Berkshire Yoga Festival 2026: Full Schedule

arrow_back View All Dates

11:00am EDT

Bright Light Vinyasa Flow: A joyful community connection

Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT

Limited Capacity filling up

Community and connection are at the heart of Lora’s feel-good vinyasa flow. Her teaching style is thoughtfully designed with creative sequencing and smooth transitions to a dynamic, and curated playlist that will take you on a journey that is a “straight shot to the soul.” Lora’s friendly personality and positive energy welcome everyone to this all-levels class,encouraging self-expression and intuitive play. She brings joy and lightness to the practice while creating moments to face the truth of the challenging times we are in. Be the change, be the bright light.

Join Lora in this uplifting fun flow from start to finish. Inversions and arm balances are integrated and offered as options during peak poses. Expect to leave inspired and energized with a few new smiles and connections exchanged with your fellow yogis.

Presenters

Lora Reehling

500RYT, Founder, Philly River Flow Yoga

Lora Reehling is a yoga instructor and professional photographer. Her discovery and love of yoga began in 2010, during a transformative time in her life. That same year, she launched her photography business, and has continued to colorfully capture what matters to people most ever... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
The Sanctuary

Yoga

Style Vinyasa

11:00am EDT

Elements of Grief: A Sacred Journey of Healing

FILLING

Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT

Potter Brothers

Limited Capacity filling up

Grief is a sacred teacher - an expression of love, loss, and transformation. In this healing workshop, we journey through the five elements—earth, water, fire, air, and ether—to explore how nature’s wisdom can support us in moving through grief with compassion and grace.

Through a blend of grief yoga, breathwork, meditation, and somatic practices, we will honor our emotional landscapes and awaken the body’s natural capacity for healing.

Presenters

Danielle McDonald-Bourbeau

Owner, E-RYT500, RYS, GC-C, CGCS, Journey Within Yoga

Danielle is a Yoga Teacher and Grief Counselor based in Central Massachusetts, dedicated to creating healing spaces where body, breath, and spirit can reconnect.

Her journey into yoga began at age 16, following years of classical ballet and dance. While recovering from an injury, Danielle turned to yoga for physical relief—but what she discovered was something far deeper: a return to strength, a reconnection with her spiritual Self, and... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Potter Brothers 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA, USA

Yoga

Schedule Spotlights Personal Growth & Transformation

2:00pm EDT

Introduction to Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga (You Are The Guru)

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

The Sanctuary

Limited Capacity seats available

In this 90 min class we will explore the depths of our inner landscape and where there is unprocessed and unexpressed e-motion (energy in motion). Giving opportunities to experience active choice throughout the class, and notice how we respond to discomfort and where we can deepen into self kindness.

Presenters

Jeannie O'Neill

M.ED, E-RYT500, Yoga Farm Ithaca

Jeannie has a master's degree in education specializing in contemplative pedagogy and transformative curriculum design. She is a 500E-RYT Vinyasa and Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Mindfulness Meditation instructor, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and an Ayurvedic health... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
The Sanctuary

Yoga

Style Kundalini
Schedule Spotlights Personal Growth & Transformation

2:00pm EDT

Sati, Gom, Cho, Saddha & Sustainable Yoga

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Fisher Room, Country Inn

Limited Capacity seats available

Yoga is always about being integrated — with yourself, with each other, with the world. Yet we forget this all the time.

Sati is a practice of remembering: your motivation, basic goodness, and inter-being-ness. Cyndi will introduce this concept, along with Gom, Cho, and Sadha- the traditional Buddhist progression for establishing an integrated, personal practice.

We will embody this work through a Sustainable Yoga practice: medium-paced vinyasa, precise alignment and mindfulness of feelings give us tools for embodying this four-part process.

As you remember and get familiar with moving in ways that nourish, strengthen and create physical resiliency, your yoga practice becomes self-renewing. Breath by breath, you will develop presence, stability, nimbleness, and confidence.

Presenters

Cyndi Lee

Cyndi Lee began teaching meditation 30 years ago with the blessing of her root guru, the great Tibetan master, Gelek Rimpoche. In 2018 she was ordained as a Buddhist Chaplain, under the guidance of Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center. Cyndi is also the first female Western... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Fisher Room, Country Inn 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA, USA

Yoga

4:00pm EDT

Kai Chi Do® : Explore the Power of the 5 Elements

FULL

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Potter Brothers

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Get Naturally High and Elevate your Consciousness in a Kai Chi Do circle where we will commune with the 5 elements of life - Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Ether. Kai Chi Do is a Metaphysical Workout for Body, Mind, and Spirit -- Like dancing while you're meditating...With a bunch of friends... Putting some air between your thoughts...Until the sun shines in your head... And your body hears it.

Presenters

Biana Mavasheva

Rev. D, MA, LCPC, Oneness Center Inc.

Biana Mavasheva is a licensed clinical therapist, certified yoga instructor, ordained reverend and founder of Oneness
Center Inc., where she has supported the personal and spiritual growth of hundreds through workshops and individual care.

Her yoga classes offer an enchanting and uplifting journey—interweaving song, spirit, and sweat—to nourish the body and awaken the soul. Biana first came to the mat in 2003 after years of competitive tennis. Her vinyasa flow sequences are infused with the spiritual wisdom she’s... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Potter Brothers 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA, USA

Yoga

4:00pm EDT

Sankalpa Honey Flow

FULL

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:15pm EDT

Fisher Room, Country Inn

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Choose your starting point wisely with this sweet, honey flow. Stoke your fire and clear your mind.

Set your Sankalpa (heartfelt intention or resolve). Enjoy this sweet combination of movement, postures, breath, and mantra to shake up your energy and clear the tension. Flow through thoughtful sequences that keep it simple; then rest in restorative postures to unwind, stretch out, drop-in, and find clarity. Why are you here?

Good music, upbeat, fun; and profoundly relaxing.

Presenters

Elke Pierre

Owner, 300hr YTT, Marion Yoga Loft

Elke is an instructor and the director of the Marion Yoga Loft in Marion, Massachusetts. She opened her studio over 18 years ago.

Elke is certified in Hatha, Vinyasa, and LifeForce Yoga. She was certified by Paul Jerard and by Amy Weintraub, author of 'Yoga for Depression'. Her lineage stems from Tom Gillette, Eyes of The World Yoga. Elke is fully certified as a Reiki Master; and certified by Linda McDonald... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:15pm EDT
Fisher Room, Country Inn 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA, USA

Yoga

Schedule Spotlights Studio Partner

4:00pm EDT

Dharma/Meaning: Practicing Your Purpose Flow

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Doc Maynard Pavillion

Limited Capacity seats available

This 90-minute Kripalu Yoga workshop explores dharma as the lived expression of purpose, values, and right action in daily life. Through a grounding dharma talk, mindful asana, pranayama, and meditation, participants will examine how inner alignment informs outer choices. The practice emphasizes listening deeply to the body and breath as gateways to clarity, integrity, and service.

Presenters

Rolf Gates

Kripalu

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Doc Maynard Pavillion

Yoga

Style Kripalu
Schedule Spotlights Studio Partner Picks

4:00pm EDT

Radical Gratitude: Returning to What’s Real Without Bypassing What Hurts

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

The Sanctuary

Limited Capacity seats available

It's tempting to use gratitude as an escape route from discomfort. But true gratitude is not a demand to pretend everything is fine; it’s the capacity to see and embrace the full, honest landscape of our experience. This session encourages us to acknowledge difficulty while still recognizing the innate tenderness and beauty that exist.

In this 90-minute session, we’ll explore gratitude as a steady, honest, and embodied practice that dismantles the myth of toxic positivity and roots us in reality while creating space for possibility. Through a blend of heartfelt discourse, meaningful reflection, and an accessible all-levels yoga practice, you’ll discover how gratitude can be a grounding force without glossing over the truth. We will explore how deep presence becomes transformative, supporting clarity, connection, and full integration.

You will be guided through an all-levels yoga practice utilizing asana, relaxation, pranayama, and meditation to feel gratitude from the inside out, through sensation and embodied awareness. This layered approach is designed to foster clarity, connection, and deep integration, allowing you to cultivate a sustainable sense of appreciation that is both honest and whole. All are welcome to explore this powerful path of presence.

Presenters

Nikki Myers

Founder, Y12SR

Nikki Myers, MBA, C-IAYT, is an accomplished speaker, teacher and the founder of Y12SR, The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery.
Nikki is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Addictions Recovery Specialist, and Certified Health Coach. Born from her personal struggle with addiction, based in its theme ‘the issues live in the tissues’, Y12SR is a relapse prevention program that weaves the art and science... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
The Sanctuary

Yoga