Telluride Yoga Festival

In this workshop, we’ll explore the anatomy and physiology of the abdomen & digestive system to cultivate strength at what the Taoist calls the Hara, the center of our subtle body.  A series of Yin and Yang postures will nourish the spine, hips, and abdomen as we aid the digestion and circulation of Qi from the center source.

Join Coby and delve into an experience of Instinctive Meditation®. This path invites you to touch the sacred amid everyday life by gazing at nature, cherishing the breath, bathing in silence, dancing, chanting, and loving. The Instinctive Meditation® approach is designed to allow you to savor, celebrate, and welcome all of life. It is a way of learning and practicing meditation so that it becomes the most natural thing in the world. Come, remember how miraculous life is, and discover a rich, rewarding meditation practice for yourself.

This practice focuses on ways to sustain energy and increase vitality in the late phases of a woman’s life. By tailoring mindful practices to safe-guard our joints, spine, and connective tissues, we can do strong practice into our nineties and beyond! Having practiced yoga since her twenties and now at 63, Surya shares her wisdom as to how to safely push the edges while honoring the limitations of your changing body.

In this lecture and meditation journey, Tommy Rosen will share insights about the Life Path of Yoga and how we can live it in every moment. Funny, moving and inspiring, this offering will change the way you see yourself in the world and redefine what success is and how to attain it. Along with story and presentation, there will be meditation and Pranayam in this class.

In today's fast-paced and chaotic world, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and disconnected from our true selves. Koya, a certified holistic health coach, yoga instructor, and advocate for mindful living, offers a transformative blueprint to help you break free from the grips of chronic stress and rediscover your authentic path.
Lifestyle Design combines practical strategies, mindfulness techniques, and introspective exercises to guide you on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Koya shares her own experiences, wisdom, and powerful insights, drawing from her diverse background in fitness, nutrition, entrepreneurship, and spiritual practices.

In yoga, the health of the reproductive organs is critical for longevity. Through dynamic and restorative postures, this workshop is designed to stretch, tone and strengthen the connective tissues in the lower abdomen that surround the reproductive organs. Our practice includes twists, inversions (or partial inversions), and bridge poses to tone the lower abdomen. There will then be time at the end for questions, reflections and conversation.

Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word that means “life knowledge”. In the Ayurvedic wisdom of living, gemstones, metals, colors, essential oils, and herbs, are all incorporated to balance the energies of the whole being. Learn how to use these powerful tools in yoga classes or for your own personal healing. You will receive recipes for creating your own chakra gemstone anoint oils.

Expressing ourselves creatively is both relaxing and fun. During this session, Amanda will first share what she learned on her journey of making art as a spiritual practice with her 10,000 Buddhas project. Then you will be guided through a visual meditation to discover your own inspiration and mystical nature. Afterward, we will take time to draw, color, and journal what we experienced. no experience is necessary.

Have you ever felt like a cosmic 2x4 hit you across the head, often labeled as a mid-life crisis? Join this interactive lecture and discover the wisdom that yoga offers to view midlife not as a crisis, but as a profound opportunity for self-discovery and alignment with what truly matters. According to yogic teachings, we go through four distinct stages (ashrama) in a lifetime. Now is the time to stand for who you are, who you want to become, and to live in accordance with the season of your life. Dive into the conversation, gather yogic wisdom, maybe even laugh and embrace midlife as a sacred wake-up call.

This transformative workshop led by Faith Hunter invites you to connect with the enduring wisdom of your forebears. This session is a confluence of Faith's Spiritually Fly philosophy and ancestral veneration, designed to heal and infuse your soul with the strength of past generations. As you embark on this journey, Faith will guide you through powerful breathwork techniques, encouraging the flow of healing energy. With a journal in hand, you will explore the depths of your lineage, documenting insights and revelations and engaging in meditative practices that bring forth clarity and empowerment. The workshop is a blend of dynamic breathing practices, mindful intentions, and powerful energy shifts, meticulously aligned to stimulate and strengthen your chakras. Each aspect of the practice—from grounded awareness to breath connection that encourages ignites personal power, and fosters love and truth—aims to foster a deep connection with your inner self and the ancestral power that supports you. This holistic experience is more than a meditative breath experience; it's a ritual of emotional and spiritual awakening, inviting you to embrace your greatness and step into a life of balance and enlightenment.

Bhakti—the yoga of the heart—is a reminder to feel deeply into the powerful rhythm that moves through everything we do, that sets the tempo of our every action. Chanting is like a love letter to our life. We’ll gather in community to fortify the nervous system through the vibration of chanting. We’ll activate our voices, bring them alive, and learn the ancient mantras, purāṇas (myths), and deities all while chanting from the heart.

The human experience is full of ups and downs. Most of us will sooner or later have to deal with loss, disappointment, and failure. Your yoga practice is a place where you can work on empowering your body, mind, and heart because you get to physically feel the lessons as well as learn about them intellectually. In this class we will practice a variety of challenging arm balance poses with specific breath and strengthening techniques that make all the difference in how you feel. Not recommended for those with wrist issues.

Learn the ayurvedic philosophy and principles of the elements and doshas, and how they express through the mind, body, and emotions. To find balance in our lives we must understand the elemental dance and how to realign our beings. We’ll do body reading to practice seeing how the elements show up physically and energetically. You will be gifted with a dosha balancing oil.

Long-held floor poses encourage and enhance the Qi or energy distribution through the bones and connective tissues that bind them. These mainly static postures coax Qi into the respective Meridians (the unseen riverbeds of energy the Qi travels through).  This style of yin yoga nourishes the natural range of motion of the joints, increases the resilience and elasticity of our fascia, and slows the impact of aging.