Who needs some yoga-breakdance-sauna time? (Everyone.) Try Breakti with the superfun Anya Porter. Beginners are welcome; you’ll learn some basic yoga moves to prep the body for floor work, and then practice a slow-building breakin’ sequence or two.

One of my favorite things is happening this Saturday: Yoga + Breakdance with Anya Porter! This one is back at YogaWorks Soho, which means you can chill (I mean sweat) in the sauna afterwards. Breakti with Anya Porter street – dance – yoga Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 7–9pm www.breakti.com $25 ($30 day-of) YogaWorks Soho 459 [...]

If you’re free this Saturday night, come out for fun times at YogaWorks Soho. Anya Porter is doing another Yoga Spanda — her mashup class teaching both yoga and breakdancing. I went last month, to the inaugural event at Mark Morris Dance Studios, and had a super great time. We spent the first hour doing [...]

Last night I went to Flavorpill‘s monthly decompression, Get Your Dance On. It’s kind of my ideal situation: great DJs, friendly people, lots of gorgeous space, and healthy snacky treats. All before 11pm. They serve free kombucha, wine and chocolate all night, plus coconut water and granola bars. (Well, I guess it’s not free — [...]

Brooklyn adventurers, have some fun tomorrow: To share some holiday spirit, Resurgent Fitness offers a full day of excellent free classes, including abs at 11:15, capoeira at noon, Muay Thai at 1:15, bellydance at 2:30, Congolese dance at 4pm, yoga at 5:15, and Djimbe dance and drum at 6:30. Call for a full schedule.

Oooh! Dance New Amsterdam, one of the oldest studios in town, is having free classes all day tomorrow! It’s a celebration of their 25th anniversary. From 10:00am – 7:00pm FREE classes in modern, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, pilates and yoga and more will be offered by DNA’s first-rate faculty: Gail Accardi, Georgina Aragon, Alexandra [...]

Atmananda Yoga is having an open house tomorrow (Wednesday) night: ATMANANDA OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, September 30 7:30–10:00 pm 324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor Please join us for our open house to find out what Atmananda is all about with complimentary classes.  Come and brings your friends and receive an additional 10% off any program or promotion offered at Atmananda. 7:30–8:00 — CAPOEIRA CLASS An African‐Brazilian art form that combines dance, martial arts, music and acrobatics 7:30–9 — SATSANG BLISS MEDITATION CLASS 8:00–8:45 — ATMANANDA SEQUENCE BEGINNER CLASS Taught by Atmananda Yoga Sequence creator Jhon T ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING: Astrology readings Massage Nutrition counseling Acupuncture Healthy snacks and beverages Natalie Rivera Jewelry trunk show And more! I did my teacher training at Atmananda, after finding the place through… an open house. Who knows what [...]

This is cracking me up: I need to invent a Bollywood Superman pose now, some sort of wide-legged hands-on-hips shaking of the belly. Thanks to Boing Boing via Chris Blattman via my friend Hari.

“Karma is the trouble you make for yourself by being nervous and worried, and by trying to do what you think is right. … as soon as you don’t care so much — or when you get interested in everything equally — things loosen up and start to happen. This is very un-Freudian.” — James [...]