Happy street
concept which became popular in the last year was held in various locations in Bengaluru
like Koramangala, Kalyan Nagar, Jayanagar, Whitefield and Malleswaram with great
success.
People from
all age groups hit the road and enjoy health and fitness activities.
You can
wake up saying hello to Sunday morning with outdoor fun on your favorite street
with no traffic.
The
selected road will have traffic barred from entry
between 6 to 9 AM, to turn the road available for such activities like walking, jogging, cycling, strolling around
playing new and traditional games.
Since I had
heard about it, I decided to experience firsthand, the Happy
street concept on commercial street ( city’s central business hub) on 25th Feb
24.
On 25th
Feb 24 Sunday morning, I very reluctantly got up early. The deficit of the week days sleep, I normally
catch up on Sunday morning. It required
lot of inner energy to wake up. Once I hit
the road with my car, seeing the empty streets, cool surroundings and the fresh air filling the lung space, I felt
it was worthwhile and soothing to the body and soul.
My niece also
accompanied me. We reached the commercial street somewhere around 7.00AM.
Some of the
activities planned there was Zumba, yoga, meditation, Hula-hoop, Science experiments
cycling, skateboarding, badminton, archery traditional games, pet shows,
planting, pottery and live music.
We walked
from one end of Commercial Street to the other end, soaking in all the
surrounding early morning activities. We saw people from all age groups enjoying
the Sunday morning.
The experience
was good and it was a small change from the routine life. The more we are in open surroundings and nature,
the more the body and mind relaxes.
Ensure that
on Sunday morning, you were your track suits and shoes and go out and meet the
nature. This can happen only when you sleep
early on Saturdays, sacrificing the serials and rom-coms on Netflix and Amazon
prime.
Some of the photos clicked are shown below.
