Join us in BK for our Open House next weekend, free to all!

Gina's class cancelled today, 3/6

Apologies for the last minute post, but Gina is not feeling well today so her class will not run as usual.

Namaste
~ the YAY team

Nemo Class Cancellation

Due to the university-wide cancellations, Emily C.'s regular vinyasa class Monday evening, Feb 11th, will not be held. 

We hope to see you back on the mat on Tuesday for Mia's Ashtanga class from 5-6.15pm and Katherine's candlelit flow 9-10.15pm!

Open House POSTPONED and Welcome Gina!

Snowgis! Hope you are all holding up well in this whiteout. Three orders of yogi business:

1. Unfortunately, we have to postpone the Open House weekend we were planning to hold tomorrow and Sunday due to the storm. Stay tuned for the new date.

2. I'd like to introduce you all to a new teacher who is joining our team this semester,Gina Moreno-Valle! She is a rockstar yogi (yep that's her below) and first year student at the Yale School of Art. I'm very excited for her to join the YAY team and hope you will help me in giving her a warm welcome!

Gina will now be teaching a Vinyasa Flow on Wednesdays from 6-7:15 pm, starting next week, Feb 13th. 

3. Updated time: Emily is pushing back her Monday Vinyasa Flow class to a new time: 5:45 - 7 pm on Mondays, starting next week. 

And lastly, some yogi-inspiration for those of you practicing at home tonight (even if its a five minute child's pose). To you I say rock on, Gina-style:

Spread the warmth, spread the word! 

See you on the mat next week,

~ the YAY team

New Spring 2013 Class Schedule!

All Classes begin Monday, January 28th

Monday -- 5:45 - 7 pm -- Emily C. -- Vinyasa Flow

Tuesday -- 5 - 6:15 pm -- Mia -- Ashtanga Vinyasa

Tuesday -- 9 - 10:15 pm -- Katherine -- Candlelight Flow

Wednesday -- 6 - 7:15 pm -- Gina -- Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday -- 9 - 10:15 pm -- Caitlin & Emily S -- Relax & Unwind Flow**

* Please bring your own blanket and/or towel to class to use as prop

Thursday -- 5 - 6:15 pm -- Corinne -- Sunshine Vinyasa Flow

Spring class schedule coming soon

(In fact, as soon as we teachers set our own academic class schedules.)

Classes should start the week of Monday, January 21st or Monday, January 28th.

Thanks for your patience. In the meantime, if you have any class requests, suggestions, or feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Just shoot us an email or catch us around campus.

~ the YAY team

Changes all around!

Lots of schedule switches for this week, November 12 - 16:

Monday: Cristina will be subbing for Emily, 5:00 - 6:15 Vinyasa

Tuesday: Hilary will teach a shortened class 5:30 - 6:30 

(remember her? she taught for YAY a couple years back!)

Wednesday: Emily will be subbing for Cristina, 5:30 - 7:00 Vinyasa

Thursday: class cancelled

Friday: Caitlin's 9:00 - 10:15 am Vinyasa is on as usual

See you on the mat!

Thanks for the shoutout, Yale Herald!

That Sunshine Flow, by Katy Osborn

Read it at: http://yaleherald.com/culture/that-sunshine-flow/

Class canceled due to hurricane today!

Stay tuned for an update tomorrow regarding our classes for the rest of the week.

Happy fall break!

Note that Emily's Monday class will be held as usual this Monday, October 22nd. All other classes next week (Tuesday through Friday) will be cancelled due to fall break. Have a great time off!

~ the YAY team

Class schedule update

Starting September 27th, Caitlin's Thursday 9 AM class will be moved to Fridays 9 - 10 AM. See you there!

~ the YAY team

Fall Schedule starts Tuesday!

Below is our full schedule for Fall 2012. Classes start Tuesday, September 11th in the BK Multipurpose Room and are all free! We welcome Yale undergrad and grad students alike of all levels. Come join us!

Monday          5:00 - 6:15 pm        Emily C      Vinyasa

Tuesday         5:00 - 6:15 pm        Mia            Ashtanga Vinyasa

Wednesday    5:30 - 7:00 pm        Cristina       Ashtanga Vinyasa

Thursday       9:00 - 10:15 am       Caitlin         Vinyasa

Thursday       5:00 - 6:15 pm         Corinne       Sunshine Flow 

See you on the mat!
~ the YAY team

Welcome back yogis!

We hope you all had wonderful refreshing summers and are happy to be back on campus. We are currently nailing down our class schedule for the next semester, so be sure to check back here in the next week or so for updates. Our goal is to begin classes Monday, September 10th.

If you are interested in teaching or becoming more involved with YAY, please reach out! Email cristina.poindexter@yale.edu with any questions.

See you on the mat,
~ the YAY team

Yogawoman Screening in Silliflicks this Thursday 7:30 PM!

Hi Yogis,


Come join us for a screening of the film Yogawoman this Thursday, February 23rd from 7:30 - 9:30 PM in Silliflicks! There will be treats and/or some impromptu yoga breaks. Yogawoman is a very interesting documentary detailing the transformation of yoga from east to west and the role women have played in establishing a huge community of yogis in the US (fully synopsis follows). Preview their trailer below, or check out their website at www.yogawoman.tv 

Synopsis: Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male teachers. Now there’s a generation of women who are leading the way. They’re strong, they’re inspiring, and they’re radically changing people’s lives. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya, from the golden beaches of Australia to the serene piazzas of Italy, YOGAWOMAN uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever.

Led by a new generation of dynamic female teachers, this “new” yoga replaces the male-centered, more rigid style with a distinctly feminine practice that honors intuition, family, flow, connection, community, activism and the cyclical nature of women’s lives.

  

Through rich personal stories, YOGAWOMAN reveals how yoga has utterly transformed the lives of millions of over-stimulated, overscheduled multitasking modern women. With vivid detail and poignancy, YOGAWOMAN shows how women have embraced yoga for easing health conditions like breast cancer, infertility, heart disease, anxiety and depression. It has given a lifeline to women in prison, cancer abuse survivors and those struggling with body image or eating disorders.

In intimate interviews with the world’s leading experts, many who have become worldwide icons with rock-star status, YOGAWOMAN captures how these teachers have blazed a new trail for women. World-renowned teachers appearing in YOGAWOMAN include Patricia Walden, Sharon Gannon, Shiva Rea, Angela Farmer, Cyndi Lee, Seane Corn, Donna Farhi  and forward-thinking medical professionals such as integrative physician Dr. Sara Gottfried and world-renowned research scientist Dr. Shirley Telles. YOGAWOMAN is the first film of its kind to bring together these luminaries, distilling their wisdom and spreading their message of peace and empowerment for the benefit of women everywhere.

See you on the mat and in the theater!

~ the YAY Team

Hi yogis ~ please note that unfortunately, today's 5pm Power Vinyasa class is canceled. Thanks for your understanding! 

Did you know Saturday is World Happiness Day?

Come join Yale HappyHap's film screening of "Happy" this Saturday Feb 11 at 7 PM in Silliflicks!

Synopsis: Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?

Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award® nominated “Genghis Blues” now brings us HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

HAPPY combines cutting-edge science from the new field of “positive psychology” with real-life stories of people from around the world whose lives illustrate these findings. We see the story of a beautiful woman named Melissa Moody, a mother of three who had a “perfect life” until the day she was run over by a truck. Disabled for nine years and disfigured for life, amazingly she is happier now than before her accident. Manoj Singh, a rickshaw puller from the slums of Kolkata, India who lives in a hut made of plastic bags with his family, is found to be as happy as the average American. Through these and other stories HAPPY leads us toward a deeper understanding of how we can all live more fulfilling, healthy and happy lives.

More info at: http://www.thehappymovie.com/film/

Schedule Update!

Yogis at Yale Spring 2012 Class Schedule

Monday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Power Vinyasa - Vidya
Monday: 10:00 - 11:00 pm - Candlelight Yoga - Katherine and Vidya
Tuesday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Vinyasa - Emily
Wednesday: 9:15 - 10:30 am - Hatha Flow - Vidya
Wednesday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Ashtanga Vinyasa - Mia

** Please note that we will no longer offer the Thursday Vinyasa. 

See you on the mat! 

New Spring 2012 Schedule

Welcome back to the most fun and relaxing classes held at Yale! YAY classes begin this Monday, January 23rd with Candlelight at 10 pm. Vidya's 5:00 Monday class will begin next week (January 30th), but all other classes will be held as planned.

All classes are free and open to all levels of yogis and yalies!

Monday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Power Vinyasa - Vidya
Monday: 10:00 - 11:00 pm - Candlelight Yoga - Katherine and Vidya
Tuesday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Vinyasa - Emily
Wednesday: 9:00 - 10:15 am - Hatha Flow - Vidya
Wednesday: 5:00 - 6:15 pm - Ashtanga Vinyasa - Mia
Thursday: 7:00 - 8:00 pm - Vinyasa - Katherine

As per tradition, all classes will be held in the Berkeley Multipurpose Room (located directly underneath the dining hall). Bring your own mat if you have one, but we do have some available if you don't.

See you Monday on the mat!
~ the YAY team

Welcome back!

Welcome back to a new semester yogis! Just a quick note to let you know that classes will be starting up the week of January 23rd, after shopping period mania ends! There will be some edits to our past schedule, so be sure to check back in the coming week.

See you on the mat soon!

~the YAY team

Free Yoga at Greenfest this Sunday 12:30 - 1:30!

Hey yogis -

Join us and STEP at Greenfest this Sunday, October 16 on Old Campus for a free outdoor yoga class from 12:30-1:30. We'll be teaching a mixed level class, under the sun, to live music and great company. BYOMat if possible, but we will have a limited number available.

Stick around after for free food, kettle corn, Eli Exchange clothing swap, raffles, games, live music, and more. Check out the Greenfest Facebook event or Yale's STEP website for more info!

See you on the mat (and in the sun!)
~ the YAY team