BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:871@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T170000 DTSTAMP:20250923T171453Z URL:https://matagiri.org/events/bodysong-yoga-nourishment-sound-bath/ SUMMARY:EVENTNAME - October 11\, 2025 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm - MATAGIRI SRI AUROBINDO CENTER DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCOST:\n$150 (lunch\, coffee\, tea included)\n \nEVENT TY PE:\nRetreat\n\n\n\nSCHEDULE: \n\n\n\n10-10:30 Tea and introductions wit h Lea\, Katie and Lauren\n10:30-12:30: Yoga\, meditation and vocal toning with Lea and Katie\n12:30-2:30: Delicious Vegetarian lunch by Lauren\n2: 30-3:30: Deep listening forest walk with Katie\n3:30-4:30: Sound Bath me ditation with Katie and Lea\n4:30-5:00: Gathering cacao circle for final reflections\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nA day of nourishment for the body\, s enses\, and spirit with yoga\, sound bathing\, and forest walking on the g rounds of the Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center\, including a farm to table\, delicious vegetarian lunch.  \n \nBIOS: \n\n\n\n\n\nKatie Down\,  LCA T\, MT-BC\, MMT\, MM\,  is a licensed creative arts therapist\, somatic p sychotherapist\, Deep Listening® facilitator\, teacher\, sound artist and composer. She offers an integrative and holistic approach to healing foc using on the creative arts as a means of self-expression and a powerful en try point into healing. EMDR\, somatic work\, sound healing and music ther apy are amongst some of the techniques offered in each session. In the wo rld 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 invit ed 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 Jewis h Theological Seminary\, Hofstra University and Omega Institute. She co-f ounded the Sound School training program at Maha Rose Center for Healing  beginning in 2017 where it is offered annually in each Fall and Spring fo r Levels 1 and 2 in Brooklyn NY and in a week-long retreat format in Mexic o at Maha Rose each February.  Katie curates programs\, gatherings and t rainings in her space upstate called the Sound Well Barn\, where she culti vates space and time for artists and healers to be in community together.  Learn more at soundwellcenter.com / katiedown.com\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\nLea Bender\, E-RYT-500\, combines three decades of yoga practice wi th intensive study of philosophy\, anatomy and therapeutic techniques to o ffer students a fully integrated experience. She believes that yoga offe rs a path to physical and mental wellbeing for every age\, body and abilit y and can be taught to anyone\, anywhere. Her group classes weave yoga asa na (physical poses) with meditation and yoga philosophy to help students a ccess an inner state of calm mental clarity. \nShe offers workshops\, cla sses and collaborative events near her home in the Hudson Valley and abroa d. 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\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\nA Note from Chef Lauren\nAll items on our menus are p lant-based (vegetarian). We prepare all our meals in house\, without prese rvatives using raw ingredients. We source all peak seasonal ingredients fr om local organic farms with adequate climate control factors in place. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/matagiri.org/wp-content/upload s/2025/07/BODY-SONG-4-scaled-e1753489889262.png?fit=300%2C424&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:MATAGIRI SRI AUROBINDO CENTER\, 1218 Wittenberg Road\, Mount Tremp er\, NY\, 12457\, United States GEO:42.028097;-74.25526500000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1218 Wittenberg Road\, Moun t Tremper\, NY\, 12457\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=MATAGIRI SRI AUROBINDO CENTER:geo:42.028097,-74.25526500000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR