VIDEO: In honor of International Yoga Day, watch these yoga poses in Yiddish
Instructor Reyna Schaechter demonstrates a variety of poses before a stunning north Californian landscape
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Forverts Staff June 20, 2023
Tuesday, June 21 is the International Day of Yoga – a perfect opportunity to stretch your muscles, release tension and learn Yiddish at the same time.
Berkeley resident Reyna Schaechter, who works in marketing for Peleton (and is Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter’s niece), demonstrates a variety of yoga positions in fluent Yiddish before a stunning California landscape. She works in marketing for Peleton
The International Day of Yoga was founded by the UN General Assembly in 2014. It was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who suggested the date of June 21, since it’s the longest day of the year, imbuing it with special significance in many parts of the world.
Reyna Schaechter is one of several Yiddish-speaking yoga mavens. San Diego-based Yiddish instructor Tanya Yakovleva teaches formal online yoga classes in Yiddish and Vera Sabo teaches in-person yoga classes in Jerusalem.
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