Yoga and Pilates

Abhyasa Yoga Center
abhyasayogacenter.com
628 Metropolitan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Williamsburg)
718.782.8272
Abhyasa Yoga Center  offers personal, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practice to the Williamsburg community. A.Y.C. is pleased to welcome Beth Donnelly Caban (essentialyogabrooklyn.com) for PRENATAL practice and Community Classes. For daily schedule and more info, go to their website.

Alexandra Beller Dances Yoga and Pilates Studio
http://www.alexandrabellerdances.org/yoga/
30 St. Felix Street #1D
Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Ft. Greene)
Adult open classes are $15. They also provide childcare at the same time for $10. The studio is owned by local mom Alexandra Beller who hand-picked the caregiver - the same caregiver who watches over her 1.5 year old son. (24 hr childcare reservation required). And, even better, If you mention this blog, "A Child Grows" you get your first class FREE! (that is up until April 15th, 2008 - tax day. It is in hopes that those of you who are stressed preparing taxes instead smoooooth out with Pilates or Yoga!)
For updated information on classes visit their website

Area Yoga Center
http://www.areayogabrooklyn.com
320 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Carroll Gardens)
718-797-3699
Area offers yoga classes including: Basics, Open, Advanced Beginners, Prenatal, Restorative, Mommy and Me. They offer classes hatha yoga classes in the vinyasa, jivamukti, anusara and Iyengar traditions.All classes include the teachings of yoga philosophy, chanting and meditation.

Bija
www.bijabrooklyn.com
info@bijabrooklyn.com
Classes for crawlers to 8 yrs in expressive dance and yoga at satellite locations throughout Brooklyn.  Dance and yoga parties at a number of venues including The Backyard (see below)  (or in home).  All classes are taught by certified instructors.
718.483.4795

The Backyard
www.backyardbrooklyn.com
info@backyardbrooklyn.com
20 Tiffany Place
Brooklyn NY (btwn Kane and Degraw)
718.624.2212
A multi-use space designed for infants to age 6.  Offering drop in playtime, Bija dance and yoga classes, Baby Fingers sign language, CPR/First Aid classes, prenatal yoga, music, half day summer camp, story time, sing along, birthday parties and more. Playtime hours:  Mon - Fri 10am- 7pm  and Sun 2pm- 7pm

Essential Yoga
Lara Kohn Thompson
Beth Donnelly Caban
www.essentialyogabrooklyn.com
Or contact us at : 917-750-6080 or 718-753-6164
Location :The Dance Studio of Park Slope
630 Sackett Street (between 3rd & 4th Avenues)
Brooklyn (Park Slope)
718.789.4419
Essential Yoga offers students a place to gather for practice, support, information and community. We specialize in Women's health and well being around the childbearing years. We offer private and group classes in Hatha, prenatal and postpartum Yoga, as well as workshops for couples preparing for birth, and personalized and specific care for the early weeks into the later years postpartum.

Everyday Family Center at the Everyday Athlete
www.everydayathletestudio.com
136 Union street (between Hicks and Columbia.)
718.852.6300
The Everyday Family is a new center within the Everyday Athlete Studio in Carroll Gardens that is facilitated by experienced Childbirth Educators, Doulas, Midwives, Nurses, and Lactation specialists and caters to the needs of new and expectant families. They have Childbirth Preparation Classes, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care classes, Breastfeeding Support Groups, Colic Support Groups, Prenatal Yoga, pre and postnatal training (with childcare!) and yoga, nutrition, massage, craniosacral therapy, and more.

Mala Yoga
Angela Clark, Stephanie Creaturo, Christina Hatgis
www.malayoganyc.com
162 Court Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Carroll Gardens)
718-237-YOGA
These well-known and celebrated yoga instructors (recently written up in the New York Observer) teach everything from Basic Yoga, Prenatal, Mommy and Me Yoga, Intermediate/Advanced to gentle Yoga.

Midwood Martial Arts and Family Fitness Center
www.midwoodmartialarts.com
1302 Avenue H (at the corner of E. 13th Street)
Brooklyn, NY (Ditmas) 11230
tel: 718-258-KICK (5425)
Classes include: Yoga and Pilates once a week each, Yoga offered four times per week (including a weekday at noon, a late evening and two weekend classes). In addition, they have other offerings; Aikido, Capoeira, Karate, Tai Chi, Wing Chun Kung Fu/Catch as Catch Can Wrestling/Western Boxing, African Dance, Cardio Kickboxing, Pilates, Chi Gung, Feldenkrais, Nei Kung, Pilates Mat, Yoga, GymStars, Juguemos A Cantar, Creative Movement, Music and Rhythm, Pre-Ballet, Sign-A-Song, Story Time, Yoga for Children.

Namaste Williamsburg
www.NamasteWilliamsburg.com
336 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 874 3484
info@namastewilliamsburg.com
They offer prenatal yoga, hatha yoga, reiki, cranial sacral therapy, massage and a steam room.Classes are $15 suggested donation. Namaste also provides Pre-Natal Massage.

Red Hook Yoga
http://www.redhookyoga.com/
186 Richards St. between Dikeman & Wolcott
Red Hook, Brooklyn
718-596-1634
We offer daily Ashtanga Yoga classes, Basics classes structured around alignment and correct breathing, Intermediate Vinyasa, and Anusara Styles. We have Pre-Natal / Fertility Yoga on Sundays from 12:30 - 1:30pm, which is effective for ladies who are trying to conceive, who are already preggers, and post-partum.

Yin Yang Yoga
http://www.yinyangyoga.com
748 Myrtle (Bedford and Nostrand)
Brooklyn, NY (Bed-Sty, Clinton Hill)
718-875-2648
Offers yoga classes and workshops for children, teens, and adults. Adventure Family Yoga, for children ages two to five and their parent/guardian, teaches yoga asanas and and breath exercises using games, songs, stories, and imagination. Families may even get to clown around - the workshop is led by Deven Sisler, who is not only a registered Yoga Alliance certified teacher, but a professional clown as well.

Yoga People
http://www.yoga-people.com
downdog@karmakidsyoga.com
157 Remsen St (btw. Clinton and Court)
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (BOCOCA)
718-522-9642
Karma Kids leads yoga classes for toddlers and kids through age nine during the week, and Family Yoga classes on Saturdays, at Yoga People.

Vayu Yoga Center
www.vayuyoga.com
259 Columbia St. (bet. President & Carroll)
718.403.0305
Yoga for all ages and stages including: prenatal yoga, baby and me yoga, toddler yoga and family yoga.

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[Namaste Yoga & Tranquility Center]

Namaste Williamsburg offers open level Pre-Natal classes on Wednesdays at 5pm. Classes are $15 suggested donation. Namaste also provides Pre-Natal Massage and Reiki.