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Plant the Seeds: Sankalpa Practice for 2019
Abhaya Yoga Dumbo 32 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve. Like a vow, a practice of sankalpa starts from a radically different premise: that you already are who you need to be to fulfill your life’s purpose, or dharma. Through practices of breathing, movement, meditation and chanting,…
What Are We Really Doing When We Say “Open the Hips”, And Is That What We Really Want?
Yogaworks Soho 459 Broadway, New York, United States“Hip Openers” has become a catch-phrase to describe yoga poses that increase range of motion in the hip joint, widely offered therapeutically for lower back issues. But do you really just need a more mobile hip joint? While it’s true for some that increased external rotation will relieve stiffness in the lumbar spine and aid…
Dig a Little Deeper: Weaving the Yamas and Niyamas into Life and Practice
Bend And Bloom YogaA contemporary look at the Yamas and Niyamas - October 27th, 3 - 5:30pm - Bend and Bloom Yoga The Yamas and Niyamas are the first two of Classical Yoga's "eight-fold path", known as the ethical precepts of yoga. Learning these ancient, yet relevant guidelines can create the conditions for a deeper yoga to germinate…
Meditation Essentials: The Path to Freedom
Bend And Bloom YogaJoin fellow seekers in community for Julie's seasonal offering of guidance, support, and instruction. Learn why meditation works, and why meditation matters. Interested in a daily meditation practice, but don't know how to begin? Have you had a regular practice previously, but stopped for varied reasons and are ready to start again? Or, do you…
Meditation Essentials: The Path to Freedom, at Abhaya Yoga Dumbo
Abhaya Yoga Dumbo 32 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin fellow seekers in community for Julie’s seasonal offering of guidance, support, and instruction. Learn why meditation works, and why meditation matters. Interested in a daily meditation practice, but don’t know how to begin? Have you had a regular practice previously, but stopped for varied reasons and are ready to start again? Or, do you…