?
Pepino (Dave Hall)
14 Mar 07 at 7:08 pm
Hi Shannon. I don’t really know much about yoga, but it’s always struck me something I should get around to doing given all the benefits I’ve heard/read about. I read somewhere recently that yoga is fairly new in Barcelona and that therefore there are a lot of beginners classes available (ideal for me). A quick search on Google has just turned-up a decent number of classes, and some pretty professional-looking yoga centres.
The only main two reasons I haven’t gone along to a class by now is that I think it’s the kind of thing that’s more enjoyable if you take a friend along (and all my mates here don’t seem too interested) and also, many of the classes are in Catalan, so I was put off by that, but as Marina reminded me a while back, how hard can it be given that 90% of the instructions will be simple commands etc, and not long complex phrases?? Also, as we’re talking yoga here, I imagine the instructors will naturally want to speak relatively slowly in order not to spoil the relaxation effect with a tirade of quick-fire Spanish!
Fred Shively
15 Mar 07 at 6:31 pm
Thought you might like a yoga snap – albeit from an Andalusian POV:
Fred Shively
15 Mar 07 at 6:33 pm
Oops…didn’t quite work out. Guess you can’t post from Flickr to here.
Ben
16 Mar 07 at 9:44 am
Here is the (wonderful!) photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredshively/390970972/