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Where BerLIN | new year's resoLutions

As soon as the New Year’s Eve hangover has worn
off, it’s time to get cracking on our resolutions for
the year. Hilda Hoy profiles her favorite spots for
making good on good intentions.

A locations (in Friedrichshain and Neukölln, DJ-created playlists, plus complementary
new year, a clean slate: Time for
a fresh start. Getting in shape,
barre classes and yoga to sculpt and tone
respectively) also have spacious pools for
eating well, and staying focused
on self-improvement are goals most of us swimming laps in. the body. Afterwards, you’ll definitely want
to chill out and refuel at their onsite My
Yoga does both body and mind good, so
share at the start of the year. In German, drop in for a class at Jivamukti Berlin (www. Goodness café (www.mygoodnessberlin.
there’s a perfect idiom for this situation: jivamuktiberlin.de), which offers numerous com) for some vegan snacks, lunch bowls,
Getting motivated to do the things we sessions in English. The teachers will skillfully and smoothies bursting with living nutrients.
procrastinate at means overcoming our introduce you to the Jivamukti style, or try
lazy innerer Schweinehund, or “inner pig- the more vigorous Ashtanga or soothing You are wHat You eat
dog.” To help you overcome yours and get restorative yoga classes. After the many indulgences of the holiday
2017 off to a good start, read on for tips Chimosa (www.chimosa.de) offers not season, January is when many of us vow Liquid Garden: Photo by Carina adam; beCyCLe: © mike FuChs; my Goodness: ©
about Berlin’s best places to work on the only yoga, but also a variety of martial arts to be a little more virtuous about what we
new, improved you. classes including Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kung fu, put into our bodies. Thankfully, the healthy FridoLin FuLL; sPorts: © istoCk; the bowL: © miChaeL mortLoCk.
Thai boxing, and more. Many of the classes eating trend of recent years has given rise
Break a Sweat are suitable for beginners, so don’t hesitate to numerous restaurants, cafés, and juice
There’s no avoiding it: To be healthy to join the fray. bars across the city that prove eating well
and get in shape, exercise is key. For a For a high-intensity, high-results workout, can also be delicious. A good place to start
comprehensive cardio workout, the many fitness devotees swear by spinning, a is the Bowl (www.thebowl-berlin.com),
Holmes Place gyms (www.holmesplace. dynamic exercise routine on stationary bikes an all-vegan, gluten-free eatery located
de) offer day passes that grant access to that really gets the heart pumping. Mitte’s above the big Veganz supermarket near
the extensive range of machines, classes, BeCYCLe studio (www.becycle.de) offers Warschauer Straße station. The menu of
and saunas. The Ostkreuz and Neue Welt exhilarating spinning classes set to cool savory, meal-sized bowls combines grains,

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