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SEPTEMBER 18-20 HAYGROUND SCHOOL | BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY
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A Heartfelt Welcome
to the Inaugural Hamptons Yogafest! Hamptons YogaFest is intended to be a lighthouse for our community, radiating the collective vision of co-creators Jenna Walter and Alex Grant. We have collaborated to offer festival-goers a life-changing experience, connecting the five key themes that are weaved throughout the festival experience.
Celebration Unity Balance Beauty
Truth
Hosted at the beautiful Hayground School, the festival features local and international presenters and artists sharing 108 minute workshops and evening concerts with kirtan and world music. With over 20 vendors in the vendor village as well as kids village, healing village and organic food and beverage bar. Peaceful Planet Kids Village: Filled with lots of fun activities and classes for the little ones provided by Peaceful Planet Yoga.. Featuring musical journeys, peaceful planet kids yoga classes, organic cooking classes, art classes, and mindfulness activities throughout the day. Kids under 8 need to be attended by a responsible adult. Free for kids. Healing Village: A healing village will be running Saturday and Sunday from 9-5 with healers from a wide range of modalities both ancient and modern. Including cranial sacral, massage, aromatherapy, reiki, acupuncture and shamanic healings. Community Village: Come and expereince the arts, crafts and music as well as 30 minutes community classes that you can partake in, $20 for the day. General Info: The Festival will open at 5pm on Friday, September 18 with an opening ceremony at 6pm. Music will start at 6:30pm on Friday and Saturday. Workshops will begin at 8am on both Saturday and Sunday. Most classes are designed to suit a wide range of levels and styles, allowing an abundance of choice and discovery. Some classes may be more popular than others, so to ensure a space, please arrive early. Entry to the grounds is $20 for the day, excluding music and workshops., kids 15 and under are free.` Accomodation can be found on www.hamptonsyogafest.com/accomodation. LIRR & Jitneys stop in Bridgehampton 5 minutes away. Make sure to bring a Yoga Mat!
-Jenna and Alex
FRIDAY - OPENING DAY TIME
CLASS/TEACHER
LOCATION
6:00PM 7:00PM 9:30PM
Opening Ceremony - Steve Anderson, Jenna Walter, Alex Grant LIVE MUSIC: Kirtan Jam Session - Donna De Lory, Dave Stringer LIVE MUSIC: Srikalogy
Fire Circle Gym Celebration Gym Celebration
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE TIME
CLASS/TEACHER
LOCATION
8:00AM
Ayurveda and Asana - Alan and Sarah Finger Clearing the Clouds of the Heartmind - Sherry Sidoti Fold to Unfold - Heidi Michel Fokine Invigorating your Light Body - Mary Angela Buffo Yoga Chikitsa - Yoga Therapy - Erika Halweil & Corey DeRosa
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth
10:00AM
Magic Takes Guts - Dana Flynn Be The Vision - Shivanter Singh Movement Is My Medicine: From Movement to Stillness - Jessica Bellofatto Returning to the Heart of your Intention - Dominique Garstin Yoga and Essential Oils - Jolie Parcher Karissa Judith - Kundalini Mantra Meditation and Gong Vibration - 33min
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth Community Village
12:00PM
Body Shop injury workshop - Lois Nesbitt Lunchtime Jam with Missy Balsam and Friends - Missy Balsam
Main Hall Balance Outdoor Tent Unity
1:00PM
Reclaim Your Soul - Natalie Griffin Unraveling the Mysteries of the Neck, Shoulders and Hips - Leslie Pearlman Traditional Tantra Yoga - Jeana Hickling Spanda - The Devine Pulse - John Seelye Yoga and Sound Meditation - 13 Hands Emily Byllott - Hoop Yogini - 33min
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth Community Village
3:00PM
Exploring Hatha Sun/Moon Yoga - Yogi Charu Journey Dance - Christine Elaine 840,000 Posture-bilities - Twee Merrigan History of Yoga - Milard Roper Ode to the Moon w/ live music by Allison La Rochelle - Eleonora Rachele Zampatti
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth
6:00PM 7:45PM
LIVE MUSIC: World Music Jam with Samuel J. LIVE MUSIC: C.C. White and Soul Kirtan
Gym Celebration Gym Celebration
Timetable Subject to Change
SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE TIME
CLASS/TEACHER
LOCATION
8:00AM
Magic Takes Guts - Dana Flynn Vulnerable Strength Bliss Class - Eleonora Rachele Zampatti Be the Vision - Shivanter Singh Returning to the Hearty of the Intention - Dominique Garstin Open: Loving What Is - Sherry Sidoti
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth
10:00AM
Open and Relax the Body, Mind & Heart - Yogi Charu ISHTA Sweat and Samadhi - Alan and Sarah Finger Bathing in Beauty - A Heart Centered Forest Yoga Practice - Leslie Pearlman Yoga and the Art of Allowing - Mary Angela Buffo The Core of Your Center and the Center of Your Core - Heidi Michel Fokine Emily Byllott - Hoop Yogini - 33min
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth Community Village
12:00PM
Body Shop injury workshop - Lois Nesbitt Lunchtime Jam with Dan Bailey Talk With Suzanne Rainey
Main Hall Balance Outdoor Tent Unity Classroom Beauty
1:00PM
You Are a Yoga Master - Twee Merrigan Journey Dance - Christine Elaine Getting Off the Wall - Milard Roper Crossing Thresholds: Advanced Arm Balances and Backbends - John Seelye Art Song Yoga & Creativity Circle - Stephanie Joyce & Suzanne Johnson Karissa Judith - Kundalini Mantra Meditation and Gong Vibration - 33min
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth Community Village
3:00PM
A Super Duper, World Chant - 13 Hands The Importance of Daily Practice - Erika Halweil & Corey DeRosa Dan Bailey Learn to Drum Workshop - Dan Bailey Reclaim the Soul - Natalie Griffin Soma Prana Vinyasa Mala - Lauren Hanna
Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Main Hall Balance Classroom Beauty Kitchen Truth
4:30PM 6PM
Closing Jam with Kirtan Soul Revival - Kirtan Soul Revival Closing Ceremony - Steve Anderson, Jenna Walter, Alex Grant
Gym Celebration Gym Celebration
KIDS VILLAGE SCHEDULE
-Sponsored by Peaceful Planet Kids YogaSATURDAY
10:00-10:45AM 11:15AM-12PM 1:30-2:15PM 3:00PM-3:45PM
Peaceful Planet Kids Yoga Groovy Ganeshas! Art Song and Creativity Circle for Kids Creative Cooking Art Song Yoga Kids
SUNDAY
10:00-10:45AM 11:15AM-12PM 1:30-2:15PM 3:00PM-3:45PM
Peaceful Planet Kids Yoga Bindi Bodies Create a Peace Flag Creative Cooking Kids Hoola-Hoop Extravaganza
MUSICAL ARTISTS DAVE STRINGER
Kirtan is an ecstasy-inducing, call-and-response form of mantra chanting that is currently undergoing a worldwide renaissance. Stringer’s sound invokes the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sensibility of American gospel and the ringing harmonies of Appalachia. His work translates the venerable traditions of kirtan and yoga into inspiring and thoroughly modern participatory theatre, open to a multiplicity of interpretations, and accessible to all.
DONNA DE LORY
With a string of best-selling and much-loved albums—including Bliss (2000), In the Glow (2003), The Lover and The Beloved (2004), Sky is Open (2006), Sanctuary (2008), Remixes (2010) and The Unchanging (2013)—Donna De Lory has become one of the reigning queens of world devotional music. De Lory traveled the globe for 20 years as a backup singer and dancer for Madonna. Her own music combines sparkling pop savvy with a deeply felt sense of spirituality, and has won her a strong fan base in the yoga/conscious living community and beyond.
C.C. WHITE AND SOUL KIRTAN
C.C. White’s distinct Soul Kirtan performances have won her wide recognition as “The Queen of Soul Kirtan.” Embodied in one exotic, soulful being, her unique, soul-flavored chant performances effortlessly enrapture audiences, lifting their vibrations sky high with powerful, soaring call-and-response vocals and exciting, heart bursting bliss. Led by the raw and beautiful sonic experience itself to rise up in ecstatic chant and dance, audiences are inspired and shaktified by the pure devotion radiating through C.C.’s exciting stage presence.
SRIKALOGY
DJ, Emcee, Singer, producer, and percussionist. In live performance, Srikalogy uses Ableton Live to perform his original music, improvising live with Indian percussion and ambient vocals. His projects incorporate sacred mantras with dub, hip hop, reggae, and world beats. His mission is to uplift, open hearts, and move bodies.
SAMUEL J
Samuel J is a vocalist, composer and producer. Sam fuses together his strong acoustic abilities with his own hip hop/downbeat production, to which he adds his warm vocals and emceeing. This unique deep and conscious sound has already gained him a strong reputation from a growing fan base around the world.
KIRTAN SOUL REVIVAL
Kirtan Soul Revival (KSR) is New York City’s funkiest devotional mantra music experience. They use traditional Sanskrit mantras, original music, spirituals and music from around the world to create a unique, dynamic sound that merges funk, rock, rhythm and blues, world grooves, and chants. Lush three-part harmonies add fullness and depth to their sound. Kirtan is a celebration of spirit through the chanting of sacred names. KSR invites their audiences to participate fully through call-andresponse chanting.
Dan Bailey
Born and raised on the East End, this gypset surfer musician expresses Montauk’s unique vibe with influences from world travels and his South African heritage. As a drum master and teacher for over 20 years, he has been a unifying force in the local community and the leader of the Hamptons drum circle phenomenon. As an original singer-songwriter and guitarist performing soulful melodies and funky afro-beats, Dan Bailey is recognized as one of the top musicians to come out of the Hamptons.
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MISSY BALSAM
During her yoga journey, Missy fell in love with kirtan, or the singing of mantras and divine names, and started on the path of Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of love and devotion. She infuses this love into her inspirational music that she sings from the heart. Leading kirtan since 2011, she began to write her own original material in 2012, releasing her debut CD “Kirtan” in June 2014.
TEACHERS DANA FLYNN
Dana Trixie Flynn is a “teacher’s teacher,” celebrated for her uplifting, innovative and soulful Lotus Flow Yoga and her raw and generous spirit. Known as the “Janis Joplin of Yoga,” Dana is inspired daily by the beautiful community at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in NYC and BK - home for devotion, discipline, and community. This year marks Dana’s 25th year of practicing yoga, and she feels blessed beyond belief.
ALAN FINGER
South African Tantric and Kriya Yoga Master Alan Finger began studying yoga at the age of 16 with his father Mani Finger and renowned swamis of the past century. Alan and Mani created ISHTA Yoga. The ISHTA style integrates breath-based flow yoga with alignment, meditation and healing bodywork. Before creating a home for ISHTA, Alan co-founded Yoga Zone, Be Yoga and Yoga Works. Alan has authored several books and travels the world to share his teachings.
TWEE MERRIGAN
Twee is a disseminator of Prana Vinyasa™ worldwide, a vinyasa style yoga empowering students of all levels to liberate the natural flow of the spontaneous intelligence within. After a three-year hiatus from traveling and teaching globally to start a family, Twee wholeheartedly returned (in 2014) to teaching local classes and workshops in the New York City area; and immersions, conferences, and festivals around the world.
YOGI CHARU
Yogi Charu is an inducted disciple of the Saraswati lineage, one of the ten classical monk orders in India founded by Adi Sankaracharya in the 8th century. His yoga journey began at 16 when he encountered the Bhagavad Gita through a friend in his native Belize. He spent most of his early career in India where he trained in traditional Himalayan ashrams. Today, Yogi Charu teaches public classes at The Bhakti Center and at Pure Yoga.
13 HANDS
13 HANDS, aka DALIEN, is a two-time Grammy nominee, Professor of Yoga, ERYT500 instructor, kirtan wallah, presenter and sound therapist who has been immersed in many studies, approaches and styles of yoga, holistic health education, shamanism and contemporary/ world chant music for over 20 years.
SHIVANTER SINGH
Shivanter Singh is a 3HO certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, a certified Interdisciplinary yoga teacher, and Integrative Nutrition health counselor. Specializing in health and wellness, he holds degrees in transpersonal psychology, education and culinary arts. With over 3 decades of experience, Shivanter is an energetic advocate for thriving health and abundant living.
CHRISTINE ELAINE
Empowering others to release, embrace and invigorate the biggest, most exuberant, authentic and enlivened version of themselves, that they can Be, through Yoga, JourneyDance and Shamanic healings. RYT200, Hatha Yoga; RYT500 Tantric Vinyasa in Kerala, India; Reiki I and II certified; The FourWinds Shaman Practitioner; YogaEd certified; Lotus Palm Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner and assistant Trainer; Certified JourneyDance Guide.
DOMINIQUE GARSTIN
Dominique was initially drawn to yoga and meditation as methods of reconnecting with her inherent spirituality, and of coping with a demanding career in retail/ fashion. Immediately captivated, she knew that a radical change in trajectory was in store for her. Inspired by her teachers and guides, practice and love of yoga, which she now has the pleasure of sharing with her students.
ELEONORA ZAMPATTI
Eleonora is a native of Milan, Italy. Her wide range of teaching abilities include Pilates, Yogalates, Stretching, Video Dance, Total Body Workout, Bodyart, Staby, personal one-on-one fitness training, and a unique strength and conditioning class she designed especially for dancers and music lovers named Shakti Power Flow. Now cover girl and Fitness Model, writer and performer.
EMILY BYLLOTT
Jolie Parcher is the founder of Mandala Yoga and Healing Arts in Amagansett NY since 2001. She is a yoga teacher, ayurvedic practitioner, aromatherapist and surfer with a focus on practicing what she preaches and guiding people into practical and comfortable self-care rituals and daily habits that create space for balanced and joyful living.
ERIKA HALWEIL & COREY DEROSA
Erika Halweil is a New York native who focuses on Patanjali’s classical system of Ashtanga Yoga.
Corey DeRosa practices and shares Ashtanga Yoga, Ayurveda and the science of Vastu (the Yoga of space)
HEIDI MICHEL FOKINE
Heidi Michel Fokine, known as a “teachers teacher” has been teaching yoga on Shelter Island since 1995 and at Yoga Shanti, Sag Harbor since 2000 where she was part of the Teacher Training faculty 2009-2014. She counts Genevieve Kapuler, Rodney Yee and Martha Yoshida among her most influential teachers. She has pursued study in Energy Work, meditation and Q’ero Shamanism.
JEANA HICKLING
Jeana Hickling (E-RYT 500) is a senior teacher from Shri Kali Ashram in Goa, India. She has lived and studied there under Bhagavan Shri Shanmukha Anantha Natha for the past several years. Currently in the US, she is sharing the traditional Kaula system, holding regular classes and workshops in NYC and Pittsburgh, PA. to be found within them.
JESSICA BELLOFATTO
Jessica Bellofatto owns KamaDeva Yoga studio in East Hampton NY and has been studying, practicing, and teaching Yoga for twenty years and counting. She combines her Jivamukti roots with the precision and intelligence of the Iyengar and Ashaya Yoga systems, along with the fluidity and breath focused meditative quality of the Ashtanga system into a style that is uniquely her own.
JOHN SEELYE
John is a certified Anusara Yoga instructor teaching group classes in the Hamptons and seasonally in New York City. He also offers individual instruction and the healing art of Yoga Therapeutics. A student of ha-tha yoga since 1973 with an always growing and an ever more seriously playful devotion to the practices, he has been teaching since 1992.
JESSICA LYNN
After becoming certified in 2010, she has regularly taught hatha yoga, aerial yoga and circus arts in New York, Long Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine. She continues to advance her education and training with various yoga programs and through the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.
JOLIE PARCHER
Jolie Parcher is the founder of Mandala Yoga and Healing Arts in Amagansett NY since 2001. She is a yoga teacher, ayurvedic practitioner, aromatherapist and surfer with a focus on practicing what she preaches and guiding people into practical and comfortable self-care rituals and daily habits that create space for balanced and joyful living.
KARISA JUDITH
As a student first Karisa learned that Kundalini Yoga is the Yoga of Self Mastery. It is a Yoga that makes you drop your self-limiting beliefs so you can fulfill your destiny, your purpose, and understand what you are here to do. Karisa is one of those rare teachers that brings the teachings of kundalini yoga into a safe space so people can rediscover the joy and wisdom that already lives inside of them selves.
LAUREN HANNA
Lauren is the Director of Sonic Yoga NYC. Sonic has been guiding students and training teachers with wisdom and love for almost 15 years. Lauren began her study of Yoga with Sri Dharma Mittra in the early 1990’s. Since then she has studied with many of the great masters, but has been most profoundly influenced by the brilliance and spontaneity of Shiva Rea, the devotion of Dharma Mittra, the bhakti of Jai Uttal, Krishna Das, the unconditional love of Amma, the radiance of Sri Swamini Mayatitananda, and the insight of Sally Kempton.
LESLIE PEARLMAN
Leslie Pearlman, founder and director of Good Ground Yoga, is a certified Forrest Yoga teacher with more than 20 years teaching experience. She is widely known for her radiant energy as well as her compassion, support, humor and warmth.
LOIS NESBITT
Lois Nesbitt has devoted herself to sharing yoga with students and teachers in New York City and the Hamptons for almost two decades. She attracts students of all levels with her engaging and informative style. Her upbeat classes fuse an energizing flow with state-of-the-art alignment, enabling every body to practice safely and joyfully.
MARY ANGELA BUFFO
Mary Angela Buffo is the director of Ananda Wellness & Yoga Center. She has been teaching yoga, meditation, energy healing, and counseling for the past 24 years, specializing in addiction counseling. Her mission is to bring people home to their bodies and heal emotional wounds allowing for a deep, transformational shift that will inspire a life beyond their wildest dreams. She both enjoys teaching classes and working privately with students.
MILARD ROPER
Becoming a yoga teacher was a natural progression for Milard. Milard is a licensed Acupunturist, Massage Therapist as well as a Board Certified Chinese Herbalist. Milard has also taught Kung Fu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for many years. His passion for these arts and his innate knowledge of the body comes through clearly when he is teaching yoga.
NATALIE GRIFFIN
Natalie Griffin is a life artist, international spiritual teacher, author and rock and roll star (at least in her own mind). She is the founder of Naughty Shaman, home of the Dharma School. Dharma School helps students identify their Soul’s Truth and release the fear holding them back from stepping into their Calling. She was initiated by the Q’ero Shamans of Peru on the sacred mountain of the Undomesticatable Feminine Life-Force.
SARAH FINGER
Sarah Platt-Finger is the Co-founder of ISHTA Yoga, one of the top 7 yoga studios in Manhattan, with her husband, Yogiraj Alan Finger. Sarah is one of the most sought after teachers in NYC, and has created one of the most highly respected teacher training programs in the industry. She also leads trainings and workshops internationally.
SHERRY SIDOTI
Sherry Sidoti is the Director & Lead Teacher of FLY Yoga School Martha’s Vineyard. She is a true teachers’ teacher, soulfully sharing with us a dynamic yoga practice, where practitioners connect to the already centered and integrated being that resides inside. Sherry weaves the spirit and integrity of the yoga teachings, devotion, shamanism and the practice of self-actualization into each practice.
STEVE ANDERSON
Ceremonialist Steve Anderson is a Reiki Master/Shamanic healer who works directly with Indigenous Elders in both North and South America. In service to broaden the horizons of wellness, he works with both individuals and groups. Through ceremonies, rites of passages, and unique Spiritual journey’s of expansion through the mountains of Peru and beyond, his work clears paths to ignite the healed self within.
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Gym Celebration Outdoor Tent Unity Classroom Beauty Main Hall Balance Kitchen Truth Kids Village Healing Village
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The Hayground School 151 Mitchell Ln. Bridgehampton, NY
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Co-Creators: Jenna Walter & Alex Grant Event Manager: Joe Van Asco Volunteer Coordinator: Bruce Bailey Social Media: Jenna Raynell
Healing Village: Roey Ficaro Food: Todd Jacobs Kids Village: Kristin Davey Graphic Design: Emma Field
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