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Aaed began practicing yoga fifteen years ago and has studied in various traditions of yoga, meditation and the healing arts in India,  Nepal and Thailand. He is certified both as a Sivananda and Bikram Yoga Teacher and is an E-RYT (Experienced registered yoga teacher) with the Yoga Alliance. Aaed’s classes blend fluidity in motion with …

The time of the month has come again for some Maya Abou Chedid magic mojo. Her Friday morning class 9:00 am, is spiced up with a special theme every LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, so make sure to create time and not miss what she has in store for you. Very much in line with …

The idea behind this workshop was to give students more hammock contact, investigate some familiar postures furthermore and explore some new funky ones I had up my sleeve. A two hour and some, fun charged special class left us energized, giggling and floating for the rest of the day. I hope you had as much …

(Fabric pattern, ilium and sacrum bone by Jorge Fernando González) Sacrum comes from the Latin word “sacer” meaning “sacred.” The sacred sacrum or as I like to call it The superhero of Boneville, both ways my favorite bone in the human body. …makes sense since this bone was considered a holy bone. It was also …

  Whether you have just embarked on the path to enlightenment or have been at it for a while now, surely you must have noticed that the practice of yoga emphasizes a high level of repetition. Repetition in yoga is far from being a method of perfecting asana even if it seems as such, but …

At USY we like thoughts, words and actions to be in line with all that is yoga (or at least we try) because we know the importance and power of intention. We also like to inspire you with music, pictures, meaningful texts, poetry and any form of artistic expressions of the soul. They might be …

BRAVE HEART YOGA FEST LOWDOWN To all of you Brave Hearts out there, Don’t know about you but the tick of the clock is getting louder and louder. Six days left before the big one and we are still counting on your massive attendance. If youhaven’t bought your tix yet, easiest way to get them …

At Union Square we believe that peace is the only way but if kind words, oms and smiles are not enough to wave off an aggressor what do we do? Apparently and sadly, more and more women and homosexual men are being attacked in Beirut. If you are a woman who lives alone and/or tends …

Dear little yoga monkeys, I could not be more excited to celebrate with all of you for what promises to be one of the most epic yoga throw-downs of the summer season. Together with the BRAVE HEART FUND, (http://www.braveheartfund.org/braveheartfund/) we came up with this idea to gather all of the yoga community in Lebanon under …

Union Square is a place dear to my heart and one among the coolest neighborhoods in NYC.. It is where I stumbled across my first yoga class, it is where I completed my training to become a Yoga teacher, it is the home of my favorite yoga studio in the world and it is where …