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BREATHE BROWNSVILLE is a yoga festival taking place on Sunday, June 26, 2016 in the Brownsville Brooklyn community. The festival includes music by Brooklyn’s own DJ Evil Dee, give-aways including yoga mats, gift certificates, raffles and will promote community health resources. The event will be a family affair. Yoga session led by yoga instructor Stefanie Joshua.

Sign up to participate in the event through Eventbrite here.

We hope to see you you there!

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BREATHE BROWNSVILLE is a yoga festival taking place on Sunday, June 26, 2016 in the Brownsville Brooklyn community. The festival includes music by Brooklyn’s own DJ Evil Dee, give-aways including yoga mats, gift certificates, raffles and will promote community health resources. The event will be a family affair. Yoga session led by yoga instructor Stefanie Joshua.

Sign up to participate in the event through Eventbrite here.

We hope to see you you there!

Urdhva HastasanaUrdhva-Hastasana
Urdhva Hastasana, also known by the name Upward Salute pose, is a posture that lengthens and stretches the sides of the body. There are numerous modifications or variations of the pose to suit many practictioners and it’s important to find the version that meets the needs and optimizes the individual practitioner’s health and practice.In upward salute pose, the arms extend up toward the ceiling. The hands can remain separated shoulder distance apart, or wider depending on shoulder flexibiility. You can alternately bring the palms to touch. In the deeper version of the pose, there is a backbed in just the upper back as you bring your gaze up toward the ceiling and the heart opens up toward the sky. If you are working with any neck sensitivity or neck injury, leaving your gaze ahead, to maintain the natural alignment of the curvature in the neck, is likely a more appropriate and supportive variation.

Inhale deeply into Upward Salute <3

Don’t forget to sign up to participate in the BREATHE BROWNSVILLE yoga festival on 6/26/16 here.

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BREATHE BROWNSVILLE is a yoga festival taking place on Sunday, June 26, 2016 in the Brownsville Brooklyn community. The festival will include music, give-aways including yoga mats, raffles and will promote community health resources. The event will be a family affair.

The Brownsville community has heart, soul and a unique flavor that is all its own, but also has some of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease related mortalities and diabetes rates in all of NYC. The organizers of the BREATHE Brownsville yoga day hope to bring the community together to promote empowerment of health and wellness through yoga and through the promotion of health resources.

Sign up to participate in the event through Eventbrite here.

We hope to see you you there!

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More details to come!

Shanti / Peace.

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Change Your Yoga Sceneryyoga-retreats  
A change in your environment and daily routine, even if just for a few days, can often lead to positive and reflective outcomes. Travel while engaging in fun activities is generally supportive of your hollistic health. And you don’t need to travel far to find these experiences.

If you’re looking for yoga specific retreats, that offer classes and special workshops for mind-body development in the Northeast, The Omega Institute in upstate New York and Kripalu in Massachusetts, are time-honored institutions that offer retreats, classes and workshops in areas such as yoga and ayurveda. They also offer simple get aways from your daily routine, where you choose your activities. Both sometimes offer retreats abroad.

I personally believe that you can create a mental and spiritual retreat anywhere and that you don’t necessarily need to travel accross the world to find personal growth, however, for those seeking yoga getaways, these institutions offer that, and more.

Shanti

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Head In The Cloudssky  
When last did you take a moment to really look up at the sky?

Not just to check the weather for rain or clearing of clouds, but when did you last really look up at the sky to observe it?

In a city like New York, where there is not a lot of open sky in the landscape, it may not be as intuitive. However, when you look at it, you can’t help but to marvel at the beauty and power of the sky; the same sky, sun, moon that surrounds us each day, exists thousands of miles away across continents; a uniting force that is available to all beings.

As the weather warms and season transitions, I challenge everyone who this message might reach to get out, walk around as much as you can, and enjoy the sky. Each moment that you do that, you are being present with an ever present, ever changing force. At that moment, you are practicing yoga.

Om Shanti

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Spring Awakeningsyoga  
The arrival of spring is a great time to re-awaken, revisit or add some modifications to your yoga practice. Vinyasa flow yoga sequences offer variety in terms of pacing and postures. You can increase or decrease the intensity of your practice by modifying the pace and length at which you hold strengthening poses.

You can add HIIT (high intensity interval training) to your sequence if you’re looking to make it more aerobic and promote heart health. Add twisting poses like twisting chair (parivritta utkatasana) or any simple twist as a symbol of the transition of the season. With all of these, continue to stay connected with your breathing as a meditative component.

Enjoy your revitalized practice and happy spring!

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Lazy Warrior Poselazy-warrior-pose  
I find napping on the couch to be a luxury that I extend to myself after a long day. Napping can be considered a bit of a treat when you have a busy schedule and don’t have time in your day to get enough sleep.

Keeping naps to 20-30 minutes can help to increase alertness and reduce feelings of sluggishness. If you are a habitual napper for long periods (hey, I’m guilty), this can transition the body into the realm of inertia or what I call “lazy yogi pose.”

I am a big proponent of “treating oneself” however, as we transition into the new season, it may be a good time to evaluate and reduce the time of your lazyyogiasana pose.

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