brooklyn yoga collective

About BYC

The Brooklyn Yoga Collective. We are a diverse group of yoga practitioners and educators with unique backgrounds and stylistic approaches to yoga.  Our collective focus includes classical Hatha, Iyengar, and Vinyasa flow traditions.  While our classes and teaching styles may vary considerably, BYC is tied together by our bold dedication to sharing the teachings and benefits of yoga in a way that is accessible to everyone.  We encourage you to explore all of our classes to find which works best for you.

7 Day BYC Schedule is LIVE... 

Join me :  

Tues 12pm

Thurs 4:30pm

shake the dust - anis mojgani

emotions & back pain

Leslie Kaminoff explains how suppressing emotions is an active process that we partake in within the body.

"We dampen the sensory spaces in our system where the emotions are experienced."

Suppressed breath = Suppressed emotions

Why yoga helps ?   Your mind, breath, and body are being asked to do the same-thing at the same time in a conscious integrated way.

July 2012: Shamatha Meditation

Hello Friends,

Hope you are enjoying the summer heat!

Students have been inquiring more and more about sitting meditation and where/how to practice.  You can incorporate meditation practice into your daily routine at home.  Sitting for 5, 10, 15 minutes daily can help relieve stress.  The key is discipline and consistency in practice.

Yoga asanas (postures) are a gateway to ease the body and help prepare for meditation.

This month we will incorporate sitting meditation into our practice.

Yoga Journal is offering a 28 day meditation revolution guided by Sally Kempton this month. Sign up here!

July Focus: Shamatha or Mindfulness Meditation

David Nichtern instructs you for simple meditation you can practice at home in this Huffington post article. 

Cliff notes..

1.  Take your seat - either on a cushion or a chair with your back in an upright position

2.  Bring attention to your breathing... inhale/exhale...follow the breath

3.  When a thought arises, label it thinking and bring awareness back to your breath 

the fuzz speech

"Over and over again, people come to me, and they tell me, You just don't know how strong I am.  They say "strength" and I want to hear "balance."  The strength idea has effort in it; this is not what I am looking for.  Strength that has effort in it is not what you need; you need the strength that is the result of ease.

                                                                                           - Ida Rolf