Careful attention to alignment and the use of both gentle traction and gentle core-strengthening will help to relieve discomfort and improve posture while building your Yoga practice. This class is suitable for students of all levels. In the event of chronic or severe pain, make sure to arrive no later than fifteeen minutes before class so that you can talk to Alison first.

Free class for seniors at Van Cortlandt Park's Woodlawn Tennis Courts, Jerome Avenue and East 233rd 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.

Free class for seniors at Pelham Bay Park, Middleton Road and Stadium Avenue. 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.

Free class for seniors at Marine Park's Nature Center, Avenue U and East 32nd 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.

Free class for seniors at Flushing Meadows Corona Park's Tennis Courts, Meridian Road. 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.

Free class for seniors at Roy Wilkins Park's Tennis Courts, Baisley Boulevard and 177th 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.

Free class for seniors at Greenbelt Park, 501 Brielle Avenue. 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.

Emphasis on gentle stretches with Asanas(poses) to improve flexibility, breathing and relaxation are also involved. Great class for beginners, seniors and persons recovering from surgery and/or injuries.

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.

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.

For men and women of all ages concerned with H.I.V. and AIDS, this special Hatha Yoga class focuses even more on benefits for the entire being. Poses are adapted where necessary. These classes offer a safe space for sharing and finding community.

"You can't get to the floor so we bring the floor to you". Gentle Yoga Asanas (poses), breathing and meditation are done sitting on a chair. Great for Seniors or persons recovering from illness or injuries.

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.

Yoga with special attention to those less flexible or with injuries.

Yin Yoga uses long, passive holds to work on the deep, dense connective tissues of the body - the tendons, ligaments and cartilage - which are difficult to energize and open. This deep, passive practice settles you into poses for 3-10 minutes, bringing you inward. This practice increases flexibility, especially in the spine and hips and is very restorative and rehabilitative for the joints and muscles. Psychologically, it connects you to your intuitive and creative self. It is an excellent complement to other Yoga or Core Fusion classes. This class is appropriate for men and women of all ages, fitness and flexibility levels. Restore balance with this complement to your active practice, sports or other exercise, and your yang-dominant lifestyle. Absolute beginners to yoga are also welcome!

A gentle class the combines yoga postures, breathing, and meditation. This class is geared toward students who wish to move at a slower pace. Ideal for beginners, prenatal and seniors.

Yoga expert Katherine Brewster shows seniors how simple yoga postures can gently stretch and strengthen the body without pain. 646-505-5708

A therapeutics class in which we use Kinetic Awareness and Anusara Yoga to address the concerns of students in the class. The class is slower paced than a regular class, with plenty of time for questions and working with the fundamental principles that support healing. Common problems which can be addressed with this program are muscle spasms, chronic or acute pain in the lower back, knees, neck and shoulders, as well as repetitive strain injury and recovery from illness or surgery.

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.

Ideal for releasing stress and replenishing vitality, Restorative Yoga is an especially nurturing and gentle practice and is very beneficial to those in caretaking positions or with special health needs or physical limitations. In this workshop, you will learn to use pillows and props to support the body and discover restorative postures that are calming, soothing, and renewing adaptations of classic Hatha Yoga poses. Open yourself to a practice of "being" rather than "doing." (These classes are part of a recurring series.)

A gentle asana class that combines yoga postures, breathwork, and meditation. This class is for those who enjoy moving at a slower pace.

These classes are designed for students who are interested in increasing strength, flexibility, mobility, and calming the nervous system using breath awareness, movement, and relaxation. Some introduction to asana. For all levels of fitness and flexibility, beginners and first time students to yoga welcome.

This class is suitable for beginners of all ages, expectant mothers, or anyone wanting an easy, restorative yoga practice.

Hospital for Special Surgery is the oldest orthopedic hospital in the country. Therapeutic Yoga utilizes a combination of restorative postures, gentle yoga and breath work to enhance wellness. Participants will learn to use breath to explore posture, alignment and mental state. You will additionally work to strengthen your "core muscles". You will leave with an enhanced sense of balance in both the body and the mind. For more information or to register, please contact the Integrative Care Center at 212.224.7900 or mail the downloadable registration form.

Therapeutics comes to Yoga Works! Join veteran teacher Charles Matkin for a course designed to gently and mindfully move through minor injuries and health concerns. Drop in for a session in order to discover more about the benefits of therapeutic yoga. A typical session will include supervision by Charles with assistance from teachers refining their injury management skills. Working from a basic sequence, you will be individually guided through the modifications or alternative poses most supportive of your injuries. Using props, we will focus on precise correct postural alignment to support and open the body safely and reduce strain and discomfort. Throughout, you will receive hands-on adjustments and gentle direction to encourage posture that is both natural and conducive to the healing process.

Taught by teachers with a strong background in injury management and prevention, you'll move mindfully into poses while learning a lot about the proper alignment and anatomy of your body. Good to illuminate misalignments in your regular practice, or to help facilitate healing and improve strength and energy flow to past injuries.

Through the use of supportive props and detailed attention to alignment, students discover and rewrite their personal patterns of imbalance that show up in the physical body. Every class includes conscious breath work for the emotional body as well as restorative poses for the overtaxed nervous system.

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Come lengthen your spine and move out of the habitual behaviors that are making your back hurt! For students with a lateral curvature(s) of the spine. We focus on extension and working with specific issues that affect people with scoliosis such as balance, proprioception, strength and reducing compensatory patterns. All levels welcome including first timers and beginners. Yoga Union is the first center to focus on backcare and scoliosis.

Hospital for Special Surgery is the oldest orthopedic hospital in the country. Therapeutic Yoga utilizes a combination of restorative postures, gentle yoga and breath work to enhance wellness. Participants will learn to use breath to explore posture, alignment and mental state. You will additionally work to strengthen your "core muscles". You will leave with an enhanced sense of balance in both the body and the mind. For more information or to register, please contact the Integrative Care Center at 212.224.7900 or mail the downloadable registration form.

Take it slow with this gentle but deep approach to Vinyasa yoga. This practice links poses to breath to reveal body awareness, inner strength, and easeful opening.

Restorative Yoga is a method in which one holds poses for longer lengths of time with the help of props in order to focus more on relaxing and strengthening the muscles. This provides a meditative, slow practice allowing time to go deeper not only into the body, but into the restless mind.

Just the right blend of meditation, asana practice and relaxation for students who wish to take it easy or for those recuperating from injuries or sickness. This is a meditative and slow paced vinyasa class which incorporates restorative poses to allow the body to access its natural ability to rest, heal and build immunities.

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.

Megayoga uses breath, movement, and meditation to generate strength and sensitivity in the plus-size body. These modifications, including the use of props, and understanding the basics of yogic breathing and proper alignment, as well as the adjustments required to adapt to the plus-sized body, makes yoga acessible to everyone.

Looking for a deeper experience in your yoga practice? Embodied yoga classes are an opportunity to listen to your body and learn from your experience, focusing on the questions and discoveries that arise along the way.

Embodied Yoga is a gentle class suitable for all levels that will help you find a deep sense of support, ease and healing. Classes balance a nourishing flow with a dynamic, fluid sense of alignment. You'll discover new and unexpected sources of support, strength and ease. These sources include the contents of our bodies -- not just muscles and bones -- but organs, glands, fluids, and all the systems inside of us.

Embodied Yoga creates an environment which offers students the space to find true and meaningful experience in their yoga practice. All the teachers are graduates of the Embodied Anatomy and Yoga and/or the Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga programs through the School For Body Mind Centering™.

Unwind after a long day with this deeply relaxing class. Melt into this slow flow of restorative poses and stretching by candlelight. Open to all levels.

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.