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Favorite New York City Yoga Studios

As I prepare to say goodbye to New York for a few years, I am focusing on putting together a few easy to use city guides which I can share with friends and blog readers alike. Since I won’t be in the city to tag along to workouts or dinners, I want to make sure that I’m still able to provide ideas and suggestions easily!

If there are any certain guides you’d like me to work on, let me know otherwise I’m focusing on the following:

  • Favorite yoga studios
  • Favorite workouts
  • Favorite restaurants
  • Favorite museums/tourist attractions

Today I’m going to share my favorite yoga studios with you guys! While you know that I have never practiced yoga on a regular basis for a long period of time, I never go more than a month without hopping in a studio for some much needed stretching. I tend to go in spurts where I’ll go 3-4 times in one week (like this week) and then go 2-3 weeks without but practicing more, even at home, is definitely a goal of mine.

Another thing to note is that Pure Yoga is one of my favorite studios in the city due to the diverse nature of their classes and the fact that they have classes almost any hour of the day. However, you must have a membership or friend with guest passes in order to attend.

So, now on to my favorites which welcome anyone and everyone for drop-in classes or memberships!

Yoga 216 
511 W 20th (between 10th and 11th)
212 337.3530

Yoga216

Though I only experienced Yoga 216 on Thursday for the first time, I have already signed up for 2 more classes thanks to my new Fitist package. The studio delivers a spa like atmosphere beginning the moment you pass by their adorable chalkboard welcome sign. Their sign-in and welcome area is clad with shoe storage benches and is scented with the beloved Anthropologie candles! In addition, they also have an onsite masseuse, blow out room, and tea & cookies. Their studio is all about making semi-private yoga accessible by only offering 6:1 yoga classes. They have both a heated (~94 degrees) and non-heated studio, each which are simply decorated with white washed brick walls and beautiful floors. They provide mats, water, towels, lockers and locks as well! Individual classes are $35 though they have a 3 classes for $75 class pack available for new students. In addition, their monthly rate of $275 makes daily classes $9 if you practice regularly.

Laughing Lotus Yoga 626 6th Avenue (at 19th Street) 212.414.2903

Laughing Lotus Yoga

Strala Yoga 632 Broadway 917.488.7195

strala yoga

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15 Minute Hotel Room Workout

This morning I woke up after only 5.5 hours of sleep ready for an hour long workout at the hotel gym. Unfortunately, I walked downstairs only to realize that the gym didn’t open until 6am which meant I’d only be able to squeeze in a 30 minute treadmill run. Instead of going back to sleep or falling victim to my email inbox, I put together this quick 15 minute hotel room workout that left my legs and arms quivering and my heart beating. It definitely made my 5k treadmill run harder since my body was already feeling the workout!

Hope you like this one – it may be my new favorite go to since it requires NO weights or equipment!

15 minute hotel room workout

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Inside our Geneva Flat

Greetings from Geneva!

Unfortunately the flight over didn’t go too well due to over 3 hours of turbulence. Needless to say I may need more than one cup of coffee if I’m going to stay awake all day after only 4 hours of sleep.

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As soon as I checked into the hotel and finished a quick breakfast I went to visit our flat! We are thrilled to be moving into our top choice flat on July 12th! I can’t believe it’s less than a month away! The move will go in waves as our furniture won’t arrive for 8-10 weeks so we’ll be using temporary, rental furniture in the flat to begin.

But, since I had time to take measurements and more pictures today I thought it would be fun to share some with you all since so many people asked. This will also give a good base for some fun before and after posts which will hopefully come late this summer.IMG_9549 IMG_9553There are a few things we truly love about the flat but one of them is the parking spot. Parking in Geneva, like most  European cities, is not very easy especially if you live in the city center area. As we know we want to have a car here, this was something to consider when looking at flats.

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The kitchen area

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The living room/dining room area (approx 22ft x 19ft)

IMG_9559  IMG_9576 View from the living room windowsIMG_9555 Bedroom (approx 12 feet x 15 feet)

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Hope you enjoyed the quick tour of our Geneva flat! I’m here all week and am so thrilled that the weather is finally Summer like! Today the high is 88 degrees and we may even go for a dip in Lake Geneva this evening!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

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