Ekayani, a beautiful house music artist. She performed at StreetYoga's fundraiser, Yoga on the Dance Floor, named after Ekayani & The Tom Glide Space's album. It was just one stop on a West Coast tour. She and I also observed a class for homeless youth at Outside In, a revolutionary facility that provides a safe space for kids living on the street, in shelters, or in foster care.
Dana Flynn (the lady in the air). She taught the most incredible yoga class I have ever been a part of. Really and truly.
The theme of the workshop was connecting with the belly and the core power dwelling therein. Dana has an ecstatic, intoxicating energy. I smiled and giggled the whole way through, and connected to the practice in a whole new way. The studio she co-founded with Jasmine Tarkeshi (the supine lady) is called Laughing Lotus, and they are now in two locations: New York and San Francisco. I'm seriously considering a weekend trip to San Fran just to take a couple classes with Dana and Jasmine, and I am psyched to check out their studio back East.
Jasmine & Dana opened their Greenwich Village space when they realized their approach to yoga happened to differ from that of other New York studios. They place tremendous emphasis on embracing your own organic movement as a practitioner, and avoiding any dogmatism about form and method.
The class on Sunday consisted of long, exhilarating periods of flow with intermittent alignment/technique demonstrations. Dana's instructions were clear, precise, and poetic. Her gentle encouragement (Relax your beautiful face) empowered us to keep moving, even at the most challenging points. And there was this vibratory feeling from mat-to-mat, wall-to-wall, and I felt grateful, and that feeling of gratitude was palpable in every other face as we deliriously rolled up our mats at the end of the two hour session.
The theme of the workshop was connecting with the belly and the core power dwelling therein. Dana has an ecstatic, intoxicating energy. I smiled and giggled the whole way through, and connected to the practice in a whole new way. The studio she co-founded with Jasmine Tarkeshi (the supine lady) is called Laughing Lotus, and they are now in two locations: New York and San Francisco. I'm seriously considering a weekend trip to San Fran just to take a couple classes with Dana and Jasmine, and I am psyched to check out their studio back East.
Jasmine & Dana opened their Greenwich Village space when they realized their approach to yoga happened to differ from that of other New York studios. They place tremendous emphasis on embracing your own organic movement as a practitioner, and avoiding any dogmatism about form and method.
The class on Sunday consisted of long, exhilarating periods of flow with intermittent alignment/technique demonstrations. Dana's instructions were clear, precise, and poetic. Her gentle encouragement (Relax your beautiful face) empowered us to keep moving, even at the most challenging points. And there was this vibratory feeling from mat-to-mat, wall-to-wall, and I felt grateful, and that feeling of gratitude was palpable in every other face as we deliriously rolled up our mats at the end of the two hour session.
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