Patricia Walden Intermediate/Advanced Retreat
From the Seer to the Seen
Join Patricia Walden, one of the senior most Iyengar teachers in the U.S., for a 3-day in-person retreat in the beautiful Monadnock region of New Hampshire.
Embark on an inward journey through Patricia’s artful guidance, where students move beyond the surface layers of their physical forms. They explore the innermost self—the core of their being.
The Location:
Nestled in the heart of southern New Hampshire, the Monadnock region boasts beautiful views of the majestic Mt. Monadnock. Nearby, the charming towns of Harrisville, Peterborough, Hancock, Dublin and Keene are vibrant hubs of creativity, offering a rich tapestry of art galleries, studios, and cultural events. Explore the natural beauty and artistic spirit that make this area truly special.
Participants can enroll for the full 3 day retreat OR attend for individual sessions. View full schedule, places to stay, and purchase options HERE.
Schedule:
12+ Hours Yoga Instruction
Preliminary schedule is subject to change.
Friday & Saturday
Morning Asana Class – 10:00 am – 12:30(ish)pm
Break/Lunch – 12:30-3:45 pm
Afternoon Session (Pranayama/Restorative) – 4:00-6:00 pm
Sunday
10:00-1:00 pm – Asana Class
12+ Hours Yoga Instruction
Pricing & Sign Up
Pre-requisites
This retreat is for Intermediate & Advanced practitioners with the following requirements:
Be able to hold Sirsasana for 5 minutes
Sarvangasana for 10 minutes
Push up multiple times from the floor or chair into Urdhva Dhanurasana
Take care of their own injuries,
Have experience with foundational pranayamas (Ujjayi, Viloma I & II) and some experience with digital pranayama
Iyengar Yoga for Depression with Patricia Walden, Marla Apt, Dr. Chris Streeter.
Livestream + Recording
Sunday November 19
11:00AM-2:00PM Pacific Time
Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics is pleased to present evidence-based practices to help counteract the debilitating effects of depression. Our three presenters have been working for decades in the fields of Iyengar Yoga and research into yoga as a complementary treatment for depression.
Dr. Chris Streeter will present an overview of the neurology of depression and how yoga benefits the nervous system. She will share findings from her own research that have demonstrated the positive impact of Iyengar Yoga on the brain and neurotransmitters associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms.
Dr Streeter's presentation will be followed by a yoga practice led by Patrica Walden and Marla Apt. The yoga sequence, an approach that informed Dr Streeter’s as well as other research related to Iyengar Yoga for depression, is based on BKS and Geeta Iyengar’s therapeutic principles. The yoga sequence will include adaptations for varying ages and abilities.
This workshop is open to yoga teachers and practitioners with at least one year of Iyengar Yoga experience.
Workshop recording(s) will be available for two weeks to all who register.
Props
Have your yoga props available (minimum of 3 blankets, 2 blocks, bolster, chair and belts).
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education credits with IYNAUS and IAYT are available.
Pricing
Fee: $65
Payment
You are now able to sign up for classes on www.union.fit. If it is your first time using Union, you will be asked to create an account.
Register here: https://www.union.fit/orgs/iyengar-yoga-therapeutics
You will not receive a separate link. Log into your union.fit account for live play and replays.
Note that we do not supply separate invoices. Nor do we offer refunds.
Access
By signing up for any workshop you agree that access is personal to you and limited only to you. The link(s) may not be forwarded to any other person who has not paid to participate in the workshop. Nor may two people participate via the link in a shared space. IYT has the right to terminate your access to the workshop if the link is used by individuals other than you and you will not be entitled to any refund.
Patricia Walden
Patricia Walden is a uniquely inspiring teacher who is renowned for her keen observation, the dynamic depth of her teaching and the elegant refinement of her practice. She has a Senior Advanced/Level 4 certificate. Patricia came to yoga in her early 20s, as a spiritual calling. In 1976, she became BKS Iyengar's student and travelled to India to study with him every year until his death in 2014. Under his guidance, she developed her own methodical and inspirational approach to practice and teaching. Patricia has been a prominent figure in the evolution of yoga in the United States.
Marla Apt
Marla Apt, a founding board member of Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics, studied with BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar for over 20 years. She has served the yoga community as President of the Iyengar yoga national and regional associations and on the national certification committee. She has been asked to represent the Iyengar yoga community for other yoga associations such as Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Marla has also been involved in medical research studies of yoga as a treatment for depression, anxiety and IBS.
Dr. Chris Streeter
Chris Streeter, MD, is an associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a neurology residency, a behavioral neurology fellowship, and a psychiatry residency, and is boarded in neurology, behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, and forensics. She is the director of the Boston Yoga Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine. She is an instructor at Harvard School of Medicine and a research associate at the McLean Hospital. Most recently, her research interests have focused on a series of studies looking at the association between yoga-based practices, brain gamma aminobutyric acid levels and mood.
The Body is My Temple – Advanced Retreat
Join Patricia Walden, one of the senior most and respected Iyengar teachers in the U.S., for a 3 day in-person retreat in historic Harrisville, NH.
Patricia’s teaching artfully guides students on an inward journey exploring asana and pranayama to integrate and unify the body and mind. This unique and intimate retreat gives students an opportunity to delve deeper in a bucolic New England setting.
“The omnipresent Isvara, who pervades every atom of the universe, also resides in every cell of the human body. The body is thus a temple that houses the divine spirit.”
Patricia first met BKS Iyengar in 1976 and has been a devoted student and beloved teacher since that time. She aspires to teach in a way where students feel seated in their hearts and fearless.
Harrisville is a unique mill village that preserves the scale and setting of the numerous mill villages that were built on waterpower sites throughout New England prior to the Civil War. Today the village retains its two early textile mills together with a range of related buildings – boarding houses, workers’ cottages, owners’ houses, a store, meeting house, school, dams and mill ponds – in an isolated rural setting. Harrisville’s significance as one of the best-preserved mill building/communities in America was recognized in 1977 with a National Historic Landmark designation.
in addition to yoga, participants can enjoy a catered vegetarian meals, followed by a hike on surrounding trails or walk in the scenic village to Harrisville Pond. For the more adventurous, Sunday afternoon could include a hike up scenic Mount Monadnock or other local trails.
Pricing:
FULL WEEKEND
$275: Early Rate through July 1, 2023.
$300 after July 1
FRIDAY ONLY – GENERAL LEVEL CLASS
$50 Early Rate, $60 after July 1
Saturday Catered lunch on site can be added for an additional fee (Recommended).
Volunteers needed – work/trade positions available for reduced rate – email kerry@ahayoga.com
Pre-requisites
This retreat is for advanced practitioners with the following requirements:
Be able to hold Sirsasana for 5 minutes
Sarvangasana for 10 minutes
Push up multiple times into Urdhva Dhanurasana and Viparita Dandasana
Take care of their own injuries
Have experience with foundational pranayamas (Ujjayi, Viloma I & II) and some experience with digital pranayama
These are a baseline for the retreat and we will be working with variations in inversions and going deeper.
Moving into Silence: A Journey Through the Vayus with Patricia Walden
Moving into Silence: A Journey Through the Vayus with Patricia Walden
Sunday, August 6
1:30-3:30pm Brookline & Livestream
Join Patricia in a practice that will use the five movements of prana (vital life force) known as vayu (wind) to reach an inner silence.
Each of the five vayus flow in different directions and in varying regions of the body. When they are functioning harmoniously, the vayus support health and vitality while the more subtle vayus support spiritual elevation. In this workshop, we will learn how to engage with the vayus in our practice so as to lead to natural, profound silence.
Level: At least 1-2 years of Iyengar yoga experience. Participants should be able to push up into Urdhva Dhanurasana. This workshop is not ideal for those with shoulder issues or injuries.
Required Props: Bolster, 4 blankets, 2 blocks, 1 belt & a chair
Cost: $50
***A Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***
Italy Retreat - Rapolano Terme, Tuscany with Patricia & Gabriella
PATRICIA WALDEN
a Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, has studied since 1976 with B.K.S. Iyengar. She is well known in the yoga community. She teaches in the US and abroad yoga asana and pranayama as methods to explore the nature of self.
GABRIELLA GIUBILARO
started her studies of Iyengar yoga in 1973 with Dona Holeman. Since 1981 she has returned to Pune to study directly with the Iyengar family. She is well known for her simple, direct and dynamic teaching style and her humor.
LESSONS
Every day classes of asana and pranayama.
THE RETREAT
Takes place at a farmhouse called "Azienda Agricola Montauto" near Rapolano Terme. Rapolano Terme is a town located in Tuscany, Italy between Siena and Perugia.
The yoga room is one of the many buildings on the property which has been restored with wooden floors and a view facing the surrounding hills.
Food is prepared by our vegetarian chef who puts together nutritionally complete and delicious meals which are thoughtful and appropriate to the yoga practice.
PLEASE bring your own yoga mat. All other props will be provided.
ARRIVAL
Wednesday June 21st in the afternoon.
CLASSES
The first lesson begins June 22nd at 7:30am, last class is the 27th in the afternoon.
DEPARTURE
Wednesday June 28th in the morning.
TRANSPORTATION
A shuttle bus will be provided to and from Montauto. It will depart Wednesday the 21st at 2pm from “Istituto Iyengar Yoga Firenze”, Via San Gervasio 18, Florence and will depart from Montauto June 28th at 9am (it arrives in Via San Gervasio around 11 a.m.).
The cost is 35.00 euro each way and is non-refundable. The shuttle must be reserved at the time of registration.
For those who will not be staying at Montauto, a car will be necessary to travel to and from the retreat site.
PRICE
1050.00 euro (€ 750 for the workshop, € 300 for food, including three meals a day, non-refundable if not consumed).
It is not possible to book the workshop only for the yoga.
Lodging is not included, see below.
RESERVATION
The number of reservations is limited and operates as first come, first serve. Reservations are confirmed only after payment of deposit of € 300.00.
To reserve your place, you can call (39) 3497434945 or send an e-mail to: info@istitutoiyengaryogafirenze.it.
Make sure to send an email with your first and last name and the receipt of the deposit, and make sure to receive the confirmation from the secretary of the school. In case of cancellation before May 15th, you will be reimbursed the amount of your deposit minus € 100.00. After May 15th, there will be no reimbursement.
Payment of deposit for this seminar must be made to the following account:
ISTITUTO IYENGAR YOGA FIRENZE
BANK: Banca Sella
Bank address: Via Carlo Botta, 22 FIRENZE 50136, Italia
Iban: IT79X0326802801052813582410
SWIFT: SELBIT2BXXX
Attention!
Please write down:
- First and Last name of the participant.
- Reason for the deposit “YOGA SEMINAR 21-28 June 2023”. The remaining balance can be paid at the time of the seminar.
LODGING
In the rustic farmhouse at the retreat site Montauto there are limited beds available. There are no private rooms or baths. Booking is first come, first serve. Rooms may only be reserved via email and with the deposit of € 150.00.
Accommodation cost: € 300.00.Camping is available near the main house with its own facilities. Space is limited.
Accommodation cost: € 125.00
Nearby our farmhouse Montauto, different types of accommodations are available.
Some of the closest places are:
Podere La Casina Strada della Bandita 199 – Rigomagno – Sinalunga tel: +39 347 817 8345; Michela. e-mail: info@poderelacasina.com. Located five minutes from the site, charming renovated countryhouse.
Villa ai Boschi, fraz. San Gimignanello - Rapolano Terme, tel: +39 0577 704394; Charming countryhouse
Villa Buoninsegna: Rapolano Terme, tel/fax: +39 0577 724 380; Ten minutes from the site, charming newly renovated farmhouse with swimming pool (not thermal). One double bed per room whether for single or couple. Price does not include breakfast.
Castello di Modanella: Serre di Rapolano (Si), tel: +39 0577 704604, fax: +39 0577704740, e-mail: info@modanella.com
You are responsible for reserving your own accommodations.
Yoga & Aging | Shifting Perspective: Moving from Darkness to Light with Yoga
Workshop: May 7, 2023 • 1-3pm
Learning Lab: May 21, 2023
In this workshop, renowned Iyengar Yoga teacher Patricia Walden will teach students how their yoga practice can help lift the veil on one of the most common aging woes: depression. As we age and difficulties arise in the body, we can enter a state of depression.
Yoga has the tools to help us uplift our heart while lifting our physical thoracic cage and fostering physical and mental wellbeing.
Patricia will show what can be done to bring back a zest for life when one struggles with these feelings.
“Yoga helps us to stay seated in your truth – to stay with your heart and with that comes a resilience, an ability to withstand adversity. Yoga not only has the capacity to nourish and nurture our bodies but also yoga creates buoyancy in our heart and vibrancy in our brain.”
Patricia Walden began her study with BKS Iyengar in 1976. Respected as one of the most senior Iyengar Yoga teachers worldwide, Patricia’s dedication to her teacher and to the subject of yoga has defined her life’s journey. Patricia was listed by Yoga Journal as one of the 25 American Yoga Originals who have helped shape yoga in the West. Time Magazine has also featured her work with yoga and healing. Patricia has a special interest in yoga, specifically for women and yoga for depression.
Iyengar 5-Day Online Intensive
Kofi Busia and his wife Carol are sponsoring this unique yoga festival online. Patricia will be teaching two classes.
The 5-Day Iyengar Yoga Intensive is being taught by some of the best and most accomplished Iyengar yoga teachers drawn from all around the world. All have studied directly with BKS Iyengar; and/or with Guruji's daughter Geeta; and or with Guruji's son Prashant. The vast majority have been doing Iyengar Teachers Training for twenty years and more. They thus form an unparalleled array of expertise and talent.
Sessions will range from Beginning to Advanced. They will also cater for those with little experience in Iyengar yoga, and those steeped in it over a long period. And according to the interests of the Presenters, there will be general classes as well as classes for those who want the finer details, and/or who have special needs such as help with scoliosis, headaches, and much else.
Yoga & Aging: Shifting Perspectives
Yoga and Aging: Shifting Perspective will kick off with a free panel conversation on December 4, 2022, at 1 PM ET, featuring the collective wisdom of long-time expert practitioners and will be moderated by Rahel Wasserfall.
With a focus on shifting perspectives as we age and how this affects both the body and the mind, this program aims to humanize the relationship to getting older. Together we will deconstruct our approach to aging and go forth knowing the answers are within us, in the wisdom of our body.
Grace of Consciousness in Asana: 4 Day Online Retreat
Registration available through www.ahayoga.com
Online Workshops with Yoga Circle
Patricia’s classes are infused with wisdom, humor, and the philosophy of yoga. Her aspiration is that students leave class seated in their hearts with fearlessness, having touched the deeper levels of their being.
Forward Bends
SAT JAN 29 @ 10AM – 12:30PM CST | $45
The path to surrender
Pranayama
SAT JAN 29 @ 3:30 – 5PM CST | $30
Move towards silence during times of stress
Back Bends
SUN JAN 30 @ 10AM – 12:30PM CST | $45
Poses to cultivate courage and spiritual upliftment
Cost for all 3 sessions: $110 ($115 after Jan 13)
Full refund, less $20 handling fee, up to 5PM on JAN 28
Yoga and Aging: Culitvating Resilience Free Livestream Discussion
Looking for insights on aging with grace, strength, and resilience?
Join Patricia Walden, Karin Stephan, Roni Brissette and David Goldblatt for Yoga and Aging: Cultivating Resilience, a FREE Livestream Discussion on January 23, 2022 and moderated by Rahel Wasserfall of Artemis. Learn more at yogaandaging.com and register for FREE to attend the live conversation.
This exciting program is your opportunity to tap into the collective insight and wisdom of expert practitioners who embrace yoga as a foundation for healthy living. Designed for both yoga novices as well as enthusiasts, the program is timely as we continue to manage our health and mindset through a worldwide pandemic.
Yoga and Aging: Cultivating Resilience continues with four online, experiential workshops from February to May 2022 with relevant themes on spinal health, mobility, balance and more. These workshops led by each of the panelists are accompanied by follow-on "learning labs" led by Rahel Wasserfall that review, reinforce and integrate the workshop teachings. Workshops will also be available on-demand to watch later! You may learn more about this innovative initiative and register for the workshops at yogaandaging.com
2022 WORKSHOP DATES - SUNDAYS AT 1PM Eastern Time
February 27th: You're as Young as Your Spine! with Patricia Walden
March 27th: Form and Function: Our Hips as We Age with Karin Stephan
April 24th: Moving from Stability with Roni Brissette
May 22nd: Growing Old with Yoga with David Goldblatt
Yoga for Depression & Anxiety
Registration available through www.ahayoga.com AND www.iycwm.com