Before you run out in desperate search of green leggings for Saint Patrick’s Day, check in right here and book at least one asana event that will make you feel like you found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Experience the power of live music, give your body and mind a chance to fully and completely restore, accept an open invitation to play with your practice, and flip our perspective in a handstand lab!
Plus you can grab some brunch with your yoga flow WITH US!
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Count Basie Health & Wellness Series With Elizabeth Gilbert
March 15
8PM
Count Basie Theater, Red Bank
Count Basie Theatre and Hackensack Meridian Integrative Health & Medicine have joined forces for the Basie Health & Wellness Series, a group of programs designed to promote physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental wellness through the arts. Elizabeth Gilbert is best known for her 2006 memoir EAT PRAY LOVE, which chronicled her journey alone around the world, looking for solace after a difficult divorce. The book was an international bestseller, translated into over thirty languages, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide.
Yoga Nidra for Anxiety and Insomnia
March 16
7-10 PM
Pavana Yoga, Hoboken
Come enjoy 2 hours of bliss and relaxation. Receive gentle massage and soothing postures as you are guiding into a state of yoga nidra, nearly a dream state but one in which the mind is present and conscious. The teacher will lead you in gentle stretches that aide in the prevention and reversal of insomnia as well as emotional or mental stress. Wear comfortable clothing and give yourself the treat of deep rest. All levels welcome. This class is candlelit.
Healing Circle with Christine Friedson
March 16
6:30-8PM
Yoga Suite & Barre Matawan
Join Reiki Master Chris Friedson for a Healing Circle. The Healing Circle is a safe and accepting environment where the students participate in a guided meditation and restorative poses. Restorative is a therapeutic style of yoga where poses are held for longer periods of time. The body will be supported by props, including blocks, bolsters and blankets. During the restorative poses Chris and other Reiki to the students. practitioners will give Reiki to This month donations will be given to The Covenant House.
Miles And “The Jam” In DA House!
with Miles Borders
March 17
1-3 PM
Synergy Hot Yoga Fair Haven
Join our special friend and guest teacher from New York for a two hour master class focusing on backbends and hips. This is an open invitation to play. We will build heat slowly, using the architecture of our body to strengthen and soften alike, in order to create space for back bending and open heartedness. Forget about perfection and let yourself get lost in the experience as asana, pranayama, chanting, and sweet live music are weaved together to create a magical, feel good class.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
March 17
2 PM – 4PM
Hot or Not Yoga, Manahawkin
Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a 15th century classical Sanskrit scripture that is considered to be the main authority on Traditional Hatha Yoga. It elaborates on asana, pranayama, mudra and bandha. During this workshop you will practice and learn the techniques mentioned in the text.
During this workshop practical techniques like asana, mudra, bandha, pranayama and meditation will be taught; as well as theory on how to live a yogic life and important observances that needs to be followed, in order to evolve an “asana-based-yoga-practice” into a deeper consciousness-expanding experience as it has been laid out in the scriptures.
Meditative Flow with Gemma Live Music by Girish
March 17
4-5:30 PM
Gratitude Yoga, Princeton
Experience the magic of live music – powerful Sanskrit chants set to modern melodies – while you let your yoga flow through the beats and rhythms of Girish’s soul stirring tunes. Girish, an accomplished musician of many genres, former monk infused in spiritual practice, loving wordsmith linking lyrics and rhythm in a blissful musical event, sings traditional Sanskrit mantras with a modern, funky, yet deeply devotional twist.
Intro to Ayurveda with Rachel May
March 18
2-4:30 PM
Bambu Yoga, Hamilton
In this workshop, we will discover the basics of Ayurveda and Samkhya philosophy, as well as its ties to Shree Vidya: the wisdom lineage of tantra. We will introduce the doshas and their ties to the elements, the seasons, the times of day and the ages of life. We will discover our own doshic imbalance, and what this means for our health and well being and various ways of balancing our own dosha; through asana, meditation, pranayama, nutrition, and more!
Brunch and Yoga with Bridget Riepl and Serena Soffer
March 18
10 AM-12 PM
High Voltage Cafe Asbury Park
What’s better than Sunday morning yoga? Sunday morning yoga and BRUNCH.Join the New Jersey Yoga Collective, Bridget Riepl and the Asbury Park’s very own yoga unicorn – the magical Serena Soffer – at HIGH VOLTAGE in Asbury Park. We will start at 10 AM with a deliciously decadent one-hour yoga practice, appropriate for all levels. Bridget and Serena will teach together, moving and grooving through High Voltage with love, laughter, and at least a little bit of glitter. Following yoga, the energy will shift towards a beautifully prepared meal, balancing healthy, wholesome dishes with a few well-deserved indulgences after the morning flow.
Bends and Brews at Manafirkin hosted by Bendy Jane Yoga
March 18
11 AM-12 PM
Manahawkin Brewery, Manahawkin
Sunday’s are for yoga and beer! First get your bend on in a 60 minute all levels (beginner-friendly) yoga class. Then, reward yourself with a deliciously refreshing Manafirkin Brew!
Flip Your Perspective Handstand Lab with Gerald Saluti
March 18
2-3:30 PM
Inlet Yoga, Manasquan
In this 90 minute lab you will explore how to get upside down in handstand and variations of SAFELY and option to add this shape to your everyday practice. Gerald Saluti is a master of advanced asana and inversions he will give you all the tools to make sure you properly take care of yourself on your way to flipping your perspective.
Spring Detox with Yoga & Essential Oils with Nicole DeNardo & Andrea Fegan
March 18
1:30-3:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Rumson
Spring detox is on everybody’s minds as we move into warmer weather. We start to move our bodies, release old weight, negative thinking, parts of our older selves that no longer serve us. Additionally, we become inspired to create a sense of renewal, support more positive emotions and clarity of thinking in the warmer months. We increase motivation, movement, and growth, just like the flowers and plants do in springtime. This is what Spring Renewal means, and we can use essential oils and yoga practice to help us get there!
This yoga class hopes to address each of these areas through warm ups, flow, breathing support poses, and savasana using Therapeutic-grade Essential oils.
Posture Clinic – Pigeon Pose
March 18
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
The Studio, Madison
In this Posture Clinic, we will focus on Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Pigeon Pose). Pigeon is a commonly seen and yet frequently unexplored shape. It is often used as a break or a pause between other, perhaps, bigger shapes. And yet this posture has so much to offer and inform in multiple directions: backbends, forward folds, hip openers. It can be a powerful bridge in balancing the lower and upper body and can provide heaps of information in both directions. In this Pigeon-focused posture clinic we will take the shape apart and then put it back together. We will see where it comes from and where it is going next. And along the way we will explore our own royal, and expansive heart.
Increase Energy And Focus With Yin Yoga and Healing Foods
March 18
1-3 PM
Satsang Yoga, Westfield
Vita Semeraro, of VitaSana Flow is offering a special spring renewal yin yoga sequence followed by tips on how to holistically increase energy and focus in your daily life. Enjoy tasting delicious, nourishing and healing foods that increase energy, mental focus and clarity! Chances to win a week’s worth of healthy prepped meals, health coaching services and a wellness basket!
Yoga for Athletes with Ali Caulfield
March 18
9:30-10:30 AM
Lululemon, Shrewsbury
This is an all levels class that focuses on the benefits that yoga can offer athletes of all kinds. Beyond simple stretching, yoga improves strength, balance and breathing, a combination which offers athletes an edge.
Sacral Chakra Workshop
March 18
4 PM – 6 PM
Yoga Essence, Lebanon
Join Joshua Ansley as he takes you deep into an exploration of the energy of the sacral chakra; the energy hub of creativity, relationships and flow for the body.
– Clear the imprints and conditioning in the Chakra itself, and in the system as a whole, that most impact it’s health and functionin
– Harmonize the energetic relationship between the chakra and the rest of the energy system.
-Move the body through non-traditional yoga asana and physical movement.
– Guided meditation will aid in healing wounds from the past and move through any blocks
May Louie first took yoga in college to fulfill a Phys-Ed requirement and immediately fell in love. She unfortunately did not continue with her practice but reconnected with it when she retired from her corporate job in 2002 and has since become a serious yoga enthusiast. After her second retirement last year, she completed her 200 hour RYT certification, studying with Dina Crosta, Ellen Mosko and Jamie Segal Hanley, with a focus on alignment based flow.
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