New Special Night Time Events Now Available at SYF2017 – BUY YOUR TICKETS

New Special Night Time Events Now Available at SYF2017 – BUY YOUR TICKETS

This year, at the 2017 Sedona Yoga Festival, we have so many NEW offerings of both night-time, conscious entertainment and soul elevating music!

Enjoy our ALL NEW WAKE UP DANCE PARTY with Kate Swarm and Mixtress Hava, Crystal Sound Healing Meditation with ASHANA & the crystal singing bowls, Satsang with Mohanji, Dixon’s Violin followed by Max Ribner Band, and Yogi Talks—a night of inspiration,Tao Porchon Lynch, Molly Birkholm, David Rodwin, Robert Sturman!!

Come join us, of these special offerings NOW OPEN to the LOCAL community! Check out our single priced tickets, priced for you to have the best experience yet!

Wednesday March 8th: Saul David Ray Kirtan @ Aumbase

$20 TICKETS

Friday Night’s Yogi Talks with Tao Porchon Lynch, Robert Sturman, and more 8pm-10:00pm Tickets ON SALE

$40

Friday Night – Secret Sessions Dance Party with DJ DEXX

$5 AT THE DOOR 

Saturday morning’s Wake Up In Sedona Dance Party with Kate Swarm of Walter Yoga and Mixtress Hava 6:00 am-7:30am

Tickets – $20

Saturday Night Gong Sound Healing 8pm-9:30pm

$25 Tickets

Saturday Night: Dixon’s Violin followed by the Max Ribner Band 8pm-10:15pm

$33 Tickets

FULL SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS:
Thursday, March 9
7:30pm
Merging with the Infinite: A Crystal Sound Healing Meditation with ASHANA & the crystal singing bowls
Ashana, Three Trees
Friday, March 10
6:00 – 7:30pm
Healthy Happy Hour
The Terrace
8:00 – 10:00pm
Yogi Talks—a night of inspiration, 20 minutes at a time…
Tao Porchon Lynch, Molly Birkholm, David Rodwin, Robert Sturman
Vista Hall
8:00 – 10:00pm Sanjali Kirtan
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom
7:30 – 9:30pm Satsang with Mohanji
Canyon Ballroom A
8:30 – 10:30pm
Secret Sessions Dance Party
Tequa Ballroom
Saturday, March 11
6:30 – 7:30am
Wake Up Sedona Yoga
Mixtress Hava, Kate Swarm
Tequa Ballroom
6:00 – 7:30pm
Healthy Happy Hour
The Terrace
8:00 – 10:15pm
Dixon’s Violin followed by Max Ribner Band
Vista Hall
8:00 – 9:30pm
Love Tribes Vibe Kirtan
Oak Creek Canyon Ballroom
9:30 – 11:00pm
Dance Party TBD
Tequa Ballroom
Join us LIVE at the 2017 SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL! Now for Purchase at Sedona Yoga Festival

Join us LIVE at the 2017 SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL! Now for Purchase at Sedona Yoga Festival

Livestream NOW AVAILABLE at the 2017 SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL! 3 DAYS OF CLASSES LIVESTREAMED LIVE FROM SYF2017, A CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLUTION CONFERENCE!

Can’t make it to the festival? Wait-listed for a class? Have no worries friends, we have livestreaming packages available for purchase! Everything available in Vista Hall is available to you for your transformational experience! 

 

The best part of attending a yoga festival, is all of the fabulous class options happening simultaneously throughout the day. A smorgasbord of yogi-perfection, ranging from the physical, to the meta-physical.

As a yogi festival attendee, you can literally, custom create ANY experience for yourself that serves your highest purpose or intention! As festival producers, we do our absolute best, to offer you a “sushi-style-yoga-menu” that covers the broad spectrum; ranging from Spirit guided nuggets of wisdom that will serve in your transformation process year-round- to breaking up that stubborn facia, or learning to float by engaging new muscles (you didn’t even know you had), to adopting a well-balanced, year-round life, on and off the mat after hearing an inspirational talk from Tao (who has been doing it 98 years!).

We understand, that with so many options, we find many reporting a kind-of, “sticker shock”,  when choosing between two classes at the same time, that you equally desire to attend. After much thought of how to accomplish this light-travel and telepathy conundrum …. the lightning bolt of inspiration hit us … and we are so excited to share!

SYF now offers, AWESOME live-streaming packages of EVERYTHING happening in our Vista Hall throughout the fest! Now attendees can pre purchase the bundle of classes, for a heavily discounted price and re-watch at your leisure for years to come! Purchase the bundle now to save tremendously and free yourself up for other amazing class offerings! 

Join us LIVE at the 2017 SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL! 3 DAYS OF CLASSES STREAMED LIVE FROM SYF2017, A CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLUTION CONFERENCE! Purchase Tickets Here for $108! (a $397 Value!) 

Use Promo Code “PRESALESYF” to register for $88 

Click to Pre-Purchase Livestream!

Click to Pre-Purchase Livestream!

ALL TIMES IN MST which is UTC-7

 

10 AWESOME Things You Probably Didn’t Know about SYF 2017

10 AWESOME Things You Probably Didn’t Know about SYF 2017

SYF YOGI TRIBE, esteemed transformers, family, returning YOGIS and NEW FESTIVAL FRIENDS! 

You’re invited to attend the most magical event happening THIS MARCH 9th – 12th 2017 at the Collective Sedona!! As the SYF team watches the unveiling of everything SYF2017 is shaping up to be, we are utterly amazed at the magic and energies that are converging to create this incredible experience.

For 5 years running, SYF has proven to have a spirit all it’s own, and this year that spirit has blossomed into something far beyond any of the original dreams of Founder Marc Titus.

But first things first…Have you registered for your tickets yet? Booked your room accommodations? Scheduled your classes?  You can do it all at sedonayogafestival.com, don’t delay! 

“Are you joining us this year? Allow us to provide the sanctified space for you to rest… rejuvenate… recharge… learn… and grow. SYF2017 will provide the AWESOMESAUCE that you can dip into for the entire year! And let me assure you, it comes in a wide variety of flavors…have a look to see all of the amazing offerings at SYF2017!!!” – Marc Titus, Founder/Executive Producer

Unlike other Yoga events with enormous corporate budgets, this is a grassroots business, locally owned and operated, with a small family team that is constantly growing and changing in new and exciting, positive ways. They’ve been working hard on the 5th annual SYF event all year long, and are so honored to share with you the all new services, free community offerings, and all new open to the public, events, special performances and so much more…

“21 days from now, it will all be over… and that makes these moments now all the more special!  I have watched this consciousness evolution conference evolve for almost 8 years now…  from the spark of inspiration, felt deep in my bones to this years event shaping up to be the finest one yet!  The SYF Team have outdone themselves this year!  I never dreamed SYF could become what it has… sure, I saw it working out, but THIS!!!??? With only a few weeks left, (and counting) we wanted to share with you all of the new amazing things that will be taking place at this years event.” – Marc Titus, Founder/Executive Producer


Without further adieu, from the hearts and minds of Team SYF…

#HeartStorm at SYF2017

SYF Presents the physical manifestation of #heartstorm presenting the, ALL NEW SYF Vendor Village, Seva Stage, and Chill Out Lounge! Free and Open to the Public! Centrally located in between the Hilton and the Collective… All Vendors this year in one location with the beautiful backdrop of the Red Rocks, you’ll truly feel the pulse of the heart center you’re a part of.

What is Seva? (Selfless service or Seva in Sanskrit (Punjabi: ????) is a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award for performing it. Such services can be performed to benefit other human beings or society.)

1. SYF SEVA STAGE 

This all new feature of the Vendor experience is free and open to the public. The Seva Stage will feature all day events, musical performances, DJS’s Kirtan and more.  Look for the stage in the Heart Center of SYF2017…

2. SYF Presents Chill Out Lounge and Re-Charging Station 

Between classes stop by to meditate, relax, center, ground, meet friends, and relax while enjoying free cell phone charging, free water, mat parking, shop the swag and so much more… The Chill Out Lounge is located across from the Seva Stage, and next to the SYF Store…  Be sure to try some of our fancy lemonade!  It will be sure to recharge, rejuvenate and restore.  Actual AwesomeSauce to hydrate and energize.  Find Bruce and Debra at the Yoga Bar and tell ’em Marc sent ya! 😉

3. SYF Store

Shop our amazing new branded merchandise in the all new SYF Store, the brand new SYF VORTEX CUP, SYF2017 Custom Malas, Aumbase Sedona Candles, Purium products, Journals, Meditation Cushions, Tee Shirts, Stickers and more… And if you can’t make it, the store will be open for online purchases during the festival! Just choose your shipping option and you, too can bring a little SYF to your home and community… (see live streaming below!)

4. Kids Yoga

ALL new free and open to the public kids yoga program! Enjoy Mandala painting, Goddess empowerment training, kids macro yoga, yoga play time and more! WE will provide release forms on site, no pre registration necessary – parents may bring their children anytime during the scheduled classes. Click here to learn more!

5.  Aumbase Adventures

Aumbase Sedona, a center for consciousness evolution, is the manifestation of Marc & Heather’s vision of Sedona as a yoga destination. Created by the team behind the Sedona Yoga Festival, Aumbase Sedona is now open year-round, featuring Guided Yoga Hikes, Sedona Experiences, Land & Hiking Tours, Yoga Retreats & Local Sedona Yoga Classes.  All things yoga in Sedona; your personal transformation awaits!  Home of Aumbase Sedona Adventures, we are your one-stop to awaken your yoga in Sedona. Want to learn more about the Vortexes? Book your yoga hike in Sedona with Aumbase Sedona today! We also  offer specialized and unique experiences such as Forest Bathing, Earth Spirit Wisdom… Stop by the the Aumbase Sedona booth to see what can be experienced in Sedona year-round!

 

7. SYF Presents Livestream

Vista Hall will be live streaming all weekend long- can’t attend a class?  Buy the live streaming package to watch all the fun things you may have missed and stay present the entire time! Buy now and enjoy our Pre festival pricing! Click here to see pricing. Marc and Heather have been working towards this since the first year and now, it is all coming together.  Some of SYF2017 best classes will be live-streamed and available for purchase as a digital conference.  If you can’t make it this year, this is the option for you!  Stay tuned for upcoming announcements regarding this option.

8. Are you Local or within Driving distance?

Not sure if you can attend the entire festival? VISITORS who are HERE the weekend of the festival and those not able to attend the full festival….Come see what SYF has to offer without the full weekend commitment. No worries we got you…. Day passes and other options available here.

9. SYF Meal Plan

Never go hungry again… ever, with our fancy meal plan, courtesy of the Hilton (just kidding! 😉 you will be asanaing your butts off, so of course you will get hungry again that’s why we create the ALL MEALS PLAN… Pre-order yours now and save) Allow us to be your first choice for meals at SYF2017.  Enjoy a buffet style spread including steel cut oats, jams and toasts and pastries, granola, yogurt/ nut milks and fruit, juice, coffee, quiche and the like with some variety day to day. Traditional breakfast, vegan and vegetarian options, juices, coffees and more each morning with Breakfast Plan.

Lunch will also be buffet style… including soups, salads, wraps, juices and teas.  Pickup your lunch and enjoy the panel discussions happening on the patio!

BREAKFAST HOURS: 7-8 AM   LUNCH HOURS: 12-2PM  Location: Hilton Pre-Function Hallway (Outside Canyon Ballrooms)

BIG THANKS to Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock Chef Chris Knightly for putting together this wonderful experience for you! Thank you and Namaste!

We have been present throughout this evolution and the one constant is this… YOU.  You are willing, ready, able… You want to transform, create inner peace, help others… YOU ARE THE INSPIRATION!  You show up… You live fully… You are heart-centered… and You, along with those you will see around you, are the counterpose to what ills the world today.

Allow us to provide the sanctified space for you to rest… rejuvenate… recharge… learn… and grow.  SYF2017 will provide the AWESOMESAUCE that you can dip into for the entire year!

10. PRE/POST Conferences.

There are some great offerings here… check em out if you want to extend your SYF2017 experience.

 

 

We are thrilled to welcome Kathmandu Yogi – A Sedona Yoga Festival Sponsor

We are thrilled to welcome Kathmandu Yogi – A Sedona Yoga Festival Sponsor

We are thrilled to welcome Kathmandu Yogi as one of our new Sedona Yoga Festival sponsors.

Kathmandu Yogi is a Chicago-based, fair trade social enterprise that produces limited edition yoga and meditation accessories made by female artisans living in Nepal.

They specialize in meditation cushions, which are not only beautiful, well-made, and functional but also make a human impact. This holiday season feel good about where you are spending your money and purchase mindful gifts for that special yogi in your life from Kathmandu.

Fair trade gifts are gifts that come with a story. It’s the story of the artisans who handcrafted the beautiful products. It’s the story of the artisan’s children who are in school and eating better because the artisan regularly receives a fair wage for the product. It’s the story of the community, the environment, and the cultural traditions that are sustained by the purchase of the handcrafted fairly traded product. When you give a fair trade gift to a friend or loved one, you give a great gift and a story that says so much more.

We are so excited to welcome Kathmandu Yogi as a SYF sponsor this year! Kathmandu Yogi is a local woman-owned purveyor of ethically-made, limited-edition meditation and yoga exercises handcrafted by female artisans in Nepal. Their signature meditation cushions and yoga bags are made from Tibetan brocade silks, indigenous Bhutanese woven fabric and Nepali cotton. The company’s mission is to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged and impoverished populations in Nepal, while educating locally about the global implications of the choices we make as consumers. Learn more at kathmanduyogi.com.

Just for you, Kathmandu Yogi is providing a special add-on option to your ticket purchase. The add-on is an exclusive cushion for the festival, the Red Bhutanese Nomad Cushion. This designed for the yogi on the go, the perfect cushion to travel with you to all yoga festivals and yoga classes moving forward.  You’ll be all set at SYF with is add-on purchase, protecting your bum, supporting posture all while using your purchasing power for good!

The Red Bhutanese Travel Cushion will come with the Co-branded packing sack, SYF + Kathmandu Yogi!

While at the festival check out our yoga studio, Aumbase, the exclusive provider Kathmandu Yogi in Sedona!  Come take a class while trying out a cushion and see all the beautiful products in person!

Pre-order your Nomad cushion in a commemorative SYF travel case at the special price of $35- $10 off the regular price of $45! You will be able to pick up your cushion when you check in at the conference.
Purchase ticket with Cushion add-on here!!

 

You’re Invited, to the 2017 Sedona Yoga Festival

You’re Invited, to the 2017 Sedona Yoga Festival

On March 9-12, 2017, Sedona Yoga Festival will celebrate it’s 5th annual 3 day weekend event- in one centralized walkable location in Sedona, Arizona. SYF2017 provides the platform for personal evolution with a focus on yoga and the expansion of consciousness in the undisputed spiritual center of the American West.

With 108 Presenters and over 250 sessions to choose from, ranging from quiet meditation to rockin’ vinyasa, performances, experiential journeys, conscious conversation varying from “your multi-dimensional selves” to “body positive teaching techniques”, to handstand inversion courses, Acro Yoga, Healthy Eating Workshops and so much more…..no two attendees’ weekends will be the same at SYF2017. A fully customizable class scheduling experience creates the opportunity for attendees to truly choose their own adventure.

SYF’s Presenters are deeply committed to the consciousness evolving, and have been carefully selected to set the stage for an unparalleled experience for the conference attendee. Sedona Yoga Festival has an unfailing authenticity that resonates with its community – both within Sedona’s spiritually charged environment and beyond.

SYF’s dedication to providing the platform to inspire unique transformations has helped put Sedona on the map as a yoga destination now receiving wandering yogis, internationally acclaimed teachers, workshops and personal yoga retreats monthly at various locations and studios in town.

SYF has always led the way in recognizing the power of yoga to heal, and has offered specific training events as a way to give back to the larger community. This year, SYF Presents: Traumatic Stress, Healing and Resiliency with Yoga, an integrated optional 20 hour training for Yoga Teachers and Service Providers.

The annual SYF Gives Back program, provides integral tools to share with those suffering from PTSD and severe trauma or those serving this population. In years past, SYF Gives Back has provided successful trainings to hundreds of teachers and service providers to support veterans, first responders and those with PTSD, TBI and other trauma-related illnesses with yoga, meditation and energy medicine.

“Once we recognized the festival’s reach, we decided that we would use the SYF platform to enrich the lives of many by creating awareness & providing training to serve populations affected by trauma. Myself, suffering from PTSD from my service as a wild-land firefighter, I have come to know the benefits of these practices and the horrible impact this affliction has on family, business and community. To date, our humble efforts have affected 1000’s of peoples lives for the better.  That has been our aim all along and we are grateful to be in our Dharma… Service in Action.  Namaste.”

Along with the rich tapestry of classes and workshops, SYF2017 will also feature a vibrant vendor experience, where participants and the public alike can enjoy food, beverage, and a wide variety of conscious businesses sharing their gifts & wares, arts & culture, goods & services… There will be much, much joy to be shared together throughout the weekend. SYF2017 will be the 2nd year that a kids yoga experience is on the schedule, so don’t hesitate to bring the entire family!

The mystical and magical backdrop of Sedona, Arizona is perfect for the Annual Signature Sedona Yoga Festival, a consciousness evolution conference. Presenting Sponsor and premier venue partner The Collective Sedona is a stunning and recently renovated event venue.  Featuring more than 31 shops, art and culture galleries, wineries, breweries, and dining experiences that celebrate modern Sedona and honor its rich heritage, being right next to host properties the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock & the Sedona Golf Resort allows for a truly walkable, cohesive festival experience with a community vibe.  SYF2017 will be held March 9-12, 2017.

For more information or to purchase tickets go to sedonayogafestival.com

Marc Titus & Heather ShereÈ at Sugarloaf, Sedona

Lost in a Social Media Vortex? 6 Real Marketing Strategies for Yoga Teachers … Plus Free Video Download!

Lost in a Social Media Vortex? 6 Real Marketing Strategies for Yoga Teachers … Plus Free Video Download!

Lately, the topic of social media marketing- and how it pertains to the Health and Wellness industry (i.e.. yoga teachers and spiritually inclined healers, etc… yoga marketing) has been a common conversation.

I can’t seem to get through my Kale salad, without hearing about it. I chuckle as my friends relentlessly question the dreaded algorithms of social media, recent updates.. commenting always on number of followers, likes, insights, engagements, filters. Yoga Marketing in a modern world… a conundrum wrapped in enigma.

In my circle of yoga teachers friends, we are all professional marketers/photographers it seems. However, I have not been able to shake the the undeniable feeling, that things in our yogi world, are starting to become a little lack-luster with so much saturation.  

Understandably, the nature of our culture today, is that we live out our lives and the daily action of it… through our social media posts, re-shares, and likes. Social media is not for the novice, its a powerful tool for business and more. My mom has a Facebook, and I am sure yours does too. One of my favorite meme accounts, is run by a rainbow-toting, pink-haired, Grandmother called, “Baddiewinkle.” As a society, we have hashtag for everything, your 13 year old niece has a website, we have photoshoots with our latte art, news is created instead of reported, lovers reference each other as, #wcw or #mcm and… my favorite phenomena, now dogs have Instagram accounts (see Wolfie the Huskie).

So I get it- its entertainment, its customizable perception, its marketing, its how we connect with friends, and most importantly, its how those in this industry are able to promote themselves. For yoga teachers – entrepreneurs in their own right… self promotion in this medium, seems inherent (it’s yoga marketing after all).

“I am a yoga teacher, therefore, I must post pictures of myself demonstrating what I do – so others will want to join me on my next retreat or workshop.” I have heard.  “I can’t reach my demographic telepathically. If don’t engage on social media… I will loose followers, and no one will come to my class. ” Another powerful statement. When marketing oneself when you are paid by the number of people who attend your offerings, i.e. classes, gatherings, workshops… makes promotion and social media marketing… an integral part of your success.

Yet- Why do I feel like I am stuck in a social media vortex? 

I realized – through intense introspection, and LOTS of dedicated practice far away from my phone… (in Sedona) that their are a few simple marketing guidelines, that have simply been lost in binary translation. Because social media became the quick and dirty, “shiney new tool” in our industry – I believe, we kind of… played with it too much, and forgot, some core fundamentals that make this business great.

Back to Basics

Ask yourself- How as a practitioner of transformation, is your content benefiting our broken world? 

For me it was simple… To provide authentic, first-person narrative, of my struggle, my story of pain.. and how through the healing balm of yoga, I was able to come back from the dead. Yoga saved my life. This is my story. What is yours? Do you have a clear message? Are you utilizing the many other tools online other than social media? Have you streamlined your brand? Do you have a clear message? Do you have a engaging website? A lead capture? Newsletter?

Good SYF friend and 2017 Presenter,  Lynann Politte takes a closer look into this topic and gives you 6 manageable, easy tools to help YOU streamline you online yoga marketing presence in this short and informative video.

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Are you Ready for More? 

Thursday, March 9, 2017 Join  us for an amazing 1/2 Day Immersion with Lynann Politte 

Find Your Place in the Yoga Industry: Authentic Marketing for Yoga Teachers

12pm-4pm – $108

Filled with practical guidance in identifying and claiming your unique place in the yoga industry this step-by-step workshop explores ways to integrate the intimacy of the yoga industry with practical marketing strategies. You will walk away with the tools to discover, create and develop your yoga business in a successful way. Lynann offers a unique perspective and approach to brand development and marketing. You will see the importance of staying true to your authentic self and learn how to market your yoga offerings in an effective way so students who resonate with your teachings will find you. Your yoga business will thrive as your yoga marketing expands.

Lynann Politte’s Bio:

“I’m a marketing strategist, manager, promoter and agent for teachers, authors, and musicians in the yoga industry. My specialty is working with individuals who have achieved a level of experience and recognition locally and want to take their business to the next level. I work with my clients to create a plan that increases revenue within your existing business model and integrates expansion nationally and international via workshop, trainings, retreats, books, streaming video and online products. With over 15 years of experience working with producers and studios over five continents, I craft and implement a strategically sound and profitable tour. My experience in managing personality driven brands enables me to help you explore and expand your brand through whichever media or product is most applicable and to create cross marketing strategies that integrate and expand the reach of your message.

I’ve worked with many high profile yoga and wellness experts beginning in 1990s within the infomercial industry, back when low impact aerobics was the craze. I’ve negotiated multi-million dollar product deals and some complicated (and nasty) business partner break-ups. From that experience I discovered that my place (and passion) is being the bridge for the intensely focused and creative wellness expert and the pragmatic-logistical business work.

My strategic planning and marketing background combined with my yoga management experience is a formidable combination for guiding and supporting my clients successfully. My highest value is integrity. My desire is to reframe “business” into a model that is conscious, mindful, and wrapped in integrity. I consider myself a professional who dwells within what I call the “Conscious Business Model”. How I work is a culmination of the tools I learned in business school, my 25 years of business experience, and my own personal soulful work. I love what I do and who I work with.”

Yoga marketing is super fun and cool!  Hope you join us…

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