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All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Pre-registration is NOT required. All free events are first-come, first-served.
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Friday | 8:00am - 8:45am
Morning Meditation with Pamela Bliss: Setting the Day
Meditation offers countless benefits and plays a crucial role in the development of higher levels of awareness--the ability to see things clearly. It is a practice that is necessary for spiritual evolution and leads the adept to direct communication with spirit. Join me, and together we will set the day by powerfully creating it consciously.
Open to all.
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Friday | 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Kirtan Concert with Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band
Sing, dance, and take your heart for a joyride tonight with New Orleans mantra musicians Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band, celebrated as one of the most exciting and musically dynamic kirtan artists in the West. Blending mantra, rock, and funk sounds, they tour worldwide and are the first kirtan band ever to play the New Orleans' Jazz Festival.
$15 conference attendees; $20 general public
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Saturday | 7:00am - 7:45am
Morning Walking Meditation with Paul Weitz
The simple act of walking is so common to daily life that we can forget we are doing it. In fact, the mind is often far away as we put one foot in front of the other. In walking meditation, we'll slow the process down and focus on breath and tactile awareness of movement and sensation. This practice helps to develop everyday mindfulness, and serves as a reflection of how we move through life moment to moment.
Open to all.
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Saturday | 1:00pm - 2:00pm
YogaWorks Teacher Training Info Session
Join YogaWorks for an interactive "down dog lab" and Q&A about the 200-hour Teacher Training Program. It's the perfect way to find out more about the YogaWorks method which blends yoga traditions from East and West, with an emphasis on alignment and skillful sequencing. We offer one of the most comprehensive Teacher Training programs in the world for serious students and aspiring teachers of yoga. This session is highly recommended for those considering our teacher training as well as for students who wish to learn about how to take their practice to the next level.
Open to all.
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Saturday | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Panel Discussion: The Yoga of Food
What does it mean to eat like a yogi? Is there such a thing as a yogic diet? Join Seane Corn, Cyndi Lee, Steve Nakon and Aadil Palkhivala, as they discuss how the practice of yoga affects our food choices. Moderated by Yoga Journal's Dayna Macy, author of the recently published memoir Ravenous.
Open to all.
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Saturday | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Symbolism of Hindu and Buddhist Deities: Their Relevance in Today
Discover how ancient symbols of Hindu and Buddhist deities relate to archetypes within us and can bring peace of mind and a sense of interconnectedness. Learn how a deep understanding of these symbols, along with the nondualistic teachings of Vedanta and Tantra, can inspire you in the journey of yogic awakening.
Lecture. Open to all.
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Saturday | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Family Yoga with Marsha Wenig
Join YogaKids Mama Marsha Wenig, RCYT, founder and visionary of YogaKids International, for a fun, full-on, frolicking fiesta of family fare, fitness, and feeling. In this fun class, you're guaranteed to learn, laugh, and love the YogaKids way of educating the whole child. With wacky, wild, and wonderful warm-ups of worms and warriors, kids learn how to morph into amazing animal asanas, acquire agility, and gain awesomeness of being. Transform your yoga at any age as we morph into lions, trains, triangles, warriors, and roller coasters. Go with the flow and end up aglowin' in Savasana.
Free and Open to families with children ages 5 and older.
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Saturday | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
LUNAFEST Film Festival
LUNAFEST, presented by LUNA, makers of The Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, is a traveling film festival of notable and award-wining short films by, for and about women. Established in 2000, LUNAFEST promotes women filmmakers, raises awareness for women's issues and supports women's nonprofit organizations. Each season, films tour 150+ venues and screen in front of 20,000 people across the U.S. and Canada. 100% of LUNAFEST proceeds go to nonprofit organizations - 15% are donated to the Breast Cancer Fund, the leading national organization focused on preventing breast cancer before it starts, and 85% to local community nonprofits. To date, LUNAFEST has featured over 83 women filmmakers, raised over $363,000 for the Breast Cancer Fund and over $570,000 for nonprofit organizations.
$10 suggested donation to the Breast Cancer Fund
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Saturday | 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Restorative Yoga Nidra
Enter the calm stillness of conscious relaxation to help integrate and embody the wisdom of everything you learned. In a restful supported Savasana, you'll be guided through a healing Yoga Nidra practice, often translated as the "yogic sleep. " Through self-exploration into the awareness of subtle sensation, Yoga Nidra can help us remember the truth of who we are and our connection to all that is.
$15 for conference attendees; $30 for general public
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Sunday | 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Class with Eric Paskel
Yoga Rocks Raw
Yoga is not about posing--in fact, yoga is not for posers at all. It is for those who want to strip away facades and reveal their real Self. In this one-hour class, we won't get there entirely, but we will kick some serious asana like never before. This class is the first step on the path toward knowing...sweet freedom.
Open to all.
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Sunday | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Keynote Address by Andrew Harvey: Heart Yoga and Sacred Activism
Sacred Activism is the fusion of profound embodied spirituality with clear, wise, and radical action in the world. Heart Yoga was designed as a way of helping yoga practitioners everywhere to go deeper into the mystery of divine embodiment so that they can be empowered to act in ways that preserve the world. Without a transformed body, it will be hard to do the demanding work that is required for the transformation of the planet. Learn how Heart Yoga helps this massive transformation by enabling people to experience in yoga the birth of the Divine in matter. Andrew Harvey will give his vision of the world crisis, the role of Heart Yoga, and of the power and passion of Sacred Activism.
Open to all.
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Sunday | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Goal-Coaching Workshop
It's not about figuring it all out; it's about creation. You have 30,000 days to live. Your life is up to you.
Open to all.
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Sunday | 5:45pm - 6:15pm
Closing Remarks by Gary Kraftsow: Yoga and Daily Living: Outer and Inner Dimensions of Practice
Open to all.
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