Studio Pick: Kula Yoga

Nestled near City Hall, Kula Yoga Project offers freestyle vinyasa yoga classes for students of all levels. Kula, meaning intentional community, makes you feel right at home in its sweet and low-key 4 flight walk up studio (a nice warm-up). Classes are creative, strengthening and sweaty, so bring a towel. First time Kulis, drop in for a 3-class $30 intro deal. Each teacher offers something unique within the 'Kula Flow' style and there's more than enough classes to choose from every day.
Details:
Kula Yoga Project
28 Warren Street 4th Floor (btwn Church/Broadway)
Map
2129454460

A Mindful Road to Recovery: Yoga and Meditation

If you're looking for a more mind-body focused recovery from compulsive or abusive behaviors, this is a great opportunity. Back again by popular demand, Michael Fayne, PhD & Allyson Pimentel, EdD share their expertise inside the urban oasis, Om Factory with a mindful movement/meditation practice, group discussion, and theoretical teaching. If you're seeking to prevent a relapse or even just looking to live a fuller life free of continuous defeat-prone habits, this workshop will help you establish a healthier relationship with your body and the choices you make. Research has shown that the practice of yoga and meditation clearly play a role in helping one to control problems like substance abuse, compulsive eating and spending disorders, or any other addictions. All levels welcome.

Details:
Yoga & Meditation for Relapse Prevention
with Michael Fayne, PhD and Allyson Pimentel, EdD
When & Where:
Friday, 2.29.08, 6.15pm-9.15pm
Om Factory
265 West 37th Street (@ 8th Ave), 4th fl.
212 616-8662
Class Fee: $75 (includes meditation CD & handouts)
Pre-registration is required as space is limited!
No one will be turned away- If you cannot afford the full fee, email Allyson at allyson@omfactorynyc.com

Hangawi? Delicious Korean Fare

Many of us love Korean cuisine but not it’s often beef-centered menu. Hangawi is a unique vegan paradise that greets you with unearthly music, a no-shoe policy, and food fit for an ancient emperor. Mountain greens, grains and roots supply an exotic offering that will leave even the most carnivorous guest sated. After this nourishing experience, you will be inspired to treat yourself better when you go home.
Details:
Hangawi
12 East 32nd (btw 5/6 Ave)
212213007
Hours:
Lunch 12-3pm
Dinner 5-1030pm

Ecompassion Sample Sales

While online shopping is comfortable and efficient, the Ecompassion Sample Sales are a breath of fresh air. Featuring eco-friendly threads, this Soho event will satisfy the casual and glamorous among us. Greenfinds founder Ike Rodriguez offers retail therapy with global consciousness: five percent of what you pay for your C&C t-shirt or Steven Alan jacket benefits charity: water (which constructs wells in underpriveleged communities) and Trees for the Future (which builds sustainable environments through planting). Check out new community space Open House Gallery, a refreshing event location aligned with the sale's carbon neutral message.
Details:
Friday-Sunday 2.22-24
11-8pm
Open House Gallery
201 Mulberry

Anusara Workshop @ Virayoga

Join Virayoga founder Elena Brower (pictured at right) and fellow Anusara Yoga veteran Jackie Prete this weekend for an inspiring workshop. The Saturday afternoon intensive will focus on creativity through the practices of asana, pranayama and meditation. Both Brower and Prete offer students an engaging atmosphere that is gentle and non-dogmatic. This cozy Soho studio is the perfect place to learn your way around opening your heart.
Details:
Connect to Your Creativity Through Your Yoga Practice
Sat 2.23 1-4pm
Virayoga
580 Broadway suite 1109
Map
$45/$50 day of class