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The World Yoga Center welcomes students of all ages, traditions and backgrounds, at every level of ability. We are very proud of the World Yoga Center.

Through the Yoga practices, students embark on a transformative journey of awakenment while developing bodies that glow with health. Decades after we opened our doors in 1972, we are still here at our original address. Only Yoga has been practiced in our beautiful space and the atmosphere here is unusually pristine and serene. The name ”World Yoga Center” was inspired by the International World Yoga Symposium held in New Delhi, India, in 1970. Our name reminds us that the teachings and practices of Yoga are universal, embrace divisions of East and West, and have become compatible with modern living. Yoga provides transformational knowledge that radically awakens us to the mystery of life. This underlying vision and the deep intention of Yoga sustain the World Yoga Center and drive it forward.

09/26/2026

Opportunities For Dedicated Study
Fall 2026
Four workshops
Sundays, 1:00-4:00 pm
Sept 27, Oct 11, Nov 8 & 22

This series of workshops, taught by Julia Pearring, invites us to dedicate time for detailed study. Each workshop will take an aspect of our physical practice under a magnifying glass, so that we can explore its possibilities, understand the implications, and invite the breakthroughs.

These workshops will present entry points, so that their orientation and action, when applied consistently throughout the body and truly integrated, can have a meaningful and lasting impact.

The workshop series aims to enhance our greater physical awareness and coordination as well as enhance our ability to stand in the depth of our own Inner Self.

Four Extended Practice Workshops:
Workshop 1: Engaged Foundation aka "The Footprint"
Workshop 2: Focused Stability aka "Tweezers"
Workshop 3: Balanced Expanse aka "The Fabric"
Workshop 4: Seated Postures aka "Rocketship Energy"

These workshops can be taken individually or as a series (recommended, as there are components that will build from workshop to workshop.) The full series will be recorded and recordings will be available for attendees until the end of 2026.

TUITION:
Single workshop $50
Full series $165
40% discount for WYC membership students

09/23/2026

10-Week Vibrant Living Program
With Jacalyn Prete and Rudrani Farbman
Begins October 25

If you have loved our yoga classes and our retreat—or missed the opportunity to join us this summer and would like to bring the practices of asana, pranayama, meditation, and Ayurveda more deeply into your everyday life—we invite you to join us for our upcoming 10-week online Vibrant Living Program.

As some of us experienced on our recent retreat, there is great power in practicing together. The shared practices bring an intensification, connection, and depth to our work that can be difficult to touch when we practice alone on the mat. We’d love for you to continue that experience with us—to deepen your practice, share the journey, and become part of this community.

Together, we’ll explore the wisdom teachings and practices of Ayurveda, circadian rhythm, meditation, Anusara yoga, pranayama, and Vibrant Living, with an emphasis on bringing yoga off the mat and into our daily lives.

Over our 10 weeks together, we’ll explore practical ways to create healthy, sustainable habits that support greater vitality, resilience, self-awareness, and ease.

We’ll also encourage you to participate regularly in the weekly yoga and meditation classes at World Yoga Center, creating a supportive rhythm of practice within our beloved WYC community.

The program is $300 and includes:
10 weekly Zoom sessions with Jacalyn and Rudrani
A 2-week Ayurveda-based seasonal cleanse, including recipes and detailed information to support your journey
Practical tools for integrating yoga and healthy habits into everyday life
Practices to support sleep, nourishment, movement, breath, meditation, and self-care
An opportunity to deepen your connection with the WYC community

We’ll meet Sunday mornings from 9:30–10:45 AM ET on Zoom for 10 weeks, beginning October 25.

We look forward to practicing, learning, and sharing this journey together.
With love,
Jacalyn & Rudrani

**ra

09/15/2026

FALL WORKSHOPS 🍁
WITH JULIA PEARRING

The Extended Practice Workshops are an opportunity for detailed study and deeper understanding of our Yoga Practice. In a series of four workshops, we will put an aspect of our practice under a magnifying glass in order to explore new possibilities and invite breakthroughs.

Sept 27: Engaged Foundation | "The Footprint"
Oct 11: Focused Stability | "Tweezers"
Nov 8: Balanced Expanse | "The Fabric"
Nov 22: Seated Postures | "Rocketship Energy"

These workshop can be taken individually or as a series—recommended if possible, as there are components that will build from workshop to workshop.

Four Workshops for Fall 2026
Sundays, 1:00-4:00pm
Sept 27, Oct 11, Nov 8 & 22

09/08/2026

Everything is consciousness

**ra

09/06/2026

The heart is the hub of all sacred places, go there and roam…

09/04/2026

Reminder of our modified schedule this Labor Day Weekend:

☀️ Friday, Sept 4
10-11:30am Level 2/3 with Lauren
12:30-1:45pm Level 1/Gentle with Lauren

☀️ Saturday, Sept 5
10-11:30am Open Level with Jacalyn

☀️ Sunday, Sept 6
10-11:30am Open Level with Rudrani
4:30-6:00pm Level 1 with Christine

☀️ Monday, Sept 7
10-11:30am Level 1 with Susan
6:00-7:15pm Open Level with Rudrani
8:00-9:30pm Meditation with Rudrani (online only)

Our daily morning meditations will be held online from 8:15-9:00am.

**ra

09/02/2026

Director’s Message:

Labor Day is approaching. Let us join in the practices together! Let us manifest harmony and interdependence in this beautiful world we all share.

We will be open throughout this holiday weekend with a modified schedule. We love imbibing the high energy of holiday classes as the World Yoga Center glows with light you cannot see… .

With love and blessings,

Rudrani

Labor Day Modified Schedule:
For the Labor Day Weekend we will hold the following classes:

☀️ Friday, Sept 4
10-11:30am Level 2/3 with Lauren
12:30-1:45pm Level 1/Gentle with Lauren

☀️ Saturday, Sept 5
10-11:30am Open Level with Jacalyn

☀️ Sunday, Sept 6
10-11:30am Open Level with Rudrani
4:30-6:00pm Level 1 with Christine

☀️ Monday, Sept 7
10-11:30am Level 1 with Susan
6:00-7:15pm Open Level with Rudrani
8:00-9:30pm Meditation with Rudrani (online only)

Our daily morning meditations will be held online from 8:15-9:00am.

08/26/2026

Taking a Pause for the Deep Summer
It’s the last week of the month of August!

Our AC has served us for over 20 years and it is time for us to upgrade, replacing our full system for the years to come.

Using this quietest time at the WYC to complete this project is ideal, as a portion of our community heads for the mountains on retreat during these same days.

So many of you have shared in the pristine comfort of our beautiful summer classes. We’ll enjoy these last weeks of summer together as we head towards the Fall Equinox.

With love and blessings,
Rudrani and Julia

WYC AC Project Modified Schedule:
During the installation of our new AC, we will not hold classes:

☀️ Friday, August 28 - Monday, August 31
No Classes
Our daily morning meditations will be held from 8:15-9:00am (online)

We will return to our full schedule on Tuesday, September 1st.

08/24/2026

WE ARE GRATEFUL
to the World Yoga Center student body for their dedication, respect for the practices and admirable efforts to evolve on the path of Yoga for over four decades.

Rudrani, WYC Founding Director, learned directly from a living master and sustains the core vision of the school as a mystic, healer, scholar, and experienced guide.

08/16/2026

Teacher Highlight, Jacalyn Prete!

Jackie’s passion for teaching yoga has brought her on a magical journey that started in 1990 with Sharon Gannon of Jivamukti. She left the world of musical theater and embarked on a new path to discover the inner realms of her own heart. She trained in Vinyasa yoga with the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara and Cyndi Lee at Om Yoga Center teaching at Equinox and World Gym in the early 90’s. After a serious lower back injury she began a very deep study of Iyengar yoga with Genny Kapular and Mary Dunn.

Jackie met John Friend in 1998 and became a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher in 2001. She is honored to serve as Chairperson of the Certification Committee for the new Anusara School of Hatha Yoga. Jackie was invited to teach in Japan by Yasushi Tanaka in 2005 and has returned annually ever since to train teachers and students in Anusara yoga and Therapeutics.

Jackie is the owner of Ram Sangha Retreats and leads retreats in Mexico, Costa Rica, upstate New York and Italy. This community is dedicated to practicing yoga and meditation in the beauty of nature deepening the student’s connection to their own true Nature.

In 2004 Jackie began collaborating with Rudrani Farbman, Director of the World Yoga Center, teaching Immersions, Retreats and Teacher Training programs. This deep connection has flourished and continues to mentor and train highly skilled yoga and meditation teachers who are connected to the essence of yoga.

Jackie currently sees 200 students every week in her NYC classes at the World Yoga Center, Pure Yoga and Equinox Fitness clubs. She has also led Advanced Teacher Training programs in therapeutics at Pure Yoga in NYC.

Take a Level 1 class with Jacalyn on Tuesdays at 10am!

Address

265 W 72nd Street
New York, NY
10023

Telephone

+12127874908

Website

http://www.worldyogacenter.com/

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