Winter Yoga Weekend
January 31 – February 2, 2020
Enjoy a weekend with Lana Heintjes who will awaken your body, clear your mind, and enliven your spirit! Lana has years of experience teaching many types of multi-level yoga classes and helping students increase their quality of life. These workshops will be open to all levels of experience.
Full participation in all sessions is suggested and sign up is required.
This is also Mindfulness in Minutes Weekend and we hope you will enjoy some sessions with our own Nina Smiley, Ph.D., learning to calm the mind and enhance well-being.
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Availability is limited. For reservations, please call .
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31
Yoga to Shake-Off Your Travel Legs
5pm
Ease into your weekend by soothing your body with gentle stretching and deep relaxation. We will focus primarily on forward bends, twists, hip stretches, and deep breathing. When the body is weary from travel this is the perfect way to decompress and recover. Please dress comfortably, all levels welcome.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Yoga to Energize and Refresh
9:30am
Through Mindful Yoga flows and deep breathing, this practice will invigorate you. We will focus on gentle heart opening as well as core strengthening to increase circulation and warm you up from the inside out. This practice perfectly complements the Mindfulness session with Nina by taking what you learned and applying it directly into mindful movement. Slow paced vinyasa, all levels welcome.
Restorative Yoga
3pm
Melt away your stress by relaxing into gentle, restorative yoga postures. This practice is focused on stimulating your parasympathetic system, which is responsible for restoration and healthy digestion. We will practice deep breathing and mindfulness meditation while lying in a comfortable soothing yoga posture. Please dress warmly and bring two pillows from your room. All levels welcome.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2
Yoga for Power and Inner Peace
9:30am
Empower yourself with a vigorous and strength-building Yoga flow. This, combined with a calming meditation and extended savasana, will create a sense of strength and peace to leave you ready to take on the future. Fast paced vinyasa, please dress comfortably, all levels welcome.
MEET OUR PROGRAM LEADER
Lana Heintjes
Lana Heintjes, E-RYT200, is known for her soothing voice and calm presence. She has been an active and passionate yoga instructor since 2009, after she took her incredibly powerful 200-hr Yoga to the People Teacher Training in NYC. After discovering yoga in high school she felt like she had tapped into her life’s calling and found something that made her see the beauty of the world with clear eyes, and experience life with a healthy body. The evolution of her yoga practice has taken her on and above her mat, indoors and outdoors, around the world, and has made her the vibrant and joyful person that she is today.
Lana is certified in Vinyasa Yoga, AcroYogaⓇ, Hot Yoga, and Restorative Yoga. She also teaches Aerial Silks and is a Thai yoga bodywork practitioner with a Bachelor’s of Science in Music. She has over 400 hours of training and 4,000+ hours of teaching experience. She currently resides in the beautiful New Paltz, NY. Follow Lana on Instagram @acrolana Find out more about her at www.yogamountainretreats.com
Availability is limited. For reservations, please call .
When you visit for Winter Yoga Weekend, your overnight package includes:
Meals
- Breakfast: Breakfast Buffet with made-to-order omelets, our famous mini-waffles, and more in our grand Main Dining Room; or Continental Breakfast in the historic Lake Lounge
- Brunch: Brunch Buffet
- Dinner: Surrey Fine Dining or Modern American Menu
- Afternoon tea and cookies in our historic Lake Lounge
Daily Activities
- Complimentary Kids’ Club drop-off program
- Nightly evening entertainment, special events, and more! See schedule of activities >
- Guided House History Tour of our National Historic Landmark resort
- Yoga, Meditation, and Fitness classes
- Visit our Greenhouse and Barn Museum
- Indoor heated pool with underwater music
Seasonal Activities
- Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing on more than 30 miles of groomed trails (weather permitting)
- Winter hiking with MICROspikes® (weather permitting)
- Ice-skating in the open air pavilion
- Guided outdoor activities and hiking with stunning views of the Catskill Mountains (weather permitting)
À la carte experiences available to overnight guests:
- A full menu of nature-inspired treatments at our award-winning spa
- The Carriage Lounge, featuring a full bar and handcrafted cocktails as well as hyper local draft beer and hard cider
- An award-winning wine list in our dining venues
- In-room dining
- Private fitness, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness sessions
- Disc golf discs available for purchase (weather permitting)
See full list of what’s included in your stay!