OM Yoga
826 Broadway at 12th St.
6th floor
New York, NY 10003
212.254.YOGA (9642) // info@OMyoga.com

Tuesdays, February 28th - April 3rd, 6:30 - 7:45pm


A six-week series designed to teach complete beginners the basics of OM yoga, including the fundamentals of alignment and breathing, as well as the practice of basic stretches, balancing poses, strengthening exercises and relaxation techniques. Class size is limited.


Cost: $120 for 6 weeks

Yoga High
19 Clinton St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
info@yogahighnyc.com

Sunday February 26th, 2012, 2:30 - 4:30pm

Strengthening Your Foundation / Mula Bandha with Liz Buehler Walker. Abdominal strength is more than just crunches, and connecting to the strength of your legs can bring a potent power to your core. In this workshop, Liz will teach specific abdominal exercises that enhance the relationship between your legs and your abs. Then she will lead you through Yoga sequences that you do in every class so you can feel and refine your newfound core strength as you do things like step to lunges, glide out to plank and jump forward. She’ll also review crow pose and other arm balances so you can understand why they are all about leg and core strength, not about arm strength. And throughout all of this serious leg and ab work Liz will make sure you maintain your sense of humor and even have some fun.

Cost: $25 in advance / $30 day of

Sangha House
37 East 28th St
Suite 201
New York, NY 10016
212-213-4397 // contact@sanghahousenyc.com

Saturday, March 3rd, 1 - 3pm


Being a highly bendy person definitely doesn’t simplify the yoga practice.    If anything, it makes things more complicated. Sangha House will offer a unique 2 hr workshop to help the very flexible, led by Sophie Herbert. Contrary to common belief, the flexible are at a greater risk of injury in yoga.    An increased range of motion can lead to confusion about just how far to go in postures, resulting in subsequent misalignment and/or compression of the joints.    Likewise, naturally flexible people often have less dense musculature, meaning reduced protection for the joints and an increased susceptibility to tearing.    The highly flexible are also at a greater risk of being “pushed” in the practice. Sophie will provide the hyper-mobile with indispensable tools for a safe and powerful practice.    Her approach has been devised through years of cross-disciplinary study, trial, and occasional lesson-bearing error.

Cost: $35 in advance $40 walk-in

New York Yoga
1629 York Avenue
New York, NY 10028
(212) 717-YOGA // info@newyorkyoga.com

Wednesday, February 22nd, 6:45 - 8pm

Malas, or prayer beads, are ancient tools used in a meditation called Mantra Meditation. A mantra is a sound/word/phrase that is used to steady the mind on a single point. The Mala is moved between the fingers of the right hand and used to count the Mantra repetitions (108 times, 1 Mantra per bead). This helps keep your mind focused. In this workshop with Jenny Jared, we will briefly review the history of Mala and its mystic background. We’ll do some gentle Asana to prepare for meditation, and do three sessions of increasing length with Asana and instruction in between. Mantra meditation is a very powerful way to deepen your yoga practice, Savasana, or to begin a meditation practice if you find it challenging.

Cost: $50, includes Mala beads

Reflections Yoga
250 West 49th Street, 2nd Floor
Btwn 8th Ave and Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-974-2288

Sunday, February 19th, 2 - 4:30pm

"Systems of Light": Anahata Chakra, Awakening the Heart with Vidya Sykes and Amy DeFilipe. The chakra system is a blueprint for growth. Through yogic study we can engage a deeper connection to this system of light, and the underlying energy we awaken can change our lives. Come and spend the afternoon with Amy and Vidya learning about your heart center and the movements of energy there.   The weekend after Valentines Day is the perfect time to tune into your heart and the wisdom inherent in it.  We will be working to increase our capacity for love, compassion, and a deeper connection.Be prepared to practice asanas designed to stimulate your heart and the pranic flow there, chant, breathe, and meditate. Please dress comfortably, and bring a notebook, pen or pencil (for notes & guided journaling).

Cost: $35 ($25 for members)

YogaSole
254 Windsor Place
Brooklyn, New York 11215
718-541-1382 // info@yogasole.com

Sunday, February 19th 1 - 3pm

The purpose of love practices is to awaken our innate ability to love and be loved on a much more profound level. It helps us to work with our own issues around loving and being loved within a safe and simple practice.
The love meditation practice has several pieces that include:
1) Identifying a source of unconditional love
2) Practicing accepting and resting in that source of love
3) Sharing that love with others in our lives
This is a great practice to do within the context of a relationship, romantic or platonic. The practice is based on visualization and reflection working with sources of love already present in our lives.  Led by Lama Rod Owens.

Cost: $30

Dharma East
297 3rd Ave
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-889-8160

Saturday, February 18th, 6 - 9pm

Senior Teacher Bernadette Duthu will be leading the Maha Sadhana workshop next month at Dharma East.  Additionally, Bernadette will be teaching Dharma II at Dharma East on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 - 11:15 a.m. beginning the week of January 23rd through the end of February.  Bernadette was born in France and travels there regularly, as well as teaching French here in NYC. She graduated from both the 200 & 500 Hour Life of a Yogi Teacher Training programs, and teaches a beautiful practice.


Cost: $25 in advance and $30 at the door.

OM Yoga
826 Broadway at 12th St.
6th floor
New York, NY 10003
212.254.YOGA (9642) // info@OMyoga.com

Saturday February 18th, 1 - 4pm                                

The workshop taught by Corina Benner will begin with a full Yin Yoga practice, creating a profound sense of openness in areas that often store unwanted stress and difficult emotions. After a short break we will transition into a Heart-Centered Vinyasa Yoga Class designed to melt any armor surrounding this vital physical and emotional organ as you discover the courage and strength demanded by a soft, supple heart. Using familiar asana, we will continue to explore the landscape of each chakra, and discover how physical yoga practice can affirm your goodness, fortify your strength and resolve, and help you overcome energetic imbalances within these centers. After the asana practices we will chant the Bija Mantras with focused awareness, and utilize Sushumna Purification Breath to steady the mind, distribute energy throughout the body, and lead to a state of outer stillness and inner silence.  This workshop is appropriate for all levels of practitioners.

Cost: $45 until feb 1, $55 thereafter.

Yoga High
19 Clinton St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
info@yogahighnyc.com

Saturday, February 18th, 2012 - Saturday, March 24th, 2012, 2:30 - 4:30pm

Come join Kristin Leal for this fun and practical exploration of our unique form and learn why no two people will ever experience the same yoga pose in the same way! Each week we will dive into different regions of our bodies. Starting with a review of the general anatomy we will then compare some anatomical differences and the practical therapeutic approaches to prevent injury and bring greater freedom and stability into your form. For those that have studied anatomy with Kristin before this will be a brand new series with really practical skills to view your body and the body of your students as they move through this dynamic and transformative practice.  2/18 spine 2/25 spine 3/3 shoulder 3/10 knee 3/17 hands and feet 3/24 viewing the body as energy.

Cost: $180 for series of 6 workshops $35 for single workshop $40 for single workshop the day of

Om Factory NYC
265 West 37th Street @ 8th Avenue
17th Floor, New York, NY 10018
212 616-8662

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7 - 9pm

Thai Massage Playshop with Chris Loebsack & Greg Franklin. Chris and Greg will guide you in a series of partner flows that will help cultivate receptivity and mutual support in your partnership, as well as open new channels of non-verbal communication. The practice of Thai massage informs us that by serving others, we can truly serve ourselves in an organic cycle of giving and receiving. Both partners will have an opportunity to give and receive during the session, and will be guided through the sequence step-by-step. Comfortable clothing recommended.

Cost: $75 per couple

Om Factory NYC
265 West 37th Street @ 8th Avenue
17th Floor, New York, NY 10018
212 616-8662

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7 - 9pm


Join the creator of AntiGravity Yoga, Christopher Harrison, and the Yin to his Yang, Shelly Bomb, for an intoxicating evening of intimate tandem flow. Exchange nurturing massage and cuddles from within the intimate womb of the hammock. Expect to float, fly, and be expertly guided through a series of playful, therapeutic, and sexy postures!

Cost: $85 per couple

Sangha House
37 East 28th St
Suite 201
New York, NY 10016
212-213-4397 // contact@sanghahousenyc.com

Tuesday, February 14th, 7:45 - 9:30pm


Enjoy Valentine's Day with someone special and join Isaac Pena as he leads you through a way to reconnect with your partner through Thai Massage.


Cost: $55.00 a couple

Om Factory NYC
265 West 37th Street @ 8th Avenue
17th Floor, New York, NY 10018
212 616-8662

Sunday, February 12th, 2012, 6 - 8pm


Antigravity Yoga Valentines Day Workshop for Couples with Emilia Conradson. Celebrate on the Eve of Valentine's Day in a healthy, creative way with partner massage and AntiGravity Yoga! Come with a lover or a close friend to explore the blissful feeling of giving and receiving therapeutic touch and the fun of balancing two people with one AntiGavity Yoga hammock. In this special workshop, you will nurture intimacy by moving playfully through partner asana, connect energetically through breath and gaze, and practice deepening your relationship with an unconditional loving kindness (metta) meditation. We will also trust & support each other with gentle inversions & relax one another with luscious massage. No experience is necessary to attend! Come with a romantic partner or a friend who you care deeply about.

Cost: $85 per couple

Birchwood Center
85 South Broadway85 South Broadway
2nd Floor
Nyack, NY 10960
845.358.6409 // info@birchwoodcenter.com

Sunday, February 12th, 2:30-5:30pm

Sanskrit Jazz is the "special event band for the spiritually minded". Their music is infused with the healing, uplifting vibrations of Sanskrit, the ancient language of yoga. Krishna Music by Sanskrit Jazz seamlessly fuses Western influences of jazz, rock, blues, and reggae with Eastern sounds of tabla, harmonium and healing mantras. Join Dennis Winge (Damodar Das), founder of Sanskrit Jazz, Cliff Hackford, Eileen O'Hare, and Cat Guthrie  for a joyful afternoon of music and kirtan. Kirtan is an infectious, deeply healing and uplifting practice of call and response chanting. You do not need a great voice to participate, just an open mind and a willing heart. Don't miss it!2:30-3:45 Sanskrit Jazz Concert; 3:45-4:15 Refreshments; 4:15-5:30 Kirtan


Cost: $25 registration by February 7th; $30 registration after February 7th

YogaSole
254 Windsor Place
Brooklyn, New York 11215
718-541-1382 // info@yogasole.com

Sunday, February 12th, 1:30 - 3pm

Share the joy practice yoga together. Explore restorative and challenging partner yoga postures. Deepen your practice by adapting classic poses that
combine two bodies instead of one. Enjoy a fun, creative, playful partner sequence. Absolute beginners are welcome, a prefect chance to introduce someone you love to the healing art of yoga. Champagne and Organic Chocolate covered Strawberries served Led by Evalena Leedy & Merav Ben Horin.

Cost: $55 per couple (Hurry Space is limited)

Bend and Bloom Yoga
708 Sackett Street
between 4th and 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
347.987.3162

Sunday, February 12th, 2:15 - 4:45pm


With Annie Wong & Matthew Caton. Yoga means union. Explore your connection with your partner or friend with a pre-Valentine's Day afternoon of yoga! Enjoy a playful journey of supported yoga as we explore how to deepen our asanas through your partner's body weight, support, and breath. Through conscious breathing and heart opening poses, you will explore connection, trust, and communication with a person you love. We'll top the class off with a glass of wine and chocolates! All duos (partners, spouses, friends, blind dates) are welcome!


Cost: $60 per couple if registered by Feb 8th/ $75 per couple after

Bend and Bloom Yoga
708 Sackett Street
between 4th and 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
347.987.3162

Sunday, February 12th 5:15 - 7:45pm 


Curious about yoga? This lively workshop with Marisa Sako will teach you the fundamentals of yoga and prepare you for a Basics yoga class. We will explore basic asanas (yoga postures), proper alignment, pranayama (breath), and meditation. We will practice basic stretches, flow sequencing, balancing poses, and relaxation techniques. You will learn how to use yoga props in class to ease tight muscles and to cultivate a healthy, safe practice.

Cost: $30

Yoga High
19 Clinton St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
info@yogahighnyc.com

Sundays, February 12th & 19th, 2:30 - 4:30pm
 
 
Taught by Mel with help from other Level I teachers. The Beginner Workshop Series is $50 total for both days and pre-registration is required. Follow the link below and click on Beginner Workshop & change the date to February 12th.  

Cost: $50 total for both days

Abhaya Yoga
10 Jay Street ste#101
Brooklyn, NY 11201
keely@abhayayoga.com

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2 - 5pm

Beautiful, gracious Lakshmi is the beloved goddess of prosperity, harmony and exquisite well-being. According to tradition, every
woman is an embodiment of this goddess. How do traditional texts guide women to live in alignment with their Lakshmi-nature? How
can these teachings empower you as a 21st-century New York woman? The answers may surprise you. Through lecture, mantra,
contemplative exercise and experiential meditation, you will be guided to a deeply personal experience of the goddess. Constantina draws upon materials from her new book, “Invoking Lakshmi: The Godddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony,” which will be available for purchase and signing.

Cost: $40 preregistration, $45 at door

Sacred Sounds Yoga
163 Bleecker Street, 2nd Fl.
New York, NY 10012
212.533.YOGA (9642)

Sunday, February 11th, 7pm

With Featured Guest Tari Prinster. About the Film: Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male teachers. Now there's a generation of women who are leading the way. They're strong they're inspiring and they're radically changing peoples lives. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya, "Yogawoman" uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever.  About the Featured Guest: Tari Prinster is a cancer survivor and caring yoga teacher who understands cancer's challenges, and was featured in "Yoga Woman". An author, presenter and program developer, Tari is Principal Teacher in the Women Cancer Survivors Program at OM Yoga and Co-Director of OM Yoga Woman Cancer Survivor Teacher Training. An accomplished Nordic skier, Tari paddles with Empire Dragon Boats in warm weather.

 

Cost: Suggested donation of $10 for adults and $6 for students. 100% of donations benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Loom Yoga   
1087 Flushing Ave #117                                                                                                                                                                
646.504.0121 // info@loomYoga.com  

Saturday, February 11th, 2 - 4pm

Give your mind a rest and let the heart lead the way to unconditional self-love with Rebecca Ketchum. We'll move, breathe, meditate, rest, massage ourselves, and eat chocolate (?!) to physically, spiritually, and metaphorically free up our hearts. We’ll begin with continuous and rigorous flow to get the heart pumping and blood circulating with heart-centric poses, back bends, and breathing techniques. Then we’ll soften into seated stretches and guided meditation to end in a series of blissful and fully supported restorative poses.

Cost: $25 with pre-registration, $30 on day of workshop.

Shambahala Yoga and Dance Center
367 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 622-9956 // contact@shambhalayogadance.com

Saturday, February 11th,  7:30-9:30pm


Come with your partner or a friend, and learn a Thai Yoga Massage sequence infused with Metta (Loving Kindness). Learn a full body massage that cultivates awareness and nurturing touch for both giver and receiver. We'll practice a little meditation too.   Shakti has been teaching and practicing body and energywork for over twenty years. For more information on Thai Yoga Massage and Shakti, see MassageandMovement.com.   Please wear loose, comfortable clothing.   Singles welcome too, we'll match you with a partner.  Please arrive by 7:15.


Cost: Pre-Registration $25 per person/$40 per couple; Day of $30 per person/$50 per couple

Simple Studios 
134 w 29th st
2nd fl
29th and 7th (near Penn)
info@sunlightyoga.com

Saturday February 11th - Sunday February 12th, 2012, 12 - 5pm
 
With Stacie Dooreck. Learn how to teach yoga in chairs to those that need: seniors, chronically ill, pre/post surgery, in wheelchairs, to those with disabilities or limited mobility,  prenatal modifications, recovery from injuries, at your desk (corporate yoga) and more.  For current yoga teachers of all lineages, nurses, caregivers, physical therapists, or for those wanting to learn chair yoga modifications for their own practice or to share with others are welcome to attend.

Cost: $295 

Yogaworks Union Square
138 Fifth Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
646-442-6203

Saturday February 11th, 2012, 12:30 - 2:30pm


Partner Yoga With Susan "Lip" Orem is designed for all levels and for anybody. We will share energy with our partners, breathe together and use each other as mirrors. We will use each other's bodies to stretch, each other's eyes to align our postures, each other's weight to increase our strength, each other's support to find our balance.  We'll work mostly in pairs but sometimes in groups. There's always room for more as long as you bring your sense of humor. And your own chicken.  Stretch your body, exercise your mind, and fine-tune your relationship--all in only two hours!

Cost: $35 Pre-Registration, $45 Day Of

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
212-929-0585 // info@iyiny.org

Saturday February 11th, 2012, 10am - 1pm
 

Protecting the Body's Most Vulnerable Joint with Madhavan.  Learn to protect your knees with proper alignment, and build strength to stabilize the joint. Find out how to use Yoga effectively in treating knee conditions, dealing with pain, and recovering from injury.


Cost: $30

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
212-929-0585 // info@iyiny.org

Saturday February 11th, 2012, 2 - 4pm


How Can I Feel Prana? with Swarupa Sky Speaker. The idea of prana can seem beyond our experience. In truth, it is quite simple to begin expanding your awareness of reality to include the Pranamaya Kosha. This workshop will teach you some very accessible techniques for attuning your awareness and becoming sensitive to prana as it manifests in the physical, emotional, and mental fields, allowing you to feel it in your hands, in other people, and in plants. You will come away with a greater consciousness of the vital life force known as prana.

Cost: $20

The Interdependence Project NYC
302 Bowery 3rd Floor (Ring Middle Buzzer)
New York, NY, 10012
917-675-7151

Saturday February, 11th, 2012, 1 - 2:30pm


Queer Sangha serves the gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight and transgender community by offering Buddhist teachings and meditation practice in a safe and inclusive environment. We are dedicated to providing you with a diverse and practical experience of the dharma by sharing it in a way that is accessible and relates to our modern day circumstances and unique social position as members of a sexual minority group. Together we explore issues of queer identity, gender, LGBT civil rights, and how all of this relates to the dharma. Meetings involve meditation practice, dharma talks, experiential exercises, and social events. Both beginners and the Buddhist-curious are very welcome, as are experienced practitioners.


Cost: $10 ($5 for IDP members) + optional dana/donations for the teacher.

Yoga Union Center for Backcare & Scoliosis
37 West 28th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-510-7404 // yogaunion@nyc.rr.com

Saturday February 11th, 9am - 12pm & 2 - 5pm;  Sunday February 12 9:30am - 12:30pm & 2 - 5pm

This annual weekend-long workshop with Alison West is suitable both for those who would like to work with their own back issues and for those who would like to be Certified in Yoga for Backcare, Level I, an essential tool for any Yoga teacher.

Saturday 9am - 12pm  Backcare Part I:  Standing Poses and a Strong Back: Introduction to the anatomy of the back and how yoga poses help. Foundational information for all sessions.  Asana practice.

Saturday 2-5pm   Backcare Part II: Core Strength and Lumbar Issues: How to work with the lumbar/abdominal area in the presence of lumbar herniation and spondylolisthesis   

Sunday 9:30-12:30  Yoga for Scoliosis Part I: How to lengthen, de-rotate and strengthen the spine through standing poses and twists. Use of props to help with proprioception.  

Sunday 2-5 Yoga for Scoliosis Part II:  Understanding backbends and inversions.
Open to all levels & Certification Program for teachers

Cost:  Individual sections $70  Whole weekend: $250

OM Yoga
826 Broadway at 12th St.
6th floor
New York, NY 10003
212.254.YOGA (9642) // info@OMyoga.com

Saturday Feb 11th, 3 - 5pm Active & 5 - 7pm Restorative and Tuesday February 14th,  5:45 - 7:45pm Active & 7:45 - 9:45 Restorative


This workshop taught by Brian Liem with Adam Gwosdof is specifically designed for couples - husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends - who want to explore new ways of practicing together. For the restorative sessions you will take turns placing each other in restorative poses and then massaging your partner's hands, feet, neck and face while they simply get to relax, relax, relax. For the active sessions you will enjoy a vigorous practice and learn interesting ways of helping eachother deepen your practice with partner exercises.  Open to all levels, including no experience.

Cost: $50 /couple, per session

Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-0214

Saturday, February 11th, 7pm

A special screening of acclaimed spiritual documentary WAKE UP, followed by a Q&A with the film's main subject and directors.  Watch the Trailer at http://wakeupthefilm.com

Cost: $10

ISHTA Yoga Downtown
56 East 11th Street
New York, NY
212-598-4800 // reception@ishtayoga.com

Friday, February 10, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM


Join Jillian Pransky for an uplifting and deeply restoring mini-retreat designed to relax your body, calm your mind and open your heart. Jillian's unique series of cleansing chakra-flow yoga, restoratives, mantra, and meditation is the perfect antidote to February's contracting winter energy. As we open our bodies and expand our heart centers, we will boost our immune systems, clear out toxins, and release blocked energy and tension. You will melt into a new sense of spaciousness and open-heartedness and leave feeling rooted, relaxed, and radiant.

Cost: $45 in advance; $55 day of workshop

New York Yoga
1629 York Avenue
New York, NY 10028
(212) 717-YOGA // info@newyorkyoga.com

Friday, February 10, 2012, 8 - 9:30pm

Love practicing Yoga? Ever wish you knew a few massage techniques to help your achey friends and family? Combine these two passions in the Partner Thai Yoga Massage workshop with Jenny Jared. As Yoga Asana traveled through India into Thailand, it developed into a form of massage that feels like passively receiving the deep stretches of Yoga, like having Yoga Asana done for you. Thai Massage also incorporates activation of energy lines, called Sen Lines, in the feet, legs and arms. It's extremely relaxing and and can benefit any body of any age or body type. In this workshop you'll learn a little Thai Yoga from head to toe. Thai Yoga Massage is practiced in Yoga Clothes on mats on the floor so you only need to bring yourself and a friend. You'll both take turns practicing the techniques on each other, so all participants will have a chance to master them.

Cost: $40

Kula Yoga Project Tribeca
28 Warren Street 4th floor
btwn Church & Broadway
212-945-4460 // info@kulayoga.com

Thursday, February 9th, 6 - 8:30pm


With Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman. It is often through forward bends that we find a pathway to the 5th limb of Astanga Yoga, Pratyahara, withdrawal of the senses. Turning inwards is so valuable in our daily life and acts as a sanctuary to our demanding world. (All levels are welcome.)


Cost: $60 in advance, $70 day of (space permitting).

New York Yoga
1629 York Avenue
New York, NY 10028
(212) 717-YOGA //info@newyorkyoga.com

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6:30 - 8pm

Learn the fundamentals of Yoga in a simplified, comfortable format with Teresa Harris. Our instructors will teach you the poses, breathing, terminology, and give you individualized direction.

Cost: $249, which includes the workshop and two months of classes. 

Sacred Sounds Yoga
163 Bleecker Street
2nd Flr
New York, NY 10012
212.533.YOGA (9642)

3 week series, starts on Sunday, February 5th, 10:00 - 11:30am

Especially designed for brand new beginners! Take one class, or all three; works individually or as a series. Learn the basic techniques behind Unnata® Aerial Yoga with Michelle Dortignac, and get comfortable with the yoga hammock prop before jumping into regular classes. Benefits of this class include: Fewer students, slower pace, personalized attention.  The Unnata® Aerial Yoga technique will enhance your regular yoga practice, no matter what yoga style you are familiar with.

 

Cost: $20 per class or $50 for all 3 classes

Plaza Wellness
36 Plaza Street (between Vanderbilt & Butler)
Suite 1A
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718.789.8020

Sundays, February 5th, 12th, 26th, 2:30 - 4pm

With Dan Rindler. Each class will focus on a single asana, or a concept (such as finding differentiation in the  ribs and thoracic spine) which is important to many postures.  The focus will be on learning a method of focused, mindful exploration of the interconnection of one's body and mind to find an individual way into each posture.  

Cost: $45 for all 3 90 minute classes, or $20 drop in.  

Sangha House
37 East 28th St
Suite 201
New York, NY 10016
212-213-4397 // contact@sanghahousenyc.com

Every Sunday in February, 2012, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Join Monique Cahn as she warms the body, heart and mind for a sunday evening candle light yoga. What a great way to end your weekend and start your week.

Cost: Sign up for all four in advance and receive $10.00 off. Drop in/single class is $15.00.

Laughing Lotus Yoga Center
59 West 19th Street (Between 5th & 6th)
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 414-2903 // asklotusny@laughinglotus.com

February 4th, 2012, 1 - 6pm

 Unleash the Power the of the Asanas with Dana Flynn.  If you are looking to expand your teaching toolbox and go deeper withassists, this 5 hour Intensive is for you!You will learn the yoga practice of assisting, how becoming more agile with your hands can help you connect and breathe with the room on a deeper and more profound level. Learn how to guide the practitioner into their own unique expression of the pose, while creating a positive boundary. We will explore the full landscape of the asanas: practicing assists in standing poses,inversions, back bends, twists, forward bends and savasana. We will practice the art of watching and listening to bodies, uncovering the boundless energy and potential of the posturesand as a sacred tool to connect with spirit. Assisting in this way is deeply healing and creates a supportive andnurturing environment for the whole community. Bring some lotion for savasana assists.

Cost: $125 per yogi / $95 Lotus Grads

Reebok Sports Club NY
160 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
212.501.1419 // asrodriguez@reeboksportsclubny.com

Saturday, February 4th, 3:30 – 5:00pm


A workshop with Emilie Smith. Bring your body into balance and learn to
move more freely through a yoga practice developed specifically for runners. Learn how yoga can improve your running by creating balance between strength and flexibility, and from training through recovery.
This workshop will begin with energetic poses and sequences ideal for pre-run warm ups, and finish with a restorative sequence that will relax
muscles and restore you full range of motion. Experience how yoga can help you prepare for and recover from the physical stress
of training.

Cost: Members: $20; non-members: $35 Registration necessary

Yogaworks Union Square
138 Fifth Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
646-442-6203

Saturday February 4th, 12:30-5:30pm & Sunday February 5th, 10:00-4:00pm


The Healing Power of Meditation...Where the Heart & Science Connect with Susan Taylor, PhD.  Meditation has been recognized as one of the most powerful techniques available to restore mental, emotional and physical balance and vitality.   As a practitioner, you can use meditation to help your students, patients, clients, and yourself . This training will focus and strengthen your existing skills—while earning you continuing education credits. The training will give you practical pointers for bringing meditation into your professional activities; keys to furthering your personal meditation training; and the fundamental principles of healing through traditional yoga meditation.   This program fulfills one of the requirements of the Meditation Specialist Competency Training (MSCT) conducted by the Center for Meditation Science and if part of the foundational course of Dr. Susan Taylor’s acclaimed Meditation Specialist™ Competency Training Program. For more information on becoming a board certified meditation specialist teacher, visit http://www.nmscb.org.

Cost: $220 by January 20th, $275 after

Jaya Yoga East
2902 Ft Hamilton Pkwy
Brooklyn NY 11218
917-740-JAYA // namaste@jayayogacenter.com

Saturday, February 4th, 7 – 9pm

Sweet Retreat: A Gentle Workshop with Judy Atrubin. Find warmth on a winters night. Spend and evening immersed in gentle and restorative yoga, pranayama and meditation. Mix this up with some sweet aromatherapy and come out feeling refreshed, restored and rejuvenated. Whether yoga are an advanced practicioner, a beginner or a person with physical limitations or illness this class will give you a chance to move, breath and find some ease and warmth in the middle of winter.

Cost: $25

Kula Yoga Project Williamsburg
85 North 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
347-463-9886 // bk@kulayoga.com

Saturday, February 4th, 3 - 5pm


A powerful tool of yoga uncovered and experienced with Danielle Tarantola. The original yogis received the Vedas while in deep states of meditation. Due to a reverence for this ancient body of wisdom, its authenticity is still intact and its power continues to be available to us today.

Cost: $40

Shambahala Yoga and Dance Center
367 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 622-9956 // contact@shambhalayogadance.com

Saturday, February 4th, 7:30pm


If you had the pleasure to attend KSR's last kirtan in December you already have put this into your calendar.  With their beautiful melodies and soulful voices, Calia and crew filled the space with love and sweet harmony.  Don't miss this chance to chant your heart out (or just sit and soak it in). 

Cost: Suggested donation $10-15

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
212-929-0585 // info@iyiny.org

Saturday February 4th, 2012, 10am - 12pm


Pranayama for Beginners with Sevika Dobrow. Many people believe that breathing practices are even more beneficial to the body, mind, and spirit than asanas are. In this workshop you'll learn the fundamentals of Yogic breathing techniques. The basic pranayama techniques done in Integral Yoga Level I class (deergha swasaam, kapalabhati, and nadi suddhi), along with some others, are demonstrated and explained in detail. You'll find the practices comfortable and joyful, and you'll learn to use the prana (vital energy) for healing, cleansing, and strengthening. No experience required.

Cost: $20

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
212-929-0585 // info@iyiny.org

Saturday February 4th 2012, 1:30 - 5:30pm

The Psychospiritual Path to Recovery from Excessive Drinking or Eating   with Amsumati Trish O'Sullivan, L.C.S.W.  Samskaras are energetic traces from past experience that abide in the mind and can fuel the compulsion to binge drink or eat. This workshop will explore the types of samskaras that contribute to addiction energy, as well as the particular chakras involved with addictions. New techniques for locating, identifying, bringing to the surface, and releasing the samskaras, thus weakening the addiction energy and strengthening the chakras, will be introduced, along with Yoga and meditation as facilitators of the healing process.


Cost: $40

Bend and Bloom Yoga
708 Sackett Street
between 4th and 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
347.987.3162

Saturday, February 4th 1 - 3pm 

Working From the Ground Up in Headstands with Summer Shirey.  Discover a way to see the world and your yoga practice from a different point of view.  Never been upside down? Or are you in need of cleaning up your headstand practice? When time for inversion practice is given in class are you not quite sure what to do? Then, this workshop is for you. Everyone deserves the opportunity to feel the limitless benefits of an inversion practice.  THIS WORKSHOP will focus on breaking down the safest and most graceful ways to work into a healthy headstand. Starting from step 1, it's geared to help you smoothly and safely move into the world of being upside down. 
 
Cost: $35 in advance $40 day of

Pure Yoga East
203 E. 86TH ST.
@ 3rd Ave.
212.360.1888

February 4 - 5th, 2012, 2 - 5pm


With Alanna Kaivalya. Explore the principles behind save and transformative hands-on assists and effective adjustments to convey technique, sublety and mastery. All types of adjustments will be covered, and an understanding of how to "see" the body and optimize students' freedom in asanas will be examined.

Cost: $60 per day; $110 for both days

Karma Kids Yoga
104 West 14th Street
between 6th and 7th Avenues
(646)638-144 // downdog@karmakidsyoga

Friday, February 3rd, 6:30 - 7:30pm

Breakti Kids  with Anya Porter brings together the breath and mindfulness of yoga with the rhythm and fun of breakdance and other street dance styles like popping, locking and more. In this class, we will learn both yoga and street dance movement, and we will finish class with a routine that is challenging and fun. Breakti will help you learn to move with ease on your hands both in yoga and dance, build strength and flexibility, and have a blast! For ages 6 and up.

Cost: $20

Yogamaya
135 W 20th St 
New York, NY 10011
(212) 675-4555

Friday February 3rd, 6:30 - 8:30pm


With Keely Garfield. Back by popular demand, this distinctive class explores restorative yoga as a launching point into a profoundly contemplative, balancing and healing practice that liberally incorporates breath awareness, meditation, aromatherapy and reiki to enhance optimal wellbeing. Gently detoxify, revitalize and tune-up your body, mind and spirit, through the delightful experience of dropping out, and dropping in!

Cost: $25

The Interdependence Project NYC
302 Bowery 3rd Floor (Ring Middle Buzzer)
New York, NY, 10012
917-675-7151

Friday February 3rd, 7 - 9pm; Saturday February 4th, 10am - 6pm; Sunday February 5th, 10am - 6pm

Join us for a special weekend arts and meditation retreat. -- In the belief that acting training is also training in being a human being, we'll examine how meditation helps us connect with our creativity and cultivate the mental focus, physical freedom, emotional range, and spontaneity that make for vibrant acting and vibrant living. This retreat a potentially transformational investigation of the process of "acting" meditation as we move through the world. With with Jean-Claude van Itallie, Parlan McGaw and Rae C Wright. Open to all, from professional performer and avid meditator to those just beginning to explore new horizons.


Cost: $180 for the weekend; $150 - Full Members; $90 - Sustaining or Visionary Members; Friday Night Preview Only - $20

Golden Bridge Yoga NYC
253 Centre St.
New York, NY 10013
212-343-8191 //  gurmukh@goldenbridgeyoga.com

Wednesday, February 2nd: 7:30 - 9:30PM

With Siri Rishi. Join us for an evening of Kundalini Yoga and deep Mediation followed by a Blissful 45-minute Gong Bath Relaxation that will bathe you with healing sound waves, to help restore the harmony in your body, mind and spirit. The New Moon is the perfect time plant your seeds and intentions for new creations or recommit to projects andgoals that are already in motion.

Cost: $25/adv or $30/day of

Reflections Yoga
250 West 49th Street, 2nd Floor
Btwn 8th Ave and Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-974-2288

Thursday February, 2nd, 7:30 - 9:30pm

An Enchanting Introductory Evening of Ayurveda with Chef David Nuss. (includes, eating some great food, cool people, lecture & discussion)



Cost:  $25

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
212-929-0585 // info@iyiny.org

Thursday February 2nd, 2012, 6 - 8pm


Invoke "the Remover of Obstacles" with Nina Priya David, M.A., E.-R.Y.T.  Ganesh is known as "the remover of obstacles," and the Ganesh mantra is loved and practiced by almost everyone in India. The workshop will begin with an explanation of the mantra's background and intention and some practice in sounding out the syllables. Gentle stretching and breathing exercises prepare the body for sitting; they will be followed by about 45 minutes of chanting.

Cost: $20

Dharma West
61 West 23rd St
6th Floor
212-889-8160 x2

Thursday, February 2nd, 7 - 8:15pm

Satsang with Sri Dharma Mittra.  With Special Devotional Kirtan w/ Adam Frei & Eric Hubel. Satsang is a Sanskrit word which can be translated as a "gathering in the company with the wise." It is the traditional method of supporting the spiritualization of the student, sadhaka, or disciple with the teacher or Guru. There is both a non-verbal and verbal transmission to the aspirant from the teacher. It is also a means to honor the teacher for all the work they have done for the student in imparting the teachings and understanding of universal truth to them. Satsang will now be made available to all students weekly. Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to sit in the company of Sri Dharma Mittra and special guests. Held the first Thursday of every month.   

 

Cost: Minimum $10 donation

Jaya Yoga Park Slope
1626 8th Ave
Brooklyn NY 11215
718-788-8788 // namaste@jayayogacenter.com

3 Wednesdays, February 1st, 8th, 22nd, 7 - 8:30pm

Lovingkindness is a meditation that cultivates our natural capacity for an open and loving heart. Sharon Salzberg will introduce these teachings (lovingkindness, compassion and sympathetic joy, and equanimity) and support us through direct instruction and guided meditation. This course is suitable for both new and experienced meditators.

Cost: $60 for all 3 wednesdays / $25 to drop in

Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-0214

Wednesday, February 1st, 8:30pm

Devadas has released two cds, "Ocean - Songs for Amma" (available on itunes) and "Shine Shine On" and is currently recording  
& singing anywhere & everywhere they'll have him :) A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song. It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine. The name, a cognate of bhakti, meaning religious devotion, suggests its importance to the bhakti movement.
 
Suggested Donation $10

Jennifer Brilliant Yoga
732A Carroll Street
between 6th & 7th aves
Park Slope Brooklyn
jennifer@JenniferBrilliant.com

Wednesdays, February 1 – 29, 2012, 9:30 - 10:45am

Yin Restorative Yoga is taught by Masako Miyakawa.  The calming, grounding, and quieting practice of YIN Yoga will open your hips, spine, and shoulder joints gently yet very deeply. Poses are held to affect the tight, contracting tissues of ligaments, tendons, and fascia. Since all the poses are done on the floor, often-neglected parts of our body are safely toned. This practice compliments more YANG activity such as vinyasa yoga, running, swimming and weight lifting. You will feel tightness melt away and your energy begin to flow. Each class ends with deep relaxation supported by props so that you restore your body’s natural ability to relax and rejuvenate.
Special 5-week Series!



Cost: $90 for all 5 classes of Yin Restorative (Make-ups can be done in other classes); Single Class $20