Spotlight Festival: Yoga Week

by iana velez | May 2, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT: Yoga Week

March 19th Kickoff Celebration at Shangri-La Springs, Bonita Springs, FL

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Looking for something to do this Spring? 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 Natalie Williams, president of Yoga Week, a Unity Mind Body event, who we are thrilled to partner with this March! As a special exclusive gift to our community, save 10% on your ticket purchase via this direct link, or use code at checkout: YogaLove

What inspired you to create a festival?
In 2020 I had a vision to start bringing people together, due to the lack of connection that came from “social distancing.” I could tell that people wanted and needed to gather again. Many just didn’t know where to start; after ending their in-person practice for so long. I have the background of 10+ years’ coordinating in corporate fitness and wellness, as well as 12+ years’ experience of being a yoga teacher. I knew I had the tools to co-create an event to help many others, benefit both mentally and physically in our community. So, with the collaboration of our amazing yoga community, I did.

What makes your festival unique?
Showcasing diverse styles of yoga for a weeklong and bringing a community together who support each other.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
All of the diversity! There are many types of yoga, and each of them have fantastic mind and body benefits! From Vinyasa (flow) to Aerial (silk/hammock) and all of them in-between. Along with the different teachers, and locations that all hold their own style. I grew up traveling the world and always had an admiration of differences. I realized that holding space for all the variety, creates an interesting and spectacular world of richness and endless knowledge.

Learn More:
www.UnityMindBody.com is a platform for many to connect. Find upcoming Yoga Weeks, Retreats and virtual on demand classes through our Unity Membership that you can try free today at www.Unity-Membership.com

We have the 3/26 Grand Finale only tickets available for the upcoming Yoga Week located in Southwest, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa, Estero, Florida. Find your room block here.

Next retreat: Luxury Greek Retreat
September 8th-14th 2023

IG: @UnityMindBody
IG: @YogaWeekSWFL
IG: @NamasteWithNatalie
FB: facebook.com/yogaweekusa
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Website: UnityMindBody.com

Registration Info:
Yoga Week FB Event: fb.me/e/1TUg9vyuQ
Yoga Week Website: unitymindbody.com/yoga-week/
Yoga Week Tickets: eventbrite.com

Photo credit: Stefania Pifferi

Spotlight Festival: PlayThink

by iana velez | Apr 7, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023

Spotlight Festival: PlayThink

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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 Paige Zen, Founder & CEO of PlayThink Festival who we are thrilled to partner with and share complimentary copies of Yoga Love Magazine. Thank you Paige for offering an exclusive promo code for our community: YOGALOVE will provide 10% off tickets for this event.

What inspired you to create a festival?
I was a professional hula hooper and wanted to learn how to up my skill. I had exhausted the local and regional options for instruction and decided to start an event where we brought in proficient instructors in not only hula hooping but a wide range of modalities. PlayThink, 12 years later, is still an amazing festival for skill-sharing!

What makes your festival unique?
PlayThink has a massive amount of “playshops” where you can learn just about anything – all while being in an environment that is family friendly and sober. A festival you can bring your kids and your grandparents to? That’s almost unheard of! A festival where folks focus on getting to know themselves without the veil of alcohol? Even more unheard of! For these reasons alone, PlayThink is incredibly unique. Add in that folks feel seen and heard in a radically un-judgemental way, and it’s simply heaven.

What presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
Our application process doesn’t close until January 15, 2023 so I’m unsure of who will be presenting for our next installment but there are some AMAZING applications and the music line-up is set up to be one of the best! I suspect, as usual, we’ll have a wide variety of movement, music, and healing workshops by some of the most renowned instructors in the nation. From laughter yoga to slinky arts, unicycling to beatboxing – there’s a little bit for everyone!

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instragram.com/playthinkfest
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Festival Spotlight: Barefoot & Free Yoga Festival

by iana velez | Mar 25, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Profiles

Festival Spotlight: Barefoot & Free Yoga Festival

By iana velez

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Yoga Love Magazine - McKenzie Riepen - bio pic

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 Beth James, the creator of Barefoot and Free Yoga festival about her festival, inspirations, and what she’s looking forward to! Check out this great festival taking place Aug 4-Aug 6, 2023 at Proud Lake State Park, Michigan.

Special thanks to Beth for offering an exclusive code for our community: YOGALOVE for 15% off passes!!

What inspired you to create a yoga festival?
I was first inspired 8 months pregnant at my friend’s wedding in the woods where Barefoot takes place. I kept going back to the woods, thinking about it and so I decided to try it out. I had been a yoga teacher in metro Detroit community for several years so I knew the community well but honestly had no idea how to put on something of this magnitude, but I followed my intuition and it said DO IT along with the beautiful forest & the trees.

What makes your festival unique?
We are immersed in nature, plus I believe the forest spoke to me that day and every year the woods is blessed for us to be blessed in the forest. We are surrounded by tall pine trees, the clean Huron River and fresh clean Proud Lake. Yet we are going 30-45 minutes outside of the busy city area of Metro-Detroit.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
I am excited to showcase all the amazing Michigan talent. In particular we have an emphasis on more shamanic healing; sound baths, plant ceremonies & talks and discussions regarding the benefit of alternative therapies such as psilocybin, ketamine, and cannabis. I am excited about the joining and understanding of how yoga and nature are the medicine people need most right now.

Learn more:
@barefootandfreeyoga
www.barefootandfreeyoga.com

SPECIAL OFFER:
YOGALOVE for 15% off passes

Festival Spotlight: Taos Mountain Yoga Festival

by iana velez | Feb 18, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals

Festival Spotlight: Taos Mountain Yoga Festival

By iana velez

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Taos Mountain Yoga Festival

Looking for something to do this August? 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 Kari Malen, from the Taos Mountain Yoga festival taking place Aug 26-28.

Your name and role in the festival
My role in the Taos Mountain Yoga Festival is coordinating the team of talented instructors and guides to lead an array of experiences to get you embodied.

What inspired the creation of this festival?
Beyond the uniqueness of our location in the alpine beauty of the New Mexico mountainscape, this event aims to do two things: Highlight the amazing local instructor cohort based in and around Taos who have a special breadth and depth of knowledge and skill in teaching. Secondly to provide the community and visitors the opportunity to participate in a broad array of what yoga has to offer.

What makes your festival unique?
Have you ever joined a yoga class and thought, this isn’t right for me? Then decided yoga isn’t right for you? At this festival you can explore many options of yoga styles and practices that get lumped under the umbrella term yoga.Some classes will be movement oriented, others more restorative meditations, there will be breathwork, mantra, higher consciousness classes, traditional ashtanga, modern acro yoga, and even yoga and art for kids (and kids at heart). We have aimed to provide a little something for everyone. Join us and see what yoga has to offer you. Get out of your spinning mind and into your body. Find some calm. Connect with self and community. Options exist to drop in for one class, one day, or all of the fun.

Beyond yoga classes there is also a guided hike and nature writing workshop, crystal bowl soundbath, guided movement class, and a silent disco with three local DJ’s. Don’t forget there is also a free, all levels, yoga class on Sunday at 10am for anyone and everyone to join and a movie on the lawn Saturday night.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
What am I most excited about? Bringing together this cast of amazing instructors all at one event: Adi Luna, Alana Lee, Amani, Aura Garver, Elena Brower, Jennifer Ammann, Johanna DeBiase, Jvala Moonfire, Matt Salzman, Nadine Lollino, Summer Hartbauer, Sue Hunt. Oh, and I am teaching a class too.

Festival Spotlight: The Yoga Expo

by iana velez | Feb 1, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Profiles

Festival Spotlight: The Yoga Expo

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Looking for something to do in January? 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 Arianne “OM” Traverso and Sandra Tribioli, the new Leaders and Executive Producers, from the The Yoga Expo festival taking place Jan 7th at the Pasadena Convention center in CA. We are thrilled to partner with them and offer a promo code just for our Yoga Love Magazine Community by entering code ILOVETYE, you will receive 20% OFF an “All-Day Pass” while supplies last. Hurry this offer is only valid until October 31st.

Your name and role in the festival:
We are Arianne “OM” Traverso & Sandra Tribioli, the new Leaders and Executive Producers of The Yoga Expo, Conferences & Retreats, who have recently joined forces to continue creating a positive footprint everywhere it goes, elevating locals and visitors to a happier, healthier, and more productive lifestyle; all while supporting education-based nonprofits in economically disadvantaged.

What inspired you to create a festival?
We wanted to create a wave of much needed consciousness locally and around the world, by creating experiential spaces for enrichment, self-awareness, mindfulness, and positive socialization, while strengthening communities through the practice of yoga and its values.

What makes your festival unique?
It is the largest indoor Yoga Expo & Conference on the planet! Offering 45+ yoga classes all day and its philosophies for beginners to advanced yogis, lecturers in holistic health, wellness, sustainability, advanced modalities, etc., including a curated marketplace from small businesses to national brands.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
Education is one of our core values and throughout the years of our careers; and this year we have included extra lectures, workshops, hands-on classes, and a brand-new Panel Discussion track, led by hand-picked Pioneers and Leaders of Change.

Socials:
IG @yogaexpoworld
FB @theyogaexpo
Twitter @theyogaexpo
TikTok @theyogaexpo
YouTube

Website:
theyogaexpo.org

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