Veganlicious.

I am a vegan with a wicked sweet tooth. When I was little, I used to eat sugar. Raw. By the spoonful. Now that I'm a grown up, I have a lot more restraint... but am still quite obsessed with sweet stuff. Vegan sweet stuff. In my constant quest for quality vegan dessert, I have found some treasures... but never have I ever, met a vegan cupcake that I actually loved. (And for those of you who protest with cries of "Babycakes!" all I can say is a very polite No Thank You.)

... But... I think all of that is about to change.... behold, Cowgirls Baking. Just opened on 10th between 1st and A. The menu is all vegan, all the time, and just reading their cupcake selection is giving me a cavity. And they deliver... Check it out the menu... and if you get there before me, pick me up a tres leches ;)

xoxo,
kristen

Dharma on The Well Daily...

Yesterday Danielle and Shane from The Well Daily stopped by to say hi... This may be old news to some of you, but they featured us in February in the Kiva section of their site. If you missed it, check it out now! For those of you who don't know, The Well Daily is a part of The Well LLC, a company established in 2010 to invest in inspiring people and ideas in the fields of yoga, meditation, nutrition, and wellness.

For all the little yogis out there...

Registration is open for our next session of Dharma Kids, starting next Thursday (3/31) at 4:30pm. Sign up your little ones!

Dharma II practice @ East w/ Kim...

Saturday March 19th: Inversions and Arm Balances with Rebecca Kovacs

Join us Saturday, March 19th at Dharma East, 6 - 9pm, for an Asana Clinic with Rebecca Kovacs: Inversions and Arm Balances.

Asana clinics focus on proper placement and alignment in the practice of each pose, giving students time to slowly work on the chosen postures. Students will also learn the spiritual intention of the poses, and the clinic concludes with a Q & A session.

This month Rebecca will focus on select arm balances, such as forearm stand, handstand, crow and crane. Learn to suspend in midair with Dharma’s invaluable, ancient yogic techniques!

$5 off talks at Dharma West!

As many of you know, we recently introduced new schedules at Dharma East and West. In order to make the West side temple more accessible to students who are not yet at the Master Practice level, we expanded the schedule to include additional preparatory classes and talks. (For the full schedule, click here.)

The talks have been a beautiful addition to the schedule and we are very excited to offer a $5 bring-a-friend coupon to students attending the Monday, 8pm Self Realization Breathing and Meditation Talk, and Tuesday 8:30pm Yoga Remedies for Overcoming Stress and Depression Talk. Both are a good bet for anyone who has been living in NYC for an extended period of time ;)

See you (and your friends) at Dharma West!

Fall/Winter has been a time of transition for all of us here at Dharma Yoga. As we settle in with solid schedules at East and West, we finally have time to give the East side Temple some love. As many of the deities and pictures were moved to West upon it's opening, Dharma East needs some love and attention to bring it back to it's previously lovely state. To do this, we are enlisting the help of our entire staff, teachers included, and community to help us Fix Up!

Join us the first weekend in April to Fix Up Dharma East, in hopes of leaving it looking sharp. We will clean, paint, and organize, while we listen to music, laugh, and share veggie/vegan treats... (bring anything you'd like!) We hope to make it a fun, productive weekend and would love any and all enthusiastic help. Please call 212.889.8160 or e-mail kristen@dharmayogacenter.com for more information. We will be working mostly between classes, so roughly 1:30 - 4pm both days.

Feel free to pass this information on to anyone who might be interested... Hope to see you in April!!

Hi Everyone!

photo by kristen kendrick

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