The Magic Within: Yoga, Culture & Ceremony / Anne Koza and Yuval Samburski
During our time in the breathtaking and powerful Lake Atitlán, you will have the opportunity to embrace a change of pace and breathe in harmony with nature. Villa Sumaya is the perfect destination to feel truly immersed in the elements, while feeling well taken care of by the unique culture and our well-curated program. Come to strengthen your relationship with your true Self and experience the magic of a natural world like no other. Your week will include guidance from master yoga teachers with decades of experience who will lead you in daily yoga, mediation, pranayama and sound healing. We work with local healers to enhance and elevate your experience unique experience to get the most of your time at the lake.
Yuval Samburski
Sound Healer, Yoga Instructor, Teacher Trainer and Mentor, E-500RYT, YACEP and Reiki level 2.
Yuval is Lead-Faculty at Kripalu Center For Yoga & Health in the Berkshires. He has been creating and leading programs, retreats and teacher trainings all around the world since 2014 (notable are India, Israel, England, Nicaragua and Panama).
Yuval began his teaching career in 2012 (Yogaworks, NYC) and in 2015 became a teacher trainer (200HR & 300HR). He led trainings in China, New York, NY, Boston, MA, and Memphis, TN.
Yuval is best known for his deep, soulful chanting and signature Live-Music Sound Healing sessions as well Vinyasa Flow classes, Pranayama teachings and Restorative work (he is known to cast deep-healing spells on his students).
Yuval’s teaching style is mindful and fluid, linking all movement back to the breath and providing a safe and warm environment for students to explore their own selves, making their own self-discoveries through practice.
Anne Koza
E-RYT 500, YACEP, Anne is an adventurous and playful yogi at heart, Anne believes in the connecting power of yoga. Teaching since 2009, Anne leads with a desire to create a supportive space for her students to reconnect to themselves through being present in breath and to explore through mindful movement. She designs her sequences to be both challenging and rejuvenating. Deeply caring about the structural alignment of each pose, Anne first addresses the physicality, then layers in the subtle elements of the practice.
With a degree in Biology and Psychology, Anne studied the impact of yoga on the mind and body and believes in yoga’s inherent value for holistic wellbeing. Anne received her 200HR from Back Bay Yoga, and her 500HR from Super Soul Farm led by Raghunath Cappo, where she spent a month living and learning at Radhanath Swami’s Govardhan Eco Village in Mumbai, India. in 2019 Anne graduated with a masters degree in visual arts from Harvard University.
Anne has two cats named Charlie and Daisy, a community garden plot she loves to dig in, and when traveling enjoys sitting with a cup of coffee in a corner cafe and just watching the world go by.