SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE:
FESTIVAL MEDITATION VIGIL: Jai Ram, Jim Earles, Jeff Wright and other experienced yogis will be sitting in stillness throughout the Festival. All participants are welcomed and encouraged to join them, even if for a few minutes, in the atrium that overlooks the Mississippi River.
5:00-7:00am - FREE Kundalini Yoga Session
7:30am - Registration Opens
8:30-10:30am - Session 1 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
10:00am - Marketplace Opens
11:00-12:30pm - Session 2 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
12:30-2:00pm - Lunch (included)
12:45-1:15pm - FREE lunchtime workshop
1:15-1:45pm - FREE lunchtime workshop
2:00-4:00pm - Session 3 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
4:15-5:30pm - FREE Sound Healing Meditation and Gong Immersion
7-9 pm SATURDAY EVENING CELEBRATIONS - Everyone is welcome!
Only $5.00 at the door!!
KEYNOTE & Book Signing with Max Strom
KIRTAN MUSIC CONCERT: Turbo Dog - Steve Emmerman and band
AWAKEN YOUR MORNING AWARENESS- ALL
with Jim Earles (Saturday & Sunday 5am-7am)
The Yoga of Awareness, as Kundalini Yoga is called, connects you to your soul in a dynamic, powerful way. Precisely and consciously combining breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, postures, and other techniques to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity, and purify the blood, it brings balance to the body, mind, and soul. Early morning offers the most effective time to do Kundalini Yoga, which is known as practicing sadhana (spiritual practice). Start your day with this soothing sadhana, a mix of yogic chanting, asana practice and meditation. Your soul will thank you.
All levels.
SESSION 1 WORKSHOPS: 8:30-10:30pm (choose one)
TEACH YOUR BEST CLASSES EVER: 10 STEPS TO BUST SELF-SABOTAGE AND FIND YOUR TRUE VOICE FOR YOGA...OR ANYWHERE!
with Sadie Nardini
Sadie is one of the most in-demand yoga instructors in the world, but she started out with just a few students in every class. With more learning, she grew that number into the hundreds. Unearth the top secrets and solutions available for any yogi who seeks to become the best, most dynamic, and student-attracting instructor possible.
Includes discussion / no asana.
OPENING THE CHEST AND SHOULDERS: A NEW STATE OF ENERGY
with Max Strom
Using a computer can strap us with the negative side effects of frozen shoulders, sore forearms, and injured wrists. We will target these issues with a special sequence of postures that opens the chest and shoulders. This induces an emotional sense of release and brings the mind into stillness and the body into a new state of energy. You’ll be challenged but leave with a profound sense of healing.
All levels (except absolute beginners).
YOGA THERAPEUTICS: The Rx Is WithIn
with Matthew J. Taylor
It is no secret that yoga offers practices proven to support health. You will discover how to use its ancient technologies to enhance your health or that of your patients. We will sort fact from fiction so you can sustain your soul, mind, and body in gentle, safe and simple practices the rest of your life. Appropriate for both medical professionals and the general population.
All levels.
YOGA FOR FOOD SENSITIVITY
with Scott Anderson
In the past, did you eat anything you desired, but now certain foods don’t agree with you anymore? Food sustains us on many levels, yet many of us struggle to receive the gift of sustenance. If you're among the growing number of people who find they are sensitive to foods like wheat, dairy, corn, or soy, you already know how food sensitivities can seriously impact quality-of-life. We'll explore food sensitivity as a symptom of immune system distress and discuss how an unregulated autonomic nervous system commonly causes this trouble. Explore simple breathing exercises that help cool an overheated nervous system, along with basic postures that facilitate a return to a less-finicky and more delicious approach to food.
All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS YOGA: Dance with the sun!
with Molly Schreiber
Come and dance with the sun! In this session, your child will learn and practice the fundamentals of yoga through breath, story, guided meditation, and yoga games. We will explain the basics and importance of ujjayi (pronounced OO-jai) breath and how to take it off the mat into the everyday world.
Ages 6-13 years.
SESSION 2 WORKSHOPS: 11:00-12:30pm (choose one)
MINDFULNESS YOGA: CONNECTING TO YOUR SOUL STORY
with Michelle Watters
Yoga is an amazingly effective tool for living a more meaningful and authentic life. In this insightful Phoenix Rising therapeutic yoga class, we will delve into the deeper dimensions of ourselves, including our thoughts and feelings, spirit and soul. This powerful practice utilizes your body as a vehicle to tune into your soul story and create moment-by-moment awareness through the asanas. If you are open to personal growth or desiring deeper vision into yourself, this practice is ideal. Personal reflection time with the option of journaling will be built into this class.
All levels.
HEART-CENTERED YOGA: UNLEASHING THE WISDOM OF YOUR SOUL
with Julia Theisen
Your soul shares in the interconnection of everything and everyone in the Universe. Your soul also possesses a phenomenal inner wisdom that guides both your physical and spiritual presence in this world. Connecting to the gifts of your soul aligns you with the flow of life and helps you manifest your true potential. This heart and soul-centered yoga class provides you with techniques that empower you to experience your interconnectedness, wisdom, and unlimited potential.
All levels.
OPEN YOUR BODY BY NON-STRETCHING
with Scott Anderson
Stretching is supposed to help prevent injury, but are you still plagued with aches, pains, and injuries? This isn't unusual; many dedicated yoga practitioners and people-who-stretch are actually irritating their muscles each time they practice. We'll examine the simple secret to safe and effective yoga and flexibility training. By cultivating a compassionate approach to working with our bodies, we’ll develop the most profound means to sustain the soul: compassion for self and others.
All levels.
STILLNESS PRACTICE: REST AND REFRESH
with Jeff Wright
The practice of stillness is the bedrock of yoga. Take an opportunity to absorb what you have received in other sessions. Refresh yourself with pure and simple stillness. Sit formally with Jeff, or just rest in your favorite restorative pose.
All levels.
THE POWER OF SELF-ISH YOGA
with Steve Emmerman & Talya Ring - Turbodog
An asana and energy-practice experience. Use your feelings to create a new internal dialogue. While most of us critique ourselves harshly, we are expected, as yogis, to be kind and loving towards everyone else. The only way we can accomplish this is to learn to accept ourselves as we are in each moment. Nobody can create this acceptance for you, you must create it from within. When you have the confidence that goes along with self-acceptance, you can then bring your gifts to the world. In this session you will learn practical tools to help you feel your true feelings without judgement, you will practice how to use the power of loving energy to help you love yourself more completely and you will gain valuable forgiveness tools to help you be more compassionate towards the parts of yourself you don't like. The way you speak to yourself will be changed forever... which for most, would be no small thing.
All levels.
FEED YOUR SOUL, RAISE YOUR VIBRATION
with Erin McGuire
As taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini Yoga and Meditation is known as the Yoga of Awareness. We will target a technique to open the heart and mind to your higher consciousness and remove fear blocks so you can sustain your soul and showcase it as the driving force in your life. What do you think and how do you feel? We will work toward new states of understanding around addictive emotions, thoughts keeping us stuck, and ways to liberate that energy. What are you feeding your soul (mentally, physically, emotionally)? We will highlight exercises for mind, body, and emotions all meant to feed the soul. "Travel Light. Live Light. Spread the Light. Be the Light.” Yogi Bhajan
All levels.
STANDUP PADDLEBOARD YOGA
with Kip & Laci Hoffmann
Learn basic SUP paddling stroke, technique, and safety on land with Kip - PaddleFit Level II Certified Instructor. After taking the paddling lesson to the water, participants will then practice a beautiful, slow-paced vinyasa flow taught by Laci, while floating in the water.
No previous SUP experience required. All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS YOGA GLOW
with Molly Schreiber
Allow your children to engage in more fun with dancing yoga! We will practice the fundamentals of yoga, review poses from the earlier session, rehearse yoga breathing, and participate—to music—in a fun and energizing yoga glow practice. Glow sticks and lively music will be their guides.
Ages 6-13 years.
FREE Lunch-Hour Presentation: 12:45-1:15pm
REbrand REvolution
with Julia Theisen & Kirstin Pope of brandessence
You have a brand - whether you know it or not. How people see you and how you perceive yourself should be a seamless and genuine reflection of your core values. We are here to share an exciting 4 week online program that will quickly help you get clear about your core values, educate you on how to genuinely express your beautiful, unique brand AND walk away with your individualized personal logo.
Interactive Presentation, Bring your lunch!
LAUGHTER YOGA
with Patrick Sterenchuck
Join us, for a rousing round of Laughter Yoga! Laughter Yoga combines fun and easy laughter exercises, with yogic breathing, to create a truly unique experience...that just happens to offer some real, scientifically proven benefits. Laughter Yoga is truly a harmonizing, healing, full-on body/mind experience, that anyone...regardless of experience, education, mood, or physical ability...can participate in. We could go on and on, but we believe that you will want to experience it for yourself!
All levels.
SESSION 3 WORKSHOPS: 2:00-4:00pm (choose one)
LEARNING TO FLY: THE NEW PHYSICS OF FLYING POSES FOR ANY LEVEL!
with Sadie Nardini
Why are many students frustrated or losing out on the most power and benefits in the flying poses? Because inversions, jump-forwards and arm balances have their roots in physics. Come experience Sadie’s 3 Steps to Rock Any Flying Pose, and no matter what your level, you’ll move toward mastery and freedom, today—and use this information to turbo-boost your practice forever!
All levels.
SOME DOORS OPEN ONLY FROM THE INSIDE: HEALING OUR SOUL WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATH WORK
with Max Strom
Yoga can spark within us the dawn of light, our higher nature, and the beginning of happiness in our lives. It is said that the human heart has a mind that is asleep within most of us, but when awakened becomes a powerful guiding voice. This voice of intuition, wisdom, and conscience counsels us to become truly human. We begin with a hopeful talk by Max and then integrate breathing exercises and gentle movement. The second half focuses on simple chants unfolding into a meditation, to open the door to insight and growth. The principles you learn will newly deepen your practice and inspire you on your path ahead. Bring your mat and writing materials.
(Please no recording equipment). All levels.
ILLNESS AND PAIN AS INVITATIONS TO CREATIVITY
with Matthew J. Taylor
Yoga offers a palette of creative tools for living fully with pain and illness. The new science of creativity points us back to the wisdom of yoga. You will leave confident that what you practice or suggest to your patients will prime the soul’s fullest expression through the body/mind experience. I promise no false panacea but rather real-world practices that have brought creative possibilities to even the most afflicted. Appropriate for both medical professionals and the general population.
All levels.
ACROYOGA
with L. D. Kidd
AcroYoga offers a joyful taste of yoga, acrobatics, and Thai massage all at once. We explore these harmonic elements while you work with partners to build a new sense of communication, trust, community, and soul-sustaining divine play. This session provides a safe environment for beginners and an opportunity for more experienced practitioners to refine their skills.
No partner necessary. All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS NUTRITION FOR THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL
with Scott and Beth Putnam
Have you ever wanted your kids to try new healthy foods? Is your kiddo a mini-chef looking for new ideas? This workshop will help your child explore and create a new relationship with simple, healthy foods, they will be excited to eat and share! Join us for an afternoon of learning, sharing, eating, and FUN!
Ages 6-13 years.
** Please note that foods at this event may include, peanuts, tree nuts, seeds, and other allergens.
HARNESSING YOUR OM: SOUND MASSAGE THROUGH GONG IMMERSION 4:15-5:30pm - Doug Mills & Linda Duehr
FREE
Have you ever experienced the ancient, holistic power of a gong bath? Wondering what that even is? With only about twelve 60-inch symphonic gongs residing in the U.S., now may be your only chance to immerse yourself in the audible beauty of the most resonant tone-producing instrument known. Bathe in its “om” vibrational frequency, which lives inside all creation—from the atom to the Universe. Just as a pebble’s effect ripples across a smooth lake, feel the gong’s relaxing, meditative, soothing yet energizing sound waves reverberate through your entire body. Bask in the body/mind balance that this gong immersion will create in you. It will open a doorway for you to reach your inner voice of higher consciousness, attain non-judgment, enhance your intuition and creativity, and maintain calm amid the storms of life. Allow it to strengthen your auditory, nervous, and immune systems. Treat yourself to this unique sound massage, and reconnect to your soul with the stress-reducing gifts of the gong.
FREE.
SATURDAY EVENING CELEBRATIONS 7-9PM
$5.00 at the door...Everyone is welcome!!
KEYNOTE: Max Strom
Think Globally-Teach Locally: Global teacher Max Strom, author of A Life Worth Breathing and There is No App for Happiness, makes an insightful and moving case for the yoga community to be a more potent catalyst of cultural transformation by teaching in a more inclusionary manner. A book signing will follow Max Strom's keynote.
KIRTAN CONCERT: Steve Emmerman and Band
Steve Emmerman says this about the concert...
"Our Kirtan makes people jump out of their seats and burst into spontaneous happy dances. Really! It is just that much fun. You'll get to belt out funky cool tunes and enjoy the same kind of yoga buzz you experience in your asana practice. And the best part is you don't even have to be singing on key. In fact, most people aren't, and no one cares or even notices.
Kirtan is one the world’s oldest forms of consciousness modification practices through music. What we now know scientifically is that when you practice Pranayama or sing intently for a long period of time, you undergo neurological changes, which produce a massive secretion of chemicals and neuropeptides that give you a feeling of bliss and well-being. It is the perfect medicine for today's high-intensity, stress-filled life.
We will be singing in Sanskrit (the ancient language of yoga) set to catchy, easy to learn melodies. It requires no experience, no strength, no flexibility, no knowledge of mantras or Yoga philosophy, no beliefs of any specific kind, and no singing expertise in order to have a deeply transformative experience.
FESTIVAL MEDITATION VIGIL: Jai Ram, Jim Earles, Jeff Wright and other experienced yogis will be sitting in stillness throughout the Festival. All participants are welcomed and encouraged to join them, even if for a few minutes, in the atrium that overlooks the Mississippi River.
5:00-7:00am - FREE Kundalini Yoga Session
7:30am - Registration Opens
8:30-10:30am - Session 1 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
10:00am - Marketplace Opens
11:00-12:30pm - Session 2 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
12:30-2:00pm - Lunch (included)
12:45-1:15pm - FREE lunchtime workshop
1:15-1:45pm - FREE lunchtime workshop
2:00-4:00pm - Session 3 Workshops: Choose one (Kids Yoga/Family Track runs simultaneously)
4:15-5:30pm - FREE Sound Healing Meditation and Gong Immersion
7-9 pm SATURDAY EVENING CELEBRATIONS - Everyone is welcome!
Only $5.00 at the door!!
KEYNOTE & Book Signing with Max Strom
KIRTAN MUSIC CONCERT: Turbo Dog - Steve Emmerman and band
AWAKEN YOUR MORNING AWARENESS- ALL
with Jim Earles (Saturday & Sunday 5am-7am)
The Yoga of Awareness, as Kundalini Yoga is called, connects you to your soul in a dynamic, powerful way. Precisely and consciously combining breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, postures, and other techniques to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity, and purify the blood, it brings balance to the body, mind, and soul. Early morning offers the most effective time to do Kundalini Yoga, which is known as practicing sadhana (spiritual practice). Start your day with this soothing sadhana, a mix of yogic chanting, asana practice and meditation. Your soul will thank you.
All levels.
SESSION 1 WORKSHOPS: 8:30-10:30pm (choose one)
TEACH YOUR BEST CLASSES EVER: 10 STEPS TO BUST SELF-SABOTAGE AND FIND YOUR TRUE VOICE FOR YOGA...OR ANYWHERE!
with Sadie Nardini
Sadie is one of the most in-demand yoga instructors in the world, but she started out with just a few students in every class. With more learning, she grew that number into the hundreds. Unearth the top secrets and solutions available for any yogi who seeks to become the best, most dynamic, and student-attracting instructor possible.
Includes discussion / no asana.
OPENING THE CHEST AND SHOULDERS: A NEW STATE OF ENERGY
with Max Strom
Using a computer can strap us with the negative side effects of frozen shoulders, sore forearms, and injured wrists. We will target these issues with a special sequence of postures that opens the chest and shoulders. This induces an emotional sense of release and brings the mind into stillness and the body into a new state of energy. You’ll be challenged but leave with a profound sense of healing.
All levels (except absolute beginners).
YOGA THERAPEUTICS: The Rx Is WithIn
with Matthew J. Taylor
It is no secret that yoga offers practices proven to support health. You will discover how to use its ancient technologies to enhance your health or that of your patients. We will sort fact from fiction so you can sustain your soul, mind, and body in gentle, safe and simple practices the rest of your life. Appropriate for both medical professionals and the general population.
All levels.
YOGA FOR FOOD SENSITIVITY
with Scott Anderson
In the past, did you eat anything you desired, but now certain foods don’t agree with you anymore? Food sustains us on many levels, yet many of us struggle to receive the gift of sustenance. If you're among the growing number of people who find they are sensitive to foods like wheat, dairy, corn, or soy, you already know how food sensitivities can seriously impact quality-of-life. We'll explore food sensitivity as a symptom of immune system distress and discuss how an unregulated autonomic nervous system commonly causes this trouble. Explore simple breathing exercises that help cool an overheated nervous system, along with basic postures that facilitate a return to a less-finicky and more delicious approach to food.
All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS YOGA: Dance with the sun!
with Molly Schreiber
Come and dance with the sun! In this session, your child will learn and practice the fundamentals of yoga through breath, story, guided meditation, and yoga games. We will explain the basics and importance of ujjayi (pronounced OO-jai) breath and how to take it off the mat into the everyday world.
Ages 6-13 years.
SESSION 2 WORKSHOPS: 11:00-12:30pm (choose one)
MINDFULNESS YOGA: CONNECTING TO YOUR SOUL STORY
with Michelle Watters
Yoga is an amazingly effective tool for living a more meaningful and authentic life. In this insightful Phoenix Rising therapeutic yoga class, we will delve into the deeper dimensions of ourselves, including our thoughts and feelings, spirit and soul. This powerful practice utilizes your body as a vehicle to tune into your soul story and create moment-by-moment awareness through the asanas. If you are open to personal growth or desiring deeper vision into yourself, this practice is ideal. Personal reflection time with the option of journaling will be built into this class.
All levels.
HEART-CENTERED YOGA: UNLEASHING THE WISDOM OF YOUR SOUL
with Julia Theisen
Your soul shares in the interconnection of everything and everyone in the Universe. Your soul also possesses a phenomenal inner wisdom that guides both your physical and spiritual presence in this world. Connecting to the gifts of your soul aligns you with the flow of life and helps you manifest your true potential. This heart and soul-centered yoga class provides you with techniques that empower you to experience your interconnectedness, wisdom, and unlimited potential.
All levels.
OPEN YOUR BODY BY NON-STRETCHING
with Scott Anderson
Stretching is supposed to help prevent injury, but are you still plagued with aches, pains, and injuries? This isn't unusual; many dedicated yoga practitioners and people-who-stretch are actually irritating their muscles each time they practice. We'll examine the simple secret to safe and effective yoga and flexibility training. By cultivating a compassionate approach to working with our bodies, we’ll develop the most profound means to sustain the soul: compassion for self and others.
All levels.
STILLNESS PRACTICE: REST AND REFRESH
with Jeff Wright
The practice of stillness is the bedrock of yoga. Take an opportunity to absorb what you have received in other sessions. Refresh yourself with pure and simple stillness. Sit formally with Jeff, or just rest in your favorite restorative pose.
All levels.
THE POWER OF SELF-ISH YOGA
with Steve Emmerman & Talya Ring - Turbodog
An asana and energy-practice experience. Use your feelings to create a new internal dialogue. While most of us critique ourselves harshly, we are expected, as yogis, to be kind and loving towards everyone else. The only way we can accomplish this is to learn to accept ourselves as we are in each moment. Nobody can create this acceptance for you, you must create it from within. When you have the confidence that goes along with self-acceptance, you can then bring your gifts to the world. In this session you will learn practical tools to help you feel your true feelings without judgement, you will practice how to use the power of loving energy to help you love yourself more completely and you will gain valuable forgiveness tools to help you be more compassionate towards the parts of yourself you don't like. The way you speak to yourself will be changed forever... which for most, would be no small thing.
All levels.
FEED YOUR SOUL, RAISE YOUR VIBRATION
with Erin McGuire
As taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini Yoga and Meditation is known as the Yoga of Awareness. We will target a technique to open the heart and mind to your higher consciousness and remove fear blocks so you can sustain your soul and showcase it as the driving force in your life. What do you think and how do you feel? We will work toward new states of understanding around addictive emotions, thoughts keeping us stuck, and ways to liberate that energy. What are you feeding your soul (mentally, physically, emotionally)? We will highlight exercises for mind, body, and emotions all meant to feed the soul. "Travel Light. Live Light. Spread the Light. Be the Light.” Yogi Bhajan
All levels.
STANDUP PADDLEBOARD YOGA
with Kip & Laci Hoffmann
Learn basic SUP paddling stroke, technique, and safety on land with Kip - PaddleFit Level II Certified Instructor. After taking the paddling lesson to the water, participants will then practice a beautiful, slow-paced vinyasa flow taught by Laci, while floating in the water.
No previous SUP experience required. All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS YOGA GLOW
with Molly Schreiber
Allow your children to engage in more fun with dancing yoga! We will practice the fundamentals of yoga, review poses from the earlier session, rehearse yoga breathing, and participate—to music—in a fun and energizing yoga glow practice. Glow sticks and lively music will be their guides.
Ages 6-13 years.
FREE Lunch-Hour Presentation: 12:45-1:15pm
REbrand REvolution
with Julia Theisen & Kirstin Pope of brandessence
You have a brand - whether you know it or not. How people see you and how you perceive yourself should be a seamless and genuine reflection of your core values. We are here to share an exciting 4 week online program that will quickly help you get clear about your core values, educate you on how to genuinely express your beautiful, unique brand AND walk away with your individualized personal logo.
Interactive Presentation, Bring your lunch!
LAUGHTER YOGA
with Patrick Sterenchuck
Join us, for a rousing round of Laughter Yoga! Laughter Yoga combines fun and easy laughter exercises, with yogic breathing, to create a truly unique experience...that just happens to offer some real, scientifically proven benefits. Laughter Yoga is truly a harmonizing, healing, full-on body/mind experience, that anyone...regardless of experience, education, mood, or physical ability...can participate in. We could go on and on, but we believe that you will want to experience it for yourself!
All levels.
SESSION 3 WORKSHOPS: 2:00-4:00pm (choose one)
LEARNING TO FLY: THE NEW PHYSICS OF FLYING POSES FOR ANY LEVEL!
with Sadie Nardini
Why are many students frustrated or losing out on the most power and benefits in the flying poses? Because inversions, jump-forwards and arm balances have their roots in physics. Come experience Sadie’s 3 Steps to Rock Any Flying Pose, and no matter what your level, you’ll move toward mastery and freedom, today—and use this information to turbo-boost your practice forever!
All levels.
SOME DOORS OPEN ONLY FROM THE INSIDE: HEALING OUR SOUL WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATH WORK
with Max Strom
Yoga can spark within us the dawn of light, our higher nature, and the beginning of happiness in our lives. It is said that the human heart has a mind that is asleep within most of us, but when awakened becomes a powerful guiding voice. This voice of intuition, wisdom, and conscience counsels us to become truly human. We begin with a hopeful talk by Max and then integrate breathing exercises and gentle movement. The second half focuses on simple chants unfolding into a meditation, to open the door to insight and growth. The principles you learn will newly deepen your practice and inspire you on your path ahead. Bring your mat and writing materials.
(Please no recording equipment). All levels.
ILLNESS AND PAIN AS INVITATIONS TO CREATIVITY
with Matthew J. Taylor
Yoga offers a palette of creative tools for living fully with pain and illness. The new science of creativity points us back to the wisdom of yoga. You will leave confident that what you practice or suggest to your patients will prime the soul’s fullest expression through the body/mind experience. I promise no false panacea but rather real-world practices that have brought creative possibilities to even the most afflicted. Appropriate for both medical professionals and the general population.
All levels.
ACROYOGA
with L. D. Kidd
AcroYoga offers a joyful taste of yoga, acrobatics, and Thai massage all at once. We explore these harmonic elements while you work with partners to build a new sense of communication, trust, community, and soul-sustaining divine play. This session provides a safe environment for beginners and an opportunity for more experienced practitioners to refine their skills.
No partner necessary. All levels.
FAMILY TRACK: designed for children to attend the Kids Yoga sessions while parents attend the grown-up sessions.
KIDS NUTRITION FOR THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL
with Scott and Beth Putnam
Have you ever wanted your kids to try new healthy foods? Is your kiddo a mini-chef looking for new ideas? This workshop will help your child explore and create a new relationship with simple, healthy foods, they will be excited to eat and share! Join us for an afternoon of learning, sharing, eating, and FUN!
Ages 6-13 years.
** Please note that foods at this event may include, peanuts, tree nuts, seeds, and other allergens.
HARNESSING YOUR OM: SOUND MASSAGE THROUGH GONG IMMERSION 4:15-5:30pm - Doug Mills & Linda Duehr
FREE
Have you ever experienced the ancient, holistic power of a gong bath? Wondering what that even is? With only about twelve 60-inch symphonic gongs residing in the U.S., now may be your only chance to immerse yourself in the audible beauty of the most resonant tone-producing instrument known. Bathe in its “om” vibrational frequency, which lives inside all creation—from the atom to the Universe. Just as a pebble’s effect ripples across a smooth lake, feel the gong’s relaxing, meditative, soothing yet energizing sound waves reverberate through your entire body. Bask in the body/mind balance that this gong immersion will create in you. It will open a doorway for you to reach your inner voice of higher consciousness, attain non-judgment, enhance your intuition and creativity, and maintain calm amid the storms of life. Allow it to strengthen your auditory, nervous, and immune systems. Treat yourself to this unique sound massage, and reconnect to your soul with the stress-reducing gifts of the gong.
FREE.
SATURDAY EVENING CELEBRATIONS 7-9PM
$5.00 at the door...Everyone is welcome!!
KEYNOTE: Max Strom
Think Globally-Teach Locally: Global teacher Max Strom, author of A Life Worth Breathing and There is No App for Happiness, makes an insightful and moving case for the yoga community to be a more potent catalyst of cultural transformation by teaching in a more inclusionary manner. A book signing will follow Max Strom's keynote.
KIRTAN CONCERT: Steve Emmerman and Band
Steve Emmerman says this about the concert...
"Our Kirtan makes people jump out of their seats and burst into spontaneous happy dances. Really! It is just that much fun. You'll get to belt out funky cool tunes and enjoy the same kind of yoga buzz you experience in your asana practice. And the best part is you don't even have to be singing on key. In fact, most people aren't, and no one cares or even notices.
Kirtan is one the world’s oldest forms of consciousness modification practices through music. What we now know scientifically is that when you practice Pranayama or sing intently for a long period of time, you undergo neurological changes, which produce a massive secretion of chemicals and neuropeptides that give you a feeling of bliss and well-being. It is the perfect medicine for today's high-intensity, stress-filled life.
We will be singing in Sanskrit (the ancient language of yoga) set to catchy, easy to learn melodies. It requires no experience, no strength, no flexibility, no knowledge of mantras or Yoga philosophy, no beliefs of any specific kind, and no singing expertise in order to have a deeply transformative experience.