Camp Yogaville 2018
with Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz, IYM, E-RYT 200, RCYT, YACEP, Sam Eberle, Meera Ellen Mangum, E-RYT 200, B.S. and Chris McCooey, M.A.
July 8 - 22, 2018
Camp Yogaville is Integral Yoga® for kids—a 2-week-long Yoga summer camp in the heart of Virginia for children ages 8 to 12 (we’re flexible!) It’s a great opportunity for your kids to share and relate to one another in a yogic way.
Your children will:
- Enjoy 700+ acres for activities like swimming, hiking, and crafting
- Learn about yogic ideals, like compassion and nonviolence
- Eat delicious, nourishing, and healthy vegetarian meals
- Practice Hatha Yoga every morning
- Learn about Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Sleep in rustic cabins
- Learn a few Sanskrit chants
- Gain strength, confidence, and cultivate peace
Your kids can attend one week or both weeks.
Full Camp (2 weeks)
Date: July 8–22, 2018
1 week only
Date: July 8–15, 2018
Date: July 15–22, 2018
Want to learn more?
Visit www.campyogaville.org for videos and updated information.
Presenters
Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz, IYM, E-RYT 200, RCYT, YACEP
Reverend Rudra was introduced to Integral Yoga and the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda in 2001. Since that time, he has been active in the Integral Yoga organization, living at Yogaville and the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. He recently completed Accessible Yoga Teacher Training offered through Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco. Rudra graduated from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and is an active musician. He leads Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) teacher trainings and has served as a Camp Yogaville director for 7 years. Rudra is a graduate of the All Faiths Seminary in New York, where he received ordination…
Learn more about Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz, IYM, E-RYT 200, RCYT, YACEP
Reverend Rudra was introduced to Integral Yoga and the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda in 2001. Since that time, he has been active in the Integral Yoga organization, living at Yogaville and the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. He recently completed Accessible Yoga Teacher Training offered through Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco. Rudra graduated from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and is an active musician. He leads Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) teacher trainings and has served as a Camp Yogaville director for 7 years. Rudra is a graduate of the All Faiths Seminary in New York, where he received ordination…
Learn more about Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz, IYM, E-RYT 200, RCYT, YACEP
Sam Eberle
Sam has lived in Yogaville for fifteen years and has served as a Camp Yogaville director for the last four years. In 2002, he spent two months building schools in Kenya and spent all his free time playing with the local children. Sam is the head of Shakticom, the Integral Yoga multimedia center in Yogaville, as well as the webmaster for Yogaville.org. He is also a member of Yogaville’s Board of Trustees.
Learn more about Sam Eberle
Sam has lived in Yogaville for fifteen years and has served as a Camp Yogaville director for the last four years. In 2002, he spent two months building schools in Kenya and spent all his free time playing with the local children. Sam is the head of Shakticom, the Integral Yoga multimedia center in Yogaville, as well as the webmaster for Yogaville.org. He is also a member of Yogaville’s Board of Trustees.
Learn more about Sam Eberle
Meera Ellen Mangum, E-RYT 200, B.S.
Meera was raised in Yogaville and attended the Yogaville Vidyalayam school, Tandem Friends School, and Charlottesville High School. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Integral Yoga institute in Coimbatore, India and is also certified as a Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) teacher. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and is an assistant teacher at a Montessori school in Richmond, VA. She has participated in Camp Yogaville for 17 years, beginning as a camper in 2001.
Learn more about Meera Ellen Mangum, E-RYT 200, B.S.
Meera was raised in Yogaville and attended the Yogaville Vidyalayam school, Tandem Friends School, and Charlottesville High School. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Integral Yoga institute in Coimbatore, India and is also certified as a Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) teacher. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and is an assistant teacher at a Montessori school in Richmond, VA. She has participated in Camp Yogaville for 17 years, beginning as a camper in 2001.
Learn more about Meera Ellen Mangum, E-RYT 200, B.S.
Chris McCooey, M.A.
Chris was introduced to Yoga practice and philosophy as a teen. Pursuing it through his undergraduate degree in religious studies, he first became certified as a Yoga teacher in 2009 at the University of Hyderabad. While pursuing his master’s degree at Naropa University, he received requests to share Yoga with children. Chris sought out Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) and received certification from Haris Lender in 2013. Chris was a KAY teacher trainer from 2014-2017, sharing the method of kids’ Yoga with adults and kids across the US and internationally. He’s been a camp counselor at Camp Yogaville since 2014 and…
Learn more about Chris McCooey, M.A.
Chris was introduced to Yoga practice and philosophy as a teen. Pursuing it through his undergraduate degree in religious studies, he first became certified as a Yoga teacher in 2009 at the University of Hyderabad. While pursuing his master’s degree at Naropa University, he received requests to share Yoga with children. Chris sought out Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) and received certification from Haris Lender in 2013. Chris was a KAY teacher trainer from 2014-2017, sharing the method of kids’ Yoga with adults and kids across the US and internationally. He’s been a camp counselor at Camp Yogaville since 2014 and…
Learn more about Chris McCooey, M.A.