Telluride Yoga Festival

Take your yoga practice on the water for an alignment-based flow and enjoy a grounding, playful, peaceful, and restoring workshop on board as we float on Elk Lake. During our yoga practice, we'll soak up views of the San Juan mountains, the town below, and those Colorado bluebird skies above.

What to Bring: Please bring a hat, swimsuit, water-wicking layers or yoga clothes you like to practice in, water, and sunscreen.

To add this to your schedule, please purchase a $30 SUP or Aerial Yoga Add-On ticket here.

Join international yoga and meditation teacher, Mary Susan Stults for a peaceful and powerful alignment-based sup yoga practice and flow on the water as we journey into the heart of yoga, and create space for ourselves to return home to our breath, body, mind, and heart. The yoga practice is a heart-awakened avenue to knowing and re-remembering the innate wholeness and fullness of our being, and greater stability within. As my teacher and late mentor Maty Ezraty said, “Keep in mind that when you practice yoga, you’re not practicing to improve yourself. You are perfect. The practice is there to help you know that.”

What to Bring: Please bring a hat, swimsuit, water-wicking layers or yoga clothes you like to practice in, water, and sunscreen.

To add this to your schedule, please purchase a $30 SUP or Aerial Yoga Add-On ticket here.

Join Lauren for a mindful hike from the top of San Sophia station onto the Telluride Ski Resort to bathe in nature and give gratitude to the mighty Palmyra Peak. This 90-minute session will offer mindful grounding exercises, breathwork practices, and expansive awareness of the earth, sky, and our senses.

Route: Out and Back
Difficulty: Moderate
Distance: 2.5-miles
Elevation Gain: 700 feet
Time: Approx. 2 hours (keep in mind that this hike starts and ends in the Mountain Village but requires a 10-minute gondola ride to start and finish.  This hike will not end in time to make it to a 12 pm class).
Disclaimer: Hiking at 9,000 ft requires a base level of cardiovascular fitness and is not for the "faint of heart." Be sure to hydrate appropriately and note the difficulty of the hike for the best and safest experience.

During this 1.5-hour immersive your guide, Glenda Russell, offers guided sensory meditation and prompts to engage deeply with sensory experiences, which can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and provide relaxation and restoration to the body. The prompts also encourage people to remember their connection to nature, fostering deeper relationships and healthy connections with the natural world.

This immersive involves very minimal walking. During the event, participants will alternate between gathering as a group and wandering about exploring on their own in the Aspen groves nearby with suggested prompts provided by your guide. This intimate gathering allows for rest and recovery after a stimulating day.

The concept of forest bathing is derived from the Japanese practice known as Shinrin-Yoku, which means "forest bath" and involves immersing oneself in the forest atmosphere (without actually bathing). It is a practice aimed at improving health, wellness, and joy by spending time in nature. Forest bathing combines elements of meditation and nature connection, helping to quiet the monkey mind or mental chatter and focus on the sensations experienced by the body in the present moment. With deep roots derived from Daoism and Zen Buddhism, we surrender to the flow of the rhythm of nature by slowing down and allowing.

Difficulty: Easy
Elevation Gain: not much :)
Time: Approx.1.5 hours round trip
Note: This session starts and ends in the Mountain Village.

Join Mary Susan on Saturday late afternoon for a fun, fluid, and playful SUP yoga practice on board, and an alignment-based exploration as we take a deep and joyful dive into the practice of yoga. Enjoy a compassionate, dynamic, and lighthearted practice to close the day as we watch the sunset lower over the San Juan mountains. See you at the lake!

What to Bring: Please bring a hat, swimsuit, water-wicking layers or yoga clothes you like to practice in, water, and sunscreen.

To add this to your schedule, please purchase a $30 SUP or Aerial Yoga Add-On ticket here.

Join Lauren for this beautifully scenic hike on the Jurassic trail, just outside of Mountain Village. Participants will hike the Jurassic trail with intentional stops to open the thoracic cavity through breathwork and mindful movement.

Route: Out and Back
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 1.7 miles
Elevation Gain: 321 feet
Disclaimer: Hiking at 9,000 ft requires a base level of cardiovascular fitness and is not for the "faint of heart." Be sure to hydrate appropriately and note the difficulty of the hike for the best and safest experience.

During this 1.5-hour immersive your guide, Glenda Russell, offers guided sensory meditation and prompts to engage deeply with sensory experiences, which can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and provide relaxation and restoration to the body. The prompts also encourage people to remember their connection to nature, fostering deeper relationships and healthy connections with the natural world.

This immersive involves very minimal walking. During the event, participants will alternate between gathering as a group and wandering about exploring on their own in the Aspen groves nearby with suggested prompts provided by your guide. This intimate gathering allows for rest and recovery after a stimulating day.

The concept of forest bathing is derived from the Japanese practice known as Shinrin-Yoku, which means "forest bath" and involves immersing oneself in the forest atmosphere (without actually bathing). It is a practice aimed at improving health, wellness, and joy by spending time in nature. Forest bathing combines elements of meditation and nature connection, helping to quiet the monkey mind or mental chatter and focus on the sensations experienced by the body in the present moment. With deep roots derived from Daoism and Zen Buddhism, we surrender to the flow of the rhythm of nature by slowing down and allowing.

Difficulty: Easy
Elevation Gain: not much :)
Time: Approx.1.5 hours round trip
Note: This session starts and ends in the Mountain Village.

Join yoga and meditation teacher and mentor, Mary Susan Stults for a yoga practice on the water, and a moment to slow down with ourselves as we tend to the garden of the being. As yoga practitioners and students, each time we step onto the yoga mat, and each time we live our practice off the mat, we are taking that opportunity to tend to the garden of the self and to give ourselves, our practice, and our life greater attention, awareness, compassion, care, acknowledgment, and love. Meet Mary Susan on board for an inner exploration, and a little gardening out in nature for the body, mind, and spirit.

What to Bring: Please bring a hat, swimsuit, water-wicking layers or yoga clothes you like to practice in, water, and sunscreen.

To add this to your schedule, please purchase a $30 SUP or Aerial Yoga Add-On ticket here.

Join us to re-remember and celebrate our innate wholeness, resiliency, and strength. We'll gather this summer on a Sunday afternoon to take our yoga practice to the water for a soulful and heartfelt workshop and flow on Elk Lake as we seal the learning, connection, contentment, and peace from a weekend well lived.  As my teacher and mentor Maty Ezraty used to say, “Keep in mind that when you practice yoga, you're not practicing to improve yourself. You are perfect. The practice is there to help you know that.” And together, for an afternoon we'll do just that, we'll make space and time to practice, re-remember, and sit in the beauty and goodness of our true nature.

What to Bring: Please bring a hat, swimsuit, water-wicking layers or yoga clothes you like to practice in, water, and sunscreen.

To add this to your schedule, please purchase a $30 SUP or Aerial Yoga Add-On ticket here.