Crescent City Yoga

Fundraiser Class🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈Tonight, Wed Jun 12th at 6pm under the City Park Peristyle

🏳️‍🌈All donations from class tonight will go to our friend T. They have been struggling with health complications and could use our support.

Happy Pride 🌈🌈🌈

🌈Let’s celebrate all month and always!

🌈If you haven’t noticed, our classes our always open to everyone and LGBTQIA friendly.

🌈As q***r yoga teachers, we hope you feel welcome and seen in every class.

🌈We really love our community and if you haven’t joined us, we’d love to see you on Wed 6pm or Fri 5:30pm

🌈This Wednesdays 6pm class will be a fundraiser for our friend and important voice in the local q***r community T They have had some health issues and could use some support. All donations from class will go directly to T🫀

🌈Be love y’all as would say😉

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We’re baaaaaaack!

☀️We can’t wait to practice with y’all tonight!

☀️See you for class at 6pm under the peristyle.

✨Divine Beings✨

✨This beautiful community of divine beings made our first international yoga retreat possible.

✨We connected deeply both as a community and on our individual spiritual paths.

✨We shared in kriya yoga practices, communed with nature, bonded over chocolate, and shared so much love ❤️‍🔥

✨As we shared in the closing ceremony, we hope you take away something special from our time together whether it’s a yoga practice, contemplation, or the connection to this community.

❤️‍🔥We love y’all so much. Thanks for teaching us!

Love “your parents 😂” Kelly & Lee

PS So many more pics to come 😬

Happy Thursday!

We have a Zoom call at 7:30pm tonight to give you more information about our India retreat. You'll get to meet our friend and guide, Chintu and ask any questions you have.

If you're even a little bit curious about joining us and deepening your spiritual practice in India, please come tonight.

Topic: India Retreat Info Session
Time: May 23, 2024 07:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82501392296?pwd=qH5pJhv3MRz4FThpvajIMcdjbqpF6s.1

Meeting ID: 825 0139 2296
Passcode: 4Urxyx

🪷Yoga Retreat in India

🪷9 Divine Nights: Nov 9-18th 2024

🪷 Go to crescentcityyoga.com or DM us for more info.

🪷Join us and our friend and professional tour guide Chintu for a life-changing experience in India.

🪷We’ll fly into New Delhi and travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, Rishikesh to spend time in the serene foothills of the Himalayas, and then end in Varanasi for Dev Diwali, one of the city’s biggest spiritual festivals.

🪷While in India, we’ll visit various spiritual places, enjoy traditional Indian meals, learn about the culture, and practice yoga and meditation where it all began.

🪷Join us for a Zoom info session on
Thurs, May 23 at 7:30pm CST where you can talk with Kelly, Lee, and Chintu about the trip.

❤️‍🔥, Lee & Kelly

9 Divine Nights 🪔

🪔We invite you to join us for the adventure of a lifetime. As we’ve said before, India is deep in our hearts and continues to transform our lives and spiritual practice in ways we’ve never imagined were possible.

🪔On our retreat you’ll experience “the real India” as our dear friend and tour guide Chintu loves to say.

❤️‍🔥This will be a truly heart-opening and authentic journey in India where you’ll get to see many temples that few foreigners get to see, participate in one of Varanasi’s biggest festivals: Dev Diwali, travel to the Taj Mahal, take a cooking lesson with Chintu, and so much more!

📱Join us for our Zoom call on May 23rd at 7:30pm with Chintu to learn more about the experience and ask any questions you might have.

🧘‍♂️ We’ll see you tomorrow at 6pm under the peristyle for our weekly donation-based class.

❤️‍🔥🇮🇳

Class Wed 4/24

🌳The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing under the peristyle this Wed.

🌳We’re moving class to the Chime tree. It’s near the New Orleans Museum of Art. If you type “Singing Oak” into Google maps, the directions will come up.

🌳Bring sun protection because we don’t know how shady this location will be at 6pm.

🌳Also, try to get there early because the park will be busy and it may be hard to find parking.

❤️See y’all Wednesday!

Join us in India🔱

🔱We've extended our early bird prices for one more day🙌

🔱Our trip to India deepened our spiritual practice and changed our lives in ways we never could have imagined.

🔱Please DM us if you're interested in the trip. We're happy to set up a call to answer questions

🔱Sign up at the link in our bio

❤️❤️❤️

☀️ Join us for yoga tonight 6pm

☀️ Today's class will be a fundraiser for an organization that serves young people in need in the area

☀️ After class we'll have a Divine community circle to celebrate the last day of Navratri (see recent post). All are invited to stay and be part of it.

☀️ And don't forget about our India retreat in November! Today's the last day for discounted sign up. Reach out if you want more info or check out the link in our bio.

See y'all tonight!

📸 Photo taken by

❤️‍🔥 🔱 🐅 Divine Community Circle for All: LGBTQIA+ & Allies: This Wednesday after our CCY class, 7:15pm

When I first found spiritual community, I often felt left out. When I went to my first in-studio yoga class, no one looked like me & when I tried to talk to the teacher afterwards, he was too busy. I didn’t return to a yoga studio for over 8 years. They didn’t seem like a place for me. Then I would hear about “moon circles” or womens circles doing interesting rituals & practices, but because I wasn’t a “woman” I couldn’t attend. Luckily, I persisted in my spiritual practice, found my community, & healed all of those early spiritual wounds. And now it’s a dream to do something like this with a supportive community & have it be open to everyone! Because everyone can benefit from these practices.

🙏 Let's try again, after the rain last week!

🙌
A space where we can all celebrate our true Divine Self and since we ALL consist of Shiva/ Shakti, Yin/Yang, Sun/Moon, masculine/feminine, this is open to ANYONE interested in going deeper in community, intention setting, and ritual. While gendered words are used to discuss this, that’s only because we are lacking the right words. We are all made up of a mixture of energy and we can use and honor what’s most important to ourselves to assist us in our own awakening. In the end there is no separation, we’re simply fooled by our world, by our mind, & certainly by our society.

And on Wed in this circle we’ll celebrate the Divine Mother, Durga on the last day of Navratri. Durga is the representation of the divine feminine or Shakti energy in the universe and within each of us. She is the sacred rage that helps us stand up for ourselves, she is the hug we needed from our friends, she is the compassion we show ourselves during hard times. She is all of those parts and more. But most importantly, Ma Durga is a connection to the divinity that is already within each of us. We can work with this Shakti energy to connect to our true self and awaken the beauty that has always been there!

At this gathering, we'll set intentions, build an altar, chant, meditate, & work to access & awaken the Durga that is within each of us!

Please bring an offering for the altar—incense, fruit, flower, a crystal, whatever feels right.

9 Divine Nights 🪔

🪔We’ve officially opened sign-ups for 9 Divine Nights in India!

🪔We have an early bird price of $2700 during the 9 Day Festival of Navratri (April 9th-17th) On April 18th the price will increase to $2800.

🪔Join us and our friend and professional tour guide Chintu , for a life-changing experience in India.

🪔We’ll fly into New Delhi and travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, Rishikesh to spend time in the serene foothills of the Himalayas, and then end in Varanasi for Dev Diwali, one of the city’s biggest spiritual festivals.

🪔While in India, we’ll visit various spiritual places, enjoy traditional Indian meals, learn about the culture, and practice yoga and meditation where it all began.

🪔We only have 10 total spots available, so please contact us soon, if you’re interested! We’re happy to schedule a Zoom or phone call to answer any questions.

🪔Link to sign up in our bio 😉

Love y’all ❤️❤️❤️

Our film debut 😂🎥

🎥We had a blast being filmed for a fake yoga class!

🎥A local production company asked us to be part of an ad showing that New Orleans has more than just Bourbon St.🧘

🎥Glad we have such a cool community and got to spend the afternoon with y'all

🤩Y'all are the REAL stars!

☀️ Happy Wednesday! The weather for class looks perfect. Join us under the Peristyle at 6pm for yoga. Bring a friend 😁

🏃‍♀️🏃We raised over $600 for at our two fundraiser classes! Thank you!

🇮🇳 India retreat details and sign up are coming soon! (See our last post for dates and locations and to be the first to know more)

See y'all tonight!

❤️
Lee and Kelly

🥁DRUMROLL🥁

✨ Announcing Nine Divine Nights in India

🇮🇳 This is our first yoga and meditation retreat in India with !

🇮🇳 Nov 9th-18th 2024

🇮🇳 New Delhi, Agra, Rishikesh, Varanasi

🇮🇳 We'll ONLY have 10 spots in total, so drop an emoji if you want to be the first to know more.

🇮🇳 We'll be sharing all the details this week!

A throwback from last year's fundraiser class. Join us tonight at 6pm for our second YRN fundraiser class as we prepare for the

All donations will go towards runners on the YRN charity team.

If you didn't know, is a non profit that brings running to youth throughout the area.

We're looking forward to running for YRN at the classic in a few weeks! 🏃🏃🏼‍♀️

🌞Join us for practice tonight!

🌞We’ve been really enjoying the extra warmth and daylight! It’s just about Lee’s favorite time of year, tiny shorts weather 🩲

🌞Donation-based yoga every Wed at 6pm and Fri at 5:30pm under the peristyle!

🏝️Our Costa Rica Yoga Retreat is sold out! YAY, we’re so excited to get to lead this!!!

🇮🇳Stay tuned for details about our Fall India Retreat coming soon 😬

🚨Last day to put your deposit down for our Costa Rica Yoga Retreat at the current prices!

🚨Prices will increase tomorrow, so let us know if you’re interested.

🌴We can’t wait to unplug for a week with you and lead these practices in such a beautiful place.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

📰Good News!!!

🏝️Since we’ve had so much interest in the past few days, we’ve decided to keep the Costa Rica Yoga Retreat prices at the same level for one more week! Prices will now increase by $500 on Saturday, March 9th.

🏝️We’ve only got 2 community spots left at the $1000 level, so let us know ASAP if you’d like to reserve a community spot.

🏝️Here are some reasons we think our retreat is unique:

🧘‍♂️Yoga, Meditation, and Asana (Movement) practice guided daily (morning and evening)
🧘‍♂️1 Full Day guided Silent Retreat
🧘‍♂️ 1 Full Day Yoga Workshop
🧘‍♂️½ Day Yoga Alignment Workshop with Optional Hands-on Assists
🧘‍♂️Practice in a paradise with like-minded practitioners
🧘‍♂️Community and tiered pricing to provide access to more people
🧘‍♂️A portion of your money goes directly to the non-profit Wildlife Protection Alliance directly impacting the local environment.
🧘‍♂️Opening and Closing Fire ceremonies

🏝️Check out some pictures of our 2022 trip to the same area of Costa Rica!

🇨🇷Pura Vida!

Crow🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

🐦‍⬛If you haven’t practiced yoga with our friend Crow you’re in for a special treat Friday evening.

🐦‍⬛He will be subbing our 5:30pm class peristyle. Come practice with a teacher who has taught us so much!

❤️We’ll see y’all next week!

😂 Not sure what's happening here

🎵Thank you again for coming out to our special fundraiser class for Streams of Sound with John Guinta. We raised $90 for his non-profit!

🌴Be sure to message us if you are still interested in our Costa Rica Yoga Retreat! We'd really love to have you join us!

🙏See you for practice tonight at 6pm.

Music Tonight 🎶🎶🎶

🎵 We’re SO excited that our friend John Guinta is returning to play his hand pan drum for our 5:30pm class tonight!

🎵He runs an amazing non-profit called Streams of Sound that he’ll tell you about tonight.

🎵Join us at 5:30pm under the peristyle for amazing music to compliment the practice.

🌴Prices for the retreat will increase on March 1st so reserve your spot now! Message us now to get more info and sign up. www.crescentcityyoga.com

🐒 Escape to the beauty of Costa Rica with Crescent City Yoga's transformative retreat at Sol Sanctuary, nestled in the jungle near Playa Grande. Immerse yourself in the serenity of nature as you embark on a journey to quiet your mind, disconnect from technology, and embrace mindfulness in a community of like-minded practitioners. Experience moments of profound silence and connection that will rejuvenate your spiritual practice.

🌴 What sets this retreat apart is our commitment to community and the yoga teachings. We will begin and end the retreat with puja fire ceremonies to help us set and stay connected to our intentions throughout our time together. The retreat will include a full day introspective yoga workshop and another full day of guided silent practices, fostering personal growth and self-discovery. Additionally, we’re offering a community pricing tier allowing more people access to attend the retreat. One of the reasons we chose this location is that Sol Sanctuary donates a portion of their profits to their non-profit Wildlife Protection Alliance directly impacting the local environment.

🌴 Indulge in a complete package that includes daily yoga, meditation, pranayama, and dharma teachings. Your six-night stay includes breakfast and lunch freshly prepared each day. Group excursions include a chocolate-making experience, an evening at the Tamarindo Art Market, and a full-day hiking excursion to a volcano, waterfalls, and hot springs.

🌴 Our Costa Rica Yoga retreat offers you the perfect opportunity to deepen your practice and reconnect with your true self, providing valuable tools for a sustainable home practice.

🌴 Package Includes
- Daily yoga, meditation, pranayama, & dharma teachings
- 6 night stay (10 minute walk from beach)
- 1 full day led silent practices
- 1 full day introspective yoga workshop
- Daily Breakfast & Lunch
- Access to on-site swimming pool
- Chocolate-making experience
- Evening trip to Tamarindo Art Market
- Full Day excursion (hiking, waterfalls, hot springs)
- Opening & Closing puja ceremonies
- Airport Transfer included if arriving at Liberia airport between 12-3pm on 5/27

🌞 It's a beautiful day fly yoga! Join us at 6pm under the Peristyle of City Park for community, movement, and connection.

Bring a friend and bug spray in case those mosquitoes are back.

As always our class is by donation and open to everyone!

We really hope to see you on this beautiful day

🌴Also, 10 more days until our Costa Rica retreat prices go up. Check our website or link in bio for more info.

❤️Kelly & Lee

💤Come relax with me!

Join me Sunday for 6pm for a Yoga Nidra.

Yoga Nidra, translated as yoga of sleep, is a beautiful meditation where you relax your body and mind while being guided to focus your attention on different objects such as sounds, sensations, body parts, and images. And in some ways it's a bit like a body scan.

It's a great way to relax after a few weeks of Mardi Gras. You can sign up at www.samastudio.org

😻 Unfortunately Linka won't be able to join us but she does make for a great meditation buddy. (Sometimes 😹)

Pura Vida🌴

🌴Join us tonight at 7pm on Zoom to learn more about our upcoming Costa Rica yoga retreat!

🛖We’d love to have you join us on this yoga journey!

✍️Sign up on our website or the link in our bio.

What better time than after Mardi Gras to take care of yourself in a different way?! Or recommit to your practice!

Check out the details of a workshop I'm offering starting next Thursday!
👇

Join me for a After-Mardi Gras Reset The Parks Health & Fitness

📅 When: 5 Thursdays from February 22 to March 21. 7am or 11am, sign up for either session

DM me or call 504-288-7275 and ask for David, the Parks Manager to sign up.

Embark on a yoga challenge designed for gym enthusiasts and yoga practitioners! Join Lee for a special 55-minute workshop designed to work with your body and mind. Each weekly class will include a brief warm-up, breath practice, and focused yoga poses for different areas of the body tailored to complement your regular workout routine.

Whether you're new to yoga or seeking detailed instruction, this workshop offers personalized guidance, individualized feedback, and practical tips applicable to any fitness level. Each week focuses on a different area of the body: legs, back, shoulders, hips, and a full-body integration in Week 5.

Invest in your well-being for only $100 for the entire series, with a discounted rate of $75 for existing members of The Parks. Elevate your fitness journey with The Parks After-Mardi Gras Yoga Challenge, a holistic approach for your body and mind! The real “New Year” starts now!

Love y'all 🩷

🩷Join us for a heart-opening practice tonight at 6pm under the Peristyle. We could all use some self love after a crazy few weeks.

❤️Reminder that tomorrow 2/15 at 7pm is our next Costa Rica Q&A on Zoom. You can sign up on our website or the link in our bio.

❤️🩷❤️🩷

Happy Almost Mardi Gras!

💜In the midst of the madness, we wanted to remind you that we offer a morning meditation every Monday from 7-7:30am on Zoom. We record all meditations if you are not able to attend at that time. You can sign up on our website or the link in our bio.

💚We will have our regular 6pm class on Wed 2/14. Let’s take this Valentines Day to send ourselves some extra love ❤️

💛We’re co-facilitating a Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training . If you’re ready to deepen your practice and learn more about the teachings of yoga, please join us. The training begins on 3/1.

‼️Reminder that our next Costa Rica Retreat Q&A is 2/15 at 7pm on Zoom. Space is filling up for the retreat and prices will increase on 3/1 so either DM us or join us on 2/15 to ask questions. You can sign up on our website or the link in our bio.

See y’all on the other side!

Happy holidays!

See you tonight at 6pm and Friday at 5:30pm under the Peristyle of . It's going to be cold, though not below 55⁰ so we'll have class and get moving quickly. At least we won't have the mosquitos 😬 If it's gets below 55⁰ be sure to check our story for updates.

Bring a blanket or a heavier jacket for shavasana. 🥶

🙏As always class is pay what you can and your donation helps us to continue to offer these classes and workshops.

Please share with your friends and come join us.

Also check our story or visit our website for a bunch of upcoming offerings including great packages for private yoga/meditation.

❤️See you soon,
Kelly & Lee