Bikes and Yoga

07/08/2018

The organizers of Charivari Detroit are long-time friends of Bikes and Yoga / Detroit Community Yoga, and they're fundraising to make Charivari Detroit Passion 2018 a reality. Please consider donating to this grassroots electronic music festival in the city. The admission this year will be FREE if their fundraising goals are met, and that's great for everyone!

https://www.gofundme.com/charivari-detroit-2018

08/09/2017

An update for our Bikes and Yoga friends: We thank you for your patience and your messages! Looks like this year we will not be able to have any Bikes and Yoga meet ups after all. Bikes and Yoga has always been a grassroots effort. As organizers over the last 4 years, Ambyr and I have experienced a few obstacles in getting this year's 4th season going. But we appreciate your support and your good vibes!

Our hope is that we can be in a place next year to once again offer this free meet up and continue the tradition and legacy of our unique, weekly biking + yoga pairing.

In the meantime, looks like there's no dearth of yoga offerings on Belle Isle right now, so please make sure you're getting out and experiencing the lovely folks who are currently offering donation-based and fee-based yoga on Belle Isle. Lots of yoga love in the city and it will only continue growing!

So...as they say...see you next year! We will continue sharing other city events, including Detroit Community Yoga's free offerings, and other biking events around the city.

Pictured here is a photo of the original Bikes and Yoga group from season 1 (2014) out at the Belle Isle Lighthouse. Photo of the group by BNY brainchild, Mars Noumena. Photo of the photo by Cindy Spires or maybe Rachel Koelzer--documenting how far we've come as friends and as a community! 🤣

Love and yoga to you all.
Cindy & Amber

07/28/2017

Most of you know about it, but if you've missed the news, one of our past Bikes and Yoga teachers, Beth James, is putting on her Barefoot and Free Yoga Festival for the 2nd year in a row. It starts today and runs through Sunday.

There are day passes for classes and workshops, and there are music-only passes! There will be a wide variety of local and national teachers, presenters, and musicians at the festival, as well as vendors and a lot of cool peeps. So, if you have a free evening or morning, consider this festival for your weekend plans! See you there!

Register here:
www.barefootandfreeyoga.com

Barefoot & Free Yoga Festival~ August 2nd-4th 2024 ~ Michigan Biggest Yoga Fest + Wellness Community

06/08/2017

Hi Friends! We know you are all excitedly anticipating our summertime classes, and we know you want some updates because many of you have been sending us messages. To put on a free weekly event like this, it takes a lot of effort and back-end administrative maneuvering as we all work to plan our personal time & our work commitments, as well as our commitment to this community class. We do not have a start date yet due to various delays in the planning process, but once we do, we will certainly announce it here on our page. So please follow our page and trust that we will let you know as soon as we know. In the meantime, enjoy Belle Isle and all of the other free fitness events available in the City of Detroit during the work week!

This season--our fourth--our fearless bike leader, Amber Prystupa, is taking the lead with planning our weekly classes, and if you have any questions, you can contact her at aeonian.design.graphics@gmail.com or you can message us through the page.

So stay tuned and enjoy the sunshine and the people in our beautiful city in the meantime!

Photo by Free Face Lifestyle and Fitness

03/20/2017

Our friends, Wheelhouse Detroit - Rivertown, have three locations in Detroit to rent bikes: Rivard Plaza & Eastern Market are opening soon for the season, and they are open 5 days a week in Hamtramck. Get your bike on!

Mark your calendars...We will be open at Rivard Plaza on the beginning March 31 and on Wilkins St. in beginning May 5.
In the meantime, find us 5 days a week in .

03/10/2017

Join Detroit Community Yoga + Bikes and Yoga on Saturday, March 18th from 2-3:15pm for a donation-based yoga+meditation class with Dr. Ronda Diegel to benefit We the People of Detroit. The class will be held at Detroit Body Garage (7968 Kercheval, Detroit).

This class is part of Dr. Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel's Metta Yoga Project, wherein a monthly donation class benefits a local or national organization in need.

To pre-register, email Ronda directly at drrongadiegel@gmail.com. Class space is limited, so please pre-register to reserve your spot. Suggested donation is $20 in cash or check made out directly to We the People of Detroit.

One week. One purpose. Raising money for We the People of Detroit.

Saturday, March 18th, 2-3:15pm at Detroit Body Garage. Yoga + meditation with Dr. Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel.

https://www.facebook.com/events/117089905483010/?active_tab=discussion

The Metta Yoga Project was founded by yoga + meditation teacher, Dr. Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel. Each of Ronda's MYP donation-based classes funds a different local or national organization that is in need of support. Detroit Community Yoga has proudly partnered with the Ronda & the Metta Yoga Project to bring this event to Detroit Body Garage. Join us! Register by emailing Ronda directly at drrondadiegel@gmail.com.

11/28/2016

This Saturday, December 3rd, our friends and Bikes and Yoga supporters at Yoga Shelter Grosse Pointe are holding a fundraiser class at 11:15am called Bikes for Tikes--they are trying to raise money or get in-kind donations for 8 bikes to donate to local families through Toys for Tots.

Please consider taking this class at the Yoga Shelter Grosse Pointe with teacher Michael Castile. It's all for a great cause--self + others!

For more info about YSGP, visit their website: http://grossepointemi.yogashelter.com/

11/22/2016

Detroit Community Yoga & Bikes and Yoga would like to ask for your help to play a part in sponsoring much-needed items for two, local Detroit families that our partners at Detroit Body Garage / Be Bold Crew are supporting this holiday season. The families are amazing and in great need of many items, but especially beds & bedding. Here's a bit about what they need:

Twin (2), Full (1), & Queen (2) mattresses along with corresponding sheet sets (T: 4, F: 1, Q: 2), comforters (T: 4, F: 1, Q: 2), & pillows (3).

If you are able to donate any individual item, we would appreciate your help. Or if you're able contribute toward the purchase of these items, Detroit Body Garage is accepting checks or donations via the Square Cash App (info below).

Cash, check or in-kind donations are accepted at Detroit Body Garage at 7960 Kercheval, Detroit MI. Corner of Kercheval and Van D**e, very near Belle Isle. For more info about hours of operation, visit www.detroitbodygarage.com

Square Cash mobile app. (a green icon with a white dollar sign logo). The user name is $detroitbodygarage. Just label it "holiday donation." Here's the link to download the app: https://cash.me/

10/22/2016

Detroit Community Yoga, the organizer of Bikes and Yoga, is busy all year long with weekly classes at the Detroit Body Garage in West Village. Join DCY owner and teacher, Cindy Spires, and teacher Molly Radtke in a friendly space filled with smiling faces as we do a little yoga in a great neighborhood gym.

Mondays & Fridays at 7:15pm.
Saturdays at 8:30am.

Detroit Body Garage is located at 7960 Kercheval, Detroit.

Body Garage VinyasaThis is a faster-paced, vinyasa-style yoga class. The foundations for this class are based in alignment, though students will move progressively through a series of sequences in the vinyasa style of one breath, one movement. May be led completely by the teacher, or the teacher may...

08/31/2016

Just a reminder, Bikes and Yoga friends, that our official page and our Facebook event for Bikes and Yoga is the definitive place for information on our event. Please note that external websites (& community calendars) or FB pages may list different "end dates" or details for our event, but may be inaccurate. We end our weekly event this week on Sept 1st, and it has been listed that way for quite a while. Detroit Community Yoga appreciates other FB pages and community websites listing our event for Detroiters to see, but just remember that our page has the up-to-date info on it. We just want to make sure our biking yogis don't get confused.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Thursday!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/533062076873386/

08/28/2016

Detroit Community Yoga has organized Bikes and Yoga on Belle Isle for three summers now. Cindy & Amber have volunteered their time to make this weekly event happen each May to September. We are proud to host a different teacher each week at Bikes and Yoga, and give yogis an opportunity to have a little taste of many teachers all summer long.

Thank you to Melissa Whorf of Yoga Shelter Grosse Pointe for teaching this week on what was most certainly one of our most beautiful days of the season! It was a wonderful class filled with many familiar and new faces. Thank you to everyone who came out, and to Sydney for leading the ride!

Next week is our LAST Bikes and Yoga of the season, so if you haven't come yet this year, please consider coming out to experience Belle Isle with us. Visit our website for more information, including the online waiver: www.bikesandyoga.org.

08/04/2016

Detroit Community Yoga still has some early bird tickets for this weekend's Charivari Detroit 2016 on Belle Isle--$40 cash--come talk to Cindy tonight at Bikes and Yoga from 5:30-7:30pm to get the last little handful of these 2-day passes + all-day yoga on Sunday for a super low price!!!