Central Brooklyn
Riis Park beach. (Photo by simplyfetchingco / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BISqV-pgcP2/?taken-at=869639592])Welcome to the week, whether you’re looking to see up-and-coming comedians, join a book club, or wind down with some park yoga — this is your spot for the hottest weekday events in (and immediately
Central Brooklyn
There’s a different kind of yoga taught at Church Ave Yoga & Bodywork Center [http://churchave.com/yoga] (CAYBC) where, in addition to feeling as if you’ve stepped into a colonial American home, with candles lit, a light hint of incense, and the rhythmic sound of deep
Events
Photo via bend+bloomMany yoga practitioners have a ritual at the conclusion of their class. It may be as simple as drinking a glass of water or some wheatgrass juice. Perhaps the evening concludes with a warm bath and an early bedtime. This Friday, bend+bloom Yoga [http://www.bendandbloom.
Business
Photo courtesy of Move With Grace.We’ve got a spring in our step after hearing this news: local yoga and juice studio Move With Grace [http://www.movewithgrace.com] is expanding to a second location — located just a few doors away at the former Karrot health food store! It’
City Kid Corner
With school, sports, dance, friends, and everything in between, it’s understandable that even kids need to find their moments of zen. Luckily for those of us in Brooklyn, yoga programs for kids are easy to find, flexible, and reasonably priced. Not a bad combination. Here are three of our
Business
Monkey Do! Yoga at 279 3rd Avenue opened December 2015. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Maybe it’s the Gowanus water that’s spurring the opening of a series of small studios in that area geared towards making our community fit, mindful, and healthy. A toxic cleanse, or sorts. Back
fort greene
Image via DoYouYoga [https://www.instagram.com/p/_SeMwbv_X4/?taken-by=doyouyoga] .Santa is getting in his stretches in preparation for the big night! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus
Business
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerMaster herbalist and shop owner, Karen Rose [/blog/business/herbs-health-and-more-at-sacred-vibes-apothecary], has watched the Ditmas Park community change over the past eight years through her shop window. The walls of her shop, Sacred Vibes Apothecary [http://www.sacredvibeshealing.com/], off Cortelyou Road, are lined with large tightly
City Parks Foundation
Photo by Justina Wong/City Parks Foundation.September isn’t just back-to-school season for kids — it’s also back-to-yoga season for local seniors! Yoga in South Oxford Park — at South Oxford Street and Atlantic Avenue — returns this coming Monday, September 21 and Wednesday, September 23 at 11am, bringing free fitness
Best of Lists
Photo by South Slope NewsCongratulations, Jaya Yoga [http://jayayogacenter.com/]! The yoga studio that’s located at 1626 8th Avenue in our area and 2902 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Kensington, was just named one of the best yoga spots in the entire city, according to CBS New York [http://newyork.
2902 Fort Hamilton Parkway
When Carla Stangenberg first came to Jaya Yoga [http://jayayogacenter.com/] to teach in 2000, just a few months after it opened, she felt the strong sense of community that was already starting to form. It was that connection that led her to take over the space a few years
45 5th Avenue
The north end of 5th Avenue is getting a new yoga studio this spring. Area Kids [http://www.areakids.com/locations/], the children’s clothing and toy store with several locations in the area, has closed its shop at 45 5th Avenue, on the corner of Bergen, and the writing