Agenda

  1. May
    20
    Mon
    1. Kundalini with Elaina
      7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

      Elaina Morgan:

      Born and raised near Chicago, Elaina began her study of movement awareness at a very young age, having spent most of her first decade as a serious gymnast. Elaina discovered yoga in 2002 in Bloomington, Indiana where she immersed herself in spiritual study, creativity, and community before definitively moving to New York in 2008. She has been fortunate enough to study with Hari Kaur, Gurmukh, and Mahan Kalpa Singh, among many others. Elaina is KRI-certified to teach Kundalini Yoga. This form is the foundation of her methodology, though she does draw from other yogic traditions and holistic modalities as well. Elaina currently resides in Brooklyn, and is also an active musician and artist, producing solo creations and working with an ever-expanding circle of collaborators. She believes that yoga is for everyone, and strives to serve and share with awareness, patience and grace.

      The practice of Kundalini Yoga balances the glandular system, strengthens the nervous system and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions, so that we may fearlessly express our true selves. Elaina’s classes utilize asana, pranayama, mantra, and meditation to give you a hands-on experience of your highest consciousness.

    2. Meditation with Lil Sirius
      8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

      Let’s get Meditated

      The meditation takes place for an hour. It is a silent, seated meditation. People can rest in savasana if tired and rejoin the group when ready. All levels welcome.

  2. May
    21
    Tue
    1. Morning Vinyasa – Lulu
      10:00 am – 11:15 am


      Lulu Ekiert studied Anthropology and Latin American Literature at NYU and after graduating in 2008 began searching for new ways to understand herself and her position in the world. After a two-week yoga retreat to Thailand with a good friend and yoga teacher Lulu decided to learn more about the anciet philosophy. Three months later Lulu completed a 200hr intensive teacher certification in Hatha-Vinyasa Yoga with Deborah Desmond at Namaste Teacher College and began teaching there two months later. Lulu is a dedicated and knowledgeable teacher who encourages students to tap into the infinitely wise teacher within themselves.
      Take a deep breath and settle into yourself. The difference between beginner and advanced in yoga is attention to the breath and familiarity with yourself. The more you do something the better you get at it. Each class includes meditation and breathing, a complete warm-up, strengthening vinyasa flows, and extended teachings of certain postures or practices. The pace of Lulu’s class is rigorous yet relaxed, offering students space to move and breathe and challenge themselves. Her teaching style includes visual, audio, and kinesthetic techniques that illustrate proper alignment, enhance the benefits of certain postures, and establish a strong foundation in the basics so that students can develop a yoga practice adapted to suit their needs.

    2. Vinyasa – Nami
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Nami Soga

      I have been studying the arts, yoga and healing to deepen my understanding of who I am, and to connect more deeply with my Self, the internal Light, the magical power of the Earth and this great Universe.

      I completed my 200 hour training at Laughing Lotus, Yin Yoga training with Corina Benner, and Prenatal Yoga training with Bec Conant. I am also a certified Reiki Master practitioner, a painter, and I am now working toward my certification to become a certified birth doula.
      My yoga practice is inspired by rigid traditional aspect of Ashtanga and the freedom and creativity of Vinyasa. I intend to thread the healing nature of yoga into my classes, and I strive to offer time and space where people can reconnect with their Light, true divine nature.

      www.nami8.net

    3. Prana Yoga – Kacper
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      Kacper Chudzik:

      I study and practice the ancient form of yoga known today as Prana Yoga, Prana Yoga is the practice of accessing awareness of a universal force through different practices of postures, breath work, sound, mantras, and meditation. I believe that if we move into each asana is a clear way using this ancient technique we can experience the force of Prana flow through us bringing awareness into our chakras. Once we have this knowledge we can use this to be an open, sharing being, to experience the sacredness and presence of life, and to access the true knowledge of our intuition within.

    4. Hatha with Lil Sirius
      7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

      Lil Sirius:

      After an awakening mystical experience in 2004 I began to explore my body and consciousness through meditation. In 2006 I encountered the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads – a few of the classical yogic texts. I discovered the book Be Here Now by Ram Dass in 2007 which provided initial guidance in developing a daily process of postures and breath work. In 2009 I began to learn from the Sivananda school of yoga and shared my cumulative knowledge with others. I found myself teaching sometimes daily yoga classes by summer 2010. Later that year I completed my 200 hour training at a Sivananda Vedanta Center Affiliate, in Lake Worth, FL with Bharata. In 2011 I began to practice in the Mahayogi way and it was Ananda Bhairava who, in 2012, began training me to teach in this way. Throughout, I am following the highest being of all, the one who resides in the heart. May all beings be free.

      This traditional hatha yoga class is suitable for all levels of experience and ability. Class is composed of long-held postures with steady breathing and a focus on precise alignment, followed by seated breath-work, and at least ten minutes of meditation.

  3. May
    22
    Wed
    1. Animal Medicine Yoga – Adriana
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Adriana Atema:

      look up!
      what is it?
      a bird ?
      a plane ?
      hello it is clouds
      passing by in the sky
      wandering by
      passing like thoughts
      wandering by
      u know?
      low go grow snow toe row flow
      i was a sky once

    2. Vinyasa Flow – Christine
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      Christine Cáceres:

      Christine Cáceres (Christina) is a Vinyasa Power Flow yoga teacher and graduate of the Yoga to the People NYC a Yoga Alliance Certified School, with a 200hr teaching certificate. She has a B.A. in Spanish Portuguese studies, a concentration in Vocal Jazz Performance and Modern Dance from the University of Minnesota. Christina is a DIY singer/songwriter/artist/yogi/dreamer and is actively performing and recording in NYC and sometimes around the world. She loves traveling, collaborating with other musicians and artists, being in the mountains, near the sea as well as walking through a rain forest and getting to know a new city and their people. In addition to being part of the amazing Body Actualized Center, she also volunteers as a Yoga Foster teacher that work with children using yoga as a vehicle for creativity and empowerment, she is also an apprentice yoga teacher at Yoga to the People NYC.

      Christinas class incorporates meditation and is an intense physical style of Vinyasa always focusing on the breath (pranayama), flowing as you move through your asanas which include standing, inversions, balancing and restorative poses. During her teacher training she was asked what she felt was important as a teacher, she said “As a yoga teacher you are also always a student and I think its important to remember how you felt the first time you walked into a yoga studio, how your body felt, your emotions, and how you felt when you walked out”. She creates a safe space for her students, tuning in with them as they stretch and flow, helping to strengthen their bodies, balancing their auric energy fields and always emitting positive energy and love. We are all one, love and light.

    3. Vinyasa w/ Live Music – Sarah
      7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

      Sarah Capua:

      A devoted student of yoga, Sarah Capua practices in awe of these teachings. Dedicated to a tradition both practical and magical, yoga is for her a path of transformation, a foundation on which to build the health and life we hope for ourselves. Sarah began her training at Laughing Lotus in the Vinyasa style, and then deepened her practice by studying at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and the Himalayan Iyengar Yoga Centre in India. Currently she is working toward completing her 500 hour training in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharya with her teacher, Danielle Tarantola. She has taught for many populations of students, from limber hipsters to children in hospital care, and is honored to have the opportunity to guide her students on their own path in this practice.
      (photo credit Heather Phelps-Lipton)

  4. May
    23
    Thu
    1. Morning Vinyasa – Linnea
      10:00 am – 11:15 am

      Linnea has been practicing yoga for over 11 years and is honored to be able to share its gifts of transformation with others. She received her yoga teacher certification at Kripalu Yoga Center after an amazing 30-day, heart-opening intensive. Linnea creates a fun and loving space for practitioners to explore and deepen their yoga practice.
      Her classes integrate a strong foundation of alignment with a balance of heat-building vinyasa to challenge the body and silence to still the mind. Such stillness allows us to hear the voice of our inner source of quiet and strength. In 2010 Linnea received a reiki level one attunement. This healing energy enhances her yoga instruction. As well as being involved with yoga and reiki, Linnea is a drummer, singer and painter. Linnea�s relationship to her body as a rhythmic and tonal instrument helps her create sensitive and dynamic yoga flows.
      Meditate on the Guide,
      the Giver of all, the
      Primordial Poet, smaller a
      than an atom,
      unthinkable, brilliant as the sun.
      -Bhagavad�Gita
      Let your body bring you into the moment through awareness and sensation. Let every breathe be a chance to renew and transform. Let�your heart open to the light within yourself that is brilliant as the sun! Yoga is like the sun; it leads us to a renewable source of energy that is available to be tapped into by anyone at any time. Yoga has helped me transform the way body feels, that my mind works, and has helped me open my heart to compassion. I wish to share all of these gifts with my students encouraging a path towards deeper awareness, balance, strength, love and light.

    2. Vinyasa – Luke
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Luke Simon:

      In my teaching I seek to integrate awareness of the details of the poses into a Vinyasa framework. Can we move dynamically and fluidly in class without losing our awareness? For me this relates to the experience of life– can we maintain our poise and grace while in the stream of experience? In this way the yoga practice prepares us for carrying our experiences on the mat into our daily life. I like for class to feel energizing, uplifting and focused– we’ll use the tools of the yoga tradition to bring us to those ends– pranayama, chanting and philosophy are all called upon to fill out the experience of the body in the asanas. We want to feel free in our bodies, to feel lifted and alive, if we bring our mind to the practice the bodies natural intelligence takes over.

      Born and raised in New Mexico, I moved to New York to to study writing, art and religious philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College. I love the rich culture and grit of living in the city and am inspired to share the yoga practice I love and find so necessary to maintain balance in this concrete jungle!

    3. Qi-Yo Multi Yoga System Class – with Christine
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      Qi-Yo’s mission is to help today’s people acquire a broad view of the world’s esoteric heritage via an open system that absorbs and synthesizes extant spiritual systems.

      Ours is a mental and physical approach that aims to instill a life-improving practice and unify the basic traditions of human knowledge for the benefit of the practitioners and of all mankind.

      The system helps people find a connection to the global esoteric heritage from ancient times up until the present day, including the Chinese and Indian yogic systems as well as a synthesis of other methods that help 21st-century people broaden their consciousness.

      We teach classes and teacher-training workshops, lead esoteric journeys around the world, and create holistic centers worldwide.
      Description
      The Qi-Yo Multi-Yoga System is a kaleidoscope of Yoga sources,
      holistic methods, spiritual practices and esoteric teachings from
      around the world.

      The System combines the strengths of the ancient Chinese, Indian, and
      Indonesian traditions with the benefits of contemporized yoga styles.
      It strives to transcend the confines of the purely traditional Eight
      Limb doctrine, creating a new hybrid combining various practises into
      a new Multi-Yoga system.

      Qi-Yo Multi-Yoga synthesizes many types of Yoga heritage and esoteric
      traditions from around the world into a balanced whole, offering an
      ecumenical and inspiring program with a multi-specialist approach to
      teaching, unifying the best of the Yoga traditions from East and West.
      Qi-Yo offers an in-depth study of Yoga within the context of the
      global esoteric heritage, helping our students understand the role of
      spirituality in a constantly fluctuating world.

    4. Candle-lit Hatha Susannah
      7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

      Susie Simpson:

      Susannah’s relationship with yoga truly began when she was looking for an engaging form of physical exercise, separate from her work as a dancer and choreographer. After taking a workshop in Korean Meditative Movement she found herself drawn to yoga, where similarly, a connection to the blissful Eternal source within is facilitated through movement. As a dancer she loved the motion of it, the full inhabitation of the body, becoming familiar with it in new, more intimate and intricate ways, and starting to discover all that it has to offer and unveil.

      This thrilled her and she found that by going to yoga, not only was she learning new things about herself by way of the body, but that she was also able to watch herself grow stronger as she developed as a yogi, and do things that had previously seemed impossible. This was particularly inspiring to her because she found that the same perspective could be applied to the mind, and overcoming psychological obstacles that appear totally immobile and permanent. The most wonderful thing of all, the heartbeat of the journey, was the feeling of self-acceptance she found through yoga. In practice she would feel a connection to something so full of love, Eternal and undeniably true, that dwelled within her. In May 2012, after years of committed practice she decided to attend the Yoga Teacher Training Course at the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas in order to share with others the treasures Yoga has given to her.

      Her class is informed by the Sivananda practice in which she was trained, classical Hatha yoga with a focus on the breath, and the postures as venues for deeper states of meditation. It is also influenced by her years of practicing various styles of Vinyasa and Hatha yoga and the extraordinary teachers she has learned from along the way. Thus, she sees class as a growing thing, with room for openness and exploration based on the mixture of energies at the moment. Her main aim is that people be able to find a calm and love within themselves, experiencing them ever more deeply through physical practice, ideally leaving with a greater sense of Self-love and knowledge, and connection to All that is.

      Susannah Simpson was born, bred, and schooled in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she graduated from UNC-CH with a degree in English and Creative Writing. She moved to New York City immediately after graduating with no concrete plan other than to be an artist, having long romanticized Revolutions that could occur by way of creativity. She continues to write, choreograph and perform solo dance work, act, and participate in various collaborative creative projects.

  5. May
    24
    Fri
    1. Vinyasa – Nicole
      12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

      Nicole Hooley:

      Nicole majored in Philosophy and Religion as an undergraduate, it was during this time that she was exposed to Eastern Thought and fell in love with the art of Yoga. She found that Yoga brought light to a truth that Western Thought had long forgotten. To her, Yoga is a path that unites us in experience, without words but with pure meaning. She is passionate about sharing this truth with the world. Nicole’s background in Philosophy and Environmentalism is a strong theme in her classes. Her love for the earth is interwoven with firm foundations as she guides her students into each of the sacred geometrical shapes. Through earthly visualizations, joyful affirmations and chakra awakening, Nicole strives to empower her students and shed light on the importance of self love, playfulness and inner healing. Nicole sets out to bring balanced practice that will help bring about optimal health in both body and mind. Nicole is a certified Prenatal, Restorative and Vinyasa Yoga teacher and she is currently enrolled in the Yoga Sukhavati 500HR Advanced Teacher Training.

    2. Jivamukti – April Joy
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      April Joy:

      April is a certified Jivamukti teacher (300 hours) and Nosara Yoga Institute graduate (300 hours). Her classes are centered on breath awareness and the conscious and willful movement of prana through the body. With intentions set and connection to the earth established you will be guided through creative asana sequences, accompanied by rhythmic music and hands on assists. You can expect alignment instruction, a few minutes of upside down time, pranayama and infusions of insight from the ancient yogic texts. As movement begins to slow down you might find yourself sitting still for a short meditation practice, and then practicing letting it all go with an expansive and deep savasana. All glory to the Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Sun, Moon & Stars

    3. Kundalini – Mark Hartman
      7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

      Mark Hartman:

      Mark Hartman – Manprem Singh ( Lion of God whose heart and mind are filled with love) first discovered the science of Kundalini yoga in high school in the mid 90′s in Massachusetts. A decade later he re-discovered Kundalini Yoga by walking into a Kundalini Yoga class led by his same high school teacher Hari Kaur Khalsa but this time in New York City. Very quickly after, he enrolled in teacher training, and became a certified Kundalini instructor in 2009.

      Having benefited so much from Kundalini Yoga he is enthusiastic to elevate, serve and teach the tools of Kundalini to all walks of life in order to help others realize the healer and teacher within themselves. As a teacher, he has been a dedicated student of Yogi Bhajan, and studied intensely with senior teachers such as Hari Kaur Khalsa and with world renowned healers Guru Dev Singh and Dona Leova. Mark is known for his humor and sound healing through gong playing. He is also a full time fine art and commercial photographer.

  6. May
    25
    Sat
    1. New!!! Vinyasa – Nami
      12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

      Nami Soga:

      I have been studying the arts, yoga and healing to deepen my understanding of who I am, and to connect more deeply with my Self, the internal Light, the magical power of the Earth and this great Universe.

      I completed my 200 hour training at Laughing Lotus, Yin Yoga training with Corina Benner, and Prenatal Yoga training with Bec Conant. I am also a certified Reiki Master practitioner, a painter, and I am now working toward my certification to become a certified birth doula.
      My yoga practice is inspired by rigid traditional aspect of Ashtanga and the freedom and creativity of Vinyasa. I intend to thread the healing nature of yoga into my classes, and I strive to offer time and space where people can reconnect with their Light, true divine nature.

      www.nami8.net

    2. CIRCLE: Galactivation for the female bodied
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      )O( Moon Church Presents )O(

      CIRCLE — previously known as “Goddess Circle” and “Women’s Rejuventation”— has entered yet another incarnation.

      Circle is a co-created weekly workshop for individual and collective growth, comprised of activities such as meditation magick, devoted self-love, mystical journeying, and the rediscovery of ancient healing practices.

      Each week will look slightly different as we journey together, whether it be through learning Daoist and Tantric second chakra-expanding techniques or playing with reality-altering experimental dance. The ultimate intention is to provide a body-positive, sex-positive sanctuary for the highest form of self-healing, tuning into ourselves and each other.

      The facilitation and leadership of Circle is constantly rotating to allow for a more colorful and co-created experience. Our current workshop facilitators are Lyndsey Harrington, Sarah Piccola, Samantha ‘Sylena Moon’ Tomarchio, and Susannah Simpson. Suggestions and guest facilitators are always welcome (advance notice is appreciated for utmost efficiency).

      ** Circle provides space for people who currently, or have previously, identified with a female-bodied experience (females-assigned at birth, trans women, trans men, etc) and wish to connect through it. Questions in this regard can be sent to lyndsey@bodyactualized.org.

      class is $7.00

      )O( Blessed Be )O(

  7. May
    26
    Sun
    1. Cosmic Yoga
      7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  8. May
    27
    Mon
    1. Vinyasa – Andrew
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Andrew Sellers:

      Andrew Sellers is a 200 Hour RYT certified Yoga Instructor and multimedia artist currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He completed his certification training under the tutelage of Debbie Desmond, founder and owner of Namaste Yoga and Tranquility Center. He is a graduate of Nine Gates Mystery School (http://www.ninegates.org/), a certified Reiki practitioner, and an active Vipassana meditator. His mission in life is to articulate the human condition while bringing healing and guidance to all who seek it. He hails from Louisville, KY.

    2. Kundalini with Elaina
      7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

      Elaina Morgan:

      Born and raised near Chicago, Elaina began her study of movement awareness at a very young age, having spent most of her first decade as a serious gymnast. Elaina discovered yoga in 2002 in Bloomington, Indiana where she immersed herself in spiritual study, creativity, and community before definitively moving to New York in 2008. She has been fortunate enough to study with Hari Kaur, Gurmukh, and Mahan Kalpa Singh, among many others. Elaina is KRI-certified to teach Kundalini Yoga. This form is the foundation of her methodology, though she does draw from other yogic traditions and holistic modalities as well. Elaina currently resides in Brooklyn, and is also an active musician and artist, producing solo creations and working with an ever-expanding circle of collaborators. She believes that yoga is for everyone, and strives to serve and share with awareness, patience and grace.

      The practice of Kundalini Yoga balances the glandular system, strengthens the nervous system and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions, so that we may fearlessly express our true selves. Elaina’s classes utilize asana, pranayama, mantra, and meditation to give you a hands-on experience of your highest consciousness.

    3. Meditation with Lil Sirius
      8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

      Let’s get Meditated

      The meditation takes place for an hour. It is a silent, seated meditation. People can rest in savasana if tired and rejoin the group when ready. All levels welcome.

  9. May
    28
    Tue
    1. Morning Vinyasa – Lulu
      10:00 am – 11:15 am


      Lulu Ekiert studied Anthropology and Latin American Literature at NYU and after graduating in 2008 began searching for new ways to understand herself and her position in the world. After a two-week yoga retreat to Thailand with a good friend and yoga teacher Lulu decided to learn more about the anciet philosophy. Three months later Lulu completed a 200hr intensive teacher certification in Hatha-Vinyasa Yoga with Deborah Desmond at Namaste Teacher College and began teaching there two months later. Lulu is a dedicated and knowledgeable teacher who encourages students to tap into the infinitely wise teacher within themselves.
      Take a deep breath and settle into yourself. The difference between beginner and advanced in yoga is attention to the breath and familiarity with yourself. The more you do something the better you get at it. Each class includes meditation and breathing, a complete warm-up, strengthening vinyasa flows, and extended teachings of certain postures or practices. The pace of Lulu’s class is rigorous yet relaxed, offering students space to move and breathe and challenge themselves. Her teaching style includes visual, audio, and kinesthetic techniques that illustrate proper alignment, enhance the benefits of certain postures, and establish a strong foundation in the basics so that students can develop a yoga practice adapted to suit their needs.

    2. Vinyasa – Nami
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Nami Soga

      I have been studying the arts, yoga and healing to deepen my understanding of who I am, and to connect more deeply with my Self, the internal Light, the magical power of the Earth and this great Universe.

      I completed my 200 hour training at Laughing Lotus, Yin Yoga training with Corina Benner, and Prenatal Yoga training with Bec Conant. I am also a certified Reiki Master practitioner, a painter, and I am now working toward my certification to become a certified birth doula.
      My yoga practice is inspired by rigid traditional aspect of Ashtanga and the freedom and creativity of Vinyasa. I intend to thread the healing nature of yoga into my classes, and I strive to offer time and space where people can reconnect with their Light, true divine nature.

      www.nami8.net

    3. Prana Yoga – Kacper
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      Kacper Chudzik:

      I study and practice the ancient form of yoga known today as Prana Yoga, Prana Yoga is the practice of accessing awareness of a universal force through different practices of postures, breath work, sound, mantras, and meditation. I believe that if we move into each asana is a clear way using this ancient technique we can experience the force of Prana flow through us bringing awareness into our chakras. Once we have this knowledge we can use this to be an open, sharing being, to experience the sacredness and presence of life, and to access the true knowledge of our intuition within.

    4. Hatha with Lil Sirius
      7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

      Lil Sirius:

      After an awakening mystical experience in 2004 I began to explore my body and consciousness through meditation. In 2006 I encountered the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads – a few of the classical yogic texts. I discovered the book Be Here Now by Ram Dass in 2007 which provided initial guidance in developing a daily process of postures and breath work. In 2009 I began to learn from the Sivananda school of yoga and shared my cumulative knowledge with others. I found myself teaching sometimes daily yoga classes by summer 2010. Later that year I completed my 200 hour training at a Sivananda Vedanta Center Affiliate, in Lake Worth, FL with Bharata. In 2011 I began to practice in the Mahayogi way and it was Ananda Bhairava who, in 2012, began training me to teach in this way. Throughout, I am following the highest being of all, the one who resides in the heart. May all beings be free.

      This traditional hatha yoga class is suitable for all levels of experience and ability. Class is composed of long-held postures with steady breathing and a focus on precise alignment, followed by seated breath-work, and at least ten minutes of meditation.

  10. May
    29
    Wed
    1. Animal Medicine Yoga – Adriana
      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

      Adriana Atema:

      look up!
      what is it?
      a bird ?
      a plane ?
      hello it is clouds
      passing by in the sky
      wandering by
      passing like thoughts
      wandering by
      u know?
      low go grow snow toe row flow
      i was a sky once

    2. Vinyasa Flow – Christine
      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

      Christine Cáceres:

      Christine Cáceres (Christina) is a Vinyasa Power Flow yoga teacher and graduate of the Yoga to the People NYC a Yoga Alliance Certified School, with a 200hr teaching certificate. She has a B.A. in Spanish Portuguese studies, a concentration in Vocal Jazz Performance and Modern Dance from the University of Minnesota. Christina is a DIY singer/songwriter/artist/yogi/dreamer and is actively performing and recording in NYC and sometimes around the world. She loves traveling, collaborating with other musicians and artists, being in the mountains, near the sea as well as walking through a rain forest and getting to know a new city and their people. In addition to being part of the amazing Body Actualized Center, she also volunteers as a Yoga Foster teacher that work with children using yoga as a vehicle for creativity and empowerment, she is also an apprentice yoga teacher at Yoga to the People NYC.

      Christinas class incorporates meditation and is an intense physical style of Vinyasa always focusing on the breath (pranayama), flowing as you move through your asanas which include standing, inversions, balancing and restorative poses. During her teacher training she was asked what she felt was important as a teacher, she said “As a yoga teacher you are also always a student and I think its important to remember how you felt the first time you walked into a yoga studio, how your body felt, your emotions, and how you felt when you walked out”. She creates a safe space for her students, tuning in with them as they stretch and flow, helping to strengthen their bodies, balancing their auric energy fields and always emitting positive energy and love. We are all one, love and light.

    3. Vinyasa w/ Live Music – Sarah
      7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

      Sarah Capua:

      A devoted student of yoga, Sarah Capua practices in awe of these teachings. Dedicated to a tradition both practical and magical, yoga is for her a path of transformation, a foundation on which to build the health and life we hope for ourselves. Sarah began her training at Laughing Lotus in the Vinyasa style, and then deepened her practice by studying at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and the Himalayan Iyengar Yoga Centre in India. Currently she is working toward completing her 500 hour training in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharya with her teacher, Danielle Tarantola. She has taught for many populations of students, from limber hipsters to children in hospital care, and is honored to have the opportunity to guide her students on their own path in this practice.
      (photo credit Heather Phelps-Lipton)

  11. May
    30
    Thu
    1. Morning Vinyasa – Linnea
      10:00 am – 11:15 am

      Linnea has been practicing yoga for over 11 years and is honored to be able to share its gifts of transformation with others. She received her yoga teacher certification at Kripalu Yoga Center after an amazing 30-day, heart-opening intensive. Linnea creates a fun and loving space for practitioners to explore and deepen their yoga practice.
      Her classes integrate a strong foundation of alignment with a balance of heat-building vinyasa to challenge the body and silence to still the mind. Such stillness allows us to hear the voice of our inner source of quiet and strength. In 2010 Linnea received a reiki level one attunement. This healing energy enhances her yoga instruction. As well as being involved with yoga and reiki, Linnea is a drummer, singer and painter. Linnea�s relationship to her body as a rhythmic and tonal instrument helps her create sensitive and dynamic yoga flows.
      Meditate on the Guide,
      the Giver of all, the
      Primordial Poet, smaller a
      than an atom,
      unthinkable, brilliant as the sun.
      -Bhagavad�Gita
      Let your body bring you into the moment through awareness and sensation. Let every breathe be a chance to renew and transform. Let�your heart open to the light within yourself that is brilliant as the sun! Yoga is like the sun; it leads us to a renewable source of energy that is available to be tapped into by anyone at any time. Yoga has helped me transform the way body feels, that my mind works, and has helped me open my heart to compassion. I wish to share all of these gifts with my students encouraging a path towards deeper awareness, balance, strength, love and light.