SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL

SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: THE SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL

MARCH 14TH – 17TH, 2024

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Looking for something to do this March? 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 Sanders, Founder & Producer and Lisette Cheresson, Director of Communications of Sedona Yoga Festival taking place in Sedona, AZ who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival! 

What makes this year’s festival unique?
HEATHER: After years of seeing people network with one another organically and go on to do amazing things together, we are putting some intentions behind growing that network. As such, we’re actively exploring what purpose-driven collaboration looks like, in what is being shown to us as a new way of doing things. We will have more spaciousness in the schedule and more intentional time all together to spark these relationships, as well as fun activities that support people creating with one another to collaborate both at the festival and beyond.You will find our presenter roster here

Share with us what you LOVE about your festival location?
HEATHER: Our venue, the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock, is located in an area of Sedona that has very grounded and healing energy. With everything being walkable from the venue, we expect it to be very relaxed. There are many trails easily accessed near our venue, so folks can take time between classes to really find themselves on the land. There couldn’t be a better place for us to celebrate all together now and really connect with this sacred land.

In that vein, SYF is unique in that it takes place in one of Earth’s well-known power points. Sedona has an energy of transformation and amplification. When we practice together in large numbers in this environment — with shared intention and an attitude of gratitude and love — it resonates and ripples out to the world at large.

The theme of our issue this year is JOY, how do yoga festivals inspire JOY?
LISETTE: There’s a lightness of being that happens when we share in yoga and chant and celebration. It’s not just about coming together in community — though it’s that too — it’s the inspiration of possibility. When we come together in the shared goal of recognizing our interconnectedness, we break the barriers we set for ourselves. We’re able to step into our true, authentic, shared humanity and remind ourselves what is actually possible. 

The joy comes from that reminder — the tapping back into what’s really important, and creating the connections we need to shift out of stagnancy and hopelessness and into our divine power once we leave the event.

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SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: LITTLE ROCK YOGA FESTIVAL

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: LITTLE ROCK YOGA FESTIVAL

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: LITTLE ROCK YOGA FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 8TH, 2024

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Looking for something to do this Oct? 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 Cassandra Benning the founder of Little Rock Yoga Festival at the Wildwood Park for the Arts, AR who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival! 

Share with us what you LOVE about your festival location? 

Wildwood Park for the Arts is the most perfect and beautiful backdrop for the Little Rock Yoga Festival. Wildwood Park is home to Little Rock’s unique botanical gardens and the Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre. A center for the arts located in west Little Rock’s Chenal Valley, Wildwood’s 105-acre park, gardens and 625-seat theater complex make Wildwood one of our state’s most valuable natural and cultural resources. We strive to be the foremost partner for the state’s wellness community so we can create safe and welcoming spaces for Arkansans to UNITE, GROW & EXPLORE.

The theme of our issue this year is JOY, how do yoga festivals inspire JOY?
We have conducted several Meet & Greets with our teachers/presenters and the one thread that they have expressed to us is that the Joyful & Good Vibes are the reason they want to teach or just be a participant at the Little Rock Yoga Festival each year! 

Why Attend the Little Rock Yoga Festival?

  • Unite: Meet and connect with fellow wellness enthusiasts, local artisans, and community leaders.
  • Grow: Enhance your self-awareness and well-being through a variety of yoga classes, wellness discussions, and meditation sessions.
  • Explore: Experience the natural beauty of Wildwood Park and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of our local artisan vendors and popular area food trucks.

Festival Highlights:

  • 15 Yoga and Wellness Classes: Participate in sessions led by esteemed local yoga studio owners and teachers from surrounding areas, including Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • Sound Baths: Immerse yourself in the healing power of sound with two mesmerizing sound bath sessions.
  • Artisan Vendors and Food Trucks: Discover unique, handcrafted goods and savor delicious offerings from local food trucks.

Learn More:

Facebook: LRYogaFest
Instagram: @lryogafest

www.lryogafestival.com 

Contact: grow@lryogafest.com

BULL CITY YOGA FESTIVAL 2024

BULL CITY YOGA FESTIVAL 2024

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: BULL CITY YOGA FESTIVAL

April 27th, 2024
Durham, North Carolina

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Looking for something to do this April? 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 Ingrid Saddler-Walker, Founder of the Bull City Yoga Festival in Durham, North Carolina who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to pick up complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival!

What makes this year’s festival unique? 
The Bull City Yoga Festival is a unique event that attracts over 100 passionate yogis from across the region. Our mission is to ignite profound community connections and facilitate transformative and engaging experiences through a vibrant festival and collaborative partnerships with nonprofit organizations that serve our community. Our vision is to create a thriving community in the Durham area where individuals of all ages and backgrounds feel a deep sense of belonging and empowerment through accessible yoga and wellness practices.

Our festival offers a diverse range of activities, including:

  • Local and regional yoga instructors leading classes for all levels and styles
  • Inspiring workshops and discussions on yoga philosophy, meditation, and wellness
  • A vibrant vendor village featuring yoga apparel, healthy food, and artisan crafts
  • Opportunities for connection and community among like-minded individuals

This years festival class lineup is as follows:  Sound Bath Meditation, Yoga for Reproductive Health, Victorious Vinyasa, Hip Hop Yoga, Unlock the Pose, Yoga Bliss, Sattva Kriya Journey, The Art of Kemetic Yoga, Animal Flow Yoga, Fluid Flow with Juicy Yogi, Five Elements Flow: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. This year we will be featuring Dorian, a NeoSoul Singer with special guest yoga teacher June Elizabeth Williams.

There will also be circle/workshops that will be offered such as: Energy Alignment, Deep Release: Yin Yoga, Chakra Meditation, Moving to Action: Yoga for Climate, Crystal Clear Dreams: Mastering the 5 Essential Steps to Manifestation.

Share with us what you LOVE about your festival location?
The Bull City Yoga Festival will be located on the beautiful, wide open farm of the ZincHouse Winery and Brewery. It sits on 87 acres of land and vineyards, long hiking trails, a large fountain/pool and multiple buildings. The participants can expect a beautiful vineyard with a calm and serene atmosphere.

The theme of our issue this year is JOY, how do yoga festivals inspire JOY?
Yoga festivals bring me “JOY.”  The Bull City Yoga Festival was created in 2018. I created the festival because I wanted to bring together the diverse yoga instructors in our community and the different offerings that they would bring to the festival. I enjoy seeing the smiles on people’s faces, their laughter, hearing their responses as they attend each of the yoga classes. I feel the “JOY” as the participants shop at the vendor booths.  It is such a beautiful atmosphere with the peace and blessings that are shared among everyone that attends the festival.

Our community benefits from a day long yoga festival experience that offers yoga classes, holistic workshops, natural product vendors: natural soaps, body oils, sage wands and candles, natural clothing, self-help books, beaded jewelry, and food trucks for all different appetites (including vegan).

Learn More:
Instagram: @Bullcityyogafestival
Facebook: @Bullcityyogafestival
Website:  www.bullcityyogafestival.com

MN YOGA FEST 2024

MN YOGA FEST 2024

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: MN YOGA FEST

May 11th, 2024
Buffalo, MN

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Looking for something to do this month? 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 the team behind the brand new MN Yoga Fest launching May 11th!

Joclyn Rainville Kilpatrick: Owner of Willow Soul Yoga (Otsego, St. Michael, MN.)
Amy Miller-Strand: Owner of Rising Phoenix Yoga and Bodywork ( Buffalo, MN.)
Amber Perry: Owner of Sweet Spirit Yoga and Retreats ( Rogers, MN. )
Jennie Ruth : Owner of Jennie Ruth Music and Yoga (Otsego, Foley, MN.)

What makes this year’s festival unique?
This is our very first year of MN YOGA FEST, the idea came about to help bring other Yogis together to gather as a community and share the love of Yoga. We are offering a variety of yoga classes and workshops that include teachers from Minnesota that bring all people together to practice and learn more about Yoga and its vast teachings. There will be a Sound Spa Mediation area to invite relaxation and rejuvenation, small business vendors and healthy food!

Share with us what you LOVE about your festival location? 
MN YOGA FEST will be held at the Howling Moon Weddings and Event Center in Buffalo, MN. Howling Moon offers a one-of-a-kind event space that provides a beautiful backdrop of rolling green hills leading to a vineyard and rustic barn appeal. Located in a rural setting which invites a peaceful ambiance surrounded by nature.

The theme of our issue this year is JOY, how do yoga festivals inspire JOY?
Community Connection: Yoga festivals bring together like-minded individuals passionate about yoga and holistic wellness. The sense of belonging and feeling connected fosters joy as people share their experiences, practice together, and celebrate a common interest.

Spiritual Growth: Yoga festivals feature classes and workshops,  led by teachers which can inspire personal growth, self-discovery and a deeper connection to oneself and others, which can be profoundly joyous experiences.

Celebration of movement: Yoga festivals celebrate movement, mindfulness, and the body’s capabilities. Engaging in yoga practices, dance, and other physical activities can evoke feelings of liberation, vitality, and joy as participants explore new ways of moving and being in their bodies.

Nature: Yoga festivals that are held outside surrounded by nature and being immersed by natural beauty can uplift the spirit and bring joy!


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HARLEM WELLNESS FESTIVAL 2024

HARLEM WELLNESS FESTIVAL 2024

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: HARLEM WELLNESS FESTIVAL

May 18, 2024
Marcus Garvey Park

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Looking for something to do this May? 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 Carey King from the nonprofit Uptown Grand Central and Tony Rahsaan from TBo Harlem, who are co-producers for Harlem Wellness Festival taking place in Harlem, NYC who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to get complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival! 

What makes this year’s festival unique? 
The last time this festival took place, it was just after the pandemic, when some half of Harlem’s fitness and wellness and businesses closed for good. This year’s festival is a celebration of the businesses that have persevered for decades or more, as well as the many new fitness and wellness spaces that have opened in the past few years.

Share with us what you LOVE about your festival location? 
Marcus Garvey Park is a green oasis in Harlem, located centrally between East and West Harlem, and surrounded by the brownstones of the Mt. Morris Park Historic District.

The theme of our issue this year is JOY, how do yoga festivals inspire JOY?
This festival brings joy because it is a celebration of the strong minority and women owned wellness community that Harlem has built over the past few decades.

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The OM Festival 2024

The OM Festival 2024

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: The OM Festival

JULY 24-28, 2024
Arlington, Vermont

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Looking for something to do this July? 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 Samantha Grout, Founder of the OM festival in Arlington, VT who we are thrilled to partner with! You will be able to pick up complimentary copies of our magazine at this festival! We asked them to share some thoughts on JOY, which is also the theme of our new issue and this is what they shared: 

“Joy, on the scale of consciousness, rings in at a whopping 540. This is above love and just short of enlightenment. Joy is an inner feeling of excitement, happiness, hope, appreciation, love, enjoyment and so much more. Often joy is brought about through “lightening up” aka humor. Laughter is a literal physical expression of joy. The body shakes and increases its own vibratory level. When you laugh, your face smiles, your eyes light up, and sometimes water. We believe the world needs more love, light, and laughter.

One of Om’s main goals is to allow each attendee, each performer, each vendor, and each teacher to join together in a group mastermind, anchoring our festival within the ethereal hills of Vermont – raising the collective and spreading joy not just to those who join with us, but to start a ripple that can spill out into the world.”

What to expect at The OM Festival:
Southern Vermont is no stranger to yoga festivals and fun immersive events as there was previously a major yoga festival that ran for nearly a decade at the Stratton Mountain Resort. It drew thousands of yoga enthusiasts yearly to Manchester and the surrounding mountain areas seeking to get their downward-facing dog on and enjoy the resplendent views and crisp clean fresh air.  The problem was that when the pandemic hit – all of this came to a grinding halt. This left a massive void.

Sam Grout, a sixth-generation Vermonter, yogi, entrepreneur, and techie had a vision to fill that void and start a new chapter in Vermont to continue this tradition of yoga, good food, and building community.  Sam is the Co-Founder of The OM Festival – a transformative retreat experience for your sacred soul.  She and the rest of the Omies are here to invite you to visit Vermont and experience that same beautiful Wanderlust spirit living in the rolling hills of West Arlington. This is where the new chapter began with the first annual OM Festival hosted at the West Mountain Inn in 2023.  It is again that time of year! The mountains are calling, and it is “Time to Go OM.”

This epic, multi-day, family-friendly yoga, music, and wellness festival brings an amazing combination of yoga, music, workshops, and outdoor adventure to yoga lovers, families, foodies, and outdoor adventure seekers. This is the ultimate opportunity to experience an outdoor yoga and wellness festival in the breathtakingly beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont.

The 2024 festival lineup will feature more than 60+ classes and workshops, numerous guided hikes and nature walks such as mushroom identification, farm-to-table dinners, wine tastings, wood-fired pizza nights and more. 

This festival boasts an unparalleled lineup of local and international yoga teachers, kirtan artists, and bhakti musicians from around the world. There will also be flow artists, meditation instructors and talented performing artists such as fire dancers. Attendees can practice and learn various styles of yoga (at all levels), outdoor activities such as SUP yoga, hula hooping, slack-lining, and more, or indulge in local farm fresh food from Jamaican Jewelz, cold-pressed organic Kombucha from Baby Kombucha or relax in the Enchanted Forest Spa with spa treatments from The Alchemist Laboratory, Well Balanced Massage and Maggie’s Healing Path where our attendees can enjoy a  facial, massage, healing treatment and/or reiki session. Be sure to check out OM Botanicals amazing all-natural products in our Vendor Village as well as check out Boston Vibrations huge selection of singing bowls to the cool clothing from Kava Threads and Kukui Maca an all-inclusive bohemian boutique. 

Kids under 12 will be admitted FREE. A five-day all-access pass starts at $499, 3-day passes are $399 and there are day passes as well as music passes that will give you entrance to all classes, workshops, vendor village, spa tent, and nightly entertainment.

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