2026 Sedona Yoga Festival: Full Schedule

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3:30pm MST

Why Am I So Tired?

Friday April 24, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm MST

Oak Creek Ballroom

Why Am I So Tired?

Nearly one-third of Americans are sleep deprived according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other studies have linked the lack of sleep to depression, a weaker immune system, memory and cognition issues, as well as obesity, high blood pressure and fatigue. The CDC calls this pervasive lack of sleep a "public health epidemic”.

The first part of the workshop, “Why Am I So Tired?” will cover the following topics:
• Rest as resistance
• Are naps necessary?
• Getting better sleep for the best life
• Listen to you body

The second part of the workshop will include an embodied practice of somatics, restorative yoga, and yoga nidra.

Speakers

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

Founder and Director, Yoga2Sleep

Pamela Stokes Eggleston, MBA, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500, YACEP, is the Director and Faculty of the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health’s School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and Founder and Director of Yoga2Sleep. She is a certified yoga therapist, somatic movement specialist, meditation... Read More →

Friday April 24, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm MST
Oak Creek Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Experiential Workshop / Training, Trauma Sensitive Yoga

Participant Level No experience required
Style Combo of Restorative, Yoga Nidra, Trauma Sensitive
CEUs YACEP and C-IAYT
Track Trauma Conscious Track
What to expect 50% discussion, 50% yoga
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: Bring a journal and something to write with. Make sure to have a mat, blanket and pillow.

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

10:30am MST

The Radical Act of Integration: Democratizing Rest & Building Sustainable Self-Efficacy for Community Stewards

Saturday April 25, 2026 10:30am - 12:30pm MST

Tequa Ballroom

"Everyone gets free" is the vision. But for those traditionally from marginalized groups, the path to freedom is often blocked by "wellness" spaces that don't reflect our lived realities. This workshop, led by Tamika Caston-Miller, is a sanctuary for social justice-centered practitioners to move beyond the aesthetic of wellness and into the tools of rest and release.

We will dismantle the barriers to wellness by examining the role of the Trifecta of Belief, practicing processes of somatic noticing, learning how to "call in" the energy needed to sustain community tending without burning out. This is yoga as a tool for sustainable, collective liberation.

Participants will:

Enjoy interactive discourse on democratizing the Practice, and how to move away from exclusionary wellness imagery toward a practice that is "for everyone".

Learn about the Science of Self-Efficacy, and understand how our belief in our own capacity is bolstered by role modeling and community.

Practice Somatic Processing for Activism; utilize the Move → Notice → Pause cycle to process the emotional toll of our work.

Implementing a scalable "Rest Practice Integration" toolkit that fits into a life of service

Speakers

Tamika Caston-Miller

Founder, Ashe Yoga Collective

Tamika Caston-Miller is yoga educator living the life of urban farmer florist and conscious community builder in Houston, Texas. Founder of The Ranch Houston and Ashe Yoga Collective, regular contributor to Yoga Journal, and former board member of Accessible Yoga, she curates accessible... Read More →

Saturday April 25, 2026 10:30am - 12:30pm MST
Tequa Ballroom 90 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ, USA

Experiential Workshop / Training, Yoga Nidra

Participant Level Open to all Levels
Style Yoga Nidra
CEUs E-RYT500, YACEP
Track Trauma Conscious Track, Business Track, Yoga for Teachers Track
What to expect 50% interactive workshop, 25% Yoga Nidra, 25% integration
Partner practice or touching? No
Instructions to participants: Bring journaling materials and creature comforts for Yoga Nidra, including an eye covering.

2026 Sedona Yoga Festival

3:30pm MST

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

7:00pm MST

Kate Jenkins

10:30am MST

Tamika Caston-Miller

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