Macrame 101 Workshop with Shakti Weaver !
Abhaya Yoga Gowanus 43D 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOCTOBER 20TH, 5:00 - 8:00pm at ABHAYA YOGA GOWANUS Want to learn to use your hands and make some art? Macrame has a long history dating back to the 13th century in Arab and Turkish arts and clothing. It made its way to our cultural awareness in the 1970's, with a recent revival as hip,…
Demystifying Asana: A weekend at Sama Yoga, Houston Texas
Sama Yoga 2015A West Gray, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin Julie for an invigorating, informative, and fun weekend of yoga at one of Houston's brightest spots for yoga! NOVEMBER 16 - 18th, at Sama Yoga - River Oaks, Houston, Texas. Asana can feel complicated sometimes, so for this series we'll examine a few commonly misunderstood poses and groups of poses to take some of…
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…