Heathen Hill Yoga

Heathen Hill is pleased to present these outstanding guest teachers

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October 10-12, 2014 – Yoga and Self-Massage with Laurel Beversdorf

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Description

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.

This retreat is appropriate for all levels. There will be 3 2.5 hour classes total. (2 classes on Saturday in the morning and early evening and 1 Sunday before brunch).

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.

Prices

$500 for a single
$425 for a shared double
$400 to camp

For Registration: email laurelbeversdorf@gmail.com

Oct. 3 – 5, 2014 – Kathy Wipff and Elizabeth Wipff – Yoga, Functional Movement, and Self-Care Strategies for Yogis and Athletes

Small-HH-EWMother Daughter team , Elizabeth and Kathy Wipff are back at Heathen Hill after a 2-year absence and they are bringing a whole new bag of tricks! The weekend will begin Friday evening with a deep, soothing self myofascial release session and some serious down-regulation. Then spend Saturday and Sunday clearing out the cobwebs in the joints and juicing up the muscles with a combination of Hatha Yoga, Yoga Tune Up® and Functional Movement.

Join us in the stunning setting of Heathen Hill in early Fall for peace, beauty, great food, deep relaxation and some fun!

About Elizabeth and Kathy:

Kathy Wipff has been a yoga teacher for 18 years. She began her studies in 1986 Marin County California with Iyengar yoga when it was the only game in town. Later she added an Ashtanga element to her training.

Small HH KWShe completed her first YTT in 1996 Diana Beardsley and Steve Walther at Center for Yoga in LA. and in 2002 at City Yoga with Naime Jezzeny and Anthony Benenati. She has also completed advanced teacher trainings and workshops with Rodney Yee, Paul Grilley, Gary Kraftsow, and Jill Miller. In 2013, she became a certified Yoga Tune Up® instructor. She did Crossfit for five years and holds a Crossfit Mobility Certification.

Kathy has been privileged to share the joy of her 30+ year yoga journey with her dearest daughter beginning at age four with a book called “Be a Bird, Be a Frog, Be a Tree.” Rolling around on the floor (walls, tables) playing yoga with friends and family remains one of her favorite activities.

Elizabeth Wipff is a lifelong yogi, avid CrossFitter, lead Yoga Tune Up® teacher/teacher trainer, and committed CrossFit coach with an insatiable eagerness to help students streamline movement, improve performance, and eliminate pain. Her athletic endeavors started early: she walked at 7 months, was roller skating at 3 and did her first yoga pose at 4! As a kid she played soccer and studied dance, Iyengar yoga, and therapeutic movement modalities. Elizabeth’s lifelong passion for movement; years of theater studies; love of show tunes; enthusiasm for fostering healthy functional movement in her clients; and knack for communicating information concisely and convincingly make her a sought after teacher.

She is a certified yoga teacher with studies in multiple disciplines from Iyengar-inspired alignment practices to creative, flowing vinyasa and has studied with Alison West, Rod Stryker, Dana Flynn, Rodney Yee, and Jill Miller. In addition, Elizabeth is a certified CrossFit trainer and USA Weightlifting L1 certified coach.

She has been teaching yoga, Yoga Tune Up® and CrossFit in NYC and nationally since 1999.

www.strongandbendy.com

Tentative Schedule

Arrive after 3:00 Friday
5-6:30 Unwind class.
Cocktails and dinner to follow (BYO Beverage)

Saturday

8:00-9:00 Optional functional movement workout
10:00-12:30 Yoga/Yoga Tune Up
Lunch and leisure time to follow
4:00-6:00 Restorative yoga
Dinner to follow

Sunday

8:00-8:45 Optional functional movement workout
9:00-11:00 Yoga/Yoga Tune Up class
HH’s famous Sunday brunch to follow
2:00 pm Departure

Price

Double Occupancy $480
Single Occupancy $540

For registration and information: Elizabethwipff@gmail.com

 

August 22-24, 2014 – Summer Bliss: A Yoga Retreat with Dina Ivas

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Description

Escape the stress of the city for a fun weekend of serenity in nature. Treat yourself to 3-days of energizing and restorative yoga sessions, locally-grown fresh gourmet food, and blissful surroundings. Bring a good book, a bathing suit, a beach towel, and bask in the lush green fields, take a dip in the swimming pond, or gently sway into a soothing nap on the hammock. In the evening, enjoy s’mores around the bonfire, unwind in the hot tub, or sip wine under the starry skies. All-levels welcome.

About Dina

It took Dina a while to discover her inner ‘yogi.’ A former competitive gymnast, she earned her certification in Group Exercise in 2002, and headed to NYC to begin sharing her love of movement. The pressures of city life left her feeling totally unbalanced, and it was then that she discovered yoga. In 2010, Dina completed the 200-hour teacher training program at Sonic Yoga, becoming a certified Vinyasa Yoga teacher. She strives to offer classes that challenge the body and the mind, yet are fun, not intimidating, and accessible to all levels. She encourages students to explore on the mat, and keeps the mood lighthearted with great playlists and creative sequencing. Her approach to teaching yoga is embodied in three simple words: Breathe. Play. Grow. Dina is excited to host her first retreat at Heathen Hill, having recently returned from leading a 5-day retreat in Puerto Rico this February. She loves taking the practice of yoga out of the concrete jungle of NYC, where students can unplug, unwind and explore. For more about Dina, visit: www.yogawithdina.com

Price

Includes Food, Yoga, Accommodation and FUN! BYOB.

Double Occupancy: $449 per person

Single Occupancy: $499 per person

Fancy Camping: $399 per person (It’s more like “Glamping.” These well-appointed, spacious tents would make Martha Stewart proud!)

Retreat Schedule:

Friday

4pm Arrive & Unwind

6– 7:15pm Chill Yoga Flow (45-minutes of mellow Vinyasa followed by 30-minutes of blissful Restorative)

7:30pm Dinner

Saturday

7:30am – 8:30am Buffet Breakfast (Self-serve: coffee, tea, juice, fruit, yogurt, breads, spreads, etc.)

9:00am – 10:15am Energizing AM Vinyasa Flow

12pm Lunch

6 –7:15pm PM Vinyasa Flow with focus on inversions

7:30pm Dinner followed by bonfire (Bring your own beverage of choice)

Sunday

7:30am – 8:30am Buffet Breakfast

9:00am – 10:15am Energizing AM Flow with focus on arm balances

12pm Country Brunch

2pm Depart feeling refreshed, renewed and revitalized!

For more info or to reserve your spot, contact Dina at yogawithd@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

August 8-10, 2014 – Weekend Yoga Getaway with Maya and Caitlin

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Join Maya Ray and Caitlin Casella for a spacious weekend of yoga, play and deep rest. All levels are welcome. Turn off your phone, relax in a hammock, take a dip in the swimmin’ hole, and nourish yourself with delicious garden to table food. In the evening, warm up with good company around the campfire or a late night soak in a hot tub under the stars!

About Maya and Caitlin

Maya Ray is a Certified Rolfer and a 500-hour Yoga Works teacher. She is a lifelong student of the human form and has studied anatomy and physiology quite extensively through human movement, structural integration, and cadaver dissections. Maya looks at teaching yoga and working as a Rolfer as similar in process. Both modalities peel away layers of stress, tension, and other maladaptive patterns so that everyone can be clearer in their bodies and their lives. Maya also teaches anatomy for yoga teacher trainings in New York and is an assistant teacher trainer at Yoga Works. www.mayaray.com

Caitlin Casella is a 500-hour YogaWorks certified teacher and trainer for YogaWorks 200 and 500 hour programs in the US and Japan. After moving to New York in 1999, Caitlin turned to yoga for stability and solace. Today the alignment and precision of Iyengar yoga, combined with a meditative union of movement and breath inspires her practice. Caitlin’s yoga classes are both physically challenging and quietly introspective. A slow flow, breath-centered approach teaches conscious transitions, integrated movement and embodied anatomy. Expect to work mindfully and deeply. Get to know your body better and walk away feeling stronger, lighter, and refreshed. www.caitlincasella.com

Retreat Schedule

Friday, August 8th

3-4PM Arrival
5-6:30PM Yoga
7PM Dinner

Saturday, August 9th

Breakfast and coffee at your leisure
9-11:30AM Yoga
12PM Lunch
Free time to enjoy the great outdoors!
5:30-7:30PM Gentle yoga, self-massage and restoratives
8PM Dinner
Smore’s by the campfire

Sunday, August 10th

Breakfast and coffee at your leisure
9-11:30AM Yoga
12PM Sunday brunch
2PM Depart feeling calm and uplifted

Prices

Double: $485 per person
Single: $565
Camping Luxe: $465 per person

$100 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Prices include all yoga classes, beautiful B&B accommodations, and all home cooked meals.

Cost of transportation is not included. If you have a car and would be willing to carpool, please let us know!

Contact Maya or Caitlin to register:
maya.rs@gmail.com
caitlincasella@gmail.com

August 1-3, 2014 – Tzahi Moscovitz

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 is a senior teacher and teacher trainer at Yogaworks, A 500 E-RYT. Tzahi fell in love with the Iyengar method many years ago after the first class he took with Mary Dunn.After finishing a two year Iyengar teacher training program at the iyengar institute in new york Tzahi passed the introductory 2 assessment in 2012. He is now a certified Iyengar teacher.

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.

The Weekend’s Agenda

Arrival: Friday, anytime after 8pm. Snacks will be served. Bring warm clothes. It gets cold in the mountains.

Saturday

Buffet breakfast available from 6:30-7:45AM
AM Yoga
Lunch – 12 noon
PM Yoga
Dinner – 7:30PM (Cocktails at your leisure. BYOB)

Sunday

Buffet breakfast available 6:30 – 7:45AM
AM Yoga
Country Brunch – 12 noon

Departure: 2pm- ish. Any later and you will be assigned yard work or house chores.

Prices

Double: $440.00

Single: $515.00

Space is certainly limited to this secluded retreat and advanced registration is necessary: tzahi1@hotmail.com to reserve a spot.

July 25-27, 2014 – Lauren Ohayon

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Get away from the hot city and enjoy pristine nature while practicing pranayama, meditation, yoga and core integration. Surrounded by grassy hills, hiking trails, ponds, and mountains- Heathen Hill in the Catskills is the ideal place to recharge. This retreat is perfect for anyone looking for a break from the bustle of the city. There will be ample time for relaxing as well as outdoor activities like hiking, swimming. Best of all is a nice soak in the hot tub.

About Lauren:

Lauren is a life-loving, yoga-practicing, travel-addict who relishes in good food, good company, and lots of laughing. She is an irreverent, witty, down-to-earth free-spirit who loves anatomy, biomechanics, community, learning, sharing and being real. Lauren is known for her ability to “see” her clients and customize classes for people of all ages and types. Since 1998 Lauren has been studying anatomy, biomechanics, and movement and through these studies and her own explorations on the mat, Lauren has developed a style of teaching that helps students sense and understand their structure which in turn fosters a deeper sense of balance and health. Lauren started Holy Shift! as an educational and transformative way to teach people how to live in their bodies with the least amount of wear and tear and the most amount of bone strength, muscle balance and optimal tissue health. Read more about Lauren and Holy Shift! at www.holyshiftyoga.com

Schedule:

Friday:

Arrival at 3-4pm
5:00-6:30 pm – Hath Flow and Restore
7:30pm-Dinner

Saturday:

6:30 am: Hatha Flow
7:30 am: Hatha
12 pm: Lunch
4 pm: Core and Restore
7:00 pm: Dinner

Sunday:

6:30 am: Hatha Flow
7:30 am: Hatha
12 pm: Brunch and farewell

Rates

Private Room $550 per person
Double Room $475 per person
Fancy Tent $425 per person

This price includes: All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday Brunch, all classes, and sleeping accommodations.

contact: laurenohayon@gmail.com

July 18 – 20, 2014 – CHRISSY CARTER

crissycsizedJoin Chrissy for a fun summer weekend of yoga. Our practices will focus on lightening up—the body, the mind, and the heart! Lip’s amazing property is the perfect place to escape the city. You can nap in the hammock, swim in the watering hole, or wander through her meditation labyrinth. The meals are incredible–almost everything we’ll devour comes from Lip’s garden. This retreat also includes a workshop on making organic body salve!
Lisa says:

“Native plants are unequaled in their ability to nourish and heal.” With this statement in mind, Lisa will take us for a walk to point out and identify the large variety of native medicinal and edible herbs and flowers.
We will harvest select plants, prepare herbal oils and then turn those oils into an incredible healing salve. Everyone will take with them their own container of Heal All Salve along with the satisfaction of the process…..identifying the plants in all their glory and finally producing a product that allows you to incorporate the benefits of these botanicals into your self care.

$470 double
$545 single
$415 camping luxe
$200 non-refundable deposit to reserve your spot! Prices include 4 yoga classes, all meals, and the workshop with Lisa!

For reservations: chrissy@chrissyyoga.com

July 11–13, 2014 – Second Annual Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Judi Friedman Deepen Your Practice: Exploring Effortless Effort

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Summer at Heathen Hill provides the perfect setting to dedicate time to deepen your yoga practice. We will gather together for practice sessions that allow the time to explore the subtle aspects of “effortless effort.” The mornings will be dedicated to finding that balance through active sequences that thoroughly delve into standing poses, forward and backward bendings and twists. Our late afternoon practices will expand on the theme from the perspective of restorative postures, inversions and pranayama.

This workshop is for intermediate level practitioners who are dedicated to penetrating the surface of the rich practice of asana and pranayama. Please bring an open mind, a full heart and a learner’s inquisitiveness.

About Judi

Judi Friedman is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been teaching for over a decade. Prior to teaching yoga, Judi was a corporate attorney; she discovered yoga while seeking a tool to reduce stress and to find a balance between the demands of raising her children and her career. Her personal yoga practice quickly led to a passion for sharing with others the transformational possibilities that yoga offers. She continues her studies of the vast subject of yoga with renowned Iyengar Yoga teacher Patricia Walden, as well as other inspiring teachers and is profoundly grateful to all of them. She teaches workshops, group classes and maintains a private clientele throughout northern Westchester. In addition, she is honored to serve as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York. Judi is dedicated to the principle that yoga should be accessible and safe for all; her teaching style is clear, dynamic, challenging and joyful.

Retreat Schedule

Friday

Arrive any time after 2 p.m. on Friday
Yoga Class: 4 – 6:00 p.m.
Cocktails: Bring your own beverage
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Breakfast: self-serve, any time
Yoga Class: 9-12:00 p.m.
Lunch: 12:15 p.m.
Rest and Play time: relax, swim, hike the labyrinth and/or trails, hot tub, read or nap in a hammock, play games, meditate
Yoga Class: 4 – 6:00 p.m.
Cocktails: Bring your own beverage
Dinner: 7:30 p.m. followed by evening gathering around the bonfire

Sunday

Breakfast: self-serve, any time
Yoga Class: 9 – 12:00 p.m.
Brunch: 12:15p.m.
Departure: 2:30 p.m.

Prices

Double Room (The Guest House or Bonus House) – $550 per person
Private Room – $610 per person
Camping Luxe – $500 per person

To Register: Contact Judi Friedman at yogijudi@gmail.com or 914.242.9338