Yoga classes are offered on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Join instructors for hatha and vinyasa classes in a restorative environment, where you will be able to take in the contemporary art on view. There is a $15 per class suggested donation, but you are welcome to pay what you can.
Classes
Mondays, 7:15 pm
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is the foundation of other asana-based yoga styles. “Hatha” is Sanskrit for “sun” and “moon”—thus, Hatha yoga is taught as a practice that brings balance to both the masculine and feminine sides of the body, the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. This style of yoga asana is suited for both the novice and advanced practitioner alike. Modifications of each pose are encouraged based on individual needs, and more challenging variations are available as well.
Wednesdays, 7:15 pm
Vinyasa Yoga
Find some peace and tranquility amidst the week as we explore and connect with our bodies through the synthesis of yoga, movement, breath, and meditative work. Each class aims to create an open and spacious foundation to receive direct and uplifting energy, and to find new meaning in the term “embodied empowerment.” By building a greater and deeper awareness of the subtle light energies within, we can invoke a state of quiet and calm in mind, body, and spirit.
Instructor Bios
Marisa Chiang
Monday
As a yoga teacher, Marisa’s classes help students to experience the connection between their own body, mind and breath. The hope is that students walk out of the class empowered and rejuvenated to be and feel themselves, while also building an inner strength to seek and be a positive change force off the mat. Marisa wants to create spaces that cultivate joy, strength and healing. Marisa has practiced yoga since 2003, and has been teaching a mix of vinyasa, restorative and slow flow yoga since early 2017. She completed her 200 hours of yoga teacher training with the Prana Yoga Studio in Central Square.
Abbie Cohen
Monday & Wednesday
Abbie is a lover of all movement and a lifelong student and teacher. She is a certified RYT-200 from Prana Power Yoga, and brings encouragement, challenge, mindfulness, breath work, and smiles to all her yoga classes. Abbie is trained to teach vinyasa flow, introductory yoga classes, restorative and yin practices. With Abbie guiding you through your practice, yogis are always met with sequences that feel fresh, new, while also meeting the needs and desires of the community space.With lessons from the class community, Abbie leads a practice that will make you feel noticeably more grounded, relaxed, stronger, and full of strength for all the activities you partake in off the mat. You can follow Abbie on Instagram at @led.by.abbie.
Purvi Patel
Monday & Wednesday
Purvi first discovered yoga at university and practiced it sporadically, primarily as a mechanism for stress and pain management. Over the years yoga became integral to maintaining a sense of balance. She completed her 200-hour certification in 2016, followed by her 500-hour certification in 2020 with Health Yoga Life. Yoga continues to bring Purvi the gifts of self-awareness, compassion, and confidence on the journey to realizing the authentic self. Her passion for sharing the wisdom and transformative power of yoga is the motivating force behind her desire to empower students to connect with their inner guide through asana, breath, mindfulness, and meditation. Off the mat, Purvi is an environmental engineer and works in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and loves to dance (particularly belly dance, kathak dance, and Latin styles), spend time with her dog, and actively connect with her partner (who also teaches yoga), family and friends.
Ari Rubenstein
Wednesday
Ari Rubenstein (he/him) has been practicing yoga for more than a decade, has been a certified yoga instructor since 2019, and has taught vinyasa-style flow classes at Gallery 263 since 2021. Ari believes that yoga is for everybody and for every body: while his classes are fast-paced, he loves welcoming beginners and offers variations for all levels of experience and ability. In his classes, you can expect lots of breath, lots of heart, and a little bit of humor. Outside the gallery, you can find him organizing to challenge transnational corporations’ abuses by day, volunteer teaching with Hands to Heart Center: Yoga for the People, and leading night-time restorative yoga mini-classes on Zoom. You can follow Ari on Instagram at @yogafitnessbread.