Workshop Descriptions 2022!

Wild Edible Plant Walk

Nature is abundant with food, medicine & more yet we have forgotten our ancient ways of identifying and working with plants. Learning about wild edible plants takes time and focus but in the process we are rewarded with greater health, resilience and connection
to the natural world. In this walk we will cover topics such as:
-Plant identification & botany
-Getting to know plants & fungi and ruling out look-a-likes
-How to harvest sustainably and prepare different wild edible foods throughout the
seasons
-Guerilla planting & propagation techniques
-Forest ecology and more

Saturday 4:45

Love the Skin You’re Yin: A self-compassionate yin yoga experience.

Join Erin for this luxurious Yin Yoga practice, and speak to the deepest layers of tissues in you.

Saturday-Shiva Tent 8:30 – 10:30a What’s Your Dosha?            

Intro to Ayurveda Workshop

Wild: Stories and Meditations on Being human with a Soul.

Satuday 1-2pm Tea & Jam Cafe Stage

Join us in rich conversation, storytelling, and guided meditations inspired by her book, Wild Human. Marni will share stories that open doorways to the soul of your essential nature.

Everyday Magic-Yoga +MeditationBeing

Saturday 10:30-12 Brahma Nirvana

Magic is the practice of altering the hidden dynamics of a situation.  It invites us to be in an elegant relationship with the mystery, and to radical self trust and personal integrity. It is creative and transformative. This yoga and meditation practice will open up the windows of the heart for working magic in everyday life.

The Intuitive Body-Yoga+Meditation

Sunday 1-2:30 Buddha Moon

Your soul is made of light and energy, and it communicates through your body as intuition.  Your body holds all of the codes of wisdom that you will ever need in this lifetime to become your highest potential. In this practice, we will anchor ourselves into the intuitive body, and you will learn tools and practices for trusting and listening to your intuition.

Passage Meditation

Live Music with Yoga & Poetry

Om Tent
Yoga Hikes

Yoga for Trauma Release “Help Me to Heal Myself”

Friday 1:30-2:30 Shiva Love

Almost everyone has experienced some sort of trauma. Sometimes the trauma is trapped in our bodies. This class will help to release the trauma held in the body using the Trauma Release Exercise (TRE) system by Dr. David Berceli. We will encourage our bodies to shake involuntarily by holding certain shape. This may sound a little bit weird, but just wait until you experience it! This practice has helped me with my own depression and PTSD. It is amazing how quickly I felt better. After my first experience, I had more energy and felt happier than I had in a long while. And I couldn’t stop smiling throughout the day and evening!

Reflection Twisted Yoga

Saturday 11-12 Shiva Love

“As I reflect on my journey I can appreciate the good and the bad.”

As Floyd Yoga Jam’s 2020 theme of Reflection, this practice has lots of twists.  As we twist and turn we can look behind us and then turn to look forward, look deep within and experience a nice practice to help the spine and organs feel rejuvenated, while also appreciating our past that has brought us to the Here and Now!

Laughter Yoga

Sunday 11-12p Ganesha                      “Laugh for no reason….except your good health!!”

This class is for everyone, no previous yoga experience required! Many benefits of laughter, this class will offer the participants time to practice laughter exercises, increasing abdominal strength, clearing the gunk out of the bottom of the lungs, and giggling the rest of the week!  Some of the many benefits of LY are: reduces stress and strengthens immune system, a great social connector, we might not remember names, but we will remember laughing together! Learn to laugh for no reason, without using humor, jokes, or comedy! And maybe join in the Puppy Love Pile (if you wish)!

Information available on how to become a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader (CLYL)

Gentle Yoga and A Nap! –

Sunday 2:30-3:30p Ganesha

“I am happiest after a my Nap!”

Imagine something that you could easily take that would increase your alertness and creativity; reduce your stress; improve your perception, stamina, and motor skills; enhance your sex life; help you make better decisions; keep you looking younger; help you lose weight; reduce the risk of having a heart attack; elevate your mood; strengthen your memory; and help heal any post traumatic symptoms

Join me as we release any tightness in our bodies and exhale all stress and receive infinite peace and love. We will conclude this fun and easy practice with the famous 12-minute Healing Nap! The benefits of the 12-minute nap will be available as a handout for anyone that is interested. Please bring an extra towel or blanket so you can get really comfy!

Saturday 3:30-4:30 Om Space                   “Of Water & Spirit: Bathing Rituals for Renewal”

Water is a divine, healing force that can help us release what no longer serves, as well as bring forth the good things we call into our lives.  We’ll discuss sacred bathing traditions from all over the world and make a pot of holy water for blessing and purification.

Classes in Tea & Jam Cafe

InStill Mindfulness will be leading meditations, workshops, and InSpire meetings in the Tea & Jam tent each day of the festival, as follows:

Friday 7am: Jamie Reygle leads a spacious awareness practice.

Friday 8:30am: Mindfulness 101

Jamie Reygle leads an interactive discussion introduces the key concepts of mindfulness and distinguishing between what mindfulness is and what it is not. The session includes the introduction of several mindfulness techniques that can serve both during the festival and IRL. Come with your questions, leave with fresh insights.

Saturday 7am: Joe Klein leads a body scan and loving kindness practice.

Saturday 8:30am: Sex, Drugs, Facebook & Ice Cream: Seeking a mindful way with sensual pleasures.

Things that feel good and taste yummy often take us on a ride that can be delicious and also dangerous. Both of those possibilities excite the brain and make it easy to develop habits of consumption that we sometimes regret. This talk explains some of the brain/body pathways that lead to repetitive or compulsive habit patterns, and introduces mindfulness techniques to help you steer a middle way with sense pleasure. Presented by Joe Klein.

Sunday 7am: Lori Marsh leads a 4-facet meditation, designed to lead into love consciousness.

Sunday 8:30am: Walking Stick Yoga

The Yoga sutras by Patanjali begin by saying Now begins the practice of yoga. The purpose of yoga is to calm the fluctuations of the mind stuff so that the true self may be seen. Practicing yoga postures with walking sticks allows one to find stability and ease in poses. Through this ease, the mind can quiet and rest in the present moment, simply observing what is. Join us for a gentle practice using walking sticks.  This practice is especially helpful for anyone with joint or balance issues.  Walking sticks are also great for walking meditation or for practicing yoga outdoors without a mat. Presented by Lori Marsh.

Daily at 10am from the Tea & Jam Dome: Mindful Walk with Lori Marsh

Come take a mindful walk around the festival grounds. Using walking sticks we will experience the present moment with stability and ease. Walking sticks are great for everyone but are especially beneficial if you have any issues with balance. Or, as an exercise regime, walking sticks add an upper body workout to walking. Please come play.

Daily at 3pm in the Tea & Jam Dome: InSpire mindfulness community gathering with Jamie Reygle

InSpire mindfulness communities have been gathering across the region and online since 2019. These gatherings provide an opportunity to participate in mindful discussion and share mindfulness practices. Give yourself some respite from the festival and meet others who appreciate a still, quiet space from time-to-time. Numbers are limited, so register in the Tea & Jam tent beforehand if you can.

Class1*Infinite Love:

Brahma Nirvana Friday 1-2:30The Marriage of Sun and Moon with Lee Schardein and J Miles

The poet Rumi continuously wrote about our Union with the Divine as the “lover and the Beloved”, a mystical partnership that fused the power of our own devotion and faith to develop the love necessary to free us from the bondage of hate and fear. Yoga philosophy teaches that yoga occurs when duality merges into Oneness. When we are filled with the power of love we able to live in our highest vibration. The lover and the Beloved become love itself. Ha (Sun)- Tha (Moon) is represented as a physical practice, designed to awaken the twin-flames within yourself the Sun and the Moon, and to unite them with effort and intentions. As the saying goes, “Yoga is practice of the Self, through the Self, to the Self.

Join Lee and J Miles on a journey of legendary love, storytelling, inner alchemy, and our connection to the Divine, through flow and our own embodied wisdom.

Wake Yo Azz Up!!!  Saturday Brahma Nirvana 8-9:30                                            This is not your morning restorative class. This is an energizing flow with music to match with one goal: to wake yo ass up!! The Bed can be a recharging station and used as a springboard to life, or it can be a very shallow grave. If we harness our own vast supply of energy by controlling our diet, our emotions, and our overall health and wellness the body will “rest” only as much as needed.  This class will begin with a Dharma talk on why not only physically should we “wake up”, but why we need to wake up mentally and spiritually and use this practice of yoga to become more socially conscious and better stewards of our world. The asana will be curated with breath work and a heart opening dynamic flow to have us running “heartfirst” into our day. We can either roll out of bed dreading the start of the day, or we can spring out of bed with joy and gratitude!! So put our feet on the ground, greet the morning, and Wake Yo Azz up!!

Pranayama Sunday Brahma Nirvana 7:30-8:30am

Super Hero School (The Mystical Art of Being Awesome): Arm Balance and Inversion Workshop – Sunday Brahma Nirvana 3-4:30

Every super-hero must go through the proper training in order to take flight. Focusing on steady progression, arm balances and inversions require firm resolve, solid technique, and firm integration of alignment and breath. Shapes such as crow, eight angles, headstand and handstand require use of the core, the breath and the use of energetic locks called bandhas. This workshop will cover those poses which require one to hover above the ground or have the feet or hips above the head, with the connection being the hands, forearms, and head. Arm balances and inversions have as much to do with overcoming fear and infusing one with boldness confidence as much as advancing the asana practice. With diligence and dedication, the inner Hero is revealed.

Visionary Jouney Circle

Thursday 9:30-11

In a ceremonial circle, we will journey beyond ordinary consciousness, outside of time and space, to connect with your higher self and/or compassionate helping spirits for guidance, wisdom and healing. We will use the sound of rattles, drums and our voices using vocal toning and freeform movement to alter our brainwaves into a trance. In this meditative trance state, we will use our imagination to journey to the unseen realms to connect deeply to the world of spirit. Kick off your Yoga Jam weekend with a practice that connects you to your power and this beautiful community.

This is a sacred container for self expression. No experience necessary, just an open mind.

Funky Yoga Dance

Saturday 5-6pm

Groove, stretch and breathe to the best funk music ever recorded! Funky Yoga Dance combines easy, upbeat dance moves with classic yoga poses. The vibe is super fun and playful. Great for beginners and all bodies. Come smile and sweat with us! You are welcome here.

Buddha Moon~ Saturday 8-9:30pm
Kirtan Concert with Bhakti Boyz

Saturday 8-9:30pm Shiva

Vinyasa Flow Journey