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Michael Pollan, Activist Yogis, and Virayoga Sunday Workshop
Wherein we tell you about things going on in New York that may be of some interest....
- Tonight: Michael Pollan, our hero, speaks at Barnes & Noble about Food Rules, his new book which we wrote about yesterday.
- Tomorrow: Would-be yoga teachers unite! Recall that last summer the New York Dept. of Education tried to require licensing for yoga teacher training programs. Amid an uproar, the legislation was indefinitely suspended. But New York yogis are still worried, so the people of Yoga High and YogaWorks are organizing an open discussion of the issue. Teachers will meet at Yoga High from 12 to 1pm, followed by a "Yoga For NY" meeting open to all comers.
- Sunday: Susanna Harwood Rubin of Virayoga teaches a three hour Anusara workshop backed by the Electronica-infused chants of Satsang Circus. It's "an immersion into the interwoven arts of Asana, Mantra, and Pranayama." Gnarly.
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Free IntenSati in the Park
While we're on the free outdoor class tip, here's something for those non-Equinoxae in New York curious about IntenSati, the cultish class created by Patricia Moreno, Equinox Fitness diva. On Monday mornings in June and July, InentSati operatives will be offering the class, free, to all comers from 11 A.M. to 12 P.M. in the Hudson River Park's 14th Street Park (between 14th and 15th). What is it? Hard to fully describe, but the class fuses exercise, dance, and spoken word "affirmations." Think 100 people chanting "I am grace! I am power!" It's a little bit Landmark Education, and a little bit boot camp, and it's wildly popular. Here's a nice thing: If it rains, everyone is welcome to report to either Equinox at 17th Street or Equinox Greenwich Ave. for class, non-members too.
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Mega Lulu Yoga Tweet Up
New Yorkers! If you're into yoga, and parks, and maybe getting caught in the rain in sexy yoga pants, then tonight is your big night. Lululemon has rallied "the top yoga studios of New York City to bring you a yoga opportunity of a lifetime!" It's "Barefoot in the Park," a two hour mega yoga class, al fresco in Bryant Park. They've had these before, of course, but this one is highly anticipated as it's been endlessly rain delayed, involves more people, and it's also Lulu's first ever Yoga Tweet Up. Deep Yoga culture meets the Twitter phenomenon: Scream! Starts at 6 P.M., runs to 8 P.M. We have only one more thing to say: Ray Kelly, this is your big chance!
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Our Small Patch of Astroturf
Sunset in Hudson River Park long ago, like yesterday, when it was still sunny. Cheer New York, a gay cheerleading squad, practices their moves. Around them on the astroturf, personal trainers from nearby gyms had also set up camp -- elastic bands, exercise balls and all -- and were open for business....
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Yoga Missionaries Training in West Village
A recent non-rainy fternoon in the West Village, and women are gathered barefoot in front of Donna Karan's Village Zendo at 790 Greenwich Street. They are trainees in DK's new program to insert yoga into cancer treatment. The training is not a small deal: There are 200 hour and 500 hour courses, and the latter involves a silent meditation retreat, and altogether will set you back $7,500, unless you can score a scholarship....
If that's too much, here's another plan: Stop off at the Zendo on Friday for the "High Vibration Dance Class" taught by Gabriel Roth and Jonathan Horan. We've heard rumors of this class, and believe it's free and open to the public. That said, we've never been, and neither the Urban Zen Foundation, nor Gabriel and Jonathan's intriguing Burning Man-like 5Rhythms® Global web site offers much detail. Helpful people at the Zendo store will tell you it goes down on Tuesday and Friday evenings. On the site, however, only Fridays are listed, and there is no start time.... Hmm, worst case it's all a fiction, and you browse Donna's collection of organic safari outfits, pick up some essential oils, and go for a walk in the Hudson River Park...
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