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Deep Dive: Prana & Subtle Body Fall Equinox Renewal /Anne Koza and Yuval Samburski

September 21, 2024 @ 8:00 am - September 28, 2024 @ 5:00 pm UTC

This training will focus on “Prana, Subtle Body & Healing Practices”, and will serve as an introductory course to different modalities of healing. Combined with a personal mentoring aspect, offered by Yuval and Anne, each participant will be set on a path to decide, which modalities they would like to dive into more deeply in their own life.

Topics of study include:

  • Yin Yoga

  • Restorative Yoga

  • Pranayama

  • Reiki level one certification by special guest Archer Stedmann

  • Sound Healing

  • Chakras

  • Koshas

  • Private mentoring session with Anne or Yuval

  • Local healing modalities in partnership with the local staff at Villa Sumaya such as: Demesca: Mayan fire ceremony with a local Shaman.

Is This Training Right For You?

We welcome all, this training may be particularly interesting to you if:

  • You are a Yoga instructor who has completed their 200HR yoga teacher training, and is ready to dive deeper into subtle body subjects, and take on the art of teaching yoga on a more professional level. (Quintessential track)

  • You are a serious student of yoga who expresses a strong will and determination to understand the art of yoga and its instruction on a deeper level, and can demonstrate understanding of basic yoga concepts. (Quintessential track)

  • You are an Alumni of our “Subtle Body & Healing Practices” program (offered: December 2023), who are ready to begin sharing their integrated knowledge, and sharpen their specific teaching skills in these subjects. We have designed a special track of learning for you, to amplify your previous learnings with us, to practice holding space for these subjects in real time to take your craft to the next level (Amplified Journey track)

  • You are a seeker looking for a restorative week of experiential yoga and healing practices with ample time to rest and enjoy Villa Sumaya and bask in the beauty of community and healthy living. (Pure Experience track)

What’s Included:

  • Training courses: Theory and information session in the subjects: Yin & Restorative yoga, Sound Healing, Pranayama, Subtle Body, Koshas, Chakras & more.

  • 7 night accommodations and room and board at the beautiful Villa Sumaya Eco-Chic Wellness Center, on the picturesque shore of Lake Atitlan.

  • Meals (included in accommodation pricing): Three healthy and delicious daily. These meals are home cooked, well balanced, and vegetarian (adding chicken and fish to your meal is available at an extra cost)

  • Beverages: Unlimited coffee / tea / filtered water available for you to enjoy when you like throughout the dayPrivate mentoring session with Anne or Yuval

  • Experiential Sessions: Sound Healing, Reiki, Restorative & Yin Yoga, Pranayama

  • Two traditional ceremonies led by Villa Sumayastaff

  • Wifi

What’s NOT included:

  • Flights: Flight to/from Guatemala City

  • Transport: Transport to/from Villa Sumaya (car + boat transfer). Transport will be arranged by us, at your own cost

  • Extras: Beer/wine or any snacks from the Villa Sumaya Smoothie / Juice Bar

  • Spa treatments: Spa treatments at on-site Harmony Spa

  • Private Sessions from on-site staff: Facials, Deep Healing Treatments and more, are available for purchase on site

  • Tips: Tips for Villa Sumaya staff

  • Excursions: Colorful day boat trips: San Juan artisan craft shopping, visit to San Pedro, visit to San Marcos are available for you to explore on your free time

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. Anne is a visiting faculty member at Kripalu, teaches classes and workshops around the Boston Area, and has hosted international retreats around the world. Anne knows that often times things don’t work out according to plan, but it’s in the discoveries we learn along the way we get to know the beauty of ourselves and the world. Anne has a cat named Charlie, 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.

Yuval Samburski

E-RYT 500, YACEP, Yuval is an Israeli-born, NYC-based yoga instructor, teacher trainer and mentor, sound healer and Reiki practitioner. He has a background in the performing arts, photography, and dance; has appeared in films and on stage in New York and Washington DC; and holds a degree in music technology from New York University.
Yuval is best known for his deep, soulful chanting and signature live-music sound healing sessions as well Pranayama teachings, Vinyasa and restorative yoga. 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. You can count on smart sequencing, grounded in clear alignment cues, strong breath awareness, and core stabilization. Yuval is a teachers’ teacher. Yuval is lead Kripalu faculty and has led teacher trainings all over the world including China and the US, and is often leading retreats all over the world as well. His private work is dedicated to healing, through any or all modalities available to him.

Details

Start:
September 21, 2024 @ 8:00 am UTC
End:
September 28, 2024 @ 5:00 pm UTC