Since 2003 City Yoga has been the hub for yoga in Columbia and the state. We provide the largest and most comprehensive schedule of classes, workshops, and special events in the area to meet the needs of a diverse community. Our Anusara® and Anusara-Inspired™ classes are taught in progressive levels by the region's most experienced and highly trained instructors. The collective intention of City Yoga is to help people improve their health and quality of life through the integration of the body, mind, and spirit within a welcoming, supportive community.
Our classes accommodate ALL LEVELS of practitioners from beginners to experienced yogis, children to seniors, and athletes to anyone coping with injuries or chronic pain.
Welcome to City Yoga...Your FIRST CLASS is FREE
To get an idea of what City Yoga is like...our practice and our community...please visit this slideshow on YouTube.
Slow Flow is an introduction to vinyasa yoga where you'll move in a slow fluid manner, pose to pose, with the breath. This class will practice primarily basic standing pose flows which will help to build endurance and integration within the body/mind, as well as learning basic alignment principles. In moving mindfully with your breath, you will also experience a deep sense of inner calm that will linger well after the class is over.
$160 for full workshop by 2/5, $180 after 2/5 $40 for 2-hour lecture $55 for 3-hour lecture
The Bhagavadgita is the most revered and likely the most important single source in the yoga tradition. Its message is beautiful, complex, and worth every effort. Clothed in the guise of a conversation between the warrior Arjuna and his compatriot Krishna, it is the narrative of the Self, the opportunity to look deeply in the heart and to return to the world with renewed understanding and clarity of purpose. But as a conversation it is best studied in conversation and that is what we will do in this seminar. Reading together the Bhagavadgita with a new annotated study guide, we’ll consider a Tantric interpretation of the text that allows us to appreciate it in a radical and transformational way. Join us for this conversation. All you need to bring is yourself, an open mind, and a willing heart: the Celestial’s Song will provide the rest. No previous experience is necessary or expected; a copy of Douglas’s Poised For Grace, though not required, will serve you well. Copies available at the studio for purchase.
Dr. Douglas Brooks is among the world's leading scholars of Hindu Tantrism and the esoteric traditions of the Goddess. He received his Masters and PhD from Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions where he studied with several of the world's leading scholars of Sanskrit and Indian studies. Dr. Brooks is the author of several scholarly books on Hinduism and Tantra, and is currently Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.
Partner Yoga Workshop
for Haitian Earthquake Relief
Saturday, February 13th
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Taught by Ginger Doughty & Richard Schultz
suggested donation...$20.00/person
donations will go to Partners in Health...www.pih.org
This workshop encourages you to embody and explore the essential definition of yoga – relationship – by moving through playful sequences of partner-assisted poses. In connecting to another person, you go deeper in your own practice. And since we are offering this workshop as a fundraising event for Haitian earthquake relief, your practice will extend to the larger community as well. This workshop is for everyone - with or without a partner and with or without prior yoga experience. Just come, share, and give a gift to those in need!
Donations will go to Partners in Health, an organization working to bring modern medical care to poor communities in nine countries around the world. PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. $20 suggested donation per person ($40/couple), but all donations are welcome. Make checks payable to Partners in Health with "Haiti" in the memo line.
Upcoming Special Events
Yoga Psychotherapy Group
First and Third Tuesdays March through May 2010
7:45pm to 9:00pm Offered by Jemme Stewart, LPC, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, RYT 200 and Annie Wright, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical-Community Psychology, Anusara-Inspired Yoga Instructor, RYT 200
Payment for all 6 weeks: $150.00 Yoga offers opportunities for well-being in multiple areas of one’s life. The healing benefits of yoga for persons with mood disorders is becoming more and more recognized. The fundamental teachings of Anusara Yoga and Tantric philosophies are inherently life affirming and therapeutic. These healing teachings will be woven into the cognitive & emotional work that will be done over these 3 months and will set this approach to psychotherapy apart from traditional treatment modalities. These groups will blend yoga philosophy and teachings, pranayama (breath work) and meditation with traditional group psychotherapy.
6 Weeks of Group Therapy integrating Yoga & Psychotherapy Open to anyone, but designed for persons seeking therapeutic treatment of mood disturbances Space is limited to 15 people, no drop-ins
Join City Yoga when we welcome John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga and one of the most skilled and charismatic teachers in the world, to Columbia as he shares his insight, wit, and wisdom. This is one workshop you do not want to miss!
Register online by visiting www.anusara.com and visit Events>John's schedule.Scroll down the schedule to locate Columbia SC. Click there for details on levels and registration.
Questions?
Contact City Yoga at
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or 803-799-5400
Led by Stacey Millner-Collins, certified Anusara Yoga instructor
Professor Brad Collins, Ph.D, History of Art (Yale University)
Please visit our Retreat page for more details.
Visit our boutique...
We offer gift certificates in any amount for classes, workshops and merchandise.
Come browse through our selection of yoga wear by Be Present, Blue Canoe, Avani, and KOS. We also have an extensive selection of books on yoga, meditation and other related topics. Find all of your yoga props as well...Manduka Mats, Prana Revolution mats, Harmony mats, blocks, straps, and mat bags! Meditation cushions and benches from Carolina Morning.
Dr. Douglas Brooks is among the world's leading scholars of Hindu Tantrism and the esoteric traditions of the Goddess. He received his Masters and PhD from Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions where he studied with several of the world's leading scholars of Sanskrit and Indian studies. Dr. Brooks is the author of several scholarly books on Hinduism and Tantra, and is currently Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.
