A yoga instructor helps Ukrainians deal with the stress of war

The Yoga sessions provide a brief but necessary break from the stresses of Ukraine's ten-month-old war, made worse in recent weeks by midwinter energy outages. Photo: Handout

The women filed into the yoga studio, on the ground floor of an otherwise pitch-black apartment block, for an afterwork session that was specially tailored to Ukraine’s current period of deprivation.

With power and heat cut off by Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, they wore thick sweatshirts and wool socks over their customary tank tops and leggings.