Radical Acts:
a 15hr Katonah Yoga Immersion with Dages Juvelier Keates

no matter who you are,
you fit yourself well <3

February 21-23, 2025.

Join Dages Juvelier Keates for a joyful Katonah Yoga Master Class that will incorporate rigorous practice, hands-on adjustments, breath work, metaphor, and imagination! Asana is origami for the body: as we fold and unfold joint space,
we find form, function and lots of fun! Learn techniques to spice up your practice, feel great,
and enjoyably embody complex forms in a practical framework of communal well-being.
You will leave feeling strong, structured, stable, and full of new approaches to familiar shapes. 

No matter who you are, you fit yourself well. Your knees can fit your armpits, your feet behind your head, your heels into your palms. Using these fits functionally, you can train your practice to be radical and revelatory! Katonah Yoga articulates a philosophy of the body that is both formal and informative. Alignment-focused, theory-forward, this weekend training will give students new insights from the esoteric ideas of subtle body anatomies to the pragmatic use of geometry to sustain form.

Our Time in Community:

Friday, Feb. 21:

  • 2 hour Katonah Yoga Master class

  • 3 hour workshop: Applied Adjustments for Group Classes

Saturday, Feb. 22:

  • 2 hour Katonah Yoga Master class

  • 3 hour workshop: Restorative setups, Breath Maps and Wraps

Sunday, Feb. 23:

  • 2 hour Katonah Yoga Master class

  • 3 hour workshop: Applied Adjustments for Privates Classes

This training is offered to teachers and practitioners alike. Yoga is invisible, there are no levels, and you are most welcome exactly as you are.

Extended masterclasses are immersive personal laboratory for mobility, stability, and refinement. These sessions will provide a deep, satisfying practice that will flush your organs, and bring the deep release that comes through intelligent effort. Gain familiarity with Katonah approaches to asana, longevity and breath practices. Our applied Adjustment labs will train students in Katonah methodology focusing on theory and applications. Our emphasis is building skills, techniques, and understanding through precise hands-on training and deep dives into theories such as the magic square.

Meet Dages:

Dages Juvelier Keates is a senior Katonah Yoga teacher based in New York City who teaches globally. She has been developing her practice and pedagogy for 22 years and has accreditations from the Bihar School, 3HO, and Katonah Yoga. Since 2012, her syncretic teaching style has been profoundly impacted by an immersion in studies with her mentor, Nevine Michaan, founder of Katonah Yoga. Dages draws on her background as a dancer, writer, and artist working with and through the body's materiality as a somatic space for holding paradox. Her work explores performative and poetic methodologies in cartographies of somatic, psychoanalytic, and nonhuman knowledge interwoven with critical theory, Lurianic Kabbala, and Western Herbalism. Dages holds a BA in dance from Bard College, a transdisciplinary MA from NYU, and an Advanced Masters from Sint Lucas Antwerpen. In 2018, she released “Radical Acts of Embodiment: Teaching and Practices of Katonah Yoga.®”

About the practice…

KATONAH YOGA ® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan of Katonah Yoga Center over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. Framing the practice, maps of time and personal space are defined and refined. Themes using asana as origami, manipulating form for function, and developing a sense of personal measure are incorporated in Katonah Yoga practices. Katonah Yoga is organized around three principles of esoteric dialogue: all polarities are mediated by trinity; the universe has pattern, pattern belies intelligence; by virtue of repetition there is potential for insight. Disciplined techniques are organized for revelation through revolutions.

the details…

  • Where

    Flying Heart Yoga is a sweet yoga spot in Mexico’s famous Banderas Bay in the lovely little city of Puerto Vallarta. The studio features high ceilings, lots of windows and natural light, all the props you need to support your practice, and damn good vibes. The town of Puerto Vallarta is known for its art, food, and gorgeous coastline where the mountainous jungle and the sea dance beautifully together.

  • When

    This Katonah immersion starts Friday, February 21, and wraps up Sunday, February 23.

    Schedule:

    Friday and Saturday
    12:30-6pm

    Sunday
    10am-3:30pm

    You are responsible for your place to stay, so you can find the space that suits your preferences and budget. We are happy to suggest hotels and airbnbs for you.

  • Investment

    Early Bird Immersion Pricing:
    $400usd or peso equivalent
    -must reserve by Jan. 21-

    Regular Immersion Pricing:
    $500usd or peso equivalent

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