Bring your yoga mat and your best Downward Facing Dog to Pier 64 because the Sports Center's free yoga series returns this summer! Paulo Hudson, one of the Sports Center’s most popular yoga instructors, integrates body, mind and spirit against the backdrop of the beautiful Hudson River.

Thursdays: June 2, July 7, August 4 and September 8

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Classes are open to the public and free with an RSVP. For more information and to RSVP in advance, click here.

Bring your best Downward Dog out tonight for the first night in a series of Free Yoga Nights on Pier 64! Free Yoga will run every Thursday night on the tip of Pier 64, just north of Chelsea Piers. Paulo Hudson, one of the Sports Center’s most popular yoga instructors, integrates body, mind and spirit with Vinyasa Yoga against the backdrop of the beautiful Hudson River. All level yogis are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat (limited supply provided), a towel and a water bottle. Class will be canceled if it rains, so sign up here to receive email alerts!

If you’ve been over-indulging lately and snuggling on the couch with a book instead of hitting the gym, here are a few great date ideas to get your heart pumping this winter. Single or in a relationship, your date will appreciate the activity.

• With the Winter Olympics practically upon us, it’s the perfect time to take up ice skating. Bring your gloves, lace up your skates and hit the ice for a date at Sky Rink. Ice skating is a fun, affordable date where you’ll certainly bond over trying not to fall. And, other than your shoes, you don’t have to change your clothes!
• Can’t decide whether you want quality time with that special someone or to hit the gym? Combine the two…. Thai Fly Yoga is a 4-week specialty yoga program that combines partner yoga, Thai massage and Vinyasa yoga. Gentle touching, stretching and relaxation are perfect elements for a great date. Classes will be held on Saturday mornings in February. Click here to register.
• Scale the wall on a rock climbing date. Abby Nelson, Co-Director of the Rock Wall says, “Teamwork and trust push couples to new limits rarely experienced over a dinner date. If you already know how to climb, it’s very impressive and usually very sexy!”
• Adult gymnastics is a great first date for the athletically inclined. You stretch out and then test your skills at everything from somersaults to front flips. You’ll have an hour and a half of laughs mixed with a fun workout. The class will provide for lots of things to talk about over drinks afterwards. If you can tumble with your date and laugh about it later, you know the relationship is headed in the right direction. Leotards are optional and not recommended on a first date!
• Golf seems to be the hot topic of discussion these days. Dazzle your date with your knowledge of “current events” and head down to the driving range, where you’ll learn a lot about your date very quickly. If you’re trying to impress your date, be sure to keep your etiquette and body language in check. If the heated range isn’t keeping you warm enough, head inside to the Full Swing Simulators and play a round of Pebble Beach, order wings and beer from the Chelsea Brewing Company and enjoy a warm date indoors.
• You may not work up a sweat, but you’ll certainly work up a conversation while bowling at 300 New York. You will feel at ease with one another in such a casual environment, but should a friendly competition develop, bring on the trash talk! 300 New York offers Happy Bowl Hours Monday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm. Enjoy $3 domestic drafts and $3 well drinks.