PURE BEAUTY YOGA & AYURVEDA connects mind and body through traditional healing therapies that trace back to the ancient civilizations of India. Our Ayurvedic and Yogic therapies are designed to cleanse, detoxify and refresh.
Ayurvedic therapies have been derived from a 5,000-year-old system of healing. This time-honored system of living is used to maintain health and educate, both in the physical and mental planes.
Practiced by the great sages of ancient India, Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of holistic medicine defined as Knowledge of Life (Ayu meaning life and veda meaning knowledge). Our Ayurveda program offers a truly authentic, comprehensive, and customized experience that is designed for each individual guest. Our experienced practitioners and specialists create a personalized wellness program that is focused on restoring the health and balance of guests through Eastern holistic therapies and guidance from an authentic Indian perspective.
Practitioners who are experts in ancient Ayurveda therapies address the root cause of each guest’s health issues during an immersive, regimented stay and incorporate a variety of healing techniques to treat and educate those dedicated and committed to living a better life.
Hatha is a very broad term that encompasses all the physical practices of yoga such as Asanas (physical postures), Pranayama (breathing exercises), Concentration, and Meditation. In the word Hatha, ha means “sun,” and tha means “moon.” Therefore, “Hatha yoga” is the practice that enables a practitioner to balance his or her solar and lunar energies. Hatha yoga helps to strengthen the body and the mind gain flexibility, strength, stamina, and balance.
Kriyas are cleansing techniques, these purifying practices that we offer have wide-ranging health benefits, by bringing balance to the physical and pranic body. Jala Neti (Neti pot), Sutra Neti, Kapalabhati (skull shining breath), Vamana Dhouti and Trataka are some of the kriyas.
Nasal Cleansing Through Lukewarm Saline Water
Cleanse your sinuses and breathe easier with this cleansing technique. Neutral saline water is passed through oral breathing from left nostril to the right nostril (and vice-versa) for about 5 to 7 minutes. It can effectively treat conditions like rhinitis, sinusitis, nose block, DNS (deviated nasal septum), and all allergic conditions.
Frontal Cleansing Breathing Exercise
Open up your lungs and experience a heightened awareness of breath. This cleansing exercise involves continuously exhaling one breath per second without inhalation. Through this exercise, the lungs are emptied and inhalation is improved. This is an effective exercise for the lungs, chest cavity, and abdominal organs.
Gazing Eye Exercises
Cleanse and comfort your eyes with this revitalizing cleansing technique. In this therapy, guests are asked to focus on one point (such as a point on the wall, a candlelight, or the tip of a thumb), until tears fall from their eyes. The eyes are then given a soft touch by the palms for a minute. This exercise can improve eyesight, concentration, and mental stability.
Nasal Cleansing With A Disposable Rubber Catheter
Enjoy the breath of fresh air you’ve been seeking with this yoga therapy. In this cleansing technique, a rubber catheter is slowly inserted through the nasal passage by entering the nostril and exiting the mouth. The slow and relaxed movement of the catheter in the nasal passage can help clear up congestion and making breathing easier.
Stomach Cleansing Through Lukewarm Saline/Herbal Water
Cleanse your body of harmful toxins with this yoga therapy. In this cleansing technique, the guest will drink hot water treated with lemon and/or a pinch of salt to induce vomiting. This technique can be effective for guests suffering from acidity, indigestion, cold, cough, asthma, migraine, and headaches. If you suffer from conditions such as stomach ulcers or colitis, you should avoid this cleansing technique.
Asana or Yoga postures are performed to improve flexibility, strength, and balance. The use of breathing and focus during practice can help relieve stress and anxiety. The yoga postures are not just simple physical exercises but rather used holistically as a mind-body practice to improve physical, mental, and spiritual health. Asanas – the yoga postures are part of the Hatha yoga practice, a branch of yoga combining physical movements and breathing techniques. A number of sitting, reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing postures are taught here at YO1 as per the need.
Sun Salutations, or Surya Namaskar, are traditionally performed in the morning to greet the new day. This sequence of postures or Asanas are connected by jumping or stretching movements and can be a complete practice in itself or can prepare you for a longer Yogasana routine. Each time you flow through this sequence of postures, one should synchronize the breath with the movements of the body. Sun Salutations provide a good cardiovascular workout, stretch every part of the body, and when used with breath, coordinate the body with the mind. This sequence of practice takes the spine through almost every possible range of motion. Surya Namaskar can be used as a warm-up routine.
Pranayama or Yogic breathing is defined as the “control of life force – Prana,” and is aimed at increasing vital energy in the body and mind. In our group classes, as well as individual private classes, classical breathing techniques are taught that help regulate the entire body and mind. Yogic breathing techniques reduce anxiety and depression and positively impact mood.
Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercises
In this breathing technique, guests inhale slow and deep breaths through one nostril and exhale from the other nostril. This pattern is repeated 5-10 times and inhalation and exhalation alters between nostrils. This alternative breathing pattern brings balance to the left nostril (Chandra naadi) and the right nostril (Surya naadi).
Right Nostril Breathing
This right nostril breathing activates Pingala nadi, which represents masculine sun energy. The practice of Surya Bhedana Pranayama is done by inhaling completely through the right nostril, holding the breath and then exhaling through the left nostril. It increases the digestive fire.
Psychic Breathing Exercises
For this technique, the guest sits in a comfortable posture with their eyes closed. The guest then inhales through the nose by congesting the throat, creating a hoarse gushing sound. This is repeated in the exhalation process too and should be carried out for 5 to 10 rounds.
Cooling Breath Exercise
Sheetali Pranayama is practiced by sticking your tongue out and rolling the lateral edges upward so that the tongue forms a tube. Guests will then inhale through the curled tongue. It is also known as Cooling Breath Exercise as it is very effective in cooling the body, the mind, and the emotions. This practice balances Pitta and clears excess heat.
Hissing Breath Exercise
Sheetkari Pranayama is recommended for yogis who have difficulty practicing Sheetali Pranayama and is used to regulate the body temperature and still the mind. It also controls hunger and thirst, reduces stress, helps lower blood pressure and benefits those fighting insomnia.
Humming Bee Breathing Exercises
For this exercise, the guest is seated in a comfortable position to practice inhalation and exhalation through a humming sound. This gives the effect of sound vibration all over the body and can release the mind of agitation, frustration, and anxiety. It is also known as ‘Humming Bee Pranayama’. It strengthens and improves the voice, supports the healing of bodily tissues, induces sound sleep and soothes the nerves.
Bellows Breathing Exercises
It is done by exhaling and contracting the abdominal muscles quickly and forcefully, followed by a quick diaphragmatic inhalation and letting the abdominal muscles relax completely. The practice of bhastrika energizes every atom of the body and purifies it. It helps increase Prana, clarify the mind and strengthen immunity.
Meditation is about training ourselves in awareness. One is learning to observe thoughts or feelings, without judgment and eventually start to understand them. It helps to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state by easing the mind and reducing stress. Types of meditations we offer here are Mantra meditation, breath awareness, Vipassana, and guided/ visual meditations. Meditation helps fight addictions, improves sleep, helps control pain, reduces stress and anxiety, promotes clearer thinking and brain power, increase attention span and memory, enhances self-awareness, promotes emotional health and may lower blood pressure.
Yoga Nidra or Psychic Sleep is a guided relaxation where one achieves a state between wakefulness and sleep. The awareness is internalized in Yoga Nidra which is sleep with full awareness. In the practice of Yoga Nidra, the body sleeps but the mind remains awake listening to the instructions. The instructor verbally guides one through a journey of body, mind, spirit, and breath exploration as well as using images and verbal cues to help one feel deeply relaxed, moving in and out of this hypnogogic state. Yoga Nidra heals trauma, reduces PMS symptoms, improves sleep, lower stress levels, and reduces chronic pain.
Flow Yoga is a steady and continuous flow of postures that incorporates breath with movement. Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutations are a key part of a Flow yoga class. Sun salutations help align the chakras and brings the body the energy of the sun thus increasing vitality. Flow Yoga also builds internal heat and can help to detoxify the body. This yoga style’s fast-paced and athletic, strength-building approach also helps to improve cardiovascular and respiratory health and increase bone density.
Prenatal yoga can be a great way to prepare for childbirth. Much like other types of childbirth-preparation classes, prenatal yoga is a multifaceted approach to exercise that encourages stretching, mental centering and focused breathing. Benefits – Improve sleep, Reduce stress and anxiety,Increase the strength, flexibility and endurance of muscles needed for childbirth, Decrease lower back pain, nausea, headaches and shortness of breath.
Yoga can enhance your child’s strength, coordination and flexibility, while encouraging body awareness and self-esteem. It can reduce your child’s anxiety and stress and promote a sense of calmness. Yoga helps children improves children’s emotional regulation, enhances children’s concentration and memory and develops children’s strength and flexibility.
At PURE BEAUTY YOGA & AYURVEDA, we have always been guided by the mission to empower individuals to live their best life. YO1, or “Yovan” in Sanskrit, means youthful and represents the human quest of attaining eternal youth through a complete rejuvenation of mind, body and spirit. Our wellness center offers a true sense of place that allows guests to experience this rejuvenation by taking a deep and thoughtful examination of their health and inner well-being for comprehensive wellness.
At PURE BEAUTY YOGA & AYURVEDA, we have always been guided by the mission to empower individuals to live their best life. YO1, or “Yovan” in Sanskrit, means youthful and represents the human quest of attaining eternal youth through a complete rejuvenation of mind, body and spirit. Our wellness center offers a true sense of place that allows guests to experience this rejuvenation by taking a deep and thoughtful examination of their health and inner well-being for comprehensive wellness.
With the gentle guidance and mentorship of our world-class wellness concierge, guests are able to follow customized, holistic pathways that address the root causes of their health concerns. Guests will not only find the relief they’ve been searching for, but they will be given the opportunity to learn the constitution of the human body and explore how Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Yoga, and Acupuncture can be incorporated into their wellness journey for longevity and wellness beyond their stay.
Progress moves us forward without Situated in the tranquil Catskills Mountains in Monticello, New York, YO1 Wellness Center is accessible to millions of individuals. Resting on over 1,300 acres of pristine landscape, including the historic and impressive Kutsher property, YO1 offers guests the fresh air and serenity needed to make the profound changes in their lives that they are seeking.
A customized blend of Ayurvedic and Naturopathic therapies allows guests to experience the true power of YO1 as they fortify the connection between mind and body and achieve greater awareness of their inner well-being. Mindful meditation techniques and rejuvenating therapies encourage immunity and harmony in the body, while carefully-planned, organic meals support the body’s efforts to detoxify and nourish.
Rather than provide temporary fixes or short-term solutions, guests are provided with an immersive and authentic experience focused on practicing a more natural lifestyle and achieving lasting wellness. We offer guests the necessary tools, atmosphere, and motivation they need to seriously commit to their health and transform their life.
No matter where you are on your wellness journey, you will find YO1 to be a place of renewal and exploration. Come and experience what it means to restore health and balance in your body through natural therapies and conscious cuisine. The vitality and self-healing you will accomplish here will be nothing like you’ve experienced before.
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