Posts Tagged ‘Classes’

DVR and all-night delivery means you can have whatever you want, whenever you want it (even if that means In Treatment and Thai takeout at midnight). So when it comes to fitness, that 6am sunrise salutations class way across town can count you out.

New York Yoga offers a range of special mommy-friendly classes, including Mommy & Me and prenatal yoga, to help build strength and muscle tone. But if the class times don’t fit into your busy schedule, or you’re simply too zonked to make it to the Upper East Side, the studio offers online yoga videos. The “Yoga On-Demand” sessions include a range of levels (from beginner to advanced), styles (hatha, vinyasa, ashtanga, power) and instructors. Do one or do them all, on your own time, in the comfort of your own living room — provided you have space for a mat.

1629 York Ave. at 86th St., 212-717-9642, newyorkyoga.com.

Hips, shoulders, knees and back — you could write a song about all the body parts that need extra attention during pregnancy.

No matter your trimester, try the prenatal Pilates class at Core Pilates NYC that goes beyond the typical mat class. Using the famed tower apparatus and special breathing techniques, this workout helps create synergy between the abs, lower back and pelvic floor — a band of muscles that is much-needed for pregnancy, delivery, and getting your pre-baby bod back (it’s helpful if you have prior Pilates experience). Limited to just four moms-to-be, the weekly Saturday class (by reservation, $32) offers semi-private attention from the center’s expert (certified prenatal Pilates) instructors. Or, book a one-on-one session at this cozy Union Square studio to really focus on stretching, easing swelling, increasing circulation and maintaining muscle.

You and your belly will be singing a happy tune.

99 University Place, 212-260-5464, corepilatesnyc.com.

Yoga, art, music and movement — with so many classes on a kid’s roster, it’s hard to pick one to stick with through the season.

Give it a trial run: This week, the Educational Alliance’s Downtown Parenting Center is offering three free classes of children’s activities to demo its upcoming spring schedule. Today features yoga for mommy and baby to bond (newborn to crawlers), tomorrow is toddler yoga complete with animal poses and songs (crawlers to 30 months), and Friday closes out the week with a messy art project (ages 15 to 36 months).

It’s an easy decision.

When: Wed.-Fri. 3/11-3/13, 11:45am; Free (email Carol_Osher@edalliance.org to register).
Where: 197 East Broadway, 5th floor (at Jefferson St.), 212-780-2300, edalliance.org.

After turning the boxes from the flat screen TV into a totem poll, your kids love the idea of turning waste into works of art.

Turn the over to the professionals: Junk or No Junk, an 8-week course beginning later this month, explores the possibilities of recycled art and makes common household mishmash into masterpieces. The class is taught by Brooklyn-based artist (and mom) Claudia Pearson, whose first children’s book, Tribal Alphabet, is available at haunts like AMNH and Kid-O. Pearson’s other classes for older kids include alphabet illustrations, story creation and ancestry — all held at Still Hip in Clinton Hill.

When: Tuesdays 3/24-5/12, 3:45-4:30pm; Ages 3-6; $160.
Where: Still Hip, 283 Grand Ave., Brooklyn, 718-398-0008, stillhipbrooklyn.com.

Wonder what all of the laid-off MBAs are going to do post-Wall Street? Start their own businesses, of course.

Baking enthusiast Jessi Walter was ahead of the trend. After losing her job as a VP, the Harvard grad founded Cupcake Kids, a hands-on cooking company. Whether it’s a group class or a birthday party (events held at P*ong restaurant, or your pad), little ones can learn how to measure, mix and make a treat from scratch (using math and reading skills). Coming up on the agenda are Valentine’s Day workshops (different sessions for ages 2 to 14) where sweetheart cookies and strawberry lemonade are on the agenda.

Ah, sweet satisfaction.

Visit cupcakekids.com.

Time to switch up the routine — you’re all sick of schlepping to the same classes week after week…after week.

The Manhattan Movement & Arts Center recently opened shop with a jam-packed children’s schedule. The kiddie roster at this 18,000-square-foot fitness and dance studio includes baby sign language, movement classes for toddlers, funky fitness, pre-ballet, yoga and tap for little ones as young as 6 weeks. Check out the winter schedule, or book a birthday party for up to 10 kids.

Try something new.

248 West 60th St. (bet. Amsterdam & West End), 212-787-1178, manhattanmovement.com.

Ever since you had kids, your bedside reading is limited to books with a picture of a baby on the cover and the word “help” in the title. Yet, your questions remain unanswered. What you need is a crash course in childrearing — or better yet, the crib notes.

Swellbeing Webinars are a little of both. The hour-long seminars, courtesy of the go-to NYC-based parenting resource, summarize all you need to know to successfully navigate a particular child-rearing hump then offer it up in a live interactive webcast. At $30 a pop, you get straightforward advice from the experts on everything from toilet training and sleep solutions to feeding and disciplining techniques, all from the comfort of your couch instead of a sterile conference room (several dates coming up next month). Plus you won’t have to brave the subway, the tourist-filled streets or even your front door.

Now maybe you can get back to more lofty literary pursuits.

Visit swellbeing.com.

Your little Frida Kahlo-in-training would paint all day if she could — you wouldn’t mind either, if you had enough projects to keep her occupied.

Let her refine her palette at The Painted Cloud, a new kids’ art space in Williamsburg ideal for the under-5 set. After-school classes, weekend workshops and drop-in times for all ages (led by two teachers with impressive creds) focus on building basic techniques and developing new skills that result in a unique piece of art to take home. The current lineup includes toddler arts and crafts, where child and parent work together in painting, printmaking, collage and paper crafts.

Paint away.

168 Marcy Ave., Brooklyn, thepaintedcloud.blogspot.com.