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Your resource for healthy lifestyle choices in the Catskills. Est. 2009. Tag to get featured & DM to collab. Sister page of @westchesterwellnessguide

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The Catskills Wellness Guide was founded on the idea of #hyperlocalwellness, focused on finding healthy lifestyle resources in Sullivan, Ulster, Greene and Delaware Counties in Upstate NY. From yoga and massage, to great healthy food, retreats, gyms and more. It’s a grassroots effort to help promote local (and often small) businesses to the community, that might otherwise get lost in the Instagram noise.

We welcome your submissions to be featured! Here are just some ways we can collaborate:

✨ Free event story reposts: you may tag @catskillswellnessguide to let me know you’d like me to repost something in my stories. I try to include a good variety of offerings daily.
✨ Free intro posts for local wellness businesses
✨ Paid partnerships
✨ Bespoke opportunities
✨ Custom design, marketing & photography services

📩 DM: @catskillswellnessguide for details!

#hyperlocalwellness #catskillswellnessguide

📷 Photo by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash by @catskillswellnessguide

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2 years ago

How do you stay grounded when life won’t slow down?
If you’ve ever felt like you need a spiritual practice—but don’t have time to disappear into a cave to find one—this workshop is for you.

Kundalini Wisdom 101 is an introduction to the ancient practice of Kundalini Yoga, designed specifically for the realities of modern, busy life.

Come explore practical tools and teachings that can help you:

• Feel more grounded and centered
• Navigate everyday stress with greater awareness
• Bring more intention into your daily life
• Build a spiritual practice that works with your life, not apart from it

Whether you’re completely new to Kundalini Yoga or simply curious about going deeper, this three-hour workshop offers a welcoming place to explore.

Monday, September 7 | 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
In person + online

Come curious. Leave with practical wisdom you can actually use.

register on our home page at https://www.motherdivinefoundation.org/ by @catskillswellnessguide

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2 months ago

✨ Do you feel it?

Eclipse season is upon us, and whether you follow astrology or simply notice shifts in your energy, many people are feeling that something is changing.

For some, it may feel like heightened emotions, unexpected endings, moments of clarity, or a deep pull toward something new. Others may simply feel more tired, reflective, or sensitive than usual.

However you're experiencing this season, you're not alone.

One of the things we love most about our wellness community is that there are practitioners and spaces here to help you stay grounded, connected, and supported.

🌟 Lion's Gate 8/8 Workshop
Our friends at Sat Nam Yoga Center @satnamyogaspa in Hurleyville are offering a beautiful in-person experience:

Through the Gate — An 8/8 Lion's Gate Journey

Led by Gitanjali and Ananda @ananda_priti_, this immersive morning combines:
✨ Kundalini Yoga & Meditation
✨ Transformational Connective Breathwork
✨ Sound Healing

Rather than simply relaxing, this experience is designed to help you move energy, release what's ready to go, and step into what wants to emerge.

If you've been craving a reset before the upcoming eclipse, this could be a powerful way to honor the moment.

🌙 Looking for personal guidance?

If eclipse season has you asking, "What is this awakening in me?" consider connecting with our resident astrologer, Nancy Volante of Whispering Soul Astrology @thewhisperingsoulastrology

Nancy's Astrology Wellness Consultations explore how this Leo Solar Eclipse is interacting with your unique birth chart—not to predict your future, but to help you better understand the themes unfolding in your life with greater awareness, intention, and self-trust.

✨ These are intense times for many of us—both personally and collectively. Whether your practice is yoga, meditation, breathwork, astrology, or simply taking a quiet walk in nature, remember that you don't have to navigate seasons of change alone.

We're grateful to have such a beautiful wellness community here in the Hudson Valley and Westchester.

#WestchesterWellnessGuide #CatskillsWellnessGuide #LionGate #EclipseSeason #LeoEclipse #WellnessCommunity by @catskillswellnessguide

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2 months ago

☀️ Through the Gate — An 8/8 Lion’s Gate Journey

On 8/8, the Lion’s Gate opens — the most powerful portal of the year. And we’re stepping through it together, right as the day begins.

Gitanjali and Ananda are combining their medicine for one sacred morning of movement, breath, and sound — three doorways that build on each other to move what’s stuck, open what’s ready, and magnify everything you’re calling in.

Here’s how we’ll journey:

🦁 Kundalini Yoga & Meditation with Gitanjali — We begin by awakening the energy at the base of the spine. Kriya, breath, and mantra to shake loose the heaviness and rise into a higher frequency.

🌬️ Transformational Connective Breathwork with Ananda — Then we go deeper. Your breath becomes the key, moving stuck emotion and energetic weight up and out, clearing the channel so light can pour in.

🎶 Sound Healing Journey — And we close, together, wrapping you in sound. Let the vibrations carry you into deep integration as the portal magnifies every intention you’ve set.

This isn’t a relax-and-unwind kind of morning. It’s a move-it, feel-it, release-it, rise kind of morning. Come start the day — and step through the gate — as who you’re becoming. 💛

We begin at 10am. If you feel the pull… that’s your answer. 🙏
Cost: $63

RSVP to join us at:
https://www.motherdivinefoundation.org/

#lionsgate #kundaliniyoga #catskills #breathwork #soundhealing by @catskillswellnessguide

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3 months ago

Join us for the Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training at Sat Nam Yoga Center
📍 Hurleyville, New York | Catskills

We’re honored to offer the Kundalini Transformation Yoga Teacher Training at Sat Nam Yoga Center in Hurleyville, NY ✨ As the only Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in the Catskills, this Yoga Alliance 220-hour Level 1 training is rooted in ancient yogic wisdom, community, and conscious living.

This year introduces a new 10-day Intensive Immersion rooted in authentic yogic practice — an experience that feels like traveling to India in spirit, while staying close to home.

🌿 10-Day Immersion Intensive: August 16-26

Live, breathe, and practice yoga every day in a deeply supportive environment:
• Daily Kundalini kriya, breathwork & meditation
• Healthy yogic meals prepared with care
• Time in nature, surrounded by lush gardens
• Swimming pool + floatation therapy
• Quiet, meditative surroundings designed for deep reset
• A like-minded, heart-centered community

This is more than a training — it’s a full immersion into what it feels like to live in alignment with your inner self.

The Sat Nam Yoga Center Teacher Training is guided by Marilyn Gitanjali Valant, who brings over thirty years of dedicated practice in Yoga, Meditation, and ancient philosophical traditions across the U.S., India, and Nepal. Following the immersive retreat, she continues to support students through weekly Zoom integration sessions, guiding you toward embodiment and graduation in October 2026.

✨ Whether your intention is to become a teacher or simply take a pause for a powerful reset, this experience is designed to create real transformation.

You don’t just learn Kundalini Yoga here.
You live it.

📍 Sat Nam Yoga Center at Mother Divine, Hurleyville, NY
🗓 Intensive: August 16-26, 2026
🗓 Follow-up: Weekly Zoom sessions → Fall Graduation (October 2026)

Learn more via the QR code or at https://motherdivinefoundation.org/yoga-teacher-training/.

#KundaliniYoga #YogaTeacherTraining #YogaRetreat #CatskillsNY #HurleyvilleNY by @catskillswellnessguide

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4 months ago

Scenes from yesterday’s Catskill Mountain Yoga Festival 🏔🧘‍♀️
While I couldn’t be there in person, I loved getting a glimpse of the magic through my friend @satnamyogaspa. My friend @ananda_priti_ also taught and shared her beautiful floating sound bath experience.

This festival brings together yoga, nature, music, and community in the most stunning setting — and it looked amazing.

✨Missed it this year?✨
Be sure to follow @catskillmountainyogafestival and look out for next year’s dates: catskillmountainyogafestival.com

#CatskillYogaFestival #Catskills #CatskillsWellnessGuide #Yoga #UpstateNYYoga #DelhiNY taken in SUNY Delhi by @catskillswellnessguide

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a year ago

Good self care morning… mine just got a little more caring because I received this sweet gift from Larisa at @skincare_larisaversace in Red Hook, NY. She’s an esthetician who creates beautiful skincare products made with the finest ingredients, right here in the Hudson Valley. I wish you could smell this… and feel it too. Wow. You can explore her products and book a nurturing facial at https://skincarerepublic.com/.

Larisa shares “I want Skincare Republic to help elevate people’s self-care routine. When you think about it, anyone can just grab a bar of soap or lotions from the drugstore (and all the chemicals along with them), but choosing Skincare Republic soaps and body butters means each and every ingredient has been carefully considered for the health of your skin and entire well-being. Each ingredient plays a role. My vision is for my products to help people better take care of themselves by enhancing simple self-care routines.”

The energy of this small business truly inspires me. Thank you for sharing your creativity and healing with us Larisa.

#theskincarerepublic #catskillswellnessgide #westchesterwellnessguide #naturalskincare #calendulacream #naturalsoap #hudsonvalley #selfcare taken in Hudson Valley, NY by @catskillswellnessguide

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🌞 Summer Solstice Sadhana 🌞
Join us for a powerful morning practice to welcome the light.

🕓 Saturday, June 21, 2025
⏰ 4:30 AM – 6:00 AM
📍 Sat Nam Yoga Center at Mother Divine Foundation
✨ 90-minute Sadhana Practice

Sadhana is a sacred spiritual practice done in the early morning hours—known as the ambrosial hours—when the mind is quiet and the world is still. It’s a time to tune in, meditate, chant, and move your body in alignment with your highest self.

The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year and a potent moment to harness the energy of the sun. Practicing Sadhana at sunrise on this day helps you align with nature’s rhythm, expand your consciousness, and set intentions for the season ahead.

Come awaken with the sun, clear your energy, and elevate your spirit in community.

🕊️ All are welcome. Bring a mat, a light blanket, and an open heart.

#Sadhana #SummerSolstice #KundaliniYoga #SatNamYoga #MotherDivineFoundation #SolsticeSadhana #RiseWithTheSun #SpiritualPractice #AwakenYourSoul by @catskillswellnessguide

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a year ago

What’s the last time you let yourself feel truly nourished? Taking time for yourself to do nothing, and just hang out. Sanivan offers a serene space for you to simply be you. This week, as we celebrate the Summer Solstice, is an especially wonderful time to pause, retreat and take stock of this mid year moment. We invite you to explore our affordable stays at Sanivan.com or follow @sanivanretreat #holisticretreat #catskills #spa #meditation #retreat #escapenyc #weekendretreat #summersolstice #selfcare #simplegetaway #affordableretreat taken in Sanivan Holistic Retreat and Spa by @catskillswellnessguide

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a year ago

#summertimeskingoals at @skincare_larisaversace

It’s all happening in Germantown and at skincarerepublic.com

#skincare #catskills #catskillswellnessguide #facials #handcraftedsoap taken in Germantown, New York by @catskillswellnessguide

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a year ago

This week it brings me great pleasure to introduce Eleni, a modern mystic, energy healer, and spiritual mentor. She is the owner and founder of Intuitive Insights with Elenie LLC. Based out of Roscoe, NY where wellness is her main focus. Elenie's goal is to help others along their spiritual, healing, and mindfulness journey. Her wellness services are a transformational experience for stress reduction, self-empowerment, and connecting within.

Elenie is certified as a Reiki Master, Chakra & Crystal Healer, Sound Healer, self-taught Tarot Reader with a nursing background of 11 years of experience. The combination of these skill sets has allowed Elenie to create unique methods to promote and restore balance & harmony for the mind, body and spirit.

For the rest of this month, Elenie is offering 10% off all services, when booking use code CatskillWellnessGuide.

I invite you to follow her here on instagram @intuitive.insights.with.elenie or on the Insight Timer app. You can also explore all of her offerings on her website at https://intuitiveinsightswithelenie.schedulista.com/

Welcome to the community Eleni! taken in Roscoe, New York by @catskillswellnessguide

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A moving passage from the book “The Mind” this morning. If this resonates with you, feel free to join our teacher training Open House this Saturday at 10am to learn more about our training and the personal growth journey we will share together. Register at the link in bio. #satnamyogacenter #satnam #kundaliniyoga #yogateachertraining #catskills #transformyourlife #upliftothers taken in Sat Nam Yoga Spa at Mother Divine Foundation by @catskillswellnessguide

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