Tag: yoga
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: July 26-August 1
A yoga festival, a prohibition-era cocktail party, and the BB&T Atlanta Open closes with a celebration.
4 free fitness classes in Atlanta
The free King of Pops yoga class held weekly at Historic Fourth Ward Skate Park (7 p.m., Tuesdays) draws hundreds, but you can try plenty of other outdoor classes that won’t cost you anything but sweat.
Jaimee Ratliff wants to teach yoga for everyone
Looking around the yoga studio, with all those bodies in downward dog, Jaimee Ratliff didn’t see many that looked like her. As a woman of color, she wondered why yoga—a practice with humble beginnings that has been practiced for thousands of years by people all over the world—seemed to have become so homogeneous and, perhaps, elitist.
Where Atlanta’s fitness pros work out
Where do your fitness instructors get those six-pack abs? We asked 5 to tell us about their favorite workouts.
Fun Follow: @elizabethrowanyoga
A BlackBerry-toting exec turned yoga teacher, Elizabeth Rowan now spends her days in dancing warrior and lotus poses—often in gorgeous, far-flung locales like Greece and Peru.
Yoga Studio: Infinity Yoga
Three years ago, we named Becky Nickerson the best power yoga instructor in Atlanta. Since then, she and her husband have opened a studio, Infinity Yoga, which already boasts three locations: in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, and the Old Fourth Ward.
Free Class: King of Pops Yoga
At first glance, hundreds of millennials performing sun salutations in Historic Fourth Ward Park might look like some sort of cult gathering—and this insanely popular weekly free yoga class is, in a way.
New workout: CorePower Yoga
CorePower Yoga offers the typical hot-room vinyasa flow classes, with highly skilled teachers—Samson is particularly good—leading you through a fast-paced set of warrior poses and chaturangas.
Yoga Instructor: Astrid Santana
Santana is like a super-bendy wood nymph who knows how to soothingly encourage, adjust, and inspire so that each class feels like it was designed especially for you.
Workout Gear: Lululemon Athletica
How has Lululemon become synonymous with athletic wear that’s stylish enough for post-gym runs to Whole Foods?