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Title: Weekly Community Class
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: All levels welcome. Everyone from Brand New Beginners, to “I did yoga in college,” to visiting yogis - we learn from each other!

Start Time: 4pm -5:15pm, Every Sunday

$20.00, no reservation required.

Genny Kapuler Intermediate/Advanced - August 27-29

Location: Heathen Hill

About Genny

Genny Kapuler has studied yoga since 1976 and has been teaching since 1980. She has studied three times in India with the Iyengar family. Her primary teacher here is Mary Dunn.

Before the birth of her child and before she began teaching yoga, Genny performed as a modern dancer; for many years she had her own company. She is also trained as an Alexander-technique teacher and is a practitioner of Body-Mind Centering.

In addition to her yoga training, Genny has studied anatomy extensively.

She applies this knowledge to her understanding and teaching of yoga, directing her students toward a deeper awareness in asana and pranayama through precision of alignment. Genny also uses the poetics of language to guide her students, and to create “a mind-state in the room that is gentle and focused.”

Through Iyengar Yoga, she says, students attain ever more precise alignment of the skeletal-muscular, organ, and nervous systems. Working towards harmony of body, mind, and spirit, they are able to move out into the world with more grace.

Prices:

Double pp: $445.00
Single: $525.00
Camping Luxe: $445.00
Bare bones camping: $375.00

We’ll start with a restorative practice on Friday at 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm followed by dinner.

DEPOSIT: Double $245.00; Single $325.00; Camping Luxe $245.00; and Bare bones Camping $175.00.
Checks to HEATHEN HILL YOGA

Start Date: August 27, 2010
End Date: August 29, 2010

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The Kula Goes Wild! Anusara Yoga goes to Heathen Hill with Julie Dohrman

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: This long awaited weekend with Julie will feature 2 daily yoga classes, organic meals, and plenty of time to refresh yourself in the balance of nature. Retreats are a fantastic way to restore the body, mind and spirit, and build stronger bonds of friendship and kula. Heathen Hill is a full service yoga retreat center, yet offers a simple way of living for a perfect end-of-summer weekend getaway, with lodging, deluxe camping or do-it-yourself camping as well.

In between Julie’s uplifting Anusara classes, Heathen Hill will inspire you with so many options! You could swim, hike the paths, meditate in the labyrinth, hang out in the hot tub, walk the meadows barefoot, play badminton, read in a hammock, or at night simply sit by the campfire and look at the stars. Prices are all inclusive of lodging, meals, yoga, and all the R n’ R you can fit into this lush weekend away from daily life.

Bring a bathing suit, your own beach towel, free spirit, and desire to run wild in the meadows!

About Julie

Julie Dohrman is a certified Anusara® Yoga teacher and deeply playful student of yoga for 15+ years.
Her classes are spirited and progressive, and she weaves Anusara’s sophisticated system of alignment with stories, myth, and yogic teachings for a creative and smart approach to living as an urban yogi. Julie is one of the most sought after Anusara teachers in NYC known for her uplifting nature, and aims to inspire students of every level into their wildest potential for healing and transformation. She studies and apprentices regularly with Anusara founder John Friend, along with philosophy scholars Douglas Brooks, and Paul Muller-Ortega. You can often find Julie basking in the sun whenever it is out since she thinks she was a sunflower in a past life.

For more on Julie visit her website: www.shaktiyogany.com

Prices

Yoga House: $385.00 (double occupancy)
Deluxe Camping: $375.00 (BYO sleeping bag, pillow, blanket and towels)
Le Trailer Singles: $450.00 (limited number)
Bare Bones Camping: $285.00 (BYO tent, sleeping bag, etc)

Cost includes all meals, yoga,and lodging.
Transportation to Heathen Hill not included, but carpools will be arranged.
*Drivers get $30 off!*

Payment in Full reserves your spot.
Register with julie@shaktiyogany.com
Start Date: August 20, 2010
End Date: August 22, 2010

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Being and Playing - Yoga at Heathen Hill

Location: Heathen Hill

Description:

Elizabeth and Kathy Wipff are excited to return to Heathen Hill for their 4th Almost- Annual Heathen Hill Retreat.
This year we will keep things simple: Yoga time will focus on the delight that brought us to the practice to begin with-a sense of play and wonder. The practice sessions will be wrapped around plenty of time to:
Spread your toes in the grass, turn cartwheels, sing songs, roast marshmallows, win at dominoes, talk to a new friend, swim, start a game of tag, get crafty, drink a glass of wine. Play!
Sit on the lawn, soak up the sun, float in the pond, listen to the frogs, knit a sweater , watch the chickens, walk through the labyrinth, stare at the sky, breath in and out, breath in and out again, take an extra savasana. Be!

See you there!

About Elizabeth and Kathy Wipff

Elizabeth Wipff and Kathy Wipff are mother and daughter who have been practicing and teaching together for many years. Kathy Brings her gentle mellow southern California vibe and Elizabeth balances it out with her focused no-nonsense New York approach. They both see yoga as ever evolving, contemporary and non-dogmatic. But mostly, they just think it’s fun!

“Come and Play with us!”

Prices

$395.00/Shared Double
$450.00/Single Room
$375.00/”Luxe” Camping
$350.00/Bare Bones Camping
Start Date: August 13, 2010
End Date: August 15, 2010

To reserve your spot please send $200.00 deposit ASAP.
For info: Elizabethwipff@yahoo.com

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Keith and Katie “Bringin’ the Heat”

Location: Heathen Hill

Description:

Join Katie and Keith for a weekend of summertime yoga fun. What do you want to work on? What is confusing, unclear? What’s just so fun that you want to do it over and over again? Let us know, and that’s what we’ll teach. That’s right–we’ll be taking requests for this one, and we’ll have plenty of time to work and play! We’re looking forward to a weekend that hits all of the good stuff in asana — standing poses, backbends, forward bends, inversions, and restorative — as well as pranayama and meditation.

The food you’ll get will be grown right on the property. At breakfast, your dinner might still be growing. How’s that for local? Some of you know Lippy–she’ll be doing the cooking.

Here’s the Schedule:

Friday night: Yoga on the restorative side, followed by dinner.
Saturday: Breakfast, 3 hour yoga class, then lunch, time to yourself (hot tub? swimmin’ hole? play with the chickens?), and another 2 hour class. Dinner.
Sunday: 3 hour yoga class, Brunch, and we’re out!

About Keith and Katie

Katie Malachuk has been teaching with YogaWorks since 2005. She received her 200 and 300 hour yoga teacher certification through YogaWorks; as such she balances the movement of vinyasa with a focus on alignment and attention to the breath. She also includes yoga philosophy and seated meditation in every class. Katie received her BA from Harvard and MBA from Stanford, and she is a certified life coach and holistic health counselor. She is the author of two books on how to make the college and business school application processes into a journey of self-discovery, using yoga philosophy and life coaching. Visit her website at www.katiemalachuk.com.

Keith Yzquierdo’s classes are alignment based. His teaching incorporates mindful movement, deliberate anatomical instructions, careful breath work, and deep concentration. Keith has a degree in mechanical engineering, has studied classical piano extensively, and is a ceramic artist. His teaching is influenced by the exactitude of his engineering past, as well as the fluidity of his music and art. He trained with YogaWorks in NYC under the guidance of Chrissy Carter. He currently studies with Carrie Owerko and Genny Kapuler. Visit his website at www.keithyzq.com.

Prices

Double:( all in) $345.00
Single: $425.00
Deluxe Camping: $345.00
Barebones Camping: $275.00

Start Date: August 6, 2010
End Date: August 8, 2010

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From Garden to Plate: A Weekend Yoga Retreat with Vivekan - July 30 - Aug. 1

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: A blissful weekend of yoga and seasonal living. When not practicing invigorating and restorative yoga sessions with the seasoned yogi, we’ll be practicing yoga off-the-mat–eating mostly organic, seasonal meals derived locally, straight from the property!

It’s a wonderful opportunity to de-stress in the fresh country air, and immerse yourself in your yoga practice. Not to mention indulge in nourishing, nutritious and delicious seasonal cuisine! Yoga practitioners seek balance in the body. Eating local, seasonal foods helps guide us into greater harmony with the earth’s natural cycles; and therefore brings us healthy equilibrium.

Check out our blog re-cap from last year to learn more and browse pictures!

About Vivekan

Vivekan is the founder and director of Park Slope, Brooklyn’s Bodhisattva Yoga. He was certified under Jayadeva, a direct disciple of Swami Satchidananda. “I have been especially inspired by teachers from Tibet, China, India & the West: H.H., the Dalai Lama, the late Sifu Sheng Yen, the late Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin Rinpoche, Khyongla Rato Rinpoche & the clear-thinking empiricist, Serge Ledan, MD. Vivekan’s exposure to eclectic yoga styles, along with his home practice, has led to his unique approach to instruction, which he terms as Inspired FlowsTM. “My Inspired FlowsTM differ from class to class - I never come in with a script; it is based on the premise that fun and effort are not mutually exclusive.”

Vivekan has been featured on MTV Brazil and Channel 9 News, and inside the pages of Time Out NY and The New York Times.

Prices:

Le Trailer Single: $525.00
Yoga House, Honeymoon, Campground Luxe: $435.00
Bring Your Own Everything: $350.00

Early Birds: Register by April 30 for a 15% discount!!!

Space is limited. To reserve your spot, please contact:
Jess Root
jessica@bodhisattvayoga.com
718.499.9642 (YOGA)

Start Date: June 30, 2010
End Date: August 1, 2010

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Paula Lynch - July 16-18

Location: Heathen Hill
Description:

Join Paula Lynch for a fun weekend of yoga, meditation and fresh garden delights this July! We will practice intensely in the morning and afternoon and eat some incredible, home cooked meals in the evening. Our morning practices will include asana, pranayama and meditation, our afternoon practices will ask you to push your limits a bit, to explore and play!
We will begin Friday evening with a Restorative practice, followed by Dinner.

Practicing in the beauty and peace of the mountains, especially at Heathen Hill, helps us access the playful and curious side of the body-mind complex, eventually leading us to that quieter and more peaceful inner space that can be difficult to abide in without this type of exploration. You are invited to come explore and play in your practice and nourish yourself with good food, rest and relaxation on this weekend retreat!

About Paula

Paula Lynch is a Yoga Works Certified Instructor affiliated with the Yogaworks Teacher Training programs. Her teaching style is influenced largely by the meditative flow and heat of Astanga yoga and the precision and playfulness of Iyengar yoga.

She studies with Genny Kapuler and Alison West, and has been able to shape her experience of the world through her asana practice. She studies anatomy and kinesiology and applies this knowledge to her understanding and teaching of yogasana in her classes through breath and alignment.

Paula’s teaching style expresses that yoga is an incredible technique that can give us access to the layers of our physical and energetic bodies that can only be experienced through patient and intentional practice. She practices yoga as a form of devotion, prayer and self-study and understands yoga as so much more than physical - it is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual involving our entire being.

Prices

Double pp: $380.00
Single: $460.00
Camping Luxe: $380.00
Bare bones camping: $310.00
Start Date: July 16, 2010
End Date: July 18, 2010

DEPOSIT: Double $120.00; Single $160.00.
Contact Paula to register: paula@yogapaula.com

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Tzahi Moscovitz - July 9 - 11

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Spend a weekend of serenity found outside of concrete NYC- the Catskills, yoga, garden grown organic food, and fun!

Tzahi will lead the 3 yoga classes where each session will complement the others to provide a complete and well-rounded weekend of yoga- forward bends, back bends, inversions, restorative and pranayama. The combination of Heathen Hill\’s peace and beauty, and a comprehensive yoga study will provide an experience that will leave you feeling integrated and enlivened.

About Tzahi

Tzahi Moskovitz became certified to teach the YogaWorks method in the first Certification to be held in New York, after his original training in the ISHTA tradition with Alan finger. In his teaching, Tzahi combines vigor, flow, and precision, using the full vocabulary of asana to create a practice that is safe while at the same time, playful and adventurous.

He is directly influenced by the flow and strength of the Ashtanga series and the alignment, intelligence and awareness of the Iyengar tradition. He is inspired by the teaching of Mary Dunn, Genny Kapuler and Mark Whitwell. His training and experiences as a medic provide Tzahi with a deep and practical understanding of anatomy as it relates to movement and asana.

Prices

Double: $380.00
Single: $460.00
Barebones Camping: $310.00
Start Date: July 9, 2010
End Date: July 11, 2010

The sun came out and look what grew in the new garden!

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Divine Play in the Great Outdoors with Brenna Padesky & Rikard Skogberg- June 25-27

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Lila (or Leela) is a Sanskirt word which literally translates to mean “play”. Discover how a sense of play (and a sense of humor) can put the joy back into your asana practice. Whether it’s standing on your feet, standing on your hands, working by yourself, or working with a fellow yogi, lightness in your heart and smile on your face can take you miles in understanding how your practice on the mat ripples out to create fulfillment in your life.

Join us for a delicious weekend away from the city. We will meet up late Friday morning and road trip upstate to Heathen Hill in Franklin, NY. Once there, enjoy a weekend of sweaty morning vinyasa with Rikard, evening slow flow and meditation with Brenna, and a taste of Thai Yoga massage threaded throughout. In your free time you can jump in the swimming hole, chase the resident chickens, or catch up on your reading.

About Brenna and Rikard

Rikard Skogberg has a Masters Degree in Social Work and certification in various styles of yoga. He has been a yoga teacher for the past 8 years, currently with a full time practice in NYC. Rikard’s practice, which offers both individual classes as well as group classes, incorporates alignment based asanas with breath as a healing tool.
Rikard is also a Certified Biodynamic Breathwork Practitioner. With a background in dance and theater, Rikard has studied healing drama therapy, dance therapy and creative arts therapy. An integral component of his practice is the union of body with mind and the effect this connection has on healing.

Brenna Padesky studied at Laughing Lotus under the guidance of Bryn Chrisman and Alison Cramer. She is currently managing and teaching at Reflections Yoga in midtown Manhattan.

Prices:

$475.00 per person for a single room
$395.00 per person for a double room
$325.00 per person barebones camping

For more info or to hold your spot, please contact:

Brenna Padesky
207.653.5526
brennapadesky@hotmail.com

Start Date: June 25, 2010
End Date: June 27, 2010

Brenna and Ricard’s group are almost prettier than the new Myra Flower Garden they are standing in

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Yoga and Wine Tasting with Lip and Owen Kotler - June 11-13

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Yoga with LIP, Wine guidance from Owen Kotler. We’ll start with dinner and a tasting on Friday evening at 7pm.

About Owen

Owen Kotler is a well known sommelier and concert clarinetist.
He specializes in organic and bio-dynamic wine distribution for Artisan Wines. His deep knowledge and love for yoga and wine shine in his skillful, interactive, and uplifting wine presentations.

Prices

Double pp: $375.00
Single: $450.00xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Start Date: June 11, 2010
End Date: June 13, 2010

Printable Registration Form

This group looks surprisingly composed considering it was Wine Tasting Weekend

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Marisa Sako - Summer Sattva Part Deux

Location: Heathen Hill

Description:

Come away upstate to lush pastures overlooking a gorgeous green valley. Unwind, relax, reinvigorate. Revel in four of Marisa’s energizing and creative vinyasa yoga classes with emphasis on alignment and ending with deeply restorative savasanas. Enjoy home-cooked goodness fresh from the organic garden and eggs courtesy of the Heathen Hill hens. Spend your time in between classes doing what brings you into balance. Take a swim, do a handstand or two off the dock, practice walking meditation in the labyrinth, admire the flower beds, play Bocci/badminton/horseshoes, or simply lounge under a shady tree with a good book. Explore the middle path if you wish to sip a glass of wine in the hot-tub, star-gaze and toast marshmallows on the campfire. Fall asleep in the quaint farmhouse or snug in your tent to the sound of crickets. Wake up refreshed and ready for more.

About Marisa

Marisa teaches vinyasa yoga at Kula Yoga Project, Bend & Bloom, Shambhala Yoga & Dance, and Om Factory.
Her classes are slow-flowing but intense, creative but safe, challenging but never competitive.
After completing her 200-hour certification in 2006, she found her way to Kula, where she learned to elongate the breath cycles and take a moment to let herself be in really intense places while finding comfort in the sonorous ujjayi breath in the room.
She has studied a good deal of anatomy, first with Neuromuscular Therapist Susan Hefner and then with yoga anatomy educator Leslie Kaminoff. She completed a 75-hour advanced training with Schuyler Grant in 2009, who has been one of her most influential teachers. Schuyler, along with her fellow teachers of Kula Yoga Project, have helped her learn how to bring alignment and bandha work into the vinyasa flow. By the time this retreat rolls around, Marisa will have finished her 500-hour certification with Alison West, who is also teaching Marisa yoga for backcare.
In her teaching, Marisa manages to geek out on alignment in just the right dose as to not disrupt the flow. And through this flow, she passes onto her students what yoga has given her: the use of the breath as a bridge between the body and the mind, as well as a way to imbue action with mindfulness and heart through this moving meditation. Each day, her student amaze, humble, and inspire her, and for this she is grateful.

Prices

$385/person in shared double room
$460 single room in “Le Trailer”
$385/person in “Honeymoon Sweet”
$300 camping

Your check for the full amount reserves your spot.

Transportation is separate. Last time, we shared the cost rental cars, gas, and tolls which came to $90/person. If you have a car and would be willing to car pool, please let me know. Car owners get hooked up with a $25 discount on the retreat and they don’t have to chip in for gas or tolls.

Start Date: June 4, 2010
End Date: June 6, 2010

Email Marisa for more info, photos, itinerary, or to reserve - rissako@gmail.com

Marisa Sako and her Jazz Hand Yogis

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Tulum 2010

Location: Petit Shambala Hotel on the Yucatan Peninsula
Start Date: January 29, 2010
End Date: February 5, 2010

For registration form, click here

Description:

The yoga room is on the beach. (Last year a naked guy did headstands out there every day. This I cannot guarantee.)

We do a practice in the morning after breakfast.
We practice again before sunset.
In between there is a beach and water so clear and kind even Lip gets in the ocean.
The only time you wear shoes is to go to town for dinner.
We stay at the Petit Shambala Hotel. (Terrific pics on Roberto’s site)

Retreat includes accommodations, breakfast, lunch and yoga twice a day (except Tuesday afternoon-Tourist Day.)

Bring your mat, blocks, a strap, and your itty bitty book light.

For registration form, click here
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

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Summer’s 1st Annual Fall Yoga Retreat

Location: Heathen Hill

Description: A blissful weekend of Yoga in the country during the most beautiful time of year. Enjoy a getaway trip before the cold sets in. Four Yoga classes with a different area of focus for each one (including pranayama , hip opening, inversions, and restorative) will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated prior to heading back to the city for the winter season.

About Summer

Summer Shirey is a certified Yoga teacher from NYC. She teaches at Kula Yoga Project and Pure Yoga in Manhattan and at YogaSole and Bend and Bloom in Brooklyn. Her classes are filled with creative and intelligent sequencing that leave you more conscious of the mind, body, breath connection on and off of the mat. Inspired by many different styles of yoga, Pilates, the Alexander technique, and Laban each class is a well-rounded, multi-layered experience.

Prices:
$350.00 ($375.00 after Oct. 1st)-Double occupancy
$415.00 ($440.00 after Oct. 1st)-Single occupancy
$335.00/pp($360.00 after Oct 1st)- Honeymoon suite

Start Date: 10/23/09
End Date: 10/25/09

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ASL Yoga Fall Retreat

Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Spring was so fun we are doing it again!
Enjoy wonderful food, good friends and a full weekend of yoga instruction surrounded by the fall colors.
This weekend of yoga is taught in American Sign Language by Jen Kagan, certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher

About Jennifer

Jennifer Kagan is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She graduated from the Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Institute of NY. Her teachers include Mary Dunn, Kevin Gardiner, Manuso Manos, and James Murphy.

She has studied with the Iyengar family in Pune, India as well as with Rajiv Chanchani at Yog-Ganga in Rajpur, India. Jennifer also teaches yoga in American Sign Language to the Deaf community. www.signyoga.blogspot.com
To register contact: kaganj@gmail.com

Prices:

Yoga House, Honeymoon, and Campground Luxe- $350.00
Le Trailer singles- $425.00
Camping- $275.00
Just for the day- $215.00

Start Date: October 16, 2009
End Date: October 18, 2009

Reservations: kaganj@gmail.com
More information at www.jenkagan.net

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Yoga and Wine Tasting Revisited - Oct. 2 - 4

Title: Yoga and Wine Tasting Revisited - Oct. 2 - 4
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Yoga and Wine Tasting Revisited Oct 2-4 with Owen and Lip

The event in May was such fun, we’re doing it again.
Owen Kotler is putting together ANOTHER spectacular selection of wines and I’ll do my best with the menu and the yoga. Will we try balancing poses????? We shall see.

About Owen

Owen Kotler is a well known sommelier and concert clarinetist.

He specializes in organic and bio-dynamic wine distribution for Artisan Wines. His deep knowledge and love for yoga and wine shine in his skillful, interactive, and uplifting wine presentations.

Prices:
Double: $375.00
Camping Deluxe: $375.00
Barebones: $300.00
The Honeymoon Sweet and both single rooms are already booked. Hurry!

Start Date: October 2, 2009
End Date: October 4, 2009

Taken on the front porch of the Yoga House because this weekend was ALL about the yoga…..Please let me know if you see ANY eyes that are actually focused.

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Rodney Yee Fourth Annual Invitational

Title: Rodney Yee Fourth Annual Invitational

Location: Heathen Hill

Price:
Double - $975
Single - $1,075
Camping Luxe - $975
Bare bones - $800
Start Date: August 25, 2009
End Date: August 29, 2009

Printable Registration Form

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Summer Sattva : A Vinyasa Yoga Retreat with Marisa Sako - Aug 21 -23

Title: Summer Sattva : A Vinyasa Yoga Retreat with Marisa Sako
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Come away upstate to lush pastures overlooking a gorgeous green valley. Unwind, relax, reinvigorate. Revel in four of Marisa’s energizing and creative vinyasa yoga classes with emphasis on alignment and ending with deeply restorative savasanas. Enjoy home-cooked goodness fresh from the organic garden and eggs courtesy of the Heathen Hill hens. Spend your time in between classes doing what brings you into balance. Take a swim, do a handstand or two off the dock, practice walking meditation in the labyrinth, admire the flower beds, play Bocci/badminton/horseshoes, or simply lounge under a shady tree with a good book. Explore the middle path if you wish to sip a glass of wine in the hot-tub, star-gaze and toast marshmallows on the campfire. Fall asleep in the quaint farmhouse or snug in your tent to the sound of crickets. Wake up refreshed and ready for more.

About Marisa

Marisa teaches vinyasa yoga at Bend & Bloom right here in Park Slope, Shambhala Yoga & Dance in Prospect Heights, Kula Yoga Project, and Yoga Effects on the Eastside of Manhattan.
Her classes are slow-flowing but intense, creative but safe, challenging but never competitive. She completed her 200-hour training with Dana Flynn and Jasmine Tarkeshi at Laughing Lotus. She went on to study with Neuromuscular Therapist Susan Hefner and yoga anatomy educator Leslie Kaminoff. Over the past few years, she has been practicing regularly with Schuyler Grant and the teachers of Kula Yoga Project, who have helped her learn how to bring alignment and bandha work into the vinyasa flow. This year she has begun practicing with Alison West, which greatly influences her teaching these days as well. Marisa tries to pass on to her students what yoga has given her: an understanding of how to use the breath as a bridge between the body and mind; how to imbue action with mindfulness and heart; and how to quiet the mind through moving meditation. Each day her students amaze, inspire, and humble her. For this, she is grateful.

Prices:

$375/person in shared double room
$450/per person in a single room
$375/person in “Honeymoon Suite”
$300 camping

* $25 off if you reserve before Aug 5th *

Start Date: August 21, 2009
End Date: August 23, 2009

Email Marisa for more info or to reserve: rissako@gmail.com

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Genny Kapuler Intermediate/Advanced 4th Annual - Aug. 14th - 16th

Title: Genny Kapuler Intermediate/Advanced 4th Annual
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Retreat starts with class at 4pm Friday.
Dinner will follow.

About Genny

Genny Kapuler has studied yoga since 1976 and has been teaching since 1980. She has studied three times in India with the Iyengar family. Her primary teacher here is Mary Dunn.

Before the birth of her child and before she began teaching yoga, Genny performed as a modern dancer; for many years she had her own company. She is also trained as an Alexander-technique teacher and is a practitioner of Body-Mind Centering.

In addition to her yoga training, Genny has studied anatomy extensively.

She applies this knowledge to her understanding and teaching of yoga, directing her students toward a deeper awareness in asana and pranayama through precision of alignment. Genny also uses the poetics of language to guide her students, and to create “a mind-state in the room that is gentle and focused.”

Through Iyengar Yoga, she says, students attain ever more precise alignment of the skeletal-muscular, organ, and nervous systems. Working towards harmony of body, mind, and spirit, they are able to move out into the world with more grace.

Prices:

Double pp: $440.00
Single: $515.00
Camping Luxe: $440.00
Bare bones camping: $365.00

Start Date: August 14, 2009
Start Time: 4:00 pm
End Date: August 16, 2009

Printable Registration Form

Photos of 2009 Retreat

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“Keep on the Sunny Side” Weekend Retreat with Tzahi Moskovitz - July 31 - August 2

Title: “Keep on the Sunny Side” Weekend Retreat with Tzahi Moskovitz - July 31 - August 2
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Spend a weekend of serenity found outside of concrete NYC– the Catskills, yoga, garden grown organic food, and fun!

Tzahi will lead the 3 yoga classes where each session will complement the others to provide a complete and well-rounded weekend of yoga— forward bends, backbends, inversions, restorative and pranayama. The combination of Heathen Hill\’s peace and beauty, and a comprehensive yoga study will provide an experience that will leave you feeling integrated and enlivened.

About Tzahi

Tzahi Moskovitz became certified to teach the YogaWorks method in the first Certification to be held in New York, after his original training in the ISHTA tradition with Alan finger. In his teaching, Tzahi combines vigor, flow, and precision, using the full vocabulary of asana to create a practice that is safe while at the same time, playful and adventurous.

He is directly influenced by the flow and strength of the Ashtanga series and the alignment, intelligence and awareness of the Iyengar tradition. He is inspired by the teaching of Mary Dunn, Genny Kapuler and Mark Whitwell. His training and experiences as a medic provide Tzahi with a deep and practical understanding of anatomy as it relates to movement and asana.

Prices:
Single - $450.00
Double - $375.00 per person
Campground Luxe - $375.00 per person
Barebones - $300.00 per person

Start Date:July 31, 2009
End Date: August 2, 2009

Tzahi’s group–waiting for the grapes to ripen

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Relax, Rejuvenate & Revitalize: A Weekend Getaway with Vivekan of Bodhisattva Yoga

Title: Relax, Rejuvenate & Revitalize: A Weekend Getaway with Vivekan of Bodhisattva Yoga
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Vivekan, founder and director of Park Slope, Brooklyn’s Bodhisattva Yoga, invites you to a weekend of relaxation, rejuvenation and revitalization. Though this can be just a getaway, it’s opportunity to cultivate mental and physical wellbeing. Set at Heathen Hill Guest and Retreat Center, in the Catskills’ peaceful and natural settings, you will learn and practice tools for relaxing the body and clearing the mind. Through the practice of yoga, along with the natural, supportive setting and environment, you will experience the body and mind in the moment. Becoming aware of our body, speech and mind, we will witness how we unknowingly create suffering. This knowledge, along with Vivekan’s instruction and the natural setting, will aid in an attitude and perspective shift. We can then discover how yoga can help us build genuine, harmonious relationships with others by engendering a spirit of generosity, ethical conduct, patience, enthusiasm, mindfulness and insight.

About Vivekan

Vivekan (AKA, William D. Mejia, Jr., B.S., E-RYT) is a New York City native and the founder/director of Park Slope, Brooklyn’s Bodhisattva Yoga. He received certification under Jayadeva, a direct disciple of Swami Satchidananda. Vivekan credits Rodney Yee as an asana and flow-sequence giant from whom he learned a great deal. “I also must credit my venerable and sagely mentor, Serge Ledan, MD, as a peerless friend and one who has completed the trainings. His empirical mind has helped me yoke the essence of Buddhism and the utility of yoga.” Vivekan’s exposure to eclectic yoga styles, along with his home practice, has led to his unique style, which he terms as Inspired FlowsTM. “My Inspired FlowsTM differ from class to class - I never come in with a script; it is based on the premise that fun and effort are not mutually exclusive. One can be interested in, and mindful of, form and breath and yet not be restrained by orthodoxy.” Vivekan has instructed thousands of students in the New York City area; he has also worked extensively with individuals coping with hard-drug addictions, HIV, AIDS and their respective difficulties and treatments. He has attended to under-served populations such as seniors and individuals with physical, visual and hearing disabilities. He has led numerous workshops, seminars and retreats based upon wellness, yoga & meditation.

Vivekan operates Bodhisattva Yoga as an ecologically and socially responsible business - using recycled products and wind-energy, while hosting monthly activist meetings called Engagement for Change. Aspiring to Right-Livelihood, he now terms himself a sustainopreneur (and is a founding member of AEREAS) as he seeks to marry his entrepreneurial spirit with his concern for ecological and social issues. He is currently in a graduate program for Environmental Management; and, his next project of interest is tentatively titled, Bodhisattva Group International (BGI). BGI is an envisioned organization intent on solving problems facing habitat, species and humanity on a global level. BGI’s function will be to meet the increasing demand in eco-tourism and holistic wellness while addressing key ecological and social difficulties unique to locality

Prices:

Le Trailer singles - $405.00 per person
Yoga House - $330.00 per person
Honeymoon - $330.00 per person
Campground Luxe - $330.00 per person
Bring your own everything - $255.00 per person

Start Date: July 24, 2009
End Date: July 26, 2009

For Registration, contact vivekan@bodhisattvayoga.com

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Joelle Hann and Stephanie Sandleben: Equalize Your Asana - July 17 - 19

Title: Joelle Hann and Stephanie Sandleben: Equalize Your Asana

Location: Heathen Hill

Description:
During this retreat we will focus on incorporating
bandhas and pranayama into the asana class to create a powerful and peaceful practice. We will have time for meditation as well as basking in the sun, swimming in the pond, and enjoying the beautiful upstate setting.

About Joelle and Stephanie

Joelle Hann and Stephanie Sandleben blend the free-flow of vinyasa with the precision of Iyengar yoga to create asana classes that energize the mind and body. Certified through Alison West of Yoga Union, Steph and Joelle continue to train with senior teachers across the US such as Tias Little, Genny Kapular, and Alan Finger. For more info, contact us at samatreats@gmail.com or visit our blog http://samatreats.blogspot.com

Start Date: July 17, 2009
End Date: July 19, 2009

Arrival: Friday 6:00 pm

Friday
8:00 pm - Welcome/Restorative Class

Saturday
9:00 am - 11:00 am - class
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - class

Sunday
9:00 - 11:00 am - class

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ASANA, PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION with Paula Lynch- July 10 -12

Title: ASANA, PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION with Paula Lynch- July 10 -12
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Join Paula Lynch for a weekend of exploration and relaxation. This retreat will explore yoga as a complete practice, addressing the inter-relatedness of asana, pranayama and meditation. Each class will be comprised of pranayama, vigorous asana practice, followed by meditation with equal emphasis placed on each aspect of the practice.

Intermediate to Advanced Students; prior knowledge and practice recommended.

About Paula

Paula Lynch is a Yoga Works Certified Instructor affiliated with the Yogaworks Teacher Training programs. Her teaching style is influenced largely by the meditative flow and heat of Astanga yoga and the precision and playfulness of Iyengar yoga.

She studies with Genny Kapuler and Alison West, and has been able to shape her experience of the world through her asana practice. She studies anatomy and kinesiology and applies this knowledge to her understanding and teaching of yogasana in her classes through breath and alignment.

Paula’s teaching style expresses that yoga is an incredible technique that can give us access to the layers of our physical and energetic bodies that can only be experienced through patient and intentional practice. She practices yoga as a form of devotion, prayer and self-study and understands yoga as so much more than physical - it is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual involving our entire being.

Prices:

Double - $385.00 per person
Single - $460.00 per person
Camping Deluxe - $385.00 per person
Barebones - $310.00 per person

*Please note that cost of transportation is separate. If you have a car and would be willing to carpool, please let me know!

Start Date: July 10, 2009
End Date: July 12, 2009

Arrival: Friday 5:00 pm

Friday
6:30 pm - Pranayama/Restorative Class

Saturday
8:00 am - 10:30 am - class
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - class

Sunday
8:00am - 10:30 am - class

Departure: Sunday, 2:00 pm
To register email: paula@yogapaula.com or visit www.yogapaula.com

During Paula Lynch’s Yoga Party, she and Nick started off the dancing on the front porch

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Yoga with Jenny Perez - June 26 - 28

Location: Heathen Hill
Prices:
Double and Camping Luxe: $350
Single: $425
Camping Barebones: $275

Start Date: June 26, 2009
End Date: June 28, 2009

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Samadhi in the Country - June 5-7

Title: Samadhi in the Country
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Citta vrtti in the city got you down? Ditch those agitations of the mind and come away with us out of town!

Take the day off on Friday and we’ll head upstate to Heathen Hill to enjoy a weekend of juicy vinyasa flow, delectable home-cooked meals, lying in the grass with a good book, and dozing off to the sound of crickets. And don’t forget to pack a bathing suit for the swimming hole and hot tub!

About Marisa

Marisa is a local girl lucky enough to have a mom who was teaching her to walk on her hands shortly after learning how to walk on her feet! Throughout her life, she has dabbled in all sorts of movement, but nothing has been able to really inhabit a space in her heart like vinyasa practice.

It was this love that brought her to Laughing Lotus College of Yoga where she completed her teacher training with Dana Flynn and Jasmine Tarkeshi. Each day, she wakes up feeling honored and fortunate to be practicing and teaching yoga. Her instruction is greatly influenced by her on-going studies in anatomy and kinesiology, marrying detailed descriptions of alignment and encouragement to flow with grace. She believes that moving with mindfulness and compassion for oneself on the mat leads to moving about the world in the same manner.

Prices:

$340.00 Double Room
$415.00 Single Room
$265.00 Barebones Camping

Take $15 off if you sign up before May 1st!

Start Date: June 5, 2009
End Date: June 7, 2009

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Yoga in American Sign Language - May 29 - May 31

Title: YOGA in AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Taught by JENNIFER KAGAN

YOGA IS FOR ALL OF US-A YOGA RETREAT IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

A two day retreat exclusively taught in ASL. Find out what yoga is all about in a class structured for you! The Iyengar method of teaching yoga employs demonstration and sequencing information making it especially suited for Deaf students. You will learn the fundamentals of a yoga practice to begin your own practice at home. You will also learn yoga philosophy which is the foundation of the yoga practice. There will be two 3 hour sessions on Saturday and one session on Sunday. The entire weekend will be in ASL. You must be fluent to attend this workshop. All physical levels are welcome. In addition to yoga, you will have plenty of time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Heathen Hill.

About Jennifer

Jennifer Kagan is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She graduated from the Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Institute of NY. Her teachers include Mary Dunn, Kevin Gardiner, Manuso Manos, and James Murphy.

She has studied with the Iyengar family in Pune, India as well as with Rajiv Chanchani at Yog-Ganga in Rajpur, India. Jennifer also teaches yoga in American Sign Language to the Deaf community. www.signyoga.blogspot.com
To register contact: kaganj@gmail.com

Prices:

Double and Luxe Camping: $350.00
Single: $425.00
Barebones Camping: $275.00

Start Date: May 29, 2009
End Date: May 31, 2009

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Yoga and Wine Tasting - May 15 - May 17th

Title: Yoga and Wine Tasting
Location: Heathen Hill
Description: Yoga with LIP, Wine guidance from Owen Kotler.

FIRST TASTING: FRIDAY NIGHT 7pm with appropriate snacks. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

About Owen

Owen Kotler is a well known sommelier and concert clarinetist.

He specializes in organic and bio-dynamic wine distribution for Artisan Wines. His deep knowledge and love for yoga and wine shine in his skillful, interactive, and uplifting wine presentations.

Prices:

Double pp: $375.00

Single: $450.00xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Start Date: May 15, 2009
Start Time: 7:00 pm
End Date: May 17, 2009

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All Lip all the time “Spring into Action”

April 11 at Hamptons Beach Yoga in Westhampton, LI
3pm - 5pm

Cost is $35.

for registration www.hamptonsbeachyoga.com

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Workshop March 7 at Yoga Shanti, Sag Harbor, LI

Lip and Dana Strong “OPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS”
12 pm - 3pm
for registration www.yogashanti.com

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Feb 14  at Levitate Yoga

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Open Heart, Open Mind

Location: 138 Fifth Avenue (4th floor) New York, NY 10011
Link out: Click here
Description: Join senior teachers Susan Orem and Dana Strong for an afternoon of heart opening and restorative meditation. Winter is an excellent time to explore yoga\’s healing qualities. This workshop will explore how backbends ease tension in the shoulders and neck, create suppleness in the spine and generate the courage needed to approach life with clarity and open-heartedness.
Start Time: 2:00 pm
Date: 2009-01-31
End Time: 5:00 pm