2026 Sedona Yoga Festival: Full Schedule

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10:30am MST

Bhakti Workshop

Sunday April 26, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MST

Canyon Ballroom

Bhakti Workshop:
Come experience the joy of Bhakti! Bhakti Yoga is the practice of devotion and love facilitated with beautiful music, pranayama and chanting. Learn to incorporate Mantras and Bhakti Yoga into your teaching and play chants popular in yoga classes. Incorporate live music with Vinyasa sequences. This course is specifically designed for yoga teachers. All levels are welcome!
What Person Takes Away: An Experience of Bhakti Yoga that is relevant to their yoga practice or teaching.

Joss has developed a unique style of teaching that encourages students to experience the joy of their own voice in a safe and supportive environment. He draws from his own experiences and wisdom, as well as the techniques developed by master music teachers including Montino Bourbon. He works with all levels, helping each individual find their own voice and dive into the ocean of sound. Joss has taught in the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Hawaii and the United States including at retreat centers Esalen, Heartwood, Pema Osel Ling and Harbin Hot Springs.

“Joss Jaffe gives a joyful, powerful workshop that allows students to experience the beauty of their voices - even those of us with fears and insecurities about singing! The vibration was so high we practically floated out, feeling as if we could sing with Krishna’s gopis, making beautiful music. Joss is truly a gifted teacher.” --Renée Tillotson, owner, Still & Moving Center Honolulu Hawaii.

Speakers

Joss Jaffe

Joss Jaffe’s music is rooted in his desire to unite people through spirit, love, joy, community and consciousness. Joss creates innovative songs that bring international artists from different cultures and languages into a nexus where new music is discovered. His music invites the... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Canyon Ballroom

Experiential Workshop / Training, Kirtan

Participant Level No experience required
Style Kirtan
Track Bhakti Track
What to expect 90% Experience / 10% Lecture
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: No Special Instructions

10:30am MST

The Power of Thought: Crafting a Personal Mantra for Daily Life

Sunday April 26, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MST

Palo Verde

We live in a constant swirl of thoughts, many of them critical, repetitive, or unhelpful. Left unchecked, these patterns can shape our inner state in ways that drain energy, cloud clarity, and limit possibility. Both yoga philosophy and modern neuroscience affirm what ancient sages intuited long ago: our thoughts matter. They influence our emotions, our physiology, and ultimately, our actions in the world.

This workshop is an exploration of the power of intentionally chosen thought. Participants will be guided through a process of reflection, awareness, and gentle reframing to uncover the thought patterns that most often drive their daily lives. With this awareness, we will turn toward the yogic tradition of mantra and the modern science of neuroplasticity to craft a personal mantra—an anchor for presence, resilience, and alignment.

The session will weave together teaching, journaling, and embodied practice. Through guided meditation, breath, and simple repetition, participants will learn how to “charge” their mantra and integrate it into both their spiritual practice and everyday life.

You will leave not only with a mantra designed uniquely for you, but also with a deeper understanding of the link between thought, feeling, and action—and a practical tool you can return to in moments of stress, transition, or self-doubt.

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 →

Sunday April 26, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Palo Verde 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Experiential Workshop / Training, Mantra

Participant Level No experience required
Style Mantra
Track Business Track, Energy Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 40% lecture / 10% discussion / 35% activity / 15% guided meditation
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: Bring a notebook and pen

11:00am MST

DTO in the Flow learning how to design music for meditation, healing, and yoga.

Sunday April 26, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MST

Dry Creek Ballroom

A journey of sound and inner peace

This workshop is a hands-on workshop that teaches the specialized art and practical techniques of composing and producing music for meditation, sound healing, and yoga. It focuses on the unique sonic principles, psychoacoustic considerations, and emotional resonance needed to craft deeply impactful, therapeutic soundscapes, moving beyond traditional music theory.

Speakers

DTO

Musician, DTOmusic.com

DTO, also known as Dave the Organism, is an award-winning music producer and multi-instrumentalist dedicated to crafting inspirational soundscapes that elevate global consciousness. Holding a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology, his mentorship programs seamlessly merge technical... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MST
Dry Creek Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Guided Class / Session / Healing, talk and movement

Participant Level No experience required
Style talk and movement
Track Yoga for Teachers Track
What to expect 50% talk 50%movement
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: pillow to sit on

1:00pm MST

Nataraja and Your Dance of Life

Sunday April 26, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm MST

Palo Verde

Nataraja, the beautiful dancing form of Shiva, is prevalent in the yoga world. But what does he teach us? In this workshop we will explore stories and teachings around Nataraja, based on the Tantric texts and traditional lore. We will savor the teachings, engage in contemplation, share our insights, as well as chant and meditate.

We will explore
- the story of Patanjali and Vyaghraphada in the Tillai forest
- how his steady center and wild dance represent both the inward turn of yoga practice, and the outward turn of living life fully
- how his hands and feet map the Tantric teachings of the 5 acts of Shiva, informing our path of yoga and of life.
- a contemplative practice which will bring out the deeper meaning of the teachings.

Bring a notebook and pen, as we will be contemplating, writing, and sharing our insights.

Speakers

Cindy Lusk

PhD, Lila Yoga

Cindy Lusk was born in West Virgina, but grew up all over the United States and Europe as an military brat. Coming of age in the 1970’s, she was exposed to the racial tensions of the time, which has motivated her actions is later life. She received her BA from the University of... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Palo Verde 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Conversation / Satsang, Tantric Philosophy, some chanting, meditation

Participant Level No experience required
Style Tantric Philosophy, some chanting, meditation
What to expect 50% lecture/25% discussion/25% chant and meditate
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: bring any props to be comfortable sitting, notebook and pen

2:00pm MST

Free Your Soul’s Voice: A Trauma-Informed Singing & Energy Playshop

Sunday April 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST

Oak Creek Ballroom

Step into a playful, safe space where your voice, body, and energy can move freely. This trauma-informed playshop combines Yoga of Sound, improvisational singing, and expressive movement to help you reconnect with your authentic voice and release stored tension.

Through guided improv, energy movement, and soulful vocal exercises, you’ll explore the joy of expressive freedom, strengthen your presence, and cultivate emotional resilience. No prior singing experience is required—just your willingness to play, explore, and feel.

Come ready to laugh, vibrate, move, and free your soul’s voice!

Workshop Objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will:

Connect with their authentic voice through playful improvisation and sound exploration.

Use body-based energy movement to support vocal freedom and emotional release.

Cultivate presence, grounding, and nervous system regulation through sound and movement.

Experience a joyful, community-based approach to healing through voice and vibration.

Take home simple tools for daily self-expression and soulful release.

Duration:

90 minutes

Speakers

Johanna Beekman

Yoga Sound Bath

Johanna Beekman is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, chant/kirtan artist, yoga teacher, vocal teacher, recording artist, and event producer. Johanna is loved for her rich, soulful voice, her radiant spirit, and her inspiring songs and chants that tap deeply into our... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Oak Creek Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yogic Voice /Trauma informed

Participant Level No experience required
Style Yogic Voice /Trauma informed
Track Energy Track, Yoga for Teachers Track, Meditation Track, Beginners Track
What to expect 25% DISCUSSION, 25% LECTURE, 50% EMBODIED PRACTICE
Partner practice or touching? optional interactive games that normally don't require touching
Instructions to participants: Notebook, pen, and an open mind, water, clothes you can move in.

3:30pm MST

Break Free: 5 Sacred Ways to Overcome Anxiety, Trauma, and Fear

Sunday April 26, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm MST

Juniper Room

This immersive lecture explores five transformative practices that draw from both ancient traditions and modern healing modalities. Uri Lee weaves together sacred breathwork, inner child healing, symbolic activation, herbal and superfood wisdom, and chi gong to provide participants with a multidimensional approach to releasing trauma and cultivating resilience. By blending timeless practices with integrative, cutting-edge methods, she creates a pathway for emotional, physical, and spiritual renewal.
Participants will be guided to understand how sacred breathwork calms the nervous system and opens the body to healing, while inner child healing therapy addresses the root of emotional wounds and unresolved trauma. Through symbolic activation, glyphs and archetypes become tools to re-pattern limiting beliefs and awaken coherence. Uri also introduces the healing potential of herbs and superfoods, showing how plant intelligence supports vitality and balance on a cellular level. Finally, gentle chi gong practices help release stagnant energy, restore flow, and ground participants in their bodies.
Together, these five pathways form a holistic system for overcoming anxiety, trauma, and fear. Participants will leave with practical tools they can immediately integrate into daily life — not only to restore balance and release stored imprints, but also to step into greater resilience, empowerment, and inner harmony.

Speakers

Uri Lee

Heal with Uri

Mystic Uri is a priestess from Sedona, renowned for her shamanic ceremonies aligned with the moon phases. With over 20 years of experience in healing modalities, she is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, specializing in past life regression and inner child healing. Uri is also a... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm MST
Juniper Room 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Lecture / Talk

Participant Level No experience required
Track Trauma Conscious Track
What to expect 80% lecture 20% activity
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: no

3:30pm MST

Salutations to the Moon

Sunday April 26, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm MST

Tequa Ballroom

Experience a soothing and restorative practice based on a fusion of Ayurveda & Tantra. Learn how asana, pranayama, bandha & mudra combined, create an integral and transcendence into the heart of Divine Mother (Shakti).

Speakers

Mas Vidal Maheshananda

Director & Founder, Dancing Shiva

Director and founder of Dancing Shiva School, Ph.D. candidate and Practitioner of Ayurveda, Mas has become an influential global teacher, speaker, and author of Ayurveda, Yoga culture, and Vedantic philosophy. His diverse background includes therapeutics, athletics, dietetics, ecology... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Guided Class / Session / Healing, Tantra Yoga and Ayurveda

Participant Level No experience required
Style Ayurveda, Tantra
Track Meditation Track
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: bolsters and blankets, blocks

6:30pm MST

Awaken Your Heart Kirtan - Devotional Chanting Experience

Sunday April 26, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm MST

Tequa Ballroom

Join us for an uplifting and soul-nourishing Kirtan Devotional Chanting Ceremony, where music and mantra come together to open the heart, quiet the mind, and deepen your connection to the divine.

Through call-and-response chanting, we’ll explore the sacred sounds of ancient Sanskrit mantras, allowing their vibrations to uplift our spirit and create a profound sense of inner peace. Whether you’re new to Kirtan or a longtime chanter, this immersive experience will guide you into a state of joy, unity, and devotion.

Accompanied by harmonium, drums, and other traditional instruments, this gathering is a space to express, surrender, and celebrate—a journey into Bhakti (the yoga of love and devotion) that requires no musical experience, only an open heart.

Come ready to sing, sway, and immerse yourself in the transformative power of sacred sound. Let your voice be an offering, and let the music carry you home.

Don't have a pass for Sunday? Single Tickets are available for this kirtan: https://sedonayogafestival.com/purchase-tickets/
Direct link to ticket: https://sedona2026.eventive.org/passes/buy/sunday_concert_bandar_kayali

Speakers

Bandar Kayali

The Zenctuary and The Bhakti House

Bandar is Bhakta who’s music is a portal through which he transmits the medicines of love and devotion to share in splendor with others for planetary awakening. Alongside stewarding his Sedona conscious farming eco village, he offers his Weekly Kirtan’s which are a one-of-a-kind... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm MST
Tequa Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Concert, Kirtan

Participant Level No experience required
Style Kirtan
Track Bhakti Track
Partner practice or touching? No

8:00pm MST

Kirtronica Ecstatic Dance with Jaya Lakshmi featuring Fiddler On The Rock and Gabriel Browne

Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00pm - 9:30pm MST

Tequa Ballroom

Kirtronica was born in 2009, a few years after the dis-banding of the tribal-trance-techno group Lost at Last in 2004, of which Jaya Lakshmi was the lead singer and songwriter from its inception until the end.

"I wanted to keep the vision of mantra and sacred prayers with EDM as we had in Lost at Last alive so I created 'Kirtronica' using Ableton Live. With 'Kirtronica', the aim is to get people chanting mantras in kirtan style while they were dancing. I used to do that on my own when I danced at raves in the 90's and always wondered, what if we could dance like this AND chant?"

The first 'Kirtronica' album was born in 2013, with chants to Ganesh, Sita-Ram, Ambe, Radhe, etc. The 2nd, 'Kundalini Kirtronica' came out in 2015 which has mantras connected to Kundalini Yoga practice and Sikh Dharma. Compositions include a variety of beats, such as house, trance, and chill/downtempo.

Both are available on most digital platforms, on Bandcamp and on Jaya Laskhmi's website.
Listen to 'Kirtronica' playlist of both albums on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lAstWmyhmfpVQGfZtdXQR?si=0GvBndEBSW23UhGlPfBN5A

Don't have a pass for Saturday? Single tickets are available: https://sedonayogafestival.com/purchase-tickets/
Direct link to ticket: https://sedona2026.eventive.org/passes/buy/kirtronica

Speakers

Tyler Carson

Tyler Carson – One-Man Symphony | Sedona Yoga Festival ArtistExperience the genre-blending "one-man symphony" of violinist Tyler Carson, aka “Fiddler onthe Rock.” A classically trained soloist, Tyler defies every expectation fusing live looping, vocalsand storytelling in his... Read More →

Jaya Lakshmi

Musician, Producer, Teacher, Jaya Lakshmi Music

Jaya Lakshmi began leading kirtan and writing devotional songs on the guitar, harmonium and piano in the early 1990?s shortly after receiving harinam initiation from Srila Govinda Maharaj, a spiritual teacher of bhakti (devotion) from West Bengal, India. As a singer/songwriter she... Read More →

Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00pm - 9:30pm MST
Tequa Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Concert, Chanting with Ecstatic Dance

Participant Level No experience required
Style Chanting with Ecstatic Dance
Track Bhakti Track
What to expect 100% dance
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: no mats - this is an open dance

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