Taken as a whole or individually. If you are new to the Katonah Yoga material our time together will serve perfectly as an Introductory. Everyone is Welcome.
“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/CULTURAL/UNIVERSAL WELL-BEING." ~Ivy Ray
JOIN US for an interactive, informative, spirited and deep communal experience. Constructing Wholeness, with an aim of becoming more evenly developed, freely, functional, joyous, woman, men, partners, teachers. parents. friends.
You are whole. A whole unto yourself and a part of a greater whole. So too is the universe and the Katonah Yoga Material. In the Chinese System, all things that are whole are subdivided into the seeming polarity of Yin and Yang. A good operative whole has a balance and an ongoing exchange between the two. This balance is everything. In a human being, as in all things, when we are out of balance there are effects. My aim is Wholeness and has been my entire life and this includes in the working with and teaching of the Katonah Yoga material over the last 2 plus decades.
You as Whole: The yin of you, the yang of you and the third channel of your soul/into spirit. Thrice threaded makes a braid, a trinity of You, eventually as One Taste, Interrelated, Ever Emergent, Complete. All ongoing through space, time and every moment of your life.
From the magic in number, pattern and measure, the power of the skillful management of You in time and space, to the intelligence of the seasons and pragmatic mysticism of Tao, we will Orient and Organize ourselves, formalize our fit to up our function, 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. This system is for everyone and to be woven into your current life and tradition.
WORKSHOP ONE:
YOU INTO THE WORLD The Yang of you. This work is often rigorous and always precise. As form determines your functional ability.
We will work on the self you take into the communal, others, systems, culture and how you intersect. The Yang of you, the active Solar principle, which longs to extend out and be known. Your roots, your expertise, your power. How well you hold ground and handle life. We will work with the pragmatic fundamental positioning and techniques that build, support and grow your stability, mobility, ability, safety and vision in the world.
WORKSHOP TWO:
Theory Mapping Pranayama Meditation
We will break down some of the primary integrative Katonah Yoga theories and learn how to use them in our daily lives. We will map our bodies and our minds. We may cover the intelligence and medicine of using the blueprint of Nature as a way of living, woven into the pragmatic mysticism of TAO. We will practice a full pranayama and circle up with a highly informed led mediation into Silence.
WORKSHOP THREE YIN: You into you. Restorative, therapeutic, Insightful, essential.
We will work with the receptive, subtle, deep. magnetic, still, equally as powerful Lunar Principal. You in relation to yourself and how you intersect with your intimate relationships; family, significant other, dear friends. The primary vehicle for this is Practicing in solitude. It 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, regain what you’ve lost, develop what you’ve never had and give yourself what you need. In the Katonah System, our Restorative provides the pragmatic opportunity to work with the organs, chemistry and nervous system. Your solo practice is yours and is developed by your design. It evolves as you, the seasons, your life and your needs change.
I am thrilled that we will have three opportunities to work together. Each will stand well on its own, I hope to have you for all, the Whole of it.
Ivy Ray is a Senior KATONAH YOGA® Instructor. She has been with Nevine Michaan its founder for two decades processing, teaching and living the Katonah Yoga material. She was certified in Nevine's then 3 yr program in 2001. Ivy 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, Music and all Relationship. Her forte for nearly 2 decades has largely been private instruction and intimate systematic groups (Business teams, Couples, Women’s Organizations, Young adults, Mothers). 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, Intensives, world culture. Extensive bio, including full musical history, available on request.
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 and the daily grace, grit and beauty of all things life. Ivy resides in New York City and Beacon New York.
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. Themes using asana as origami, manipulating form for function, and developing a sense of personal measure are incorporated in Katonah Yoga practices. Katonah Yoga is organized around three principles of esoteric dialogue: all polarities are mediated by trinity; the universe has pattern, pattern implies intelligence; by virtue of repetition there is potential for insight. To learn more please visit https://www.katonahyoga.com/