Yoga Classes & Workshops

Friday, September 16

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8:30 – 9:45 AM Nicole Peltier Rock’n Raven Yoga for Freedom Rock your body, free your spirit, transform your life. Tap into your joy, rhythm, power and purpose from the call (“Kawwwwww”) of your wild heart. No yoga experience required to fly with this tribe. This edgy, beat-based yoga jam will inspire you to move, let go, let in and set yourself free. “The issues are in the tissues” (Nikki Myers) and “The Body Keeps the Score” (Bessel A. VDK), therefore, we can literally work through trauma with movement. But, listen up, this class will be fun, chill, “easy-does-it” and “move your groove-thang”. All levels, all styles, all ages, all traumas, all passions, all that you have to offer, all that you want to surrender, bring it here. All are welcome. This morning ritual will set you up for ultimate freedom for the rest of the festival.
10:00 – 10:50 AM Lindi B Love Embodied Exploration Lightly facilitated free form movement exploration – a culmination of yoga + ecstatic dance + contact improv + massage + wiggles + a whole lot of juicy-ness.
11:00 – 12:20 PM Liza Cary Yin/Vin Flow w/ Sound Activation Getting out of the head and into the body with nourishing slow flow intuitive movements. Cracking the heart open to receive. Following with a crystal bowl sound healing activation. Aligning the chakras and grounding into the earth. Root to rise. Her mission is to uplift the collective consciousness through movement, sound, breath, stillness, play and to be a vessel of LOVE.
12:30 – 1:40 PM Krista Jones River Flow Vinyassa Yoga Open your heart and get inspired by the flow of the river through this 70 minute vinyasa class.
2:00 – 3:30 PM Taylor Moore Divine Feminine Sexual Embodiment This workshop will be an invitation for women to connect to their sexuality, self-love, and grow in confidence. Our programming has taught women that we need to rely on outside sources to feel sexy, beautiful, and confident. Many women have the thoughts: “Oh, I could never be sexy. My body isn’t sexy. I can’t move like that.” This workshop is designed to guide women into movements that allow them to see how beautiful and sexy they really are, and to really embody that sexuality. Using her background of dancing and facilitating healing for women, Taylor will guide women through various movement meditations, dance moves, and affirmations, all geared towards creating that validation of beauty and “sexiness” from within. In addition to guided movement, women will have the space to move freely, exploring what it means to be sexy to them. At the end, we will learn a short sexy choreography to bring together everything learned in the workshop. We also will also learn techniques to regulate the nervous system when expressing ourselves in this way, how to cultivate safety within our bodies. We will close with a closing circle for sharing reflections.
3:40 – 5:00 PM Will Sechrist Yoga Nidra Meditation This guided mediation, typically done in a supported laying position, is an exploration of consciousness, supporting one’s understanding of the state of deep peace and wellbeing that is inherent to their being. Yoga nidra meditation is an ancient practice, reportedly taught as a fast track to enlightenment- taught only to the royal. Today, yoga nidra is helping those experiencing anxiety, depression, addiction, and PTSD. This class can provide deep relaxation, therapeutic benefit to the body and mind, and downloads of insights and wisdom.

Saturday, September 17

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9:00 – 10:15 AM Nicole Landrus Forrest Yoga You will connect with your body and feel strong, calm, and centered. In class, you learn to honor your edges and develop effective tools to deal with fear and struggle, while also having time to experiment and be creative on your mat. Through inversions and other playful poses, you face challenges and learn to navigate the breath in a supportive and strengthening way. Nicole brings a fun, light hearted energy to her classes. She emphasizes proper alignment to protect the body and loves giving hands on assists to help move energy, heal injuries and trauma, and increase the quality of breath.
10:30 – 11:30 AM Cassia Tapas Yoga A tapas practice is a very personal journey of purification and liberation through self-discipline. In Sanskrit, Tapasya means the generation of heat. By harmonizing the clearing and regenerative element of fire with sweet stillness and cleansing breath, you’ll be invited into a space of self-discovery and empowerment. Accessible to all, bring a mat and an open mind to this transformative practice.
11:45 – 1:00 PM Ananda Das Free Your Voice: A Singing and Mantra Workshop Your voice is the most intimate and beautiful expression of the heart and soul, yet most of us are so blocked, judgmental, and scared to share it. Is that you? Then please join Ananda Das as he shares some of his most effective tools to free and enrich the voice. He’ll give you the tools and inspiration to get you singing your heart open like never before.

In part 2, he’ll be sharing about the power of mantra and it’s healing and transformational effects. You’ll learn potent mantras and use them in kirtan, call and response singing. Mantra is perhaps the most profound, effective and prolific tool used in yoga. Come learn from someone who has dedicated much of his last 17 years to this practice. This will be very informative for anyone wanting to learn more or incorporate mantras into their daily lives.
1:15 – 2:15 PM Ashley Shafer Higher Self Embodiment The intention of this workshop is to create space in the body-energy system for our higher self to anchor into the physical body and energetic systems to inspire, direct, and extend ourselves out into this world.
2:30 – 3:45 PM Cynthia Chan Classical Feng Shui Influential Cycles of Chi Is there something in your life you wish to improve? There are corresponding environmental adjustments and cyclical awareness that can shift energy to bring about positive change in specific areas where you need help. Health, romance, relationships, career, financial issues — you name it — all of life’s circumstances fall under the Feng Shui umbrella of possibilities for increased awareness and improvement. This workshop will explain the Classical Feng Shui method and concentrate on how Chi/energy affects personality traits, quality of relationships, and phases of life. You will gain a better understanding about yourself and what you came to this world to experience.
4:00 – 5:30 PM Ashtani music, mantra and sharing circle experience This alchemical experience combines original inspirational music, kirtan, and group processing. Ashtani weaves her musical magick with her intuitive guidance as participants are led deeper within themSelves through the power of sacred sound, story-telling, and group sharing. This is a connective co-creative experience in which we will bring light into our darkest spaces as we explore the layers and octaves of the human experience. All of you is welcome in this container. Your vulnerable and authentic discovery of your own depth of intimacy is encouraged and supported.

Sunday, September 18

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8:30 – 9:30 AM Tia Iwasaki Freedom Through Foundation Bringing it back to the basics. This alignment focused asana practice builds a solid foundation to find more freedom and expression in familiar poses. Through nuanced ques we dissect asanas, creating a fresh perspective on fundamental poses. “If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
9:40 – 10:50 AM Lacy Archer Sol Shine Yoga Dabble in the depths with me as we weave from the fibers of our ancient subtle practices, oscillating within the essence of our physical, energetic, mental, and spiritual potential to experience, deepen, and expand our sacred interpersonal embodiment of life being lived in harmony for the longevity of vitality.
11:00 – 12:15 PM Larisa Stow The Awakening of the Collective Heart~The 6 Agreements of the WEvolution What if living inside the Six Agreements you become the change, the embodiment of what we all seek in the world, living from heart-centered awareness, compassionately leading humanity to higher ground?

In this workshop we will explore the Six Agreements of the WEvolution, flexing our WEspace muscles – utilizing mantra, personal and partner exercises to strengthen our capacity to create deeper, more collaborative and compassionate connection within ourselves and the world around us.
12:30 – 1:45 PM Nicole Landrus Rewiring the Brain
This workshop will begin to introduce new ways of breathing and moving to reach areas of your body that have been closed off, allowing space to be created to invite your spirits back home. We will practice the asana in ways that begin to break habitual patterns beginning to develop new neurological pathways in the brain. We will explore fear as it arrises while playing upside down and on our hands. Don’t worry, there is something for everyone and I will met you where you are at in your practice. We will learn ways to move out of our brain and into our bodies,
great tools to have when the monkey mind suggests old negative patterns.
2:00 – 4:00 PM Water Shepherd TRUTH, FREEDOM AND THE SELF In our striving to have a sense of belonging, we can find ourselves in situations of compromise and inauthenticity.  This is more than a “live your personal truth” workshop. Here, we will go into a deep and radical exploration of the self as reflected in subject, object, and group vantage points and then we will move into the silence of our Being with ultimate acceptance and freedom.