Practicing Joy: Embodying Lakshmi. Christmas Day at Bend and Bloom Yoga
Bend And Bloom YogaA special class on Christmas Day with Julie to recognize the abundance of life for the year! Joy is a state sought by everyone, sometimes believed to occur when we have enough things, opportunities, "green lights", attention, and even love. So often, joy is sought in this way externally, rather than internally realized as already…
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…
Two-day Meditation Course to Learn Neelakantha Meditation
Julie's home 249 23rd St, 1L, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesLearn Neelakantha Meditation with Julie: September 7 + 8, 2019 - Brooklyn, NY *To learn more about Neelakantha Meditation in general, you are welcome to attend a FREE information session: Friday Aug. 30th, 7:30pm OR Friday Sept. 6th, 7:30pm - 708 Sackett St, Park Slope With the primary principle of effortlessness, Neelakantha Meditation offers a…
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…