YogaCity NYC was created with the incredible goal of helping an expanding community in their pursuit of tranquility, vibrancy, and conscious behavior - in the middle of this charged and crowded 24/7 urban environment we all call home.

We started this website because we couldn't find the resources online that we needed to support our practice, our schedule, our interests - we'd spend precious hours trying to figure out what new yoga class we could go to, who was a great private teacher, who offered acupuncture, or an Ayurvedic facial, and where or when. Our solution? A new media company and a uniquely New York virtual yoga community.

Our comprehensive dynamic directory, coupons, listings, class picks, news and features capture the passionate energy and amazing diversity of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.

We are here for New Yorkers; here to respond to a busy, playful, work-a-holic, charged, over-charged, breathless, windy, seems-like-it-never-stops-for-a-minute lifestyle. Our wildly ambitious goal is to help you put together the disparate pieces of a holistic lifestyle, and find a little peace of mind and peace of body.

YogaCity - where New Yorkers come to stop.

Brette Popper

After 25 years as a top manager in the frenetic and aggressive world of magazine and internet publishing, Brette wandered into her first yoga class in 2001 and was transformed by its benefits. She soon found herself deeply immersed in yoga asana and philosophy, and decided to put her extensive business knowledge to use in the world of yoga by joining forces with one of her teachers to open a yoga studio in Brooklyn's emerging Dumbo neighborhood. In 2005, she was certified as a teacher by Alison West's Yoga Union. She decided to start YogaCity NYC after realizing that there was a real lack of cohesively distributed information in the busy New York yoga community for practitioners and studios alike. You can reach Brette at publisher@yogacitynyc.com.

Minna Proctor

For 15 years, Minna Proctor has been working as a magazine editor, translator and essayist. Her writing has appeared in a diverse group of popular and thought leader publications. Her book, DoYou Hear What I Hear? Religious Calling, The Priesthood, and My Father, is now available in paperback. She started practicing yoga in 1996 at Jivamukti in New York and then studied Ashtanga Yoga, a vigorous flow practice before becoming interested in alignment and therapeutics. She is certified to teach through Alison West's Yoga Union, and has special training in Womens yoga. During teacher training she met Brette and together they crafted the YogaCity NYC strategy, its unique website offerings and email newsletter. You can reach Minna at edit@yogacitynyc.com.

Cynthia Kling

Cynthia Kling, the Adventuress columnist for Domino magazine, began doing yoga about 15 years ago at Allen Finger's studio on 17th street. After about a year, she found herself at one class or another almost every day - loving some things, hating others, and wondering how closely these classes adhered to the ancient Indian traditions. A young teacher who started off his class with a 5 minute dharma talk about an imaginary duck, finally sent her off to Mysore to check out the real deal. She studied in the Ashtanga tradition with Mr. B.N.S Iyengar, one of Sri Krishnamachria's students. India taught her that the whole idea of yoga was huge, ancient, and multi-faceted – but there were no imaginary ducks. Since then, she's dipped into many traditions, taking wisdom from each -Iyengar, Yin, Anusara – and joined up with Minna and Brette because she loves to hear about great new teachers and sources.You can reach Cynthia at cynthia@yogacitynyc.com.

Katie Jehenson

Katie joins YogaCity NYC to round out the operations side. She dabbled with yoga while working in the fast-paced online advertising world, but in between jobs, she dove into a regular practice. While employed as a Business Manager , she came to rely on her breath to approach challenges. In 2004, she decided a Yoga Teacher Training program was in her future. Her search led her to Alison West’s Yoga Union and Katie completed her 200-hour certification in 2005. She joined YogaCity NYC because she believes in our vision to bring better information to New Yorkers. You can reach Katie at admin@yogacitynyc.com.