BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1014@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T200000 DTSTAMP:20260903T001145Z URL:https://matagiri.org/events/bodysong-yoga-nourishment-sound-healing-re treat/ SUMMARY:EVENTNAME - October 24\, 2026 - 10:00 am - 8:00 pm - MATAGIRI SRI AUROBINDO CENTER DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBodySong: \nA full day of immersive sensory expe riences and contemplative practices\, including deep listening\, yoga move ment and breath\, sound healing\, and gathering around an exquisite plant- forward feast.\nYoga and meditation guided by Lea Bender\, sound and liste ning with Katie Down and food by Lauren Tanchum.\n \nCOLOR PALATE\nA new "after hours" immersive sonorium and food experience. Experience color at the crossroads of our many senses.\nChef Lauren Tanchum invites you on a t erpene tasting journey\, exploring the aromatic compounds that give plant s their distinctive scents and flavors and can also influence how we feel .\nInside the sonorium\, Adam Taylor layers tones\, resonant instruments\, and slowly shifting hues inviting you to notice how sound and color are f elt in the body. Seated or reclining\, arrive\, soften\, and receive.\nFo r more information about the Sonorium experience\, please visit:   \nwww .sonoriumhudsonvalley.com\n\n \nBIOS: \n\n\n\n\nKatie Down\,  LCAT\, MT -BC\, MMT\, MM\,  is a licensed creative arts therapist\, somatic psychot herapist\, Deep Listening® facilitator\, teacher\, sound artist and compo ser. She offers an integrative and holistic approach to healing focusing on the creative arts as a means of self-expression and a powerful entry po int into healing. EMDR\, somatic work\, sound healing and music therapy ar e 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 clinic al coordinator at SUNY New Paltz from 2020 - 2024 and has been invited to lecture on the topics of mindfulness in music\, sound healing\, Deep Liste ning\, and music improvisation at NYU\, Vassar College\, University of Col orado\, The School for Visual Arts\, Cal State Fullerton\, The Jewish Theo logical Seminary\, Hofstra University and Omega Institute. She co-founded the Sound School training program at Maha Rose Center for Healing  begin ning in 2017 where it is offered annually in each Fall and Spring for Leve ls 1 and 2 in Brooklyn NY and in a week-long retreat format in Mexico at M aha Rose each February.  Katie curates programs\, gatherings and trainin gs in her space upstate called the Sound Well Barn\, where she cultivates space and time for artists and healers to be in community together. \nLea rn more at soundwellcenter.com / katiedown.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_26936" align="alignleft" width="434"] Lea Bender and Chef L auren Tanchum[/caption]\n\nLea Bender\, E-RYT-500\, combines three decade s of yoga practice with intensive study of philosophy\, anatomy and therap eutic techniques to offer students a fully integrated experience. She beli eves that yoga offers a path to physical and mental wellbeing for every ag e\, body and ability and can be taught to anyone\, anywhere. Her group cla sses 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 coll aborates closely with Sondra Loring in her work with MovingPotential bri nging yoga into jails and recovery facilities in NY State. Learn more at  leabender.com\n\nA Note from Chef Lauren All items on our menus are plan t-based (vegetarian). We prepare all our meals in house\, without preserva tives using raw ingredients. We source all peak seasonal ingredients from local organic farms with adequate climate control factors in place.\n[capt ion id="attachment_26934" align="aligncenter" width="644"] Adam Michael Ta ylor in the Sonorium at Matagiri[/caption]\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/matagiri.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/09/BodySong-Plus-2026-scaled-e1788391897246.png?fit=300%2C144&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:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR