2026 Sedona Yoga Festival: Full Schedule

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8:00am MST

Reset Flow for Posture: Preventing the Desk Body

Friday April 24, 2026 8:00am - 9:15am MST

Tequa Ballroom

Hours spent at a desk often lead to rounded shoulders, inhibited glutes, tight hips, and forward head posture—the “desk body.” These patterns not only create discomfort but also affect energy, focus, and long-term spinal health.

In this guided class, participants will move through a functional reset flow that blends yoga, Pilates, and corrective exercise. We’ll wake up the glutes and core, release chronically tight hip flexors and chest muscles, and strengthen the posterior chain to restore balance. Using mindful breathwork alongside targeted movement, this practice re-educates the body to sit taller, move smarter, and feel more energized.

This session is accessible to all levels and particularly valuable for yoga teachers, professionals, and anyone who spends time at a computer or behind a desk. Participants will leave feeling aligned, open, and equipped with practical movements they can incorporate into daily life to reset their posture and prevent injury.

Speakers

Nick Venuti

Nick Venuti is an Exercise Physiologist, yoga teacher, and founder of The Healthy Yinzer, a wellness platform blending functional strength, yoga, Pilates, mindset coaching, and nutrition into accessible solutions for rebuilding health. But before coaching clients worldwide or teaching... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 8:00am - 9:15am MST
Tequa Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Guided Class / Session / Healing

Participant Level Beginner
Style Accessible Yoga
Track Beginners Track
What to expect 70% asana / 20% discussion / 10% breath & meditation

8:00am MST

Accessible Ashtanga - its about progress not perfection

Friday April 24, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MST

Village Yoga Sedona - Event Space

Experience mind-body meditation using The Tristhana Method, a central practice in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. This holistic approach emphasizes the integration of three key elements: breath (Ujjayi Pranayama), posture (Asana), and gaze (Drishti). This method aims to cultivate a deep, meditative state by uniting these three aspects of practice, leading to a profound mind-body connection and spiritual awakening.

Breath control helps regulate the nervous system, calm the mind, and create a rhythm for physical movements. The Tristhana Method emphasizes proper alignment within each posture, ensuring stability and the engagement of the inner body/subtle body (bandhas). Drishti is the specific point of focus for the eyes during each asana, which helps to stabilize the mind and deepen the experience of pratyahara or one-pointed focus and concentration.

By consciously coordinating these three elements, the practitioners gain outer strength and inner equanimity.

Speakers

Lisa Faremouth Weber

Founder, Heaven Meets Earth

Lisa Faremouth Weber E-RYT500 MA (Satinder Kaur) graduated from the Loyola Marymount University Master of Yoga Studies and Advanced Yoga Therapy Program. She has traveled internationally, leading fitness and wellness training; she owns and founded Heaven Meets Earth Yoga & Wellness... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MST
Village Yoga Sedona - Event Space

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Accessible Yoga

Participant Level Open to all Levels
Style Accessible Yoga
CEUs E-RYT500 YACEP
Track Trauma Conscious Track, Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 75% practice 25% lecture
Partner practice or touching? Hands on adjustments offered with permission
Instructions to participants: mat, blocks, straps

10:30am MST

How not to get injured in a Yoga Class when you are 50 or over

Friday April 24, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am MST

Canyon Ballroom

Midlife in America is changing. Men and women between the ages of “40 something” to “70 something” are more active and adventuresome than ever before. They represent the largest population growth segment for Yoga. This program offers an overall lifestyle approach to Yoga that includes asana that is accommodating, covering everyday biomechanics, management of common aches and pains and weight reduction with Yoga, gait training, stress reduction and sleeping tips. A balanced presentation of an online course and a four-day intensive.* For Yoga teachers and students.

Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 is a specialty program for Yoga teachers and dedicated students focusing on Yoga for midlife and beyond.

Speakers

Larry Payne

Founder, Samata Yoga Center, Ph.D.

Larry Payne, Ph.D. is an internationally respected yoga teacher and back specialist. The L.A. Times named Larry “One of America’s most respected Yoga teachers”. Larry is founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, founder of the Corporate Yoga program... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am MST
Canyon Ballroom

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Prime of Life Yoga /Yoga after 50

Participant Level No experience required
Style Prime of Life Yoga /Yoga after 50
CEUs Yes IAYT and Yoga Alliance
Track Yoga for Teachers Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 25% lecture 75% asana
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: Notebooks, pens, mat, Bolster

3:30pm MST

The Science of Stillness- Finding Calm in a World of Motion

Friday April 24, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm MST

The Collective Sedona - DECK

In a culture that prizes productivity and constant motion, stillness can feel elusive—or even uncomfortable. Yet both yoga philosophy and modern neuroscience affirm that stillness is not passive. It is an active state that restores balance to the nervous system, replenishes energy, and allows clarity and creativity to emerge.

This session explores the profound impact of stillness on the body, mind, and spirit. Through the lens of neuroscience, we will look at what happens in the brain and nervous system when we pause, rest, and turn inward. Drawing on yogic teachings, we will remember that stillness is a practice of returning home to ourselves, reconnecting with presence and inner wisdom.

Participants will be guided through experiential practices that make stillness accessible in daily life: breath awareness, micro-meditations, and gentle pauses that can be integrated into even the busiest schedule. Along the way, we will reflect on the barriers that keep us in motion and discover how small shifts toward stillness can transform stress into spaciousness.

You will leave with both a renewed appreciation for stillness and a toolkit of simple practices to ground, restore, and reconnect. Stillness becomes not just a practice on the mat, but a science-backed pathway to resilience and joy.

Speakers

Stefanie Hingley

BS, MBA, NBC-HWC, Stefanie Coaching

Stefanie Hingley, BS, MBA, NBC-HWC, is a coach, former scientist and global business leader with more than two decades of experience across the U.S. and Europe. An adventure-seeker at heart, she began her career at the CDC before pivoting to business, earning her MBA, and spending... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm MST
The Collective Sedona - DECK 7000 AZ-179, Sedona, AZ 86351, USA

Experiential Workshop / Training, science and mindfulness

Participant Level No experience required
Style science and mindfulness
Track Business Track, Energy Track, Meditation Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 50% lecture / 35% activity / 15% discussion
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: notebook and pen!

7:00pm MST

Stillness as Medicine: Yoga Nidra and Ancestral Ways of Knowing

Friday April 24, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST

Oak Creek Ballroom

In a world of constant stimulation and urgency, the nervous system often remains in a state of heightened alert. This session invites participants into deep rest through a yoga nidra practice that integrates breath awareness, guided imagery, and storytelling. Drawing from her background as a board-certified music therapist and her lived Indigenous lineage as a member of Cochiti Pueblo, Kate Herrera Jenkins offers rest as both medicine and remembrance.

Story is woven gently throughout the practice as a regulating and integrative force, honoring Indigenous traditions where story serves to orient, teach, and restore balance. You will be guided through accessible practices and prolonged stillness designed to support safety and nervous system regulation. Rather than bypassing experience, the session emphasizes presence, listening, and connection—allowing the body to process and integrate without effort or performance.

Designed for yoga practitioners, teachers, and wellness professionals, this offering bridges science and soul. You will leave with a deeper understanding of breath as regulation, story as integration, and stillness as resilience, along with practical tools you can incorporate into personal practice or professional settings.

Speakers

Kate Jenkins

Founder, Native Strength Revolution

Kate Herrera Jenkins (Shu-wih-mitz, “Turquoise”) is a member of the Pueblo of Cochiti in New Mexico and the founder of Native Strength Revolution (NSR), an Indigenous wellness nonprofit dedicated to helping Indigenous communities heal one breath at a time. Through NSR’s Yoga... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Oak Creek Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Lecture / Talk, Yoga Nidra

Participant Level Beginner
Style Yoga Nidra
CEUs YACEP
Track Energy Track, Meditation Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 10% lecture 90% meditation/ nidra
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: mat, pillow, blanket if cool, eye covering

2026 Sedona Yoga Festival

8:00am MST

Nick Venuti

8:00am MST

Lisa Faremouth Weber

10:30am MST

Larry Payne

3:30pm MST

Stefanie Hingley

7:00pm MST

Kate Jenkins

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