UPCOMING EVENTS
IYENGAR YOGA WORKSHOP:
Standing Poses & Arms Balances
with Senior Iyengar Teacher Jessica Becker
Sunday, November 24th, 2024
2-4pm
This workshop will move from standing on our feet to standing on our hands to bring grounding and joy as we move from the known to the unknown with support and focus. Modifications will be taught for those with injuries and other physical conditions
Jessica works with methodical detail, precision and humor to meet you where you are and draw you into a deeper level of self awareness.
HOLIDAY DE-STRESS: A Katonah Yoga Movement and Breathwork Workshop
with Cassie Ray
Saturday, December 21st, 2024
2pm-3:30pm
Join Cassie for an afternoon of Katonah Yoga Movement and Holotropic inspired breathwork here at Riga Yoga Studio. This class will offer Katonah Yoga movement and an energetically cathartic breathwork practice done lying down to music followed by meditation.
If the stress of the holidays is bubbling up to the surface for you, we offer this practice as an opportunity to recalibrate and calm your nervous system, work through any blocks and release anything that has gotten in the way of your JOY.
PAST EVENTS
KATONAH® + OXYGEN ADVANTAGE®
with Kari Harendorf & Tiger Bye
Sunday February 19th, 2023
9am-10:15am
Join Katonah Yoga® teachers, Kari Harendorf and Tiger Bye, for a 75-minute class will show you how embodying proper alignment will maximize the benefits of your yoga practice. Learn pain free asana, functional breathing, and Ayurvedic theory to revitalize your being, on and off the mat
Kari Harendorf is a C_IAYT and E_RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, Reiki Master, and Ayurvedic Health Counselor. She merges physical and spiritual practice with health science to help her students achieve their highest levels of physical, intellectual, and emotional well-being.
The Oxygen Advantage®️ is a breath training methodology that helps restore functional breathing for the enhanced mind-body function. Through nasal breathing and improving carbon dioxide tolerance, mental and physical health are optimized by better oxygen delivery to tissues and nervous system regulation..
HIPS TO BACKBEND WORKSHOP
with Kat Whitney & Sayer Mansfield
Sunday March 5th, 2023
3pm-4:30pm
Join expert mother-daughter duo for a 90-minute workshop targeting hips and major backbends. Learn how hips and spine relate to each other, how and why to backbend, how and when to modify. This workshop is open to all levels, people new to yoga as well as seasoned yogis who want to bring more nuance and depth to their practice.
Kathryn Whitney, Ed.M, ERYT, YACEP, CLC is a skillful instructor with 25 years of experience. From coaching 1:1 to leading teacher trainings in the Tri-State area and globally, Kathryn’s teachings include the full breadth of yoga practice — philosophy, anatomy, breath work, asana, mantra and mudra.
Sayer Mansfield has spent the past decade working as a full time company dancer with Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Montreal, QC) and Pilobolus Dance Theater (New York, NY.) Sayer has been an adjunct faculty member and guest artist and choreographer at Jacob’s Pillow, Sayer is a 300hr RYT™ yoga teacher and has been teaching yoga, dance and embodiment practices for over 14 years
RESTORATIVE YOGA + HEALING SOUND BATH
with Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos
Saturday March 18th, 2023
5:00-6:15pm
Join Samantha Free 500hr RYT™ & Nina Embiricos for a 75 minutes of deep restorative Yoga practice accompanied by a healing sound bath.
Expect restful poses with extensive support of props designed to release physical tension, and access deep states of relaxation. Samantha will be using quartz singing bowls, Koshi Chimes and bead drums to help bring the body and mind in harmony.
KATONAH YOGA® + OXYGEN ADVANTAGE®
with Kari Harendorf & Tiger Bye
Saturday March 25th, 2023
11am-12:15pm
Spring Forward!
Join Tiger and Kari for a 75 min class designed to put a spring in your step.
Your body is your house. Time to open up your windows, let go of the stagnation of winter, and get your body and breath ready for Spring!
MEDITATION WORKSHOP
with Sandrine Harris
Saturday, May 6th, 2023
11am-12:30pm
Join us for a 90-minute workshop exploring the fundamental aspects of mindfulness meditation, inclusive of our bodies and the landscape of our emotions. This experience is a flow of short practices, conversation, growing awareness, and sensing the connection between our inner world and how we relate to others and our environment. Seasoned meditators and those newly curious about this process are all welcome.
Sandrine Harris is a mindfulness meditation facilitator who has been offering meditative experiences, retreats and trainings internationally for over a decade. Most recently, she co-authored and co-facilitated an annual 200-hour certification program in radical mindfulness (2021-22). She has trained with Sharon Salzberg, David Treleaven, Dan Siegel and many others. She is a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner, Feldenkrais® somatic educator, trauma and chronic pain practitioner, and meditation facilitator.
KATONAH WALL WORKSHOP
with Michael Torrant
Saturday, May 20th, 2023
1:00pm-3:00pm
Join Michael for a 2hr workshop where we will incorporate the wall into a strong yoga practice. The wall provides information, leverage, contact and boundary. Themes and metaphors from Katonah yoga will color the practice. Find new challenges, experience new angles and cultivate new openings by leveraging your practice with the wall. Practice will conclude with Katonah Breathwork and meditative wraps.
RESTORATIVE YOGA + HEALING SOUND BATH
with Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos
Saturday July 8th, 2023
5:00-6:15pm
Join Samantha Free 500hr RYT™ & Nina Embiricos for a 75 minutes of deep restorative Yoga practice accompanied by a healing sound bath.
Expect restful poses with extensive support of props designed to release physical tension, and access deep states of relaxation. Samantha will be using quartz singing bowls, Koshi Chimes and bead drums to help bring the body and mind in harmony.
KIDS YOGA
with Sarah Freund
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
11am-12pm
A playful story based hour of movement and fun for 4-9 year-olds. Sarah has been teaching yoga to children since 2011. She is a certified yoga instructor and has a masters degree in early childhood education. She is a second grade teacher at Salisbury Central.
Register your child directly on Mindbody or contact the studio.
FULL MOON FLOW
with Sara Regan
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
5:30pm-6:45pm
Beginning class with a brief discussion of the full moon’s themes, followed by setting our intentions for the waning lunar period, and finally an invigorating flow to clear our energy and generate power.
FOUNDATION OF FERTILITY
with Dr. Rachel Low, ND
Sunday, August 6th, 2023
3pm-4pm
Dr. Rachel Low, ND will cover some common fertility and hormonal health challenges, how to get down to the root cause, and how to take action from an integrative perspective..
KATONAH CHAIR WORKSHOP
with Michael Torrant
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
1pm-3pm
Come experience this magical tool of support and discover new perspectives! Backbends, twists, forward bends and restorative poses will be explored using the support of this great prop.
A SPECIAL KATONAH RESTORATIVE CHAIR CLASS
with Michael Torrant
Sunday November 26th, 2023
9:30-11:30am
In this class, we will use the chair as a prop for support and information. The class will be slower than our typical Katonah yoga practice, poses will be held longer, lots of restorative shapes and hands-on adjustments if you’d like them.
HEALING SOUND BATH + RESTORATIVE YOGA
with Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos
Saturday December 2nd, 2023
4:00-5:15pm
Join Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos for a 75 minutes of deep restorative Yoga practice accompanied by a healing sound bath.
Expect restful poses with extensive support of props designed to release physical tension, and access deep states of relaxation. Samantha will be using quartz singing bowls, Koshi Chimes and bead drums to help bring the body and mind in harmony.
WINTER WELLNESS WORKSHOP
with Dr. Rachel Low, ND & Nina Embiricos
Saturday Jan 13th
3pm-4:30pm
Explore the energetics of winter and lean into seasonal living for greater wellbeing.
In this workshop:
Nutrition & Lifestyle Practices: Nourishing your body, mind and immune system
Immune Health: How to stay healthy and support yourself through seasonal bugs
Winter Blues: Mental wellness in the winter months
Nourishing movement, restorative poses with essential oils
Supporting herbal tea will be served
KATONAH RESTORATIVE
with Chase Connolly
Saturday, February 3rd
4-6pm
In the north-east the first couple of months of the new year plunge us into the still depths of Winter. There is a collective stirring of excitement for the new growth of Spring, yet nature demands our patience. Let us take extra time to care deeply for ourselves before the business of Spring sets in.
During these two hours, we will spend time learning simple, and repeatable, Restorative Yoga postures, and breathing techniques. When we set up a posture functionally, using the major joints of the body as a frame, we give maximum space for the lungs and all internal organs. Cultivating a spacious interior brings about conditions for the breath to be effortless and the entire body to feel refreshed. Students often leave a Katonah Restorative class saying they feel like they’ve received bodywork and are floating… Let’s float through the rest of the Winter with good techniques to help bring about inner joy.
CORE STABILITY & MOBILITY WORKSHOP with Tamara Hickey
Saturday, March 30th, 2024
2pm-3:30pm
Join Tamara Hickey for a 90min workshop to learn practices aimed at cultivating a strong and supportive core. Using both strengthening and stretching techniques, we’ll explore a full range of spinal movements and work into the hips, giving you access to expanded flexibility and insights for maintaining a resilient and healthy back and core.
About Tamara:
Tamara Hickey has taught yoga for nearly 15 years and is currently based in Berkshire County. As a trauma-sensitive teacher, Tamara offers a variety of tools to empower others in accessing strength, resilience, and ease for both mind and body. With a background primarily in the Ashtanga and Iyengar traditions, Tamara completed her 200-hour teacher training with YogaWorks and her advanced 300-hour training with Jules Mitchell, focusing on biomechanics, pain science, the science of stretching, and somatic movement. She is additionally certified in Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga and meditation.
PRENATAL YOGA
with Nina Embiricos, RPYT
Saturdays - February 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th
11am-12pm
This class is suitable for first, second and third trimesters, gentle and safe movements, strength and stretch, pelvic floor and breathwork, community and resource sharing!
Special Class with Francesca Bove
Props & Flow
Sunday June 16th, 2024
9:30am-10:45am
Join Francesca Bove, master instructor and alignment therapist for a 75min yoga class is geared towards practitioners who want to increase fluidity in the body through mindful joint and spine work, sneaky muscle activation, and intelligent-vinyasa flow. We will use props to achieve the mastery of advanced poses such as inversions and arm balances. Expect music, creativity, and repetition.
Francesca was born and raised in Rome, her teachings merge the importance of structure and boundaries with the infinite possibility of freedom, movement and discovery.. She has 15+ years of teaching experience and is the former owner of Viale Yoga in Bedford Hills.
SUMMER CHAIRS
Saturday, July 20th, 11am-12:30pm
with Mary Dana Abbott
Chairs are a wonderful tool for any yoga practice and practitioner, They inform, stabilize and facilitate opening our bodies and imaginations to possibilities. In this practice we will use a chair and other props in a series of dynamic postures: standing poses and balances, and restoratives to meet the energy of the season.
Mary Dana has spent most of her life exploring and discovering movement practices. She's been teaching yoga for nearly two decades, and in that time has studied many styles of yoga from Vinyasa to Katonah; and complementary methods, such as functional anatomy and PIlates.. She's known for her smart sequencing, clear cues and non-dogmatic delivery of instruction. MD's classes and workshops are insightful experiences sprinkled with delight. You can find more about her at www.marydanayoga.com.
PROPS & FLOW
Sunday, July 21st, 2024, 9:30am-10:45am
w/ Francesca Bove
Join Francesca Bove, master instructor and alignment therapist for a 75min yoga class is geared towards practitioners who want to increase fluidity in the body through mindful joint and spine work, sneaky muscle activation, and intelligent-vinyasa flow. We will use props to achieve the mastery of advanced poses such as inversions and arm balances. Expect music, creativity, and repetition.
Francesca was born and raised in Rome, her teachings merge the importance of structure and boundaries with the infinite possibility of freedom, movement and discovery.. She has 15+ years of teaching experience and is the former owner of Viale Yoga in Bedford Hills.
KATONAH YOGA POP UP
Saturday, July 27th, 2024, 9:30am-10:45am
w/ Kari Harendorf
Join Kari for an in person for a hatha yoga practice that blends alignment principles, imaginative metaphor, taoist theory, sacred geometry, Chinese medicine, and therapeutic postures.
Kari Harendorf is a C_IAYT and E_RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, Reiki Master, and Ayurvedic Health Counselor. She merges physical and spiritual practice with health science to help her students achieve their highest levels of physical, intellectual, and emotional well-being. Learn more about Kari at https://betteryoga.net/
IYENGAR FOR HIPS WORKSHOP
Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, 11am-12:30pm
w/ Judi Friedman
Join Judi to practice a sequence of poses designed to strengthen your hips and to increase your range of motion and flexibility. We will practice standing poses, seated poses and supported backbends, creatively using props to support the practice. This class will be dynamic and fun, and is accessible to all levels of yoga practitioners.
Judi Friedman is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher who has been teaching classes, workshops, retreats and private students in northern Westchester, N.Y. for over two decades. She is certified to teach yoga therapeutics by the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She adores the intelligence and accessibility of Iyengar Yoga, as well as its clarity, precision and the layers of possibility for self-exploration and transformation. Judi describes her teaching style as clear, supportive, challenging and very joyful! You can find out more about Judi at www.yogawithjudi.com.
KATONAH YOGA® + NUMBER MAGIC
with Nevine Michaan & Harriet Schreger
Sunday, September 15th, 2024
10am-1pm
Join Katonah Yoga® founder, Nevine Michaan & Harriet Schreger for an illuminating morning of Katonah asana, theory and breathing techniques.
Play with numbers, measure up and engage in practical magic.
There will be ample time to enjoy tea, light refreshments and community during this event.
This workshop includes one Playing With the Material Kit.
SOUND BATH + RESTORATIVE YOGA
with Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos
Saturday, October 5th, 2024
4:00-5:15pm
Join Samantha Free & Nina Embiricos for a 75 minute deep restorative Yoga practice accompanied by a healing sound bath.
Expect restful poses with extensive support of props designed to release physical tension, and access deep states of relaxation. Samantha will be using quartz singing bowls, Koshi Chimes and bead drums to help bring the body and mind in harmony
LUNG FLUSH
with Michael Torrant
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
9:30am-11:30am
Expect a wall & chair yoga practice to warm and open the body followed by Katonah breathwork and meditative wraps with expert Katonah Yoga and Functional Movement teacher Michael Torrant.
