To be . . .

20 HOUR TRAINING
with Brian Peoples
and Benjamin Sears

May 13th–15th · New York City · Tuition: $600

Private roof top dinner included

Katonah Yoga®️ · Mobility · BreathWork · Meditation

St Marks Yoga
12 St. Marks Place
New York, New York 10003

“We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. 

But that is not true. Our time is first of all, for us to be. 

To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most.”

–Thích Nhất Hạnh, in Paris, 1970s

A training in honor of a master . .

Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away on 02/22/2022 at the age of 95 and left in his wake, a mountain of insight and teachings. He departed with the marvelous example of a life well spent.

Take a Journey from doing to being and Join Brian Peoples and Benjamin Sears for 20 hours of Katonah Yoga®️, Functional Mobility Work and Meditation.

Every session will end with a meditation.  Each mediation will Offer us radiance and a glimpse of the ever present, constant flux and sparkle of the mind when it is well kept and at rest.

The Product: Our finale meditation is our meal together.

schedule

Friday, May 13

5–5:30pm · Check in

5:30–8:00pm · To Be Alive: Katonah Vinyasa, Meditation, Intros

Saturday, May 14

9am–12pm · To be a Visionary: Backbend Mobility x Yoga Workshop, Wheel of Achievement Meditation
 
1:30pm–2:30pm · Body Reading

2:45–4:15pm · To Be Loving: Restorative Yoga & Tummo Breathing

4:30–6pm · To Be Joyous: Magic Square Pranayama & Venus Meditation

6–6:30pm · Meditation

Sunday, May 15

9:00–10:30am · To be Remembered: Katonah Yoga & Memory Meditation

10:30am–11:30am · To be Superhuman: Oxygen Advantage Breathwork

1:00–2:30pm · To be balanced: Pole work, balancing & lead Vipassana Meditation

3:00–5:00pm · To be Rooted: Hip Mobility x Katonah Vinyasa

5:15–5:45pm · To BE

7:30pm · To Be Nourished

What is meditation?

“Meditation is a state of being, achieved through acts of Annapana: breath observation, pranayama: breath manipulation, and physical practices are used to access and achieve a contemplative , meditative state. Acts of doing to achieve a state of being.”

–Nevine Michaan, Founder of Katonah Yoga

brian peoples

As a Katonah Yoga teacher and Vipassana meditator, Brian is compelled to teach Yoga as way to live life more fully, simply and sensibly. With a formal education from the New England Conservatory of Music, and through years of study beside his foremost mentors Nevine Michaan and Abbie Galvin, Brian’s lessons draw from a wide vocabulary of music, yoga, philosophy, and embodied work.

In practice, Brian seeks to offer his students a playful forum to identify nature’s implicit pattern by understanding forms for their function and employing metaphor to enhance the imaginations experience of the relationships inherent in every circumstance.

A senior faculty member at many of New York City’s most established yoga schools, Brian has trained and mentored hundreds of teachers over the last decade. He has been a guest teacher at the United Nations, and regularly headlines workshops, retreats, festivals, and teacher training programs, both in the U.S. and internationally. He lives in New York City.

benjamin sears

Benjamin Sears began practicing Yoga in 2001 to address serious back and knee injuries, and stuck around because the practice gave him a safe-haven to process a great loss. In 2017, Yoga Journal called him a “master.” He doesn’t buy it but is grateful for the kind words and believes in his work.

In 2007, Benjamin founded the LUXYOGA retreat in the South of France, an experience featured in Esquire, Yoga Journal, Vogue, the New York Times Magazine, and more. LUXYOGA now exists as a transformational experience both in person at retreats and trainings in the Paradise Valley of Montana, wherever Benjamin travels, and online. He conducts seminars worldwide, mentors yoga teachers, and leads acclaimed 200, 300 and 500 hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher training programs. Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic, LUXYOGA’s online programs with Benjamin and Tatiana DePillo generated over $20,000 for charity and were credited by students around the world as a “lifeline” through the madness.

Benjamin believes in empowering students to make their own realizations with material that transcends dogma and simply uses concentration and consistency make magic. He teaches an ever-evolving integration of Yoga, mobility science, breath-work, and meditation, and is renowned for connecting the dots with clarity, humor, and for laughing at his own jokes. Benjamin has certifications in Katonah, Bikram, Forrest, Dharma Mittra Yoga, and Functional Range Conditioning, as well as studies within the Ido Portal Method, Ashtanga Yoga, Mindfulness Meditation, Wim Hoff Breathwork, The Oxygen Advantage, and Marma Ayurveda. He is obsessed with practice, committed to the evolution of his work, loves to cook, spend time in nature, make fires, and go to museums in cool outfits while traveling. Do not allow him more than one sip of a caffeinated beverage.

“Art and science. Yin and Yang. The trainings with Ben and Brian always bring a comprehensive, creative, and balanced approach. Both instill a deep sense of possibility as I evolve a personal yoga practice. They inspire and foster real accomplishments and the process is fun and rewarding. “
–Elaine F. Yaniv

“As a yogi, fellow teacher, and yoga teacher training addict, I can’t recommend these two yogi forces enough. Their energy and knowledge is extensive, magnetic, and inspiring. You will learn, laugh, maybe cry, but you will explore the depth and strength within your own practice and self, and they will fearlessly guide you.”
–Holly Arcadi

“To be or not to be? That is the question”
–William Shakespeare

St Marks Yoga
12 St. Marks Place
New York, New York 10003

Questions? Hit us up at brian@polarisyoga.com