As Stress Mounts, Students Turn To Yoga

As students manage course work, extracurricular activities and jobs, some turn to yoga for stress relief. On any given day of the week, fellow classmates can be seen carrying their yoga mats throughout the city toward the popular Yoga to the People on St. Marks Place or heading to free options on campus.

Each week, Carolina Daza transforms the common room in Hayden residence hall into a serene oasis. The Food Studies graduate student is the instructor for the free yoga class that meets there, and her sessions have attracted many residents, from newcomers to experienced veterans. The class is relatively small, the atmosphere relaxed and inviting, and as the lights dim and tranquil music plays in the background, Daza teaches her students various constructive Hatha poses and techniques.

Steinhardt freshman Claire Edlemann is a yoga novice, but finds the class inviting.

"I live in Hayden, and so it's definitely very convenient to go here rather than go out. I feel like it would be more intimate here too," Edlemann said. (MORE)

Source: NYU Washington Square News