The Body is Now™

– Earth –

IN PERSON, In New York City! Join us for a weekend Summit of Katonah Yoga® workshops and classes, lead by Brian Peoples, Harriet Schreger, Eva Giorgi, Francesca Bove, Melanie Hyman and Nevine Michaan, the founder of Katonah Yoga®.

Katonah Yoga®
Ecological Belonging
Breathwork
Meditation

With Earth is Simplicity
With Earth is Patience
With Earth is Compassion
With Earth is Reason
With Earth is Sensibility

Taoist 5 element theory recognizes the body as our sacred Earth, the playground from which our life unfolds. “Literally, It’s a metaphor.“ From the substance of our conversations to the actualization of our physical form, our embodied realization means our words match our actions illuminating our integrity and affording us more peace of mind. Heaven is in this moment and The Body is Now.

This course is centered around the profound connection between the human experience and the Earth. We’ll source from the mountain of material that is Katonah Yoga®️ and look through the lense of 7 potent and seasoned Katonah teachers. You’ll learn to listen to your bodies innate wisdom, recognize physical forms for their function and inhabit daily life with more awareness and technique.

When:
Friday, Oct 6 
5-8pm 

Saturday, Oct 7 
9am-12pm & 2-5pm

Sunday, Oct 8 
9am-12pm & 2-5pm

Venue:
Friday Evening  
@ New Vibe Yoga  

9 Saint Marks Place

New York, NY 10003 

Saturday & Sunday
@ Saint Marks Yoga
12 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003

Cost:
$600 Limited Capacity 

⭐️ 15 hours bankable toward Katonah Yoga® certification 
🌍 Completion of the Earth Element of The Wandering Star™️ Certification 

Class descriptions:

Katonah Yoga®

Katonah Yoga® incorporates classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, sacred geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor and imagination in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. Framing the practice with maps of time and personal space are defined and refined. 

Incorporating themes using asana as origami, manipulating form for function, and developing a sense of personal measure. 

Breathwork

Breathwork is a practice that focus on conscious control and manipulation of one's breath. It involves intentionally altering the pattern, depth, and rhythm of breathing to access specific physical, mental, and emotional states.

Meditation

Meditation is the practice of training the mind to focus and redirect thoughts. It involves techniques such as mindfulness, contemplation, breathing exercises, and guided imagery to achieve a state of mental clarity and emotional calm. Through regular meditation, individuals can cultivate a sense of inner peace, reduce stress and anxiety, enhance self-awareness, and improve overall well-being.

Ecological Belonging

Ecological Belonging is the profound understanding that humans are deeply interconnected with the natural world, recognizing that our well-being is inseparable from the health and vitality of the environment. It involves a sense of responsibility and care for the Earth, promoting sustainability, conservation, and environmental justice. This deep connection and reverence for nature can inspire individuals to advocate for the rights of all living beings and work towards a more equitable and sustainable future.

Schedule:

Friday, Oct 6, 5-8pm 

5-6:30pm  Melanie Hyman - Katonah Yoga®

(15 min break) 

6:45-7:30pm  Brian Peoples - Breath / Tummo

(10 min break)

7:40-8pm  Seated meditation 

Saturday, Oct 7, 9am-12pm & 2-5pm

9-10:30am  Brian Peoples - Katonah Yoga®

(15 min break) 

10:45am-12pm  Cassie Ray - Psyche-Breath

12-2pm Lunch

2-3:15pm  Brian and Cassie - Katonah Yoga® 

(15 min break) 

3:30-5pm  Francesca Bove - Katonah Yoga®

Sunday, Oct 8, 9am-12pm & 2-5pm

9-10:30am  Harriet Schreger - Katonah Yoga®

(15 min break) 

10:45am-12pm  Eva Giorgi - Breathwork / Ecological belonging

12-2pm Lunch

(Doors open at 1:30)

2-3pm  Eva Giorgi - Ecological belonging cont..

3-5pm  Nevine Michaan  

Brian Peoples is compelled to share his yoga practice as a means to living life more fully, simply, sensibly and embodied. His lessons encourage students to become curious, deliberate and playful in their choice making by illustrating how to recognize form for its function and utilize natures implicit pattern. A senior faculty member at many of New York City’s most established yoga schools, Brian has trained and mentored hundreds of teachers over 15 years, been a regular 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.

Website  polarisyoga.com

Instagram @noticeyourself

Eva Giorgi is a steward of both inner and outer landscapes. As an artist, educator and student, Eva’s applied research centers practices which tend to a sense of ecological belonging. She views her relationship to yoga as a form of this stewardship and has developed her practice and teaching over the last 20 years- immersed in mentorship with Nevine Michaan and the katonah yoga community. Eva designed Katonah Yoga’s® certification process, has compassed materially globally and continues to offer communal classes, retreats and private consultation. Her classes are poetically functional, playful and sprinkled with stellar nature. 

Website  evatwine.com  

Instagram @evatwine 

Harriet Schreger has been teaching yoga Katonah Yoga® for the past 20 years. In practice; Harriet shares her compassion, humor and strength to help student use a yoga practice to fortify their own lives. Harriet is very hands-on in her classes and her adjustments are as affirming as are her words. Harriet’s classes emphasize structure and alignment and are augmented by references to a philosophy unique to Katonah Yoga®.

Instagram @hschreger

Cassie Ray is a Katonah Yoga® Certified teacher and the founder of Practice Your Magic™ an integrative yoga, meditation and wellness brand that seeks to help people learn tricks and techniques to find Magic & Joy in our everyday lives. Cassie is so grateful to her teachers Nevine Michaan and Abbie Galvin for helping her refine her yoga practice and step into teaching. 

Cassie is a new mom and loving the journey.  She continues to live and learn in NYC with her husband, little boy and cat. She is a consummate seeker; studying acting, voice, dance and somatic healing modalities.

Website  cassieray.com

Instagram @practiceyourmagic

Francesca Bove is a "teacher of teachers" and Co-Founder of Viale Yoga in Bedford Hills. She finds inspiration in a practice that emphasizes structure and boundaries with the infinite possibility of freedom + movement and discovery for all.

Grateful always for the magical lessons of her teacher, Nevine Michaan at Katonah Yoga, Elian Zach and David Shemesh, with whom she co-created the Woom Center Yoga Method, and the inspiring Rima Rabbath of Viale's "cousin” studio, Souk in NYC.

After recent residences in Italy and Brooklyn, Francesca now lives in Northern Westchester. Along with a weekly schedule at Viale, she leads trainings and workshops in the US, Italy and around the world.  

Website  vialeyoga.com

Instagram @francescaboveyoga

Melanie Hyman has been teaching, mentoring and training students throughout Westchester County for the past 17 years. She spent her childhood and young adult life studying gymnastics, movement and dance and has always found a tremendous amount of freedom, insight and joy through movement. Melanie graduated from Syracuse University where she created her own major combining movement, psychology and education. After completing a masters from NYU in dance and movement therapy, she pursued yoga as a way of transcending her love for movement into meditation. In 2003 she was fortunate enough to find a mentor in Nevine Michaan at Katonah Yoga Center, where she has taught and been studying for over 16 years. With a strong focus on breath consciousness and alignment, drawing from multiple movement modalities and yoga traditions, Melanie encourages students to flow with depth, creativity and playfulness. She hopes to help her students potentiate their well-being and gain insight through a transformative mind/body/breath experience.

Website  melaniehymantilles.com 

Instagram @melaniehymanyoga

I have been working on my yoga practice for over 45 years.  It is through the practice that I have found the magic of organic, organized nature. Taoist study has deepened my sense of this inner directional intelligence of the body.  Manipulating the form of the body through asanas and refining the measure and meter of the breath through pranayamas, yoga has provided me with tools for my personal and communal growth. Yoga practice promotes the joys of integrity, of virtue, and of honing skills for developed well-being.

Website  katonahyoga.com

Instagram @katonahyogacenter