Yoga for your Back is a class specifically for those with tight, crunched, and aching backs. Through building strength and flexibility and opening through pranayama, your back will feel relief after this class!

You don't have to be a senior to attend this class. (Seniors get a special reduced price.) The class is suitable for anyone who wants a mindful, slower-paced practice, with attention to breath and alignment.

Learn a series of nurturing physical postures based on yoga. These easy to follow postures may help in relieving back pain, headaches, insomnia and shortness of breath. No yoga experience is necessary. The class emphasizes balance, strength, flexibility, tone, alignment, and mind-body connections.

These free classes are co-sponsored by Continuum Cancer Centers of New York. To register, call Continuum at 212.523.7275

Free class for seniors at John J Carty Park, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 100th Street. For more information about the City Parks Foundation's free Seniors Fitness programs please call the Sports Department at 718.760.6999. All equipment and instruction is provided free of charge.

For all types of back problems, pain and postural problems, including scoliosis. Come lengthen your spine and move out of the habitual behaviors that are making your back hurt! All levels welcome including first timers and beginners. Yoga Union is the first center to focus on backcare and scoliosis.

Slow moving postures, breath and body awareness - appropriate for pre-natal class

Yoga for Elders is a class specifically for older folks with adaptations to make the class positive and loving of your body and where it's at as you age.

This class follows a gentle approach especially suitable for seniors and the physically challenged.

All levels welcome. Students use props to get into poses that can be comfortably and restfullly held for ten minutes or more. A practice that is gentle and simple, allowing for breath, body and spirit to relax and open. Great for first time students, stress and injury care, or to complement a more challenging yoga practice. The ultimate cure for the New York lifestyle.

A gentle, healing class designed to release deep layers of tension stored in the physical and energetic body. A combination of props, essential oils, and hands on adjustments are used in poses held for 10 minutes or longer, allowing the nervous system to relax and the cells to regenerate. Open to all levels and great for those recovering from illness or disease.

Chair and Mat Yoga sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of New York. The NYC Chapter of the National MS Society is proud to offer free recreation and fitness programs for people living with MS. Fall - Spring classes began in mid-October and continue through June, with breaks in between. Yoga promotes fitness, flexibility and relaxation while focusing on breathing practices. It also promotes strength and peace of mind. Level 1 Chair Yoga is designed for the individual to participate from the seated position. Level 2 Mat Yoga participants must be able to transfer independently to a mat. Sign up with the MS Society or (212) 453-3247.

Postures appropriate for people living with HIV/AIDS. By donation.

All levels welcome. Students use props to get into poses that can be comfortably and restfullly held for ten minutes or more. A practice that is gentle and simple, allowing for breath, body and spirit to relax and open. Great for first time students, stress and injury care, or to complement a more challenging yoga practice. The ultimate cure for the New York lifestyle.

For information or to register for this free class, call Joan Deignan at 212.523.7275. (This class is followed by a meditation class from 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.)

Abhyasa Yoga Center offers personal, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practice that adapts to individual needs, including chronic or acute conditions. Located 1 block from the L-Train Lorimer/G-Metropolitan subway stop. All classes are adaptable for all ability levels. Basics classes cultivate and maintain a strong foundation. Open classes, including community classes, offer a more vigorous practice. Classes meet daily. For a full schedule, go to abhyasayogacenter.com, or call 718.782.8272 for more information and to discuss individual needs.

Yoga helps to soothe and restore body and mind by focusing on the breath and gentle movement. The JCC in Manhattan and the NYU Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center proudly announce a partnership to establish the NYC/JCC Parkinson Wellness Program at the JCC. It is our goal to improve our participants' quality of life through learning, fitness and creativity. Fitness classes are geared toward helping those with Parkinson improve strength and maintain balance in a fun, relaxed environment. To register and to receive more information about the program, eligibility requirements, and fees, or to volunteer, contact Amy Lemen at 646.505.5744 or alemen@jccnyc.org. The NYU/JCC Parkinson Wellness Program is supported by the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation.

This class is suitable for anyone suffering from physical injuries. It is also a nice experience for the student that desires less of a challenge.

The body is supported by props in passive postures that promote deep relaxation, relieve stress, and support the body. No experience necessary. This class promotes healing and energy replenishing. Perfect for injury recovery and fatigue.

Free every Friday, a 45-minute experience in bliss, beginning with gentle stretching, featuring a long period of Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation), and concluding with breathing practices and a brief meditation.

Restorative yoga teaches the body to surrender allowing for soft tissue injuries to heal, muscles to release, minds to quiet and deepen physical openings. Teach your body when to be active and when to relax to increase performance, reduce stress and heal.

For students who have special needs and/or limitations. A variation on the basic Hatha I format that moves more slowly and includes attention on the part of the teacher to the special needs of the individual.

All levels welcome. Students use props to get into poses that can be comfortably and restfullly held for ten minutes or more. A practice that is gentle and simple, allowing for breath, body and spirit to relax and open. Great for first time students, stress and injury care, or to complement a more challenging yoga practice. The ultimate cure for the New York lifestyle.These classes are also wonderful for students over 55 who are interested in increasing flexibility, mobility, and calming the nervous system using breath awareness, movement, and relaxation.

This Sankalpah Yoga class combines the passive practice of restorative yoga with profound benefits of pranayama, breathing exercises.

Come relax and unwind with us on Fridays after work. Using props to help restore and open up the body, this class helps heal and comfort the body and soul.

Abhyasa Yoga Center offers personal, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practice that adapts to individual needs, including chronic or acute conditions. Located 1 block from the L-Train Lorimer/G-Metropolitan subway stop. All classes are adaptable for all ability levels. Basics classes cultivate and maintain a strong foundation. Open classes, including community classes, offer a more vigorous practice. Classes meet daily. For a full schedule, go to abhyasayogacenter.com, or call 718.782.8272 for more information and to discuss individual needs.

A wonderful way to end the work week. Nourishing, healing postures and deep breathing practices to regenerate the immune system and induce a healing, relaxed and meditative state. Excellent for students needing time to replenish energy and quiet down.

Support the body with props and deeply relax with gentle attention to the breath to move toward balance. Poses create specific physiological responses that are beneficial to health and can reduce the effects of stress-related disease. The foundations of yoga for new or beginner students. Incorporates basic asana (postures) and pranayama (breath). No inversions.

Rejuvenating and supported poses that restore the nervous system and dismantle chronic tension. At least six weeks experience required.

All levels welcome. Students use props to get into poses that can be comfortably and restfullly held for ten minutes or more. A practice that is gentle and simple, allowing for breath, body and spirit to relax and open. Great for first time students, stress and injury care, or to complement a more challenging yoga practice. The ultimate cure for the New York lifestyle.