about free yoga events in the Research Triangle (NC) area

[Tom Roche <Tom_Roche AT pobox.com>]

If you've got a current UNC OneCard, these classes are free: if not,
you can't get in. As of today (31 Aug 09), Carolina Fitness is on its
full schedule, which is extensive, so I'll limit my discussion to yoga
and yoga-like classes. (For class descriptions, see the section on
"Flexibility and Stretch" at the end of

http://campusrec.unc.edu/fitness/class_description.pdf

) For the full listings, see

http://campusrec.unc.edu/fitness/fall_09_rhrc.htm

for the Rams Head Recreation Center (RHRC) and

http://campusrec.unc.edu/fitness/fall_09_src.htm

for the Student Recreation Center (SRC), but here's what's yoga-like
in the current schedule (which is "subject to change"):

Mondays
6:45-7:30am @ SRC-B: Deep Stretch with Joy
6:15-7:15pm @ RHRC: Yoga with Ellie

Tuesdays
8:00-9:15am @ RHRC: Power Flow with Mike
5:15-6:30pm @ RHRC: Mindful Yoga with Joanne
7:30-8:45pm @ SRC-B: Yoga with Kelly

Wednesdays
12:15-1pm @ SRC-B: Pilates with Melissa
5:15-6:15pm @ SRC-A: Pilates with (TBD)

Thursdays
8:00-9:15am @ RHRC: Power Flow with Mike
4-5pm @ RHRC: Yoga with Scott
7:30-8:45pm @ SRC-B: Yoga with Melanie

Fridays
12:15-1pm @ RHRC: Pilates with Anna W.
4-5pm @ SRC-A: Yogalates with Ellie

Saturdays
11-12n @ SRC-B: Yoga with Melanie

Sundays
4-5pm @ RHRC: Yogalates with Kiki

Parttime students, and fulltime employees (both of UNC and UNC
Hospitals) and their families, can also buy access: see

http://campusrec.unc.edu/eligibility.html

for details.) Note that Carolina Fitness has 2 locations, both of
which supply mats, towels, props, and changing rooms:

1 SRC, @ the southeast corner of South Rd and Stadium Dr

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=South+Rd+and+Stadium+Dr,+Chapel+Hill,+NC

  SRC is easy to find, very bikeable and walkable, and served by
  Chapel Hill Transit 7 days a week. (See the campus map

http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=745

  for weekday service and the weekend maps

http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=744

  for Saturday and Sunday service.) You can get mats and towels when
  you check in @ the front door (facing South Rd). Ask the instructor
  for props. There are changing rooms on the second floor, but they
  are small and often overloaded; I usually change in the adjacent
  Fetzer Gym (which you can reach from SRC without going outside).
  Both studios (A and B) are on the second floor, and are basketball-
  court-sized rooms with pretty loud ventilation (which actually makes
  for a pleasant white-noise effect--YMMV). Despite their size, they
  often fill up.

2 RHRC: harder to find since it's not on a street. If you use the map
  above

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=South+Rd+and+Stadium+Dr,+Chapel+Hill,+NC

  and switch to satellite view, you can see a path that leads south
  from Stadium Dr along the east side of Kenan Stadium before crossing
  a small plaza diagonally. RHRC is at the southern end of this path,
  before it bends southwest and heads toward the dorms. You can get
  towels when you check in @ the front door (facing the dining hall).
  Mats and towels are kept in the one small studio on the first
  floor. You can change in the large locker/restrooms on the first
  floor.

Note also that these classes are all first-come-first-serve and,
especially early in the semester and on weekends, can fill up fast!
especially RHRC, which has a much smaller (but nicer) studio.

For more details about Carolina Fitness, see

http://campusrec.unc.edu/fitness/index.html

For the hours of their facilities (and the rest of UNC Campus Rec) see

http://campusrec.unc.edu/facilities/hours.html

HTH, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche AT pobox.com>