Just got a note about a free week of yoga — now through Saturday. Visit http://tarabyoga.com for class times and more information.  Free Yoga with Tara B. April 17th — 23rd, 2011 at New York Jiu Jitsu 666 Broadway, Lower Level

Paula Tursi and the lovely people up at Reflections Yoga are having an open house on Friday, December 10th. They’re starting a new 200-hour teacher training in January, and have recently upgraded their school for a 500-hour certification as well. Friday is a great chance to meet the staff and check out the space. 5:30-6:30 [...]

Lots of great openings and open houses this fall! Kula Yoga is now bringing sweaty vinyasa to the WB, YoGanesh is spreading the Dharma Mittra inspiration to Chelsea, and Viva Vinyasa is giving $10 classes to Midtown. If you’re an anatomy fan, you can also check out The Breathing Project — they’re doing open houses [...]

Two free classes next week with the fascinating Amy Matthews. If you like the details of anatomy, you’ll love her. She co-authored Yoga Anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff; they describe their partnership something like “Leslie is the forest. Amy is the speck on the lichen on the bark on the trees.” Highly recommended! FREE movement clinics [...]

Lots of sponsored classes at this event next month on Pier 46… Pilates, Martial Arts, Surfboarding, 80′s Dance, Hologram Yoga [?], Boxing, and Burlesque! Thanks to our friends at Flywheel for the heads up! ARE YOU GAME for an unforgettable day of fun, complete with inventive workout classes, eat smart demos, workout-to-knockout makeovers, live DJ [...]

Here’s a great excuse to reconnect with nature: NYC Wildflower Week. Over 45 activities in all five boroughs, May 1–9. Most are free, but some require registration so check the calendar. We’re excited for the free wildflower giveaways in Union Square :) Sometimes we forget that NYC does actually have some nature right within its [...]

Lots of events in the air, it must be spring. Here’s one from Pure: Come expand your nutritional knowledge at Pure Yoga’s Upper East Side location on Tuesday, March 16th. In celebration of National Nutrition Month, Pure welcomes area experts on healthy eating, drinking and living – including a private chef, juicing demos with recipes [...]

It turns out that yoga in the back of the office is the best idea ever! We’re going to keep it up through March. The focus is “desk job decompression:” yoga poses to counteract all those ruinous hours at our laptops. We usually do 15 minutes of simple stretches to wake up the wrists, ankles [...]

Who needs a getaway? We just received a really kind offer from the folks at The Garden (a restored 18th century villa in the Hudson Valley). The first Yogoer reader to register for their yoga / meditation / nutrition retreat next weekend gets a free spot! I’m holding myself back. It’s all yours… Thawing Into [...]

  There’s a new teacher training program in town. Om Factory, home of AcroYoga and Aerial Yoga, is launching its TT in six weeks. Holly Coles and Amanda Wentworth, two seriously experienced yogis, will lead it. (Holly is in the Tripsichore yoga/dance troupe, with the DVD so difficult that no one can do it, and [...]