We’ve been having a great time w/the donation yoga at Green Spaces, so we’re going to do it again in March! Mondays, 6:45–8:00pm. Donations accepted, not required. Bring your own mat (but we have three extras if you forget.) We’re focused on counterposes for desk jobs, but March comes in like a lion so we’ll [...]

Computer counterposes, by donation. We’re turning the GreenSpaces office into a yoga studio! Mondays in February, bring your mat to Tribeca. We’ll practice some dana yoga. Classes are by donation; you can leave a hundred dollars, or just a smile! Buddhists call the act of giving dana, it’s a way to escape greed and cultivate [...]

Sangha Yoga Shala, the new-ish “Community House” in Williamsburg, is offering a free class with founder Alana Kessler! On Tuesday, Sangha Yoga Shala will make sure that finding yourself in an awkward position leaves you more centered than bent out of shape. As part of its “free yoga Tuesdays,” the studio offers a basic vinyasa [...]

Wear your yoga clothes to work tomorrow — GreenSpaces NY is having an all-day open house. Bring your laptop, hang out and work with fellow downtown entrepreneurs. The theme is “healthy living,” so there are some special offerings to help you work better! Including a free yoga class with Yogoer :)

The new year is almost here — time to start those resolutions. For those resolved to practice more yoga, how about duration instead of frequency? Steven Cheng (www.simhayoga.com), a student of Dharma Mittra, teaches a three-hour vinyasa class that should detox half of January. The next one is this Saturday, January 2nd.

Tonight (December 11th) is the last of four free yoga classes offered by Steven Cheng at Earth Yoga. In the spirit of giving back to the community for my good fortunes in teaching yoga, Earth Yoga and I would like to offer a series of FREE community classes.  This is my thanks to those of [...]

Do you remember your first yoga class? The questions, the perceptions, the expectations (or lack thereof)? Yesterday’s Times had a nice first-time-to-yoga narrative: Ignoring the warning bells deep inside my brain, I grabbed a book, thinking that if the class got too long for my limited physical capacity, I would just slip outside and read. [...]

Sticking around the city this holiday? Here are some great Thanksgiving and day-after options. THANKSGIVING DAY (11/26/09) Om Factory — 108 Sun Salutations with Ashley Bouldin 8:30am – 10:30am $17 drop-in (or use your class card) 108 Sun Salutations can be a celebration of gratitude for the health of your body. If you are thinking [...]

This felt great. For posterity: Kundalini Warmup (seated, all with Breath of Fire) Low Back Flexes (hands on knees) Mid Back Flexes (hands on ankles) Spinal Twists (hands on shoulders) Upper Back Flexes (hands on shoulders) Shoulder Shrugs (hands on thighs) Shoulder Seesaws (hands clasped) Shoulder Stretch (hands clasped in front of heart and pull, [...]

Crazy week last week, but I kept up a daily practice, a MORNING practice no less, for the length of it. Why? I got off on a good foot last weekend (a blissful hiking/yoga retreat with some Russian friends)… and my morning practice is 15 minutes short! 3-5 sun salutations, left and right sides 100 [...]