Asheville Yoga Festival 2018: Full Schedule

8:00am EDT

Crafting the Perfect Sankalpa

Limited Capacity seats available

Swami Rama said that a perfect Sankalpa (intention) is one that is not informed by doubt, but born of hearts deepest desire. In this workshop we will uncover your perfect sankalpa through the practices of self inquiry,reflective writing, meditation and yoga nidra.

Presenter

Tracee Stanley

Tracee began sharing her understanding of the ancient technology of Tantra when Yogarupa Rod Stryker initiated her into the lineage of Sri Vidya in 2001. The focus of Tracee’s teaching is empowerment, sankalpa (intention), self-mastery and healing. As a senior teacher in the ParaYoga... Read More →

Friday July 27, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Meditation

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Meditation/Nidra

10:30am EDT

Warrior of Love

Limited Capacity full
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Let’s take all the power and passion we build up from the practice and discover a way to harness it for universal and personal good. We work so hard in our warrior poses and all those asanas that require us to give ourselves completely. What good is this if we don’t find some genuine purpose for all these efforts? Bhakti can transform the “why” in the practice towards a greater good in our lives. Together, let’s become Warriors of Love in order to bring peace and love to all those in need. Come prepared to sweat and sing and wake up what’s long been forgotten!

Presenter

Rusty Wells

Rusty Wells (Gopa) is a Yogic Messenger in the San Francisco bay area and beyond. He infuses his joyful, energetic, and often mind-blowing classes with his belief that we can best serve others and heal ourselves through unconditional love and devotion. To this end, he passes along... Read More →

Friday July 27, 2018 10:30am - 12:30pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Vinyasa

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Vinyasa, Bhakti

1:30pm EDT

Skill in Action: Dharma & Karma

Limited Capacity filling up

Karma, a term used very often in and outside of yoga spaces means the sum or our experiences and actions in deciding our fate or destiny. Dharma is our duty or higher purpose, and calls us to take action in co-creating our destiny with the universe. This inspiring yoga journey will explore our actions and reactions, not only individually but collectively and help us harness our power so that we may take action and create social change. Through the practice of yoga, pranayama, and meditation we will connect with our inner fire, agni, to gain clarity about our actions and their alignment with our higher purpose all in service of our collective humanity. You will leave this class with a deeper connection to self, your community and all beings.

Presenter

Michelle Johnson

A 500 RYT, Michelle's desires to create space for others to understand, feel, know, & embody that we are enough as we are. In a world where we are told we are broken, damaged, & no good, a world where oppression causes some of us to be unseen - Her goal is to empower people to connect... Read More →

Friday July 27, 2018 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Talk/Presentation, Flow

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Flow, Pranayama, Meditation

8:00am EDT

Flip It & Reverse It

Limited Capacity seats available

Flow, flip, and float. Enjoy the creative and joyous dance that is vinyasa through an invigorating yet mindful exploration of inverting, back bending and balancing. This rhythmic vinyasa class will leave your body feeling fully utilized and strengthened and your soul awakened.

Presenter

Sara Clark

Sara Clark is an EYT 500-hour certified vinyasa and mindfulness teacher residing in New York City. In 2009 she left the corporate world of television post-production to deepen her studies of yoga. Practicing vinyasa flow and meditation for over two decades now, Sara is a Yoga Journal... Read More →

Saturday July 28, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Vinyasa

LEVEL Advanced
Tags Vinyasa

10:30am EDT

Bhakti Flow Master Class

Limited Capacity filling up

Experience power flow yoga in a dynamic session designed to take the inquisitive practitioner to a new level. This fun and challenging class is wrapped in love and devotion and will introduce students to Bhakti Flow, Rusty’s signature freestyle vinyasa class. It is a prayer-filled dance to the Beloved. Come prepared to sing, sweat and flow!

Presenter

Rusty Wells

Saturday July 28, 2018 10:30am - 12:30pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Bhakti

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Bhakti, Vinyasa

1:00pm EDT

Strong & Supple

Limited Capacity seats available

integrating the Anatomy Trains arm lines into arm balancing asanas

Presenter

Michael Watson

Beyond yoga, Pilates and Anatomy Trains teaching certifications, Michael leads advanced training programs, retreats & clinics worldwide. He has worked with athletes with disabilities at the Paralympic level & continues to develop ideas that integrate health, movement & wellness. As... Read More →

Saturday July 28, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Arm Balances

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Arm Balances, Anatomy

8:00am EDT

Warrior of Love

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenter

Rusty Wells

Sunday July 29, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Vinyasa

LEVEL Intermediate
Tags Vinyasa, Bhakti, Mantra

10:30am EDT

Yogi Misfit: From Struggle to Surrender

Limited Capacity seats available

In this workshop, we will bring our individual stories to the mat and embrace our inner misfit. You will experience a physical movement practice intensified by deep house beats. Unified, we will welcome struggle as our best teacher and move towards surrender.

Presenter

Danni Pomplun

Danni Pomplun is a 500-hr E-RYT Yoga Teacher, teacher trainer and a member of the training faculty at Yoga Tree in San Francisco. Danni leads popular workshops and immersions across the country as well. No matter where he goes the thread of community remains. His style has been described... Read More →

Sunday July 29, 2018 10:30am - 12:30pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Vinyasa

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Vinyasa

1:00pm EDT

Igniting the Flame of the Heart

Limited Capacity seats available

The Yoga Sutras tell us that there is a light at the heart that is beyond all sorrow. This light is eternal and unchanged by circumstance. Together we will journey to the cave of the heart with dynamic asana, yoga nidra and chanting sequenced to bring you towards a remembrance of your own inner radiance.

Presenter

Tracee Stanley

Sunday July 29, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
AC Marriott Asheville Downtown - Room One 10 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga, Asana

LEVEL All Levels
Tags Asana, Yoga Nidra, Kirtan