Class Descriptions

Sundays 10am— Restorative open level

Soul Sunday

The Sunday service you didn’t know you needed. Join Jyll for a 90-minute, uber-restorative flow to kick your week off. This class is great for beginners and those who are returning to their practice.

Mondays 7am | mondays, wednesdays, fridays 9:30am | friday 5pm— open level vinyasa/hatha flow

Urban Community

A 60-minute open-level community class designed for all. We offer a sliding-scale rate of $15-20 (cash only) for this class.

tuesdays 7pm

Urban Unwind

A class designed to ease you into a surrender of postures that help relieve the effects of chronic stress. The use of props provides a completely supportive environment for total relaxation. This practice facilitates deep release in connective tissue and calms the nervous system. Awesome for beginners!

MONDAY + thursday 7pm | saturday 9:30 am — Power OPEN LEVEL

Urban Power

A 90-minute flow that links body movements with breath. Expect to sweat! This class is great for students who have experience with a yoga practice — however, if you are new, we are happy to offer modifications!

Tuesdays and thursdays 9:30am— Vinyasa/Hatha Level II

Urban Mixer

Need a little bit of this and a little bit of that? We’ve got the perfect class for you. Warm up with a restorative flow, finish off on a powerful note. This 90-minutes class is great for beginners and those wanting to deepen their practice.

Wednesdays 7pm— Open Level

Urban Flow

A dynamic vinyasa practice where she carefully instructs the integral alignment of each pose, while using creative sequencing and focusing on the breath. In this intelligent vinyasa class, geometry and architecture of each asana are a big part of her instruction, yet there is still time to find the flow and moving meditation often set to a curated musical playlist.

saturdays 4:30pm— Open Level

Urban Kemetic

Engaging the sacred geometry within each and every one of our bodies, class attendees will have the opportunity to access deep healing, wisdom and expansiveness. Chiefly engaging Kemetic Yoga as the vehicle, we will journey through a steady paced flow, where we will become the elements, become the energies and become the alchemists that we are. Adequate props are utilized throughout the practice to support our differently abled bodies to access new spaces and places. If you can find balance, peace and alignment on the mat, then you can find it off the mat. This class moves along a carefully curated playlist that uses various soundscapes to enhance the mind, body, spirit connection and reconnection.

Meet Our Team

Jyll

As the creator of Urban Asanas, Jyll seeks to diversify the yoga community with classes that cater to every ethnicity, gender, and budget. She bows down to her greatest teachers of all: her children Sierra, Cypress, and Indigo for all their inspiration and love. In line with her dedication to sharing the many benefits of yoga, Jyll has taught students of both public and independent New York City schools. Additionally, Jyll has taught at the YWCA, numerous sports clubs, and select private students. Jyll is a certified Thai Yoga practitioner and a doula.

jitka

Jitka is a 300hrs+ yoga teacher in the hatha yoga and Tibetan heart yoga tradition. Her passion is in the so-called “household yogi” tradition rather than monastic lineages, a philosophy inviting yoga into everybody’s life, lifestyle, and pace of life.

She specializes in a combination of yoga with TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), where knowledge of energy pathways in the body as well as acupressure are used to deepen the practice and the feeling of the inseparable connection of the body, mind, and spirit.

Jitka is an Acupuncture Detoxification and holistic health specialist, involving simple and safe modalities such as acupressure, cupping, moxa, guacha, massage ball therapy, and Qi Gong. She is a certified shiatsu practitioner (200 hrs+) and believes from the deepest depth of her heart that community, togetherness, and love are the means to heal ourselves and the world.

She holds community healing events, teaches self-healing, and volunteers at harm reduction facilities and anywhere else where compassion, love, and being human with all its ups and downs are needed. One love.

katie

A yogi of over 25 years, Katie is a radical creative hailing from the blessed coast. She received her 200-hour yoga and reiki certification in 2011 with Deborah Hanekamp @Mamamedicine and has led classes in studios, gardens, women’s shelters and arts venues throughout the US, UK and Asia. In 2019, she complete a Trauma-Sensitive YTT with the Lineage Project. A long-time student of Siri Rishi, her practice fuses Hatha-Vinyasa with selected Kundalini techniques; encompassing the sacred alchemy of asana, mantra and pranayama breath work. A pioneer of Hip Hop Yoga, Katie’s transformational work lies under a sacred canopy of co-created ritual and magic to align with higher consciousness.

Follow her on instagram @parvati_slice

margo

Margo L Terry aka luxlun (250 RYT) is a yogi and multimedia artist born and based in Brooklyn. Margo offers dynamic yoga classes inspired by Hatha and Vinyasa traditions. She guides her students through a sequence of breath work, intentional movement, and meditation to ease and strengthen the mind, body, and spirit.

tamara

Tamara Thomas is an educator, performing artist and choreographer. After receiving her undergraduate degree, she toured with Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble. While completing her Master in Fine Arts in Dance at Temple University, she served as a member of Kariamu and Company Traditions and Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble. In addition to being a performing artist, as a choreographer, she has shown her works at events and venues such as World Café Live, the Temple Black Alumni Arts Showcase, the Black Women's Arts Festival, the International African Arts Festival, the American College Dance Association Regional Conference, the Chale Wote Arts festival in Accra, Ghana and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Her artistic vision involves the integration of arts and community development. This focus has been shared with various community based organizations both nationally and internationally and drove the creation of The Nkonsonkonson Afrikan Youth Ensemble in Kingston, Jamaica. She has provided instruction in various capacities at Temple University, the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in the School of Dance, the University of Georgia, Goucher College, and Medgar Evers College. She is currently a Health and Nutrition Life Coach, Doula and Yogi and has founded Sola’s Wellness Garden – Health Nutrition Coaching and Doula Services.