BODY SONG
A Day of Yoga, Deep Listening, Sound Bath Meditations, and Exquisite Plant-Focused Food.
Join us for our next retreat on October 24th at Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center in Mount Tremper NY
For this event only, add our new “after hours” Sonorium and food experience COLOR PALATE
Details and tickets below…
BODY SONG
Saturday October 24th, 2026
10-10:30AM: Welcome and Introduction
10:30-11:45 AM: Yoga Movement and Breath Practices with Lea Bender
11:45 AM-12:15PM: Vocal toning with drone instruments for nervous system regulation and deep relaxation with Katie Down
12:30-2PM: Lunch by Lauren Tanchum
2-2:45PM: Tour of Matagiri grounds and Sonorium demonstration
2:45-3:45PM: Deep listening sound walk with Katie
4-5PM: Sound Bath and Yoga Nidra with Katie and Lea
6-8PM: COLOR PALATE “after hours” offering with immersive Sonorium and food experience by Adam Taylor and Lauren Tanchum (ticketed separately)
BodySong Price List:
Day Retreat 10AM-5PM $135 per person
Color Palate 6PM-8PM $60 per person
Yoga Practice
with Lea Bender
Yoga and Meditation
• Opening and releasing
• Gentle practice with options to go deeper into poses
• Self massage and yoga breath techniques for reducing tension
• Yoga Nidra (full body guided relaxation)
• Meditation
To learn more about Lea, please visit: www.leabenderyoga.com
Sound and Deep Listening Practice
with Katie Down
Toning and Sounding
• Experience the profound shifts in energy, focus and somatic experiences through group vocal toning, singing, and rhythm work.
• Together, we will engage in simple, guided experiences focusing on the power of our voice, our breath, and the biorhythms of our nervous system with the support of musicking together.
• Percussion instruments will be on hand for all to use and experience the phenomenon of entrainment and collaborative expression of the self through sound.
Sound Bath Meditation
• Sound Bath Meditations are Deep Listening® experiences focusing on the phenomenon of listening with and to the whole body. Instruments include gongs, metal and crystal singing bowls, monochords, flutes, percussion instruments such as handpans, mbirias, shakers and drums.
To learn more about Katie, please visit: www.katiedown.com
Meals & Food Experiences
with Lauren Tanchum
Meal rituals will focus on the following:
• Align our bodies with the wisdom of our plant allies
• Construct a palette around locally sourced organic ingredients to evoke setting and a holistic feeling of nourishment.
• Food will be prepared with gentleness and items considered food waste will be reconstituted as viable ingredients wherever possible e.g. juice pulp, gourd seeds, etc.
• Teach plant-based food techniques that can translate into daily food rituals.
• Enjoy meals as a sangha.
To learn more about Lauren and her kitchen at Café Joust, please visit:
Sonorium
with Adam Taylor
post retreat programming:
COLOR PALATE An Immersive sonorium and food experience presented by Adam Taylor and Lauren Tanchum
The Sonorium:
Experience color at the crossroads of our many senses.
Step into the Sonorium, an immersive sound therapy experience, newly established in the Hudson Valley. And in collaboration with BodySong, Adam will be providing a group sensory experience of sound and color: layered tones, resonant instruments and live sound woven together within an immersive field of color and light. Each sound and color pairing invites you to notice how tone and hue speak to one another and how they are felt within the experience of the body.
At the heart of this experience is a slow unfolding: color gradients that shift almost imperceptibly, designed in tandem with transitional states of sound. As one tone dissolves into the next, so does the light — inviting you to track the threshold spaces between states rather than fixed moments, and to notice how perception itself softens at the edges.
Space is intimate by design. Depending on group size, you'll be seated or reclining, settled into stillness for a meditative, introspective journey. There's nothing to do here but arrive, soften, and let the sound and light move around and through the body.
This is Sonorium Hudson Valley's first formal group light and sound experience, and this is an invitation to be among the first to explore this territory with us.
For more information about the Sonorium experience, please visit: www.sonoriumhudsonvalley.com
The Food:
Chef Lauren Tanchum invites you on a terpene tasting journey, exploring the aromatic compounds that give plants their distinctive scents and flavors and can also influence how we feel.
Limited Capacity, reserve here.
FAQ
How does BodySong registration work?
To participate in the Body Song Retreat on October 24, 2026, you must purchase your tickets and register with Matagiri, our venue partner, HERE.
Prior to the event, you will receive an introductory email from our organizers providing details about schedule, attire and dietary restriction requests.
Do I need special equipment?
A yoga mat and props will be provided. If you prefer practicing with your own mat, specific props, personal blankets or meditation cushions, you are welcome to bring your own items for personal comfort.
Do you offer accommodations for special dietary needs? And are your meals made with organic ingredients?
Body Song provides a plant-focused menu that includes low processed plant-sourced proteins. We only use organic ingredients with the intention of also sourcing and building our menus around seasonal produce cultivated within a 50 mile radius of our retreat stay. The chef will accommodate any food allergy and sensitivity needs on an individual basis without compromising the guests holistic experience of the retreat meal programming.
Are overnight accommodations available?
The retreat itself is only one day, but if you would like to spend the night at Matagiri, where BodySong is held, there are a few rooms available. You can add a room when you sign up for the retreat. There are also many wonderful AirBnB’s and other lodging options in the area.
