Yoga To The People

If anyone comes through NYC and they like yoga, hit up Yoga To The People in the East Village. The studios are in old brick buildings that have windows and plants in them. They have a candle light service every Sunday night. It's my favorite yoga place in NYC thus far. I have been doing yoga on and off for the last 6 years. After so many accidents, I really dedicated myself to practicing yoga at least once a week and it has transformed my body and made me stronger.

What you won't find at YTTP:
1. Mirrors:
yoga studios that have mirrors are the ones I completely hate! Yoga is suppose to be not only exercise but also an inner practice where you focus on your breathing and let the outside world vanish.
However, most studios that I have been too I feel are dedicated to making you look at yourself for the hour and half. In those studios you usually find the tiny women up front to examine themselves while doing their practice and the not so small rest of us fighting over the space in the back. Maybe if I didn't have meat on me and I was a thin little thing I would also put myself in front of the mirror, however I highly doubt that. Whenever there was a mirror I would think to myself "that's what I look like doing this? fuck me".

Now for people who are not fans of being packed into a space this place is NOT for you. I won't lie I have been sweated on, farted on and kicked. Getting farted on was definitely by far my least favorite, however the getting sweated on came in a close second.

There are also those yoga people who come into class and do the deep breathing, but when they do the deep breathing and sighing you feel like you've entered into a porn video. I can't stand those people. It makes me say nasty things in my head the whole time during class. When what I came to do was cleanse my mind of the negativity. Fucking sucks. That was the case with the guy who kept on sweating on me. He was one of those obnoxious sighing types. So not only did I feel like I was in a porn video it kept on coming true when getting sprayed on by his sweat when he kept on whipping his hair from side-to-side. That night I got home and scrubbed my body so hard!

Now I have probably scared all of you off of YTTP, however it really is one of the best studios I have been too. And if you want to get your ass kicked (and who doesn't) its a great place to go! All the teachers rock there. So do yourself a favor and go if you're ever coming through NYC.