SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 / 10:00 AM > 12:00 PM / RIMA RABBATH – JIVAMUKTI NYC / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com Inversions. Turning upside. Bringing the heart above the head. These practices can be unsettling and can give rise to incredible fear. Why would we even want to balance on our forearms, stand on our hand or imagine …
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THE ALCHEMY OF EFFORT AND GRACE * SPECIAL THANKSGIVING CLASS
A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING YOGA CLASS with AHD KAMEL & DANIELLE ABISAAB / SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 / 10:00 AM > 1:00 PM / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com Learning to balance the interplay of effort and grace through our yoga practice allows us to harmonize our outer actions in life with our inner awareness. We paddle along the sea …
DANCING THE TREE OF LIFE – IN AFRICAN DANCE EXPRESSION
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 – 2014 / 11:00 AM > 1:00 PM / ALICE MATTALIA / Live music by Ali Hout and Imad Hashisho / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com “Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.” ~ B.K. S Iyengar …
LIFT THE CHALICE * A WORKSHOP FOR ENERGIZING THE PELVIS AND THE CORE
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 / 10:00 AM > 1:00 PM / MATHILDE JAZZAR / $ 40 / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com This workshop is about exploring the pelvis, the seat of groundedness and sexuality. It is a body area surrounded by a battlefield of misconceptions and is often neglected or misused. In Sanskrit the pelvis is called “Chalana” …
TRICKS AND TREATS * HALLOWEEN SPECIAL AERIAL YOGA CLASS
UNION SQUARE YOGA is proud to announce a first time AERIAL YOGA HALLOWEEN COSTUMED CLASS on Friday October 31st / 6:00 pm > 9:00 PM Spots are super duper limited / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com Yes! you got it right, costumed means seriously costumed but more importantly means an opportunity to bring out the super hero in …
THE SPIRITS OF THAI YOGA MASSAGE / PART II / BACK ROOTING
SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 / 9:00 AM > 3:00 PM / MAYA ABOU CHEDID & EDDY AZAR / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com “When we massage, we don’t aim to heal, we aim to help others believe they can and will be healed” After we got the sweet chance to Open the Gateways to Thai Yoga Massage at UNION …
VEGETARIANISM AND YOGA and how to do it the right way / SAT OCTOBER 25
Let Your Yoga and Food be Your Medicine and Your Medicine be Your Yoga and food SATURDAY OCTOBER 25 / 10:00 AM > 2:00 PM / SERENE ABOULJEBINE / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com When I did my first Teacher Training with Sri Dharma Mittra, we were recommended to transition into a vegetarian diet. As I take recommendations …
BODY BREATH AND MIND / YALDA YOUNES / OCT 18
SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 / 10:00 AM > 12:00 PM / YALDA YOUNES / Register union2yoga@hotmail.com A classical asanas sequencing with a strong emphasis on the breath and maximum focus of the mind. It may sound simple and unglamorous but as is usual in the practice of yoga, nothing is what it seems from the outside, …
THE SPIRITS OF THAI YOGA / FRONT ROOTING / SUN SEP 28
“When we massage, we don’t aim to heal, we aim to help others believe they can and will be healed” After we got the sweet chance to Open the Gateways to Thai Yoga Massage at UNION SQUARE YOGA‘s 1st Anniversary recently, we got inspired to actually step into that realm with you and enjoy the …
ALL YIN FOREVER YANG / SEP 27
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27 / 10:00 AM > 1:00 PM / LOUGAL JAZZAR To register please email union2yoga@hotmail.com You can have it all. The best of both worlds. In this workshop, we start off with a long YIN session, where poses are held to stretch the joints and connective tissue. Very quiet but also very challenging: …