The Festival of New

Start your day with walking meditation lead by Global Catalyst Senior Fellow, Diana Ayton-Shenker. Please meet her outside the main doors of the University Center at 63 5th Avenue.

Part performance, part therapy, part dance party; Haus of Sweat workshops guide participants on a theatrical (and sweaty) ride to embodied empowerment. Our mission is to shed emotional weight by Moving As One.

Haus of Sweat combines iconic and timeless pop music, vintage fashion, and the art of aerobic dancing to sweat out the demons and dance into radical self love. Participants will learn how to body roll, booty pop, serve the curve, and dominate the dance floor! Workshops integrate dance techniques, performance persona development, club culture, and embodiment practices into a cathartic experience where sweat becomes our collective source of power.

All levels, all bodies welcome. Dress to express, wear sneakers and bring H2O.

Keep updated and inspired @hausofsweat

In a society where speed is top value, I always found it difficult to continuously produce creatively. Then I found meditation.  Meditation was the tool that allowed me the space I need to sustain my creativity. In this guided meditation session we will experience the source of our own creativity and we will walk away understanding how it works.

5Rhythms is a dynamic movement practice—a practice of being in your body—that ignites creativity, connection, and community.

While a seemingly simple process, the 5Rhythms practice facilitates deep and unending explorations, moving the dancer beyond self-imposed limitations and isolation into new depths of creativity and connection.

Join Joyce E. Levy, Director of Mindful Movement at THE WELL, for a strong, open level, Yoga practice that will encourage the height, width, depth, mobility and strength of your body. When we spend time embodying the three dimensions of space that we occupy we generate an experience of presence. While in this heightened state of “NOW” we can use our imaginations to tap into the fourth dimension - time - to generate wisdom from where we have been and where we are going. Expect a 60-minute class with a mindful movement practice and guided meditation.

** Please bring your own yoga mats, blocks and straps ** 

About THE WELL: 
THE WELL is a modern membership-based wellness club designed for busy urban professionals in the heart of New York City. We recognize both the benefits of Western medicine and the wisdom of Eastern healing and have built a science-backed ecosystem for wellness. Our integrative medicine doctors, health coaches and skilled practitioners work together under one roof to build customized plans uniquely suited to each member and their goals.

The 18,000-square-foot club includes a full-service spa with steam and sauna, an organic restaurant, reflexology lounge, yoga and meditation studios, private training gym and classroom with innovative weekly programming. At THE WELL, your health is integrated, proactive and personalized leading to a more balanced you.

We offer a special membership rate of $210 for 32 and under.
We would also love to waive the initiation fee for New School faculty, students and staff.

Part performance, part therapy, part dance party; Haus of Sweat workshops guide participants on a theatrical (and sweaty) ride to embodied empowerment. Our mission is to shed emotional weight by Moving As One.

Haus of Sweat combines iconic and timeless pop music, vintage fashion, and the art of aerobic dancing to sweat out the demons and dance into radical self love. Participants will learn how to body roll, booty pop, serve the curve, and dominate the dance floor! Workshops integrate dance techniques, performance persona development, club culture, and embodiment practices into a cathartic experience where sweat becomes our collective source of power.

All levels, all bodies welcome. Dress to express, wear sneakers and bring H2O.

Keep updated and inspired @hausofsweat

Connecting Design and Wellness, Creative Director Jemme Aldridge, BFA Communication Design '06, is offering a hands-on workshop that explores your personal relationship to color through relief print making.

During this workshop, attendees will learn more about design thinking & the making process while discovering new perspectives about themselves, honoring the concept of design as tool to empower. After a short presentation & demonstration, attendees will choose colors and print a Josef Albers inspired composition.

Each attendee will leave with a custom, color relief print, to use as a visual tool (a mantra) symbolizing a new perspective on their relationship with color, design & self.

Connecting Design and Wellness, Creative Director Jemme Aldridge, BFA Communication Design '06, is offering a hands-on workshop that explores your personal relationship to color through relief print making.

During this workshop, attendees will learn more about design thinking & the making process while discovering new perspectives about themselves, honoring the concept of design as tool to empower. After a short presentation & demonstration, attendees will choose colors and print a Josef Albers inspired composition.

Each attendee will leave with a custom, color relief print, to use as a visual tool (a mantra) symbolizing a new perspective on their relationship with color, design & self.

Former New School student Elena Brower offers an enriching 90-minute routine that will strengthen and stabilize your body, relax your mind, and open your heart. Expect a carefully considered sequence of exercises, spaces of silence, and an opportunity to meditate.

Bring your own yoga mat.