FOURTH NATURE

A Katonah Yoga Incubator

With Dages Juvelier Keates & Josie Schweitzer
With special guest Nevine Michaan

March 21 – June 13, 2027
30 hours live online via Zoom + 20 hours in person at Katonah Collective (June 10–13, 2027)
Schedule: Two Sunday 2.5-hour workshops plus two 1-hour classes per month, 11 am ET
Investment: $2,200 early bird / $2,400 after December 21, 2026
50 hours toward KYC certification accreditation | Limited to 24 participants

Yoga is a lifelong practice. We return to the mat, the breath, and the movement again and again, with the desire to define, refine, inform, reform, and grow a body capacious and stable enough to hold a big mind and a great life. Somewhere along the way, what we receive begins to ask to be given back in our own form. Many of us find the desire to teach our practice, to share what we have spent years and decades exploring on our own mats. At a certain point, we want to make something new and share it!

Inspired by the three-part structure of Katonah practice, we will braid this incubator through three facets:

  • Body: home practices, restorative setting up one’s own circumstances and organizing one’s resources and vision (online)
  • Mind: deep diving into theory, maps, myths, and metaphors
  • Spirit: playing together, getting team spirit, being in community, getting in touch with hands-on adjustments and time well spent together

The result of this braid is the Fourth Nature!

This mentorship is a container for what we want to grow from the spring equinox through the summer solstice. It is a three-month incubator for those who love the practice and are ready to make something new, step into it, and grow the seed of their communal vision. That seed might be a weekly class that finally comes together, a workshop that has lived in a notebook for years, a retreat, or a piece of writing that wants to find its readers. This is a season of extended study and self-exploration in the art of practice and the craft of teaching, and we accompany you through the long, uneven, deeply rewarding work of bringing your project into the world.

The training draws on Dages and Josie’s decades of teaching and on the living transmission of Katonah Yoga as it has been developed and shared by Nevine Michaan.

Each participant will develop a project over the course of the mentorship. For teachers, it might look like practice teaching and receiving feedback, building syllabi and sequencing across weeks rather than single classes, shaping the architecture of a workshop or retreat, and continuing the self-inquiry that keeps a teacher’s offering alive rather than rehearsed. Others might focus on projects outside of a yoga framework, or on tuning up their own practices. The structure builds momentum through ongoing workshops, classes, small-group work, and buddy work designed to make one’s project real and sustainable.

First nature is what we inherited; second nature is what we have trained; third nature is how we do it; fourth is what we make of it!

About the teachers

Dages Juvelier Keates is a teacher, writer, and artist working at the intersection of Katonah Yoga, breathwork, somatics, and writing. A senior teacher in the Katonah lineage since 2012, she has taught across studios, universities, festivals, and cultural institutions throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. She is the author of Radical Acts of Embodiment and Breath Magic: Portals to Presence. dagesjuvelierkeates.com

Josie Schweitzer is an E-RYT 500 Katonah Yoga teacher whose classes weave fluid movement, pranayama, kundalini, and meditation into a structured, present-moment practice. Deeply influenced by Nevine Michaan, she has developed her own 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings and leads workshops and intensives globally. josieschweitzer.com

Prerequisites & audience

This program is designed for dedicated practitioners, movement teachers, somatics enthusiasts, and creative thinkers who have a foundational familiarity with Katonah Yoga concepts or a serious commitment to deep practice and self-exploration. Whether you are looking to refine a class syllabus, launch a new creative project, or deepen your personal practice, this container offers the structure and community to support your growth.

Calendar & workshop schedule

Live online via Zoom: March 21 – June 6, 2027

  • Sunday workshops (2.5 hours each): held twice monthly on select Sundays at 11:00 am ET.
  • Weekly practice classes (1 hour each): every Tuesday at 11:00 am ET on non-workshop weeks.

In-person intensive at Katonah Collective

  • June 10–13, 2027: 20 hours of hands-on adjustments, community immersion, and final project presentations in person.

Payment & refund policy

A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required upon acceptance to secure your spot. Full payment is due prior to the start of the program. Early bird tuition ($2,200) applies to payments completed by December 21, 2026; standard tuition ($2,400) applies thereafter. Cancellations made more than 30 days before the start date will receive a refund minus the deposit. No refunds are available within 30 days of the start date.

Application & next steps

Space is limited to 24 participants to ensure individual feedback and community engagement. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.