Cold water yoga in the French Alps: 'Don't fight the river'
Alexia of Yoga Toumo: her cold-water toumo yoga is designed to train your head and breath to do something most minds scream “no” to. Photograph: T Vattard/Masala Yoga
This is a year-round village, hosting skiers in winter and artisanals continuously. We experience the short Alp-to-fork supply chain everywhere, including at Chalet de Paccaly cafe, a 20-minute walk into the mountains from the nearest car park. Here lunch is strewn with wild flowers and herbs, including oregano and thyme, picked from around the restaurant.
After we walk through the garden above her home, with its rows of aromatic plants, from lush mint and floppy echinacea to strong sage leaves, she hands me thick rubber gloves, an apron and goggles. I pour volatile caustic soda into water and let it settle before mixing in cocoa butter, olive oil and hypericum oil. The resulting chemical process produces soap and glycerine.
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