Schedule
Demonstrations
| 9:45-10:30 | Drumming In | Bring a drum or other percussion instrument (shaker, sticks, bells....) and join in a drum circle to energize your YogaFest experience. Some extras will be available to use on a first-come, first-play basis. |
| 10:30-10:50 | Blue Bamboo: Fluid Power Vinyasa Flow | This style of yoga is done with rhythmic music and it is Shiva Rea inspired, it is a natural sequence that unfolds with creative intelligence - a conscious evolution connecting each moment with unifying breath. |
| 11-11:20 | Yoga & Tea - Yoga For Golfers | Fore! Join Louise Murray from the Yoga & Tea Studio to learn how to use targeted yoga postures and meditation to improve your golf game, strengthen mind-body performance and prevent injuries. |
| 11:30-11:50 | Tejaswini | Authentic Indian singing |
| 12-12:20 | Christine Graves - Awareness Through Movement and the Feldenkrais Method | Join Christine Graves for a gentle yet powerful way to improve posture, breathing, coordination and suppleness with lasting results. Bring a mat/towel. |
| 12:30-12:50 | Mary Biggs and Nina Sidhu: Kundalini Gong Yoga | Come and experience the magic of kundalini--the yoga of awareness. Witness your mind surrender to the sound of the gong, strengthen the energy in the body and feel rejuvenated. |
| 1-1:50 | Keynote Katherine Willow ND: Living in Harmony With The Earth |
Katherine is the founder and director of the Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre in Carp Ontario -- a centre devoted to teaching, modeling and facilitating healing and sustainability, with emphasis on local communities. Katherine will present a lively, engaging and practical talk on Living in Harmony with the Earth |
| 2-2:20 | Barb Pierce: Yin Yoga | Yin yoga is a deep physical practice that develops awareness and releases inner physical and emotional tensions. Yin yoga builds flexibility, improves posture and develops mental concentration. It is the ideal complement to running, walking or other vigorous physical activities. |
| 2:30-2:50 | Sandra Collins and Susan Benet: The Nia Technique - Through Movement We Find Health | Nia is like chocolate. You can’t describe it --- you have to taste it! Fun, fitness, diverse music, martial arts, dance arts, healing arts…… blended to inspire. |
| 3-3:20 | Iyengar Yoga: Meditation in Action - Iyengar Yoga and the Art of Awareness | Iyengar yoga brings awareness that percolates to many levels. We adapt each asana to our student's capacities, so that awareness can spread, grow and illuminate without causing strain or injury. In this demonstration, we'll show you how asanas are adapted to individual needs. |
| 3:30-4:30 | Mark Laham: Community Yin/Yang yoga class | TBA |
| 6-7:30 |
Kirtan with Jeremy Sills and Theda Phoenix | Kirtan concert |
| 7:30 | Summer Solstice Dance Performance with the Natasha Royka Group | Dance performance |
Talks
| 9:45-10:30 | Drumming In | Bring a drum or other percussion instrument (shaker, sticks, bells....) and join in a drum circle to energize your YogaFest experience. Some extras will be available to use on a first-come, first-play basis. |
| 10:30-10:50 | VDMA: Finding Tranquility through Emotional Intelligence – 7 steps to find balance and peace in Life | Liberate your full potential for success and happiness. Discover your Authentic Self. Reduce Stress and find Tranquility. Apply a proven method using Emotional Intelligence. |
| 11-11:20 | Carrie Rathwell: Ceremony and You: Marking Transitions and Rites of Passage | How you can use Ceremony to meet life transitions and rites of passage consciously and powerfully. |
| 11:30-11:50 | Julie Yeaman: Thai Yoga Massage | Thai Yoga Massage incorporates rhythmic motion, energy line work, gentle stretching and assisted yoga postures in a comprehensive healing modality. It is one of the best things you can do for your body. Come and watch or take part in this demo. |
| 12-12:20 | Sole Satisfaction - Reflexology: Better Than a Foot Massage | Learn what reflexology is and why this complementary therapy is becoming one of the most popular and rapidly growing methods of alternative healing. |
| 12:30-12:50 | Chris Hashimoto: Yoga plus Chiropractic - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts | How chiropractic can help you maximize the many health benefits of yoga. |
| 1-1:50 | Keynote Katherine Willow ND: Living in Harmony With The Earth |
Katherine is the founder and director of the Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre in Carp Ontario -- a centre devoted to teaching, modeling and facilitating healing and sustainability, with emphasis on local communities. Katherine will present a lively, engaging and practical talk on Living in Harmony with the Earth |
| 2-2:20 | Shree ma Ayurveda: Ayurveda Comprehensive Approach To Find a State of Balance and Optimum Health | TBA |
| 2:30-2:50 | Suzanne Winlove-Smith: Yogic Numerology....The Ancient Science of Mastery | Discover personal mastery based on the numerical vibration of your date of birth. Reveal your challenges (and tools to overcome them)....your unique gifts, destiny and life's purpose to clear your path to prosperity. |
| 3-3:20 | Siva Shakti: BodyTalk Energy Medicine: Balancing Your Way to Holistic Health | BodyTalk is an astonishingly simple and effective form of therapy that allows the body's energy system to be re-synchronized so they can operate as nature intended. |
| 3:30-4:30 | Suzanne Winlove-Smith: Kids Community yoga class | TBA |
| 5:00-5:20 | Neat Coffee: Sustainability & Trust | Why is it that at the core of a sustainable lifestyle there must be trust? Why is this a good thing? |
| 5:30 | Simply Raw
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Raw Food Prep Demo |
Meditations
| 9:45-10:30 | Drumming In | TBA |
| 10:30-11:00 | Deep Sole Energetics: Greeting the Divine Within | TBA |
| 11:15-11:45 | Joanna Smith: Meditation into Awareness | Come see how easily and effortlessly you can move from the roller-coaster of the everyday mind and tap into the equanimity of your true nature. By shifting consciousness from the external life to your eternal being and by simply using the power of intention you can experience that which you wish. |
| 12-12:30 | Barb Pierce: Beginners—Learn How to do a Simple 10 Minute Meditation | Having trouble meditating? Join Barb to learn how you can transition from monkey mind to calmness using the breath and physical and mental concentration exercises. |
| 2:15-2:45 | Moira Hutchison: Tap Into Your Inner Wisdom | A guided meditation journey to awaken inner wisdom and strengthen the relationship with powerful healing tools you already possess. |
| 3-3:30 | Kirtan Ottawa: Ahimsa Meditation | |
| 3:45-4:15 | Lilly White | Celebrate the Magic in YOU, Dance Meditation , clearing out your Charkas with the energy of dance. BE in the moment , grounding, moving in and through your spirit with grace, joy and passion. Join Lilly as she takes you through this Sacred Journey Alignment. |
| 4:30-5 | Lotus Wings | Moving meditation |
| 5:15-5:45 | Melinda Urban: The Embrace - meditation & vocal impressions for healing the heart.
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A healing described as being cradled in the arms of the Universal Mother. |
Kids' Activities
| 10:30 | Yoga & Tea: Children’s Yoga Safari |
| 11:30 | Clare Gallant: Music for Kids, Mills & Maples Music Together |
| 2:00 | Sabum Marin: Almonte TaeKwon-Do |
| 12:15 | Bev Chen: Children’s Labyrinth Walk |
| 3:30 | Suzanne Winlove-Smith: Kids’ Community Yoga Class |
| 5:00 | Lilly White: Wand making, White Light Retreat |
Labyrinth
| 11am and 5pm | Labyrinth Introduction and Group WalkThe labyrinth, in its long history (4,000+ years), has crossed cultures and religious traditions. As a walking meditation tool, it supports relaxation, reflection, renewal. Let your heart lead you on a walk into balance, understanding, peace, possibility. |
| 12:15 pm | Children's Labyrinth Walk
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