MADRID, SPAIN, January 20, 2016 (EFE Estilo): The queen of Spain spent 90 minutes at the inauguration of the 36th edition of the tourism fair in Madrid which expects to receive more than 223,000 visitors. The fair is hosting 9,500 companies, institutions and tourist agencies from 165 countries. The Queen’s inaugural tour included stops at five pavilions of different countries involved.
At the “Incredible India” pavilion she was greeted by the Indian Ambassador, Vikram Misri, and also by a young Spanish yoga teacher, Elsa Aguirre, who has had a chance to talk with Letizia on the benefits of yoga and the importance of the unified teaching methods in training courses that have begun to teach at Spanish universities. In front of a large figure representing a yogi under the slogan in English “Yoga is the journey of self, through the self, to the Self,” the Queen explained to Elsa that she also practices yoga using the Iyengar technique – which has been popularized in the West by the guru of the same name.