Movement
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival features some of the best local movement instructors leading a variety of workshops over the course of each festival. Want to lead a movement activity? Apply to be considered to lead a Movement workshop at the link below by the deadline of January 29, 2025.
FALL 2024 WORKSHOPS:
YAS Yoga: Yoga with Auditory Silliness: Release the frog in your throat through fun breathwork, intertwined with an asana flow to target cranky places in the body. Perfect for after hootin’, hollerin’ and dancin’! Zoe Gobetz – Thursday & Friday 2-3pm
Vinyasa: Vinyasa is a yoga practice connecting movement to breath. Expanding and stretching the connective tissues and energy flow of the body, this practice is moving meditation. Accessible to all levels.
You Vinyasa: Jenn Newton – Thur 3-4pm & Sun 10-11am
Core & Strength: Douglas Watson – Thur 6-7pm & Sun 2-3pm
Intermediate Vinyasa: Lisa Pigeon – Friday 12-1pm; Saturday 3-4pm
Grateful Yoga: with Live Band, Speckled Stone Soundcraft Scott Lawlor – Friday & Saturday 6-7pm
Gentle Vinyasa Flow: Demacy Monte-Parker – Sat & Sun 12-1pm
Playful Vinyasa: Sarah Pache – Saturday 2-3pm; Sunday 1-2pm
Restorative Yoga: Moon Yoga—This class will have passive, gentle poses held for extended periods of time with focus on improving mental/physical health and releasing tension. All levels welcome. Christine Veit – Thursday 4-5pm
Mindfulness Meditation: A warm welcome to pause and be still, check in with yourself, and allow whatever’s arising for you during this Shakori Hills Festival. Mindfulness meditation is a silent practice in which focusing on our breath helps us cultivate ease, presence, curiosity, compassion and many other qualities with whatever we encounter in life. No experience necessary. All levels welcome. Shivonne Tessa Quintero – Thursday 5-6pm & Saturday 9-10am
Sivananda: Balanced asanas with pranayama and sun salutations. Postures working with breath to open and balance all chakras of the body. Ione Linker – Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7:30-9am
Kundalini Yoga: Kundalini yoga involves chanting, singing and breathing exercises along with repetitive poses. Its purpose is to activate your Kundalini energy, or shakti. This is a spiritual energy that’s said to be located at the base of your spine. This practice is also called “Yoga of awareness.” Brooksie Edwards in the Dance Tent with Live Music by Amy Durso, Lolly Dunlap & Sheila Fleming – Friday & Saturday 8:30-10am
Flower Path: Flow into your flower path with movement, mantras, meditations and mandalas! This experiential yoga class will give you insight, inspiration and a deeper connection to nature. Jackie Deconti – Friday 9-10am & Sunday 11am-12pm
Mindful Flow: Accessible, mindful gentle flow with options and room to play. Megan Flaherty – Friday & Saturday 10-11am
Strength and Flexibility: Yoga with focus on flexibility, breathwork, strength training and meditation. Angelo Iovino – Friday & Saturday 11am-12pm
Warrior Love: Love like a warrior—a playful dive into the mythology of the warrior poses that bring strength, flexibility and balance. Justin Bost – Friday & Saturday 1-2pm
Hatha Yoga: Classical sivananda style yoga with basic asanas, pranayama and deep relaxation. Tain Collins – Friday 3-4pm
Classical Yoga: This practice is drawn from the eight limbs and nine forms, intended for the purpose of self-realization. A slow and integrative practice to bring new awareness and inner guidance. All are welcome. Crystal Hetrick – Friday & Saturday 4-5pm
Appalachian Juggler: Learn to Juggle with up to seven props!! Chandler Corbin – Friday & Saturday 5-6pm
Sun Yoga: Salute the Sun with a vigorous, vinyasa-based flow class. Suited towards those with previous yoga experience. Included are longer sequences, balance, strength-building and deep rest. Christine Veit – Sunday 9-10am
Tensegrity: Comprised of the terms “tension” and “integrity,” Tensegrity is a modern version of held poses and muscle movement called “magical passes,” developed by Shamans in Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest. Jordan Puryear – Dance Tent, Saturday 10am
Kids Yoga: Join Amelia in this fun yoga class for all ages. Use breath, movement and imaginative play to start your day off right. Cabaret Tent, Saturday 10am; Kids Area, Sunday 10am
