Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 7) — The National Museum of the Philippines is now offering weekly yoga classes in selected areas inside the facility in celebration of the Museum and Galleries Month.
In a statement, the museum said \”it aims to provide experiences that promote and improve well-being through a sensory activity that combines yoga with art therapy.\”
On Oct. 4, the museum uploaded a video showing around 18 participants with their yoga mats and doing stretching exercises in front of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” painting.
Netizens were quick to react and said the program somehow disrespect and disrupt preservation of historic pieces at the museum.
“I cannot see the significance of doing yoga in a [supposedly] controlled environment. Yung humidity content of the surrounding will definitely have an effect on The Spolarium. Your strict protocols run counter to the purpose of this event,” a user commented on Facebook.
Some aired expressed concerns on exposing the paintings to other elements such as sweat from the participants.
\”Aren’t we the taxpayers spending so much money to keep the humidity of that room stable to safeguard the country’s most important painting? Yet, of all places, we chose to put a bunch of sweating yogists inside it? For what?\” a netizen asked on X, formerly Twitter.
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Aren’t we the taxpayers spending so much money to keep the humidity of that room stable to safeguard the country’s most important painting? Yet, of all places, we chose to put a bunch of sweating yogists inside it? For what? Wala na ba ibang room na bakante sa buong complex? 😵💫 pic.twitter.com/1XIW2tWcuA
— Emil (@13thFool) October 5, 2023
