Upper West Side Yoga and Wellness

08/08/2025

Finally, after years of postponing, Stephan and I have launched our on-demand yoga videos. They range from 5 minutes to 60, and are super diverse. The Supported and Desk Break videos use a chair or desk for support! They, and the Restorative videos, should be accessible to almost everyone. Try them and let me know what you think! : )

Upper West Side Yoga and Wellness has built a vibrant and robust virtual community through their online classes for beginners and seasoned yogis. Those who have questions about virtual / livestream yoga can check out the studio's detailed guide for the online yoga experience.

01/30/2025

Stephan is leading a retreat for men March 14th-16th, and there are still spots left!

It’s time to step up and dive into a weekend of self-awareness, physical challenge, and introspection

The weekend will be filled with a sweet combination of several yoga (physical poses), breathwork, meditation, and restorative practices, as well as a beautiful hike on Saturday afternoon in the Catskills.

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01/24/2025

Our daily schedules 🦋🧘

You can always check our website, uwsyoga.com/schedule, for our most updated schedule.

We hope to see you in the studio soon ✨🕊️

11/13/2024

If you’re in the city on Saturday, come join us for a special little curated holiday fair in our studio. The artisans are fantastic and the energy is warm and embracing. Stephan and Ingrid will be there the whole time! It’ll be great to see you! 🤗❤️

10/15/2024

This totally makes sense! We magnetize to us what we focus upon, just like an algorithm. So helpful:

Instead of viewing the universe as a confusing, scary place, try seeing the universe like a social media algorithm.

08/10/2024

This Mary Oliver poem fell into my lap today and I wanted to share it with you:
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate.
Give in to it.
There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be.
We are not wise, and not very often kind.
And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left.
Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world.
It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.
Anyway, that’s often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.

07/23/2024

It would be wonderful to see friendly faces when I teach at Bryant Park on Tuesday, July 30, 10-11am. It's free, you just need to sign up ahead of time and bring your own mat (and water!). Enter from either 42nd or 40th Streets, behind the library. The one bathroom (very nice, with a long line) is at 42nd Street. We'll be practicing on stone, not grass. The closer to the stage, the more shaded. Excited to hug you! : )

Join us for free summer yoga classes Tuesday mornings on the Upper Terrace.

07/08/2024

I have recently met this most amazing person, Krysty Keith, who is a facilitator of healing circles in Oregon. I feel honored to share her journey with you, and to invite you to support her as she creates miracles in her life and figures out how to be in the New York area for the next six months as she undergoes extensive surgeries at Memoral Sloan Kettering. Please consider reading the GoFundMe that her daughter set up, and giving generously and compassionately. Also, if you know of a completely wheelchair-accessible home out of the city, deep in nature, where she can heal for several months with her family, please let me know.

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07/01/2024

Our summer yoga (and hiking) retreat is less than a month away! Come and join us in the Catskills for a 48-hour getaway where all is taken care of for you, and you get to meet the most wonderful people, including yourself. We accommodate all kinds of yoga-practice levels, don't worry. That's just part of what this weekend is about! It's all about deep inner rest and playfulness.

This beautiful summer weekend includes juicy yoga practices (suitable for all levels, including gentle/restorative and vigorous), transformative meditations, nature walks, hikes, and shared talking-circle time for group reflection and support.

06/07/2024

I was really moved by this keynote address by Ken Burns, historian and filmmaker, about this amazing country of ours, the choices at hand, and how to live a good life. Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1OqPzIKH4 Takeaway quote, one of many: "Othering is the simplistic binary way to make and identify enemies but it is also the surest way to your own self-imprisonment." Listen to the whole thing.

Ken Burns, H’24 delivered the keynote address to the 2024 undergraduate class during the 73rd Commencement Exercises.Brandeis Commencement: https://www.brand...

05/20/2024

Stephan and I are leading a yoga retreat July 26-28 in the beautiful Catskills for all levels of yogis that includes both vigorous and restorative yoga, meditation, hiking, and getting to know each other in talking circles, while sharing fabulous food, and just chilling out. It is such a relief to just be together without having to cook, clean, plan, shop, or do the usual stuff we have to do at home. : ) Come join us and enjoy being fully yourself!

This beautiful summer weekend includes juicy yoga practices (suitable for all levels, including gentle/restorative and vigorous), transformative meditations, nature walks, hikes, and shared talking-circle time for group reflection and support.

03/12/2024

I just love how my esteemed friend F Diane Barth writes about being alone. : )

A new book talks about some of the (sometimes surprising) joys of single life