Past Retreats

WHO:Ramanand Patel, Dr. Velleda Ceccoli, Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman Yee WHAT and WHY: A Yoga Retreat for Survivors of Trauma
It’s a sad fact that for many people the experience of early trauma makes for difficulty in dealing with life. Since trauma resides in the body as a visceral memory, one can’t just “get over it.”

According to yogic precepts, human beings experience life via the five senses and the thinking process. Traumatic experiences create memories that affect the way even new experiences are processed by the mind.

In this residential retreat, Ramanand Patel will show us how yoga can help to deal with some of the experiences that interfere with daily living. This is done by re-establishing a safe relationship with inanimate objects, and then natural phenomena, plant life, animals, people, and finally the self.
Once the strength of the ego is established by empowering the individual self, we will look at how the REAL SELF is free of time and hence free of trauma.
Ramanand will work with the help of psychologist and trauma specialist Velleda Ceccoli to create a safe atmosphere. Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman will assist with the necessary support.

WHEN: Thursday, May 31 – Monday, June 4
WHERE: Heathen Hill Retreat Center, Franklin, NY www.heathenhillyoga.net HOW MUCH: $1600 – $2300
TO REGISTER: susanliporem@gmail.com

Course Description

Join Kay Ottinger, Pilates Instructor, and Christina Vega, wine consultant, for a weekend getaway in the Catskills. Kay will lead us through a diverse range of classes, beginning with a class on muscle release techniques as a way to unwind after our travels from the city. Over the course of the weekend we will dig deeper into Pilates movements and use this wonderful strengthening modality to integrate our core into our physical practice. On Friday evening, Christina will host a sparkling wine reception on the patio, to kick off our first meal together.A sit-down, exploration of Pinot Noir on Saturday will take us from Burgundy to Willamette, New Zealand and Alsace, until we land back in New York State for another thoughtful, home cooked supper. Bring your friend, bring your partner, bring your mother or your father, son or daughter. Or, just come alone and meet new people.

About Kay Ottinger and Christina Vega

Kay has been dancing professionally in New York since 2010. As a dancer, she has been exposed to diverse movement practices that live and breathe through her investigations as a mover and a teacher. Her desire for a deeper understanding of our structures’ mechanics led her to Pilates. She received her Pilates certification through the Kane School, and continues to study under Eleanor Hullihan at The Swan. She has taught at Finetune, Julliard, New York Pilates, Dynamic Bodies Pilates, and for the ABT summer intensive. Kay looks to explore with students, shaping each session to support the ranges of needs, desires, and interests of the individual. She is now owner of 2nd Story Pilates + Yoga in Jackson Heights, Queens.

From the barely-legal age of thirteen, when she lied her way into a job as popover girl, Christina has been earning her daily bread in the hospitality industry.  Stints as a server at notable New York City fine dining establishments; Alison-on-Dominick, Eight Mile Creek and Peasant, provided her with a hands-on, immersive education in both the Old and New Worlds of wine.  Finally having grown weary of the late-night lifestyle, and wishing to further tap in to the dynamic wine business in New York, Christina transitioned to Frederick Wildman and Sons to work as a sales representative.  Largely self educated, she was eager to deepen her knowledge and was awarded the Wine and Spirits Education Trust Level 3 Advanced Certificate with Merit.  These days, she consults as a wine buyer for retail boutique Table Wine in Jackson Heights, which allows plenty of time to be home at night in order to bug her thirteen year old to do his homework.  

Prices

Yoga House:
Double Occupancy/shared bath: $500 per person
Single Occupancy/Shared Bath: $605

Big Heathen House:
Double Occupancy/Shared Bath: $555/Per Person
Single Occupancy/Shared Bath: $655
Double Occupancy/Private Bath: $655/Per Person
Single Occupancy/Private Bath: $880

Price includes two nights accommodations, four Pilates classes, two wine tastings, two evening meals, one lunch and one brunch, plus two self-served breakfast; all offered on a sprawling, vintage homestead.

Please direct further questions or inquiries to:

kaymottinger@gmail.com OR mckayvega@gmail.com

Take a breath of fresh air this summer, June 29th – July 1st, with Heather Seagraves at Heathen Hill Yoga. Come relax, rejuvenate, and play through asana, breath awareness and meditation. Turn down the volume in the gorgeous mountains of NY. We will brighten the heart, body, and mind with yoga, laughter, and good company. Each day’s yoga practice will be carefully crafted with playfulness and discovery. Enjoy home cooked meals by Lip and Lisa from the garden’s bounty, take awe in the summer sunsets, and sip wine by the fire. Rest, sit or meander in the meditation garden, take a swim or unwind in the hot tub. There are also games galore… badminton, hula-hoops, and horseshoes. Fancy a dance in the grass, hiking, or fishing? Whatever your pleasure, find it here!

$450-750

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For more information please contact: heatherseagraves.com 

About Heather

Heather is a mother, a partner, a student, and an educator. She has been working in New York City as an independent dance artist, massage therapist, and 500hr certified yoga and anatomy teacher for over a decade. She holds a BFA in Dance from FSU with a concentration on Performance, Movement Conditioning, and Kinesiology. Heather is also a Birth and Postpartum Doula and a Senior Teacher and Trainer with YogaWorks. She leads both 200hr and 300hr professional yoga programs in NYC and all over the US. 

As a mover, shaker, and lover of the arts, Heather seeks to find the authentic artistic vision that lives within each of us. She began practicing yoga in 1996 and has been studying kinesiology and teaching multiple movement disciplines for 20 years. She has also taught as an adjunct dance professor at Georgia College & State University and Central Connecticut State University. With a background in structural bodywork and massage therapy, working with injuries and using biomechanics to inform Heather’s teaching are areas of keen concentration. Passion, playfulness, and curiosity are major components of her offerings and practice which help to ignite growth and self-study in this lifelong yogic quest for balance.

In Heather’s yoga classes, she combines her love of movement, creativity, kinesiology, and anatomy to bring strength, clarity, and awareness to the body. Focus on alignment and the breath is paired with dynamic intelligent sequence. With an educational and compassionate approach to yoga she strives to blend the balance of asana, self-reflection, and exploration of philosophy while encouraging students to find their own unique path to a continually evolving practice.