Carroll Gardens Classes NYC, New York

Minecraft T-shirt Design

Brooklyn Craft Farm

In this class you will design your own unique Minecraft t-shirt using "blocks" of fabric. Whether you prefer pigs, creepers, or kittens, we can make it happen! Using a variety of colorful iron on fabric blocks to create a mosaic design, you will create a one of a kind t-shirt to show off your love of the game!

A Restorative/Yoga Nidra Workshop with Jenna Zabala

Element Natural Healing Arts

Students will recline on bolsters, enjoy the aroma of essential oils and gentle hands-on adjustments. The workshop will end with a yoga nidra, a meditation to promote relaxation and sleep. Opening the Heart’s Emotional Power to Transform The heart chakra, located in the center of the chest, is the joining point between the higher and lower chakras. An open and balanced heart chakra will allow us to feel compassionate and accepting of ourselves...

Meditation and Movement For Conception

Element Natural Healing Arts

Students enrolled in this class will learn guided meditations to help bring their minds to the most nurturing center. This class will guide students through yoga postures and free formed movements that focus on opening areas of the body that are particularly important during conception. Handouts with imagery and home practice instructions will be provided.

Restorative Flow Yoga

Element Natural Healing Arts

Students will learn the flow of asanas designed to connect then with their breath and invigorate their body which are held for a moderate amount of time to build strength and endurance. This well rounded class is designed to challenge all ages and levels. After this sequence of building heat, we move into restorative postures with the use of props to passively stretch the body and calm the mind, ending with a short period of meditation. This class...

Kettle Bells

Elite Fitness Studio

Students enrolled in this class will learn to increase their core stability, body strength, and mental toughness with this kettle ball workout program. This class uses the instability of various props like kettle bells to challenge core and joint stabilization as well as increasing the range of motion of exercises.

Gentle Yoga

Element Natural Healing Arts

Students recovering from illness or injury, and anyone seeking a less physical class that still has the joy of breathing, moving, relaxing and quieting the mind will learn to ease the pain and at the same time recover from it. This basic level class moves at a gentle pace, using chairs and props to accommodate personal needs when necessary.

Both Vocal Harmony Basics & Duos and Trios Workshop

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY

Less advanced singers will learn the basics, start with the melody and then move to harmonizing, and more advanced singers will be able to fill in some gaps of what they don't already know and can go deep into singing multiple parts. Schedule: 12pm (Vocal Harmony Basics with Emily Eagan) Dive in head-first to the joys of traditional American harmony singing: learn harmony parts to Old Time, Early Country, Bluegrass and Gospel standards, experience...

JuggleFit Workshop

JuggleFit

Students attending this class will learn how to juggle for brain & body fitness using an easy step by step method, and learn about the surprising benefits of juggling for brain and body health. This is a fun, laid-back class where it’s okay to drop the ball. You’ll leave feeling exhilarated and inspired with an exciting new way to work out. Note: Equipment is provided. Comfortable clothing recommended.

Yoga for Anxiety with Donnalynn Civello

Element Natural Healing Arts

Group Reformer Series

Elite Fitness Studio @ 111 Union St, Brooklyn, NY

Students will learn the exercise techniques for a challenging and intense workout that targets specific muscle groups. This class dramatically transforms the way your body looks, feels, and performs. It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with leaner thighs and a flat abdomen. The Reformer has been proven effective in rehabilitation.

Old Time String Band Ensemble

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

This class focuses on the sounds made by rural American string bands in the pre-bluegrass era (that is the era from Colonial times up through WWII). This music features the interaction of fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, Jews harp, spoons, bones, washboard, autoharp, ukelele, harmonica, etc. Students will learn about the sound of "Old Time Music" which is another name for rural American folk music from both the Euro-American and Afro-American tradition....

Fingerstyle Guitar III

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

This course, a continuation of the previous two Fingerstyle Guitar courses, will present the student with challenging arrangements from some of the best players in the genre. Students will use chord shapes up the neck and more difficult picking patterns as well. Not for the faint of heart.

Pilates Mat & Equipment Circuit

Elite Fitness Studio

Students enrolled in this class will learn more on body awareness. At the same time students using combined Cadillac, Tower, Reformer, Chair and Barrell. This class teaches students how to train their mind and build symmetry and coordination in the body. Focus on breath and alignment of the spine. Also this class uses various props to challenge core and joint stabilization as well as increasing the range of motion of exercises. A total Pilates...

Flamenco Guitar Workshop with Anna Garano

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Enhance your flamenco guitar skills as you listen to and learn from Anna Garano. ​Bring a classical guitar (or any guitar with 3 nylon strings).

Family Juggling Workshop

JuggleFit

Learn to juggle with your family for some healthy fun! You’ll start out with slow moving scarves that float in the air and make it easier to learn. Juggling helps kids and adults sharpen focus and concentration, improve coordination, and get exercise in a non-competitive setting. It's also a great way to bond together as a family and smiles are guaranteed. Note: Equipment is provided. Comfortable clothing recommended. Minimum child age is 6...

The Great American Songbook with Cowboy Chords

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

A guitar class featuring the songs Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, et al. with chord changes designed for people who want to sing those songs but who may not be advanced enough to play the versions (and the keys) that are usually published. Chris White (a.k.a. Isto), is a regular performer at the Roots. Originally from Hamilton, NY, he majored in music at Wesleyan University, and has been teaching guitar...

Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Workshop for Women

Element Natural Healing Arts

Learn Urban Zen using different combination of modalities which help to bring the body to a balanced and restored state. Urban Zen uses a number of different therapies including: aromatherapy (to learn which essential oils can help in your restoration), breath awareness (simple breathing techniques to help reduce stress), restorative yoga (optimum positioning using props), and meditation (to help you find calmness of mind). Learn skills to use...

Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation

Element Natural Healing Arts

This workshop aims to help develop skills about mindfulness and meditation, to be used on a daily basis. This workshop will include discussion and restorative yoga to help us experience the connection between mind and body. We will experiment with some basic techniques that you will be able to use and incorporate into your own busy lives. Some of the positive effects of meditation include more emotional balance, less anxiety and stress, better...

Kettle Bells & Balls

Elite Fitness Studio @ 111 Union St, Brooklyn, NY

Students enrolled in this class will learn to increase their core stability, body strength, and mental toughness with this kettle ball workout program. This class uses the instability of various props like kettle bells and balls to challenge core and joint stabilization as well as increasing the range of motion of exercises.

Interval Rowing

Elite Fitness Studio @ 111 Union St, Brooklyn, NY

Students enrolled in this class will stay in good shape with this perfect overall workout for their body as they row in rhythm using arms, legs, and other body parts. This class whether students already row or are considering rowing to keep in shape, lose weight, cross-train for another sport, compete on the water or rehabilitate from injury or surgery, this complete exercise is for them. Arms, legs, chest, back, abs even your mind. Their whole...