Saturday, May 31, 2008

FREE Yoga Event: Solstice in Times Square June 21st

Man am I bummed that I won't be in town on June 21st. The Times Square Alliance is having an all day Yoga feast in Times Square on the Summer Solstice in celebration of the longest day of the year.

How cool is it to find your Zen in the middle of one of the craziest/busiests places on Earth?

WHEN: Saturday, June 21, 2008

WHERE: In Times Square, on Duffy Square at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets

ADMISSION: Free

CLASS SCHEDULE:
8AM - 9:15AM
10AM - 11:15AM (Beginners)
NOON - 1:30PM (Bikram)
7:30PM - 8:45PM

To preregister and for more info, visit:
http://www.timessquarenyc.org/about_us/events_solstice.html

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Manifesto on proper work out attire

Ok so I have to vent. I was in rebounding class recently and what do I see??? A thong peeping out of a girl’s workout pants. Every time I had to face left on my rebounder there was her @#$%^& thong in my line of vision. I wanted to go over to her so badly and tell her to pull her damn pants up!

One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is people who don’t know how to dress appropriately for working out.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that one should be all glam and sparkly when working out, but I would like to toss out this brief manifesto on how one should NOT appear in public:

- Thou shall not wear clothes that are 2-3 sizes too big with big a$$ holes in them and looked like they rolled out of bed.

- Thou shall not wear pants that expose crack (and I don’t mean the stuff you snort.)

- Thou shall wear the proper sports bra. It ain’t pretty when your bosom is flapping about, no matter how big or small your cup size is.

- Thou should make sure that if they are wearing roomy shorts, they are wearing underwear. You may think that there is no way we can know you aren’t wearing anything, oh but we know….

- Thou should check ones appearance in the mirror to make sure that their underwear is tucked in. Because things like thongs peeping out is just down right trashy.

And finally, my all time biggest gym fashion faux paux.....

- Thou shall make sure that their lycra bottoms are not so old and worn thin that one can see the individual's bits and pieces. (This is especially painful to observe when one is stretching in front of you.)

So readers, I would LOVE to hear if you have anything to add to this list....

Monday, May 26, 2008

Yay it is officially SPRING!

Aw right peoples, Spring is officially here.

I have emptied my gym gear from my patent black fall/winter gym bag and safely tucked it away.

So for the spring and summer months, this lass will be sportin her hot pink lululemon gym bag.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

You decided to do WHAT?

So my buddy Lindsey has decided to do something BRAVE, ADMIRABLE and some may say a little looney and that is to train for her first Marathon. She is working with Team in Training for the San Francisco Marathon and will be raising money for cancer research.

Lindsay is detailing her training in her blog http://www.lazylindsay.com/ which is the biggest hoot. Each of her entries is a real gem.

I admire her for it, wish I had the discipline to do it, but alas all I can say is, those who can't do, well um they help fundraise.

Please support if you can and remember no amount is too little as a lot of lil donations add up to A LOT!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Darkness Meditation: Sometimes being in the complete dark is a good thing.

Last month I attended my first Darkness Meditation given by Meditation from the Source, a Brooklyn based meditation company founded by two absolutely lovely people, Prem Neerajan and Sunder Ashni. Their company specializes in OSHO meditations held in NY and Brooklyn.

I had heard about Darkness Meditation last year and was extremely eager to try it out and was so happy to hear that they had started offering it as a monthly event.

The meditation begins with an intro and then the room is blanketed in COMPLETE darkness. I must admit that I think I may have dozed off, but am not sure because I have been able to go deep into myself during meditations.

But mostly I was in deep awe that my eyes were wide open, but I was staring into complete and utter darkness...... Ashni would occasionally repeat a mantra which would serve to draw me back into the moment as my mind does tend to wander. (I mean whose mind doesn't?) It was sublime and magical.

It's going to be a regular part of my meditation practice and I hope that you can join them on:

Saturday, May 24th from 6:00-8:00 pm
New York Core Center, 115 E.23rd St, 12th floor
Fee: $15.00

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

A cornicopia of FREE events at the New York Open Center. Go NUTS!

The New York Open Center's Spring/Summer season kicks off with an Open House on Tuesday, May 13 from 6 to 9:45pm with Free intros to classes like Mantra and Meditation and The Healing Power of Breath.

This is a stellar opportunity to do some sampling before buying. You'll enrich your life by exposing your mind and body to new experiences. As an added bonus, attendees of the Open House receive discounts on classes that they sign up for that evening

The "Free for All" continues over the next couple of months and includes oodles of Yoga classes

Dynamic Mindfulness Meditation Monday, May 12 at 6pm

African Yoga Thursday, May 15 at 6pm

Healing Yoga Thursday, May 22 at 6pm

Prana Yoga Teacher Training Sunday, June 29, 6pm

Beginner’s Yoga Monday, July 14 at 6pm

A full menu of free intro classes can be found on the New York Open Center site.


May Yoga Special at Om Yoga!

Om Yoga impresses me for always offering monthly specials in the hopes of enticing people to their studio. I get their monthly newsletters and enjoy reading the contributions that owner Cyndi Lee makes. I've never met her, but even though she runs one of the top yoga studios in NY, she seems super down to earth. (And, how cute is it that they have an ongoing Knit and Sit class!)

This month there is a 20 classes for $220, which is 11 bux a class. How cool is that?? There is a 2 month expiration though. But, they have a really nice space and a jam packed schedule with offerings of classes at all levels, so finding a convenient class should be a breeeeeze