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WELLNESS PERSONALIS | Group Fitness at Yates

WELLNESS PERSONALIS | Group Fitness at Yates

By Sophia Williams December 1, 2022

Hi, Hoyas! Welcome back to Wellness Personalis. This week, I’ll cover group fitness classes at Yates Field House.  Yates offers semester-long unlimited passes and 10-class and single-class passes...

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Appropriation of Yoga

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Appropriation of Yoga

By Suhani Garg December 5, 2019

I have long struggled with sharing certain elements of my culture. Whether it is a bindi at Coachella or the art of mehendi turned into summer “henna tattoos,” forms of appropriation, defined as “the...

Meditation Fosters Peace and Reflection on Campus

By Alexandra Brunjes April 20, 2018

The room is small, bright and quiet, with a small table at the center surrounded by floor cushions and chairs. A meditation leader begins to recite the words of John Main, a British Benedictine monk...

JOHN CURRAN FOR THE HOYA 
Down Dog Yoga is set to open its fifth studio a half-mile from Georgetown University’s front gates on Prospect Street in approximately two weeks.

Down Dog Opens 5th Location on Prospect

By Syed Humza Moinuddin October 30, 2015

Peek into the store front on the corner of 34th Street and Prospect, and at first glance, you will take the space to be empty. However, on closer inspection, you can spy the the freshly painted walls,...

Step Three: Release

Step Three: Release

By Santana V. Jackson July 9, 2015

I remember during the fall semester of this past school year I had created what I thought was an awesome workout plan for myself. I was going to go to the gym everyday (excluding weekends, of course, because...

ARIANA TAFTI FOR THE HOYA
A new D.C. tax will affect some prices at Yates Field House, 
including fitness classes and faculty memberships.

Yoga Tax Hits DC, Yates

By Giovanna Azevedo September 30, 2014

The District of Colombia’s "yoga tax" will go into effect Oct. 1, slightly raising some fees at Yates Field House, as well as at gyms and yoga studios around the city. Gyms and fitness studios, including...

Get Pumped for Protest: Yoga Style

Get Pumped for Protest: Yoga Style

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland June 3, 2014

Today, June 3, yoga masters and gym rats from all over D.C. are gathering to protest what is now being called the "yoga tax." According to Washington City Paper, the D.C. Council is close to passing...

Score Some Election Day Freebies

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy November 6, 2012

Did you vote in the general election? If your answer was no, shame on you -- head out right now, you can register on site to vote in D.C. The Duke Ellington School is a polling place, and they're open...

Do You Know Your Hoya ABC’s?

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee October 22, 2012

After sharing my Freshman fails with you, it got me thinking: what are the fundamental things every Georgetown student should know? Or, at least, what are the things so basic that even I, a fresh little...

Cheat on Yates: Diversify Your Fitness

By Victoria Ngare October 19, 2012

At a university where students take daily workouts as seriously as breathing, exercising at Yates gets the job done but can become pretty boring after a while. Though Yates offers classes like Zumba, kickboxing...

Best Bets: Let Your Inner Bear Out

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff September 21, 2012

Friday Enjoy the last rays of summer with The Golden Triangle BID’s “Picnic in the Park,” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Make it to Murrow Park at 18th and H Streets for the chance to play lawn...

Hot Spots to Cool Off: Down Dog Yoga

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff June 29, 2012

It's 104 degrees outside. Sweat starts to drip down your forehead like 2 seconds after you walk outside. And so, D.C. (and indeed the entire mid-Atlantic) are looking for some relief from the heat. And...

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