Suryasta Yoga

Christmas Class with Jenya & Monja

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:43:29 +0000

Sunday, December 19th at 12pm with Jenya & Monja

All donations will go to NIA – a ray of hope, to empower girls in developing countries and help them realize their dreams through education.

http://nia-arayofhope.org/about.html

If you can’t attend the class but wish to donate money to NIA foundation, please email at info@suryastayoga.com

Happy and peaceful Channukah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Three Kings Day to you!

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!!!!

Inaugural Sunset Poetry Series Reading

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:43:16 +0000

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Date: Saturday, December 4th at 6 PM

Join us for the inaugural Sunset Poetry Series reading, the first-ever poetry reading series held in Sunset Park. The reading will take place in the beautiful penthouse studio space of Suryasta Yoga (the first and only yoga studio in Sunset Park), which features a great view of the neighborhood from its bamboo balcony. Readers will sit on a meditation pillow at the front of the studio, and audience members will sit on the wood floor or the cushion of a yoga blanket. Sitters’ choice. Tea and water will be served. Oh, and no shoes allowed in the studio–so wear your coolest socks! www.suryastayoga.com

The poets: Melissa Broder, Jason Koo, Martin Rock

MELISSA BRODER is the author of WHEN YOU SAY ONE THING BUT MEAN YOUR MOTHER (Ampersand Books, February 2010). She is the chief editor of LA PETITE ZINE and curates the Polestar Poetry Series at the Cake Shop. By day, she is a publicity manager at Penguin. She is the winner of the 2009 Stark Prize for Poetry and the 2008 Jerome Lowell Dejur Award. She lives in Brooklyn. www.melissabroder.com

JASON KOO is the author of MAN ON EXTREMELY SMALL ISLAND, winner of the 2008 De Novo Poetry Prize (C&R Press, 2009). He earned his BA in English from Yale, his MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston and his PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The winner of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, he has published his poetry and prose in numerous journals, including THE YALE REVIEW, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, and THE MISSOURI REVIEW. He teaches at Lehman College, where he serves as Director of Graduate Studies in English. He lives in Sunset Park. www.jasonkoopoetry.com

MARTIN ROCK holds an MFA from New York University, where he was awarded the Starworks fellowship and served as Editor-in-Chief of WASHINGTON SQUARE REVIEW. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in FORKLIFT, OHIO, MISSISSIPPI REVIEW online, SIXTH FINCH, TUESDAY: AN ART PROJECT, and other journals. His collaborative chapbook with Phillip D. Ischy, FISH, YOU BIRD, was published by Pilot Books last year. He is currently editing the inaugural issue of a new literary journal of poetry, translation, and art called LOADED BICYCLE. www.martinrockpoetry.com

Beginner Basic Classes – Starts 10/3/2010

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:20:52 +0000

New Beginner Basic Course Series of 4 Classes / 4 Weeks – $60:
Date: Sundays 3 PM with Kumiko Yamada
If you’re a beginner struggling with downward dog or a more advanced student perfecting your shoulder stand, give the Basics course a try.
Take advantage of a more intimate environment and focus on the fundamentals.
Each week of the month features a concentration: standing poses, forward bends, back bends, and finally, combinations and inversions.
Registration is required.

First Class

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:15:43 +0000

Come and join us for the first class. Water and tea will be served after the class!

Public Opening Party

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:19 +0000

You are cordially invited to celebrate with us opening of the first yoga center in Sunset Park!

Come to enjoy a glass of wine and vegan food, meet the teachers and chant OM with us.

Bring along your friends and tell everyone about new yoga center!!!