$150 (lunch, coffee, tea included)
Retreat
SCHEDULE:
10-10:30 Tea and introductions with Lea, Katie and Lauren
10:30-12:30: Yoga, meditation and vocal toning with Lea and Katie
12:30-2:30: Delicious Vegetarian lunch by Lauren
2:30-3:30: Deep listening forest walk with Katie
3:30-4:30: Sound Bath meditation with Katie and Lea
4:30-5:00: Gathering cacao circle for final reflections
DESCRIPTION:
Katie Down, LCAT, MT-BC, MMT, MM, is a licensed creative arts therapist, somatic psychotherapist, Deep Listening® facilitator, teacher, sound artist and composer. She offers an integrative and holistic approach to healing focusing on the creative arts as a means of self-expression and a powerful entry point into healing. EMDR, somatic work, sound healing and music therapy are amongst some of the techniques offered in each session. In the world of academia, she was a full time instructor of music therapy and the clinical coordinator at SUNY New Paltz from 2020 – 2024 and has been invited to lecture on the topics of mindfulness in music, sound healing, Deep Listening, and music improvisation at NYU, Vassar College, University of Colorado, The School for Visual Arts, Cal State Fullerton, The Jewish Theological Seminary, Hofstra University and Omega Institute. She co-founded the Sound School training program at Maha Rose Center for Healing beginning in 2017 where it is offered annually in each Fall and Spring for Levels 1 and 2 in Brooklyn NY and in a week-long retreat format in Mexico at Maha Rose each February. Katie curates programs, gatherings and trainings in her space upstate called the Sound Well Barn, where she cultivates space and time for artists and healers to be in community together. Learn more at soundwellcenter.com / katiedown.com
Lea Bender, E-RYT-500, combines three decades of yoga practice with intensive study of philosophy, anatomy and therapeutic techniques to offer students a fully integrated experience. She believes that yoga offers a path to physical and mental wellbeing for every age, body and ability and can be taught to anyone, anywhere. Her group classes weave yoga asana (physical poses) with meditation and yoga philosophy to help students access an inner state of calm mental clarity.
She offers workshops, classes and collaborative events near her home in the Hudson Valley and abroad. Lea also teaches annually at Omega Institute and collaborates closely with Sondra Loring in her work with MovingPotential bringing yoga into jails and recovery facilities in NY State. Learn more at leabender.com
