Bend Yoga Festival 2024

Breathe new life into your hips, pelvis, SI joints, and lower back. Through a delicious spectrum of hip-oriented poses that emphasize functional movement, leave feeling strong, open, and uplifted. Perfect if you crave a more therapeutic and fortifying practice.

Yoga Nidra is the practice and art of Yogic Sleep. It is a profound but simple guided meditation accessible to anyone. The practice systematically guides the body, mind and breath into a complete state of relaxation. Quiet the mind and cultivate inner serenity as you rest in a supported savasana. Nancy’s voice will lead you through a guided relaxation where all the senses are drawn to gentle, conscious awareness, inviting the body to heal, creativity to flourish, and heart to expand. While in this safe, sacred space Jeremy and Nancy will create a soundscape of handpan, didgeridoo, crystal singing bowls, multiple gongs, chimes and more. Each experience is created and offered with love and intention for healing and relaxation. Receive deep rest while being immersed in the ethereal vibrations of a Yoga Nidra Sound Journey.

All are welcome, no prior experience with yoga or meditation necessary.

Settle Into Stillness will have a selection of props on hand to ensure your comfort, including blankets, eye pillows, and more. However, props will be limited, so please make sure to bring your yoga mat, blanket(s), and a pillow. Dress and bring layers to ensure your comfort on chilly mornings.

Arrive 15 minutes early to find a space and settle in. To ensure the integrity of the experience for all, latecomers will not be admitted. This session starts promptly at 7pm.

Nurture yourself and experience deep relaxation as Jeremy and Nancy create a unique and immersive soundscape to start your day off in bliss. The soothing resonance of the handpan, didgeridoo, multiple gongs, crystal singing bowls and more will induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation; cultivating a deep sense of calm and inner peace. Your physical body will rest in a comfortable and supported savasana as you are bathed by a sea of sound. Each experience is created and offered with love and intention for healing and relaxation.

Settle Into Stillness will have a selection of props on hand to ensure your comfort, including blankets, eye pillows, and more. However, props will be limited, so please make sure to bring your yoga mat, blanket(s), and a pillow. Dress and bring layers to ensure your comfort on chilly mornings.

Arrive 15 minutes early to find a space and settle in. To ensure the integrity of the experience for all, latecomers will not be admitted. This session starts promptly at 7am.

This AcroYoga workshop will explore an equal balance of yin and yang, acrobatics and restorative partner yoga. Embody joy and playful curiosity as we explore group asana, partner supported inversions, basic acrobatics, partner flying and supported savasana. Get your feet off the ground with the support of a partner in a safe & fun environment while experiencing the exchange of trust and compassionate communication.

A little asana, followed by guided partner practices. 

Our center, known as the “kunda” or oven in Sanskrit, holds our internal fire. It is also where food, thoughts, and experiences dwell before they are processed. We need a healthy internal fire so that we can assimilate the good and the difficult dwelling in the center. When we can use our inner fire to assimilate and release what we don’t need, we find freedom and joy.

This workshop will help you access, light, build and maintain your flame so that it shines through the spark in your eyes, the glow of your skin and expands your whole aura. We will practice in a unique way of doing yoga poses and movements that focus on strengthening and stretching the entire torso. You will leave feeling peacefully powerful and sitting taller than ever before!

In addition to strengthening the center of your torso, you will be introduced to Bandhas (energy locks) and Mudras, (energy seals) to light this inner fire. A Tantric Fire Meditation will follow to teach you how to control this force for your prosperity. You will leave feeling powerful, breathing deeper than ever, and sitting taller than before!

Recommended Props:  1 block, 1 strap, and a blanket.  (If you can have two blocks, all the better.)

15 min talk, the rest is practice with some demonstrating sprinkled throughout.  ALL LEVELS welcome, and, this session is not ideal for bodies who are currently pregnant or have herniated disc issues.

Freedom and stability in the shoulders helps us express ourselves, connect with others, and do our work in the world. This practical workshop includes instruction and asana variations to stabilize what is weak and release what is bound, creating more freedom in the shoulders and a clear connection to the outer world.

 Lecture 15%; Guided Practice 75%; Discussion 10%

In this subtle yet powerful practice, dive into a sequence of poses designed specifically to open your breath. Experience the peace and euphoria that comes from bringing mobility to your primary and accessory respiratory muscles. Class will conclude with classic pranayama practice, said to be the gateway to meditation. Perfect whether you've been wanting to establish a pranayama practice or to hit the pause button, recharge, and renew.

This is a more gentle class.

Nurture yourself and experience deep relaxation as Jeremy and Nancy create a unique and immersive soundscape to start your day in bliss. The soothing resonance of the handpan, didgeridoo, multiple gongs, crystal singing bowls and more will induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation; cultivating a deep sense of calm and inner peace. Your physical body will rest in a comfortable and supported savasana as you are bathed by a sea of sound. Each experience is created and offered with love and intention for healing and relaxation.
Settle Into Stillness will have a selection of props on hand to ensure your comfort, including blankets, eye pillows, and more. However, props will be limited, so please make sure to bring your yoga mat, blanket(s), and a pillow. Dress and bring layers to ensure your comfort on chilly mornings.

Arrive 15 minutes early to find a space and settle in. To ensure the integrity of the experience for all, latecomers will not be admitted. This session starts promptly at 7am.

NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME FOR THIS SESSION: 8:15am.

This session is 2-hours long, but will not affect your enrollment in later sessions.

This workshop opens with a brief explanation on the Chakras, their qualities and effects. The
concept of Kundalini and how it works is also explained. A vinyasa flow practice follows that introduces
poses directly connected with each Chakra. Students will be guided through visualization, mantra,
and breathing techniques to access and free energy around each Chakra region.  

The workshop ends with a Tantric meditation that aligns the inner channels for energetic
freedom. Students will leave with more awareness and space in these energy centers with tools to
continue parts of the practice on their own.

Recommended Props:  2 blocks, 1 strap, 1-2 blankets. 

Students should have a minimum of one-year steady asana practice due to the inner body focus
of this session. Jeanne will not be focusing on how to do a posture so that we can attend to what is happening within the pose.

Partner Yoga & Thai | Unwind from the full festival weekend by giving and receiving supportive, relaxing touch. Enjoy deep stretching and a long savasana with hands on assists. 

This will be a partner movement class incorporating touch.

If you bring a partner, your partner choice will be honored. 

In Polyvagal Theory meets Yoga Philosophy, you'll explore the intersection of modern neuroscience and ancient philosophy. You'll learn the basics of Polyvagal Theory and what it contributes to yoga practice and teaching. Then we'll get creative with how it correlates to Rasa Theory and Aligned Motives for practice. Come curious! This session will give you new dimensions for practice on and off the mat.

Expect a presentation, journaling, and Q&A.

80% presentation, 20% journaling 

This session is good for: students who want to learn yoga philosophy, students who want to develop a home practice, students who want to learn about their nervous system, people in the helping and healing professions, yoga teachers.

In this serene and grounding session, you can fully indulge in the art of unwinding. We will slow down and gently move through postures to help you reconnect with your body so you can feel complete. Join us on this harmonious journey as we move, breathe, and leave feeling totally blissed out for the journey home.

A wonderful way to integrate your festival experience!

100% Guided Practice