REMEMBER the old day when exercise meant having to touch your toes, your knees, your shoulders and your head? Custom also dictated to name the body parts as you went along. Say goodbye to such childish games because these days, exercise is chic-er and dare we say it, more purposeful.

Stretch in the city

On September 19, yoga shows that it is a force to be reckoned with at the Global Mala Project 2009*. Simultaneous events are scheduled in cities around the world to unite yoga practitioners for various causes. Locally, the venue is at Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street, Taguig and is for the benefit of Trees for the Future and Tubbataha Foundation. A highlight of the event includes a Yoga Trance Dance led by Teresa Herrera. The event starts at 11 a.m. For more information, visit www.globalmalaproject.multiply.com or e-mail globalmalaproject@gmail.com.

Pounding the pavement

Get on your mark, get set and make a run for New Balance outlets to sign up for the 2009 New Balance Power Run … Raising Hope, scheduled on September 27 at the Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The last day of registration and payment is on September 20. Proceeds of the event benefit the ICanServe Foundation, Carewell Community, Philippine Cancer Society and Natasha Goulbourn Foundation. New Balance stores are located in Glorietta, Shangri-La Mall, Festival Mall, Planet Sports Rockwell, Planet Sports Trinoma, Planet Sports V-Mall, Secondwind UP Diliman and Runner Bonifacio High Street. Please visit www.newbalance.com.ph for more information.

Turn, turn, turn

Philippine Ballet Theatre’s 23rd season offering, La Fille Mal Gardee, tells a lighthearted story using dancers that are as equally light on their feet. Watch as the main characters fight for true love and battle comical situations. Will it end with the proverbial happily ever after?

Find out starting Friday, September 25 at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The show runs until September 27. For tickets and the complete schedule of shows, call the CCP Box Office at 8323704 or Philippine Ballet Theatre at 6328848.

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