(Originally posted on my Italian blog in 2010, and updated to 2025)
What to do in NYC on the longest day of the year, Friday, June 20, 2025?
Practice Yoga in Times Square, for free, With Thousands of Yogis Around the World!
The event started on June 21, 2003… and I’ve personally been participating since 2008. It’s one of my favorite NYC events ever!!!
Embrace peace and tranquility right in the heart of New York City! Join thousands of yogis (and first-timers) for the largest free yoga event in the world – held every year in the heart of Times Square. The energy is INCREDIBLE and it’s truly a one-of-a-kind experience: you won’t want to miss it!!!
The most touristic NYC neighborhood – often avoided by New Yorkers because of its crowds and traffic – once a year becomes a destination for the annual Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga.
Register for a free Yoga class in Times Square on the official site ☺️
Finding peace when surrounded by silence and far away from everything and everyone is quite easy… can you do the same in the heart of the most hectic city in the world???
This unique event is presented by the Times Square Alliance in partnership with Gaiam.
🧳 What to Bring:
Wear comfortable clothes to practice yoga (there are no changing rooms or lockers on site!) and simply show up: you’ll also get a free yoga mat, a bottle of water, and a gift bag with so many goodies!
All-day Yoga in Times Square for Solstice: Get Ready for an Extraordinary Experience!
Open your heart and connect with everyone around you: YOU’LL HAVE A BLAST!!!
🗓 Friday, June 20, 2025
🕒 Classes run from 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM
📍 Broadway pedestrian plazas, Times Square – intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 43rd & 48th Streets
☔️ The event will take place rain or shine! I actually did it once in the rain, and it was such an amazing experience anyway!!!
🎟 FREE! Make sure to register for the class you want to take by signing up online – YOU CAN ONLY REGISTER FOR ONE CLASS. If you register for more, you risk your entire registration being deleted!!!
🧘♂️ Seven free yoga classes throughout the day
🕑 Check-in info will be emailed to you prior to the event. You should arrive 30 min prior to your class
👶 Children under 18 are allowed to participate and must have a signed release and be accompanied by a parent/guardian at all times
🐶 No pets allowed – exceptions granted for service dogs
Full Schedule (To Be Updated Soon):
- 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
- 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
- 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
- 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Can’t Make It in Person? No worries! The event will be streamed live with ASL interpretation and optional real-time captions on Youtube, on Twitter, and on Facebook Live.
Here’s a video from 2021 – a little less crowded than usual due to covid-19, and yet SO CATHARTIC and POWERFUL!!!
Hundreds of yogis all levels (and colorful mats!) will take over Times Square, between 48th Street and 43rd Street, and between Broadway and 7th Avenue: are you ready to join?!
es, it’s 100% FREE — but if you feel the love, consider donating $10–$25 to “Community First.” Let’s keep this beautiful energy going 💛🗽
✨ This city, this energy, this moment… let’s give something back.
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