Where to do yoga in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

I love the oasis of Sunset Park and have been living here for over fifteen years. I love the community. We are snuggled in between Park Slope and Bay Ridge, and up until a few years ago I had to explain where we are all the time. Recently I received a standing ovation for being in a neighborhood that is yet to gentrify (this really happened at a comedy show in the East Village), and it seems that we are now indeed on the map. While I said snuggled I don’t mean to suggest we are a small area; we run north-south from 25th Street to 60th Street and east-west from the East River to 9th Avenue. People often ask for local yoga classes, so here goes.

Privates are good for busy people

I offer private yoga classes in my home, or I meet the student in theirs. I live in a brownstone, and the large front room with bay windows on the third floor makes a perfect studio; the walls are painted the most divine shade of lilac, and we have a solid collection of mats and props. Planted filled, love filled with a small library of sacred books and an altar to promote focus and reflection. A private yoga class is a perfect opportunity to nurture yourself and focus on an area in your life that needs love, attention, and healing. Privates are also good for busy people who want the benefits of yoga for healthy living and need a time customized for their schedule. You can also ask the studios that I am just about to share with you about taking privates with their teachers.

Teaching a yoga class to a small group in the backyard of my Sunset Park brownstone.

Yoga Sole (https://yogasole.com) is on 32nd Street, a relative newcomer, and I've only heard good things about its group classes. Cafe Slimak (www.slimakbrooklyn.com) is a great place to convene apré class. Good food, good conversation and good prices!

Here you will find a sacred space

Not officially in Sunset Park but close enough to warrant a mention, especially because I go there and love their offerings, is Jivamukti Yoga (https://jivamuktiyoganyc.com/) in Gowanus/Park Slope. Here you will find a sacred space offering Yoga, Pilates, and retreats with incredible, and I would say auspicious, teachers. They also have meditation groups, kirtans, and teacher trainings. I met my husband at Jivamukti at their iconic city location and am a little biased, and pleased as punch that they have moved close by.

Next in the local yoga scene, we have classes at Industry City https://industrycity.com/event/yoga-class/)and also at St. Andrews Catholic Church.

And drumroll, please- watch this space because I hope to be returning to the recreation centre at the park itself, run by NYC Parks, to be offering an exciting new program this September! I taught there for two years and just loved the friendships and connections formed by working in the heart of the community.

When I first came to the area there was nothing and it’s great to see this local interest. My prediction is that in the next five to ten years, practicing yoga and meditation will be as common place as working out and eating well, not just in Sunset Park, but everywhere! And that’s a good thing!

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Ann-Marie Everitt is a yoga and meditation teacher based in New York City. Inspired by the thousands of people she has witnessed overcome suffering through yoga as well as by her amazing teachers. Anxiety, depression, insomnia can all be flipped. By getting to know you she finds the right combination of Hatha, Sound, Meditation and Conversation that will resonate where you are in your life. She also works as a meditation trainer for the ground-breaking organization Breathe for Change — bringing yoga to educators with a strong social justice platform. She has studied Hatha Yoga, Philosophy, Meditation, Sound Healing, Yoga for Trauma, Yoga for Arthritis, Gentle Yoga, Chair Yoga, Mindfulness and Metta (Loving Kindness)