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They ask the authorities to correct their posture.

A dozen yoga studios in Bordeaux opened their doors on Monday, with compulsory masks during sessions, braving the closure of sports halls, imposed for two weeks throughout the department.

In an open letter, these studios "stunned by this new directive" of closure, indicate that they have decided to continue their activity with further strengthened health measures, while noting that since the resumption in June "we have had less within our structures. of 0.1% of cases ”.

" It is a matter of common sense "

“This is not headlong rebellion,” says Séverine Hermary, founder of the Satnam club, located in a bourgeois building in the city center.

For her, not closing, "it is a matter of common sense".

Social distancing, reduction in the number of participants per course (nine maximum), markings on the ground, reinforced hygiene and, since Monday, wearing a mask during the sessions: “Our activity respects all sanitary conditions.

Doing yoga with a mask is possible, by adapting the practice, ”says Séverine Hermary.

The Gironde classified in red alert "reinforced" by the authorities

With the current measures, "we are not in confined spaces, in any case much less than in a bar or at Fnac", she says again, while sports halls and gymnasiums had to close for two weeks in Gironde. , classified as “enhanced” red alert by the authorities.

The head of the Satnam club claims to have had a call from the police on Monday morning: "I also invited them to come and see that everything is being respected."

According to Séverine Hermary, attendance was normal on Monday and the practitioners were grateful to be able to attend the classes.

"I blame the government for its lack of consistency"

Patron Saint of Yoga With You, Agnès Cassonnet is angry with the authorities: "I do not question the Covid, I am a former nurse, but I blame the government for its lack of consistency".

“Dancing can continue but yoga cannot, although it is sometimes practiced in the same places.

I want someone to explain to me why!

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"When a professor calls me in tears because he will no longer be able to pay his rent if we close, I want to fight," she said, "the financial consequences are primarily on them, this are almost all self-employed ”.

A closure would be "catastrophic" economically

“Closing the studios, for practitioners, is adding stress where there is already a lot of it,” assures Laura Lobjoit, from the BelliBulle studio, associated with the Bordeaux approach itself resulting from a movement launched in Paris.

For its very small structure, a 15-day closure, "in full registration phase" and just before the break from the All Saints holidays, would be "catastrophic" at the economic level.

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