May Events!

Workshops
Sat, May 1st: 4-6pm – Yoga and the Subtle Body with Lindsay Sullivan ($30) more details…
Sat, May 15th: 4-6pm – Core Strength Vinyasa with Sadie Nardini ($40)  FULL

Meditation
Sunday, May 2nd: 3:30pm- 4:45pm – Intensive with Ricki Jean ($20)
Every Mon & Fri (starting May 7th) mornings: 7:30am-8:00am with Ricki Jean ($7)
Every Tues evening: 8:45pm-9:15pm ($7)

Family Yoga
Sunday, May 23rd: 3:30-4:15pm with Kristen Bower ($25-drop in) more details…

Authors at Mala! (new)
Friday, May 14th; 6:45pm meet Anna Lappe author of Diet for a Hot Planet
A dynamic yoga class to follow with Stephanie Creaturo, where all proceeds from the evening will be donated to the non-profit “Just Food.”

Yoga of The Subtle Body: The Five Vayus

with: Lindsay Sullivan
time: Saturday, May 1; 4:00 to 6:00 pm
cost: $30

In yoga we use our physical bodies to access and awaken the subtlest, stillest, and most blissful parts of ourselves — sometimes without realizing what we are doing! In Yoga of the Subtle Body, learn how we can use the Vayus, or the body’s natural energetic corridors, in our asana, breathwork, and meditation to push our practice to the next stage, speeding up our own physical, emotional, and spiritual evolution. Learn in a practical way how to use YOUR prana — or life-force — to gain wisdom and compassion, bringing stillness and bliss to your life, both on and off the mat.

This workshop will include asana and meditation designed to ignite the inner and outer methods of Yoga and an explanation of the ever-mysterious subtle body of Vayus, Prana, Channels, and Chakras. Lindsay is a student of Kelly Morris and a graduate of The Conquering Lion Teacher Training program. She also studies with Angela, Christina and Stephanie at Mala Yoga and is currently in training at The Yoga Studies Institute under Kimberley Veenhof, Ted Lafferty and Mira Shani. She also practices and teaches Tibetan Buddhism in the Gelupka Lineage.

Drop ins are welcome for this workshop, or you can pre-register at the front desk.

The Core Strength Transformer for Any Style

with: Sadie Nardini
when: Saturday, May 15th; 4:00pm – 6:00pm
cost: $40.00 – no refunds    SOLD OUT!

This all-levels workshop will turbo-boost your style to do more for you in much less time! Challenge and center your body and mind while discovering new alignment and anatomical information about what the Core actually is, and find out how to use yours properly to get more benefits like strength, flexibility, weight loss, balance, and more, during the time you spend on the mat!

Sadie Nardini, E-RYT is the founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga. Based at YogaWorks in New York City, she travels nationally and internationally training teachers and students how to make the Core Connection that leads to true strength and freedom both on and off the mat. Sadie is the creator of bestselling DVDs, author of “The Road Trip Guide to the Soul” (Wiley), and the Core Strength columnist for Yoga Journal and the Huffington Post. She is regularly featured in and contributes to national media, including the New York Times, Glamour, Self, Yoga Journal, CNN, Body & Soul and more. To learn more about Sadie, visit her at www.SadieNardini.com

April Events

Welcome Spring!

Bija Kids Spring Session Starts:
12 week session begins the week of April 19th click here to learn more.

Meditation with Ricki Jean:
Mondays: 7:30am ($7)
Tuesdays: 8:45pm ($7)
Sunday Intensive: April 11th; 3:30pm ($20)

Family Yoga with Lauren Maples
Sunday, April 25th: 3:30pm ($25 per family)

Study of the Yoga Sutras

a Mala philosophy workshop

with: Jen Whitney
when: Saturday, March 20th: 4-5:30pm
cost: $25.00

“With wise dedication and self-inquiry, hatha yoga can become a realization
practice, illuminating the nature of our volitions and attachments, fostering radical
self-acceptance, and weakening the grip of the self and its self-serving perspective”
–Chip Hartranft

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras have been the basis of yoga study for hundreds of years.  In recent
times, yoga has been primarily equated with the asanas, or physical poses. While important,
equating the whole yoga practice to asana is akin to equating a whole forest to one tree.
While asana practice is vital, and useful in ways not even touched upon in the Yoga Sutras,
asana is but one part of the full practice of yoga. Our “on the mat” practice is the training
ground for work we carry “off the mat.” The Yoga Sutras are our teacher, guide, sign-post,
cheerleader, and friend for this transition.

It is only when yoga is approached in its many parts that it is fully practiced. It is only then that
it will be truly beneficial to the practitioner, as well as all beings.

Jen fell in love with the Sutras during her Jivamukti Teacher Training, as the Sutras were
presented to her as a map for self-exploration. We will look at the meaning of individual words
of a Sutra, then put them together in a way that provides a concrete idea of how one can work
with the sutra in their yoga practices. The Sutras are applicable both on and off the mat, and
while Jen will, at times, use asana as an entry point for understanding a sutra, the overall theme
of this workshop focuses on making the sutra relevant to your off the mat practice. They are
the tools to end the divide between on the mat ethics, ideals, goals, rhythm, and state of being
and how we live and experience ourselves and lives off the mat.

Students are invited to bring any translations they own. Photocopies will be
provided of the material. Students are also invited to wear white, the
traditional color worn to satsangs (meetings of yogis), but it is not required

March Events

Workshops- Saturdays 4pm
Saturday, March 6th: 4-6:30pm – Anatomy of Scoliosis with Angela
Saturday, March 20th; 4-5:30pm – Intro to the Yoga Sutra Text with Jen

Meditation- with Ricki Jean Trink
Sunday, March 7th 3:30- 4:45pm – Intensive: suitable for all levels ($20)
Mondays, 7:30am – 30min sitting, suitable for all levels ($7)
Beginning March 16th; 8:45pm – 30min sitting, suitable for all levels ($7)

Family Yoga- with Lauren Maples
Sunday, March 28th 3:30-4:30- Bring the whole family (crawling-6yrs) ($25per family)

Community Classes
Mondays, 2:30- 3:30pm – Various Teachers ($5)
Saturdays, March 13th & 26th, 4:00- 5:15pm – Various Teachers ($5)

Coming in April… Birthing Classes to Empower conscious childbirth with Kristen Bower

Anatomy of Scoliosis

with: Angela
when: Saturday, March 6th: 4:00 – 6:30pm
cost: $40/sign up in advanced (limited to 10 people)

The practice of yoga is well-known for bestowing the benefits of balance to body, breath, and mind.  These benefits are doubly important when a practitioner is working with scoliosis, or a lateral curve in the spine that takes an “S” or a “C” shape. This type of curve can cause rotations in the spine, which can cause discomfort and imbalances throughout one’s body.

This is not a flow class. Instead, through the practice of yoga asana, a healthier understanding of and relationship with your spinal curvature is facilitated. We use props to support the “frame” of the body to achieve a feeling of balance, both in the physical body and the breath body.

Through mindful practice with your curve – instead of against it – new length emerges in the spine and weaker muscles in the trunk are strengthened.

Because each person’s curve is unique and everyone’s scoliosis affects him or her differently, this class size is limited to XX students. To participate, please have an idea of what type and/or what direction the curve goes in (right or left). If you are unaware of the specifics of your curve, please contact Angela at angela@malayoganyc.com to set up a 15-minute meeting before or after class for a consultation.

Studio of the Month

Mala is Studio of the Month at Lululemon’s Brooklyn Showroom!

Join us every Saturday at 10am during the month of February for yoga at their showroom, located at 472 Bergen Street (b/t 5th & 6th Ave).  Take the 2/3 train to the Bergen stop.
Saturday, Feb 6th – Christina
Saturday, Feb 13th – Marcus
Saturday, Feb 20th – Angela
Saturday, Feb 27th – Stephanie

February Events

Although it’s the shortest month of the year it can be the coldest one as well. So we have lots of ways you can keep yourself warm and balanced this month!  Plus, Mala Yoga has been chosen to be “studio of the month” at the Lululemon Brooklyn Store.  Stay tuned for more details…

Workshops- Saturdays 4-6pm
Saturday, Feb 6th – Primary Series of Ashtanga with Christina Hatgis
Saturday, Feb 20th – Body in Balance with Dan Trink (Special Guest Instructor/ space limited)

Meditation- with Ricki Jean Trink
Sunday, Feb 7th 3:30- 4:45pm – Intensive: suitable for all ($20)
Mondays, 7:30am & 6:00pm – 30min sittings: suitable for all ($7)

Family Yoga- with Lauren Maples
Sunday, Feb 28th 3:30- 4:30pm- Bring the entire family ($25/per family)

Community Classes
Mondays, 2:30- 3:30pm – Various Teachers ($5)
Saturday, Feb 27th 4:00- 5:15pm ($5)

Thank You Mala Community

As you may know by now, community is something we at Mala feel very strongly about. Since we opened our doors, we have been committed to raising money for and donating food to many different charities and not-for-profit organisations locally and nationally . All this could not be done without the amazing compassion of the Mala Sangha (community).We are  grateful to all those who contributed  to extending our sangha out to Haiti in their time of need. We have raised over $200.00 and will be donating the proceeds to Partners in Health.

Thank you for all you do,
Christina, Stephanie & Angela