Join IVY RAY 26-Year Interdisciplinary Educator/ Senior Katonah Yoga Teacher for a unique synthesis of ancient/modern wisdom,/techniques, and natural and neuro sciences, all through unifying verifiable Truths.. THE BIG CHILL is a 90-minute up to 3 hour multidisciplinary powerful Full Body Movement and Deep Meditative Experience. 

IT IS comprised of 3 components. 1. A POTENT PREP IN THE BODY INTO 2. FORMAL BREATH WORK INTO 3. SPECIFICALLY LED NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) into an extraordinary, unique and surprisingly simple meditation often Culminating in a Q and A.

ON BREATHWORK. How you breathe is how you live your life. The quality of your lungs greatly determines your OverAll Wellbeing. Breathing is your Primal and first relationship and will be your last. Western SCIENCE has gotten deeply engaged giving this practice much more access and credence, proving the Incredible effects of manipulating your breath on a regular basis. We will work From multiple perspectives and many traditions and cover the effects on currently common conditions such as Stress, Relaxation, Depression, Anxiety and Enhanced Performance, Breath Manipulation is scientifically proven to greatly affect the heart, the brain, digestion, the immune and nervous systems,sleep and therefore your life is the best prep i know of for meditation and it prepares us Beautifully for the final segment of NSDR.

MUCH on this experience and NSDR: This work is specifically developed for Profound Deep Relaxation while Simultaneously Heightening Consciousness. This unique combination ensues in a palpable sense of Over All Well Being. This provides a releasing, expanding, and feeding of the entirety of you, inside and out, while shifting the Autonomic Nervous System from Sympathetic (fight or flight) to Parasympathetic (Restoration and Digestion) and delivering you into an actual state change between Waking and Sleeping. Non-sleep deep rest, NSDR, is an evolving science based version of the original same and different) known as Yoga Nidra on the Hindu side and Body Scan on the Buddhist, all are a type of rest you achieve while a portion of your mind is awake, but your body is increasingly relaxed or Expanded as i term it, I would NEVER tell someone to Relax LOL This enables you to consistently reduce stress and trains you to be able to not only witness your state of mind but have influence over it.

It is a “deliberate decompression”. NSDR is very similar to sleep, though you hover consciously on the edge, as the aim is not to, Sleep That Is, though it involves slowing down your brain waves, much like sleep, except a sliver of your mind remains awake and operable, it begins with an outside or self-induced series of prompts physical and subtle suggestions that produce a state of calmness, followed by a period of directed focus. repeated.

During NSDR, your gut releases serotonin which enables a brain “reset” and refueling of the prefrontal cortex.

MUCH OF THE ABOVE AND THE FOLLOWING effects are all noted and proven on the Science Side

A recent study finds an up to 65% dump of dopamine in 20 mins of NSDR, this amount of Dopamine release is unprecedented.

A WELL LED NSDR enhances memory retention, promotes neuroplasticity which enhances learning, improves the quality of your sleep, enhances relaxation, improves cognitive function, enhances mental clarity and focus slows heart rate embeds you in your parasympathetic Nervous System which also aids in digestion and more

You Will Be Articulately Guided throughout this entire experience

This work is highly informative, fortuitous, heaven like and a game-changer.

“Until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Tao Te Ching

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY

I USE WHATEVER SEASON WE ARE IN AS THE BLUEPRINT, Below is Spring

WE ARE IN SPRING,. spring gets grand quick. though it begins subtly as a seed, in a long-hidden process, volatile; vulnerable, like all things in the beginning, an embryo, a tree, a hope, just like us. that which is largely hidden, our subtle self, is often greatly misunderstood as not as important even as weakness, quite the contrary the YIN of you is powerful beyond measure, provides substance to us and to all of what we create, it gives it depth and roots so it and we we will sustain, it’s half of what we are, and is essential to our evolution, our even development, sustainability and overall well being. Just a spec of springs medicine intelligence and power on the subtle side, As always i reference the intelligence power, magic and purpose of the current season throughout my work. THIS and everything.

Love and Cheers

THIS PROTOCAL IS NOW AVAILABLE PRIVATELY, AS A WORKSHOP OR SMALL GROUP. for inquires you can txt me 914-393-6896

NOW

THIS 20 HR will take place each day 7AM to 1PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND 1PM TO 8 PM IN KRONBURG GERMANY. .

FULL BREAKDOWN of this and the First in a Series of 5, over the next 12 months….a powerful, exciting and valuable commitment

FULL DETAILS HERE : https://www.luminesyoga.de/events/constructing-wholeness/

"IVY RAY IS EPIC. SHE’S SOULFUL, WISE, POWERFUL AND GENEROUS. SHE IS A MASTER TEACHER. SHE OWNS THE PROFOUND WORK THAT SHE TEACHES AND OH THAT VOICE...BRING HER INTO YOUR LIFE"—

THOMAS BAHLER, AWARD WINNING COMPOSER AND PRODUCER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND LONG TIME MUSICAL PARTNER WITH MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER / MUSICIAN LEGEND QUINCY JONES

IVY RAY is a is a Mother, native New Yorker, singer, formerly signed recording artist, voice-over talent, published songwriter and consultant. She has been with Katonah Yoga Founder, Nevine Michaan, learning, practicing, teaching and living the Katonah Yoga Material for 23 years fused with all else she lives and does. Ivy has landed with a Unique Synthesis all her own. Her forte has primarily been private instruction and intimate systematic groups. Her work has spanned from much therapeutics, educators, mothers, elites in business, sports, literature, music, and the arts, to top women’s organizations, physicians, therapists, young adults and all the wild and lovely in between. Ivy has re-emerged over the last few years as a unique/potent voice in World Culture, Katonah Yoga Teacher Trainings and An Advanced 20 Hour Mentorship Program with her one on one. There is Much to Come

Ivy is informed and inspired by the Natural World, the magic and wisdom of what has been, the privilege and great joy of her son and the daily Grace, Grit and Beauty of All Things Life. Ivy resides in New York City and Beacon, New York. To learn more pls visit her Soon to be Updated! Website:https://IvyRay.One

NEW DATES being chosen we will release them soon! This will all take place live in-studio in Finland with me via big screen from New York. Informative, Intimate, interactive and exclusively for this community.

FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE https://holvi.com/…/produ…/4abf0afb990a9ca7acb407ad521ff16b/

FULL DETAILS AND REGISTRATION https://www.elisakuuttilayoga.com/events/katonah-yoga-25h-tt-with-ivy-ray EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

KATONAH YOGA 25 HR IMMERSIVE TRAINING CONSTRUCTING WHOLENESS July 2nd-July 5th at Pranama Kallio in Helsinki owned by Elisa Kuuttila, Finlands first Certifed Katonah Yoga Instructor!

All hours, of with Ivy go toward your Katonah Yoga Certification

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an introductory. This wholistic system is designed to be used, worn, lived in your current life/tradition.

 YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as in  the Chinese System, the Yin of you, the Yang of you, intersecting into a third, to include your soul. These aspects, begin to make up the whole of you, first nature, yin, second nature, yang and their intersecting channel of your third nature, your soul/into Spirit "...until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Tao Te Ching

 EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT. Over this intensive, we will begin to learn to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

FIRST HALF: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. 

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

SECOND HALF: Our emphasis will be You in relation to yourself,  the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet equally as powerful Lunar Principal.  The vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to YOU and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, tweak your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

You as Whole: First Nature, Innate Inherited, Second Nature, through effort and time your learning Your education Third Nature, Reveals the Power of Choice What you choose to do with it all. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete, All ongoing through Sefl, Other, Great Nature and every moment of your Life.

IVY RAY is a is a Mother, native New Yorker, singer, formerly signed recording artist, voice-over talent, published songwriter and business and life consultant. She has been with Nevine Michaan practicing, teaching and living the Katonah Yoga Material for 21 years. Her forte has primarily been private instruction and intimate systematic groups. Her work has spanned from therapeutics, educators, physicians, elites in business, sports, literature, music, film and the arts, to top women’s organizations, mothers, young adults and all the wild and lovely in between. Ivy has re-emerged over the last few years as a unique/potent voice in Katonah Yoga Teacher Trainings and Intensives. 

Ivy’s life and teaching is continually informed by the natural world, the magic and wisdom of what has been, the privilege and great joy of her son and the daily grace, grit and beauty of All Things Life. Ivy resides in New York City and Beacon, New York.

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FOR REGISTRATION FULL DETAILS AND OUR NEW RETREAT CENTER PLS VISIT https://www.katonahyoga.com/20hrwithivyray

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an introductory. This training is for EVERYONE. Especially up-and-coming Katonah Yoga teachers and those seeking new structure in their daily lives. The unique synthesis of Katonah Yoga is to be woven into your already current life/tradition

20 HR IMMERSIVE TRAINING: CONSTRUCTING WHOLENESS WITH SENIOR TEACHER IVY RAY AT KATONAH YOGA CENTER

• Friday, June 12, 20209:00 AM Sunday, June 14, 20206:00 PM

• KATONAH YOGA CENTER

• 39 Main StreetBedford Hills, NY, 10507United States (map)

FOR REGISTRATION  FULL DETAILS AND OUR NEW RETREAT CENTER PLS VISIT https://www.katonahyoga.com/20hrwithivyray

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an introductory. This training is for EVERYONE. Especially up and coming Katonah Yoga teachers and those seeking new structure in their daily lives. The unique synthesis of Katonah Yoga is to be woven into your already current life/tradition.

YOU ARE WHOLE.  A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To work with this we subdivide, as in the Chinese System, your first nature, Yin, your second nature Yang and their intersecting channel of your third nature, Your Soul/Spirit. "The intersection of the macro universe and micro (you) will create a gate, or a door. Lao Tzu called this the door to all wonders. This is where Yin and Yang merge harmoniously. This is also called the middle way. It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is Under Standing." Tao Te Ching

Over this intensive, our emphasis will be to unify: to work with the wholistic nature of great nature, ourselves and the Katonah Yoga material. We will deconstruct and reassemble. From the magic in number, pattern, measure and metaphor, the power of the skillful manipulation of You in time and space, to the Chinese intelligence/medicine of the seasons woven with the pragmatic mysticism of Tao, we will Orient and Organize ourselves via the territorial wisdom of Nevine Michaan, formalize our fit to up our function, define our interior and distill this and more into the pragmatic tools and techniques which bring it all into You, where it is designed to be Worn, Used, Lived, and in-time Embodied. All in an aim of becoming more

evenly developed, freely functional, consistent, wholistic, women, men, teachers, parents, partners, friends.

To wander this territory successfully, our tools will be good maps, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination and perhaps most of all, a conscious unbroken current of Your Self. We will move through positioning, pranayama, meditation and one another.

EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT via Intersection. For every line you extend, there is a curve in the waiting to make it whole~ Ivy Ray

FIRST HALF: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. The Daily Test Drive. Simply put: Yang is the masculine principal, its agency extends out, touches all and is to be known, it is considered superficial.

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually being shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, change mind, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and senses in the world.

SECOND HALF: Our emphasis will be You in relation to yourself,  the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet equally as powerful Lunar Principal, Yin is deep, dark, still, its agency is to dissolve into nothing.  The primary vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to you and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your own resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, refine your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

YOU AS WHOLE: First Nature, Innate Inherited, Second Nature, through effort and time, your learning Your education Third Nature, What you choose to do with it all. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete, All ongoing through Great Nature and every moment of your Life.

All hours with Ivy Ray go toward your Katonah Yoga Certification.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Deposits secure your spot for the training and are not refundable. Refunds for the balance payments vary depending on timing. For cancellation requests submitted with more than 45 days of training date: 100% of total amount (less deposit) will be refunded. For cancellation requests submitted within 30 days of training date, 50% of total amount (less deposit) will be refunded. Cancellation requests within 14 days of the retreat: sorry but no refunds given, no exceptions.

We do understand that unexpected events occur, so please consider purchasing travel insurance. No refunds or credits will be granted for failure to attend or for arriving late or leaving early.

Dear Expand Yoga Community,

 I am thrilled to return for yet another season perhaps the Most fortuitous of all, Spring! I Look forward to seeing you and hopeful for some new faces! Love and Cheers Ivy

Ivy will be in house for Private Instruction April 2nd and 3rd Sign Sheet up at the studio.

This Wholistic all-inclusive System is for EveryOne and is to be worn, used, lived in your current lives/traditions. 

This go-round, we will work on ourselves and one another.  We will deconstruct and reassemble you and some of fundamental positionings and theories of the Katonah Yoga Material in am aim of discovering, no matter what tradition you follow, where you might have left your self out of the equation and where you can redefine and therefore up your overall functionality, taking best advantage of yourselves into your lives. We will do all of this through the template of Spring

JOIN US as we orient and organize, via Nevine Michaan’s Territorial Wisdom; work with number, geometry, measure, form, fit, function, metaphor and magic distilling this and more into pragmatic tools and techniques which bring it all into You, where it is designed to be Worn, Used, Lived, and in time Embodied. All in an aim of becoming more Evenly Developed/Freely Functional, Effective, Virtuous women, men, teachers, leaders, partners, parents, friends.

YOU CAN EXPECT an informative, interactive, at times rigorous communal practice, as Spring calls for nothing less, threaded with the purpose, medicine and intelligence of Spring including techniques to clean house and tend to associated organs. We will Rise, as this is the season of ascension and regulate our heat, refine and strengthen our roots, bend, swirl and twist and do a full pranayama practice to clean, invigorate and renew. 

We will then shift in, to tend to our chemistry and soothe our souls. Lastly, we’ll circle it all up in a well earned still guided meditation to reorient/organize; recalibrate, be fed by Springs Magic and InVision your new self in the making.

I’ll make time for your questions. 

AN OVERVIEW OF SPRING THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CHINESE SYSTEM: Spring is the birthing season, the beginning of the new seasonal arc and entry into the Yang cycle.  It is the time for development and creation. Time to clean out, lighten up, and make way for the new. Spring is the wood element, which governs all living growing trees, plants and the human being. It is the strengthening of the roots, the trunk, the limbs, the joints. A Spring done well heightens your capacity for mental clarity, decision making, discernment and liberation.

The primary organ for Spring is the Liver. The liver is your endurance in life, the master laboratory of the body. It is in charge of dispersion and dredging: It is largely responsible for the regulation of emotion, the liver’s associated emotion is anger. Unchecked/ over expressed effects its functionality.  It governs digestion and absorption, the circulation of qi and blood, as well as our reproductive function. 

The liver houses the hun (our spiritual consciousness) the hun is essential to our spiritual and psychological dynamic. Lastly, the liver is connected to our eyes, their physiological function as well as our capacity for Vision in all its forms.

Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. Katonah Yoga is organized around three principles of esoteric dialogue: all polarities are mediated by Trinity; the universe has pattern, pattern implies intelligence; by repetition of virtuous technique there is insight and understanding. To learn More please visit: KatonahYoga.com

FULL DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://www.luminesyoga.de/events/constructing-wholeness/ INVESTMENT: 750,00 € until January 31, 2020 850,00 € thereafter. Avail as 15 HR 2/27,28 425,00 €

All hours with Ivy Ray go toward your Katonah Yoga Certification. EVERYONE IS WELCOME

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an introductory. This wholistic system is designed to be used, worn, lived in your current life/tradition.

 YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as nature has, the Yin of you, the Yang of you, intersecting into a third, to include your soul. These aspects, begin to make up the whole of you, first nature, yin, second nature, yang and their intersecting channel of your third nature, your soul/Spirit "...until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Tao Te Ching

 EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT. Over this intensive, we will begin to learn to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

FIRST HALF: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. 

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, change mind, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

SECOND HALF: Our emphasis will be You in relation to yourself, the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet equally as powerful Lunar Principal. The primary vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to you and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your own resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, refine your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

Here You Are: First Nature, Second Nature, and their intersecting channel of Your Third Nature, Your Soul/Spirit. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete, All ongoing through Great Nature and every moment of your Life.

Ivy Ray

Ivy Ray is a is a Mother, native New Yorker, singer, formerly signed recording artist, voice-over talent, published songwriter and business and life consultant. She has been with Nevine Michaan practicing, teaching and living the Katonah Yoga Material for 21 years. Her forte has primarily been private instruction and intimate systematic groups. Her work has spanned from therapeutics, educators, addiction, elites in business, sports, literature, music and the arts, top women’s organizations, mothers, young adults and all the lovely in between. Ivy has re-emerged over the last few years as a unique/potent voice in Katonah Yoga Teacher Trainings and Intensives. 

Ivy’s life and teaching is continually informed by the magic and wisdom of what has been, the privilege and great joy of her son, those she facilitates and the daily grace, grit and beauty of all things life. Ivy resides in New York City and Beacon, New York.

While in Kronberg, Ivy will be available for private instruction, a reading of the body and provide tools to implement the new positioning in your daily life. Email directly with any questions and to schedule at IvyRay@gmail.com please put KRONBERG in the subject line.

Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. To learn more please visit Katonahyoga.com

SINGLE DAY ATTENDANCE AVAIL

OCT 16TH AND 17TH 12-5 BAINBRIDGE YOGA HOUSE 7861 NE Day Rd W, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 IVY AVAIL FOR PRIVATE INSTRUCTION THE 13TH+14TH SIGN UP AT STUDIO

FULL DEETS AND REGISTRATION: http://bainbridgeyogahouse.com/happenings-at-byh/constructing-wholeness-ivy-ray/

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an Introductory. All hours with Ivy Ray are bankable toward your Katonah Yoga Certification. EVERYONE IS WELCOME

 YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as nature has, the Yin of you, the Yang of you, The Explicit/Implicit, intersecting into a third, to include your soul. "...until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Tao Teh Ching

 Over this weekend, we will begin to learn to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

 EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT

DAY ONE: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. 

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

DAY TWO: Our Emphasis will be You, the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet powerful Lunar Principal. The vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to yourself and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, tweak your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

These aspects, just as in the TAO, make up the Whole of You, First Nature, Yin, Second Nature, Yang and their intersecting channel of Your Third Nature, Your Soul into Spirit, Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: The emphasis and training of first and second segments through:

Daily: An interactive seasonal informative communal practice

Pranayama

Led Meditation 

In addition: A cohesive breakdown of the Lou Shu 3x3 Magic Square, our primary map, including my own movement meditation 

The significance of number and the geometry each gives birth to especially as it applies to our work together over this Intensive

A Reading of The Body: The fine art of RePositioning. the pragmatic technicality, imaginative and graceful means and what to do with what you find

A select number of consensual, discerning, conscious adjustments

Super Sensability

Polarity is mediated by Trinity: Three makes whole. You always at the apex as the Mediator and what this actually means. We will break this down, learn how to use it ongoing in the body and a simple potent means in everyday life.

Metaphor: why, what it provides

I Ching and Tao

Asana as Oragami

Explicit/Implicit

YOU Now Space Time

Universal/Personal how to use these ongoing in your life

Plenty of time will be made for your questions!

While in Bainbridge, Ivy will be available for private instruction, a reading of the body and provide tools to implement the new positioning in your daily life. There is a signup opportunity at the studio.

Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. To learn more please visit https://www.katonahyoga.com/

KATONAH YOGA® WKND IMMERSION: CONSTRUCTING WHOLENESS with SENIOR INSTRUCTOR Ivy Ray. Saturday, Nov 9th & Sunday, Nov 10th: 1:30-4:30pm.

* single-day attendance available, both recommended!

REGISTRATION: https://www.expandyoga.com/workshops REGISTERING FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS? APPLY PROMO CODE: Ivy Ray @ check out for a $15 discount good until October 25th.

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an Introductory. This integral system is designed to be lived/woven into your current life/tradition. All hours with Ivy Ray are bankable toward your Katonah Yoga Certification. EVERYONE IS WELCOME

YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as nature has, the Yin of you, the Yang of you, intersecting into a third, to include your soul. "...until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Lao Tzu

Over this weekend, we will learn how to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT

DAY ONE: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

DAY TWO: Our Emphasis will be You, the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet powerful Lunar Principal. The vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to yourself and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends. Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, tweak your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. These aspects, just as in the TAO, make up the Whole of You, First Nature, Yin, Second Nature, Yang and their intersecting channel of Your Third Nature, Your Soul. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: The emphasis and training of Days 1 and 2 through:

The magic in number, pattern, measure and metaphor, the power of the skillful manipulation of You in time and space, to the Chinese intelligence/medicine of the seasons woven with the pragmatic mysticism of Tao, we will Orient and Organize ourselves via the territorial wisdom of Nevine Michaan's Magic Square, formalize our fit to up our function, delineate and integrate our interior and distill this and more into the pragmatic tools and techniques which bring it all into You, where it is designed to be Worn, Used, Lived, and in-time Embodied.

REGISTERING FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS? APPLY PROMO CODE: Ivy Ray @ check out for a $15 discount good until October 25th.

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION: Want private instruction with Ivy? Nov 11+12 Ivy is available for private work. Just two spots remaining. Sign up at studio

TO LEARN ABOUT IVY RAY visit http://IvyRay.One

Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. To learn more please visit https://www.katonahyoga.com/

THRILLED ! ALWAYS AN HONOR, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

FOR REGISTRATION https://www.inletyoga.com/all-teacher-training-programs/

30 HOUR: OCTOBER 12+13TH 18TH+19TH SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS NOON TO 7:30 PM 15 HOUR OCT 12TH+13TH

INVESTMENT: 30 HR $850 BEFORE SEPT 12TH $950 THEREAFTER 15 HR $450

If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an Introductory. This integral system is designed to be lived/woven into your current life/tradition. All hours with Ivy Ray are bankable toward your Katonah Yoga Certification. EVERYONE IS WELCOME

 YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as nature has, the Yin of you, the Yang of you, intersecting into a third, to include your soul. "...until the formed learns from the unformed, there is no understanding." Lao Tzu

 Over our time together we will learn how to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

 EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT

OCT 12/13: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. 

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

OCT 19/20: Our Emphasis will be You, the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet powerful Lunar Principal. The vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to yourself and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, tweak your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

These aspects, just as in the TAO, make up the Whole of You, First Nature, Yin, Second Nature, Yang and their intersecting channel of Your Third Nature, Your Soul. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: The Blueprint of Weekends One and Two through:

An interactive seasonal informative communal practice

Pranayama, also taught at a learning cadence

Led Meditation and Evolutions

A cohesive breakdown of the Lou Shu 3x3 Magic Square, Nevine’s primary map, including my own movement meditation 

Katonah Informed Vinyassa

The significance of number and the geometry each gives birth to especially as it applies to our work together over this Intensive

Reading The Body: The fine art of RePositioning. the pragmatic technicality, imaginative and graceful means and what to do with what you find

A select number of consensual, discerning, conscious adjustments

Super Sensibility

Polarity is mediated by Trinity: Three is Wholeness. You always at the apex as the Mediator and what this actually means. We will break it down, learn how to use it ongoing in the body and a simple potent means in everyday life.

Metaphor: why, what it provides

I Ching and Tao

Asana as Oragami

Explicit/Implicit, Space Time You

Universal/Personal

Plenty of time for your questions!

To learn more pls visit http://IvyRay.One 

FOR INQUIRES ON LODGING AND REGISTRATION pls email jennifer@inletyoga.com

TO LEARN ABOUT IVY RAY PLS VISIT www.IvyRay.One

TO REACH IVY with questions/concerns pls email IvyRay@gmail.com KATONAH YOGA TT in subject line. To inquire about My Katonah Yoga Advanced Mentorship Program pls email me MENTORSHIP in subject line. Full Announcement and Details coming soon.

To learn more about Katonah Yoga and its founder Nevine Michaan pls visit www.KatonahYoga.com

SAT OCT 5th SUN OCT 6th 12-5pm Can Do Single Day, Hope to have you for both!

The Breathing Room 864 Broadway South Portland, ME, 04106

Registration https://www.breathingroomme.com/workshops-and-events/

 IF you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an Introductory. All hours with Ivy Ray are bankable toward your Katonah Yoga Certification. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!

 YOU ARE WHOLE. A micro of the macro. A holon, which is a whole, complete; entire, unto itself (personal) that is simultaneously part of a greater whole (universal.) To make the wholeness of you more workable, we subdivide, as nature has, the Yin of you, the Yang of you and into a third to include your soul. "....until the formed learns from the unformed there is no understanding." Tao Te Ching

 Over this weekend, we will learn to work with all of ourselves. To wander this territory successfully, you need a really good map, pragmatic calculable technique, supportive theoretical material and of course your body, breath and a keen imagination, all in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional wholistic women and men.

 EVERYTHING PROVIDES INSIGHT

DAY ONE: Our emphasis will be You into the communal, culture, the world. The Yang of you, the more active Solar principle. Your 2nd Nature. 

In the world, the ongoing insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect, articulate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, navigate territory, be timely. You are called upon to manage space, time, circumstance, others and always your self. You may often get your butt kicked out there. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning that supports and grows your mobility, ability, virility, safety and vision in the world.

DAY TWO: Our Emphasis will be You, the Yin of You, the more receptive subtle yet powerful Lunar Principal. The vehicle for this is Practicing in Solitude where the insight is you in relation to yourself and how you intersect with your interpersonal relationships; family, significant other, dear friends.

Practicing in solitude is the birthplace of your continued emergence and the growing ground that spawns the quality and sensibility of the self you take into life. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. The sacred space for when things fall apart. Likewise, Its where you kick your own butt, justly study who you are, daily fill your own cup to runneth over so you don't give from your resources. Lastly, its a wealth of opportunity to simply figure stuff out, tweak your form, work on what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need, as its all ultimately your job. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change. 

These aspects, just as in the TAO, make up the Whole of You, First Nature, Yin, Second Nature, Yang and their intersecting channel of Third Nature, Your Soul. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You a whole, as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: The emphasis and training of Days 1 and 2 through:

An interactive seasonal informative communal practice

Pranayama

Led Meditation 

A cohesive breakdown of the Lou Shu 3x3 Magic Square, our primary map, including my own movement meditation 

The significance of number and the geometry each gives birth to especially as it applies to our work together over this Intensive

A Reading of The Body: The fine art of RePositioning. the pragmatic technicality, imaginative and graceful means and tools to use the findings in your practice and daily life

A select number of consensual, discerning, conscious adjustments

Polarity is mediated by Trinity: Ahhhh Three. You always at the apex as the Mediator and what this actually means. We will break this down, learn how to use it in the body and a simple potent means in everyday life.

Metaphor: why, what it provides and some new ones

I Ching and Tao

Asana as OrIgami

Explicit/Implicit

Universal/Personal

and more I'm sure :)!

50 HOUR KATONAH YOGA TRAINING AND INTENSIVES Taking place on Bainbridge Island and Victoria, BC. We will be taking Best Advantage of this material, our time together and this gorgeous part of the world. 

Your body is where everything lives, happens and thrives. Grow/build a more safe, sane, functional, joyful you, a viable, worthy container for all of what you are, duly prepared for what life may hand you. Individual/communal practice for personal/Universal well-being, In an aim of becoming more Evenly Developed/Freely Functional, Virtuous women, men, teachers, leaders, parents, lovers, friends- Ivy Ray. KatonahYoga is continually being developed by it’s founder Nevine Michaan.

50 HOUR (The Advanced Mentorship Program)- takes place in both locations,Bainbridge Island & Victoria BC - and is available to only 10 students please reserve your spot early!

Accommodation recommendations will be sent to all in your confirmation email. If needed beforehand email us.

 FOR FULL DESCRIPTION, SCHEDULE/LOCATION BREAKDOWN OF 50, 30+15 HRS PLEASE VISIT:  http://bainbridgeyogahouse.com/happenings-at-byh/ivy-ray-50-30-or-15-hour-katonah-yoga-intensives/?portfolioCats=3

 Sponsoring Studios

Bainbridge Island Studio Bainbridge Yoga House  | 7861 NE Day Rd W, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110    www.bainbridgeyogahouse.com

Victoria, BC Studio Michelle Rubin Yoga  | 202-1600 Bay St, Victoria, BC V8R 2B6, Canada  | www.michelleyoga.com

FULL 50 HOUR TRAINING DATES: Friday, June 21, 8am-12pm & 3-6pm - Sunday, June 30, 8am-12pm & 3-6:30pm All other dates in provided link

 Pricing:  *$100 Early Sign Up Gift By May 1

$1650 for 50 hours                                                                                                 

$1000 for 30 hours                                                                                                          

$525 for 15 hours

*We are offering a partial scholarship of 15% discount for a select number of teachers with an annual income of 30k or less. To inquire, please email Jen@bainbridgeyogahouse.com

 “Katonah Yoga is not a practice, you can’t just do Katonah Yoga, you use it as a method in Yoga. That's why when people come to me and say they want to teach Katonah Yoga, you have to have something else, they have to do Ashtanga, they have to do Iyengar, they have to do something else, because you are only original when you know something else”.

~ Nevine Michaan

Dear new and In the making Katonah Yoga teachers, all students and my peers

Join us and experience Nevine's Magic the through me, the literal embodiment of her vast material over two decades, in myself and at one with a living system in my life and where I've chosen to land in my contribution to the developing landscape of Katonah Yoga and its future; it's up and coming teachers. This training will be indicative of this choice and the Public Reveal of My Katonah Yoga Advanced Mentorship Program.

You will be valued, respected and held high. I have been quietly mentoring teachers that are either in the process of their Katonah Certifications or complete and in some cases, their communities for quite some time now.  Encouraging and empowering them to remember who they are, to own where they are already an authority, to find their own voice, cadence and by their own design, to consciously select elements to weave and teach through their ongoing lives and traditions, you can't teach it all. Time is revelatory and it will ripen you and the work in and through you. From where I stand, You deserve a life and teaching that are unified, that extend from You, as its center, sovereign of your domain, level/in alignment with your own natural response, not someone else's. From my experience, this produces great Joy, fulfillment and freedom and a sustainable environment that becomes the fertile ground from which your own continued emergence and wholistic development can grow and flourish.

When you attend a training, even a class, from a seasoned Katonah Yoga instructor you receive a synthesis of their heritage, experience, culture, previous studies, tradition, achievements, their rhythm, use of language; their very nature, teaching through the blueprint of the Katonah Yoga Material. In essence, we are composing the experience while weaving in components of our choice. This is personal and not, though, You are there and conducting, your presence speaks volumes. The freedom and creativity that Nevine has afforded in this is quite profound and unique. This is why she requests you experience us all. These women, myself included, are not interested in homogenizing themselves, they are invested in fully Being themselves while teaching this work. They are each an individual product of it. We do in fact all teach and use the material differently and we are distinct, primarily women, doing so, though many men are certainly coming on board now. How and what we choose to teach is by our own design, all of this is what makes us Unique.  This is your extraordinary opportunity in the privileged participation of the system that Nevine has spent her life meticulously selecting and organizing. The sum total of all these parts is what makes her and the work she continues to evolve, an ever emergent Whole, utterly Original.

Bless You with the Light of a Thousand Suns Nevine Michaan.

Love, Ivy Ray

WHAT WE WILL COVER: Below are some of the signature elements we will delve into pragmatically, technically and esoterically threaded with my own insight. Many of these are by request from the two potent teachers, Michelle and Jen, who are sponsoring and participating in this training. The others are some of the aspects of the Katonah Yoga material that are an Integral part of my living web.

MEDITATION: I began sitting as a young child. Over the years, it became more formal moving through the lens of Zen, Tao, Chogyam Trumpa, Nature, Integral Theory, Alan Watts, Vipassana, Egyptian Mysticism, Hermetic Philosophy, Insight, Course in Miracles and on. Over the last 20, I have been weaving Nevines material in, especially in most recent years with our maps and evolutions.  We will do a guided meditation daily.

ADJUSTMENTS: A select number of consensual, discerning, conscious adjustments and much supportive dialog

PRANAYAMA: Our Signature Pranayama, deconstructed and additionally taught at a learning cadence so you can own it.

NUMBER/GEOMETRY: The One The Many. The sequential structure of everything, the ladder that leads to higher intelligence

KATONAH INFORMED VINYASA On Weaving language throughout this tradition, potent pauses and sneaky tricks. I began teaching Nevine’s work, in my beginnings, by leading Ashtanga slow motion, threaded with this material.

PRACTICING IN SOLITUDE: The power and vast potential of practicing on your own, a primary component of Katonah Yoga: Restorative and Longevity work and whatever else you need to work on, additionally it is an essential opportunity for self-tending, feeding, caring, intimacy. You cannot give what you do not own for yourself. This is where I tend to the living garden of my life. Including the structuring of this work for your students.

GREAT NATURE: The absolute display, a patterned blueprint for living in harmony/balance/overall well being within yourself and the natural world. The key to understanding the whole. You are a micro of the macro

TEACHING WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT: You may choose to be a teacher who doesn't have communal adjustments during your classes or vary it. It's up to you. Learning to use your voice and language to guide a room or individual thoroughly through a pose, with little or no physical contact is potent and provides a unique own age for your students.

YOU NOW IN SPACE AND TIME: Reflections/Revelations Technicality on the Explicit/Implicit On the Line in the Round 1st 2nd 3rd, 4th Nature into an eventual Braid of One Taste and Nevines brilliance on Time.

READING THE BODY: The fine art of RePositioning, the pragmatic technicality, imaginative and graceful means of reading someone's body

THE MAGIC SQUARE: Cohesive elaboration and insights on the Magic Square, a new method to practice with it, which becomes a great tool for teaching and some of what each position contains, the grid and numbers are set and its overall evolutionary current/content is living and ever emergent.

THE GOLDEN THREAD: Embodying the Magic Square with your narrative thread, imagination and cosmic material; a Continuum of you and perhaps some of the other mapped meditations, evolutions.

ANATOMY OF A CLASS A Katonah communal experience and much of what's possible there. We will work with this, as we practice each day. It lies in your hands as to how to create, govern, direct and structure this.

WHOLISTIC PRIVATE INSTRUCTION: We Begin with you, into the Katonah Yoga Blueprint of Reading a Body, where it goes from here depends on who you are, who you are working with, your previous experience, current skill set and your imagination. I have been primarily working one on one for 20 years.

TAO: The nature of things. Pragmatic, Graceful, Lucid Instruction on the Art Of Living

POLARITY MEDIATED BY TRINITY: Much on this as the nucleus of this work is in threes, Including a simple potent method of using the Triad in your daily life and teaching

WHEN THINGS FALL APART in your life, in a classroom, in a private, In the moment.

ALL OF THIS will be woven with and in some cases separate components on Hermetic Philosophy, Ken Wilbur’s Integral Theory as in alignment with Katonah Yoga, Asana as Origami, tensegrity (tension and integrity) super sensibility and Music. “Without music, life would be a mistake” Friedrich Nietzsche A

BLUEPRINT OF OUR TIME

4 hour am session - Opening dialog, ritual or meditation. Breakdown of the day Communal practice, pranayama, mapped meditations and select theoretical material

3 hour free time to replenish/spend time in nature: recalibrate, integrate, reflect/enjoy, partner up to work with others

3 ½ hour afternoon session - Reconvene for questions prior start time. Resume work until 6/6:30pm each day.

Ivy Ray is a Senior Katonah Yoga® Instructor. She is a Mother, native New Yorker, singer, formerly signed recording artist, voice over talent, published songwriter and consultant. She is a lifelong scholar and practitioner of many of the worlds great traditions. Some of her primary influences are Nature, Tao, Katonah Yoga, Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory, Hermes, Music and all Relationship. Ivy has been with Nevine Michaan its founder for two decades processing, integrating and teaching the Katonah Yoga material. She was certified in Nevine's then 3 yr program in 2001. A good portion of her work for many years was private instruction and intimate systematic groups. Her work has spanned from elites in business, sports, literature, music and the arts, Much therapeutics and all the lovely in between. Ivy has re-emerged as a unique/potent voice in Katonah Yoga® teacher trainings, workshops, Sound Meditations and the more subtle techniques. Ivy is continually informed/inspired by the magic and wisdom of what has been, the privilege and great joy of her son and the daily grace, grit and beauty of all things life. Ivy resides in New York City and Beacon, New York. To learn more https://ivyray.one/

EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

Those in process or complete with their Katonah Yoga Certifications. All teachers, students, multidisciplinary practitioners and even those seeking to establish a practice in their daily lives.This wholistic all-inclusive System is for EveryOne and is to be woven into your ongoing life/current tradition- Ivy Ray.

 EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS: ivyray@gmail.com

Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. Katonah Yoga is organized around three principles of esoteric dialogue: all polarities are mediated by Trinity; the universe has pattern, pattern implies intelligence; by repetition of virtuous technique there is insight and understanding. To learn More please visit: KatonahYoga.com

June 8, 12-3 pm
June 9, 9 am-12 pm
Registration Here

THE WHOLISTIC NATURE OF GREAT NATURE THE KATONAH YOGA MATERIAL AND YOU: IN SPACE AND TIME WITH SENIOR KATONAH YOGA INSTRUCTOR IVY RAY

Each Attendee will receive Nevines most recent Katonah Yoga Planner, complete with every map/geographical chart and supportive theoretical material to date in the Katonah Yoga Material.

Everything provides Insight. In the communal/the world, On the Line, the insight is You in relation to things, others, systems. You are continually shown how well you intersect. How you communicate, cooperate, collaborate, how quickly you can shift gears, change course, change mind, navigate territory, be timely. It's the daily test drive and calls upon you use your technique and skillfully manage/manipulate Space, Time, circumstances, others and always your self. Every road leads to You and there's always a wild card. We will work with the specific techniques associated with this as form determines function ability and good fit-ups function.

Practicing in Solitude takes place In Time, In the Round and the insight is you in relation to you. It provides the fundamental playground for better knowing/becoming of ones self, more evenly developed freely functional. Its the door to self-intimacy, care, kindness, safety, love, perhaps tending with a lighter hand, a softer landing and is always the sacred space for the inevitable work when things fall apart. This is where you remember, reorder, reclaim, where you restore, replenish, refine. Its where the therapeutic work of restoration and longevity primarily occur. It’s where you self manage/organize, where you find You at the center and grow/strengthen/ripen in the vortex of time. Additionally, a wealth of opportunity to simply figure things out, reevaluate, work on what you've lost, develop what you’ve never had. At least its this and more for me.

Practicing in solitude is the ongoing birthplace of you and your emergence. Your Insight is the growing ground of your unique contribution as a teacher or whatever you do. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change.

Join me as we work with both of these essential elements of distinct practice

Day 1: On The Line in SPACE

We will work with Explicit, your 2nd Nature, you in Space, on the line. Space is fixed, it is linear and provides reflection “a line of inquiry is reflected in response to memory”-Nevine. We will work w the Yang of you, the solar, the skill set side, the tough love side, Your Mobility, ability, agility and refer to the ongoing training of your beautiful mind in this. These are the tools and techniques that you use in your life and into the world on a daily basis. We will orient and organize via the Magic Square with a good solid pragmatic and esoteric breakdown of this Magical Grid, our primary map and its ever-evolving living content and uses.

Day 2: In the Round TIME

We will work with your 1st Nature, with the Yin of you, the lunar, In Time, in the Round, Time is the vortex of the present, it is spherical, “experience is circumstantial, it provides revelation, being Revelatory is Revolutionary”-Nevine. Your Stability, Wisdom/Patience side, your inherent potential, the hand you were delt, your heart side, your ancestry, your ever emergent self, into the Restoration and Longevity work and subtle practices of breath, mapped meditations, evolutions.

All Into 3rd Nature. The Implicit. Your soul imbued with Cosmic Material.

We will circle it all up In Integration, lst in Movement and then circumambulate our selves in an evolutionary meditation, weaving 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nature unified, as a braid, as One Taste, As All of You, thrice threaded into A singular Expression.

And at the end, we will open the floor to your questions!

All hours with Ivy go toward your Katonah Yoga Certification.

Your body is where EVERYTHING lives, happens + thrives. Grow/build a more safe, sane, functional, JOYFUL you, a viable, worthy container for all of what you are, duly prepared for what life may hand you and in an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely functional, powerful, virtuous, women, men, leaders, teachers, parents, lovers, friends. ~ Ivy Ray