Need sacred space? Need to relax?
At Liberate we honor the fact that being human is hard work. At our festival you can balance your weekend with healing arts to help you clear your mind, and find your flow. This is not your average music festival. You will leave this weekend feeling alive and full of good vibrations! Healing Arts are open to everyone, but space is limited in some of the classes to keep the quality high. Please bring your own mat or towel, water, and sense of adventure. You may reserve a spot in your top-choice classes when you buy your ticket. Please donate to your teachers whenever possible. Check out the Healing Arts Schedule
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Liberate is for people of all ages. Throughout the weekend check out the Liberate Kid's Tent and let your creativity soar. Even if you're only a kid at heart, you can join the parade. In addition to scheduled classes for young Liberators, like Circus Yoga with Kelli Mae and Sam, Learn to Hula with Morgan, and Kids Yoga, kids can come to the tent and enjoy arts and crafts for the Liberate the Children Parade on Saturday. Be sure to bring your costumes from home, hats, and noise makers for the parade!
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(co-founder of Liberate and Burlington Yoga Conference)
Welcome to our land! Welcome to Liberate! This festival is about moksha; liberation. May you be happy while you're here, may you be healthy, may you be free....Welcome to Liberate espouses these qualities in a dynamic, fun, welcoming practice that includes expansive breathwork, community, and relaxation. Shanti Shanti Shanti Om!
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Sit in a shady spot and discuss being with Prem Prakash- from Green Mountain School of Yoga.
Prem Prakash has been practicing yoga and related arts and sciences since 1979. In 1990, his yoga guru, Baba Hari Dass, gave him permission to teach others. He serves as a Director of the Green Mountain School of Yoga in Middlebury, Vt.
Prem Prakash is the author of The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion : A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras; Three Paths of Devotion : Goddess, God, and Guru; Yoga American Style; and Universal Yoga : The Bhagavad Gita for Modern Times. Prem Prakash has taught yoga throughout North America, and his writings have appeared in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Light of Consciousness, Himalayan Path, and Yoga Aktuel (German).
In 2007, Prem Prakash was honored by the Institute of the Himalayan Tradition with their Annual Service Award. In 2008, the Institute recognized him as a Yogiraj, an accomplished yogi who lives in the world.
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Kirtan is community-based yoga practice of chanting. The purpose is to evoke and invoke the deeper aspects of life and being. This will not be a concert performance, everyone will be welcome to participateto the extent they desire. Bring your own instruments. Look for Kirtan at night by the bonfire!
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Powerful yoga flow to open your heart, invigorate your body , expand your mind and get down on it (if you really want it ), and bang to the boogity beat. Hip Hop dancer/ yoga teacher Daniellesheva guides to through yoga postures that evolve into hip hop moves hot from the the chyper circle. Duke 007 (audio engineer/ yoga teacher ) will create an improvisational live hip hop set in the spirit of vinyasa practice.
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Live music can be used as the object of meditation. In this session you will turn your awareness inward to develop concentration, sensory clarity and equanimity noticing your subjective music experience. Then expand your awareness to the sound that music creates. In the heard let there just be the heard. Keep your attention with one pointed focus on external sounds noticing when your mind wanders and bringing it back. Deepen your concentration until there is no separation between the music and your self. Music provides a complex combination of energetic frequencies that can entrain our minds, resonate with our bodies and touch our souls. When this experience is shared by many people together, its effects are magnified offering insight into interdependence and oneness. Transform your live music experience into an opportunity for awaking and liberation!
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This short Thai Yoga massage workshop is perfect for everyone. This workshop, open to all Liberate guests, will guide you though some of the wonderfully relaxing, releasing and nurturing techniques of Thai Yoga Bodywork. Come with friend or own your own. Learn how to give a basic sequence of stress-releasing stretches and twists through Thai Yoga Massage techniques. Switch halfway though and receive the techniques yourself. No experience necessary. Treat family and friends and receive the outstanding benefits of Massage and healthy living. In this 1-hour course, students are introduced to the practice of Thai Yoga Massage through demonstration and hands-on practice. You will learn a fundamental 20-minute form and gains first hand experience in both giving and receiving a Thai Yoga Massage. Teachers will incorporate demonstrations with instruction and practice time with a healthy mix of humor to ensure you feel comfortable and confident to begin practicing right away.
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MS Ed., LMFT
Founder and Director of the Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy
This workshop will include the welcoming of the breath and energy of the morning...the taking in of what the body needs and the releasing of anything it does not need. This class is for all people, all levels, with some gentle stretching, breath work, and intention setting for the day/festival. Namaste!
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Get high with flying yoga teachers Julie and Kelli Mae! Flying Yoga combines yoga, acrobatics, and thai yoga massage into one phenomenally fun and heart opening practice! We work in small and large groups, exploring therapeutic and acrobatic flying, counterbalances, partner stretches, inversions, massage, games, and learning to do things you've never done before. No acrobatic experience is necessary, but some yoga experience is recommended. Come to have fun, connect to your community, and receive the joyful support of the sangha and the practice!
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Experience the energy of music in a new light. Open your heart and quiet your mind, abiding in the bliss recognized by the union of yoga and music. In this session, allow Danny Morris and Dj tonybonez to take you on a journey of movement and music, feeling the music groove inward and outward, surrendering to its flow. While maintaining inner awareness, send your energy outward as you explore a meditative yoga groove. All are welcome to join following Danny's lead through pose and movement suggestions or drawing on your own intuition and spontaneously entering into the pose the music is asking of you. Use pranayama techniques to ride the waves while Dj tonybonez lays down ambient, trance, and downtempo grooves created to build to a climax and prepare your body, spirit and mind for the upcoming experience of MUSIC, DANCE and LIBERATION!
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For those that are ready to unleash their true Shakti!
We will begin our practice with Surya Namaskar, Salutations to the Sun, to bring power and connection from our minds and hearts into our body. We will find our form, and then leave it behind. Within each asana, weaving through transformative pranayam, we will be pulling prana, activating and balancing our chakras, and taking our yoga to the next level of unleashing the spirit. This practice will be a dance on the mat, pure energy in motion!
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A revolutionary synthesis of intelligent movement and ecstatic music. Drawing on the timeless principals and practices of Yoga, Capoeira, and the Circus Arts to deepen your festival experience. This immersion into invigorating movement is designed to awaken your body's primal intelligence, as you dive into yoga and then beyond. Prepare to expand your awareness of the aliveness in and around you.
Ian Hyman (DJ Hyfi) found his love for electronic music at the age of 15 when he began producing beats on synthesizers and drum machines. “Music was my first yogic practice, through making music, I experienced a state of heightened awareness that would come and go without explanation. When I was in that state, the inspiration would flow steadily and composing tunes was a breeze.” It was through his curiosity with this state of awareness, that he met a shaman who sparked his interest in human potential and the spiritual path. Seeking to learn more, he spent a year training intensively in a martial arts school where he eventually stumbled upon yoga. After realizing that he was more interested in yoga than martial arts, he shifted his focus to the mat and became certified to teach through Kripalu’s YTT. Through combining his DJ skills with his love for yoga and perspective as a teacher, he was able to create a deeper for students. He now spends most of his time on the road, ramping up the vibe for yoga classes and events around the nation. Ian’s DJ mixes are infused with a wide range of soulful, blissed-out electronic music.
Aaron Cantor is a freestyle yogi and embodiment artist. His teachings integrate ancient practices and contemporary expression into a playful and effective way to develop awareness and skill. He has spent over 15 years in Asia and South America studying different movement modalities. In addition to teaching around the US, he has been teaching internationally in Brazil, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand and India.
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This workshop will cover the fundamentals of spinning poi without fire. Attendees will learn basic techniques which can be built upon with an almost infinite number of variations. Attendees will also find out how poi can be used as a tool for meditation and stress relief. Come with a smile on your face and get ready to move!
Requirements: no prior experience necessary, limited sets of poi will be provided, a smile, willingness to learn. (Pre-register for this class online when you buy your ticket, space is limited).
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Laurie Francis [laurie831@hotmail.com]
