Heathen Hill Yoga

Heathen Hill is pleased to present these outstanding guest teachers

Past Retreats

July 22-24 – Another Yoga Getaway Retreat with Merav

Title: Another Yoga Getaway Retreat with Merav
Location: Heathen Hill

Description

In the midst of the summer heat of our crowded city we are escaping upstate to unwind, relax and renew!

Come spend a weekend full of yoga led by Merav in a secluded and intimate retreat center surrounded by beautiful nature. Enjoy 4 extended yoga sessions combining vigorous Asana practice, pranayama and mediation, locally-grown fresh gourmet food, and plenty of free time for chilling in the hammock , lying on the grass with a good book, dipping in the hot tub and/or the swimming hole (don’t forget your bathing suit!), walking in the meditation 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

About Merav

Merav received her yoga teaching certification from YogaWorks.

She was a dancer for over 10 years and began practicing yoga in 2004 alongside her studies in psychology. As part of her interest in human behavior and movement she sees yoga as a tool for personal growth and a great way to develop mind/body awareness. Merav teaches Vinyasa flow classes emphasizing movement to breath connection, muscle strengthening, and increased flexibility and balance.

She has also led individual and group yoga therapy for patients suffering from substance abuse, anxiety and depression. As a future therapist she intends to incorporate yoga into her work with her patients and combine yoga therapy with talk therapy.

www.yogamerav.com

Retreat Schedule

Friday:
Arrival at 4pm
5:30-7pm – Vinyasa Blend Restorative – unwind and restore
8pm-Dinner

Saturday:
9-11am – Morning Vinyasa Flow-Vigorous morning practice focusing on energizing back bends and inversions
12pm – Lunch time
4-6pm – Evening Flow: Well rounded practice focusing on emotion release and mind-quieting, hip openers, twists and forward bends followed by meditation
7pm- Dinner followed by bonfire (bring your own wine or beer of choice as well as your instrument if you happen to play any for an after bonfire party jam!!)

Sunday:
9-11am – Morning flow: Vigorous morning practice focused on facing future challenges with core work, arm balances, and inversions followed by pranayama and meditation session.
12pm- lunch time
2pm- departure – Back to the city with a clear, fresh, and spirited mind and body!

To register contact – info@yogamerav.com

Start Date: July 22, 2011
End Date: July 24, 2011

July 15-17, 2011 – Marisa Sako

Title: 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

In Marisa’s class, you can expect emphasis on creative transitions to keep the practice interesting and innovative. She manages to geek out on alignment in just the right dose as not to disrupt the flow. After completing her 200-hour teacher training in 2006, she found Kula Yoga Project where she first learned to slow down and let herself be in really intense places while finding comfort in the sonorous sound of the collective ujjayi breath in the room. After a few years of practice with Schuyler Grant, she participated in her 75-hour intensive training. You’ll get a healthy serving of anatomical information and breath instruction needed to free you up so you can sweat and flow safely and delve into the deeper layers of your practice. She first studied anatomy with neuromuscular therapist Susan Hefner, later with Leslie Kaminoff. In 2010, she completed her 500-hour certification and certificate in Yoga for Backcare with preeminent alignment stickler Alison West. She tries to pass on to her students what yoga has given her: breath as a bridge between the body and mind, and the ability to imbue action with mindfulness and heart through moving meditation.

Your check for the full amount reserves your spot.

Transportation is separate. 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. In the event that not enough car owners sign up, car rental will be arranged.

Register with Marisa at rissako@gmail.com www.yogawithmarisa.com

Start Date: July 15, 2011
End Date: July 17, 2011

July 8-10, 2011 – Tzahi Moscovitz

Title: Tzahi Moscovitz
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.

Start Date: July 8, 2011
End Date: July 10, 2011

June 17-19, 2011 – Yoga with Lip and Wine Tasting with Sean and Owen

Title: Yoga with Lip and Wine Tasting with Sean and Owen
Location: Heathen Hill
Start Date: June 17, 2011
End Date: June 19, 2011

Description

Owen Kotler, our wine mavin for the last few years will be joined , back by popular demand, by Sean SantAmour of the Blue Ribbon Bakery Group. These two handsome and knowledgable lads will guide us through our tasting of Natural Wines 2011.

We’ll start with a tasting before dinner on Friday,June 17, 7pm. Whites, maybe a sparkler?

Class Saturday 9 – 11:30am. Tasting before lunch. Hot tub. Snooze. Afternoon class 4 – 6pm

Evening tasting and pour. Dinner. Pour .

Sunday morning 9 – 11:30 no balance poses……. BRUNCH! coffee only……….

Click here for a Registration Form.

And, for a little warm up . . .

June 10-12, 2011 – Paula Lynch

Title: Paula Lynch
Location: Heathen Hill

Description

Join Paula Lynch for a fun weekend of yoga, deep relaxation and fresh garden delights this June! 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 and pranayama and will ask you to push your limits a bit, to explore and play; the evening practices will include inversions, restorative and yoga nidra.

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.
We’ll start with a one hour practice late Friday afternoon followed by dinner.

Contact Paula to register: paula@yogapaula.com

Start Date: June 10, 2011
End Date: June 12, 2011

May 20–22, 2011 – Getaway Yoga Retreat in the Catskills with Merav Ben-Horin


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Title: Getaway Yoga Retreat in the Catskills with Merav Ben-Horin
Location: Heathen Hill

Description

After a long and snowy winter in our crowded city we are heading upstate to unwind, relax and renew! Come spend a weekend full of yoga in a secluded and intimate retreat center surrounded by beautiful nature. Enjoy 4 extended yoga sessions combining vigorous Asana practice, pranayama and mediation, locally-grown fresh gourmet food, and plenty of free time for chilling in the hammock , lying on the grass with a good book, dipping in the hot tub and/or the swimming hole (don’t forget your bathing suit!), walking in the meditation 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.

About Merav

Merav received her yoga teaching certification from YogaWorks.

She was a dancer for over 10 years and began practicing yoga in 2004 alongside her studies in psychology. As part of her interest in human behavior and movement she sees yoga as a tool for personal growth and a great way to develop mind/body awareness. Merav teaches Vinyasa flow classes emphasizing movement to breath connection, muscle strengthening, and increased flexibility and balance.

She has also led individual and group yoga therapy for patients suffering from substance abuse, anxiety and depression. As a future therapist she intends to incorporate yoga into her work with her patients and combine yoga therapy with talk therapy.

www.yogamerav.com

Retreat Schedule

Friday:

Arrival at 4pm
5:30-7pm – Vinyasa Blend Restorative – unwind and restore
8pm-Dinner

Saturday:

9-11am – Morning Vinyasa Flow-Vigorous morning practice focusing on energizing back bends and inversions
12pm – Lunch time
4-6pm – Evening Flow: Well rounded practice focusing on emotion and tension releasing, hip openers, twists and forward bends followed by meditation
7pm- Dinner followed by bonfire (bring your own wine or beer of choice as well as your instrument if you happen to play any for an after bonfire party jam!!)

Sunday:

9-11am – Morning flow: Vigorous morning practice focused on facing future challenges with core work, arm balances, and inversions followed by pranayama and meditation session.
12pm- lunch time
2pm- departure – Back to the city with a clear, fresh, and spirited mind and body!

To register contact – info@yogamerav.com

Start Date: May 20, 2011
End Date: May 22, 2011