Foundations of Katonah Yoga - Decoding the Material: A 40hr Training w Marco Migliavacca + Melanie Hyman

Sessions taking place from October 5th till December 1st

Have you always wanted to learn about the world of Katonah Yoga and don't know where to start? Are you in awe of this material and craving a deeper understanding? Do you want to start on the path of Katonah training but lack the basics? Do you feel you know pieces of this material but want to put the entire puzzle together?

This comprehensive training is designed to construct the stepping stones of Katonah Yoga and take a deep dive into decoding the material. Explore the foundational concepts that form the basis of Katonah Yoga.

Weekly classes with Melanie and Marco , included in the training, will allow you to deepen your practice and process the material over time. Spend two hours/week practicing and experiencing how they use their own styles to apply principles of Katonah Yoga into fluid, rigorous and intelligent movement.

Whether you are a student or teacher, from beginner to advanced, teaching for one year or twenty, this course will serve as a way to break down the key concepts of Katonah Yoga and learn how to apply them to your life as a student and/or teacher.

Whether you are a student wanting to deepen your practice, a teacher looking for new tools to assist your students, or a practitioner stuck with an injury, this experience will give you new knowledge, inspiration and perspective.

What will you learn?

• The art of proportions and measuring up

• To use your body as origami so that each posture is a portal to glands and organs

• To understand what it means to find stability in mobility and to improve your range of motion

• To understand the concepts of center and circumference

• To integrate pranayama and meditations into your practice that you can use to cleanse, activate or calm your body, mind and spirit

• To develop metaphorical language to enrich your practice and teachings with new insights

Topics:

Measuring Up, Fits and Folds, Katonah Asana, Sequencing and Salutations, Props and Restorative, the use of metaphor, Body as a house, Maps, Magic Square, Intro to Taoism, Body Reading, Sacred Geometry, and Pranayama.

What is Katonah Yoga?

Katonah Yoga is a practice of hatha yoga, pranayama and meditation developed over 40 years ago by Nevine Michaan that incorporates Taoist principles, Chinese medicine, metaphors, sacred geometry and numerology.

Teachers : Melanie Hyman, Marco Miglliavacca

Special guests : Harriet Schreger & Nevine Michaan - founder of Katonah Yoga

Dates:

Weekend Sessions all sessions from 11am-1pmEST

10/5 & 10/6

10/19 & 10/20

11/2 & 11/3

11/15 & 11/16

11/30 & 12/1

Weekly classes :

Tuesdays 9:30am ET (60 min) Katonah Flow with Melanie

Wednesdays 7:30 am ET Katonah Yoga with Marco

Weekend sessions will be recorded and available to watch during the whole program, weekly classes will be recorded and available to watch for 7 days after the class.

About Marco Migliavacca & Melanie Hyman:

Nevine’s extraordinary ability to forge connections brought Melanie and Marco together. They had an immediate spark and desire to create a new program dedicated to Katonah Yoga foundations, with the intention of offering a basic framework for understanding how to decode and personally use all the material this wonderful method offers.

Melanie and Marco are both seasoned yoga practitioners, each with over two decades of experience in various forms of yoga including Astanga, Bikram, Yin, Jivamukti and Vinyasa, but when they each met Nevine Michaan and discovered Katonah Yoga, they knew they had found their true calling.

Under the guidance of Nevine, Melanie and Marco have delved deep into the transformative practice of Katonah Yoga. The wisdom they have gained from their close and personal association with Nevine has profoundly influenced their lives.

Melanie and Marco are driven by a common goal-to spread the teachings of Nevine Michaan and Katonah Yoga worldwide. Their shared mission is to make this powerful yoga practice accessible to all, so that everyone can have the opportunity to experience the immense potential that this practice offers.

With a wealth of knowledge and over 20 years of studying with Nevine, Melanie and Marco have a profound understanding of Katonah Yoga. They each blend their many years of experience into their teachings, weaving a tapestry of yoga wisdom and sharing the transformative magic that is Katonah Yoga.

Pictures by Sandra Wong Geroux