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Friday Night

Community Kirtan and Lullaby Yoga with Johanna Beekman 7:00-9:00pm, Flow Yoga

Lullaby Yoga is a one-of-a-kind blend of soothing live music and restorative yoga. Yoga is sometimes described as a balance of ease and effort. In restorative yoga, the emphasis is on ease—lingering in deeply relaxing postures that enable the mind and body to simply let go. In Lullaby Yoga, Johanna gently guides participants through a series of restorative poses while singing and playing soothing songs and chants, often accompanied by other musicians. The music—a blend of original and traditional pieces from a variety of global cultures and traditions—facilitates the process of letting go by providing a luxurious, peaceful space for the mind to rest while the body relaxes, rebalances, and restores itself.

Saturday

True Nature Meditation with Adi Vajra 8:00-8:45am, Flow Yoga

A morning meditation to support understanding and experiencing your true nature as open, silent Presence.  Adi will offer suggestions for releasing the stories of the mind and tension in the body, in order to relax into the freedom of true nature.  A great way to start your day in Yoga.

Yogic Lore Flow: Mantra, Mudra, and Myth with Kimi Marin 9:30-11:30am, Flow Yoga

The deities in Yogic mythology are archetypes of human behavior. Many yoga poses are steeped in a rich tradition of story and myth.  Mythic deities represent different aspects of the human psyche and through the stories of mythology we connect and better understand our own life experience. In this session, join Kimi Marin for a transformative hatha flow class, where you will explore mudras, mantra and myth while you move and flow. The session will end with a discussion about the myths of popular yoga deities and how to use mantra, mudra, and asana to manifest your inner power, wealth, and wisdom.

The Practice of Sacred Ritual: Manifest Your Desires with Britt B Steele & Madhuri Phillips 9:30-11:30am, Amphitheatre

Yoga is so much more than what meets the mat.  Clear intention, ceremony, and ritual are powerful ways to shift energy and manifest your heart and soul’s desire. We can also send healing vibrations to those in need, the environment, and all of humanity through puja, an ancient yogic ritual. Come and experience the transformational power of offering.  Offer your heart & soul to a sweet asana practice, participate in setting sacred sankalpa, or devout intention, and bathe in the vibratory ocean of sound, experiencing some of the most powerful mantras for healing, hope, and acceptance of all that is, as it is.

Yogasana Engineering & Sustainability – The Spine with Stephanie Adams and Richelle Ricard 12:30-2:30pm, Flow Yoga

The spine is your center, your axis, and the root of your stability in gravity. A strong yet supple spine is integral to practicing yoga without injury. In this session, Richelle and Stephanie will teach you how to embrace the gift of its free-jointed movement without exploiting its weaknesses.  This class will focus on the engineering of the spinal column, its range of motion and the safest way to move within its parameters for long-term sustainability. You’ll find that supporting the spine’s weak spots will build superior strength and stamina for more dynamic opening over time.  Lecture, asana, and hands-on adjustment will be our tools for learning.

 Earth. Body. Yoga with Eoin Finn 12:30-2:30pm, Amphitheatre

Make your Yoga practice a ritual to honor our connection to the Earth at this crucial time in our planet’s existence. Experience true interconnectedness, not just with our own body-mind, but also with our personal relationships, our communities and how we treat our planet itself.  Develop insights about how Nature is the biggest spiritual portal of all.  Your heart will feel uplifted and connected to something beautiful and your asana practice will have a fresh context. Expect a vigorous and fluid vinyasa practice infused with lightheartedness and depth, followed by Eoin’s unique earth-body meditation to leave us feeling plugged in to the source of deep awe, joy and bliss. Please bring an object you found in Nature that means something to you for our Blissology Nature Appreciation Altar.

True Nature Satsang with Adi Vajra 3:30-5:00pm, Flow Yoga

Satsang means ‘association with truth’,  and refers to the coming together of souls for the unique opportunity to be in Presence together, and actualize your innermost, deepest nature as Being, Essence, and Consciousness.  Satsang will begin with meditation, followed by a talk on true nature, with space for questions and explorations.

Join us for an intimate evening of acoustic bliss and sonic grooves as we weave a tapestry of inspiring vocals, rich organic beats and ethereal soundscapes. Age 21 and over. Tickets: $10 presale/ $ at door In Partnership: Butler Bank Flow Yoga Noble Experiment Union Event Co THIS EVENT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE SAT DAILY RATE. IT IS SOLD SEPARATELY & SPACE IS LIMITED – GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: WEB & TIX: FB EVENT: HASHTAG: #soundsoftruenature

Sunday – all sessions at the outdoor amphitheater

True Nature Meditation with Adi Vajra 8:00-8:45am, Amphitheatre

A morning meditation to support understanding and experiencing your true nature as open, silent Presence. Adi will offer suggestions for releasing the stories of the mind and tension in the body, in order to relax into the freedom of true nature. A great way to start your day in Yoga.

Ayurvedic Yoga for Summer: Soothing the Pitta Dosha with Madhuri Phillips and Sarah Christine 9:30-11:30am, Amphitheatre

Come cool your jets, soothe your mind, and calm your inner Summer fire!  Madhuri will share Ayurvedic wisdom (the sister science to Yoga) in relation to your Yoga sadhana and then guide you through a Pitta pacifying asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation practice.  All levels welcome!

Yogasana Engineering & Sustainability -The Shoulders with Stephanie Adams & Richelle Ricard 12:30-2:30pm, Amphitheatre

Stephanie & Richelle will take you on a journey through the terrain of the shoulder and arm for better understanding of its structure and function. Learn about the natural movements, common strengths and weaknesses, and how this information translates to a safer, stronger yoga asana practice. Dissect foundation postures and rebuild them based on specific principles of our internal engineering. Together we will observe common misalignments, overuse injuries, and miscues, find deeper awareness through subtle adjustment, and learn to feel our way into our own blueprint for optimal shoulder actions and alignments. Lecture, asana, and hands-on adjustment will be our tools for learning.

Balancing the Four Winds of Change with Jill Knouse and East Forest 12:30-2:30pm, Amphitheatre

Together through yoga, intention and sound healing, we will honor the sacred directions and elements.  Connect with the natural patterns and rhythms of nature. In a constantly moving, shifting and changing world, this practice will focus on the four elements and the four cardinal directions to bring us into better balance with nature. The four elements play significant roles in our psyches, forming our senses, parts of our consciousness and our character. These four ideas symbolize patterns of energy that have the power to transform our lives! Through our practice, we will: Ground to the Earth. Flow like the Water of the rivers around us. Feel the Fire within via a challenging vinyasa yoga sequence. Breathe the Air deeply. Reconnect with nature and intuition while drinking in the incredible surroundings of Hood River. Integrate it all with the transformative, healing sounds of East Forest. Feel fully alive.

Embodied Bliss Flow: The Art of Being a Conduit with Eoin Finn and East Forest 3:30-5:00pm, Amphitheatre

Connect to your “wise guide inside” with rocking music that will cast a spell and help you find the joy of self-expression.  Enjoy the mixture of a lead and free-flow yoga practice that will profoundly improve your connection to intuition.  The ability to respond to your body’s innate intelligence will improve not just your yoga practice but help you to become a conduit for love and kindness in all your relationships.  Yoga is the art of getting out of your own way.  Learn how to apply the skills we learned in this class not just for a hugely liberating and enjoyable yoga experience but to become less inhibited and more intuitive, creative and “in flow” in daily life. Be ready to be fully embodied, loose and more joyous than you have ever imagined!