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Gym bunnies down lager as they practise their stretches in new Beer Yoga craze sweeping Germany and

YOGA-loving fitness fanatics bend their lean bodies while drinking tummy-swelling bottles of BEER.

These incredible pictures from a Beer Yoga class in Bangkok show dozens of young women enjoying calorific lager while stretching in skin-tight lyrca.

The fitness craze originated in Berlin and has now spread around the world and is particularly popular in Asia.

The unusual practice requires party-loving participants to balance bottles of beer on their bodies while taking sips during traditional yoga poses.

In the class in Thailand, one user said: ““Without alcohol I might feel a bit shy. Alcohol makes me brave and enjoy yoga”

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The fun form of yoga, dubbed Bier Yoga, was popularised by a Berlin studio whose teachers first saw the practice at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, reports the Evening Standard.

According to the Bier Yoga website the fitness class is a "marriage of two great loves—beer and yoga.

“Both are centuries-old therapies for mind, body and soul.”

Studio founder and teacher Jhula writes on the website that Beer Yoga helps participants reach a “higher level of consciousness”.

She wrote: “BeerYoga is fun but it's no joke.

"We take the philosophies of yoga and pair it with the pleasure of beer-drinking to reach your highest level of consciousness."


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