Berkshire Yoga Festival 2026

A focused, alignment-driven class designed to strengthen the deep core and support amore balanced, upright posture. Through controlled, mat-based movement, you’ll build strength across the abdominals, back, and shoulders while creating mobility in areas of tension. With an emphasis on precision, breath, and body awareness, this practice helps you stand taller, move more efficiently, and feel more supported in your body.

Vishoka Meditation is a classical yogic approach to meditation that uses the subtle dimension of breath as a doorway into the mind’s natural state of clarity, joy, and inner radiance. Rooted in the Himalayan Tradition and drawing source wisdom from the YogaSutra and the Lotus Sutra, this practice offers a comprehensive yet accessible pathway toward a sorrow less state of awareness—one that does not bypass life’s challenges, but transforms our relationship to them.

In this workshop-style session, Ishan Tigunait will introduce the foundations of Vishoka Meditation, weaving together guided practice and philosophical context.  Participants will learn essential techniques that unite the subtle aspect of the breath with the mind’s power of awareness, revealing a deeper and more luminous dimension of consciousness already present within us.

This session is well-suited for both newer meditators and experienced practitioners seeking a clear, grounded, and systematic approach to meditation.

In this experiential session, we will explore:
● The purpose and essential experience of meditation in relation to yoga practice
● How breath awareness reveals our healing potential, and helps us bridge body and mind
● How an embodied experience of prana is the self-revealing dimension of mind
● Key principles that make meditation accessible, sustainable, and joyful
● How Vishoka Meditation practice supports emotional resilience and inner stability

Participants will leave with a felt sense of the practice and a deeper understanding of how meditation can become a source of clarity, healing, and inner nourishment.

Abhishekam is an ancient purification ritual practiced in temples across India. The beautiful and elaborate process of abhishekam is accompanied by Vedic chanting.Offerings such as water coconut water milk curd honey fruits sandalwood powder turmeric sacred ash rice and thulasi (holy basil) are used in the ritual bathing of the deity. It is an offering of love and pure devotion symbolically cleansing one’s inner self with positive thoughts.

Unwind and reset in this soothing class using foam rolling* techniques to release tension, ease muscle soreness, and promote deep relaxation - the perfect session for a long festival day. Through mindful movements and gentle pressure, you'll experience a full-body reset that calms the nervous system and melts away stress. Ideal for anyone needing relief from tightness or looking to simply relax, this session will leave you feeling refreshed, restored, and as if you just experienced a full body massage. No experience whatsoever is needed. 

*Rollga® foam rollers will be provided for use during this class

What if pain-free living wasn’t something to chase—but something to return to?When the neck and shoulders fall out of alignment, even simple movements can become sources oftension, restriction, and discomfort. This workshop is your invitation to reset, realign, and reconnectwith your body’s natural design for ease and vitality.Through the precise, alignment-based principles of Ashaya Yoga, you’ll explore how to release deeplyheld tension and restore healthy, sustainable movement. Combining the five elements of Ayurveda(earth, water, fire, air, and sky) with medical science, Ashaya Yoga is an accessible, therapeutic, and safepractice for all levels of beginners to advanced yogis.We’ll work with common neck and shoulder issues, including: Rotator cuff injuries Frozen shoulder Biceps tendonitis Bulging discs Chronic stiffness and tensionYou won’t just stretch—you’ll understand why things hurt and how to change them.Expect a blend of guided movement, accessible exercises, and empowering insights you can take home(and share with others). Whether you're dealing with pain now or want to prevent it, you’ll leave withtools to support your body long after the workshop ends.

Take a step-by-step approach to flight. This Vinyasa class breaks down the componentsof Warrior III, building from the ground up with targeted strength, mobility, and balancework. Through intentional sequencing and breath-led movement, you’ll develop thestability and confidence to move into Warrior III with control and ease. Open to all levels.

What happens when a room full of people create sound together?

In this interactive experience with Rainbow Sounds founder Bianca Sengos, you won’t just receive sound—you’ll be part of it. Each participant will be provided with a sound therapy bowl and be guided to play, explore, and resonate together.

Through guided somatic breath, gentle movement, and sound, you’ll experience SonicSounds—Rainbow Sounds’ unique, trademarked approach to interactive mindfulness, brought to you from Australia.

Coming together to resonate is one of the latest group experiences yoga teachers are adding to their schedules—and this is your chance to feel it for yourself.

This is not a traditional sound bath. It’s a shared, hands-on experience where the room comes alive through collective vibration, connection, and play

Join us in this final celebration of life, health, and spirit as we join together in song. We will offer mantras of gratitude to all the teachers of the teachers of the teachers of yoga that have led us on this path... All the way back to the supreme teacher residing in the center of your chest as the real true self.