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Welcome to East Meets West Yoga, Buffalo’s best yoga for over 10 years and winner of Artvoice Best of Buffalo five years in a row!

If you are new to yoga, here is some information to get you started!  

If you are new to emw, learn more about us here!

 

News and Announcements

April is Bring a Friend Month @ east meets west yoga studios

Throughout April, we will offer designated “Bring a Friend” classes at each of our two locations.  Current students can use a class pass or pay a drop-in rate and bring a friend to class for free! As an incentive, current students whose friend purchases a 10, 20 or Unlimited Class Pass, will receive a free 3-Class Pass.

emw @ elmwood village

Monday 4/15 – 6:30pm, Beginner Vinyasa Flow
Tuesday 4/16- 6pm, Ashtanga
Friday 4/26 – 5pm, Open Vinyasa Flow

emw @ village glen

Monday 4/15 – 6pm, Open Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday 4/17 – 9:30am, Beginner Vinyasa Flow
Sunday 4/21 – 8:30am, Hatha
Tuesday 4/23 – 4:30pm, Yin
Thursday 4/25 – 9:30am, Foundational Vinyasa Flow

Intro to Yoga Workshops

East Meets West Yoga will begin offering a monthly Introduction to Yoga Workshop at each of our two locations. These 2 hours experiential workshops will introduce students to foundational postures, breathing techniques and alignment principles, as they relate to a flowing Vinyasa practice. This Introductory workshops will consist of a slower paced yoga practice that includes Sun Salutations, standing poses, spinal flexion and extension, hip and shoulder opening as well as the preparatory stages of arm balances and inversions. Precise cueing and more detailed descriptions allow students to more deeply comprehend the basics of vinyasa yoga on a physical energetic and cognitive level, and to translate that comprehension into their own practice. 

We have designed our Introduction to Yoga workshops for students who are new to yoga as well as current students with questions about the practice to join us. 

Upcoming Workshops at emw @ village glen: 
Saturday April 6th 
12:00-2:00 pm

Upcoming Workshop at emw @ elmwood village:
Sunday April 21st 
12:00-2:00 pm

Cost: $20 for new students. Since we are encouraging students with some yoga experience to attend, all students with a current class pass (including Groupon passes) can use their class pass to attend the workshop.( You will be charged for a single class) 

Pre-registration required: moc.agoytsewsteemtsaenull@ofni

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Ayurvedic Philosophy and Yoga Workshop with Julia Kress 

Ayurveda has been described as the sister science to yoga as it helps us understand in greater detail, through a constitutional analysis, how we are affected by the environment and type of practice we engage in. Discovering your dosha (the ratio of earth, water, fire, air, ether) and your virkruti (imbalanced dosha) you can start to design a yoga and meditation program to serve your personal needs that will influence your dosha positively.

We will also cover a broader philosophy that helps us understand patterns of the mind and the practices recommended by both sciences to bring clarity and steadiness to our emotions and thought patterns.

emw @ village glen

Sunday, April 21st 1:00 -4:00 p.m.

$40 and includes handouts

Pre-registration required: moc.agoytsewsteemtsaenull@ofni

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Dowel Workshop with David Bruni

This unique workshop will focus on highly effective, yet very simple techniques to quickly soften the muscles and tendons and sooth the superficial nervous system. The dowel is 2 feet in length and made of wood. Doweling is a form of self-therapy used to loosen layers of tension and stress that lie beneath the surface of the skin. The sensations created by the dowel are similar to receiving a massage, but you remain in control of the pressures applied.

Some very basic yoga postures will be incorporated into the class. This workshop is open to students of all levels.

Come tenderize your muscles through doweling!

Date: Sunday May 19th 2013
Time: 2:00- 4:00 pm
Where: emw @ Village glen
Cost: $40

Pre-registration is required.

David Bruni from Downward Dog Yoga Centre in Toronto has been practicing yoga for over 25 years. An avid cyclist, initially David practiced Hatha but the natural athlete in him gravitated towards Ashtanga which he now has been studying for over 10 years. David received his teacher certification from Downward Dog yoga studio under the guidance of Ron Reid and Diane Bruni.

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