Free yoga in NYC: Easy fitness for travelers and tourists
For you yoga lovers, flowing through poses is an important weekly (if not more) ritual. But, when you're caught in the whirlwind that is "vacation," visiting your yoga mat can be tricky. Fortunately, if you're visiting New York City we've got good news for you. In the heart of the East Village on St. Marks Place, Yoga to the People makes keeping up your yoga, while traveling, easy. The studio offers several free, hour-long classes daily where you can stop in, stretch out, and take off to continue your NYC trip. Stay at the Bowery Hotel near Yoga to the People in the East Village.
About the Classes:
Classes cater to all levels of yoga (beginning, intermediate and difficult). Whether this is your first yoga class, or you've been practicing for years, you'll be challenged, encouraged and reminded to attend to your body and your breath because it's your practice. With a free-spirited, non-competitive atmosphere, this studio epitomizes the relationship between flow and breath, between body and earth. Yoga to the People's experienced teachers will offer you a series of flows that explore your limitations.
The studio is supported on a donation basis by class attendees, so whether that means donating your time, spare cash (suggested at $10 per class), or positive word of mouth, there is no pressure. At the end of the flows, the teacher will have you rest in your savasana pose while he or she reads an inspirational quote. The last long run of the traditional gong-symbol leaves you with positive, healing vibrations you've created in your practice.
Yoga to the People's Motto:
There will be no correct clothes, There will be no proper payment, There will be no correct answers, No glorified teachers, No ego, no script, no pedestals, No you're not good enough, or rich enough, This yoga is for everyone, This sweating and breathing and becoming, This knowing glowing feeling, Is for the big small weak and strong, Able and crazy, Brothers sisters grandmothers, The mighty and the meek, Bones that creak, Those who seek, The power is for everyone, Yoga to the people, All bodies rise.
Other NYC Studio Locations:
Yoga to the People has two more NYC studios that offer classes less frequently in different styles. For traditional hot yoga visit the Yoga to the People studio on West 27th Street and stay in Chelsea near the studio at The Maritime Hotel. For Hot Vinyasa flow visit the Yoga to the People studio on West 38th Street and stay near Times Square at the Candlewood Suites.
To see a schedule of all NYC Yoga to the People classes offered, visit here.
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