Unity of Sedona – Sedona’s Center for Masters and Students on the Spiritual Path

Unity of Sedona – Sedona’s Center for Masters and Students on the Spiritual Path

Unity of Sedona is a heart-centered, spiritual center located amidst the energy vortexes of one of the world’s most renowned hubs of New Age spirituality—Sedona, Arizona. Our center is for spiritual “travelers on the path” and those committed to remembering their true identity (love). We incorporate the teachings of all spiritual traditions and teachers, such as Jesus, Buddha, the Ascended Masters, and Eastern and Western mystics, as well as incorporating the paths of healing and spirituality as a means of awakening the Light within.

Our Sunday services, usually led by our primary Spiritual Leader, Michael Mirdad, are not like anything an attendee might experience elsewhere; it’s more like a miraculous experience. In a single event, some audience members experience the greatest teachings and insights in their life, while others are brought to the deepest tears, and still others to laughter from the wonderful lightness and humor.

In addition to our globally broadcast Sunday Sacred Services, we also have classes, workshops, concerts, spiritual gatherings, 12-step meetings, and numerous other events. Our Center also features a labyrinth and a metaphysical bookstore and gift shop to be enjoyed year-round.

Unity of Sedona sponsors most of Sedona’s premiere spiritual events and concerts (such as Deva Premal), including the annual “Sedona Summer & Winter Festivals”—featuring speakers, performers, psychics, and vendors. These Festivals are generally attended by people from throughout the country and beyond, and are a great way to honor the natural cycles of the year, the earth, and our own consciousness—all while learning, sharing, singing, and playing.

Our Mission Statement: Unity of Sedona is a spiritual center that integrates the paths of healing and spirituality to awaken the Inner Christ, creating a world of Love, Peace, Joy, and Abundance.

Unity of Sedona Website

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Sedona Yoga Festival 2018 Musicians Line-up

Sedona Yoga Festival 2018 Musicians Line-up

Sedona Yoga Festival 2018 • Musicians Line-up

Blog by Valerie Irons

I’ve been attending and working behind the scenes of the Sedona yoga festival since the very first year. The yoga and workshop presenters at Sedona Yoga Festival are consistently among some of the very best the yoga community has to offer – and 2018 continues to raise the bar!  I’d like to take a moment and shine the spotlight on the amazing musical offerings available at SYF 2018.  From kirtan, sound-healing, sacred music artists and DJ’s, Sedona Yoga Festival 2018 has something for everyone!

Bhakti yoga, one of the branches of yoga, is the path of loving devotion to God. At the heart of Bhakti Yoga is kirtan.  SYF has delighted us with truly wonderful heartfelt kirtan in the past and will crack our hearts wide open again in 2018!

Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen

Headlining the kirtan artists this year will be Mike Cohen, from the Boulder CO area. A life-long musician with 15 years experience developing leaders, Mike has released three critically acclaimed albums.  For over a decade, Mike has toured North America, offering accessible and potent Kirtan events in yoga studios, healing centers and at festivals.  Mikes will be offering kirtan and some great workshops at SYF 2018.

www.mikecohenkirtan.com

Sukha

Sukha

Sukha is Southern California based husband/wife team Sukhmani and Sukhman. They play their own blend of unique and modern “rock inspired” mantra music for classes, events and they were on the 2016 Grammy® Ballot for Best New Age Album of The Year.  Keep an eye out for their kirtan and Kundalini Yoga class at SYF!

www.sukhatheband.com

The Band of Now

The Band of Now

The Band of Now from Phoenix, AZ offers heartfelt devotional music in both English and Sanskit. Prem Vidu, Band leader, Composer and Director gained his BFA in Percussion Performance & Jazz Studies, and life eventually led him to share his devotion through song and prayer. Guided to facilitate spirit-medicine journeys, he combines 10 years of leading ceremony with an 8 year practice of chanting. Check out their kirtan, yoga and sound-healing offerings! 

www.thebandofnow.com

Sanjali

Sanjali

Sanjali, is a kirtan wallah, sound-healer and breathwork practitioner living in Sedona, AZ. She founded Bhakti Tribe Sedona in 2010, bringing kirtan and devotional music to the Red Rocks of Sedona. She has just finished recording her first cd, Devaprana “An Offering To the Gods”. Inspired by divine love, she is deeply grateful. Look for her kirtan and other offerings in the SYF schedule.

www.sanjali.net

Ashana

Ashana

SYF will also be bringing back Ashana – one of the premiere healing music artists and New Age vocalists of our time. Ashana’s original sound is the forefront of an entirely new genre of healing music. Weaving together soaring, angelic vocals and the celestial sound of crystal singing bowls, Ashana is not to be missed!

www.soundofashana.com

Three Trees

Three Trees

Three Trees is Sedona’s very own Healer, Teacher, Musician, Artist and the creator of ‘SoulMonic™ Sound Healing’. He holds a passion for deepening our connection to the Sacred through music and understands the mysteries of sound and rhythm. Following this path for the last 17 years as a sound healing practitioner and teacher (as well as being a craftsman of drums, didgeridoos, and native flutes), gives Three Trees a unique and profound understanding of the relationship between sound, Rhythm, Intention and Sacred Connection.  Check the schedule for his sound healing and also his toning class!

www.threetreessedona.com

Poranguí

Poranguí

Porangui, another Sedona resident, was reared among the three cultures of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., and was steeped in various traditional forms of music, healing and ceremony since birth. Poranguí has over fifteen years of international work experience as an artist, musician, educator, filmmaker, consultant and therapist, utilizing the healing properties of sound and movement to foster our individual and collective well being. As a performing musician, Poranguí weaves a sonic tapestry of ancestral songs to awaken the soul. Experience indigenous and modern sounds from around the world, offered to move your body, mind, and spirit. He will be offering sound-healing, a guided dance journey and a body percussion workshop! www.porangui.com 

DTO Music

DTO Music

DTO composes, performs, and teaches piano and electronic music for yoga, weddings, and inspirational events to heal and awaken. His songs combine him playing piano, digital music production, collaborations with several vocalists, and powerfully moving sanskrit mantra to further the awakening and expansion through their sacred sounds. He is part of a powerful crew of musicians known as Buddha Music Group who together all contribute to “raising the vibration of the planet through art and music.” Dave is a powerful vessel for changing lives, uplifting and awakening souls, and bringing ones closer to their healthiest, best self.  Be sure to find him on the SYF schedule! www.dtomusic.com

Valerie Romanoff

Valerie Romanoff

Valerie Romanoff loves playing the electric guitar, sitar/guitar and bass and creating music; she lives mostly in New York and part-time in Sedona, Arizona; She co-founded Starlight Orchestras in 1998 and has spent many years producing and performing live music for upscale events around the country.  She has an affinity for the path of self-discovery and awakening, metaphysical pursuits, and a life of spiritual connection. These different aspects of her life are now merging together in a most exciting way. Through sacred music, Valerie offers tools for upliftment and joins the global movement in creating a more compassionate world.
www.valerieromanoffmusic.com

Secret Sessions

Secret Sessions

We can always count on SYF to bring outstanding DJs to the festival! Keep a lookout for Secret Sessions – a Sedona based creative collective with exceptional music that always inspires a proper get down!

Secret Sessions

Mental Physix

Mental Physix

Mental Physix is a DJ/Producer Duo consisting of Crisanto Santa Ana (Santosha) & Dru Ali (Hyphen-Select) and known for defying musical genres. The third eye is the invisible brow chakra thought to provide perception into esoteric, mystical domains. If there was a third ear, it would hear sounds similar to Mental Physix…They are a much loved duo and returning to SYF yet again!  Be sure to find them in the schedule! 

www.mentalphysix.com

DJ HyFi

DJ HyFi

DJ HyFi, nomadic DJ fusing fresh beats with vinyasa, will also be joining SYF this year!  DJ Hyfi is a pioneer in the fusion of yoga and electronic music, performing live DJ sets for workshops, festivals, and events across the nation and internationally. DJ HyFi comes to SYF through Kate Swarm and Gordon Ogden.  Look for him on the schedule!

www.yogahyfi.com

A partnership in the works for a few years, SYF is thrilled to be partnering up with YogiTunes in 2018!  The first boon from this partnership, is that Alex King Harris (aka Rara Avis) will be a featured DJ.  Aside from being the CEO and Co-Founder of YogiTunes, Rara is an internationally known pioneer of contemporary music for yoga, dance and the healing arts.  A dedicated master of his craft with over 2 decades experience in multi-instrumental live performance and music production with a core focus on where the electronic underground, yoga and ecstatic dance movements collide. Rara’s guitar, vocals, flute, didgeridoo and dj techniques combine pre-produced sounds with live electronic elements to create a truly original, shamanic music for embodiment. Whether it be in a yoga class or on an ecstatic dance floor – Rara’s sounds are guaranteed to take you on a journey of blissful re-entry into the soul.  Check out his lecture and ecstatic dance church.  He will also be on faculty for Yoga for PTSD training! www.raraavis.com

Yogi Tunes will also be bringing DJs to play with SYF and to help hold down a sound space – a constant container of music – onsite: The YogiTunes Lounge in vendor village! Be sure to stop by! YogiTunes will be sponsoring some great classes as well!

Another boon from the SYF and YogiTunes partnership is the FREE musical compilation “Sounds of Sedona Yoga Festival 2018”  – a carefully curated selection of tracks from this year’s hugely anticipated festival lineup, in addition to SYF Alumni Artists.  The compilation will be available on January 3rd. Go to the SYF homepage www.sedonayogafestival.com and follow the giveaway link. Deepest bows to the artists who have generously gifted these tunes for our enjoyment at home and in class!  You will love it!

We are all so excited and we hope you are feeling it too!  Get ready to come experience the glory of Sedona’s transformative and enlightening energy, the stunning beauty of the red rocks and the talents and gifts of all the presenters! We can’t wait to see you in February! 

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YogiTunes: Your Yoga Soundtrack

YogiTunes: Your Yoga Soundtrack

YogiTunes: Your Yoga Soundtrack

Offering an unrivaled selection of hand-picked yoga music from all over the world, YogiTunes offers studio owners, teachers and wellness enthusiasts an expansive library of curated music for yoga, meditation, massage and sound healing.

From global funk to kirtan to electronic trance, our resident DJs traverse the international yoga music landscape to find the best artists, albums and tracks, and sequence them into curated playlists suited to enhance any wellness practice, sorted by pace, duration and theme. Music fans can also create their own unique playlists: all YogiTunes music includes performance rights, so it can be publicly played without incurring additional fees. Steamed or downloaded, YogiTunes’ massive catalog enhances and deepens the yoga experience – anytime, anywhere.

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Yoga for Trauma and Resiliency: the Training

Optional integrated 20-hour training for Yoga teachers “Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga” is designed to provide teachers with the skills to share yoga with First Responders, Veterans, trauma survivors, PTSD and TBI sufferers and many more.

Why Learn About Relationships From Us

Why Learn About Relationships From Us

We’re not psychologists. We’re not relationship counselors. We’re not sex therapists.

We’re basically regular people who have learned quite a lot over the years on how to be happy in relationship, how to get through the darkness in relationship, how to better communicate & listen and how to connect easier with people in general. We simply want to share with others what we’ve learned, what works for us and have FUN doing it! We are passionate about relationship and we feel particularly enthused about the accelerated personal growth that can come from being in an intimate relationhip. You can’t hide in relationship, there’s always the most powerful mirror right there in your face! The things I’ve learned (and continue to learn) about myself through being in relationhip are kinda mind-blowing.

David and I have both been married before.  We didn’t know how to communicate with our spouses very well at all. There was a lot of fear around communication and opening up completely but also we didn’t have the tools to even know how to begin. Divorcing pushed us in the direction of learning more about conscious relationship, authenic communication and radical honesty. We have similar stories. As they say in Thailand, “same same, but different”.

There are certainly ongoing challenges that we deal with, but we realize it’s a daily choice to be together, to not let pain or ego consume us. We choose to celebrate and focus on Love.

In our Mystical Relationship workshop/playshop, we will be sharing a sacred space commuincation ritual, where you sit face-to-face with your partner and David will guide you through the appx 20 min process. This is a beautiful ritual that is a foundation in our relationship. It’s not just for intimate couples, it works beautifully with best friends, family and even total strangers!

Also, a generous portion of this class will be learning Thai massage techniques. What a wonderfal way to give and receive with your partner or friend. We’ll also be trail-mixing in a few other practices such as laughter yoga, self-Love meditation and group affirmation circle.

So if you’re looking for something new to do that will help you in your relationhips and help make connecting with others easier, then we hope to see you soon!  We keep the atmosphere light, casual and fun!

Come dressed in comfy, stretchy yoga type clothes and with an open heart and mind.

It has been a true joy and honor to have been able to share this workshop at Sedona Yoga Festival, as well as with our beloved local Dallas community.

Please find our Mystical Relationship schedule on the classes/events page. Thank you and many blessings to you!

~ Leah Misty

SYF2018 Tickets Available Now

Yoga for Trauma and Resiliency: the Training

Optional integrated 20-hour training for Yoga teachers “Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga” is designed to provide teachers with the skills to share yoga with First Responders, Veterans, trauma survivors, PTSD and TBI sufferers and many more.

The Buzz of Benevolence

The Buzz of Benevolence

Have you ever stood next to a beehive and watched how the bees be-have with each other? The hive is athrive with of the hum and thrum of thousands of bees working in unison to bring the pollen and goodness to the whole.  This is what you will see and feel at the Sedona Yoga Festival with many coming from far and wide to share their gold, their “pollen” of expertise and wisdom to enrich the greater whole.

This “buzz” in action allows participants to feel the wholeness of the greater thrive, all working in unison to bring the best to every class offered. Varied styles of yoga ranging from Hatha, to Bikram, to Ashtunga, to Kundalini with classes often accompanied by live musicians.   Other classes range from ecstatic dance, movement, QiGong, astrology, shamanism, health protocols and dietary consciousness to satsangs, kirtan and ceremony.

Something for everyone here to enhance and inspire your personal and collective evolution.

Sedona, Arizona in itself is one of the hot spots on the planet not in temperature alone but in the “buzz and thrum” of seekers in their plight towards healing and spiritual transformation.

Vortex upon vortex, the lay of the land is made from a bedrock of water and crystals, magnifying your intentions, clearing for healing and transformation. The Sedona Yoga Festival is a concentrated vortex of all of such things that brings benevolence of healing and abundance of joy and fulfillment.

So come on down this February 8th-11th and step into the world of benevolence.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Amalia

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Yoga for Trauma and Resiliency: the Training

Optional integrated 20-hour training for Yoga teachers “Traumatic Stress: Resiliency and Healing with Yoga” is designed to provide teachers with the skills to share yoga with First Responders, Veterans, trauma survivors, PTSD and TBI sufferers and many more.

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Complimentary Sound Bath Meditation

Welcome! At SYF we believe that the tools of wellness should be accessible to all, at all times. Sign up for our newsletter and confirm your address to receive a FREE 3-minute gong and bowl sound bath from SYF legacy presenter, trainer, and programming team member Reggie Hubbard. Stay tuned to your inbox to be kept up-to-date with schedule, presenter, and program announcements, ticket discount opportunities, and ways to be involved in the Sedona Yoga Festival community.

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