LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Hear our news on-air at our partner site:
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Here's a new way to get your om on: A pop-up yoga/foodie event called Downward Dining will be having it's second gathering this Saturday at Studio 1342. The hour-long, all-levels class will be taught by Lululemon Ambassador and YogaWorks-trained instructor Clio Manuelian, and will be followed by an appropriately-healthy vegetarian meal catered by Clean Plates.
Downward Dining sold out its first event earlier this Spring at Siren Studios. The Friday night pop-up, which was catered by M Cafe, drew in a packed studio of yogis that practiced to an upbeat soundtrack that ranged from the Rolling Stones to Skrillex. (Dub step and downward dog: Who knew?)
Jessie Rubin, the event's creator, is trying to bring the community together with these hybrid health and wellness events.
"It's a constant goal and dream to create events I want to go to myself -- ones that are enriching, about community, places where you can leave with a new friend and feeling slightly uplifted," says Rubin. "And as an avid yoga practitioner, I figured I'd found something I was passionate enough about to bring others together for."
Downward Dining will take place this Saturday, June 16 from 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tickets are $35, and you can get them here. The swag bags from the last event -- filled with all sorts of edible treats, yoga gear, and beauty products -- were worth that much alone. And to that we say "namaste."