Past Retreats

After leaving behind a career in the New York fashion industry, Frank Ricci was ready to find inner peace. What began as a casual yoga practice quickly became his passion. As Frank found his own calming balance and soon realized the tremendous benefits of this age-old form of wellness, he also found his true career calling: to help heal others.

Frank received his yoga teaching certificate from The Yogasana Center of Yoga in Brooklyn, New York, where he began teaching in 2010. Since that time, he has received extensive training in Therapeutic yoga, including assisting Deborah Wolk. He studies regularly with his mentors and has had the pleasure and privilege of studying with Donald Moyer of The Yoga Room. In 2011, Frank’s quest for deeper professional training led him to India, where he completed a five-week course studying Iyengar Yoga from Rajiv and Swati Chanchani. Frank’s compassionate teaching style draws influence from Iyengar Yoga as well as modalities such as Alexander Technique, creating a unique experience for his students that is both encouraging and challenging.

Connecting to your Practice.

Join me for a Weekend Yoga retreat in the Catskills. Committing yourself to a weekend of Yoga sans distraction of everyday life is a great way to connect deeper to your practice and to yourself.  Alignment based classes structured to encourage and challenge you, each class building off the the previous.
$550 for a shared room
$750 for a Single room
$50 off if registered by Feb 15th, Please email Frankricci@gmail.com to register.  

Brette Popper believes yoga, like writing, is a process of self-inquiry. Her alignment-based NYC classes emphasize a combination of movement with a healthy dose of yoga philosophy and anatomy. For this special workshop Popper, an E-RYT-500, will focus on fundamental postures that allow students to work deeply through layers of awareness towards relaxation, mental openness and creative freedom.

Cynthia Kling works primarily with students who have difficulties facing the frightening white page and helping them discover the forces within that give them the courage to write. She has recently become interested in animal medicine – specifically spirit animals – and will use this Native American tradition to introduce students to their own creatures as they make their springtime reappearance.

Yoga and Writing: Cracking Open the Creative Edge Weekend Retreat (April 26-28 2019)

In this weekend workshop in the magnificent Catskills, Brette Popper and Cynthia Kling will use the tools of yoga, meditation and writing to help you access your inner creativity and release the stories you were born to tell.

As spring makes her way down the mountains, streams begin to flow and tadpoles to hatch, you too will wake your sleepy senses through postures, breathing techniques, concentrations and creature wisdom.

What’s required? A generous spirit and a willingness to participate.

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Where: Heathen Hill Guesthouse and Retreat Center is nestled atop a beautiful hill in the Western Catskills. Located in Franklin, NY, about 3.5 hours from NYC, it’s a magical place to rest and recharge.

When: The program runs from Friday afternoon April 26 through Sunday brunch on April 28. All accommodations, meals, meditation, yoga and writing classes included. Transportation not included.

Prices: $625 double or $740 single with a shared bath, $740 double or $965 single with a private bath. For more information about room options visit www.heathenhillyoga.net

Register: Directly with Brette (brettepopper@gmail.com, 646-361-8791) or Cynthia (cynthiaconradkling@gmail.com, 917-251-9647).
Limited to 12 students. All levels of yoga practitioners and writers are invited.

Merav is a licensed psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and yoga instructor. She uses both talk therapy and yoga as tools to develop self awareness, focus, clarity, stability and ease on a physical and an emotional level.

As a yoga instructor, she incorporates principles from her background in psychology. She strives to offer a safe, non-judgmental environment for students to explore their bodies, observe their minds and confront and overcome their fears, limitations, or obstacles both on and off the mat. She currently teaches group and private classes in NYC. She also leads yoga and meditation workshops and retreats worldwide and teaches specialized workshops on yoga for emotional well being and trauma relief for mental health practitioners, yoga teachers and yoga students.

Spring Getaway Retreat 

After a long winter in our crowded city we are heading upstate to unwind, relax and renew. Come spend a weekend full of yoga and meditation at Heathen Hill, a secluded and intimate retreat center surrounded by beautiful nature. Enjoy 4 extended yoga classes ,locally grown fresh gourmet food, and plenty of free time for chilling in the hummock, dipping in the swimming hole and/or the hot-tub, lying on the grass with a good book, walking in the mediation labyrinth, or playing volleyball, badminton, or whatever other game suits your fancy on the beautiful lawns. At night sit around the bonfire, drink wine and enjoy the star filled sky.
Prices Include all meals, yoga and accommodations:

Schedule:

May 3rd

4pm Arrival
6pm Post travel Gentle Flow
7:30pm Dinner

May 4th

7:30 Breakfast
9:30am Morning Yoga practice
12pm Lunch
1pm- Free time for hammock, walks in nature, swimming hole…
6pm Evening practice: Yin, Restorative
7:30pm Dinner
9pm Bonfire

May 5th

7:30am breakfast
9:00am Morning Yoga practice
11:45am Brunch
2pm Departure

YOGA HOUSE

$495 per person in a double shared room that shares a bath
$760 single room that shares a bath

BIG HEATHEN HOUSE

$545 per person in a double room with a shared bath
$660 per person in a double room with private bath
$765 single private room that shares a bath
$990 single private room with private bath

CONTACT MERAV to register: meravbenhorin@gmail.com

June 7-9
Summer Catskills Yoga Retreat with Jenny Schuck 

Jenny strives to create smart sequencing within the aligned vinyasa style. She is a student of Rodney Yee and completed her 500-hour training with Natasha Rizopoulis. The weekend will be mostly asana practice with a taste of her work ‘Stability for the Yoga Body’ – a series of exercises to create stability in the body made mobile by yoga practice – developed to prevent everyday injuries.

My favorite things to do at Heathen Hill: yoga, read in an Adirondack chair, hike, walk the labyrinth, play volleyball and badminton with friends and use the hot tub. And sometimes do nothing. There are breakfast items available in your house. We gather for lunch and dinner – the food is amazing – most of it grown on site. It’s a wonderful treat to sit with each other at eating times and chat about those things we never get to chat about as we run into and out of yoga class. At night, there are so many stars. I saw the milky way for the first time here. We’ll have either a bonfire or a movie night. Everything is optional – you can always sleep or sneak off to chat with a buddy or go antiquing.

Heathen Hill is about 2.5 hours from Danbury. Arrive Friday afternoon – an optional practice around 5pm – then dinner with the gang around 7pm. We’ll have two 90-minute sessions on Saturday, with time between for lounging or exploring. Then my friend Tobie Schuerfeld and I will co-teach a 2-hour session on Sunday morning, followed by a country brunch before we head home.

To register contact Jenny jenny@weareyogaculture.com

A Spring Retreat

Tobie believes that making space in the body to breathe is the most important part of the yoga practice. Her classes always tell a story whether they are moving towards a peak pose or have a specific theme. Tobie likes to warm up the body slowly and deliberately to allow students to deepen their awareness of movement and breath. She has been a student of Rodney Yee’s for the last 13 years . This weekend will include asana, breath awareness and meditation. The last class of the weekend will be co taught with the fabulous Jenny Shuck! Contact tschuerfeld45@comcast.net for information.

Yoga Hollis’ Happy HollisDays Retreat!
June 21 – 23, 2019.
Info: www.HappyHollisDays.com

Meg Lotito has been practicing Yoga for 20 years and teaching for 16 years. She trained for years with nationally renowned yoga teachers such as Shiva Rea and Maria Garre and holds numerous yoga certifications. Meg was featured in the Boston Globe and the Staten Island advance numerous times. She modeled for Exhale Spa ,a global high end spa and yoga studio. Meg has her own yoga studio in Staten Island, NY and holds yearly yoga & Pilates retreat in upstate, NY. Meg has a degree in psychology and is also a registered nurse.

Yoga & Pilates Retreat with Meg June 28-30 2019

Restore balance and harmony in your life with a Yoga & Pilates Retreat that will take you through asana practices, core exercises, stretching, breathing techniques and meditation This weekend is all about slowing down and connecting with yourself. We will nourish ourselves with delicious organic meals, connect with nature, and find space in a nurturing and relaxing environment.

$500 for the weekend which includes shared room, all meals, pilates & yoga classes and guided meditation.
Meg Lotito contact info
(917) 836 4390

Chrissy Carter’s Annual Summer Retreat
July 12th-14th

The magic of Heathen Hill is the perfect backdrop for this special summer weekend getaway. Enjoy intimate, in-depth practices with lots of personal attention, amazing organic meals sourced from the garden and cooked with love by Susan “Lip” Orem and VP Lisa King, and time to soak up the fresh country air. There’s lots of downtime to spend however you’d like: swim in the watering hold, nap in the hammock, read a book on the front porch, frolic on the lawn, or walk through the labyrinth. This weekend is not to be missed! Space is limited!

Click here for more information, or to reserve your spot:
chrissycarter.com/retreat/heathen-hill-summer-retreat/

July 19
4pm Arrival
6pm Restorative Yoga
7:30pm Dinner (byob)

July 20
7am Yin and Meditation
8am Light Breakfast
9am Yoga Walk
9:30am VinyASSa
12pm Lunch on the Lawn (weather permitting)
6:30pm Restorative Yoga
7:30pm Dinner (byob)
9pm Bonfire

July 21
7am Yin and Meditation
8am Light Breakfast
9am WTF%$#!?
11:30am Brunch
2pm Departure

Yoga House
$500pp double with shared bath
$675pp single with shared bath

Big House
$575pp double with shared bath
$650pp single with shared bath
$800pp double with private bath
$925pp single with private bath

*Retreat is limited to 18 participants

questions: wesleynycyoga@gmail.com
payment: Venmo(Wesley Collier), Cash App(Wes Collier), check, cash