Monthly Series
Restore Yourself with Restorative Yoga
Thursday, September 27, 6:30 - 7:45 pm
$ 25
Restorative Yoga poses are designed to open the body in a very gentle way in order to relax the body & mind. The practiced sequence in this session will be fully supported by props such as blankets, blocks, yoga eggs, and bolsters. Restorative yoga is suitable for all ages and all levels of yoga. It is the perfect addition to a more active yoga practice or any other active activity (such as running, tennis, etc.) in your life.
Restorative Yoga can be used as well therapeutically to aid conditions such as lower back pain, headaches, insomnia, and sinus congestion. It has a very meditative aspect. Please bring socks and a sweater to the practice. The body temperature might drop during this relaxing practice. To make a reservation to hold your spot please send an email to: katrin@katrineliayoga.com. Only 10 students max.
Alignment Yoga Series
Thursday, October 4 - Thursday, November 29, 10 - 11 am (check dates)
$ 18 each session
October 4, 18, 25 & Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29 @ 10 am
This yoga series which is set up more like a workshop will use the Iyengar alignment method. Together in a group we will explore standing asanas (yoga postures), sitting asanas, forward extension, lateral extension, inversions, abdominal asanas, backward extension, sun salutations and restorative asanas. Pranayama (breathing exercises) is included in certain sessions. Come & explore this power of this unique yoga style. Pre-registration required.
Workshops
Restorative Yoga & Marma Point Therapy with Live Sitar Music by Allyn Miner
Sunday, October 28, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
$ 55
Pre-registration required!
This unique session is the perfect treat for yourself, receiving nourishment through sound healing, bodywork and deep relaxation ….Allyn Miner, the Philadelphia sitar player will set the tone with her beautiful play while relaxing & healing in Restorative Yoga poses. Restorative Yoga is a very gentle form of yoga. In this session we will practice the Judith Lasater method. The goal of this particular practice is to bring pure relaxation to our body and mind. The Marma Point Therapist will go from student to student to work on selected marma points. Marma Point Therapy is the Indian version of Acupressure. The practitioner will use fingers and a tuning fork to open marma points. Open marma point prevent sickness and disease.
No yoga experience needed! Come & enjoy!
Allyn Miner has been playing north Indian classical music on the sitar for more than forty years. She studied with Thakur Sri Raj Bhan in Varanasi, India, for eleven years and later became a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan in Marin County, California. She has performed in venues all over the U.S and in India. Allyn has a Ph.D in Indian musicology from Banaras Hindu University for her work on the history of the sitar. She has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of Pennsylvania for her study of a fourteenth-century musicological text from Gujarat. She is a Lecturer in the Department of South Asia Studies at Penn where she teaches sitar classes.
Katrin Elia, owner of Katrin Elia Yoga and Marma Point Therapist, will teach the restorative yoga sequence and offer the marma point therapy this evening.
Happy Shoulders & Neck - Yoga Routine & Shoulder/ Neck Massage
Sunday, November 11, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
$ 55
The age of computers, cell phones, laptops, tablets has contributed to habits of poor posture and shoulder and neck pain. A forward head position can cause an imbalance of muscles in the shoulder and neck area, leading to tightness and pain.
This workshop will teach you important alignment cues in standing and sitting and a specific shoulder & neck yoga exercise that can be practiced at home. It is important to do the learned postures on a regular basis to build strength and keep shoulder and neck area open to avoid stiffness and pain. A manual that describes the yoga routine will be given to you at the end of the workshop.
During the second half of the workshop we will practice selected restorative yoga poses (very gentle yoga poses supported by props that will be done on the floor) while the massage therapist will give each student a shoulder & neck massage to restore balance in this area by releasing tension in painful knots that have formed in the neck and shoulders and lengthening muscles that have become shortened due to poor posture.
Come, learn & enjoy Jen’s so relaxing shoulder & neck massage at the end of the session!
To reserve your spot, please send an email to: katrin@katrineliayoga.com
Massage Therapist: Tessa is a licensed massage therapist practicing in the Philadelphia area. She graduated from the Massage Arts Center of Philadelphia in 2010 where she studied anatomy, physiology, shiatsu, swedish deep tissue, and pre-natal massage therapy modalities. Since graduating, Tessa has worked as a massage therapist managing her own business and working at local chiropractic offices and wellness centers. She sees a wide range of clients for relaxation, wellness, and acute and chronic physical pain.Tess has received specialty training in a variety of areas including perinatal and postpartum massage for expecting and recent mothers and massage for clients with fibromyalgia. She works with all her clients to develop individualized wellness plans to fit their needs. Tess offers holistic massages @ KEY. Her speciality is a combination of Swedish, Shitasu stretching with Trigger Point.
Katrin will teach the yoga shoulder & neck routine & restorative yoga this afternoon.
Healing Sound Bath w. Baba Doc & Yin Yoga
Thursday, November 15, 6:30 - 7:40 pm
$ 30
Master percussionist, music educator & Healing Sound Bath facilitator Baba Doc (Leonard Gibbs) from Los Angeles will present his creation of the Healing Sound Bath, a variety of percussion instruments, each with a unique voice and energy to create an experience that promotes relaxation, healing, breathing, and balances both hemispheres of the brain. During this one hour healing session, Katrin will practice a “quiet” (no instructions) healing Yin Yoga sequence that students can practice with her. If you rather want to enjoy the sound frequencies without the yin yoga practice feel free to do so. The session will end with shavasana (resting pose) or meditative sitting.
Come & enjoy this unique evening of healing sounds and meditative yoga practice.
Baba Doc: Sound artist Baba Doc performed, recorded and toured with a variety of artists, such as Grover Washington Jr., Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Erykah Badu, Bob James, Wyclef Jean, Rickie Lee Jones, Whitney Houston, and Dianne Reeves to name a few. From 1997-2007 he was musical director for the popular cooking show “Emeril Live” on the Food Network. He relocated to Los Angeles where he created the Healing Sound Bath therapy, a wonderful stress reliever and energy booster.
Hormone Yoga Therapy - A Natural Alternative for Menopause
Saturday, November 17, 2:30 - 6:30 pm
$195
THIS EVENT is for Women
*who experience peri-menopausal symptoms
*who are in Menopause & suffer from menopausal symptoms
*who experience post-menopausal symptoms
*to assist in fertility
*to help with panic symptoms, stress, PMS, and more….
Hormone Yoga Therapy (HYT), invented by Dinah Rodrigues, is a holistic form of yoga that offers a natural alternative approach. Its focus is to reactivate the hormone production through a designed sequence of yoga postures (asana), specific breathing exercises (pranayama), Tibetan energy technique, and yoga nidra (visualization during meditation). Disagreeable Symptoms during menopause such as hot flashes, insomnia, depression, headache, tiredness, hair loss, migraine, emotional instability, and many others are indicators that the hormone level in a woman’s body is low and needs to be increased. Results show as well that HYT also helps in preventing osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, and assists in infertility, peri-menopausal symptoms, stress, and panic symptoms. A short break will be included in this four hour practice.
For more information or for sign up, please contact katrin@katrineliayoga.com.
Price for group session: $ 195 (material included)
4 hour HYT Private: $ 315
The Good Taste of Health with Ellen Sue Jacobson
Sunday, January 27, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
$ 45
The Good Taste of Health is an engaging program about how to design your own personal eating plan (P.E.P.) by cherry-picking the best from each of the popular food plans from Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) to the Zone (eating within certain carb, fat, &protein percentages). A brief summary of several popular food plans (diets) will be discussed.
Ellen Sue Jacobson, nutrition educator and natural foods cook, will discuss her own P.E.P. and how she experimented with different plans on her healthy foods journey.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and start to create their own P.E.P. with dishes that are colorful, nutrient dense, and good tasting. The Good Taste of Health will demonstrate that eating a healthful diet need not be bland or boring. Colorful dishes with a wide range of nutrients can be created in your own kitchen. The recipes you will create for your own P.E.P. may be simple to prepare, but they can also be simply delicious.
About Ellen Sue Jacobson: Ellen Sue has two bachelors’ degrees: one in Education from Douglass College (Div. of Rutgers Univ. in NewBrunswick, NJ) and one in Nutrition Education (Empire State College, N.Y.) She is also the author of several cookbooks and a children’s nutrition-based coloring book.
Retreats
Moving Into Stillness: A Yoga & Meditation Retreat/ April 2019
Friday, April 26 - Sunday, April 28
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Enjoy a weekend of bliss with two overnights, three days @ beautiful Buddhist Won Dharma Center in the Hudson Valley (NY), Yin Yoga Classes, Restorative Yoga, Marma Therapy (ancient Indian massage technique), a Meditation Workshop to learn about different meditation styles, Yoga Nidra (Indian relaxation technique), mindful walks on nearby trails, delicious vegetarian food and much more. Acupuncture sessions are available (not included in the package price).
Pricing for the Weekend Stay (4/26 – 4/28): Single Room/Meals/Program: $ 861 Double Room/Meals/Program: $ 725 Quad/Meals/Program: $ 635 Commuter Rate: Meal/Program: $ 525 ***Please check with the studio for a special rate if this would be your second retreat with KEY at Won Dharma Center. (All rooms have a shared bathroom. Single & double rooms have as well a sink in the room.) Vegetarian Meals included in the price: 4/26: dinner, 4/27: breakfast/lunch/dinner, 4/28: breakfast/lunch Arrival time: 4/26, 3- 4 pm, Departure time: 4/28 after lunch
Program (as of now, slight changes are possible): Friday, 4/26 – Meet & Greet: 4:45 pm (*Il Won Hall), Dinner: 5:30 pm (main dinning room) Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra: 7:45 – 9 pm (II Won Hall). Saturday, 4/27 – Meditation: 6 – 7 am (II Won Hall) lead by ministers of the center: 40 min sitting, 7 min chanting, and 3 min scripture reading, Breakfast: 7:30 am, Yin & Yang Balancing (Yoga): 10 – 11:15 am (**Meditation Hall @ Timeless Zen Building, lower level):please bring two blocks and a blanket from II Won Hall/ foyer to this session, Lunch: Noon, Workshop: Meditation – Learn the Basics: What does Meditation do? How do you practice it? What style is right for me?: 3:15 – 4:30 pm (II Won Hall), Dinner: 5:30 pm, Restorative Yoga & Marma Therapy (Ancient Indian Massage Technique): 7:45 – 9 pm (II Won Hall). Sunday, 4/28 – Meditation: 6 – 7 am (II Won Hall) lead by ministers of center, Breakfast: 7:30 am, Whole Body Yin & Meditation: 9:45 – 11 am (Meditation Hall @ Timeless Zen Building, lower level), Lunch: Noon, Departure after lunch. (Please leave your room with all your belongings by noon time. Thank you.) Acupuncture Sessions are available, please check with Katrin (katrin@katrineliayoga.com) |
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Won Dharma CenterThe Center is set on “(…) 426 acres of rolling hills and fields…with a majestic view on the Catskill mountains.” – Address: 361 State Route 23, Claverack, NY 12513 TO HOLD YOUR SPOT: Please pay a deposit of $ 250 (registration fee) to reserve your spot. Please note that the registration fee of $ 250 is part of the full payment and is not refundable. The remaining balance is due by January 26, 2019. Paying before this deadline is appreciated. Refund Policy: No refund of registration fee ($250). No refund of the remaining balance after March 22, 2019. Booking is not transferable. Please send a check to: Katrin Elia Yoga, 158 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 or pay in the office. Thank you.
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Retreat in the German & Austrian Alps: Yoga, Healing with Salt & Mozart's Salzburg, September 2019
Friday, September 13 - Tuesday, September 17
Enjoy four luxurious overnights – five days in the beautiful German/Austrian Alps… in a luxury mountain hotel with gourmet breakfasts & dinners, yoga & meditation sessions, Saline Floating Pool, outside swimming with mountain panorama, Sauna experience with salt treatment, visit to the famous lake Koenigsee, explore Mozart’s Salzburg with a private guide (20 minutes from hotel) and tour through the nearby alpine panorama with a visit to the famous Wochenbrunner Alm (mountain top) and so much more…
Pricing for Four Overnights – Five Days Friday, 9/13 – Tuesday, 9/17:
Single Room (Category Nature): Gourmet Breakfasts & Dinners, Yoga & Meditation Sessions, Sauna salt treatment, Artemacur Spa Usage/bathrobe with spa bag, Trips – Salzburg, Lake Koenigssee, Tirol (Austrian Alps) with a visit to Wochenbrunner Alm: $ 2395 (per person)
Double Room (Category Panorama): Gourmet Breakfasts & Dinners, Yoga & Meditation Sessions, Sauna salt treatments, Artemacur Spa Usage/ bathrobe with spa bag, Trips – Salzburg, Lake Koenigssee, Tirol (Austrian Alps) with a visit to Wochenbrunner Alm:: $ 2079 (per person)
Please note: Luncheons, air travel and rides to and from the airport are not included in this price. Massages in Hotel Spa can be separately booked for an extra price. Salzburg, Austria is the closest airport (about 15 minute taxi ride). Munich Airport is about 2 hours via car. A travel insurance for the flights is recommended.
Arrival: 9/13, Departure: 9/17
Extra day/s can be added for an extra charge. Please contact the event organizer.
Program (as of now, slight changes are possible):
9/13 – Gentle Yoga (Hotel Yoga Room): 4:30pm (45 minutes), Meet & Greet: 6:45pm (Hotel Bar), 7:30pm Dinner (Hotel Restaurant)
9/14 – Good Morning Yoga & Meditation : 7:15 am (45 mins.), Breakfast, Exploring Mozart’s Salzburg – Walking City Tour (leaving the hotel at 1:30 pm), 6:30 pm Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra (45 mins.), Dinner
9/15 – Breakfast, Bus Tour to Tirol/Austrian Alps with Alm Visit (leaving at 9am – return at 4:30 pm), 6 pm Relaxing Evening Yoga (45 mins.), Dinner
9/16 – Good morning Yoga & Meditation: 7am (45 mins.), Breakfast, Visit of Lake Koenigssee (leaving the hotel 9:30 am) – 5:45 pm Yin Yoga (45 mins.), Dinner
9/17 – Good morning Yoga & Meditation: 7:15 am (45 minutes), Breakfast, departure
Sauna salt treatments can be scheduled at hotel.
About the Klosterhof – Premium Hotel & Health Resort, Bayerisch Gmain, Germany (Alps):
This very unique place was founded circa 1500 as a part of the St. Zeno Augustiner Cloister close to Bad Reichenhall (district of upper Bavaria, Germany), the famous spa town with its traditional salt production and Salzburg (Austria) in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufen (1,771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 m). Tirol (Austrian alpine area) is about 90 minutes away.
TO HOLD YOUR SPOT: Please register with the full payment. Note that the full payment includes a $ 200 registration fee that is not refundable. Please read refund/cancellation policy below. Please check send a check to: Katrin Elia Yoga, 158 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 or pay in the office.
Refund & Cancellation Policy:
No refunds are allowed for the registration fee ($200).
The remaining balance of the order will be refunded (less the registration fee) up to the close of business, 5 PM Eastern Standard Time, July 13, 2019.
A 25% cancellation fee (in addition to the non-refundable registration fee) will be applied to the remaining balance after July 13 through August 13, 2019.
After the close of business, 5 PM Eastern Standard Time, August 13, 2019, there will be NO REFUND of the remaining balance.
Bookings are not transferable.
A travel insurance for your flight is highly recommended.
