Join Shannon Harty, 500 ERYT  to learn the art of mala making or connect with others while practicing your existing mala making skills. Mala making is a very meditative and grounding exercise that allows us to create something beautiful with our hands while finding more ease, balance and peace in our minds and hearts. Shannon will share the sacred practice of beading, knotting, mantra and symbolism that was imparted to her by her mentor and friend, Casey Abley of ‘These Seeds of Love’. Malas have been used in many spiritual and religious traditions as a tool to aid in prayer and/or meditation. Malas, also know as ‘garlands’, consist of 108 beads…

Balanced Planet Yoga teachers will be featured for all 5 Sundays in May at the Sagemore Lululemon in the Promenade. Lululemon holds a free yoga class for the public each and every Sunday starting at 9:30 am at their location in the Promenade.  Here is Balanced Planet Yoga’s May line-up: Sunday, May 3rd – Co-owners Cheryl Betten & Kate Behrend co-teach Budokon Yoga – If yoga and martial arts had a baby…it would be Budokon Yoga.  Come out, get weird, and learn something new. Sunday May 10th – Join Kate for an hour of her signature vinyasa class.  What can we say about Kate?  She is absolutely contagious. Sunday, May 17th…

Derek McMahon Brings His Beginner Series to BPY   If you are new to yoga, haven’t practiced for a while, recovering from an injury, or even looking how to take your yoga practice to the next level, you are definitely going to want to check out this BPY Workshop that will be held on three consecutive Saturdays – May 2nd, May 9th, and May 16th – from 12 noon to 2 PM. In this three-part beginner’s series guided by Derek McMahon, you will explore the fundamentals of an Ashtanga-inspired vinyasa yoga practice with a focus on breath (pranayama) and postures (asana). This specific style of yoga places emphasis on linking the breath…

Save the Date Yogis!  Sunday, May 17, 2015 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Sensei Derek After years of misunderstanding and mistreating his body Derek came to yoga as a path to health and ultimately healing. In discovering the Budokon practice, Derek began to uncover a poorly hidden passion for teaching and quickly immersed himself in yoga and martial arts, seeking out teachers from Miami to Mumbai. Having studied under creator of Budokon, Kancho Cameron Shayne for many years and teaching extensively in the Washington DC area, Derek now teaches throughout NYC, with a love and focus for anatomy and functional asana. Derek’s teaching style comes from his love of being…

“Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent of out of shape.” – Anonymous Bummer Alert: This just in – our radiant floor is not. So, yogis, we have to make an adjustment. Opening day is being pushed back a week until April 13, 2015 6 am. We truly appreciate your patience and support. The space is going to be amazing, and the added week is going to make a big difference in delivering the studio to you exactly the way we have envisioned.   We do have some good news – we are going to turn April the 13th into lucky 13 for all of you and…

Ahimsa is the first of the Yamas, which when translated means nonviolence.  The Yamas are part of the eight-limb path of Pantanjali designed to help move a person along the path of enlightenment.  Nonviolence seems pretty straightforward – don’t beat anyone up, do no harm to any living creature, right?  Turns out, while this is certainly part of Ahimsa, there are acts of violence that people commit each day that they probably have no idea are actually violent. Have you ever tried to tell someone how to do something better?  Ever find yourself trying to “fix” someone else?  How about worrying about another person’s well-being or choices?  Guess what?  In…