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Agni & Soma: Aspiration and Allowance

Retreat with Kaya & Michael
September 15-16, 2018 SomaSpace, Portland Oregon

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Or invited to join for just a taste of the weekend ~
  • Saturday Morning Soma Release Yoga Class ~ 9am-12pm
  • Sunday Vedic Astrology teaching and practices on Agni and Soma ~ 2-3:30pm {learn more} 
"Soma is the the inner essence that can lead us to the sense of connection to all.  Soma can bring us to ultimate unity with all of existence in which we access the healing powers of all of nature. Due to this supreme love of all, life itself can rejuvenate us. Nothing depletes us." - Dr. David Frawley

Kaya will be teaching the two primary cosmic principles that govern all of life - fire + water... also purification + nourishment... or what Kaya refers to as Aspiration and Allowance. These two principles can be in opposition to one another, but are meant as cosmic consorts. We each need both, agni and soma for a completely nourished, satisfied life. 


Who is this for...  

Returning SRY students will get new insights, tools and teachings about the depths of the power of yoga. Yoga teachers or experienced yogis from any style ready for a more nuanced and subtle practice and inspired by the deeper principles BEHIND the practices will be particularly happy in this immersion! 
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Two Days of...

  • Mantras and Breath to gather, hold and expand the divine fire and water
  • Agni-Soma Yoga Practice - deep, rejuvenating, poses and practices that open the spine {the pathway of soma and agni} 
  • Teachings on fire and water in your sacred anatomy and in the stars. 
  • Soma Nidra {Kaya's yoga nidra experience designed to cultivate soma}
  • Take home tools and insights for yoga practice, lifestyle and nutrition

We don't work "hard" or "easy", we work deep! This immersion emphasizes the most rejuvenating, and tranformative practices, that are simultaneously accessible. ​You'll leave harmonized, replenished, relaxed and invigorated, with take-home tools to expand into your life and relationships with deeper awareness and understanding. 

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What Students Say About Kaya's Soma Retreats

"Thank you Michael and Kaya, this was the deepest yoga immersion I have ever done!" - EO, Yoga Therapist

"I have gained an at home yoga practice cultivating rejuvenating Soma that supports me spiritually, physically and emotionally. I am very happy and feel transformed and awakened. I was so good to have the condensed yoga this weekend for so long. It was the first time I had experienced that much yoga in a weekend and it was really good for me. The repetition was key in building the muscle memory that I could take into this week in my own home practice. I have been doing it everyday. I am very grateful to have this practice that I can continue throughout my life. This has been most valuable to me gaining this practice and the learning about and how to cultivate Soma, which is so key for our society." - JS

"Kaya's knowledge is obviously vast, and her communication is so clear, her presence so unencumbered by personal issues or needing validation from her students, that the teaching is extremely accessible. She's totally organized and calm, clearly in her element, and the pace is measured - never rushed but never lagging. She is aware of everyone as individuals and of the whole group at the same time.The whole experience allows for as ease-full as possible a download of both the intellectual information and the energetics of the teaching that's coming through." - SL

"Kaya's approach is clear, incredibly thorough, easy to understand and balanced in regard to experiential learning and talks. I cannot recommend Kaya's programs enough. For yoga teachers or for dedicated students. You will find true yoga in the practice and in the teaching. Thank you Kaya!" - JR

"Kaya's approach is very holistic, calming, nurturing, supportive, knowledgable, grounded in the sacred wisdom that she shares she exudes, her path, that is felt when she is teaching. Her voice is very soothing and present and embodies Soma. Her guided meditations of Soma at the beginning of the retreat were very effective in creating that calm and cool Soma internal waters that I feel has been present since the retreat. I found her teaching to be very descriptive and easy to follow and know what to do. She was very accessible to ask questions, which made it feel very effective in learning the practice for the long term that I find very very useful. It was effective for me to hear of the Ayurvedic principles and how they relate to Soma and Soma lifestyle and foods and how to cultivate Soma. It was also useful to hear about the ancient sacred texts and teachers in what they had to say." - JS

"The Soma Retreat was amazing! I had a lot of healing and openings! I am so grateful I could be a part of it!" - BHB
I have been acutely aware of the increase of depletion in my yoga students and colleagues this year. I believe it is more important than ever to tap into the timeless wisdom and practices for cultivating the nectar of rejuvenation. I love to share the teachings about the value of promoting and preserving your the fullness of inner nectar and a balanced fire to counter the pain, confusion, inflammation, conflict, busyness, depletion and overwhelm that has seemed to take over many personal relationships, communities, and sadly even the yoga world. May we all be blessed by divine soma and agni - the cosmic powers of allowance and aspiration.  

More about Kaya

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In a time when online programs seem to rule... our time in one another’s presence is more precious than ever. It is the classical and most effective way to learn, heal and transform.  We delve into the direct, live, powerful experience of profound yogic tools and teachings. We laugh, we cry, we melt, we laugh some more. We get out of old habit patterns in a dedicated space, held by the support of an experienced teacher 
*All studies with Kaya qualify as continuing education with the Yoga Alliance for yoga teachers
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Kaya is the founder of SRY™ which is based in the full spectrum of the Vedic yoga tradition. She has been teaching therapeutic restorative yoga therapy since 2001. Kaya's work is healing, transformative, deeply rejuvenating and empowers her student and clients with wisdom and inner experience. Her trained in the full spectrum of the Vedic Tradition includes Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Prenatal Yoga, Ayurveda, Women's Health, Eastern Anatomy, Sanskrit, Vedic Astrology and Vedanta Philosophy. She collaborates with her husband Michael Manzella, a Vedic Astrologer, to serve yoga students and teachers who are inclined toward depth of inner experience and knowledge.  MORE ON KAYA
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