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Registration has filled up for all seven free yoga classes, but walk-ups are welcome on the day of the event as space permits!
Join us as we stream live with ASL interpretation on Youtube, Twitter & Facebook Live.
7:30am – 8:30am
A sunrise practice presented by the Consulate General of India and led by the Art of Living Foundation. The session blends gentle asanas, guided breathwork, and meditation — a complete reset for body and mind as we step into the longest day of the year. Open to all levels.
Ruchika Lal is a senior faculty member of the Art of Living Foundation and has spent over 15 years teaching yoga and meditation to thousands of practitioners worldwide. She has led transformational programs for the United Nations, Fortune 50 companies, and universities including Wharton and Columbia. She currently serves as Chairperson of the Art of Living Foundation USA and is the co-founder of IntuitionAI.
9:30am – 10:30Am
A feel-good yoga flow that will get you out of your head & into your whole body. Prepare to bend, twist, & balance your way through this stimulating sequence. You’ll synchronize dynamic movements with mindful breath, creating a flow that cultivates the perfect balance of strength, mobility, intention, & grace.
Riva is a dedicated Yoga teacher, Pilates instructor and Functional Mobility Specialist passionate about helping others find balance, strength, and presence through mindful movement. She shares artistic wellness content with her online community of almost 1 million and teaches at yoga retreats and festivals around the world.
Riva is the founder of Sweat & Social Wellness Club, a monthly, in-person wellness experience where she enjoys connecting with her community in NYC. Her classes creatively combine strength, flexibility, breath & awareness while keeping things playful, practical, and purposeful.
11:30am – 12:30Pm
Erica's soulful vinyasa classes are spiritual, thought-provoking, and are always set to carefully curated, high-energy playlists that will leave you feeling joyous, invigorated, and truly empowered!
Growing up as an athlete, Erica always felt a strong connection to physical movement. It wasn't until her early-twenties when she desired a stronger connection to her emotional self and deeper sense of fulfillment within that movement. Since 2003, Erica has been a devoted yoga student practicing and studying all over the world which led her to completing extensive certifications, and truly learning the depth of work that she was meant to share in this lifetime. Erica guides public classes and a private clientele in Manhattan and New Jersey as well as hosts retreats both locally and internationally with offerings that have included France, Mexico, Spain, Iceland, Ecuador, Morocco, Italy and Colombia. She has also taken her passion for fostering community and created a transformative Yoga Alliance certified 200-hour Teacher Training Program with over one hundred graduates as of May 2026.
1:30pm – 2:30pm
In this class Divya leads us through energizing breath work, a flow including sun salutations, standing postures and balances, and closes with a centering meditation. This practice will use the solstice as an invitation to find stillness within effort and deep presence at the turning point of the year. All levels welcome.
Divya Balakrishnan is a registered yoga teacher with 21+ years of practice and six years of teaching, training, and facilitation. As a Tamil-American woman, she teaches through a lens of decolonization and deep inquiry, honoring yoga's South Asian roots while making the practice accessible and transformative. Her classes, available via YouTube and in-person workshops, draw from âsana, philosophy, meditation, and pranayama. In her podcast Yoga Off The Mat, she challenges her students to integrate yoga into their day to day lives. She has built a global community of practitioners and leads her classes with precision and intentionality, hoping her students leave feeling inspired, centered and empowered.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Join Patrick in a class that will move with rhythm, precision, and curiosity…balancing strong flow with moments to slow down, explore, and be present. Expect clear direction, purposeful movement, and room to wander and play... equal parts rhythmic movement, effortless breathing, and threading the needle between effort and ease.
Revered as the yoga teacher’s yoga teacher, Patrick Franco has leveraged his extensive knowledge across yoga and eastern medicine to educate and inspire some of the yoga yoga instructors around the world. With 20 years of teaching experience, Patrick is known for a teaching style that is both playful and lighthearted, while deeply rooted in classical spiritual teachings thoughtfully applied to modern life in a way that feels accessible and relevant. His magnetic presence and grounded spirituality have guided an international community for decades, transforming his passion into a global movement. From his award-winning yoga studios in the New York area to developing YogaRenew into one of the world’s leading online yoga platforms, Patrick’s work continues to bridge tradition, community, and contemporary living.
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Come together with a wonderfully designed yoga sequence that will cultivate a “be here now” ability, so we can fully absorb the union of being in the heart of NYC on the solstice. It will be fun, approachable, challenging but most of all exhilarating and full of joy.
Colleen Saidman Yee began practicing yoga in 1984 and graduated from the Jivamukti teacher training program in 1998. Colleen opened Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor in 1999. She is the author of the bestselling book Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom and has become one of the most recognized voices in yoga, featured by publications including The New York Times, which dubbed her “The First Lady of Yoga.” Before yoga, Colleen built a successful international modeling career and spent time in Calcutta working with Mother Teresa. Together with her husband, Rodney Yee, she teaches trainings and retreats around the world and has appeared on the TODAY Show and Live with Kelly and Mark, as well as on yoga platforms including Gaia and Yoga Journal.
Rodney Yee is a highly accomplished and influential figure in the field of yoga. With a teaching career spanning over four decades, Rodney has become renowned for his expertise, passion, and dedication to yoga’s transformative power. Together with his wife Colleen they teach all around the world but are based at Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, NY. They lead teacher trainings, retreats and public classes. They co created UZIT with Donna Karan which brings mindfulness to everyone, anytime and any place.
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Douglass leads an All Levels slow flow yoga class, designed to ground, invigorate and inspire. The flow incorporates modifications and allows for advanced expressions of the poses throughout.
Douglass Stewart is the co-founder of Summer Solstice Yoga In Times Square, celebrating the Summer Solstice by uniting yoga enthusiasts from across the world. He is a proud recipient of the Community Center Service Award, for volunteering yoga classes at the LGBT Community Center. He currently teaches at the Ishta Yoga Center and Om City Yoga and offers meditation at the PPOW Gallery.
Every year on the Summer Solstice in June, Solstice in Times Square brings thousands of yogis to the district for free yoga classes from sunrise to sunset. Your brand can reach thousands of health, wellness, lifestyle, and fitness-oriented yoga enthusiasts through customized on-site activations in our Yoga Sponsor Village. Solstice in Times Square's 648+ million media impressions worldwide also provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to magnify your brand’s messaging in this iconic NYC landscape.
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Registration for Solstice in Times Square 2026 is now open! You can register online via Humanitix. Please ONLY register for one class.
Check-in information will be emailed to you prior to the event. If you successfully registered for a class, you should receive a confirmation email that specifies the check-in location the day before the event. Information for walk-ups will be posted later in June.
You should arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your class.
For contactless check-in, please have your ticket ready to scan on your smart device or printed out on the day of the event.
Yes, Solstice in Times Square is streamed live at TSQ.org/Solstice via Youtube, on Twitter, and on Facebook Live.
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No, registration is not transferable and you cannot bring a guest under your registration. Each participant must register themselves in order to have their own ticket.
Yes, but children under 18 must have a signed release on their behalf before they can enter the site. Releases will be available at check-in. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
7:30am – 8:30am Class, Instructed by Ruchika Lal, Presented by Consulate General of India, New York
9:30am – 10:30am Class, Instructed by Riva Gdanski, Presented by Gaiam
11:30am – 12:30pm Class, Instructed by Erica Stanzione
1:30pm – 2:30pm Class, Instructed by Divya Balakrishnan
3:30pm – 4:30pm Class, Instructed by Patrick Franco
5:30pm - 6:30pm Class, Instructed by Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee
7:30pm – 8:30pm Class, Instructed by Douglass Stewart
See instructor bios and class descriptions.
You can only register for one class. If you register for more than one class, you risk your entire registration being deleted. However, you are welcome to attend as a walk-up participant for additional classes as space allows.
All classes are free! However, while you register, you have the option to make a donation to the Alliance's outreach services, which help vulnerable individuals living in Times Square. Through our trust building efforts, we work towards connecting individuals in crisis to the social services they need. No donation is too big or small!
Public transit options and more are listed on our Getting Around & Parking page. Your check-in location will be located within the center of Times Square's Bowtie, easily accessible by all subways that stop in the neighborhood and a variety of other transit options listed at the link above.
No, you should arrive dressed for class. There are no lockers or storage spaces available.
Free yoga mats will be provided to registered attendees while mats last. Participants are limited to one mat only, to make sure there are still mats available for all attendees.
We will be offering water at the event, but it's still a good idea to bring your own water bottle!
There are no public bathrooms provided.
The Yoga Village will be located on Broadway between 47th and 48th Streets. Sponsors will have various tents set up with information, free samples, activations, and coupons. Solstice participants are invited to enter the Yoga Village directly following their classes.
This event will take place rain or shine!
Our hope is that each class will take place in its entirety, but the safety of instructors and participants is our top priority. In past years, we have occasionally delayed individual classes to let rain subside, but have not yet had to cancel a class. We will keep all attendees well informed if a class needs to be delayed or cancelled.
We encourage you to dress appropriately for the weather and hope to see you on Broadway for yoga on the longest day of the year!
Yes. Solstice in Times Square is an accessible event for people with disabilities. When registration opens, we will ask you to submit your accessibility accommodations by a certain date when you register for the event.
There will be an ASL interpreter on site for all classes, provided by Inclusive Communication Services. The live stream will also have sign interpretation all day and optional real-time captions.
For further information, please email info@tsq.org.
Sorry, no furry friends, reptiles, or other non-human companions are allowed into the event.Exception is granted for service dogs.
No, this event is held on the Broadway Plazas, which are smoke free year-round.
Please register at the same time and then arrive together at least 30 minutes ahead of time at your designated check-in point. Unfortunately, you will not be able to “save” a spot for a guest that is arriving later.
Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga is produced by the Times Square Alliance, a non-profit organization that works to improve and promote Times Square so that it retains the creativity, energy and edge that have made it an international icon for over 100 years. As this is a free event, we rely on support from our fantastic partners. Our partners for Solstice 2026 are Clean Simple Eats, Consulate General of India in New York, Gaiam, Gatorade Lower Sugar, Gatorade Water, heytea, Lifeway Kefir, Propel Energy Boost, and RYZE Superfoods.
