Wild Idaho Yoga Festival: Finding Balance in the Wild

 If you are a nature lover who’s ready for a holistic approach to life and longing to trade the everyday hustle for tranquility in nature, then join us for a retreat where you will enjoy yoga and meditation outdoors, connect with a supportive community, and discover a renewed sense of balance and well-being.

 …emerging from a deep sleep, completely restored by the gentle murmur of the Wild & Scenic Selway River through the night. You open up your tent and watch her emerald waters flow through the luscious, green pine forest. You get ready for the day and slowly meander along the riverbank down to the sandy Johnson Bar for morning meditation.  

The sun begins to rise over the ridge behind you and you watch as the morning glow of sunshine illuminates the valley. You notice the rays warming the soft earth beneath your feet. Settling onto the beach, a calm washes over you as you take in the stunning view of the Bitterroot Mountains. 

As you meditate, a sense of inner peace takes over. Your spirit is rejuvenated by nature’s serenity and you feel comfortable surrounded by like-minded friends. By the end of your meditation, you are fully refreshed, awake, and ready for a  day filled with grounding yoga classes, wellness workshops, and delicious, nourishing meals. 

• rejuvenating yoga sessions and holistic wellness workshops will help you gain a stronger connection with your body and mind, so you can bring more peace and balance into your every day life
• by bonding with a community of kindred spirits, you’ll feel a true sense of belonging and support, inspiring and uplifting you on your path to wellness
• as you enjoy nourishing, lovingly prepared meals, you’ll fuel your body with vitality and energy, so you can sustain a healthy, balanced lifestyle long after the festival ends
• you will celebrate song, dance, and art to experience pure joy and connection, so you can bring a spirit of wholeness and creativity back into your daily routine 
• while camping in the breathtaking Idaho Bitterroot Rocky Mountains, you’ll immerse yourself in nature’s beauty, so you can reconnect with the earth and find your balance again

 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. PST Arrive and check-in to your campsite, setting yourself up for a weekend of holistc, relaxing adventure.

3:00 p.m. Opening Circle

Circle around our iconic flower mandala land art installation, set your intentions for your retreat, and get to know your fellow festival-goers.

 Begin the festival with classes to help you unwind and set the stage for a weekend of rejuvenation. Choose from our lineup of amazing workshops and experienced teachers:

Afternoon Sessions:

Breathe, Flow, & Thrive

with Christina Stalnaker

Emerge from this session feeling revitalized and ready to embrace the entire festival with a sense of vibrant joy! Use breathwork to calm your mind and energetic movement to cleanse your energy channels, promoting balance and clarity. This workshop will leave you feeling centered, balanced, and ready to experience the festival with a renewed sense of joy. 

Embracing the Wild Crone 

with Amy Sedgwick

Find your Balance in perimenopause naturally with yoga. 

Learn how to balance peri-menopause and menopause symptoms with this transformative class, exploring the intricate changes that occur on a micro level and their impact on our overall well-being. Conclude with a rejuvenating yoga flow meditation that embodies the essence of embracing the natural aging process and embracing our roles as wise women and crones.

 In the evening, we will gather together  again and connect as a community through our first shared meal- a Community Potluck- and then decide which journey you’d like to take to connect inwards:

Nurturing Your Inner Child

with Sharon Sedgwick

Embark on a transformative inner journey, beginning with breathwork to relax and expand your being. Create an inner sanctuary, connect with your inner child and mentor, and invite healing and emotional release. 

Transition into somatic movement to express held tensions, and integrate the experience with gentle breathwork and practical tools for daily life. 

Fireside Chat

with Chip Dorroh

Join Chip around the campfire for a spiritual discussion around the History of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga. Filling in the story before the battle- Why was there such a division and how does this epic tale help us to find peace with ourself? How do Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga guide us to peace through focus and meditation?

 Start your morning with Meditation on the beach followed by a nourishing breakfast with Harmony Now.

Choose Your Morning Practice:

Fierce Femininity & Mindful Masculinity

with Chelsey Pratt-Banta

We all have feminine & masculine qualities, but it can be tricky to find the equilibrium of these energies within ourselves. This yoga convo & flow class gives you heightened awareness of goddess/warrior (female/male) imbalances in society and in yourself. Once we recognize them, we can implement the mindset & motions for adjusting ourself, bringing more harmony into our life. We become more powerful, more empathetic and more grounded when we aim to balance these two aspects of nature.

What is Obvious and What is not? 

with Kimberly Butler

In this workshop, we will be looking at different parts of ourselves that may be out of balance, and we might not even notice. As well as move through a yoga flow focused on bringing that attention inward to help us find balance, physically, mentally and emotionally. 

 After a wholesome lunch with Harmony Now, continue to nourish yourself with afternoon yoga to balance out your day. Restore with a gentle yoga class on the beach with Carly or challenge yourself with an arm balance class with Brittany. Then, enjoy some time off to explore the Selway River or kick back and relax at camp.

Gentle Yoga on the Beach

with Carly Decker

In this gentle yoga class, you can expect a slower-paced practice focusing on breath awareness, mindfulness and gentle movements. This class will help release tension and nurture relaxation. We’ll also explore our sense of physical balance while practicing in the sand.

Play with Crow

with Brittany Alley

Build strength and confidence in an Anusara Yoga class featuring crow walks and holding crow with integrity.

 Gather together for a fulfilling dinner with Harmony Now and spend the night celebrating community. Move your body with ecstatic dance and then continue to connect with friends while having fun around the warmth of the campfire.  

Ecstatic Dance

with Sabina Hatch

Sabrina will guide you through an ecstatic dance workshop focused on moving the body with authentic connection to individuals' internal experience.

Open Mic Night

You’re invited to participate or just sit back and watch open mic night around the campfire. Share your music, spoken art, or continue dancing as we celebrate our blossoming community connections.

 Start your morning with Meditation on the beach, then decide if you want to relax with a Sound Bath or boost your energy with an invigorating Kundalini class. After your class, refuel your body with a nourishing brunch with Harmony Now.

Everyday Mindfulness & Sound Bath

with Virginia Howerton

Equip yourself with practical mindfulness tools to navigate everyday stressors and anxious moments with newfound clarity. Learn practices you can easily integrate into your daily life to find moments of peace amidst the busy world.

As you settle into a space of stillness, Virginia will guide you on an even deeper journey weaving in the dreamy soundscape of crystal bowls and other instruments, allowing the vibrant vibrations to wash over you, further nourishing your nervous system and quieting your mind.

Dynamic Kundalini Intensive

with Sarah Winchell

A special experience of Kundalini Yoga that will revitalize the Self as a magnetic BEing, putting together life force/prana, nervous system, breath, and bodily vehicle in a synchronized rhythm that will in effect, regulate the nervous system, balance the glandular system, move the lymphatic system, and re-circulate the life force energy. This practice will hold you in a particular rhythm, in a particular posture with a particular gaze or focus or whatever meditative disposition as the Kundalini energy rises. End with a short, cleansing meditation of the 7 chakras.

 After a filling brunch with Harmony Now, we will meet one last time around the mandala for our Closing Circle.

11:30 a.m. Closing Circle

1:00 p.m. Cleanup & Checkout