WILLIAMSBURG — Like a little clubbing with your yoga?
Dance club Verboten's bringing its popular vinyasa yoga class paired with house music to McCarren Park for two days this summer, with DJ George Faya pumping out a mix of both mellow and fast-paced electronic dance music throughout the session.
Usually the "deep house yoga" classes are held inside Verboten — making for a more "clubby vibe" with lights and projections, Faya said.
But the outdoor session will be somewhat more "meditative," said Faya, who DJ'ed the club's first two outdoor classes last year with DJ Tasha Blank.
"It's an ambient, chill feel," Faya said. "As we move into more dynamic postures, I start picking up the pace and the groove."
That said, there's still potential to break out into dance at the outdoor session, Faya said.
Sometimes during classes in the club, people will just start moving to the beat, and the instructor — picking up on the vibe — will suggest that they take a break from poses to groove to the beat, Faya said.
Yoga may be more known for being a mellowed out activity, but taking a house music dance break still follows the "going with the flow" attitude of many yogis, he added.
"Whatever you feel in that moment, be in that moment," Faya said. "If that moment calls for a dance party, then go for it."
The classes in McCarren Park will take place on July 21 and August 18 at 7 p.m., behind the Fieldhouse at Bedford Avenue and Lorimer Street. There's a $20 suggested donation for the class and a limited number of yoga mats to use.
People at all levels of yoga are welcome to join.
Though it may seem unusual to listen to house music during yoga, the tunes are really "more than music" for the people who go to Verboten, Faya said.
"It's a soundtrack for our lives," he said. "It's our lifestyle. For us, it was a no brainer."
