Festival Spotlight: Bend Yoga Festival

by iana velez | Apr 11, 2023 | ARTICLES, Profiles

Festival Spotlight: Bend Yoga Festival

By iana velez

PROFILES

Looking for something to do this summer? We are thrilled yoga festivals are back and can’t wait to check out all the amazing events taking place around the world. This week we had a chance to connect with Angela Liesching, the founder and festival director of Bend Yoga

Festival in Bend, Oregon coming up June 8-11, 2023

Passes are on sale now for the 2023 event at BendYogaFestival.com with the lowest possible price for the 4-day full fest pass. Special thanks to Angela for offering an exclusive promo code for our community: BYFLOVE for 20% off!

What inspired you to create a yoga festival?

More than ever, we need opportunities to connect in real-time, face to face with others — no screens! Safe spaces that focus on authentic connection are necessary in order for healing to happen, and we believe that the need to heal is a universal condition of life. It’s our mission and our passion to create these safe spaces for authentic connection, joy, and unity through yoga.

What makes your festival unique?

Our location! Bend, Oregon, is an outdoor adventure wonderland, as well as a thriving and exciting mountain town, so our fest-goers get to paddle board, learn to mountain bike, take breath-taking hikes, explore a phenomenal food scene, and even learn to climb at world-class places like Smith Rock. The opportunities are endless, making our fest a perfect vacation or retreat experience!

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?

I’m most excited about the possibility of Janet Stone headlining our festival in 2023, but all of our presenters are exceptional — any one of them could headline any festival in the world!

Learn more:
@bendyogafestival
bendyogafestival.com

SPECIAL OFFER:
BYFLOVE for an additional 20% off!

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SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: FLOW JAM FESTIVAL

by iana velez | Apr 10, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: FLOW JAM FESTIVAL

June 8-11, 2023
Rixeyville, VA

FESTIVALS

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Looking for something to do this June? We are thrilled yoga festivals are back and can’t wait to check out all the amazing events taking place around the world. This week we had a chance to connect with Meredith Walsh, Festival Producer and Founder of Flow Jam Festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival!

What inspired you to create a festival?
I was inspired after traveling and volunteering in Tanzania, where I taught yoga at a small village school that was started in its founder’s backyard. Our festival started as a fundraiser for this school, the Ikirwa School, outside of Arusha, Tanzania. We are so excited that this year we will be bringing the founder of the school to the United States for the first time and he will be joining us this year!

What makes your festival unique?
It’s the first of its kind. We are not just music, or healing classes, but a combination of everything with a mix of Burner culture with theme camps and art cars. It is a unique setting to get incredible music on a gorgeous property while submerging yourself into the healing arts. There is nothing else like it on the East Coast.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
All of it! I did all the booking this year, so I know it will be our best year yet!

Learn More:

flowjamfestival.com
Instagram: @flowjamfestival
Facebook: flowjamfestival

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: NEPA YOGA FEST

by iana velez | Apr 8, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: NEPA YOGA FEST

June 9 & 10, 2023 – Scranton, PA

FESTIVALS

Looking for something to do this June? We are thrilled yoga festivals are back and can’t wait to check out all the amazing events taking place around the world. This week we had a chance to connect with Chelsea Manganaro, founder and organizer of Nepa Yoga Fest in Scranton, PA who we are thrilled to partner with! Register here for this event and make sure you pick up your complimentary copy of our magazine at this festival!

What inspired you to create a festival?
NEPA Yoga Festival started as a passion project to spread how many local spiritual practitioners are in our backyard, since 2015 the event has grown to the nearby states and continues to gain traction. Founder, Chelsea Manganaro, realized that we have plenty of wine festivals, vendor fairs, and concerts, but nothing surrounding yoga & wellness. Thus, NEPA Yoga festival was created.

What makes your festival unique?
This event is held at a waterpark and ski resort. It is a beautiful facility with plenty of amenities, the waterpark is also open so the day is filled with the sound of children laughing and splashing water. We also have a camping area that overlooks the whole valley. Although yoga is the main theme, we have so much more going on then that.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
We are super excited to have our first holistic expo happening at the same time. It will be indoors with some wonderful healers and vendors. There are so many amazing instructors it’s hard to choose.

Learn More:

Register Here
Facebook event
Vendor application
Teacher applications
Facebook
Instagram
Email

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY FEST

by iana velez | Apr 6, 2023 | Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY FEST

June 21, 2023
Carlin Park, FL

FESTIVALS

Looking for something to do this June? We are thrilled yoga festivals are back and can’t wait to check out all the amazing events taking place around the world. This week we had a chance to connect with Heather Viniar, visionary of International Yoga Day Fest (one of Sunshine Wellness Fests) taking place in Carlin Park, FLA who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival! The event is free for all to attend, and classes at International Yoga Day Fest are donation based, with proceeds going to Paws 4 Liberty. Here’s where to RSVP and donate

What inspired you to create a festival?
I was inspired to create a festival because I’m a connector. I connect people with their breath, with their body, and with one another. There’s nothing more fueling for me than generously listening to those around me and hearing ways I can connect them to people which miraculously just brings people together in a way that supports and benefits all.

What makes your festival unique?
What makes Sunshine Wellness Fests unique is that they create community, support local businesses, create healing, wellness, and FUN for all, and most importantly, each event gives back to a local organization that deserves a little extra love for what they do. International Yoga Day Fest 2023 is donating a portion of the proceeds to Paws 4 Liberty, a local non-profit that trains service dogs for Veterans at no cost. They are up to something so special, providing a valuable and meaningful service for the community.

We have some amazing sponsors supporting the event this year including TruWellnessMD, Bill Barbosa Photography, Collaborated Wellness Cryo, Thrive Power Yoga Palm Beach and more to be announced soon!

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?

The aspect I’m most excited for at International Yoga Day Fest 2023 is that the location the event is facing and the time of day it’s at, the sun will be setting while classes go on, especially our final class which is a community sound bath/meditation. It is going to be an incredible sight to see, and an incredible energy to experience.

SOCIAL:

IG @igniteyoursunshine
FB @igniteyoursunshine

Spotlight Festival: Bronx Yoga Summit

by iana velez | Apr 6, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: Bronx Yoga Summit

June 24, 2023
Bronx, NY

FESTIVALS

Looking for something to do this June? We are thrilled yoga festivals are back and can’t wait to check out all the amazing events taking place around the world. This week we had a chance to connect with Ms. Marilyn Johnson and Ms. Abena Anum the co-curators of Bronx Yoga Summit taking place in Bronx, NY who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival!

What inspired you to create a festival?
Yoga can benefit the community in so many ways. Stress Management, mindfulness, increased sense of well-being

What makes your festival unique?
It’s in the Bronx! We are showing that people in the Bronx *are* interested in Healing and Wellness.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
ALL of them! Each one is unique and we are excited to introduce various styles to the attendees. We are looking forward to the Sound Bath, as we know it’s a powerful modality with numerous benefits.