SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: BHAKTI FEST

by iana velez | Apr 3, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: BHAKTI FEST

September 15-17, 2023
Joshua Tree, CA

FESTIVALS

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Looking for something to do this Sept? 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 Bella Silberfein, the producer of Bhakti Fest taking place in Joshua Tree, CA 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?
The festival was founded in 2009 by my father, Sridhar Silberfein. The inspiration for the festival came in a meditation, the idea to create a space where people could gather in community and Bhakti to celebrate, dance, love, and dive deeper into their spiritual practice.

What makes your festival unique?
Our festival is unique because of the feeling of devotion and love that radiates from every aspect of the festival. The drug and alcohol free environment coupled with the vast array of workshops, classes, and music creates an atmosphere and experience unlike anywhere else.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
Too many to choose from! I am especially excited about the “Bhakti as an inclusive path for Social Enlightenment” panel hosted by Indy Singh. As well as all of the workshops in the Regenerative Village, which is a new space dedicated to teaching attendees about what it means to live a regenerative life.

Learn More:

Tickets can be purchased HERE

You can find us on social media on Facebook and Instagram .

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: BIG BEAR YOGA FESTIVAL

by iana velez | Apr 2, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: BIG BEAR YOGA FESTIVAL

October 7-8, 2023
Big Bear Lake, CA

FESTIVALS

❤️ Yoga Love Magazine readers can use the code
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when they check out for a 10% discount on ticket purchases ❤️

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 Amanda Carlin, team member of Big Bear Yoga Festival in Big Bear Lake, CA 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?
My name is Amanda Carlin and I love being part of the Big Bear Yoga Festival! Not only am I on the behind-the-scenes team that runs the festival, but I am also a teacher at the fest as well, and both roles are as equally exciting as they are different! I’ve been involved in the BBYF for the last 5 festivals, but it’s actually going on its 10th year.

Our festival was created by Annalisa Berns and Big Bear Yoga. Annalisa was inspired by other festivals she had attended to bring a yoga and healing event here to the mountain community, as she is passionate about building community by bringing people together. The Leadership Team of Big Bear Yoga Festival collaborates each year to bring the festival to life, relying on the special talents of each person for the final product.

What makes your festival unique?
The teachers and experiences of BBYF make it unique, as does its amazing location. BBYF takes place in the mountains of Southern California, 6700 feet up. Many of our classes and experiences take place outdoors in the fresh air under the pines.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
This year we are super excited to have hands-on, interactive classes and experiences, such as jewelry making, hike and yoga classes & art offerings on top of more traditional yoga and meditation options. We also feature events for kids, with anyone 12 and under free to the festival. We love our vegetarian food vendors as well as the unique retail vendors that participate each year.

Learn More:

Tickets can be purchased through our website at BigBearYogFestival.com

You can find us on social media on Facebook and Instagram at Big Bear Yoga Festival.

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: LITTLE ROCK YOGA FESTIVAL

by iana velez | Apr 1, 2023 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL: LITTLE ROCK YOGA FESTIVAL

Oct 8th, 2023
Wildwood Park for the Arts, AR

FESTIVALS

❤️ Yoga Love Magazine readers
can use the code LOVEYOGAMAGAZINE
for 10% off discount on a full-day ticket❤️

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, Susanna Creed and Katlyne Gilliam who co-lead the 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!

What inspired you to create a festival?
Cassandra brought the Little Rock yoga community together in 2019 to plan a yoga festival for 2020. Her goal was to bring the central Arkansas yoga community together for a day of unique, one-of-a-kind yoga classes that would be co-taught by various studio owners from the region. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic that started in March 2020, Cassandra put a halt to the festival planning as she wanted the event to come to fruition naturally if it was meant to be. That is exactly what happened when Susanna Creed and Katelyne Gilliam joined her team in 2021, and the first Little Rock Yoga Festival happened in October of that year.

What makes your festival unique?
This festival is a way for all of us to come together to love and embrace our differences and similarities as teachers and practitioners, without judgment. We have such a beautiful array of experienced teachers in this city, it’s amazing. We are blessed that we can UNITE, GROW and EXPLORE together! Experience your own growth at this inspirational event. Attendees have many opportunities to grow and explore during any one of the amazing offerings, including unique yoga classes, meditations, wellness discussions, sound baths, intentional hikes, dance parties, and more! Connect with yourself and others in your community while taking advantage of the classes, enjoying the delicious local food trucks and exploring our talented vendors’ wares. Find yourself deeply immersed with inspiring and motivating presenters in an intimate, natural space with gorgeous and inspiring views of Arkansas Nature at her best! The event is housed at Wildwood Park for the Arts, which is home to Little Rock’s unique botanical gardens and Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre.

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
We’re very excited to welcome back Embassy of Sound’s Daman Hoffman for another amazing Lakeside Sound Bath! This is always such a fan favorite! We’re excited to have several returning teachers as well as getting the chance to uplift other yoga and wellness instructors in our community.

Learn More:

Facebook: LRYogaFest
Instagram: @lryogafest
www.lryogafestival.com
Contact: grow@lryogafest.com
Tickets on sale June 1st!

❤️ Yoga Love Magazine readers
can use the code LOVEYOGAMAGAZINE
for 10% off

Spotlight Festival: Kentucky Yoga Festival

by iana velez | Oct 18, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023, Profiles

Spotlight Festival: Kentucky Yoga Festival

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Looking for something to do in 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 Emma Swendsen, the event manager of Kentucky Yoga Festival who we are thrilled to partner with in May 2023. Check out this amazing festival and make sure you pick up your free copy of Yoga Love Magazine while you are there!

What inspired the creation of the festival?

The Kentucky Yoga Festival was inspired by the desire for community connection and co-creating a space for radical transformations. We saw our Kentucky yoga community wanting more opportunities to immerse in soulful connections and deepen their yogic practices. We believe that when you change yourself, you change the world so we set out to co-create this space with the kentucky yoga community and bring forth the opportunities for growth and change our community needs.

What makes your festival unique?

We like to say that the Kentucky Yoga Festival has the heart of a retreat with the soul of a festival. It is a place for beginner and advanced practitioners alike to come to learn, connect, and heal. We are a family friendly event with kids yoga and playshops in the Sprout Garden and something for every age and phase of the journey. We lean into all branches of yoga and seek to have something for every family member to enjoy even if they didn’t come for the yoga itself.

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

There is too much to be excited for! Something that has me buzzing going into our 5th year though is welcoming new instructors who began their yoga teacher journeys at the very first Festival in 2019. There are many returning instructors with new offerings that we are excited to be sharing as well in addition to phenomenal vendors, artists, and musicians.

Instagram: @kyyogafest
Website: kyyogafest.com
Ticket Link: kyyogafest.com/get-tickets

Spotlight Festival: Hikyoga NY and DC

by iana velez | Aug 26, 2022 | ARTICLES, Festivals, Festivals 2023

Spotlight Festival: Hikyoga NY and DC

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FESTIVALS

Looking for something to do this fall? 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 Nicole Kazimer, founder of Hikyoga who is hosting two upcoming festivals taking place Oct 2 in NY and DC on Oct 16th. We are thrilled to partner with them and offer a promo code just for our Yoga Love Magazine Community by entering code YOGALOVE10 for 10% off General Admission Tickets for NYS and DC yoga festivals! Apply promo code at checkout for discount to apply!

What inspired you to create a festival?
We believe that spending time outside in community with others, moving our bodies in nature and connecting with the outdoors has a massive positive impact on the human experience. We’ve experienced it firsthand in our own lives! So we decided that we’d provide a way for people to experience that!

What makes your festival unique?
Not only has it become an incredible way to gather the community in a beautifully soul grounding way, but we’ve been able to meet and gather the most incredible yoga and fitness instructors and dozens of local food and product vendors. The talent and passion in the greater Rochester is truly special. I’ve never experienced anything like it, the collective energy is powerful and energizing!

What offering/presenter or class are you most excited about for this year’s event?
I feel like I’m being asked to tell you my favorite child! It’s impossible! That being said, I get giddy thinking about seeing all of our incredible returning instructors AND welcoming some new instructors to our main stage line up. I know I already said this, but every year I’m blown away by the talent and passion in the greater Rochester area, and I’m so grateful to have them as part of our Hikyoga community. We’re also welcoming back MULTIPLE returning local vendors and a few new ones as well! From donuts and cider to handmade jewelry and soaps it’s always so fun to shop throughout the day.

Socials:
NYS Yoga Festival
IG = @nysyogafest
Registration link = www.nysyogafestival.com

DC Yoga Festival
IG = @greaterdcyogafest
Registration link = dcyogafest.com