The 2018 National Yoga Tournament Open finals is held at Guanyinqiao Pedestrian Street in Chongqing.

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Recently, the finals of 2018 National Yoga Tournament Open is held at Guanyinqiao Pedestrian Street in Chongqing. Over 200 yoga practitioners from China jointed in the event and citizens in Chongqing were amazed by the beauty and power of the sport.

This yoga tournament is the highest level of yoga competitions in China. The National Yoga Tournament Open has held four events in Heilongjiang Harbin, Anhui Bozhou, Zhejiang Lishui, and Hebei Beidaihe. The final event is in Chongqing, and this is the second time that Chongqing hosted a National Yoga Tournament Open.

The finals of this yoga tournament are mainly for the top eight athletes (teams) of the 2018 National Yoga Tournament Open venues respectively. They are divided into the competitive event for single, double and collective respectively and two groups from society and from schools. At the same time, in order to attract more yoga enthusiasts to participate, the social group has further refined into two groups: professional group and public group.

Two participants competing in a double mix group.

As a mass fitness program, fitness yoga is increasingly recognized and favored by modern urbanites. The reporter saw on the scene that with the melodious and light accompaniment, the players showed the yoga poses of head handstand, peacock, wheel and other postures in succession. The difficult movement has attracted many citizens to stop by and watch.

A player competing in women’s single.

 (Translated by Yang Lifu, Fathom Language Limited)