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Human, writer, yoga, movement & meditation teacher teacher
🏺creator @yia.mas @namaste.kala.yoga
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RETREAT RECAP 🌾 They say Delphi is the ancient center of the world (the navel, or omphalos), but I’m convinced it may actually be somewhere between Mount Giona and Vardousia, at least that’s how it feels for me. Our Reclaiming Our Roots retreat combined tactile craftsmanship with deep immersion in nature and culture. From our incredible weaving workshop and bread ritual in Athens to several days high in the mountains, this one really left me in my feels. Deepest gratitude to the women who joined us, including our ancestors whose presence was honored and felt throughout. 🏺From hiking an ancient spiritual path from Delphi through ancient olive groves, to learning how to tend to bees… from the dark depths of Pan’s cave to the sweetness of a shared altar… from imagining how many hands wove their futures from a young age, to singing the folk songs women sang to prepare for weddings (and holding space for the candid, less savory sides of that history)—this retreat covered a vast amount of ground while remaining deeply grounded. Rizes, indeed. Earth, you’re the best. There is something profoundly moving about sharing the place where your roots lie. I finally got to share mine, and it won’t be the last time. Who’s in for next year?! Finally, a huge thanks to @dorian_paths and @panos.parallevar for not only getting us around safely, but for providing the local intel that helped me put the perfect finishing touches on the first retreat I ever planned solo. 💙🌾🏺 Hiking the sacred trail to Delphi We all took home our woven creations 💙 Bread making ritual 🌾 with @alexandra.mitsiou 🌾🌾 Persephone’s fruits Save the bees 🐝 🏔️ 💙 Stunning Galaxidi Discovering local lore @dorianwines organic wines = the best Learning the old methods of making wine 🍇 Village dinners 🥹 Workshops in our dreamy retreat cocoon More weaving traditions St George Our people 💙🧿 The cave 🌀🌀🌀 Our altar
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You’re invited: OUR 5th GREEK GRACE RETREAT IN THE CYCLADES 🌊 🧿 Registration is live to join @lulusoni and @kristinadelphi July 24–31, 2027 for a week of peak summer practice and joy. We can’t wait to return to Amorgos (also Kristina’s summer home), where your days will include movement and breath practices, taking it “siga siga,” dreamy dips in the Aegean, local culture, and, as always, an incredible crew. ☀️This retreat is timed with Leo Season: the season of the heart, of expression, and feeling very alive. Expect joy, playfulness, and a deep nervous system reset. Throughout our week together, we will weave daily movement practices with the land and pace of island life: 🏺Intentional movement: Daily yoga, Somatics, Katonah Yoga®, breathwork, Greek dance, all in open-air shalas overlooking the sea. 🏺Ancient paths: Walks through historic villages and along stone trails to a cliffside monastery hanging over the Aegean. 🏺Culture: Greek cuisine, exploring Aegean herbs, and local festivities and traditions. 🏺Shared meals: Long, unhurried meals of fresh Greek/Mediterranean food. 🏺The Big Blue: Amorgos feels raw and timeless. Swim in the waters that inspired the cult French film Le Grand Bleu.
 Note for teachers: Lulu and Kristina are certified Katonah Yoga® teachers; all yoga practices are bankable towards your certification hours. 🐚EARLY BIRD PRICING IS LIVE 🐚This retreat sells out every year. Give yourself yourself something to look forward to and take $200 off: use code EARLYBIRD for (valid through October 15). You know the deal! Link in bio for more details and inclusions, room options, and to reserve your spot. Photo 4 by past retreater @toryrust 💙🧿
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NEW YIA MAS PODCAST WITH @nomikikonst 🧿 Whew, friends. We covered a lot of ground on this one! Nomiki Konst and I reconnected from our respective islands for a deep dive into everything from Greek geopolitics and Greek/Italian folk magic to her family’s roots in Epirus and its fascinating (and often tragic) history. And yes... the island internet gave us a run for our money #greekinternet, so forgive a few dropped frames, awkward pauses, and lost moments along the way. Think of it as leaving a little to the imagination! If you don’t already know Nomiki, she’s a brilliant investigative journalist, political strategist, and founder of both Kefi Strategies and Matriarch (an organization training working-class women to run for office). She was a national surrogate for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 campaigns, served on the DNC Unity & Reform Commission, and has helped lead major grassroots victories nationwide. You might also recognize her as the co-host of Rising or from her commentary across CNN, MSNBC, and SiriusXM. Grab a cafedaki (or aperitif) and give it a listen this weekend 🏺listen for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts:)
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REFLECTING ON ALMOST A DECADE OF YIA MAS RETREATS. 🏺🧿 Since 2018, we’ve had the deep privilege of leading and teaching on retreats across Greece. From the Cyclades to the majestic mountains of Epirus, our mission has always been to share the magic inherent in the Greek land, as well as our living traditions, music, dance, and ancient wisdom. As we prep to announce our first couple of 2027 offerings I’ve been reflective! It’s surreal that it’s been nearly a decade since I began teaching in Greece. It started in Paros, where I was first invited to teach, followed by Corfu with @mythsnmuses at Domes Miramare, and a sweet “mini” retreat in Koufonisia. Then came 2020—cancellation of our Andros retreat, pauses, and the necessary shifting of plans. Not to mention a lot of personal growth and the beginning of hosting virtual workshops that reached people literally around the globe. Since then, and as much as navigating new motherhood has allowed, we’ve gathered momentum, hosting cultural immersions and retreats in Amorgos, Serifos, Skyros, and Epirus, to name a few. Yogic practices have also been part of many of our retreats, and I have to offer my gratitude and credit to Indian culture, Katonah Yoga, and the teachers who kept those traditions alive. Weaving together eastern and western (re: Ancient Greek) wisdom has become a true passion. What fills our cups (tiny amphoras! Hehe) most are the people. Witnessing the profound transformations thtat happen over a few shared days, and watching lifelong friendships bloom long after we go our respective ways, is the greatest gift of this work. None of this exists without our incredible collaborators! The co-hosts and facilitators who bring their magic, and the locals on the ground who open their homes and hearts to us. And above all, the land (herbs, mountains, elements, secrets) remains our constant guide, our greatest teacher, and our endless muse. YIA MAS (that means cheers!) to almost ten years of gathering, and to all the dances to danced, paths to be walked, and places yet to be experienced together. 💙
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«με τη βάρκα μου τη γυάλα θα σε πάρω μαυρομάλλα στη Δονούσα στο Σταύρο» 🏺 SUMMER CUPS FILLED. Nothing like saving your vacation for Virgo season to savor the final sweet sips of summer. Grateful to have this island in our “neighborhood” of the Small Cyclades. A trip with a toddler is certainly a different type of “vacation” - much less restorative 🤭 but sweet in so many ways. We are gifted what the Buddhists might call Beginner’s Mind when we get present alongside them. I also didn’t make a dent in my book but hey, maybe next time. And beautiful to celebrate the Exaltation of the cross on an island where the celebrations last TWO days. These traditions are alive and well among young folks, we love to see it. While the time “off” was short, it made a dent. Simply by being less online I felt a lot of feelings that likely exist constantly as an underlying low hum, but are typically buried in the busyness of daily life and the darn internet. A post to come on why this jaunt further affirmed for me why retreats are necessary, especially in a world where we get so little quiet time to be with our beings.
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APOKRIES TRIP 2027 🧿 SAVE THE DATE! Labor Day has come and gone, and while ‘back to school’ mode has entered the chat, most of us need something to look forward to. And so: excited to share that our semi-annual Apokries small group immersion returns this March. Past trips have taken us to Skyros, Epirus, and Naoussa, and we’re offering a new location with a different flavor this year… stay tuned for more ;) COMMENT or DM us if you want to be on the early access email list! This trip fills up quickly and it’s going to be a fun one! 🐴 🌈🇬🇷
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summer 2026 reminiscing (even though summer is not over until sept 22!): the most celebratory summer of my life! i love summer let’s make the next one even more fun! cake! diples! petinos! being a bride in the bride’s room at church! love! kokanee! anchovies in croatia! husband! swimming! silly nights in hvar! competitive greek folk dance legends! frappe n’ freddo! monemvasia! jumbo! i ❤️ ny! gildas! babushka doggie! pota’s! i don’t dance zembekika unless it’s my wedding!
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A NOD TO YIA MAS AT OUR WEDDING ON AMORGOS🏺 An anniversary share! I did not set out to have a Yia Mas wedding in any way, but when we were planning the gifted Psimeni Raki (traditional spiced drink of Amorgos), my brilliant planner @christy.lagiou suggested adding Yia Mas to the tag. And it just made sense…. as most of our followers know, Yia Mas means cheers. Then we said, why not add matching custom labels to the table wine just to be cheeky? 🤭 Our wedding flowers and colors also wound up being the classic Yia Mas greens and peachy earth tones. It just kind of happened. Thank you again, Christy, for talking me out of the muted whites I initially chose and into something that filled the traditional Cycladic space that is Agia Paraskevi with COLOR. And thank you to my talented friend @ahleeshr for designing the labels! Just a few shots of the Yia Mas flavored details 🏺🌿 in my feelings looking back on this day, can’t wait to share more about the traditions we honored and, most importantly, the love and fun in the air on August 30th.
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YIA MAS! The podcast is LIVE 🧿⏺️🏺Welcome to our new space for longer-form conversations with our brilliant friends and collaborators, as well as solo episodes - more on that below. She’s not perfect, and there’s no intro music yet. For now, we’re excited to simply release this into the world and fine tune as we go. You can listen to our first two episodes now on Spotify and YouTube, AD FREE and for free 🧿 A few things you can expect from these transmissions: 🧿 A combination of solo episodes and engaging guests 🧿 Diaspora Dialogues on a broad range of topics, even the difficult ones 🧿 Travel in Greece: insights, tips, and more 🧿 Rants and reflections on the state of the wellness industry, social media, AI, and, well, the world. Yes, things unrelated to Greece or Greek stuff! 🧿 Actual practical episodes on how to live better as inspired by Greece’s land, ancient wisdom, and folk practices (aka the entire ethos of Yia Mas since 2018). We recorded an incredible episode on Greek Folk Magic in the digital age with our friend and guest teacher @nikokatos. Niko is an educator and cultural researcher who learned folk practices directly from his grandparents. He has also guest taught several amazing classes on the mati and folk magic for our online classes. This is a treat to listen to and a great way to kick off our guests. LISTEN NOW FOR FREE! And please follow the show 🏺 I am notoriously bad at asking for support, so here we are. 💙
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ON FILM ☀️🧿 FOR THE LOVE OF GREEK SUMMER. I have a confession: I intentionally try not to over post about Greek summer all year round. Firstly, our Yia Mas ethos is rooted in seasonal living and sharing the magic of Greece beyond its most Instagrammed season. Spring here takes my breath away. That being said… there’s nothing like Greek summer, period. Here are some photos from a past retreat on Amorgos. I love how the film adds a tinge of nostalgia, NO FILTER. This island, which we now call our summer home, genuinely does feel suspended in time - a balm in an era when reality itself bends around us via technology. While the islands around us feel increasingly overbuilt, I’m grateful for Amorgos unpretentiously being what it is. Perhaps I’m a glutton for nostalgia (history and art history major here), but we just can’t help it.
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GREEK GRACE RECEIVED 🏺SOLSTICE RETREAT RECAP 🌞🧿 Our cups overfloweth from a retreat week spent immersed in movement, meditation, Greek dance, local culture, community, magical herbs and flower essences, pranayama, and the sea. Thank you as always to our incredible retreaters for your trust and energy. °.🐚⋆❀˖°🫧This was our 4th retreat with the incomparable @lulusoni - a friend, teacher, and true embodied SOMATICAL guide on the path. This retreat has evolved into a summer ritual and I’m so grateful to co-create that container with Lulu. And so: keep an eye out for next summer’s edition, coming in hot during Leo season with a RIPE recipe for deep embodiment and receiving and joy. 🤌🏽 We’ll release dates soon. 🌊In true sensitive soul fashion, I’m reflecting on how grateful I am to share the island that’s become my part time home. I feel passionately about experiences that tap into local culture: What a privilege to share this, AND for the opportunity to experience the island anew through retreaters’ eyes. 🏺These retreats (you truly RETREAT from your day to day existence and identity) are a gift. Many clichés abound, and the funny thing is, most of them ring true. These experiences help us remember to *remember* how to open our hearts, expand our perception, tap into the magic of communal movement + breath… and have more fun. Lulu, my Earth sign partner, you’re a gift! The best co-pilot for opening hearts and expanding sweet summer joy. Also, shrimps. A timelapse of magical rooftop practices 🌊☁️ Local panigyria (festivals) with ancient roots 🏺 Lulu sniffing the most incredible Amorgian sage 🌿 CUPS FULL, CORKS POPPED 🤌🏽 A family affair for Greek dance 🪩 More local culture and joy. Because we don’t just come here to practice yoga! Savasana 🌞 ripening under the sun Our herbal sensei A moment of release YIA MAS MEANS CHEERS AGAIN, the sage. Flower essences are magical HALF MOON 🤝 THE SUN GIFTS ☀️ Boat day and the clearest waters 🌊 Pure joy and gratitude SOLSTICE EVE SUNSET 🌞
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time well spent on amorgos an island my dear friend now calls home greek grace, summer solstice retreat a portal for remembrance & play we bathed in the glittery waters of the aegean extended our hands to the sky as if we could touch the sun channeled our inner greek goddess meditated on vastness•loving kindness•gratitude•surrender practiced boat pose 1000x times stared up at the rock formations, cliffs and peaks and thought about dean potter walking against the skyline under a full moon (maybe just me, confirming i have the rock climbing itch) squeezed every last bit of juice from the lemons learned that the flowers of st. johns wart are like little suns and it is a ritual to harvest on the solstice smiled so big my face hurt when bb phoebe surprised us for greek dance and thought about two summers ago when she was along for the whole retreat ride inside kristina’s belly picked wild sage and said thank you, thank you, thank you to the land gasped in awe at the moonlight dancing over the water this is simply a sliver of the magic! it is a privilege to travel freely, one that i will never take for granted- but it is our birthright to feel, share, rest, and connect. thank you to our incredible group of retreaters who made this week so special, and to my brilliant friend, co-host, and visionary @kristinadelphi. it is a gift to work side by side with you, the recipe just gets sweeter because the foundation is built with integrity. honoring the land, the culture, and the magic of greece. @yia.mas x somatical ♾️ greek grace summer solstice retreat 2026 🌞 ευχαριστώ if any of this gave you the ping to take the leap to join us next summer, dm me your email to be added to the list for early sign up. (and yes ps: teachers, we heard you ❤️ july peak summer 2027 it is).
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