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
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
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 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 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
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!
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!
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!
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!
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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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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Join us for the world premiere of MANTRA – SOUNDS INTO SILENCE, at the Illuminate Film Festival, followed by a 9 min Documentary short, Yoga in Sedona by Wari Om.
Photo by Wari Om from, “Yoga in Sedona” short film
“Like a seed planted with the intention of blossoming into a beautiful perennial, a mantra can be thought of as a seed for energizing an intention. Much in the same way you plant a flower seed, you plant mantras in the fertile soil of practice. You nurture them and over time they bear the fruit of your intention.” – The Chopra Center
Films sponsored by: Sedona Yoga Festival
Did you know? Mantra is The Sacred Language of Sanskrit
In our westernized, modern-day spiritual practices the word “mantra” has become as mainstream as “intention.” But the two are actually quite different. The word mantra can be broken down into two parts: “man,” which means mind, and “tra,” which means transport or vehicle. In other words, a mantra is an instrument of the mind—a powerful sound or vibration that you can use to enter a deep state of meditation.
This full-length feature documentary about the practice of Kirtan chanting shares the stories of two American women who discover Bhakti Yoga and who experience healing and a sense of inner peace by singing mantras with others. Through chanting, they experience feelings of unconditional love and connection. The film accompanies the women as they delve further into the healing qualities of this practice, finding that chanting is not only a pleasure, it is also deeply therapeutic. The film features performers such as Deva Premal & Miten, Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Snatam Kaur and MC Yogi. We see how they came to embrace the practice of Kirtan and how it transformed their lives. This film is about spirituality, not religion. It’s about people reconnecting with their true selves and finding meaning in their lives.
FOLLOWED BY: A Q&A with director Georgia Wyss, executive producer Howard Glasser, artist C.C. White Soul Kirtan and Jen Canfield from the Call and Response Foundation follows.
Cast & Crew
Technical
Director:
Georgia WyssScreenwriter:
Georgia Wyss, Daniel Arvizu, Raymond McCormack, Ward SerrillExecutive Producers:
Robert J Barnhart, Charlie Cantrell, Howard Glasser, Adina Malveklint ,Ed Ritz, Urs Wyss
Producer:
Raymond McCormack, Georgia Wyss
Cinematographer:
Wari Om, Jordi Azategui, Ismael Joyera
Editor:
Georgia Wyss
Principal Cast:
Caren Fine, Catherine Rougerie, Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur Deva Premal, Miten and Manose, Nina Rao, Dave Stringer, Jai Uttal, Gaura Vani, MC Yogi
Country:
SpainRun Time:
85 minYear:
2017
Language:
English
Photo by Wari Om
Preceded By: Yoga In Sedona | USA | 2016 | 9 Min • Documentary Short
Directed By:Wari Om
Witness the magnificence of Sedona’s spectacular red rocks in a whole new light in this inspirational film depicting the spiritual essence of Sedona melded with the practice of yoga. Yoga photographer and filmmaker Wari Om expands the light of yoga around the world with his eye for nature, human grace and spirituality. (World Premiere)
Photo by Wari Om
REEL HEALING: Soulful Music Immersion
C.C. White Soul Kirtan’s distinct kirtan concerts have won her worldwide recognition as “The Queen of Soul Kirtan.” Get ready for a one of a kind, soul freeing, foot stomping, body swaying, heart opening, Divine Soul Kirtan experience!
My experience in Sedona was mountain top material, making even the mundane more meaningful with afterglow. I’ve been basking in it. Today I got up at 5:00am and walked two miles in a windstorm with one word on my mind: Elevate. Amidst the hefty collection of collective insight, this was by far my greatest take away. It was my personal epiphany.
I will elevate by overcoming the obstacles that restrict the fullest expression of personal potential. I’ve been afraid to shine for quite some time, deceived and trapped by the ego mind, crippled by concern and foolish considerations. Sedona blew the doors of my heart off the hinges, unleashing a flood of passion, purpose, and appreciation for life… I left feeling fully STOKED, intending to ELEVATE myself and others, my soul lifted and lit up by the light of infinity, gripped in the expression of infinite connection. Changed. Charged. Champion style.
Tapping into that reflection makes my heart soar right here, right now. Big smile on the inside. No doubt SYF 2017 facilitated the kind of experience that resonates for a lifetime. I want to express my gratitude to you and the crew for making it all possible, and THANK YOU seems short of sufficient, so here’s a poetic expression of my appreciation:
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