TRAININGS
Trainings & workshops are not only for Yoga teachers, they are for anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their body, expand their understanding of embodiment, realign with certain principles and explore deeper into themselves.
ON WINTER KATONAH YOGA
5 HR TRAINING
WITH KAT MCCRORY
JAN 31 2025
12-5 PM SATURDAY
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TUITION -
$150 | EARLY BIRD $50 off
Payment plans are available. Email us for any questions - hello@taoustudio.com
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The techniques underpinning the Katonah practices come from classical Hatha yoga, Taoist yoga and the panpyschic vision belonging to western esoteric philosophy.
The language of Katonah is metaphor and analogy; identifying the body as the abode, exploring the body as one’s instrument, the mind as the musician and the breath as the melody. The power of analogy allows the individual to use life experiences to define the personal and understand the collective.
The Katonah practices use the keys of breathwork to enter into states of meditation. Breathwork is incredibly accessible, practical, magical and transformative.
The practices of yoga transcend culture. We encourage self discipline, self responsibility, self actualization. The ultimate goals are empowerment, gratitude and graceful use of efforts.
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) provides valuable insights for navigating seasonal transitions
TCM highlights the deep relationship between the human body and the natural world, particularly the rhythms of the seasons. In this system, each of the five seasons is associated with a specific organ system, as well as corresponding elements such as taste, color, and personality traits.
Much like yoga, TCM emphasizes balance, harmony, and the free flow of energy (Qi or prana) throughout the body. Integrating TCM principles into a yoga practice can help align the body with seasonal energies, support organ health, and enhance overall vitality. For example, choosing specific postures, breathwork, or meditative focus based on the current season’s element (like Wood in spring or Metal in autumn) can deepen the practice and promote seasonal wellness.
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Kat has become fascinated with the seasons, especially from the lense and language of Katonah Yoga, her teachers, and TCM for the last couple of years. It has changed and impacted her mindset and practice immensely.
By exploring and teaching seasonal themes, she aims to offer others a meaningful framework for understanding the connection between the external world and their internal experience. In doing so, she hopes to help people gain insight into their inner landscape by observing the rhythms of the natural world around them.
I believe that through this practice, we can practically, actively, and consciously move through ourselves, with ourselves, in order to know ourselves better and what it is that we need.
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Expect to dive deeper into:
- Katonah theory through the lens of TCM and Daoism
- good conversation, questions and journaling
- 5 Element theory specifically on WINTER and what it's brings us, pranayama, elements, postures and more.
Learning about the TCM seasons and 5 elemental theory can provide us with a good framework that we can use as a tool to better understand ourselves, where we are and what we need.
In this training we will move through a small practice for the season articulating its magic through the practicality of asanas, pranayama and theory of each seasonal element.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes the connection between the human body and the natural world, including the changing seasons. Each season (5) in TCM has an attendant organ system, a taste, a color, a personality type and more.
A KATONAH YOGA®
30 HR TRAINING
WITH BEN KARLA AND KAT MCCRORY
APRIL 23-26 2026
THURSDAY - SUNDAY
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April 23-26 (Thu - Sun)
Tuition: $600 early bird; $700 regular; $200 per individual day
Thursday 12-6
Friday 12-6
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 10-7
Payment plans are available. Email us for any questions - hello@taoustudio.com
Cancellation policy: In order for our team to handle logistics smoothly, we will honor a full refund for anyone who needs to cancel up to 5 weeks in advance of the training. We appreciate your understanding.
All 30 hours count towards Katonah Yoga® Certification
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This time and training focuses on the basics of Katonah Yoga: learning the language, the maps, and the tools that allow you to skillfully maintain your practice and your life. Through repetition, inquiry, and reflection, you begin to recognize cause and effect, effort and ease, containment and expansion.
Expect to dive deeper into:
Questions and journaling
Backbending Workshop
Restorative Workshop
Magic Square
Sun & Moon Salutations
Regular practices
Breathwork practices
Philosophy, seasons
It is about learning how to tend the space you live in.
There is freedom in structure. Wen the house is well kept, you can live and move more freely through it.
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Kat - a Katonah Yoga® teacher + more. By exploring and teaching Katonah yoga, TCM, seasonal themes, and more, she aims to offer others a meaningful framework for understanding the connection between the external world and their internal experience. In doing so, she hopes to help people gain insight into their inner landscape by observing the rhythms of the natural world around them.
I believe that through this practice, we can practically, actively, and consciously move through ourselves, with ourselves, in order to know ourselves better and what it is that we need.
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Ben Kalra (E-RYT 500, YACEP) is a yoga teacher based in North Carolina who travels internationally to lead trainings, workshops, and retreats. His teaching blends classical yoga philosophy with a creative approach to asana that emphasizes structure, imagination, and alignment.
He is a Katonah Yoga® teacher and continues to study with his mentor Abbie Galvin. He has also completed two 300-hour advanced yoga trainings through Shivakali Yoga and with Jonah Kest, deepening his skills in Vinyasa, pranayama, and meditation. While he primarily teaches in-person, Ben has also recorded online classes and courses for platforms including YogaRenew, Better Yoga, The Studio NYC, Sadhaka Studio, and Afternoon Yoga.
His teaching style is both serious and lighthearted. Ben views yoga as a slow-burning practice of liberation and as a tool for living well in a body and in the world. He believes good teaching should be clear, grounded, and occasionally humorous. He uses adjustments, props, and metaphor to help students cultivate a meaningful practice.
When the mat is rolled up, Ben enjoys photography, baking, and poetry. If you’d like to connect, you can reach him at ben-kalra.com/contact. -
The techniques underpinning the Katonah practices come from classical Hatha yoga, Taoist yoga and the panpyschic vision belonging to western esoteric philosophy.
The language of Katonah is metaphor and analogy; identifying the body as the abode, exploring the body as one’s instrument, the mind as the musician and the breath as the melody. The power of analogy allows the individual to use life experiences to define the personal and understand the collective.
The Katonah practices use the keys of breathwork to enter into states of meditation. Breathwork is incredibly accessible, practical, magical and transformative.
The practices of yoga transcend culture. We encourage self discipline, self responsibility, self actualization. The ultimate goals are empowerment, gratitude and graceful use of efforts.
COMING SOON
SOMETHING ABOUT KATONAH YOGA
TRAINING
WITH CHELSEY FORBES
SUMMER 2026
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12 - 5 PM BOTH DAYS WITH SHORT BREAK * bring snacks
- Katonah Yoga® Theory through the lens of TCM, Five Element Theory, Taoism, and sacred geometry.
- Discussion both days as well as a practice + hands on work
- Pranayama techniques and Katonah Yoga® asana
- The organs and glandular system
- The basics of nadis, bandhas, and chakras
- How to use props to support your practice and more
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I am constantly humbled and inspired by our bodies and the ways in which they are able to both inhabit and cocreate with the universe. I teach yoga-breathwork-and meditation as embodied practices that combat mental illness + MOVE us towards accepting and befriending our aliveness.
Chelsey is a Yoga + Breathwork teacher based in NYC - offering weekly online + in person classes - trainings - workshops - yoga retreats - and therapeutic private sessions. Her teachings pull from interests in anatomy, subtle body, Ayurveda, and meditation. -
The techniques underpinning the Katonah practices come from classical Hatha yoga, Taoist yoga and the panpyschic vision belonging to western esoteric philosophy.
The language of Katonah is metaphor and analogy; identifying the body as the abode, exploring the body as one’s instrument, the mind as the musician and the breath as the melody. The power of analogy allows the individual to use life experiences to define the personal and understand the collective.
The Katonah practices use the keys of breathwork to enter into states of meditation. Breathwork is incredibly accessible, practical, magical and transformative.
The practices of yoga transcend culture. We encourage self discipline, self responsibility, self actualization. The ultimate goals are empowerment, gratitude and graceful use of efforts.
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TUITION -
$300 FULL | $150 HALF
EARLY BIRD $50 off
Payment plans are available. Email us for any questions - hello@taoustudio.com
10 hours bankable towards your Katonah Yoga® certification.
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Expect to dive deeper into Katonah theory, 5 Element theory & Daoism, learn pranayama, postures, adjustments and enhance your yoga toolbox.
What we invest our time in essentially becomes “the practice.” Everyone is welcome!! Whether you’re a teacher or want to deepen your Katonah Yoga® practice, this training is for all of US.
Training will be held Saturday, Sept 30th and Sunday, Oct 1st from 12:30pm-5:30pm.