SYF2017 a consciousness evolution conference: Full Schedule

Full details at: www.sedonayogafestival.com

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The schedule is now officially open to ticketholders to select the class sessions they would like to attend. To create your schedule please visit www.sedonayogafestival.com to purchase a pass.

8:00am MST

Yoga for PTSD, immersion for Yoga Teachers and Service Providers "Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga"

Limited Capacity seats available

The carefully selected faculty and comprehensive courses in the SYF Gives Back training aim to provide: the latest in scientific research and support for alternative modalities in healing; specific practical techniques of yoga, pranayama and meditation and an understanding of why and how they work in relation to trauma and the nervous system; a comprehensive overview of complex trauma, PTSD, and TBI; break out sessions with practitioners working in specific populations (veterans, first responders, survivors of abuse/war/crisis, caregivers, injured athletes, etc) to help guide you to a deeper understanding of how to apply these universal healing modalities to the specific community you intend to serve. In providing these trainings over the years we have realized that it is the same YOGA that benefits everyone, and that trauma works in the body in a consistent way. These universal principles may be applied to each unique individual through the care of the teacher. We want to give teachers the tools to take these skillful means to heal their communities throughout the world.

8am-4pm Thursday, March 9th. 8am-12pm Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 10-12 with up to 20 CEUs

Heart of Yoga: The Promise of Healing - Mark Whitwell

iRest Yoga Nidra for Trauma - Molly Birkholm
There are many reasons iRest Yoga Nidra is being broadly used in communities with high rates of trauma, including the military, homeless, human trafficking survivors, refugees, hospitals, and first responder populations. Clinical research is providing valuable insights into how these practices can be highly effective with insomnia, chronic pain, depression, and anxiety. iRest is a secular, trauma-sensitive form of Yoga Nidra guided meditation. Many elements of it can be used not just in the practice, but also in 1-on-1 private sessions and in daily life. The session will include a short opening iRest, a lecture and discussion on the essential elements of iRest Yoga Nidra, a 1-on-1 co-meditation experience, as well as a deep 1 hour iRest Yoga Nidra experience.

Serving Yourself & Serving Others - Gina Garcia
When we talk about serving others, we rarely talk about serving ourselves. We teach, we reach out, we share, we give, we serve and yet we don’t make it a priority to take care of ourselves. This workshop is one of the most important elements to doing this service work. Because when we serve ourselves, we serve others. You’ll learn tools and practices to keep you inspired and energized in your journey of teaching. No more burn out and fatigue. It’s time to take a new approach and prepare yourself for doing this work for a life time.

#unstoppable Trauma Sensitive Training - Yoga Tools & Practices - Gina Garcia
We all come from different walks of life and along the way we all experience trauma and challenges. With the #unstoppable tool kit and training you will learn how to be resilient and unstoppable when you encounter challenges or perceived setbacks. This training showcases how to use the #unstoppable toolkit which is rooted in the Baptiste Methodology. The tools include asana, meditation, breathing techniques, relaxation techniques and self inquiry and how you use them to be more resilient and unstoppable.  Through an embodied experience of these tools in your own practice and in your life, you will learn how to share these tools with others.

Taming the Komoto Dragon Within: When talking about a problem won't work. - Suzanne Connolly
Find out more about the inner workings of the most primitive parts of our brains and how to remap this difficult to reach neural connections. You actually have many brains in one and they all perform different duties. While they all have important functions, there are primitive parts of the brain that sometimes outlive their usefulness. We usually think, for instance of Post Traumatic Stress as something that is deep-seated and resistant to change. Yet, when you understand how trauma is stored and how to connect with that part of the brain with mind-body approaches, the road to recovery is often surprisingly easy.

Enhance your Yoga Sessions using Tapping: An Introduction to Thought Field Therapy  - Suzanne Connolly
The evidence based original tapping technique that is changing the world one heart at a time.Learn the basics of Thought Field Therapy, a proven, highly-effective, non-invasive brief therapy technique that was developed and refined over the last 35 years by the late psychologist, Dr. Roger Callahan and his wife Joanne Callahan. TFT utilizes a sequence of self‐tapping to stimulate specific acupuncture points while recalling a traumatic event or cue. It facilitates the relaxation response while the person experiencing exposure to the problem by simply thinking about the problem. The improvement is almost always relatively quick and, in most cases, long-lasting. The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) a searchable online database of mental health and substance abuse interventions (a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency (SAMHSA) within the federal Department of Health and Human Service) has listed Thought Field Therapy as an effective evidence-based practice for improving personal resilience/self-concept, for improving self-regulation, and for reducing trauma-and stressor-related disorders and symptoms. They have also listed Thought Field Therapy as promising, for reducing depression and depressive symptoms; for improving general functioning and wellbeing; for reducing phobia, panic, and generalized anxiety disorders and symptoms; and for reducing unspecified and other mental health disorders and symptoms. http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ProgramProfile.aspx?id=60#hide1

FOR PROFESSIONALS: As a therapist or health practitioner, you’ll invite your client to identify a problematic thought or memory that they wish to heal. This could be an anxiety, a past trauma, anger, feelings of guilt, shame or embarrassment, addictive urges, or even physical pain. Then, typically, they’ll watch that disturbance, addictive urges or pain diminish as you instruct them to tap on certain areas of the face and hands in a specific order. Even the most skeptical clients usually report that TFT reduces the intensity of their unwanted feelings. While no therapist can offer a guarantee; clients typically cannot get back the original feeling of upset, even if they try. Addictive urges and physical pain require the person to self‐treat between appointments. Thousands of psychotherapists, medical doctors, nurses and others in the caring professions around the world use Thought Field Therapy as a complimentary alternative technique to help others in need.

FOR YOGA Professionals: TFT can help your clients release the unwanted feelings, negative patterns and emotional burdens that they carry with themselves day to day. It’s a simple tapping technique that they can use anywhere, anytime, whenever they need to. While the process is simple, their body and their mind will work together in a highly sophisticated way to eradicate the core of the feelings that get in the way of living a full, rich and satisfying life. Traumas, guilt, fears, shame, anxiety and depression are a few of the most common reasons people use TFT. Numerous scientific studies have proven its effectiveness around the globe. Whether you want to use TFT for yourself or you want to integrate it into your yoga practice you will take away a tool that will likely have life to change effects.

Trauma in the Second Degree: Intergenerational PTSD Within Military and Veteran Families - Pamela Stokes Eggleston
Yoga and meditation offers several practices for healing and transformation. With military and veteran families, these tools can uniquely aid in easing stress, burnout and fatigue. Additionally, understanding the nuances of secondary PTSD and intergenerational trauma is important to working with veteran and military families. Many military and veteran families are depleted due to multiple deployments and PCS moves. In this workshop, Pam will speak to her experience as a military family member and wounded warrior caregiver and weave it in with the science backing secondary and intergenerational PTSD.

Breathing Through Emotions - Essie Titus
This session will include multiple breathing techniques coincided with mindful movement. Encouraging participant to establish a daily routine of breath awareness and turning toward balance. We will identify specific coping mechanisms and the potential to disassociate that create obstacles on our path. Often times we lack the dialogue and tools to fully express ourselves. Specific practice for specific feelings such as anger, grief, sadness, fear, anxiety, and depression. This session has been designed to support a routine of asana, pranayama, systematic relaxation, mantra, and meditation for an internal feeling of comfort and safety regardless of external circumstances.

Myofascial Release - taking yoga healing to the next dimension - Lori Zeltwanger
Myofascial Release & yoga are both powerful avenues for realignment and activation of your fascial system. Myofascial Release utilizes a gentle hands...

Presenters

Molly Birkholm

co-founder, Warriors at Ease

Molly Birkholm is a speaker, advisor, show host, and author. She is the co-founder of Warriors at Ease, which has pioneered evidence-based resilience and trauma treatment programs that are used in the US military, including training more than 2000 instructors who work at more than... Read More →

Suzanne Connolly

Suzanne Connolly Workshops

Suzanne lives in Sedona, Arizona where she has been in private practice for thirty-three years. She is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, a Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Substance Abuse Counselor. Suzanne has taught as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University where... Read More →

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

CEO, Yoga2Sleep, LLC

A certified yoga instructor and yoga therapist, Pamela has practiced yoga for 15 years and completed specialized training to include certifications in plant-based nutrition, stress management, prenatal yoga and yoga for trauma in veterans and the military: empirically- and evidenced-based... Read More →

Gina Garcia

Yoga Teacher; Mother; Writer, Yoga Across America Founder; Baptiste Foundation Board

Gina Garcia stumbled upon yoga 20 years ago, when a scheduled step aerobics class was switched to a beginning yoga class. She spent a large part of her life sharing the news of the day as a journalist, for KCRA-TV in Sacramento, and as the Capitol Correspondent for KTTV-TV in Los... Read More →

Essie Titus

Firefighter / EMT / Yoga Teacher, Kansas City Fire Department

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a life long relationship with the teachings of Professor T. Krishnamacharya "the teacher of the teachers," notably BKS Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois and T.K.V. Desikachar. Having studied since 1973 in the home of Krishnamacharya Mark is committed to communicating... Read More →

Lori Zeltwanger

Owner and Physical Therapist, Myofascial Mastery Academy and Advanced Release Therapy

Lori is a licensed physical therapist, best selling author, featured representative on TV as women's health advocate and owner of Advanced Release Therapy and Pelvis Wellness Therapy specializing for over 25 years in Myofascial Release from a total body/mind/spirit perspective. Lori... Read More →

Thursday March 9, 2017 8:00am - 4:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Yoga For PTSD Training

CEUs NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track
CEUs Counselors, Nurses, Massage Therapists, Social Workers, Yoga Teachers, Ayurveda

9:00am MST

Yoga Playground! The Creative Art of Assisting & Adjustments

Limited Capacity seats available
You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up: Yoga Playground! Thursday 1 Day Immersion with Tymi Howard.

*(6 Hours of CE's with Yoga Alliance and good towards any of Tymi's 200/300 Hour Yoga Alliance Approved Teacher Training Programs) Join Tymi for a full day of exploring and workshopping adjustments, modifications, assists & creative options in the yoga asanas. Immersion includes a 2 Hour Vinyasa Yoga practice followed by 4 hours of workshop time for yoga teachers & students; this immersion is open to ALL. We will discuss the 4 main methods of adjusting, energetic etiquette, practice assist's in many different poses including but not limited to foundational standing asanas, sun salutations, floor work, inversions, Thai & partner variations and also take time for Q&A.

The goal of this workshop is to inspire and cultivate a better understanding of how to intuitively and safely assist the student in discovering more freedom, bliss and deeper expression of an asana. By understanding the biomechanics of the poses and trusting your intuitive instincts a student and teacher can deepen their practice through creative, fun exploration of the asanas.

Presenters

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Tymi Howard Yoga & Guruv Yoga Studios

Tymi Howard 500 E-RYT is an International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Owner of Guruv Yoga Studios in the United States. Pioneering the Vinyasa & Yin Yoga movement on an International level, Tymi is dedicated to inspiring people to discover their life's purpose... Read More →

Thursday March 9, 2017 9:00am - 4:00pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance

11:00am MST

Thursday Immersion: Embrace Radiant Health and Wellbeing with Ayurveda An in-depth Introduction to Foundational Principles and Applied Practices of Ayurvedic Medicine

Limited Capacity seats available
You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up:

Preconference: Intro to Yoga & Ayurveda with Acharya Shunya Pratichi Mathur of Vedika Global

Embrace Radiant Health and Wellbeing with Ayurveda
An in-depth Introduction to Foundational Principles and Applied Practices of Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurveda and Yoga are sister sciences that originated in India several thousands years ago. Ayurveda is a multi-dimensional natural and spiritualized medical discipline that addresses body, mind and consciousness and directly works upon optimizing health through a unique 24-hour lifestyle, in a 6-season framework. Ayurveda helps us heal our own selves by offering deep insights about inner human nature and our relationship to the natural world and spiritual consciousness. Integrating Ayurveda wisdom and lifestyle principles into your Yoga practice can create more energy, clarity, and inspirations and a deeper, richer experience on the mat that you can take with you off the mat as well.

Explore Ayurveda’s key themes with internationally acclaimed teacher and author, Acharya Shunya who is renowned for her depth of study and her ability to present the intricacies of Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom in a life-affirming and joyful manner.

If you are someone who has always wondered about Ayurveda, then this systematic introduction is a not to miss class. You can immediately begin to incorporate the wisdom into your daily routine for a healthier and happier you. Besides, an art of living that makes you feel fulfilled and healthy at every level will positively impact your Yoga practice. It will also influence your feelings about yourself, and your enthusiasm and ability to practice Yoga.

Presenters

Ananta

Director of Branding and Yoga Studies, Vedika Global

Ananta Ripa Ajmera is author of The Ayurveda Way: 108 Practices from the World’s Oldest Healing System for Better Sleep, Less Stress, Optimal Digestion and More (coming March 2017 with Storey Publishing). Her Ayurveda articles are popular on MindBodyGreen, Elephant Journal and Huffington... Read More →

Acharya Shunya Pratichi Mathur

Founder and Spiritual Director, Vedika Global

Acharya Shunya is one of the extraordinary teachers of the living, embodied wisdom of Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta. A rarity today, Shunya was born into an uninterrupted spiritual lineage dating back thousands of years in the holy city of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, where she spent... Read More →

Thursday March 9, 2017 11:00am - 3:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion

CEUs Ayurveda, CEU, Yoga Alliance

12:00pm MST

Find Your Place in the Yoga Industry: Authentic Marketing for Yoga Teachers

Limited Capacity seats available
You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up: Take Your Place in the Yoga Industry: Thursday 1/2 Day Immersion with Lynann Politte

Filled with practical guidance in identifying and claiming your unique place in the yoga industry this step-by-step workshop explores ways to integrate the intimacy of the yoga industry with practical marketing strategies. You will walk away with the tools to discover, create and develop your yoga business in a successful way. Lynann offers a unique perspective and approach to brand development and marketing. You will see the importance of staying true to your authentic self and learn how to market your yoga offerings in an effective way so students who resonate with your teachings will find you. Your yoga business will thrive.

Presenters

Lynann Politte

Founder, Yoni Speaks

Lynann Politte’s unique approach, years of experience, drive, and vibrant enthusiasm provides the business guidance, strategy, and tools for yoga and wellness professionals to expand the reach of their message, taking their business to the next level. She masterfully reframes “branding... Read More →

Thursday March 9, 2017 12:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Ironwood Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion, Business of Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Business Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Business of Yoga
Participant Level Yoga Teachers Only
Special Instructions to Particip Notebook/pen

6:15am MST

Loving Yourself & Others

Limited Capacity seats available

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Dalai Lama Compassion is the natural state of the heart/mind, which takes action motivated by cherishing other living beings and by a heart felt desire to release them from their suffering. The Loving Kindness Meditation is a simple, heart-centered meditation technique with roots in Buddhism, sometimes called Metta. It’s practiced around the world to cultivate compassion for one’s self and others. And research shows that it indeed works. It creates more empathy and emotional intelligence. It also increases love, joy, contentment, gratitude, hope, interest, amusement, and awe. - Decreased migraine pain - Decreased chronic low back pain - Decreased PTSD symptoms among veterans - Reduced depression - Decreased schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and - May even slow markers of aging! Loving Kindness Meditation can improve our connection with ourselves and others. And you don’t need to meditate for long periods to experience results. Anyone can do it, anywhere. Whether you are on your meditation pillow or are sitting in traffic. Changes can happen in a short amount of time, a 10 minute session can create positive changes.

Presenters

Sarah McLean

Director, McLean Meditation Institute

Sarah McLean is the go-to teacher for contemporary meditation. She’s a best-selling Hay House author and her internationally acclaimed book, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, has inspired seekers worldwide. She's deeply explored the world’s spiritual... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 6:15am - 7:15am MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Evening & Sunrise, Meditation

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track
Style Meditation
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Meditation Cushion
partner practice, touching or ha No

7:30am MST

Breath Powered Spaceship

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Have you ever held your breath when things got tough? Have you ever breathed a huge sigh of relief? That is no coincidence… as your breath flows, so goes your life. Every tradition has a breath practice that brings you a direct knowing of Spirit. The practice of Integrative Breathwork utilizes a fully connected breath (inhale/exhale with no pause), sound with music and toning, as well as intention. On a physical level, this connected breath practice will expand your respiratory system, increase oxygenation and decrease toxins in the body, giving you more energy and vitality. On a mental/emotional level, this practice supports the release of suppressed and repressed emotions as well as limiting patterns and beliefs. Integrative Breathwork is a cathartic breath practice intended to integrate stuck energies in your bio energetic field in which most practitioners experience less anxiety, more peace, more joy and a deep connection to Self. The session starts with a 30min discussion of how the practice works, theory and logistics, followed by a 45min full practice. Bring a mat, pillows, and a blanket to make a comfortable breathing nest.

Presenters

Dana Shamas

Founder, Bayou Bliss Yoga

Fourteen years of practice and intensive study with master yoga teachers inform the teachings of Dana Shamas, founder of Bayou Bliss Yoga - Center for Integrative Healing. Through her yoga practice, she has learned to walk through the challenges of life with grace, and enjoys helping... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 7:30am - 9:30am MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Energy Medicine

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Energy Medicine
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Integrative breathwork can be used as a daily tool, 5-10mins a day to keep the body, mind and spirit open and connected. Perfect before meditation practice. Also a wonderful way to integrate emotion/experience if you are triggered or have intense emotional reaction.
Special Instructions to Particip Bring a mat, pillows, and a blanket to make a comfortable breathing nest.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

Ayurveda Psychology for a Luminous Mind and Understanding Mental Personality Types for Improved Relationships

Limited Capacity seats available

Join internationally acclaimed Vedic master teacher and author, Acharya Shunya as she teaches the most sublime lessons of mind management and inner mental rejuvenation as per the science of Ayurveda, that can be combined with the knowledge of Yoga Sutra’s (beginner or advanced) for even greater self awareness and self control.

Ayurveda and Yoga are sister sciences and both sciences value Pure Being. Did you know that Ayurveda medicine, besides teaching ways to own a healthy body, also offers a profound and in depth psychology to support a healthy and happy mind? Join Acharya Shunya to understand how you can help your own mind be more calm, balanced and blissful, in spite of challenges and old patterns.

There are three constituent energy states (gunas) used in Ayurvedic practice. Shunya explores how these gunas influence one's mood, outlook, and activity level. Participants also learn about five states of mind and how they contribute to mental balance/imbalance as well as how food affects the gunas, in addition to the importance of practice of non-attachment and dharma. This approach to psychology is unique as well as valuable because it allows for a paradigm shift away from the disease model and toward a model for achieving and sustaining mental health.

Get ready for a quantum leap in your consciousness:

Learn practical ways to arrest the mind and its natural tendency for negativity
Begin functioning at a level that modern science labels as the super mind.
Learn to self arrest unhealthy brain/mind patterns and activate latent joy and health
Learn to use the mind to your personal advantage and improved relationships.
Learn about five states of mind and how they contribute to mental balance/imbalance
Learn about how food affects the mind and what should you eat!

Presenters

Acharya Shunya Pratichi Mathur

Founder and Spiritual Director, Vedika Global

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Ayurveda

CEUs Ayurveda, CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Ayurveda
Session Length 90 Minutes

8:00am MST

Foundation Training: Freedom from Pain

Limited Capacity seats available

Do you ever wonder why pain persists in certain areas of your body, such as low back, neck, knees, and shoulders? Do you still experience pain despite regular Yoga, Chiropractic, Massage and Physical Therapy? Change how you hold your body in gravity by intelligently distributing tension. This is not a Yoga class, but it will enhance your practice by integrating the fascial kinetic chains. You will come away with movement solutions for the yoga mat and life.

Presenters

Dr. Mike Lane

Founder, AnatomySense

Mike Lane is a Chiropractor, therapeutic massage therapist, Foundation Training Instructor and Yoga anatomy teacher. Mike's greatest passion is witnessing the Aha moments when people discover the amazing presence of their bodies. With all the schooling we receive, where do we learn... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
The Terrace the The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway at home Foundation Training exercises
Special Instructions to Particip bring a mat
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

Iyengar Asana

Limited Capacity filling up

Iyengar yoga conditions the human system in its entirety, promoting health in mind, body and soul. It has unfathomable versatility, providing the means of very strenuous conditioning to mild conditioning, and finally to the utmost in stillness and relaxation. This method can keep the student enthralled and challenged for a lifetime.

Presenters

Ben Thomas

Senior Certified Junior Intermediate Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IYENGAR YOGA

Benjamin Thomas, B.S. and his wife Tommijean Thomas, Ph.D. are Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers and are authors of the book, "IYENGAR YOGA, the Integrated and Holistic Path to Health." We started our Yoga practice in January, 1976. We have studied with and been trained by Yogacharaya... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Iyengar Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Iyengar Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
A/V wireless
Special Instructions to Particip Bring props.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

The Seer and The Knower

Limited Capacity seats available

Create an awareness of Atman, the Seer, as you move through gentle asanas. Using cutting edge bio-mechanics to provide a free flowing pranic current through the entire body, then the mind, then to the Knower. This discovery is pivotal to acquiring physical harmony, mental clarity and an anchored Self.

Presenters

Julz Branham

Founder/Instructor/Ayurveda Practitioner, Lifted Life Yoga Center

Julz, Owner of Lifted Life Yoga, began her journey as a licensed cosmetologist of over 20 years. Julie has made countless clients beautiful. Yet a yearning for something that uncovered the beauty within naturally led her to Yoga. She found that yoga created a place where our essence... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway I will give a sequence set that will provide them with ideal alignment needed for optimal pranic flow.
Special Instructions to Particip Bring a mat, yoga blanket, 2 blocks, water bottle, notebook and pen.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

The Unstoppable Program: Yoga Tools and Practices

Limited Capacity seats available

The Unstoppable Program:
Yoga Tools and Practices This session will feature a yoga tool kit to be used by anyone, anywhere. We come from many different walks of life, and along the way we experience trauma and challenges. What is clear is that our country is calling out for healing. We are ready. We will hold the space for you to make your own discoveries. Most importantly, we will share empowering tools that you yourself can use every day. Anything is possible. You are unstoppable!

Presenters

Gina Garcia

Yoga Teacher; Mother; Writer, Yoga Across America Founder; Baptiste Foundation Board

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Meditation, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yin Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Meditation, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yin Yoga
Participant Level All levels, however, there will be room for yogis/yoginis to challenge themselves if they so wish.
Special Instructions to Particip Please wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to practice yoga. Bring along a journal and a pen, yoga mat and block, and come as you are - beautiful and whole, with no expectations.
partner practice, touching or ha Partner work. Minimal touching.

8:00am MST

Yoga for PTSD, immersion for Yoga Teachers and Service Providers "Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga"

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters

Molly Birkholm

co-founder, Warriors at Ease

Suzanne Connolly

Suzanne Connolly Workshops

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

CEO, Yoga2Sleep, LLC

Gina Garcia

Yoga Teacher; Mother; Writer, Yoga Across America Founder; Baptiste Foundation Board

Essie Titus

Firefighter / EMT / Yoga Teacher, Kansas City Fire Department

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Lori Zeltwanger

Owner and Physical Therapist, Myofascial Mastery Academy and Advanced Release Therapy

Friday March 10, 2017 8:00am - 12:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Yoga For PTSD Training

CEUs NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track

8:15am MST

Awakening of The Heart: Journey through effortless Backward Bending

Limited Capacity seats available

The physical manifestation of stress in our bodies directly affects our ability to hear and follow the wisdom of our hearts. Yoga offers a solution to opening our hearts with postures that can unlock the shoulders, upper body, and reconnect us to our heart’s intuitive intelligence. Awakening of the Heart will be a guided journey of energetic and therapeutic poses specifically chosen to liberate you from constraints of the analytical mind by reawakening the natural, intuitive, and joyful heart. We will build the stepping-stones in backward bending through anatomical effort to find our hearts center. This class will leave you feeling open, energized, awake, and inspired! By straightening and strengthening the spine we are able to hold our hearts high and stay open to our creative and intuitive energies that allow us to live a life that is full and vibrant!

Presenters

Ashley Cotrell

The Yoga Couple

Ashley Cottrell is known for her inspirational style of teaching that incorporates not only the physical aspects of yoga, but also the spiritual. Found on social media as The Yoga Couple with her husband Mathew, Ashley shares her love of yoga with the world through live and recorded... Read More →

Artists

Shannon Harris

Founder/Healer/Educator, Audio Pharmacology™

While working for decades in the IT field and as an professional international DJ, musician, composer, producer, remixer and performer, Shannon was diagnose with bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome losing all mobility in both hands which lead him to study/practice alternative therapies... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 8:15am - 9:30am MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
Takeaway Breath work for anxiety
Special Instructions to Particip just a mat
partner practice, touching or ha No

8:15am MST

Rhythmic Vinyasa

Limited Capacity seats available

As yoga and samba teacher, Elka combines both modalities into one experience. Exploring rhythmic vinyasa influenced with breath work to get the body ready to shake. Then she leads the students to explore freedom of their hips. *This is a shaking booty class, for sure! You will feel loose in your body and free in your mind. Elka will guide you on how to feel each movement of your body and letting the freedom of thoughts and guidance leading you into a transcendental experience by shaking the hips into the unlimited. You will be inspired by others as we come together into a playful way to connect with each other. She will cool down the body with opening heart sequencing while doing Tantra exercise, then diving into a cooling pranayama and renovating the body with a deep Savasana. You will experience something like you never had before because each movement will take you into a new sensation. This class is suitable for everyone. You don't need a flexible body but an open mind. Come and shake with us!

Presenters

Elka Haeckel

Elka Haeckel is an international yoga teacher leading teacher trainings, workshops and yoga retreats all over the globe. Elka Haeckel is also the creator of Yoga Samba Dance and Choco Vinyasa. Elka's classes are not a regular practice....Her teachings take students on an inner journey... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 8:15am - 9:30am MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Business Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway They will learn movement to liberate their bodies and open their mind.
partner practice, touching or ha No

10:00am MST

Tech Neck

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Long hours spent at a computer create a forward-pitched head posture resulting in neck & shoulder tension. Carrying around children, driving, and stress from every day activities can also slowly whittle away at our uprightness creating a head-forward, slump-shouldered and collapsed chest posture often resulting in neck, arm and upper back pain (what Tias Little calls "schlump-asana"). The focus in this workshop will be on releasing tension in the neck, upper shoulders, and jaw and creating greater freedom of movement in those areas. Reducing cranial pressure may also result in relief from common complaints such as migraines, insomnia, eye strain, and bruxism. The shoulders are so closely tied to the neck that when there is shoulder strain it often comes with neck pain. In this workshop, we'll explore gentle flowing movements (the SATYA work developed by Tias Little) as a way of releasing holding patterns in the neck and shoulders and hydrating these areas with an increased flow of blood & prana, both vital in maintaining the health and longevity of the shoulders, cervical spine, and their surrounding structures. Parameters for participation include: the ability to get up and down off the floor without assistance, freedom from medical devices, and no acute spinal disc or nerve compression. No prior yoga experience is necessary.

Presenters

jyl kutsche

Jyl Marie Yoga

Jyl Marie is a Senior Instructor of Prajna Yoga (Tias & Surya Little) and has received both her 200 hr & 500 hr certifications through them, and assists them regularly around the country. She brings an interdisciplinary approach to her teaching, combining form & flow with therapeutic... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Props chair
Special Instructions to Particip arrive early if working with injury. Bring blankets, strap, blocks, bolster
partner practice, touching or ha No

10:00am MST

The Eternal Energy of the Chakras

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Join Master Teacher Tao as she leads us on a journey of the chakras. we will focus on understanding the chakras and integrating the bandhas, breath and movement. Become aware of and learn to control the energy that invigorates your life. Utilize various breathing techniques when doing the postures while attaining knowledge of your body's energy centers. Witness first hand, the amazing power a dedicated yoga practice has to improve and increase the vitality of your life.

Presenters

Tao Porchon Lynch

Yoga has always been a part of Tao’s life. Her uncle, who raised her, was a student and follower of Swami Vivekananda – who is credited with bringing yoga to the West in his famous speech to the Parliament of the World Religions event in Chicago on September 11, 1893. Tao absorbed... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Experiential Workshop / Training, Integral Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Integral Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Forrest Yoga Workshop - Breathe & Feel

Limited Capacity seats available

Forrest Yoga is a contemporary practice designed by Ana Forrest to help in mending the hoop of the people. The workshop will begin with a four directions ceremony and intent setting. Through guided meditation and focused pranayama practice, participants will choose an emotion, physical injury, or mental trauma that they are interested in healing. Throughout the 90-minute physical practice, Hibs and her assistants will lead students through therapeutic contemporary yoga pose variations, processes, and exercises, incorporating skillful hands-on assists, aromatherapy, and clear individualized instruction. Students will learn to face and feel the pain, using the effective tools of Forrest Yoga to breathe, feel, heal and move from pain and trauma into freedom and spaciousness.

Presenters

Heba Saab

Founder, HIBS YOGA, Las Vegas NV

Heba Saab, 500 E-RYT, Forrest Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer, and Studio Owner is the founder of (Holistic Integration of Body & Spirit) HIBS Yoga. HIBS Yoga is the premier Forrest-Inspired yoga studio in Las Vegas, NV (Hibs is also Heba's nickname!) Heba practices Forrest Yoga... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
The Terrace the The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Forrest Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track
Style Forrest Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Students will learn how to breathe into their pain area effectively to gain more access and feeling, and promote healing.
Special Instructions to Particip bring a notebook & pen, a yoga blanket or large beach towel, and a foam yoga block
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

The Alchemy of YES! Inspired by Hanumanasana

Limited Capacity seats available

What, enlighten up with Hanumanasana?! You may feel up against a seemingly insurmountable task. However, by establishing yourself in a steadfast connection to your heart, your breath and your alignment (along with a good sense of humor), what seems impossible becomes an invitation to discover your own strength and freedom. We will tap into the POWER OF YES. Hanuman reminds us that great leaps of faith are possible through love. He serves Bhakti to help us return to living from our hearts. Invite the spirit of love and devotion (Bhakti) through both unwavering strength and refined sensitivity. Invigorating and exciting is the moment when it all comes together. In this workshop, we will break down everything all the way to the tips of your toes and show how it all fits together to reveal the bravery in your own heart. Be ready for pure ecstasy! Achieving Hanumanasana (Full Split Pose) is only the beginning. There is always more to the pose to explore. And the more tiny adjustments you attempt can make a massive difference. You will feel the possibilities, notice subtleties and make adjustments that enable you to come closer to understanding this pose. This illumination will spread throughout your yoga practice and your life. Get ready to be transformed! Saying YES on the mat will teach you how to say YES to your Best Life Ever. Expect inspirational music, Hanuman chants and talk story about the mythological story of Hanuman, King Rama’s bestie, who filled with love and powered by YES took a giant leap across the ocean to reach the island of Sri Lanka in order to help King Rama re-unite with his wife Sita.

Presenters

Silvia Mordini

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

DJ Taz Rashid brings a high vibrational energy to any room instantly by mixing the beats and rhythms of Love, Ancient New World, House, Devotional, and all the cosmic sounds. His vision is to be a channel to cause the expansion of all those around by tapping into the creative wisdom... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
CEUs ERYT200
Takeaway Both journaling exercises related to the YES of Intention Setting and what to do daily to stay with it. And choreography, routine, they can practice to make headway in achieving hanumanasana, splits pose.
Special Instructions to Particip blocks or blankets

10:00am MST

Take Your Teachings On the Road

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you feeling ready to expand the reach of your teachings - maybe tour to other cities as a visiting teacher, take a group on a retreat, or teach at a festival - but you are not sure when or how to start? Gain clarity and set goals for the future with Lynann's step by step process of self-discovery that illuminates when, where and how to start. Lynann has worked with some of the biggest names in the yoga industry, shaping and booking their tours into a sustainable and profitable yoga business. She will be sharing success stories (and pitfalls), practical tips and guidance to help you take your yoga career to the next level. After this class you will know whether now is the right time in your career to step it up, and what it will take to succeed.

Presenters

Lynann Politte

Founder, Yoni Speaks

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Business of Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Business Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Business of Yoga
Participant Level Yoga Teachers Only
Special Instructions to Particip notebook and pens

10:00am MST

Ananda Flow

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Through the confluence of vinyasa flow and myth, we will be exploring the advice of Sage Vashishta. In counseling a young Lord Ram, Vashistha extolls the power of setting intentions, aspiring to embody virtues which help further our passions, and developing the will to become what we most admire. The class will incorporate a fluid blend of hip-openers, backbends and forward bends, as well as mantra and meditation. All levels are welcome.

Cathedral Rock

Coconino National Forest Service permitted Guide: Aumbase Sedona, Amalia Camateros

Keynotes

Aumbase Sedona

Aumbase

Sedona's premiere venue for Yoga Adventures and Retreats created by the hearts and minds behind the Sedona Yoga Festival! Permitted with the Coconino National Forest Service to visit the vortex sites of Cathedral Rock, Airport Vortex, Bell Rock as well as 40 other peaceful, energized... Read More →

Presenters

Erika Burkhalter

Yoga Teacher

Erika Burkhalter, MA Yoga Studies, MS Neuropsychology, E-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga since 1999, and exploring its practices since childhood. Erika teaches at Yoga Works, Costa Mesa, and also teaches for Loyola Marymount University's Yoga Philosophy Certificate Program, as well... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 12:30pm MST
Coconino Nat'l Forest Service Land

Experience Sedona - Land Hikes, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Takeaway The take-away lesson is that we already have all that we need inside of us, we just need to cultivate the will to find it.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Gong 101

Limited Capacity seats available

Do you have an interest in playing gongs, the sound healing way?

Do you want to see if gong is your sound healing instrument?

What to know a little more about these empowering and healing instruments?

Gongs and mallets provided, you can be a beginner to experienced gong player. Come Join Gongster for an amazing play workshop!

Develop your personal techniques of who you are when playing a sound healing instrument. Get the tools, and follow your truth and essence.

· Origins of the Gong and their History

· Types of Gongs/ & How they are made

· What is resonant, harmony, entrainment

· Health benefits

· Different Types of Mallets

· Techniques

· Gongster’s own sound healing techniques of playing

· Brief intro to flummis

· Listening techniques

· Find your Zone

· Using Gongs or other instruments for Sound Healing

· Introducing the flummis

· Hand-Held Gong Techniques

· Practice Time

Presenters

Lisa Lippincott

Sound Healer/XPilot/Gong Distributer/ ♥ Tone of Life Gongs/Sound Healing Degree, Gongster LLC

-Gongster's Sound treatment is a personal journey that touches the delicate Strings of our soul. -It awakens spanless creative powers in us...It changes us, our lives and the lives of people around us. -When we are in harmony, our health returns, our light shines, we become centered... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 1:00pm MST
Sedona Vortex Center Seva Classes

Experiential Workshop / Training, Seva Stage

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Free and Open to the Public, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Energy Medicine
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, pens, mat

10:00am MST

Nirvana Breathing

Limited Capacity seats available

NirvanaFitness® is a system that will teach you how to breathe correctly through a series of functional toning pilates/yoga exercises, leading you to a slower and deeper daily breathing pattern (diaphragmatic with prolonged exhalation) that will replace shallow default breathing. NirvanaFitness® progressively lowers breathing rhythm from start to finish going from 12 breaths/min to a mere 4 breaths/min in the last Nirvana workout section. This increasingly employs the relax centers in your nervous system and efficiently slows and calms all the body systems, creating potential for regeneration through decreasing metabolic rate at all levels.

Presenters

Will Zecco

SWIHA Spirit of Yoga

Will’s journey into yoga has been a life changing experience. He complete his 200 teacher training in 2011 and just recently completed his 500 hour teacher training at the end of 2013. A graduate of the Spirit of Yoga/Southwest Institute of Healing Arts and had the honor of training... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 1:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Pranayama

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Pranayama
Takeaway Pranyama practice to support deeper breathing
Special Instructions to Particip Yoga mat -
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Love Light Liberation

Limited Capacity seats available

Come join us for a 3 hour workshop as we explore a non-dogmatic, contemporary, compassionate, approach to Ashtanga Yoga. Moving slow and mindfully, we will explore deeper variations, staying together creating a powerful vibration as we support each other's greatness, including Pranayama, Philosophy, & Asana. My Vision is to help people develop a sacred, meditative, healing, joyful, personal self-practice. We will explore different Deeper variations in a mindful way. Closing with a deep relaxation with full Awareness…1love

Presenters

Kevin Naidoo

ERYT Teacher/Spiritual Coach, Kevinnaidooyoga

Kevin’s offerings are filled with devotion, ceremony and ritual and are shared with the intention of reclaiming our power, cultivating self-love and finding forgiveness in order to heal. His teachings pay homage to the sadhus, rishis and mystics and honour the tradition and ritualistic... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 10:00am - 1:00pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Ashtanga Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Ashtanga Yoga
Participant Level All levels
Special Instructions to Particip Bring a notebook, pen & journal & block
partner practice, touching or ha Adjustments

10:30am MST

One Heart, One Recovery

Limited Capacity seats available

This experience will enhance participants' knowledge and practice in the application and integration of several eastern-based wisdom traditions and evidence-based western recovery practices. A healing session will be offered, focusing on the practical application of various yoga for recovery techniques promoting optimal health and well-being: I. Yamas and Niyamas; II. Asana; III. Pranayama (breathing techniques); IV. 12 Steps,Traditions and Principals; V. Recovery Philosophy - Yoga Sutras; VI. Mudras (gestures); VII. Bandhas (locks); VIII. Mindfulness/Meditation Practices; IX. Ayurveda; X. Chakra Toning; XI. Finding Stillness (withdrawal ofthe senses); XII. Sangha. The asana sequence purifies, strengthens, and adds flexibility to the body, mind and spirit. Breath supports the flow as a vehicle to balance energy. This guided class will help participants strengthen the mind/body connection, experience positive body awareness, and feel aligned, deeply connected, and heart-centered.

Presenters

Katherine McHugh

Executive Director, Cape Cod Center For Well-Being, LLC

Friday March 10, 2017 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Ironwood Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, FITNESS, LADCI, LMHC, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Takeaway The breathing practices. The centering meditation in the beginning of the practice
Special Instructions to Particip Bring a mat and anything you use for your regular practice: blocks, bolsters, blankets, straps
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

12:30pm MST

Yoga for knee health and hip happiness

Limited Capacity seats available

Yoga for knee health and hip happiness: According to orthopedic studies and yoga history, clear open flexible hips and legs are the key to healthy knees Learn creative humbling ways to free up the resistance and get a great workout, whether you are a yogi, trainer, athlete, or curious you will enjoy this class and take away important knowledge.

Presenters

Gwen Lawrence

creator/owner, power yoga for sports

Gwen Lawrence is an internationally known yoga teacher/coach, author, TV personality known for her approachability, humor and ability "I transform lives from good to great, helping my clients reach their highest potential, using my 6 power yoga for sports philosophy's to Attain... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
The Terrace the The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip mat blocks strap if needed
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

12:30pm MST

Holy Yoga Flow

Limited Capacity seats available

Join us for a bhakti asana experience.

Presenters

Brooke Boon

Founder, Holy Yoga

A yoga practitioner since 1998, Brooke founded Holy Yoga, an international outreach in 2006. She is the creator of Holy Yoga’s 95, 225 and 500 hour instructor training programs and has facilitated the education and certification of close to 2000 Holy Yoga instructors worldwide... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Beginner
Takeaway We will provide them with access to our monthly online subscription to Holy Yoga TV for 30 days as a gift for coming
Special Instructions to Particip yoga mat blocks and straps
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

1:00pm MST

Discovering Wholeness: Theory & Practice of iRest Yoga Nidra

Limited Capacity seats available

Come experience this guided form of meditation that can uncover deep states of peace, healing and resiliency. The workshop will include both an explanation of the practices of iRest Yoga Nidra, as well as calming breathing exercises and a long, deep guided meditation (iRest is practiced lying down in a comfortable position so bring a yoga mat, blankets, a pillow, or anything else that will help you feel comfortable). Clinical research is showing iRest's efficacy with insomnia, chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and depression. iRest is also an easy and effective way to experience deep states meditation. Beginners and advanced practitioners are welcome.

Presenters

Molly Birkholm

co-founder, Warriors at Ease

Friday March 10, 2017 1:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Nidra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Business Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Nidra
Participant Level No experience required
What to expect Come experience this guided form of meditation that can uncover deep states of peace, healing and resiliency. Learn more about the practice of iRest and experience a deep, restorative guided meditation. Discover how the peace you have been seeking is already here.
Takeaway iRest Yoga Nidra CDs and principles that can be practiced in daily life.
Special Instructions to Particip Notebook, pens, mat (blankets and pillow recommended, but optional) blankets

1:00pm MST

Yin-troduction to Transformation

Limited Capacity filling up

This workshop will introduce you to the theory and practice of Yin yoga, Taoism, Chinese Medicine, modern meridian theory and the energy body. Join James and KristaLove for an exploration into individual range of motion, and learn how to personalize yin postures with props and modifications for your unique body. You will practice yin yoga to personally apply the discussion, and leave with a greater awareness of breath and body mechanics to support a lifelong practice that can be applied to all forms of yoga. We will: Cover yin poses from an anatomical perspective to help students make their practice more personal Introduce concepts of Taoism and Chinese medicine that have contributed to the development of this practice Discuss yin and yang as philosophies and as styles of exercise -discuss the theory of exercise Examine how yin yoga affects connective tissue anatomically and energetically through modern meridian theory Work collaboratively to examine anatomical differences and how that relates to our practice Practice yin yoga with the application of our discussions to explore our personal practice Yin yoga is a transformational practice that supports mindful awareness of one's physical, energetic, emotional and mental equilibrium. Poses are held for an extended time with relaxed muscles and deep breathing, allowing the body to soften and the postures to stimulate connective tissues, i.e. fascia and ligament, as well as affect bone density, joint mobility, and the overall health of the internal organs.

Presenters

James Kapicka

Affection & Consent Advocates, Yin Yoga Ambassadors, YogaJames

James Kapicka is a yoga ambassador, event producer and community organizer with a passion for bringing people together to celebrate, learn and connect. He offers sacred ceremonies intended to facilitate personal growth and healing through the unconditionally giving of authentic self... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 1:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yin Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yin Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Range of motion joint exploration routine
Special Instructions to Particip bring pillows and blankets, straps, bolsters, blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

1:00pm MST

Ayurveda on the Mat

Limited Capacity seats available

Lets explore how to apply the principles of Ayurveda as yoga therapy (chikitsa). Yoga and Ayurveda have long been linked together and share a common purpose of brining harmony to the body, mind and Spirit. We will briefly review the main principles of Ayurveda including; the 5 element theory, the three doshas, Prakriti/Vikriti, the gunas, and the energetic body. Once we have laid the ground-work we will dive into Ayurveda as yoga therapy discussing asana, pranayama, mantra and meditation for balancing each dosha. We will focus on designing asana practices to balance seasons, time of day and time of life. As time allows we will use Downward Facing Dog as a tool to diagnosis dosha imbalance in an individual and discuss simple ways to bring these powerful practices onto your mat.

Presenters

Kate Towell

Yogini & Ayurveda Junkie, Infinite You Wellness

Kate began practicing yoga in 1997 as a way to stay balanced and focused during graduate school. In 2002 an injury and a health crisis brought her to Ayurveda. It was natural for the two to merge and since that time both Ayurveda and Yoga have been a daily practice. In 2010 Kate was... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 1:00pm - 4:00pm MST
The Grotto at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Ayurveda

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Ayurveda
Participant Level Yoga Teachers Only
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, pens

2:00pm MST

Dristi- You have 'The Sight'

Limited Capacity seats available

Dristi
“The eyes are the windows to the soul...” William Shakespeare So much of our yoga practice addresses our bodies through physical asana and our minds through intellectual knowledge of anatomy, but the soul is often forgotten or it remains mysterious as to how to access it. The gazing point of the eyes is called “dristi” and it is directly responsible for the flow of our energy. Where the eyes go, the energy flows, we can feel this in all we do. In this workshop we will address how to use the dristi to help bring us into balance and how the direction of the eyes either consciously or unconsciously is always informing our yoga practice and our lives. Through the structure of a vinyasa flow sequence, we will learn how to access the third eye, the eye of intuitive wisdom and to learn how to direct our gaze and our attention inward. We will learn about the different forms and layers of dristi as well as practicing “trataka” or candle gazing as a method of purifying the eyes and cultivating divine sight. Mixed level.

Presenters

Sara Ivanhoe

Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe, M.A., is celebrating her 20-year teaching anniversary this year. To mark the occasion she completed graduate school with Loyola Marymount University's Inaugural class in Yoga Philosophy. She is the yoga spokesperson for "Weight Watchers", "Yoga for Dummies... Read More →

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate

2:00pm MST

Back Care Basics

Limited Capacity seats available

Beginning with a brief discussion of anatomical and physiological causes of back pain, this workshop will address some of the common symptoms such as sciatica, piriformis syndrome, spinal stenosis, sacroiliac instability, spondylolisthesis and herniated disks. Understanding the causes we will explore the common musculoskeletal misalignments that contribute to these conditions. You will learn poses or exercises that are specific for certain conditions as well as yoga postures, core conditioning, breathing and meditation to reduce pain and improve mobility.

Presenters

Mimi Solaire

For eighteen years, I have been sharing the healing benefits of yoga through the practice of meditation, philosophy and asana. Physical and energy anatomy fascinate me which I incorporate into my classes. I teach a variety of styles from Yin/Restorative/Nidra to Hot Yoga and Aerial... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway I have a your tube video of 7 minutes they can watch for a healthy back.
Special Instructions to Particip mat, blanket, block

2:00pm MST

Chakra Perceptions- Radical Awareness of the Subtle Body

Limited Capacity seats available

You may have heard something about it, you may know nothing about it, nonetheless the health of your chakra system does effect you. Chakra means Wheel. The ancient Yogis and modern Clairvoyants who can see this energy all describe it as spinning vortices of energy that are located at certain points around the body. Most of the chakras in our energetic body correspond to main nerve centers, however, there are many more besides the simple 7 you may have heard about before. All life bodies have energetic centers- cats, dogs, horses and the Planet Earth. The power of the Chakra system then lies in much more than our simple connection to breath and our feelings. It lies to the very center of Life and connection to the Creative Source. For this connection is what causes us to be the creative energetic beings that we are. We have a Light Body made of these centers that connects to our our nerve and organ centers in the physical body, but we also have points that correspond to the Greater Energy of all life that allows us to envision and manifest on this planet. Without the chakra connection, we manifest mere base survival, and our higher forms of thought and creativity languish. Truly, as we are Spirit in a Human existence, then this connection to the Creative Force is what also causes us to be an integral part of this Source. We have Human Life Suits, if you will, that allow us to interface on the particular dimension and frequency that is Earth. It is a specific function that this body performs on this plane and it is unique in many ways. We get to sense in a tactile way the feelings and emotions of the world around us. Hence, the more clear we are in our energetic system, the more acute our own perceptions become and the more psychic we appear to be. It is not that we are ever not psychic, it is that we are frequently attuned to a lower vibration of perception that masks our awarenesses under the weight of fears and concerns, which in turn dulls our perceptions to the point of near invisibility.

Presenters

Kristen Eykel

Meditation Teacher, Sacred Circle Media

My personal journey into Energy, Yoga and Healing techniques began while I was still modeling, and taught me how to deepen my awareness and to own myself for the very first time. As a model, I was a commodity, but through my study, learned that I was a Spiritual being having a Human... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kundalini Yoga

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Kundalini Yoga
Takeaway Each chakra has a corresponding posture to to assist the student in connecting with their own subtle body more powerfully.
Special Instructions to Particip A notebook and pen is requested, comfy seating and a mat would be great

2:00pm MST

Therapeutic Yoga for Digestive Health

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Learn about therapeutic yoga practices and Ayurvedic principles that can alleviate symptoms associated with indigestion, bloating, food allergies, acid reflux and other chronic digestive conditions. The class will begin with a discussion of common imbalances of agni viewed through the lens of Ayurvedic nutrition followed by yoga poses, pranayama, marma points and essential oils that assist in relieving discomfort, strengthen digestive fire and assist overall health and vitality

Presenters

Ruth Hartung

7 Centers Yoga Arts

Ruth Hartung began her journey into yoga in 1991 with the study and teaching of Kundalini yoga in Los Angeles at Yoga West. In 1994 she initiated in the Satyananda Saraswati lineage through the Bihar University at which time she was given the spiritual name of Sraddhasagar (Ocean... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway they will learn about digestion marmas or points they can hold as part of self help practice
Special Instructions to Particip notebook

2:00pm MST

Sacred Relationships & Acro Play

Limited Capacity seats available

Sensual, playful, intimate and hilarious, this workshop is a potent mix of Q&A around tantra, sacred sexuality and conscious relationship, followed by experiential bonding tools and acroyoga trust exercises to connect deeper to yourself and your lover. No partner required to attended this workshop, although lovers are certainly welcomed and encouraged to come together. This is a safe space to bring your own questions and experiences around sexuality, spirituality, relationship and consciousness. All topics are welcome: from healing trauma to childhood wounds to breaking old patterns to orgasmic living. This is a confidential container with practical tools for connection, healing and loving relationships!

Presenters

Sufey Chen

Director of 200 & 500-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Artist. Poetess. Bhakti Yogi. Doula. Eternal Student at @sufeyyoga., Sufey Yoga

Celebrated for her wild faith, free spirit and creative expression, Sufey is world renowned as an teacher trainer, energy healer, soul artist and shamanic priestess. From movement arts to song circles to medicine ceremonies, Sufey’s heart-centered offerings include inquisitive and insightful methodology designed to CHALLENGE, TRANSFORM and LIBERATE through prayer, pranayama, philosophy, play, poetry and inspired practice. Drawing from her decade-long study of vinyasa, kundalini, yin, restorative, therapeutics... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Tantra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Tantra
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Many practical tools that can be incorporated into self-care, conscious relationship and lovemaking rituals.
Special Instructions to Particip Please come with a notebook and pen!
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

2:00pm MST

Trauma, Tension & Triggers: Using yoga to calm anxiety and create inner peace

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Yoga is perhaps never as powerful as when used to cope with the effects of trauma. While the human body is masterfully equipped to endure such experiences, when they’re over, the survivor is left with the residue of the incident playing out in his or her mind and body. Physiologically, this can put survivors of trauma on edge, or make us feel anxious, tense and reactive, even in a safe environment. During traumatic events, and often long afterwards, hormones, such as cortisol and adrenaline, are released into the body, stimulating the nervous system into fight, flight or freeze. Trauma survivors have trouble discharging this pent up energy, regulating our nervous systems and restoring ourselves to a state of rest and ease. In this workshop you will learn to use yoga as a tool to come back to your body and be present in the moment. Through asana and breath, you will learn to release stuck stress, calm your nervous system and create a sense of inner peace and relaxation. Postures will be done slowly and gently, to nourish your over-taxed physiology, build tolerance for day-to-day stress, and increase your capacity for contentment and joy.

Presenters

Paisley Anne Close

Yoga Teacher, Paisley Anne Yoga

Paisley Close teaches alignment-based classes combining held poses and slow flow, with a masterful blend of purpose-driven yoga for body, mind and heart. She invites options and variations to empower choice and personalization within the practice, with plenty of time to breathe, plus... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Takeaway Belly breathing to restore calm. Re-orienting to the present moment through body awareness against the ground and noticing objects in the current environment. Witness meditation to create space between triggers and reactions to them.

2:00pm MST

Awaken Shakti - the Slumbering Goddess within you as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati, Kali and Tara

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Unleash this Shakti, within you as the creative power of the One. Discover the archetypes of the slumbering Goddesses or Shakti within us as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Manoj will bring in statues of these deities and relate their symbolisms to your life situation. In Tantra, this Shakti archetype guides us through all aspects of life transitions such as relationships, profession and adaptation to new challenges. With Shakti's guidance, we are able to live out the intentions of the Universe rather than doing the bidding of our ego. This class is suitable for men and women. Manoj will help you find your personal deity/Ishtadevata.

Presenters

Manoj Chalam

Unique Arts

Manoj uses an entertaining story telling style using Hindu/Buddhist deities in his workshops to illuminate deep Vedanta philosophy and help people in their hero’s journey. These days people call Manoj a spiritual stand up comedian but he often falls flat on his face and that keeps... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Ironwood Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway 4 ways to practice with your yogic archetype. Will give 30 page handout (electronic version) to all attendees. This is the Teacher Training manual I wrote for Wanderlust festival.
Special Instructions to Particip Notebook pens pillow

2:00pm MST

Shakti: Connecting to the Love Untamed

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Shakti

We will discuss and practice around the 20 Key Elements of Tantra, Ayurveda, Birther/Dancer Forms, rasa (emotions as portal). For men and women alike, this is a ground-breaking training within the history and future of yoga. We will set aside patriarchal paradigms of practice, and enter into the adventure from the body upwards. Come prepared to deeply listen, feel and to leave with a new understanding of classical yogic terminology and practic.

This is an on the land experience. Participants will travel with instructor, and be guided by Aumbase Sedona Coconino Nat'l FS permitted guide Carrie Khonya to Chapel Trail. Meet in lobby for shuttle.

Presenters

Katie Silcox

Founder, Shakti School

Katie Silcox is the author of the up-coming book, Healthy, Happy, Sexy - Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women. She is also a nationally-recognized yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, writer for Yoga Journal., and a senior teacher within the Sri-Vidya ParaYoga lineage under Yogarupa... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:30pm MST
Coconino Nat'l Forest Service Land

Experience Sedona - Land Hikes

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Medicine, Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level Intermediate
Takeaway meditation
Special Instructions to Particip mat, notebook

2:30pm MST

Aqua Kriya Yoga - Dissolving Stress and Anxiety

Limited Capacity seats available

Gravity imposes a great deal of stress on our bodies. Come and experience how the laws of hydrostatic pressure and buoyancy can help initiate a deep sense of relaxation beyond the earth realm.

Note: you do not need a Pool Pass to attend this class

Presenters

Camella Nair

Author, IAYT -C, Ayurvedic Health Educator and Swami in the Kriya lineage, Swami Nibhrtananda

As a female Swami in an unbroken line of spiritual teachers, I teach the wisdom of Kriya Yoga from a feminine perspective. I started yoga at an early age and have witnessed first hand how yoga in the 'gravitational field' can challenge us. Many people 'give up' practicing yoga because... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 2:30pm - 3:45pm MST
The Pool at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Aqua Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance, Yoga Therapy
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Aqua Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip swim suit, hat, towel, sunscreen, sun glasses
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

4:30pm MST

Embodying Shakti: Enchanting Saraswati

Limited Capacity seats available

HELLO SHAKTI: Humankind has acknowledged the Divine Feminine for millennia, in its endless search for understanding and mystical union with the Universe. The diverse faces of the Goddess archetype – known in the East by many different guises, but always as Shakti, the great feminine energy that exists both within and without our bodies – can teach us many important lessons about creativity, love, healing, protection, dedication and personal power. Saraswati, the Muse of India's sacred pantheon, is referred to as a river, a current, a lightening bolt of inspiration. As the Mother of the Spoken Word, her energy continues to inspire artists of every form; Saraswati also teaches us how to use the power of our words to weave the fabric of our lives and manifest our desires. Join Ana Pilar and Jamie as they tap into the Great Goddess energy within through a dynamic, playful and creative blend of storytelling, yoga and drum-guided visual meditation. By embodying these energies in both the physical (yoga asana) and metaphysical (guided meditation) realms, participants begin to recognize the Shakti energy moving through and around them every day, as well as start building personal practices that channel this vibrant feminine power to lift them toward their full potentials. All genders welcome!

Presenters

Ana Pilar Cruz & Jamie Waggoner

Hello Shakti

CELEBRATING THE DIVINE FEMININE: Shakti is the empowering feminine energy that exists within & without our bodies – for creativity, love, healing, inspiration, protection & transformation. Hello Shakti combines storytelling, yoga practice and live drum-guided meditation for a crazy-fun-transformative... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Tantra

CEUs CEU, TM, TTP, Yoga Alliance, YPLE
Tracks Energy Track, Meditation Track
Style Tantra
Participant Level Beginner
Takeaway Students will be taught Mantras, as well as tools and techniques, to deepen their personal practice and relationship with Shakti energy.
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring yoga mat, journal and pen. Yoga straps and blocks

4:30pm MST

Embracing Yoga Philosophy & Practices in Childhood Development

Limited Capacity seats available

The launch of Sangha Relations has been featured on NBC, ABC, and other major news sites over the past few months.This amazing initiative focuses on the incorporation of Yoga Philosophy and Practices in Childhood Development as a way of addressing the complex needs of many children and youth in todays world.
Join Founder and Director, Anjili Russell, as she shares with you the framework of nurturing and development a child in four distinct areas, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual and how yoga philosophy and practices work together to foster a child’s development in all four areas simultaneously. You will leave feeling inspired by Anjili’s real world experience, both personal and professional, in the use of yoga philosophy and practices to create long lasting change and move our children towards self-actualization and whole-being as balanced, content, & happy adults.

Presenters

Anjili Russell

Teacher, Speaker, Author, Sangha Relations

Anjili is an E-RYT 500 and holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Work. She is the co-founder of an international teacher training school, SadhanaYoga.com and co-visionary of a large community oriented yoga studio in New England where she resides with her husband and toddler. Anjili's... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Ironwood Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip note book, pen

4:30pm MST

Sacred Ground

Limited Capacity seats available

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. -Leonardo da Vinci When you treat foot problems with yoga, you end up treating knee pain, back pain, hip pain, and all kinds of structural problems. We place our feet into tight (albeit cute) shoes, walk around on concrete all day, and generally ignore them unless they begin to hurt. 25% of the bones in our body are in our feet. 25% of the muscles in our body are in, or connect to, our feet. When the muscles in our feet become weak, they affect the structure of the bones, causing the arches to collapse. Fallen arches can result in tendonitis, plantar fasciatis and contribute to the development of bunions, shin splints, and pain in the knees and hips. They can even affect the lower back, neck, and shoulders. In this workshop we will aim to open the plantar fascia and strengthen the muscles in the feet and lower legs, resulting in both a greater range of motion and sense of balance. Our feet are a gateway into the entire body – the organs, spine, breath, and even chakras! Maintaining the health of our feet with regular care, can literally put an extra spring in your step - physically, energetically, and emotionally!

Presenters

jyl kutsche

Jyl Marie Yoga

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Experiential Workshop / Training, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip blocks, strap, blankets

4:30pm MST

Sacred Movement Flow

Limited Capacity seats available

Sacred Movement Flow Working with the wisdom of multiple spiritual paths, this class calls in the four directions and their corresponding elements to create a sacred flow. As above, so below, as without, so within. Through vinyasa sequences that flow like water and pranayama that builds a passionate fire inside we will connect deeper to Mother Earth and Father Sky. Utilizing the benefits of the physical practice to ground our bodies we allow our spirit to fly! Guided by the sounds of uplifting beats, we will connect to our highest selves and raise the vibration of our global tribe. This class includes elements of mediation, pranayama, crystal bowl sound healing and of course asana.

Presenters

Anton Mackey

Antonyoga

Anton Mackey is a soulful vinyasa teacher who masterfully bridges the gap between the spiritual and the physical, weaving his knowledge of anatomy with sacred wisdom into every practice.Anton’s heartfelt intention is to create space for growth and expansion while challenging body... Read More →

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Mental Physix is a DJ/Producer duo, known for defying musical genres, consisting of Crisanto Santa Ana (Santosha) & Dru Ali (Hyphen-Select). You can catch them on tour performing at yoga studios, music festivals and everywhere in between. The third eye is the invisible brow chakra... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Special Instructions to Particip blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

4:30pm MST

Tale of the Tail; workshop on the Spine

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

This workshop is not designed to diagnose a back issue but to offer exercises and movements to stretch, strengthen, and soothe your spine while teaching you to move through your life with more postural awareness and less discomfort. We will incorporate a combination of strengthening postures that engage the back and core muscles for posture, and relaxation postures that will help reduce tension in the spine. The back discomfort we will address is due to muscle tightness, imbalance, or improper alignment.

Presenters

Donna Schnoor

E-RYT500 YACEP, Yoga4U LLC

Donna’s themed classes offer a unique fusion of alignment, anatomy, and strength while delving into the deeper meaning of Yoga. She specializes in modalities for healing in all levels, gentle, and specialty classes that target specific areas of the body or ailments. All of her classes... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway A handout will be give describing some of the exercises we go over.
Special Instructions to Particip mat, notebook, pen, block if available, perhaps blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

4:30pm MST

The Role of Restoration Yoga as a Healing Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

Restorative Yoga may seem to be intimidating at first. How to place the supports, the blocks, the straps.....? Relax- this is the key word in restoration, Relaxation. In this session, learn what makes this practice more than just relaxing, but a true state of Surrender. Most people spend a great deal of the waking, conscious day (and truthfully, their slumbering unconscious night!) in dealing with stress. For many folks, the very act of lying back and being still is even in itself a massive shift in allowing. Minds are busy filling in the gaps of what I woulda, coulda, shoulda have done. Or endlessly loop around the what I must do next. This process creates a mental crazy train that is deftly crippling otherwise normal, healthy people. Teaching them what slowing down even means, is a challenge! Add to this, the amount of toll that is placed upon the human body through overindulgences- whether this be too much sitting at a computer, or too much spinning in the gym. Our bodies find healing in the place between such states. The beauty of Restoration yoga, is that even people with no prior yoga experience, or who are in recovery from addictions and trauma, can find deep psychological support and healing in profound ways. In fact, the vulnerability that can be exposed and then lovingly supported is beautiful. Come experience for yourself why this gentle practice is so dearly needed in a time of accelerated change.

Presenters

Kristen Eykel

Meditation Teacher, Sacred Circle Media

Friday March 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Lecture / Talk, Restorative Yoga

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Restorative Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Restorative props like pillows, blankets or bolsters and blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

7:30pm MST

Deep Relax

Limited Capacity filling up

Taught by Danielle and created by Sri Dharma Mittra, our guided restorative session to help you break free from the stress of the noisy and restless world that maintains its presence in our bodies and minds at all times. This practice will allow you to take the time to let all the cells of your physical body, joints and organs de-stress and begin to find balance. This result occurs on an unconscious level as your bodily systems become healthy, balanced and refreshed. You will then be ready to sit quietly for the final minutes in the practice of contemplative meditation, to bring your awareness even further within and guide you toward the Real Self deep in your heart. From this place, it will be easy for you to acknowledge, see and feel the unity in the diversity, the sameness of all. You will slowly realize all is within and we are all one as Sri Dharma often says. Each session includes different special practices and lectures. Danielle has studied 1800 hours with Sri Dharma and is a registered 800 hour teacher with his school.

Presenters

Danielle Vardakas-Duszko

Center Director, Honest Yoga

Danielle Vardakas E-RYT500 DYT800 BFA began dancing at age 3 in Philadelphia. She continued to study dance at the Philadelphia Creative & Performing Arts High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Temple University and the Tyler School of Art in 2001. Danielle fell in love with... Read More →

Friday March 10, 2017 7:30pm - 8:30pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Evening & Sunrise, Yoga Nidra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Nidra
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip mat blanket pillow

6:00am MST

Love Kriya Meditation

Limited Capacity seats available

The 'Love Kriya Meditation' is about awakening the Bhakti heart and connecting to our truest essence which is blissful, oceanic unconditional love. This a very powerful class that leads us into our heart space and carries it out into a deep, connected experience with one another. This Meditation is based in Sattva Yoga which is a holistic, dynamic, all inclusive, expansive and ever-evolving practice that combines asana, pranayama, meditation, kriya and wisdom. The intention for Sattva Yoga is to give you a journey beyond the time bound self/ego and enter the space of transcendence.

Presenters

Yashoda Devi Ma

Founder, Yashoda Devi Ma

Saturday March 11, 2017 6:00am - 7:15am MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Evening & Sunrise, Meditation

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Meditation
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway The Kriya and Pranayama can be shorten into a daily sadhana practice.
Special Instructions to Particip Pillow, mat, blanket
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

Explore The Body As Energy

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Experience Tao's unique and accessible teachings first-hand. Use the four pillars of yoga: pranayama (breath work), mudras (gestures), bandhas (energetic locks), and chakras (energy centers), to explore the rich potential of the body to renew heal and revitalize. Practice Tao's special yoga tango. Walk away inspired, strengthened and renewed-ready to energize your practice and life.

Presenters

Tao Porchon Lynch

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Experiential Workshop / Training, Iyengar Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Iyengar Yoga
Participant Level Beginner
Special Instructions to Particip bring a mat
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

The Yoga of Chocolate: A Journey of the Senses

Limited Capacity seats available

With the practice of pratyahara you can cultivate a more intimate relationship to your experience of sensation. A less common translation of the word pratyahara is ‘to recover the senses'. In this workshop, chocolate and asana will be the vehicles which we will use to cultivate that sensitivity, as our eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, heart, and whole body take in the delicate subtleties in the different varieties of chocolate. Combined with the chocolate tastings, we will explore SATYA, somatic movement techniques developed by Tias Little, to further heighten that awareness. In this workshop, chocolate will be used as a means of directing the participants' attention inward, and not at all as a gimick. The aim is to use chocolate as a way of encouraging people to slow down and really taste, savor, and enjoy their present moment experiences, whatever they may be ( (this one they will hopefully find especially delicious!) Combining the chocolate tasting with the SATYA work from Tias Little (SATYA stands for 'somatic awareness training for yoga asana' will allow the attendees to go deeper and deeper inward through a variety of different means, both complementing one another...as they become more attuned to the smell, texture, tastes of the chocolate during the tastings, their awareness of subtle physical sensation during the movement will be heightened as well!

Presenters

jyl kutsche

Jyl Marie Yoga

Sponsors

ChocolaTree

ChocolaTree is a Sanctuary where each Being can nurture their Authenticity. We see a World of natural beauty where every child is born into a domain with clean air, pure water and their very own garden growing fresh foods in a splendid paradise! We all play a part in nurturing... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track
Style Other
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip blankets, block, bolster

8:00am MST

Handcraft Your Health with Ayurveda

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

One of the most beautiful things about Ayurveda, the holistic, ancient Indian art and science of healthy living is that everything is handmade. Which means there is love, care, attention and intention that goes into all of our daily choices. Each of these health-awakening choices we make is like a seed of a flower we plant in a garden of mindfulness. Join Ananta, author of The Ayurveda Way (Storey Publishing, 2017), to learn several of Ayurveda's ancient hands-on health awakening practices to start growing your own garden of mindful living:

A special daily self-love practice that will rejuvenate your body, soothe aches/pains, and help you sleep like a baby at night

Simple, yet profound lineage-based Ayurvedic Yoga practices to calm and heal your mind and help you live in greater harmony with nature

Practical ways you can connect with the healing power of marigold flowers to boost your digestion, bring a radiant glow to your skin and uplift your spirit

Presenters

Ananta

Director of Branding and Yoga Studies, Vedika Global

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Ayurveda

CEUs Ayurveda, CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Ayurveda

8:00am MST

Sloga: Release your Hoarding Hips

Limited Capacity seats available

Our beautiful hips, known as the body’s ‘junk drawer’ or ‘attic’, are often where we ‘hoard’ painful memories and undigested emotions. I often say that I stored my ‘junior prom night’ in my right hip – lol! And I’m guessing you might have a particularly powerful memory or two lodged in your hip ‘storage units’. You certainly don’t need to be able to name whatever painful memory or negative energy is stressing, inflaming or tightening up your lower body to know that ‘hoarding hips’ often reflect in undesirable physical effects. Think cranky low back, stingy hamstrings, unforgiving quads, shortened hip flexors, sore knees, stiff ankles and even stressed-out feet - as well as hips that just plain hurt. Set to the sweet beats of Mixtress Hava , enjoy a delicious combination of intentional breath, slow-flowing rhythmic asana, exploratory deep stretches and gentle reminders to release attachments (vairayga) and practice compassion (ahimsa). We will tune in to those hips and hip-surrounding areas so we can open up, de-clutter and revel in a juicy surrendering of whatever it is that’s been hidden away behind the locked doors of your ‘hoarding’ hip joints.

Presenters

Mixtress Hava

Barb Totzke

Owner, Bespoke Yoga

A yoga teacher friend of mine said to me many times over... "See that guy? He’s gettin’ ready...to get ready...to do some yoga!" Given my own first yoga experience - I totally understood. Although I can’t really remember what led me to my first class, I do know that I was so... Read More →

Artists

Mixtress Hava

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip blocks and/or blankets would be helpful.

8:00am MST

The OM Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

The sacred sound of OM sonically and visually brings us through the natural cycle of creation. As humans we often get stuck in some aspect of the creation process: it is hard to get started- birthing, we get bored with the mundane daily activity that it takes to sustain a creation - duration, or we can’t let go and we hold on - death/destruction. This simple vinyasa flow practice allows you to settle deeply into yourself and your practice so that you may see what part of the cycle you are resisting today. Dana will invite you to engage your breath and create space in your body, mind, and spirit so that you may find more ease and alignment with the natural flow of life. This will be a full practice - mantra practice, simple vinyasa practice, long savasana and meditation. Appropriate for all levels.

Presenters

Dana Shamas

Founder, Bayou Bliss Yoga

Artists

Jim Beckwith

Chief Music Maker, Common Touch Music

Jim Beckwith (Hanuman Das) is an accomplished musician, songwriter and teacher. His love of music and yoga inspired him to focus on bringing live music to yoga classes. Jim's music is soulful and evocative of healing and inner awakening. He mixes mantra chants and English lyrics with... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Session Length 90 Minutes
Participant Level Beginner
Takeaway OM mantra meditation - an easy way to start a meditation practice and introduce the power of mantra.
Special Instructions to Particip mat and any yoga props needed, blanets and blocks would be great
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

Yoga as the Path to Wholeness

Limited Capacity seats available

Join Anjili in this special workshop designed as part conversation, part reflection, part coaching, to move through fear blocks, patterns and stories that we carry, preventing us from being the highest possible version of who we really are.
Using techniques from Anjili’s personal coaches such as, Gabby Bernstein and Ted McGrath, and blending with them with yoga philosophy and practices, Anjili will assist you in moving forward in the creation of your life as you hope to experience it. Using visualization, imagery, writing tools and more, we will delve deep into the strong holds that hold us back from fulling expressing ourselves as whole and complete beings.

Presenters

Anjili Russell

Teacher, Speaker, Author, Sangha Relations

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
The Grotto at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway They will be able to use the guided meditation in their own practice
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, pen

8:00am MST

Yoga for PTSD, immersion for Yoga Teachers and Service Providers "Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga"

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters

Molly Birkholm

co-founder, Warriors at Ease

Suzanne Connolly

Suzanne Connolly Workshops

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

CEO, Yoga2Sleep, LLC

Gina Garcia

Yoga Teacher; Mother; Writer, Yoga Across America Founder; Baptiste Foundation Board

Essie Titus

Firefighter / EMT / Yoga Teacher, Kansas City Fire Department

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Lori Zeltwanger

Owner and Physical Therapist, Myofascial Mastery Academy and Advanced Release Therapy

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00am - 12:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Yoga For PTSD Training

CEUs NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track

8:15am MST

Trauma-Informed Kundalini Yoga

Limited Capacity seats available

Join Alyson Atma Simms in a Trauma-Informed Kundalini workshop. Kundalini as taught by Yogi Bhajan has specific kiryas and meditations to help us during and after times of trauma. These teachings are some of the foundation for the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology, which offers support for people with PTSD. You can expect a safe container, gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, & a deep relaxation. You will walk away with a practice you can do on a daily basis to feel better, clearer, and especially sleep well.

Presenters

Alyson Atma Simms

owner, teacher, Atma Offerings

Alyson Atma Simms, E-RYT500 Kundalini & E-RYT200 Hatha, is a natural bridge between the earthly and divine realms. Her teaching style brings an intensity of Spirit, while enveloping you in grace and humor. Your body will tune, your mind will balance, your courage will be summoned... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:15am - 9:30am MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Kundalini Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track
Style Kundalini Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway They will get a handout on a meditation that will help them sleep better.
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring blankets, pillows, or other yoga props you might have with you. Blankets

10:00am MST

AnatomySense- Experiential Anatomy of the Shoulder

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

This class is tailored to the anatomy geeks, as well as to the curious practitioners. There's a big difference between knowing what something is and knowing how it feels. Mike teaches to the feeling component of Anatomy, making AnatomySense. We will explore the anatomy and function of the shoulder. You'll not only learn about its form and function, but also how to work therapeutically with the shoulder through breath, touch and movement. Through this lecture/practice, you'll gain a stronger foundation of how to work with the shoulder – yours and others – in a therapeutic and intelligent way. You will come away with simple and effective solutions to shoulder pain and dysfunction.

Presenters

Dr. Mike Lane

Founder, AnatomySense

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway shoulder therapeutics
Special Instructions to Particip bring a notebook, pen, mat, blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Kundalini Yoga Evolution Revolution w/ Live Music by Sal Nunz & Friends

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Shine like the sun with Kundalini Yoga's dynamic blend of breathing, movement, stretching, meditation, & more. Ana & Ravi present the best of both ancient and new: Spiritual depth and the science of energy flow, alignment principles, core strengthening, heart opening, & fun! In this exciting workshop you’ll experience special techniques to transform your life and make great gains on the inner and outer planes! Featuring live music by Sal Nunz and the Love Tribe Vibes band. Think of those special days when you feel on top of the world, when everything flows and beauty abounds. This workshop will help you put those special days on speed dial and give your life a total boost. Make the types of personal breakthroughs you never though possible. Expand your range of movement physically, mentally, and beyond. 75% physical 25% meditative. FOR ALL LEVELS.

Presenters

Ravi Singh + Ana Brett

Co-Founders, Raviana Productions / Yoga Unify

With 40+ years combined teaching experience, internationally celebrated yoga Teachers, Ana Brett & Ravi Singh, remain fresh in their quest to keep innovating—with new methods, approaches, depth, and insight. These seasoned Teachers are known for their ability in helping students... Read More →

Sal Nunz

Yogi rock star Sal Nunz is author of the albums Wide Open and Own Trip. He specializes in teaching yoga for people in recovery and is the co-founder, along with Ravi Singh & Ana Brett of the new website Love Tribe Vibes (.com). Sal's philosophy is "open hearts no matter what." He... Read More →

Artists

Sal Nunz

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kundalini Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Kundalini Yoga
Participant Level No experience required

10:00am MST

Awaken the Chakras with Sound Healing

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Join us for a deeply nourishing workshop of breath work, guided meditation, intention setting, chakra balancing and a soothing crystal singing bowl concert. Kristen holds sacred space & creates a relaxing sound bath with crystal quartz singing bowls, bells, planetary chimes, tingshas, a rose quartz alchemy bowl, zaphir chimes, handheld crystal bowls and other soothing percussive instruments while lying on the spine or seated in a chair. The chakras of the body will be aligned with a specific vibration of sound as well as bija seed sounds to offer deeper grounding. The powerful resonance and vibration of the singing bowls and chimes offer a holistic affect and help you to re-connect with the body’s natural frequencies, encouraging balance and promoting inner harmony in your entire being. No experience necessary. All Welcome ~ Namaste

Presenters

Kristen Rubis

Sound Healer, Kristen Rubis Yoga & Sacred Music

The support and guidance that I offer is founded in over two decades of study in the healing arts as well as in my personal journey towards wellness and inner peace. Through yoga, massage, reiki and sound healing, my practice brings together a unique blend of experience in the healing... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Energy Medicine

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Energy Medicine
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Notebook for chakra information, pen, yoga mat, blanket and pillow.

10:00am MST

Brilliance, Resilience & Balance: cultivating lightness and wholehearted living on the yogic path

Limited Capacity seats available

Humans are a resilient species, thriving despite the unavoidable challenges of life. While these experiences are great motivators on the spiritual path, they can fragment us, pulling us into disjointed, disparate, frazzled pieces. Yoga’s promise is to return us to wholeness. In the face of hardship, how can we stoke the flames of our inner light? What tools from the yogi’s toolbox can we carry into our daily lives that foster resilience? How can we say yes to the whole spectrum of life’s experiences, both the enjoyable and the challenging? An advanced seeker is someone who can hold the tension of these opposites without being split into pieces. In this workshop you will learn to use yoga to return to wholeness, even when things are uncomfortable. Together, we will use our practice to find balance in the ever-shifting middle so we may live with whole-hearted courage and openness, no matter the circumstance.

Presenters

Paisley Anne Close

Yoga Teacher, Paisley Anne Yoga

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Artists

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Style Hatha Yoga
Session Length 2 Hours
Participant Level Other
A/V None
Max # participants 31-60
music No
DJ? Yes Would love Mental Physic to DJ this class, but am open to other artists, too.
set-up time 15 minutes
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring a pen and notebook or journal along with your yoga mat.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Energetic Hatha Flow w/ Gong Bath Meditation

Limited Capacity seats available

A fusion of pranayama to center and open the mind followed by an energetic hatha yoga practice that will be open to ALL levels of yoga experience followed by a gong bath guided yoga nidra meditation to integrate the mind body soul experience

Presenters

Will Zecco

SWIHA Spirit of Yoga

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Takeaway Pranyama
Special Instructions to Particip mat - blanket
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

The Mystical Relationship: Healing Power of Connection

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Mystical: adjective. - inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. It is a basic human need to connect with others. Often times, we don't know how or we're afraid. Too much isolation can lead to anxiety and depression. David and Leah will be sharing several practices that will help you to connect with others on a deep, authentic level. We will be communicating with words, with silence and with our nurturing touch in pairs and in small groups. This experience will help to enhance all relationships in your life, intimate partner, friends and family, coworkers, and people you've only just met! Our practices include: - Sacred Space Ritual - Soul Gazing - Thai Massage - Laughter Yoga - Connection Trio - Affirmation Circle Join David and Leah for this Fun and transformational workshop experience, and be prepared to embody The Mystical Relationship!

Presenters

Misty Makara

co-founder, Thai Love Yoga

Hello! I am an energy healing practitioner and licensed massage therapist specializing in and certified in Thai Yoga Bodywork. Together with my sweetie and partner David, we teach Vedic Thai Yoga Bodywork, kundalini yoga, meditation and relationship workshops/playshops. We love to... Read More →

David Tietje

Co-Founder, Thai Love Yoga

Suppose you knew that everything that happened to you was wonderful? Everything...without exception. If you believed that and told some people that you knew about it they would say "What's wrong with you? You know that everything that happens is not wonderful." Well, it is wonderful... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Meditation Track
Style Other
Participant Level No experience required
A/V
Takeaway they will be able to practice everything we share with them. we will be giving them handouts too.
Special Instructions to Particip bring yoga mat, 1 blanket
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Secret Symbolisms of Hindu & Buddhist Deities such as Ganesh, Shiva, Lakshmi, Tara, etc

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Using statues to illustrate, Manoj will relate the symbolism of Hindu and Buddhist deities to archetypes within us. Through mythology, we will uncover hidden symbolisms and learn the four ways to work with them as part of a spiritual practice. Discover how knowing and working with your archetypes can profoundly shift you, especially during moments of life transitions, and how these ancient teachings have practical relevance to your life, bringing peace of mind and leading to enlightenment. Manoj will help you find your personal deity/Ishtadevata.

Presenters

Manoj Chalam

Unique Arts

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Note book, pens, pillow

10:00am MST

the Story of Yoga - the fascinating journey of yoga through time.

Limited Capacity seats available

Have you ever wondered how yoga came out? What made it last for centuries? What happened to yoga 5000 years ago? How is yoga in india today? Come discover the origins of yoga, the path it took to reach us and the face of modern yoga. This is, the Story of Yoga. Discover your deep connection to this timeless wisdom. Workshop will cover the origins of yoga, the mysticism of India, the guru shishya parampara, the passage of yoga through time, the legends, yoga in india and the world & timeless texts. The entry of yoga into the modern world and its explosion. And how we fit into the big picture. Understanding what a yogic lifestyle is all about and much more. Session will be fun, interactive and visual journey by international yoga teacher, Arundhati Baitmangalkar. Having grown up and lived in India till recently, Arundhati gives us the latest and most refreshing take on modern yoga. Breaking down an ancient wisdom and making it a part of our daily lives.

Presenters

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Yoga Teacher & Blogger, Aham Yoga & BollyWorks

Arundhati came to Yoga after spending years being a Bollywood dance instructor and performer while living in India. Many dance injuries pushed her to explore Yoga as a means of healing. Since then, not only has she healed her previous dance injuries and imbalances but has taken to... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level Advanced
A/V
Special Instructions to Particip Will need block, blanket, pen & book. Yoga mat.

12:30pm MST

Aqua Kriya Yoga - Accessible Yoga for a Lifetime of Practice

Limited Capacity filling up

Licensed Health Care Professionals are helping to shape the yoga world right now, but at the moment the treatment options don't include yoga for professionals in the aquatic field. This is an emerging field that is being driven not by the yoga world trying to find a new trendy medium to practice in, but to meet the demand of people who want an accessible and spiritual plan for self health care. The millennials are coming of age but the yoga world is as yet unable to meet the demand for classes. Come and experience Aqua Yoga for yourself or consider becoming a teaching ambassador.

Presenters

Camella Nair

Author, IAYT -C, Ayurvedic Health Educator and Swami in the Kriya lineage, Swami Nibhrtananda

Saturday March 11, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
The Pool at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Aqua Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance, Yoga Therapy
Tracks Beginners Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Aqua Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Swim suit, sunglasses, sunscreen,towel

12:30pm MST

Power Yoga for Sports: Shoulders & Back

Limited Capacity seats available

Power Yoga for Sports: Shoulders & Back (perhaps the description could include what sporting events this would be most app. for) Tennis, pitching, linemen, golfers…the demand on your upper body is tremendous. Learn top Power Yoga for Sports stretches to increase your power and success. Whether you are rehabbing or climbing to the top, keep your vulnerable shoulders safe and strong.

Presenters

Gwen Lawrence

creator/owner, power yoga for sports

Saturday March 11, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip blocks and straps if needed
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

12:30pm MST

Goddess/God Within

Limited Capacity seats available

This session focuses on discovering the divine feminine/masculine qualities that are innately yours. We will explore how to work with feminine and masculine energy. You will be guided through a deep process to embody these qualities fully. You will access what limits this full expression so that you can truly become the Goddess/God self that you are.

Presenters

Sitara Van Block

Light of Truth

Sitara Van Block has taught yoga internationally for over 25 years, and practiced Transpersonal Psychology for 20 years. She leads retreats internationally and has taught Masters degree Students in Transpersonal Psychology. Her Kid Yoga DVD's are number one best sellers on Amazon... Read More →

Artists

Valerie Irons

Owner, Aumbase Sedona/Bhakti Tribe Sedona

Valerie Sanjali Irons is an artist, sound alchemist, breathwork practitioner and kirtan wallah practicing in Sedona, AZ since 2014. She founded Sanjali Healing Arts in 2018, bringing all her modalities together. She is immersed in the world of sacred sound and offers private sessions... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Meditation

CEUs CEU, NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Meditation Track
Style Meditation
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, pen, pillow

12:30pm MST

Building Community that Supports Yoga Teachers and their Business

Limited Capacity seats available

Community is the heart of a yoga business, both for the teacher and the studio. Teachers, students and staff unite to create a network of relationships that require trust, connection and respect. Creating a healthy community and strong community bonds can make your teaching and your yoga business flourish. So, how do you do this successfully? How you do determine who your current and target community is? How do you deal with dysfunction in your community? On what grounds do you connect with your community? Join Lynann Politte for this interactive lecture, and get answers to these questions and more. We'll start by walking through the process of self-discovery, wherein you'll lay out a picture of your ideal community. Then we'll discuss steps and tips toward building that community. See how cultivating community is a win/win/win situation for you and your students/staff, and explore the practical and creative tools for creating a space that becomes the yoga home for all who work and practice there.

Presenters

Lynann Politte

Founder, Yoni Speaks

Saturday March 11, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Business of Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Business Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Business of Yoga
Participant Level Yoga Teachers Only
Special Instructions to Particip notebook and pen

12:30pm MST

The spirituality of movement and energy - an intro to the Chakras

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters

Brooke Boon

Founder, Holy Yoga

Saturday March 11, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway a guide to mediation for each chakra

1:00pm MST

Bending Backward: Explore, Grow, and Expand!

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Philosophically, backbends are associated with a movement into the unknown, into our future. This workshop will give participants the tools they need to go deeper in their bodies, and in their lives, into unknown terrains and realms. Move deeper into intermediate and advanced backbends by learning appropriate body mechanics to safely explore the edges of our practice. We all have our limits; but it is important to test and ask why we set parameters on our own exploration, growth, and expansion. Backbends are some of the most beautiful yoga postures; but also some of the more complicated and difficult ones. This workshop will warm students up for these deep postures, and provide them with proper alignment tools to move safely into back bending asanas. This will be a mixed level workshop where students will be given the chance to move into more advanced postures as they are ready.

This is an on the land experience. Participants will travel with instructor, and be guided by Aumbase Sedona Coconino Nat'l FS permitted guide Carrie Khonya to Chapel Trail. Meet in lobby for shuttle.

Presenters

Maggie Siebert

Maggie Siebert has been living, practicing, and teaching yoga under the crisp pink of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque since 2004. She is the owner and director of Sani Yoga studio and leads the teacher training program. She has taught yoga as a part-time faculty member of the... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 1:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Coconino Nat'l Forest Service Land

Experience Sedona - Land Hikes, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
Special Instructions to Particip Bring your yoga mat and any other props you may own: Blocks, blankets, and straps.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

2:00pm MST

Heal Your Heart with The Kriya Ritual of Forgiveness

Limited Capacity filling up

Do you hold on to old hurts that drain your energy? Would you like to let go of resentment so you can live with more ease and joy? No matter how badly you have been hurt, it is possible to forgive and live with a healed and open heart. Bitterness creates restriction in your heart chakra and holds you back from living into your highest potential. We give away our power when we allow our energy to be consumed by hurt and resentment. Sometimes, our energy is drained by the anger we feel towards our own actions. When we learn to forgive others, we also learn to forgive ourselves. We are all good and whole at the core of our beings, and we all are doing the best we know how. Recognizing this is the first step toward forgiveness. The Kriya Ritual of Forgiveness is a powerful meditation technique using visualization and mantra to heal your heart. The ritual is performed on the internal planes through visualization. You will leave this workshop with a simple and amazingly effective tool for healing your hurt and resentment.

Presenters

Gracia Gimse McKinley

Guiding Teacher and Co-Founder, My Spirit Community

Gracia Gimse McKinley radiates warmth and acceptance. She empowers students to attune to their own inner wisdom in order to live authentic, happy, and meaningful lives. Her teacher trainings support yoga and meditation teachers as they grow into confident mentors capable of inspiring... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kriya Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Kriya Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Props some chairs
Takeaway The Kriya Ritual of Forgiveness can be practiced daily for short periods of time until the hurt is healed. It can also be practiced for longer periods of time at significant times like the new or full moon or the anniversary of a particular event.
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring what you need to sit comfortably on the floor.

2:00pm MST

Therapeutic & Skillful Hands-on Assists

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Effective hands-on assists open up something new for the student and provide a safe and comforting space for the student to evolve. For the assist to be successful, there must be a line of communication between the teacher and the student both literally and energetically. Learn how to exchange energy with your students using breath and verbal communication. Protect yourself and your students energetically when working with kinesthetic transmission through touch. Discover new assists that are both empowering and intuitive. Improve your seeing skills, learn to breathe with your students and connect with them, help your students feel good in their poses and teach them how to support themselves and their injuries.

Presenters

Heba Saab

Founder, HIBS YOGA, Las Vegas NV

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Forrest Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Forrest Yoga
Participant Level Yoga Teachers Only
Special Instructions to Particip bring notebook, pens, something to take photos with, yoga blanket or large beach towel, and foam block.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

2:00pm MST

'Lila!' Yoga PlayGround

Limited Capacity seats available

"LILA, Yoga Playground" / Vinyasa Flow Practice / Tap into your CREATIVITY... LILA! Let's PLAY, get out of your thinking mind and into the feeling body…Approaching our yoga practice with a childlike sense of exploration and wonder, helps us face our fears from of a place of discovery. Release the grip that causes us to remain stagnant in our practice and life. Turn upside down and all around with back bends, headstands, handstands and more in a mindful and approachable way, that will leave you feeling empowered and inspired. ALL LEVELS WELCOME.

Presenters

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Tymi Howard Yoga & Guruv Yoga Studios

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

Artists

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
Special Instructions to Particip Body, yoga mat, and great attitude. Blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

2:00pm MST

The Art of Self-Expression & Intuitive Song Circle

Limited Capacity seats available

As we liberate our bodies, empower our voices and sing our heart’s truth, we tap into the natural flow of creativity that energizes, inspires and excites us. Through intuitive movements, tribal dance, chanting and singing, we open our hearts to joyful connection with ourselves and others. Since the beginning of time, tribes have come together in ceremonial dance and song to heal, grieve, forgive, bond and celebrate. We offer a sacred space to gather in circle, to see and be seen, to hear and be heard, to feel and be felt, to love and be loved!

Presenters

Sufey Chen

Director of 200 & 500-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Artist. Poetess. Bhakti Yogi. Doula. Eternal Student at @sufeyyoga., Sufey Yoga

Artists

Jim Beckwith

Chief Music Maker, Common Touch Music

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Sedona Vortex Center Seva Classes

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Seva Stage

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track, Free and Open to the Public
Style Kirtan
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Many songs that can be incorporated for specific purposes — healing, energy, pregnancy & birthing, fire-tending, forgiveness, etc!

2:00pm MST

Yoga Nidra

Limited Capacity seats available

Many traditions of yoga build heat in the body as a method of melting away toxins and tension-this is only half of the practice. YOGA NIDRA includes gentle (moon cycle) vinyasas to slow the body down, hip openers to release patterns from the deep muscle fascia and restorative poses to flood the body with vitality. The next step on this healing journey will be soothing pranayama and a guided yoga nidra practice designed to bring the body into a state of relaxation that is deeper than sleep. If you have been doing a lot of yoga and wonder why you are still fatigued, YOGA NIDRA will provide the RE-FUEL experience you are looking for.

Presenters

Sara Ivanhoe

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Yoga Nidra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Yoga Nidra
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Warm clothes, something to cover your eyes, Blanket

2:30pm MST

Choco Vinyasa

Limited Capacity seats available

Choco Vinyasa is a journey within your body to experience movement, music, aroma, taste, sensuality, and freedom while igniting your spirit and balancing your chakra (energies in the body) Experience the freedom of passionate movements that allow you to express your emotions without reservation. Combining yoga, play and chocolate tasting creates a deeper appreciation for all your bodily senses, breaking away from the seriousness of life. During this juicy yoga class, you will move your body to live music as you taste 7 types of chocolate. Each chocolate will connect you with a different energy center within the body (chakras). The participants interact with each other by sharing their chocolates as well dancing together

Presenters

Elka Haeckel

Sponsors

ChocolaTree

Saturday March 11, 2017 2:30pm - 3:45pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Business Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

4:30pm MST

Yin Sane

Limited Capacity seats available

Yin Sane: practice this mentally challenging class of long deep holds that increase flexibility and metal toughness and open the body like you never felt before…great compliment to your high energy classes: techniques I use to change the way my Pro's see their body and stretch. I use long deep holds to identify imbalances and weaknesses that can potentially become injuries. An amazing by product of the practice is the use of breath to deepen your stretch and injection of mental toughness and focus that all fitness professionals seem to thrive on.

Presenters

Gwen Lawrence

creator/owner, power yoga for sports

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 5:45pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yin Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yin Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway they can choose any of the poses they think are beneficial to their needs to better their physical being
Special Instructions to Particip mat blocks straps

4:30pm MST

Release your Psoas and Back Pain

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

The Psoas muscles are often referred to as "the muscle of the soul." When the psoas and tight hip flexor muscles becomes contracted due to injuries, poor posture, prolonged sitting, or stress, it can alter the biomechanics of the pelvis and the lumbar, thoracic and even cervical vertebrae. Until these muscles are released the muscles may stay contracted and go into further shortening and spasm very easily. A functioning psoas muscle creates neutral pelvic alignment and provides greater mobility and strength. You will experience a feeling of relaxation in your hips and back as you practice and end with a relaxing yoga nidra.

Presenters

Mimi Solaire

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 5:45pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Trauma Sensitive Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway you tube video- Releasing the Psoas
Special Instructions to Particip mat, blanket, block and strap

4:30pm MST

Intro Talk to Vedic Meditation

Limited Capacity seats available

Vedic Meditation is derived from the Veda, the 5,000 year old body of wisdom and source of yoga and Ayurvedic medicine. During meditation, one experiences inner wakefulness beyond thought. Meditators describe this state as supreme inner contentment. The restfulness accompanying meditation is considerably deeper than that gained by sleeping. This profound rest allows deep-rooted stresses to dissolve naturally, bringing innumerable health benefits to the individual. The integration of bliss consciousness and deeper levels of rest with one’s dynamic daily activity allows the meditator to become less stressed, more creative, more productive, and more adaptable to the demands of life.

Presenters

Yashoda Devi Ma

Founder, Yashoda Devi Ma

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 5:45pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Meditation

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Meditation
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Simple Pranayama to help relieve stress and soothe the mind/body.
Special Instructions to Particip Something comfortable to it on for a lecture

4:30pm MST

Eating Seasonally

Limited Capacity seats available

A strong and healthy body is not only supportive of your yoga practice, but beyond, it is key to your wellbeing. This session will give you a practical overview and understanding on how the inherent qualities and traits of foods, related to the five Ayurvedic elements, have an impact on your body and mind constitution. Based on these principles, you’ll learn how to make better nutritional choices based on your unique constitution, the season of year, and the stage of life you are in.

Presenters

Douchka Lecot

Visionary Co-Founder, Yana Shala

Douchka Lecot has been experiencing and teaching Tantra along with meditation, yoga and Ayurveda for the past 17 years in the Dallas-Fort Worth Community. Her teachings have been inspired by the work of Daniel Odier, Psalm Isadora, Christopher Wallis and the Indian Mystic Osho. Her... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Sedona Vortex Center Seva Classes

Experiential Workshop / Training

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Free and Open to the Public
Style Ayurveda
Participant Level No experience required
A/V White board and dry markers
Takeaway Paying attention to the qualities (gunas and 6 tastes) of foods in daily cooking and/or eating.
Special Instructions to Particip Bring along a tablet, laptop or smart phone to connect to the Internet

4:30pm MST

Laya: Lighting the Fire and Melting the Obstacles

Limited Capacity seats available

This training will delve into the chakras (energy centers) as archetypes of our psychology, as well as portals into puri cation and becoming power. You will leave with an understanding of kundalini and laya yoga. You will become intimate with the enormous potentiality of the subtle body which permeates, enlivens, and informs the physical, emotional and mental bodies. You will access untapped wisdom, power and dormant potentials by working with the chakras, exploring the various levels of meaning/archetypes in their symbolism and within your own personal embodiment and “story.” We will also use the chakras as reference points for systematic relaxation, restoring energy, and overcoming symptoms of stress and past stored events.

Presenters

Katie Silcox

Founder, Shakti School

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Tantra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Tantra
Participant Level Intermediate
What to expect An overview of the traditional methodologies and philosophies around kundalini, chakras and Prana Shakti
Special Instructions to Particip Blankets

4:30pm MST

Open hips, open Heart!

Limited Capacity seats available

Open hips, open Heart! An open heart is the goal of all yogis! However, tension, stress and the rigors of daily activities make it challenging to physically experience an open heart. From poor posture to tight hip flexors, we become limited in fully opening up to the world around us. Through back bending the energy of the 4th Chakra can flow and open with love, compassion, and confidence! This backbend class mindfully opens the hip flexors while leading into several heart opening (back bends) postures. We will workshop several advanced back bends including hollow back and drop backs.

Presenters

Anton Mackey

Antonyoga

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Takeaway drills to work on at home
Special Instructions to Particip blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

4:30pm MST

Impact of Yoga on Lymphatic/ CranioSacral Balance

Limited Capacity filling up

Balance of the lymph system is critical to vitality & health. It is responsible for healthy immunity,detoxification, and regeneration of tissue. When lymph becomes toxic either because of poor habits or trauma, it stagnates, accumulates, thickens, hardens and crystalizes. Cellular function deteriorates and the disease process begins. Craniosacral Balancing is based on the motion coming from the filling and emptying of cerebral spinal fluid in the brain and spinal cord. It facilitates the body's self healing mechanism to correct negative affects of stress on the body. In this class you will be learning anatomy & physiology of the the craniosacral system,

Presenters

Beth-ellen Zang

Founding Director, Massage Therapy practice and Continuing education

Beth-ellen Zang LMT, AHE, CNC,CMCE Founding Director of Sedona College of Natural Health. I have been studying and practicing natural living And healthcaresince 1965. My studie s and practice include organic gardening, whole food preparation, holistic nutrition, herbal remedies... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
The Grotto at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Other

CEUs CEU, NCBTMB, NCCAOM, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level No experience required
Props some chairs
Takeaway I offer a simple self treatment that they can use anytime
Special Instructions to Particip notebooks, pen

4:30pm MST

The Bhagavad Gita: The Story and The Lessons and YOU!

Limited Capacity seats available

What do YOU have to do with the Bhagavad Gita? Well surprisingly, the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita are Facebook familiar to us! This workshop will offer a storytelling and conversation around the beloved Vedic text, the Bhagavad Gita as it pertains to our contemporary lives. Hear the story and the lessons that have supported and comforted seekers of every culture for thousands of years. A meditation will be offered for contemplation and clarification of one’s dharma/purpose.

Presenters

Tracy Rhinehart

YOGAkron 108/Elevate Akron

Tracy Rhinehart, RYT 500, CCYT creates empowering and inspiring yoga experiences that allow people to find joy, feel freedom and express their brightest self. Her teaching is an offering of love to her students as well as an offering of gratitude towards her own teachers who guided... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Meditation Track
Style Meditation, Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
A/V projector
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring a meditation cushion/blanket/blocks for comfortable seating and your journal/pen.

4:30pm MST

The Guru Within: Developing a Home Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

The sanskrit word Guru translates to dispeller of darkness and is used to refer to someone we view as a guide or teacher. In the yoga tradition the greatest guru of all, is the one dwelling within ourselves. The ability to listen to our bodies, uncover our inner wisdom, and hear our own intuition are the benefits of unlocking the teacher within. While it may be intimidating to attempt a practice without the guidance of an instructor, it is a necessary step in the transition from taking yoga classes to living a yoga lifestyle. Through the discipline of a personal home practice and dedication to yogic living, we gain access to experiencing harmony and balance within our everyday lives. In this session, Ash will introduce the foundations for exploring a regular home yoga practice through personal inquiry. Discussion will also include the philosophical disciplines of yoga and tools for living your yoga off the mat. Please bring a journal or notepad. Participants will receive an interactive handout that will assist in mapping out a practice plan and bring to light areas of focus unique to each individual.

Presenters

Ashley Cotrell

The Yoga Couple

Saturday March 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Interactive worksheet we will do together on creating and sticking to a home practice that I encourage students to use until it's no longer needed
Special Instructions to Particip Bring notebook, pens, and something to sit on if needed.

7:30pm MST

Journey into the Heart of Yoga with Mark Whitwell

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Master Yoga Teacher Mark Whitwell says, “Yoga is Love” and EVERYBODY can do yoga and would benefit immensely from adopting a yoga practice that is suited for their individual needs. Open to all levels this is an experience in practical yoga. If you’re serious, it’s easy! Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience.

Presenters

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Artists

Natesh

Kirtan Wallah, Natesh Kirtan

Natesh is well-known for his blissful live kirtan – devotional call-and-response chanting – and professionally-recorded chants. He is a living example of the ecstatic heart, who has led kirtan at Bhakti Fest the past three years, as well as at Shakti Fest, Sedona Yoga Festival... Read More →

Saturday March 11, 2017 7:30pm - 8:45pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Evening & Sunrise, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance

8:00pm MST

Gong: The Sound Healing Way

Limited Capacity seats available

Gong: The Sound Healing Way
Relax, Reset, Feel, Be and Belong. Join me in a Sound Journey that detoxes, awakens and rejuvenates the body. Our bodies crave sound to bring natural order to our system. It is a different world today. In today's society we are infused with digital music, (sounds created by numbers) cell phone/ TV waves, noise that is unnatural, emotions which are not ours, even electricity currents that entrain our bodies to 60 hz., We can NOT choose what comes into our bodies, and we can’t rid them with our minds. So we use vibration to naturally restore the body, cells, heart, lungs etc. to it’s natural vibration. What does not belong comes up to get out. Gongs are the most powerful Sound Healing instrument because they creates so many nutrients, through vibrations, overtones, frequencies that the body can pick and choose what is needed for it’s healing This is not about “Thinking and Doing” but “Feeling and Being” an unfamiliar state in our busy lives, but so important for our health and well being.

The way Gongster plays the Gongs is a yoga nidra style. Like a wave that peaks (buiding sounds) and descends (releasing sounds). Theta waves (relaxed yet awake) will enable the brain to entrain to a more peaceful brain state. awww… Meditation made easily and effortlessly.

Gongster's Sound treatment is a personal journey that touches the delicate Strings of our soul. Awakens spanless creative powers in us; changes us, our lives and the lives of people around us When we are in harmony, our health returns, our light shines, we become centered, & awake Raising our consciousness here on earth and dimensions beyond. Gongster is NOT about a ”physical" practice and there is no crashing or banging of the gongs. All you need is a mat, blanket, and comfortable clothing.

Benefits of a Sound Session:

Sound hydrates the tissue
Sound helps the body stay more liquid.
Improved overall alignment.
Sound speaks directly to the innate intelligence of the person.
Sound compliments and enhances other mind body therapies.
Sound improves circulation and oxygenation.
Sound helps dissolve historically held memories in tissue.
A deeper rest and relaxation is obtained.
A balancing of the electro-magnetic field.
Pain is often released.

Presenters

Lisa Lippincott

Sound Healer/XPilot/Gong Distributer/ ♥ Tone of Life Gongs/Sound Healing Degree, Gongster LLC

Saturday March 11, 2017 8:00pm - 9:30pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Evening & Sunrise

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance

8:00am MST

Ananda Flow: Interconnected—Finding bliss through the fluidity of asana, the power of myth and the ecstasy of chant.

Limited Capacity seats available

Through the confluence of vinyasa flow, myth, and meditation, we will be exploring the story of Ṡvetaketu from the Chañdogya Upaniṣad. The young scholar learns about the underlying unitary source, beyond shape and form, within everything and everyone and learns the three words that express the ultimate reality, "Tat Tvam Asi" or "You are that." We will be flowing through a vinyasa practice incorporating backbends, hip-openers, forward bends, as well as mantra and meditation. All levels welcome.

Presenters

Erika Burkhalter

Yoga Teacher

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Takeaway The participant will come away with a sense of interconnection between all beings.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

8:00am MST

Clearing core conditioning

Limited Capacity seats available

The session begins with a guided meditation in order to deepen into presence with multiple layers of your being. You will access physical and energetic layers, emotional and metal bodies. You will access subtle imbalances and blocked in the chakras. This session incorporates guided imagery, to bring participants to a state of deep peace and true sense of self and oneness with all that is. It involves unwinding of blocked energy through multiple layers and gaining insights into what was stuck. This session teaches a form of meditation that allows for continuation of this work at home.

Presenters

Sitara Van Block

Light of Truth

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Meditation

CEUs CEU, NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Trauma Training TrackMeditation Track
Style Meditation
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway There is a 20 minute guided meditation to take away
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, pen, pillow, blanket

8:00am MST

Love & Service - Full Body Prayer

Limited Capacity seats available

A yogic lifestyle (via love & service) is a full-body prayer. This trauma-informed healing session integrates the ancient eastern wisdom traditions of yoga and ayurveda with western tools for recovery to enhance the participant's understanding of yoga as therapy for recovery. This session offers a trauma-sensitive framework weaving specific practices (asana, pranayama, mindfulness, etc.) designed to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and other co-occurring symptoms. We will explore a comprehensive approach to emotional sobriety by embodying concepts including surrender, letting go, acceptance, growth, awakening, gratitude, and selfless service as an inquiry into the physical, energetic, mental and emotional body. Come discover the interaction between body, breath, mind, intellect, and emotions - moving towards integrated health and well-being.

Presenters

Katherine McHugh

Executive Director, Cape Cod Center For Well-Being, LLC

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, FITNESS, LADCI, LMHC, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Takeaway Certain of the practices are easily replicable. I will bring handouts. This is an introduction to a 100 hour yoga as therapy for recovery training and a yoga for recovery workshop we offer.
Special Instructions to Particip Bring whatever you need, and regularly use for your practice, you might want to bring a journal

8:00am MST

Yin Yoga with Ayurvedic Marma Point Therapy

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Did you know one of the reasons you feel so good after a yoga class is because you are stimulating and working certain marma points (vital energy centers) in your body? Marma points are pranic hubs where the physical and subtle bodies meet and are powerful centers of potential healing. Yin yoga, with its long holds and energetic focus is the perfect practice in which to explore marma deeper. In some schools of Ayurveda marma is thought to be the main gateway to healing and an avenue to Samadhi. In this unique session, you will learn about marma therapy and then be lead through a Yin yoga practice designed to open the body in a specific way as to access these vital energy points on a deeper level. The class will finish with a long savasana accompanied by Tibetan singing bowls. Leave feeling refreshed, relaxed and connected.

Presenters

Kate Towell

Yogini & Ayurveda Junkie, Infinite You Wellness

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Yin Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track
Style Yin Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway They will learn the location and energic aspects of several marma therapy points that they can access any time for healing.
Special Instructions to Particip mat, notebook, props if you have them. blankets, bolsters, and blocks

8:00am MST

Yoga for PTSD, immersion for Yoga Teachers and Service Providers "Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga"

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters

Molly Birkholm

co-founder, Warriors at Ease

Suzanne Connolly

Suzanne Connolly Workshops

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

CEO, Yoga2Sleep, LLC

Gina Garcia

Yoga Teacher; Mother; Writer, Yoga Across America Founder; Baptiste Foundation Board

Essie Titus

Firefighter / EMT / Yoga Teacher, Kansas City Fire Department

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Lori Zeltwanger

Owner and Physical Therapist, Myofascial Mastery Academy and Advanced Release Therapy

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:00am - 12:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom A

Yoga For PTSD Training

CEUs NCBTMB, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Trauma Training Track

8:15am MST

Meditation as A Key Component to any Yoga Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

Meditation as a practice is a key component for any Yogi, either as a teacher or student. As far back as the oldest Upanishads we learn, Meditation indeed is greater than the mind. The earth as it were, meditates. The atmosphere as it were, meditates. Heaven as it were, meditates. The waters as it were, meditate. The mountains as it were, meditate. Both men and gods as it were, meditate. He who worships God as meditation, as far as meditation extends, so far does he gain the power to act as he wills (Chandogya Upanishad VII.7). So ingrained in the need of the human psyche is it to Know Itself, that we have studied it for all of our recorded human history. And yet its function and practical applications have remained as shrouded in mystery for most modern humans as it has for our past. Understanding the Inner Self, or the I AM, is far simpler and more approachable than most people may realize. And although it would seems to be as important to serve our selves as our students in yoga classes, many modern yoga teachers are uncomfortable with its practice and indeed are not adherents even for themselves, and therefore do not give adequate instruction in its capability. In this workshop, we will dive into the practicality of what Meditation IS and WHY it works. - Understand the brain and how the Conscious and SubConscious mind work together. - Discover how systematic thought can change the body's reactions and responses to illness and pain. - Be guided through a personal journey that will give you a glimpse of the threshold of where a deep meditation practice may lead you.

Presenters

Kristen Eykel

Meditation Teacher, Sacred Circle Media

Sunday March 12, 2017 8:15am - 9:30am MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Meditation

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Meditation
Takeaway A sheet that will have a few mantra, mudra and meditation techniques will be distributed.
Special Instructions to Particip Pillow and something cozy to sit or lie on, notebook and pen always a good idea!

10:00am MST

Kundalini Yoga for Hip Opening and Happy Hormones

Limited Capacity filling up

This workout will trim your thighs, release your hips, and add new creative energy, free flow, and flare to all that you do. Strong and flexible hips give us fluid grace and forward momentum. We'll work deep into our core, physically and beyond, Also: special techniques for happy hormones, and to delete depression and raise your spirits high. Kundalini Yoga's unique blend of breathing, movement, stretching, inner focus, and more, will transport you to new levels in your yoga and fitness, and help you reshape your body and your life. The Kundalini Yoga experience helps us access the energy of our inner greatness and blossom! Make the types of personal breakthroughs you never thought possible. Expand your range of movement physically, mentally, and beyond. 80% physical 20% meditative. FOR ALL LEVELS.

Presenters

Ravi Singh + Ana Brett

Co-Founders, Raviana Productions / Yoga Unify

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 11:30am MST
The Terrace the The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Kundalini Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Kundalini Yoga
Participant Level No experience required

10:00am MST

AnatomySense- Experiential Anatomy of the Psoas

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

This class is tailored to the anatomy geeks, as well as to the curious practitioners. There's a big difference between knowing what something is and knowing how it feels. Mike teaches to the feeling component of Anatomy, making AnatomySense. We will go deeply into the psoas, the sacred muscle. You'll not only learn about its form and function, but also how to connect with the psoas through palpation and movement. Through this lecture/practice, you'll experience the psoas, so it becomes more than just an interesting concept. You'll also learn ways of assessing the psoas, and understanding its relationship to lower back pain and hip function. You'll come away knowing the psoas inside and out, not just because you read about it or heard it in a lecture, but because you had a felt experience.

Presenters

Dr. Mike Lane

Founder, AnatomySense

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway daily practice for psoas
Special Instructions to Particip bring a notebook, pen, mat, blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Awakening Vedic Sadhana – the 9 Spiritual Steps to Self Knowledge

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

The ancient Vedic tradition, which predates and informs Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, has identified core mental and spiritual self-discipline practices called Sadhana Chatushtayam. The same impulse for Self-knowledge we have today, guided the Vedic sages thousands of years ago to give humanity this profound 9 – step sadhana. Sadhana is a dedicated spiritual discipline consistently maintained over time. This unique practice helps to clarify the mind and make it more open to discerning truth from untruth, light from darkness, and reality from that which appears as reality. When applied mindfully, sadhana leads to spiritual breakthroughs and spontaneous awakening of spiritual health and consciousness. Vedic Sadhana prepares the seeker to lead an awakened inner life - approaching the highest knowledge of Self with clarity, without confusions and illusions. It can lead us on a path to greater self-awareness and greater dharma in all our engagements.

Join Aparna Amy Lewis, Dean of the Spiritual Studies Program at Vedika Global wisdom school in California, as she shares practical ways you can align with these 9 steps in your own life. Learn how this one-of-a–kind sadhana discipline can deepen your Yoga practice, both on and off the mat.

These Sadhana practices will help you to:

Learn ways to make healthier life choices and feel better about yourself every day
Deepen all of your relationships and build stronger communities
Gain self-confidence from personal accountability and consistency in spiritual practices and beliefs.

Presenters

Aparna Amy Lewis

Vedika Global

Aparna Amy Lewis is the Dean of the Vedic Spiritual Studies program at Vedika Global and a life member of her teacher Acharya Shunya’s Vedic Ecclesiastical Council. Aparna oversees ethical and cultural leadership for the community of member students, and teaches students as appointed... Read More →

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
The Grotto at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Ayurveda

CEUs Ayurveda, CEU, Yoga Alliance

10:00am MST

Balance and Brains

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Neuroplasticity refers to the brains ability to form new neural pathways in response to new
situations and stimulus, and we can all use help with our balance. As we age we begin to notice a decreased sense of balance, and we know that a fall can affect our lives, the lives of our family or students drastically.

In this workshop we will work on exercises to improve your balance as well as exercises for
improved cognitive ability with a mind/body connection.

Presenters

Donna Schnoor

E-RYT500 YACEP, Yoga4U LLC

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip mat, notebook, pen- Handout will be provided

10:00am MST

Namaste as a Spiritual Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

Yoga teaches the interconnectedness of all life. We are all one in the ocean of consciousness. This is a profound teaching that invites us to dissolve the boundaries of ego and connect more deeply with those around us. However, it can sometimes be confusing to figure out exactly how we are supposed to do this. Ego a sacred part of our being and a necessary tool for embodiment. Ego helps us define where we end and another human being begins. It helps us create and maintain healthy boundaries to live an earth plane existence in which we need to feed, clothe, and protect ourselves. While the project of the ego goes against the recognition of oneness, it is not in itself ‘bad'. Indeed, a well-trained ego can be among our most powerful allies as we walk our spiritual path. If left untrained, however, or permitted to obscure our true selves, ego can be our very worst enemy. In this workshop, you will learn tools to keep your ego in its proper place as an ally in embodiment, allowing your true connection to the sacred oneness of all things to emerge into consciousness. These skills will help you to live Namaste as part of a daily practice.

Presenters

Gracia Gimse McKinley

Guiding Teacher and Co-Founder, My Spirit Community

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
The Spa at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kriya Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Meditation Track
Style Kriya Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway The Namaste Practice can be done through out your day to help keep you connected to your highest self. It can also be included in a short meditation practice.
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring what you need to sit comfortable on the floor and paper and pen.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

HOLY Hanuman!/ Hamstring, Hips & Heart

Limited Capacity seats available

Holy Hanuman! / Hamstrings & Hips / Tap into your COURAGE... Get ready to take that leap. Connecting to your inner "Super Hero" (Hanuman). You will learn how to intelligently and efficiently open the Hamstrings, Hips & Heart creating space and freedom in the body. Stirring up the Shakti and tapping into our most creative energy pool in the body! This vinyasa based practice will begin with a flowing standing sequence followed by a long juicy floor section. Be prepared to go 360 degrees around the hips and hamstrings. All Levels Welcome.

Presenters

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Tymi Howard Yoga & Guruv Yoga Studios

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Artists

Mental Physix

DJ / Producer, Mental Physix

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
Special Instructions to Particip mats and bodys, blocks
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

10:00am MST

Pathway to padmasana - the journey to the ultimate yoga pose

Limited Capacity seats available

Padmasana (lotus pose) is every yoga practitioner’s dream. Ancient yogis consider this to be the ultimate seat for gaining wisdom and reaching the pinnacle of self realization. It is the pursuit of this pose, that lead many ancient yogi’s to develop a deeper asana practice. While Padmasana appears to be non- challenging in its appearance. This pose is subtle, but when done correctly can bring about a sense of lightness in the whole body and turn the mind inwards. Having been born and raised in India till recently, Arundhati could always do Padmasana easily. But many of her students struggled with the simplest knee folding poses in the West. This lead her to develop the ‘pathway to padmasana’ workshop. Join us to discover a unique, fun, effective yoga sequence to build up to a lifelong safe practice of the ultimate lotus pose. Workshop will include the fundamental poses to open muscles around the hips, legs, groins, back and more. Participants will receive a digital sequence of the practice with modifications and benefits. Custom modifications for your body will be offered. Come, discover the ultimate yogic seat.

Presenters

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Yoga Teacher & Blogger, Aham Yoga & BollyWorks

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Ironwood Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Participant Level Intermediate
Special Instructions to Particip Bring yoga mat, block, strap and blanket

10:00am MST

Chakras and the Serpent Power

Limited Capacity seats available

This class is an overview of the energy system known as chakras; psychic centers of consciousness and the role of the kundalini energy in their activation and awakening. Throughout the world, the cobra or serpent has been a classical symbol of kundalini energy. According to yoga philosophy, the journey of kundalini through the chakras represents the path of evolution for each human being. There will be discussion of kundalini energy, the mythology and psychology of the chakras, and how the flow or blocked energy in our bodies reflect in our lives and health. This class is an overview of the energy system known as chakras, psychic centers of consciousness discussed in the Vedas and other ancient texts.

Presenters

Ruth Hartung

7 Centers Yoga Arts

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway meditation with mantra and visualization
Special Instructions to Particip notebook

10:00am MST

Form & Formless: Yogic Deities & Enlightenment

Limited Capacity seats available

The Upanishads are Vedic scriptures that reveal the Self in us. Enlightenment is the journey of Knowing the Self, abiding in the Self and seeing the same Self in others with love and compassion. It involves the practices of Shravanam (listening), Mananam (contemplation) and Nidhidhyasanam (abiding in the Self). The question then arises, what role do these deities such as Ganesh, Shiva, Lakshmi, Buddha,Tara play in this journey?. Manoj & Jyothi will bring in statues of these deities and relate their symbolisms to our journey to enlightenment. Through archetypical story telling, discover your Isthadevata (personal archetype), uncover their secret symbolisms and learn the four ways to work with them as part of a practice towards spiritual awakening. The goal of analyzing and understanding the self is self-realization, or liberation from worldly bondages. This knowledge has the power to make you immortal. Manoj will help you find your personal deity/Ishtadevata.

Presenters

Manoj Chalam

Unique Arts

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Sedona Vortex Center Seva Classes

Lecture / Talk, Seva Stage

CEUs Yoga Alliance
Tracks Free and Open to the Public
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level Open to All Levels

10:00am MST

Cacao Ceremony & Tribal Trance Dance

Limited Capacity seats available

Calling on the wisdom of our cacao spirit friends, we open our hearts to an experience of ecstatic liberation. Through ancient rituals, primal movements, tribal dance and uninhibited self-expression, we tune into our intuitive joy, creative essence and unconditional self-love. We begin with ritual and prayers to honour the gifts of the earth. Theobromine, the active medicine in cacao, comes from the words theo = god and broma = food, translating to food of the gods. With the purest cacao sourced from Guatamala, we connect with this sacred plant to awaken our inner heart’s intelligence. As we feel the tingling magic of cacao and our tribe, we connect our hearts through powerful tribal movements that awaken our power centers, stoking our inner fire to rise into pure creative bliss. Intentions: Radical Transformation. Uninhibited Self-Expression. Awakening the Wild Child.

Presenters

Sufey Chen

Director of 200 & 500-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Artist. Poetess. Bhakti Yogi. Doula. Eternal Student at @sufeyyoga., Sufey Yoga

Sponsors

ChocolaTree

Sunday March 12, 2017 10:00am - 1:00pm MST
The Lawn at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Energy Medicine

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Energy Medicine
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Self-love worksheets on the potency of cacao and ceremony, with beautifully crafted ideas of how to integrate mindfulness and reverence into all aspects of daily living..
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring a cup to receive the cacao medicine.

12:15pm MST

History of Yoga

Limited Capacity seats available

Confused about yoga's history? Wonder how all of these lineages fit together? Where and how did this all begin anyway? You're not alone. The History of Yoga will provide you with the map, timeline and big picture explanation on how our beloved practice evolved. If you've heard conflicting information about how all of this comes together- your questions will be answered. PS, this is not boring history class like in school. This is YOGA- you love this stuff!

Presenters

Sara Ivanhoe

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:15pm - 1:45pm MST
Dry Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Style Yoga Philosophy
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip Pen and paper for notes (optional)

12:30pm MST

Yoga to Boost Metabolism and Make you Smile

Limited Capacity seats available

Yoga to Boost Metabolism and Make you Smile: a fun energetic class to stoke the metabolic fire, tone the body, make you laugh and give you daily routine for success!

Presenters

Gwen Lawrence

creator/owner, power yoga for sports

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
The Terrace the The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Energy Track, Trauma Training Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Hatha Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip mat block straps
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

12:30pm MST

Core and Stretch for Back Health

Limited Capacity seats available

A strong core stabilizes the spine and provides support for posture and movement. The spine also is the epicenter for mobility and the vertebrae are designed to move like "pearls on a string". Balancing these two forces is the source of back health as well as the challenge in creating a healthy back practice. In this practice we will explore movement to connect to your core. A flowing sequence of yoga poses will help to unlock the spine and correct muscular imbalances for a pain free back.

Presenters

Mimi Solaire

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Yoga Therapy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Yoga Therapy
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway You Tube video of 7 minute practice
Special Instructions to Particip blanket, block and strap

12:30pm MST

Money, Yoga, Business, & Travel: How to make it work.

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Join Alyson Atma Simms, yoga teacher and owner of Atma's Offerings for this special time together to talk yoga, travel, business & prosperity. Alyson has traveled to over 30 countries to live, work, & travel through. She's a successful business owner that allows her to pursue her passions of teaching & traveling. You will be given great tools to learn how to travel & work, including managing your money to do so.

Presenters

Alyson Atma Simms

owner, teacher, Atma Offerings

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Lecture / Talk, Business of Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Business Track
Style Business of Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway An 11 minute prosperity meditation
Special Instructions to Particip Please bring a notebook and pen.

12:30pm MST

Embodying Shakti: Reclaiming Sita's Fire

Limited Capacity seats available

HELLO SHAKTI: Humankind has acknowledged the Divine Feminine for millennia, in its endless search for understanding and mystical union with the Universe. The diverse faces of the Goddess archetype – known in the East by many different guises, but always as Shakti, the great feminine energy that exists both within and without our bodies – can teach us many important lessons about creativity, love, healing, protection, dedication and personal power. Sita, avatar of Lakshmi, has long been categorized as the submissive wife of Rama. But if we dive deeper into Sita's story, we uncover a woman of unique spiritual fire and purpose; she who is unfraid of the flames and remains dedicated to her personal truth. In reclaiming Sita's fire - her blazing Agni - we generate our own firepower, burn bright, and light up the Universe. Join Ana Pilar and Jamie as they tap into the Great Goddess energy within through a dynamic, playful and creative blend of storytelling, yoga and drum-guided visual meditation. By embodying these energies in both the physical (yoga asana) and metaphysical (guided meditation) realms, participants begin to recognize the Shakti energy moving through and around them every day, as well as start building personal practices that channel this vibrant feminine power to lift them toward their full potentials. All genders welcome!

Presenters

Ana Pilar Cruz & Jamie Waggoner

Hello Shakti

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:30pm - 3:30pm MST
The Grotto at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Tantra

CEUs CEU, TM, TTP, Yoga Alliance, YPLE
Tracks Energy Track, Meditation Track
Style Tantra
Participant Level Beginner
Takeaway Participants will learn Mantras to incorporate in personal practice, as well as tools and techniques to continue cultivating a more personal relationship with Shakti energy.
Special Instructions to Particip Notebook, pen and yoga mat, blanket and a block

12:45pm MST

Aqua Kriya Yoga - Introduction and Benefits

Limited Capacity seats available

Camella has been teaching Aqua Yoga for more than 16 years and because her students advocacy, authored a book entitled Aqua Kriya Yoga. and developed a teacher training program. In this session, Camella will introduce how asana translates into the pool as well as share some uplifting stories about specific students and how they have embraced yoga. The first part of the session will be lecture/discussion followed by a practicum in the water. Come and discover a new and engaging practice. It is suitable for all levels.

Presenters

Camella Nair

Author, IAYT -C, Ayurvedic Health Educator and Swami in the Kriya lineage, Swami Nibhrtananda

Sunday March 12, 2017 12:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Juniper Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kriya Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance, Yoga Therapy
Tracks Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Kriya Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Special Instructions to Particip swim suit, glasses, towel, sunscreen,water,hat

2:00pm MST

The Spirit of Vedic Thai Yoga Bodywork

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn the ancient Healing Art of Thailand to take care of your partner or friend with intentional, loving and nurturing touch. Vedic Thai Yoga Bodywork, like Yoga, balances and enhances on all levels, physical, emotional and mental, allowing the body's intelligence to respond and inspire healing itself. You'll watch demonstrations and practice giving and receiving with a partner. You do not have to be a professional to participate and learn. The only prerequisites are the willingness to give and receive. You will learn: - How to apply a basic sequence of elegant and transforming Thai-Yoga Bodywork asanas and techniques, including transitions. - How to use breath, meditation, mantra, bandha, and yogic techniques to enhance the quality of the session. - To harmonize Shakti/Chi to balance mental energy, enhance the immune system, and stimulate higher consciousness. While we do compress, stretch and manipulate particular muscles and other parts of the physical body, our focused intention is the underlying, unseen energetic body. Being under the hood so to speak, this energetic component is running the entire system which is directly connected to our conscious awareness as humans. This is where real transformative therapy takes place. Join David and Leah for your next step of healing by learning to give to another and receive joyfully! Vedic Thai Massage (Nuad Borarn) or Assisted Yoga is viewed as a martial art of healing and is reported to manifest instant positive results. In Thailand, bodywork is utilized medicinally as a cherished and revered indulgence to remedy the prominent social ailments such as emotional stress and physical inertia. Vedic Thai Massage is Love! It is a sacred offering, a conscious contribution to self-realization and soul revelation, the goal and purpose of life. Deliberate and skillful intentions of joyful communication, Thai Yoga massage produces profound pleasure and inspiring tranquility both physically and psychologically by replacing old restricted energy patterns within the body/spirit. This dignified and communally cherished art parallels in sophistication results obtained by other modern medical options. Why Vedic? Sri Dhanvantari appears in the Vedas as the father of all healing, carrying healing nectar. Sri Dhanvantari is an incarnation of the preserver energy, Vishnu. The Su Darshana Chakra, the disc you see on our materials, is Vishnu's protective discus, symbolizing peace, protection, and prosperity. The Ancient Vedic culture of Asia was the progenitor of modern-day India and Thailand, which is why we honor Sri Dhanvantari as the original source of Thai Yoga Bodywork. - Mukti Michael Buck, founder of Vedic Conservatory

Presenters

Misty Makara

co-founder, Thai Love Yoga

David Tietje

Co-Founder, Thai Love Yoga

Sunday March 12, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Experiential Workshop / Training, Thai Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Thai Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway They will be able to practice the subtle energy technique alone or partnered, and all the Thai Yoga sequences with a partner.
Special Instructions to Particip Bring your yoga mat and a blanket. and a notebook if you wish to take notes. You are welcome to take photos and videos during our demonstrations.
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

2:00pm MST

Prana: The Body Electric

Limited Capacity seats available

Prana - The Body Electric
In this training you will leave with an electric, embodied connection to prana – your energy. We will enter into in-depth discussion and practice around your energetic anatomy. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the qualities of energy in you, how to better manage and move energy in the service of personal evolution and healing. Includes work in the realms of Tantric concepts of gunas, vayus, kriya, pranayama, mantra and meditation. The concepts presented in this training truly form the root basis for all Tantric practice and success in the yogic journey. You will leave with an electric radiance that can manifest, magnetize, assimilate, evolve and surrender.

Presenters

Katie Silcox

Founder, Shakti School

Sunday March 12, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Tantra

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Style Tantra
Participant Level Intermediate
Special Instructions to Particip notebook, mats, props that you need, blanket

2:00pm MST

Tantralizing Yoga

Limited Capacity seats available

This Tantra-inspired class offers a unique experience in cultivating your Prana Shakti, the energy of Creation. First, ignite and cultivate your Agni (inner fire) in an upbeat energizing flow incorporating fire-building Tantric kriyas, transformational breath-work and chakra activation to unite Shiva and Shakti... And then let the sweet Soma nectar (lunar energy) soothe and cool you down in a Divinely relaxing savasana. Co-taught by Dallas-based Yana Shala teachers, Douchka Lecot and Barb Totzke, who harmoniously complement each other to guide you through the process and help you find that perfect balance of strength and softness, peacefulness and power, effort and ease, cleansing and rejuvenating… within the full awakening of your senses. Move, breathe and find your inner dance!

Presenters

Douchka Lecot

Visionary Co-Founder, Yana Shala

DJ Taz

Musician, Producer, DJ, DJ Taz Rashid

Barb Totzke

Owner, Bespoke Yoga

Sunday March 12, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Tantra

CEUs CEU, YACEP, Yoga Alliance
Style Tantra
Participant Level Intermediate
Takeaway One of the breathing techniques, the tantric Breath of Transformation
Special Instructions to Particip mat and towel (for sweat)

2:00pm MST

The Process of Knowing

Limited Capacity seats available

Burning like a fire, the process of knowing or awareness, is an every changing practice. This class will be combining the aspects of the Knower and the Known, and infusing them into a physical practice process. Cutting edge bio-mechanics will be our asana guide with the Atman witnessing the PROCESS. Alignment in Sun Salutations, with intermediate back bending and inversions.

Presenters

Julz Branham

Founder/Instructor/Ayurveda Practitioner, Lifted Life Yoga Center

Sunday March 12, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Other

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Energy Track, Meditation Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
Participant Level Intermediate
Takeaway handouts of video link and sequence set/meditation
Special Instructions to Particip your yoga mat, blanket, blocks, notebook, pen, bolsters,
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

7:00pm MST

Connect ~ Yin Yoga Massage

Limited Capacity seats available

Experience the bliss of being in service through the healing act of conscious contact. Join James & KristaLove to confidently and intuitively connect with others using compassionate touch, witnessing and active listening while deepening your energetic awareness through breath connection, partner yin yoga and elements of Thai Yoga massage. This open-hearted practice of giving and receiving is an offering of presence and acceptance. Together we will co-create a safe environment and cultivate trust by seeing and supporting the goodness in one another.

Presenters

James Kapicka

Affection & Consent Advocates, Yin Yoga Ambassadors, YogaJames

Sunday March 12, 2017 7:00pm - 8:30pm MST
Canyon Ballroom B

Evening & Sunrise, Partner Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance
Tracks Beginners Track
Style Partner Yoga
Participant Level No experience required
Takeaway Short partner yin yoga routine
Special Instructions to Particip No Partner necessary, Blankets, Straps,
partner practice, touching or ha Yes

9:00am MST

MANY AND THE ONE: (MANY DEITIES & “ONE” ADVAITA VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY)

You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up: MANY AND THE ONE: Monday Post-conference with Manoj and Jyothi Chalam.

In this experiential workshop, we are going to dive deep into the deity practices and sadhana practices of non dual philosophy of moksha (yogic awakening). Practices will include Ganesh Puja, Nidhidhyasanam (Vedantic Meditation), Deity Archetypes practices and Advaita Vedanta Sadhana. Discover your Isthadevata (personal archetype), uncover the secret symbolisms of yogic deities and practice the various ways to work with them towards spiritual awakening.

Presenters

Manoj Chalam

Unique Arts

Monday March 13, 2017 9:00am - 1:00pm MST
Oak Suite at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion, Yoga Philosophy

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance

9:00am MST

Shakti Prana: How to Embody Power + Divinity

Limited Capacity seats available
You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up:
Full Day Post-Conference Retreat with Katie Silcox

The teaching say that Shiva without Shakti is like God with any Power. Similarly, Shakti without Shiva is Power without Divinity. Come learn how to balance the Wild Goddess in your human form with New York Times Best Selling Author and Tantra/Ayurveda Teacher, Katie Silcox

There’s a place inside of you that is both wild and steady, focused and untamable, brilliant and fragile. There is a practice on the planet that is currently training tigers to become wild again, without losing the connection to the transcendent Divinity within and without
This class will teach us how to magnetize success on both the worldly and spiritual realms. There is a radiant splendor to your personality that has the capacity to draw and melt all hearts. That place longs to be birthed. This session will act as a ritual birthing ground (with humor and mindfulness).

Let us midwife you into the next stage of your love-evolution through the following practices:
- Asana flows for awakening Shakti that combine pranayama, mudra, bhanda and mantra- Pranayama - less nostril torture and more intuitive intimacy with guiding energy- Mantras for combining the forces of POWER + LOVE in the flesh of the body- Deep philosophy - prepare to be inspired with Katie's hallmark style of channeling ancient wisdom through the modern feminine form. You will leave with a technology for power and love that respects and honors ancient tradition while translating it into a modern and realistic form for continual practice and inspiration.

Presenters

Katie Silcox

Founder, Shakti School

Monday March 13, 2017 9:00am - 4:30pm MST
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom at The Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock 90 Ridge Trail Dr, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance

10:00am MST

The Promise: Advanced Yoga for Everyone

Limited Capacity seats available
You need this ticket from Eventbrite to sign up:
The Promise: Monday Post-conference with Mark Whitwell

What is the purpose of the Promise practice? Its purpose is to be uplifting and totally functional, promoting a dynamic interflow of inhalation (receptivity) with exhalation (strength). This in-and-out breathing cycle activates the deep male-female polarity within each of us, regardless of gender. This practice is effortless and practitioner’s report that it awakens their well-being, vitality, sexuality and self-awareness.

Who can practice? Everyone! Breathing is the basic function of life. This practice has been designed to promote the core principles of yoga practice, beyond any brand or ideal. It bypasses commercial yoga and provides the fundamental components for authentic yoga practice — the means for intimate connection to Life and all its conditions.

Presenters

Mark Whitwell

Founder, Heart of Yoga

Monday March 13, 2017 10:00am - 2:00pm MST
Vista Hall at The Collective Sedona 7000 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ 86351

pre/post conference immersion, Hatha Yoga

CEUs CEU, Yoga Alliance