Katrin Elia Yoga

Monday, June 11, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
$ 35

The Yoga Wall was invented by B.K.S. Iyengar to learn about the perfect alignment in Yoga poses.

In this session you will get a chance to study selected yoga poses with the help of this great yoga tool in a semi-private setting. And yes, you will have many AHHH….moments and you will fall in love with the yoga wall. A friend of mine called the class an “Asana Lab” (asana means poses). I would like add this…this  practice can be seen as well as the fine-tuning of yoga poses. All levels class! 

Only 3 spots available. Pre-Registration required. 

Thursday, April 11 - Thursday, May 30, 10 - 11 am (check dates)
$ 18 each session

April 11, 18, 25 & May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 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.

Thursday, May 23, 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. 

Thursday, June 20, 6:30 - 7:30pm
$ 35

The Yoga Wall was invented by B.K.S. Iyengar to learn about the perfect alignment in Yoga poses.

In this session you will get a chance to study selected yoga poses with the help of this great yoga tool in a semi-private setting. And yes, you will have many AHHH….moments and you will fall in love with the yoga wall. A friend of mine called the class an “Asana Lab” (asana means poses). I would like add this…this  practice can be seen as well as the fine-tuning of yoga poses. All levels class! 

Only 3 spots available. Pre-Registration required. 

Sunday, May 19, 5:30 - 7:00pm
$55

Join Jen & Katrin for this amazing evening of Restorative Yoga & Foot Reflexology. The focus of this session will be the digestive system. Many of us suffer from all kind of issues from IBS, constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux, and much more. Often lower back pain and abdominal pain are physical symptoms. Many don’t know but foot reflexology can be a wonderful therapy to help with these kind of issues. 

Reflexology is an ancient holistic technique used for activating the healing powers of the body, promoting a state of balance and harmony within.  Foot reflexology is based on the premise that there are energy zones that run throughout the body and reflex areas in the feet that correspond to all major organs, glands, and body parts. Some of the benefits of reflexology include reduction of stress, deep relaxation, cleansing of toxins, re-establishing homeostasis, and revitalizing energy. In this workshop, specific pressure techniques will be used to work on reflex areas for the digestive system (stomach area, intestines, pancreas, liver, and gall bladder). 

Massage Therapist: Jen Andrews is a licensed massage therapist and has been serving the Philadelphia area since 2014. She has worked primarily in a rehab setting, allowing her to focus on the therapeutic aspects of massage therapy. Jen has specific training in deep tissue massage, sports massage, massage cupping, manual lymphatic drainage, oncology massage, and foot reflexology.. She also has a keen interest in myofascial release and incorporates it into each of her sessions. Jen works with a variety of clients for therapeutic, restorative, and preventative purposes and she customizes sessions to address their needs and goals.

Katrin will teach the restorative yoga sequence this evening. 

Monday, May 27, 10:30 - 11:45am
$20

To Start out your holiday KEY offers a quiet & calming morning practice of seated yoga poses & selected breathing exercises (pranayama). You will leave the session rejuvenated and energize, ready for the celebration of the day! This is an all levels practice. Please pre-register via email: katrin@katrineliayoga.com

Sunday, June 2, 9:30 - 10:45am
$ 20

This luxurious 75-minute Whole Body Yin practice will open connective tissue and assist in the release of emotional energy held in the body through physical passive asana enhanced by the vibrations of live poetry. The meditative journey inside will be facilitated by a series of seated and supine poses accompanied by local poet Alison Hicks reading from her work. 

Yin is Alison’s favorite form of yoga, and she considers it part of her writing practice. She and Katrin first met 15 years ago, first practicing together, and later Alison has been a student of Katrin’s Whole Body Yin Yoga since she started teaching.

Alison Hicks is the author of poetry collections You Who Took the Boat Out and Kiss, a chapbook Falling Dreams, a novella, Love: A Story of Images, and an anthology, Prompted. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Green Hills Literary Lantern, and has appeared in Eclipse, Fifth Wednesday, Gargoyle, Louisville Review, Passager, Permafrost, Poet Lore, and Whiskey Island, among other journals. Awards include the 2011 Philadelphia City Paper Poetry Prize and two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowships. She is founder of Greater Philadelphia Wordshop Studio, which offers community-based writing workshops.

Katrin Elia, owner of Katrin Elia Yoga (Bala Cynwyd, PA) will teach this morning session. 

Sunday, June 9, 5:30- 7:00pm
$45

Join Katrin Elia & Lisa Mitchell for an evening of restorative yoga and essential oils. At this event you will have the opportunity to learn about the differences of essential oils, their scent and their healing powers. Essential oils actually foster an increasing sense of well being, physically, emotionally, and/ or spiritually. Prior to the deep relaxation of the restorative yoga practice that evening, all practitioners will have the opportunity to choose an essential oil to sample as an accompainment to the practice and to support in the areas of: respiration, skin, emotions, mental focus, relaxation, and digestion. All guests will have to opportunity to purchase an oil starter kit if they choose to. We hope you will join us for this exciting event. 

Saturday, June 15, 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

Sunday, June 23, 6:30 - 7:40 pm
$ 30

Join the Master percussionist, music educator & Healing Sound Bath facilitator Baba Doc (Leonard Gibbs) from Los Angeles with 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 sound healing session, Katrin will practice a “quiet” (no instructions) Whole Body 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 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. 

Sunday, July 14, 5:30 - 7:00pm
$60

Join Katrin & Sylvia for this very unique 90 minute session of Restorative Yoga and Vibrational Sound Therapy (VST), a deep healing therapy that uses “powerful vibration and tones to induce an immediate relaxed state” of body and mind.

Resting in comfortable restorative yoga poses, Sylvia, Sound Therapist will spend time with each student. She will place handmade therapeutic singing bowls on the body that “allow the vibrations to penetrate deeply into the body in ways reminiscent of deep tissue massage”. She will use as well chimes, gongs and other instruments during the session, all “have been tuned for optimum effectiveness”. 

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 the body and mind. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring socks and a sweater. The body temperature might drop during this session. 

Sylvia M. DeSantis, MA, VST, NCTMB is an author, Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master-Teacher, Vibrational Sound Therapy Practitioner, and owner of Seven Sacred Breaths Integrative Healing (www.7sacredbreaths.com) in Newtown Square, PA where she helps clients of all ages find relief from trauma and stress. Her reiki book, Watercharms: Ocean-Reiki Meditations for Clearing, Clarity, and Healing, is available at your favorite bookseller.

Katrin, owner/founder of Katrin Elia Yoga, Bala Cynwyd, PA will lead you into each restorative Yoga pose that evening. 

Sunday, November 3, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
$ 55

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. 

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. 

Event Organizer: Katrin Elia Yoga, website: www.katrineliayoga.com, email: katrin@katrineliayoga.com, office phone: 610 660 6126

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.

 

Friday, November 8 - Sunday, November 10
$640 semi-private
$540 dorm

Join us for an amazing experience of staying for a long weekend (two overnights from Friday to Sunday) at the beautiful Ananda Ashram in the foothills of the Catskills. Beside taking in the peace, the meditative silence and the delicious “pure” food that this wonderful place has to offer, you will learn during your stay about Yoga & the Healing Powers of Sounds. A workshop will focus on ancient Indian mantras (healing sounds) that can heal one physically and mentally, can open you up, transform you, bring joy and so much more. Different yoga styles will be practiced during this weekend. The setting of the Ashram offers as well outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing (if it is not too cold). The simplicity of an Ashram can open hidden doors inside yourself and bring you closer to yourself. 

Program (as of now/ slight changes are possible):

Friday, November 8:
Arriving/ Check in at 4 pm (Main House Office), Meet & Greet: 5pm (Lake House Yoga Studio), Dinner: 5:30 – 6:30pm (Dining Hall), Sound Bath & Restorative Yoga w. Sylvia & Katrin: 7:45 – 9 pm (Lake House Yoga Studio)

Saturday, November 9: 
Breakfast: 8 -9 am (Dining Hall), Yin & Yang Balancing : 10:45- Noon (Lake House Yoga Studio), Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30pm (Dining Hall), Workshop: The Power of Mantras (Ancient Vedic Sounds): 3 – 4:30 pm, Dinner: 5:30pm – 6:30pm (Dining Hall). If the Ashram hosts a Kirtan that evening (concert with live music & chanting) we will be invited as a group. If there will be no concert that evening, the evening session: Yin Yoga & Mantra (Calming Chanting): 7:45 – 9pm (Lake House Yoga Studio) will be offered. 

Sunday, November 10: 
Morning Meditation & Mantra to Greet the Day (Lake House Yoga Studio): 7:15am – 7:45am, Breakfast: 8 – 9pm (Dining Hall), Yin Restorative & VST (Vibrational Sound Therapy) w. Sylvia & Katrin (Lake House Yoga Studio): 10:30 – 11:45 am, Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30pm (Dining Hall) – Departure 

Pricing: 
2 overnights at Ananda Ashram with breakfast, lunch & dinner (all lacto-vegetarian cooking). The accommodations at the ashram are simple. Linens and a towel will be provided. (please read below what is recommended to bring).

Semi-Private accommodation (2 single beds with shared bath): $640

Dorm accommodation (4 to 6 beds room with shared bath): $540

Staying outside the Ashram, but attending the program, is possible. If you stay off campus, the cost including meals (lunch and dinner) & program is: $460 

There are several inns, motels in the area, also beautiful places on airbnb are available.

To hold your spot: 
Please register with a check of $200 (non refundable registration fee) to the studio: Katrin Elia Yoga, 158 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 or drop it off at the studio. The difference is due by: August 1, 2019. Cancelation Policy: If you have to cancel the retreat, please inform the organizer Katrin Elia via email: katrin@katrineliayoga.com before September 29, 2019 to receive back the balance (without the $200 registration fee). After that date, no refund will be possible. Bookings are not transferable. 

The Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York, is a Yoga retreat and spiritual-educational center just over one hour from New York City, founded in 1964 by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati (then Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D.) as the country center of the Yoga Society of New York, Inc.

Located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, the Ashram provides a serene, natural environment with woods and meadows surrounding a lake. Accommodations are simple and meals are vegetarian.

What is an Ashram?  Ashram first appeared in English in the early 1900s and gained traction after Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi founded his famous ashrams at Sabarmati near Ahmadabad and at Sevagram near Wardha. The word ashram derives from a Sanskrit word, “srama,” which means “religious exertion.” Later in the 20th century, English speakers broadened the term “ashram” to encompass any sort of religious retreat, regardless of denomination. (Merriam Webster Dictionary)

There will be personalized VST (vibrational sound therapy) sessions with Sylvia de Santis available. Each session is 45 minutes long, $ 90 (tip is not included).
Saturday, 11/9: 9am -9:45am, 9:50 am-10:35am, 1:45pm – 2:30pm, 6:30pm – 7:15pm
Sunday, 11/10: 9:15am-10am

If you are interested in holding a space, please contact Katrin via email: katrin@katrineliayoga.com.

What is VST? “Vibrational Sound Therapy (VST), also known as “vibrational sound massage,” combines powerful vibration and tones to induce an immediate relaxed state. The induction of the sound waves directly into the body, along with soothing ambient tones, helps clients slide into deeply calm, meditative states. In VST the client remains fully clothed and is led into a deep and relaxed meditation through the careful placement of handmade bowls, and the use of chimes, gongs, and other instruments, all of which have been tuned for optimum effectiveness.

Placing the therapeutic singing bowls directly on the body allows the vibrations to penetrate deeply into the body in ways reminiscent of deep tissue massage. The bowls are traditionally hand-hammered metal bowls crafted in a fair-trade environment in the central Himalayan country of Nepal.

What to Bring for Your Stay
Please bring comfortable clothing for the retreat, warm clothing and firm shoes for outdoors, slippers or warm socks for inside (no shoes allowed in the overnight and yoga/meditation area, flashlight, alarm clock, toiletries, maybe a notebook and a yoga mat. Linens and towels are provided but if you need more than one towel please bring one.

Restrictions
Possession or use of alcohol and illegal drugs is prohibited on Ashram property. Do not bring and/or consume non-vegetarian food. Also be aware that pets are not permitted on Ashram premises.

Directions 
Traveling to the Ashram by car is relatively easy. It will take about 2.5 to 3 hours from Philadelphia. There is a train station nearby in Harriman (train will leave from Penn Station).