Yoga in the New York City's Most Unexpected Places

Now that the sunny weather has officially come, we can look outside the typical yoga studio to practice downward dog and reconnect with our inner peace in unique spaces all across New York City. And with good vibrations and charged batteries, we will be ready to visit one of the most visited cities in the world. Now, let's start!

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Yoga in a Baseball Field

Now you can have your inner peace along with your popcorn, peanuts and crackerjacks. Baseball and yoga fans come together for this morning yoga class on the outfield grass of Citi Field led by Yoga Alliance certified instructor Steph Armijo. This 60-minute class includes a ticket to that night’s Mets Game and the first 500 through the gates receive a limited edition Mets yoga mat. 

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Pop Up Yoga for People Who Don’t Like to Stay in One Place

If you have trouble standing still, then this is the perfect place, or rather, perfect places for you. Spot Yoga offers a different class location each time, from hotel rooftops to club dance floors to a glass-box Lower East Side penthouse. You’re sure to explore a plethora of unique meditation spaces. 

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Yoga and Sound Healing in a Church

Already a sacred space, a church is the perfect place to get in touch with your inner zen. St. Bart’s Church offers a speakeasy style yoga class – you have to enter through the side door on Lexington & Park, let security know you are there for yoga and they’ll let you into an elevator that will take you the Church’s sanctuary. Donation based, your money will go into raising funds for two causes close to the yoga instructor’s’ hearts. St. Bart's Church 109 E 50th St, New York, NY

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The Yoga Trail in Central Park

Touted by Time Out NY as "the best outdoor yoga in New York," join The Yoga Trail at Central Park for some zen outdoor classes near West 69th Street. Fifteen minutes before class, you’ll meet up in front of the café Le Pain Quotidien on the north side of Sheep’s Meadow and walk together to the class location.

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In a Community Garden in Brooklyn or Harlem

Starting June 3^rd, New York Restoration Project (NYRP), a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming open space in under-resourced communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City offers free yoga in their green spaces in Brooklyn and Harlem. This free class is great way for your family to stretch together as well as picnic in the garden afterwards.

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Whether in Manhattan or Brooklyn, different wellness companies such as Yo Yoga or Clay Health Club take advantage of the amazing peace of the city's skyline to organize sessions that blend breathtaking views with the sound of the streets attenuated. A perfect combination for both tourists and business men and women who are looking to find themselves just taking an elevator.

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Randall’s Island

On this island nestled between Manhattan and Queens, at the base of the 103rd Street Bridge, Randall's Island Park Alliance offers free yoga (bring your own mats!) on the southern end of the park starting very other Tuesday, now through September at 6:30 p.m.

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Bryant Park

Join hundreds of New Yorkers every summer for some Vinyasa in the middle of Bryant Park on Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings from now through Sept 22 on Bryant Park’s upper terrace and lawn for free yoga in the middle of the hustle and bustle of mid-town Manhattan. And if you come early enough, mats are provided.

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Time Square

Namaste on the northern hemisphere’s longest day of the year and join a global gathering of thousands of yogis from all over the world in free yoga classes all day celebration of Summer Solstice with in Times Square. 

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