Heathen Hill Yoga

Heathen Hill is pleased to present these outstanding guest teachers

Past Retreats

Oct 4-6, 2013 – Laurel Beversdorf

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Simplify your life with a weekend of self-care, deep rest, and organic home-cooking on the whimsical, rolling acreage of Heathen Hill. Immerse your body’s tissues in playful, creatively crafted yoga and self-massage classes. Roll out and revive sluggish muscles, mobilize and unburden stuck joints, sedate mind-body tension patterns, laugh and breathe. Leave feeling fantastic, rested and restored. Click here for the Retreat Flyer

Level: All levels

About Laurel

Laurel’s teaching style expresses yoga, first and foremost, as a practical tool to feel and live better in the body. With in-depth knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology, as well as vivid and playful teaching techniques, Laurel guides students toward developing keener body awareness, healthier movement patterns, and sharper intuitiveness to take self-care into their own hands. Laurel is a certified Yoga Tune Up® teacher, as well as a yoga teacher, teacher trainer and anatomy instructor for YogaWorks. She leads teacher trainings, yoga and self-massage workshops and retreats around the US and internationally.

Price

Shared Double – $400/person
Rooms in the Yoga House have 2 twin beds. The “Honeymoon Sweet” in LeTrailer has a double bed.

Single – $475
A cute and comfy single room with a single bed in Le Trailer awaits you.

Camping Luxe – $380/person
Consider double-occupancy, palatial tents with Martha Stewart-would-be-proud decor like mattresses, chairs and lanterns.

To reserve your spot, contact Laurel at laurelbeversdorf@gmail.com BYO bedding and towels.

Sept 20 – 22, 2013 – Chrissy Carter

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Fall Harvest Retreat

The Fall is the perfect time to take stock of where you are and to prepare for the journey inward. Chrissy’s practices are open to serious students of all levels. This retreat includes a special class on canning, where Lip will teach us how to preserve using her late summer harvest. We will all go home with two jars of goodness! Free time can be spent swimming, napping, and frolicking on Lip’s beautiful property.

About Chrissy

Chrissy is a passionate student of yoga, both on the mat and in all of the surprising ways yoga shows up in her life, her kitchen, and her relationships. She teaches with clarity, humor, and heart and is fiercely dedicated to her students. Chrissy is a senior teacher and teacher trainer at YogaWorks in New York and is the star of Gaiam’s new DVD, Beginning Yoga. She is inspired by many teachers but is currently practicing with Carrie Owerko and a 1966 edition of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. http://www.chrissycarter.com

Price

Prices include 4 practices, all meals, lodging, and canning class.

$425 Double
$500 Single
$395 Camping Luxe

Sept 13-15, 2013 – Yoga with Lip and Wine Tasting with Owen Kotler


 

 

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Description

We’ll start with a tasting before dinner on Friday. Whites, maybe a sparkler?

Class Saturday 9 – 11:00am. Tasting before lunch. Hot tub. Snooze. Afternoon class 4 – 6pm

Evening tasting and pour. Dinner. Pour .

Sunday morning 9 – 11:00 no balance poses……. BRUNCH! coffee only……….

$400 per person

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.

About Susan “Lip” Orem

Susan”Lip” Orem began practicing yoga when the thrill of bench aerobics was gone. Her first teachers were Sharon Gannon, Dana Flynn and Cyndi Lee. Her checkered past as a dancer in Las Vegas revues, Off Broadway actress, Ringling Brothers clown and sign language interpreter left her no choice but to teach yoga. She was too old to be a cowgirl or an astronaut. She was first certified by Cyndi Lee before there was an OM Yoga. She has been a student of Rodney Yee since 1996 and continues to be inspired by his teaching. She is honored to be part of the Teacher Training Staff for Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor. Here in NYC Genny Kapuler and Carrie Owerko keep Lip’s feet steady on the path. The most influential teachers have been all the students willing to take this trip with her. Susan “Lip” is grateful every day that what she does is what she loves.

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September 6-8, 2013 – Basics Bliss: Bodhisattva Yoga in the Catskills

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In the Bodhisattva tradition, being of greater benefit to those around you, often begins with benefiting yourself. Vivekan & Jess invite you to join them for a weekend of bliss in the nearby mountains! Establish a solid Basics-level practice (or deepen a preexisting one!) with revitalizing Bodhisattva Yoga; a combination of engaging mindful flows, breath work, meditation, Buddhist philosophy, and the altruistic motivation to help others– with a rock and roll sensibility to top it off. With home-cooked, locally-harvested meals, the idyllic late summer setting, and lots of relaxing down-time, it’s the perfect opportunity to set the important foundations integral to a safe, comprehensive, and fun Bodhisattva Yoga practice.

About Vivekan & Jess

Vivekan is the founder and director of Park Slope, Brooklyn’s Bodhisattva Yoga (www.BodhisattvaYoga.com). He was originally certified under a direct disciple of Swami Satchidananda and has since studied with many teachers of varying traditions. He has especially been inspired by teachers from Tibet, China, India & the West. Synthesizing these influences, Vivekan has created his own unique brand of yoga instruction called Bodhisattva Yoga. His meditation instruction, and broad yogic knowledge and experience, enriches his students’ experience with his ability to tie yogic philosophy with ordinary, everyday experiences.

Bodhisattva Yoga’s Co-Director, Jess, received her teacher certification under Vivekan and continues to apprentice under his guidance. She draws inspiration from her practice, her teachers and the Dharma. Among students and private clients she is known for her warmth, encouragement and her ability to share her personal tips, tricks and hacks to make life off and on the mat a little more laid back and rock star.

Friday, September 6

Arrive anytime after 2pm and enjoy the property. Settle in, explore.
5:45-7:15pm, Bodhisattva Yoga
Enjoy a welcome glass of sangria! Perhaps take a soak in the hot tub…
Candlelight dinner in the Plum House

Saturday, September 7

Breakfast, self-serve. Choose from seasonal fresh fruit, homemade breads and spreads, yogurt, granola, coffee, tea and more.
9:30-11:15am, Bodhisattva Yoga
Picnic lunch buffet served outdoors overlooking the amazing views~
5pm – 6:30pm, Bodhisattva Yoga
Sunset dinner and wine in the Plum House (It’s BYOB! Heathen Hill and Vivekan and Jess are judgment-free)
Evening bonfire, s’mores and star-gazing 🙂

Sunday, September 8

Breakfast, self-serve to your liking
9:30-11:15am, Bodhisattva Yoga
Hearty country brunch in the Plum House
Leisure departure

Cost (per person):

– Honeymoon Sweet (Sold!)
– Le Trailer Single, $580
– Yoga House, $490
– Campground Luxe, $470

Price is per person and includes all: Bodhisattva Yoga sessions, amazing meals, and quaint accommodations.

Registration

This retreat is Open Enrollment—perfect for newcomers to yoga, growing Basics-level practitioners and accompanying family members, spouses and friends who are in a fit condition (meaning, without physical obstructions) to participate in group yoga sessions working at Bodhisattva Yoga’s Basics I-II Level.

Please call 718.499.9642 (YOGA) or e-mail Jessica@BodhisattvaYoga.com.

For more information visit www.BodhisattvaYoga.com.

Aug 23-25, 2013- Summer Yoga Retreat in the Catskill Mountains with Wesley Collier at Heathen Hill Yoga

Title: Relax-Renew-Restore; Summer Yoga Retreat with Wesley Collier

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Come spend another beautiful weekend in the Catskills with Wesley, Barkan Certified instructor, from Queens NY. Enjoy a weekend of fresh air, fresh food and healing yoga.

Relax in the hot tub under the stars. Catch some sun by the swimming hole and stay warm by the campfire. Plenty of outdoor and indoor games to enjoy.

And… YOGA!!!

About Wesley Collier

A serious marathoner from 1997-2003, (over 35 marathons, including a 62 mile ultra-marathon) Wesley began practicing yoga in 2000 to stretch his tight hamstrings. By 2003 he gave up running entirely for a dedicated yoga practice.

Wesley received his teaching certification from Barkan Method Hot Yoga(barkanmethod.com) and sees yoga as the gateway to happiness, awareness, and peace. Wesley’s classes focus on being who you are and feeling however you feel whenever you step on your mat. BrEatHe,MoVe, LaUgH, EnJoY!

Retreat Schedule

Friday, August 23

4pm Arrive and Relax
6pm Chill Yoga Flow- Yin/Restorative
8pm- Dinner

Saturday, August 24

6:30am Silent Sun Salutes and Meditation Labyrinth walk(optional)
9-11am Barkan Method Yoga
12pm Lunch on the lawn
5:30pm The Magic 10, Wall Series, Long-Slow-Deep
8pm- Dinner, Bonfire, Smore’s roastfest

Sunday, August 25

6:30am Silent Sun Salutes and Meditation Labyrinth walk(optional)
9-11am Power Yoga, Inversions, Arm Balances
12pm Group Brunch
2pm Return Restored

Prices

$475 single
$425 double
$400 campground

Contact for payment: wesley_yoga@yahoo.com

 

Aug 16-18, 2013 – Genny Kapuler’s 8th Annual Intermediate/Advanced Workshop

Details

Arrival: Friday afternoon. Post-travel grounding asana 5-7pm. Hot tub. Sangria. Dinner at 8pm

Saturday morning: Pranayama then asana. Lunch outdoors, weather permitting. Afternoon class. Cocktail hour (BYOB) and dinner.

Sunday morning pranayama and asana, Country brunch. On the road.

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: $490.00
Single: $565.00

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

Click here for the printable registration form.

Start Date: August 16, 2013
End Date: August 18, 2013