Berkshire Yoga Festival 2026

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.

This empowering seminar invites you to explore the connection between intentional movement, mindful awareness, and optimal pelvic health. Led by Dr. Kerry McGinn, DPT & E-RYT 500, this workshop combines evidence-based education with embodied practice to support the pelvis across all stages of life. You’ll learn the basics of pelvic anatomy and function, movement techniques to strengthen and release the pelvic floor, and the powerful role of mindfulness and breath in restoring balance. Whether you’re seeking preventive strategies or addressing existing concerns, you’ll leave with practical tools to begin integrating right away—tools that cultivate awareness, alignment, and agency in your body’s deepest foundation.

Best For: All levels; ideal for those interested in women’s health, nervous system regulation, and holistic self-care.

This is a 90-minute experiential seminar which includes education + guided movement + mindfulness practice + discussion

During this yoga practice you can expect gentle and thoughtful movement to help you arrive in your body & breath, and kind and mindful hands on assists to help you ground in the present moment. To EMBODY is to listen—truly listen—and to turn toward the softest murmurings of the self. Those quiet whispers so often drowned beneath the noise of haste, numbness, and thought.
E:Energy  M:Metta  B:Breath  O:Observe  D:Discover  Y:Yield
To be embodied is to remember the body not as a shell for the mind, but as a wise and breathing companion—a sacred vessel of memory and sensation, of longing, love, and spirit. Through it, we feel, we speak, we touch the world and allow the world to touch us back. It is through flesh and breath that our truth takes form and walks itself into being.
This collaboration class reflects Sonder’s Yoga Teacher Trainings

This beautiful type of yoga explores the form, technique and alignment of B.K.S. Iyengar. There is a mindfulness of anatomy and injury prevention with each intricate flow. In order for practitioners of all levels to feel comfortable, and achieve correct form and alignment, props are available and their use is encouraged . The class is taught with precision and with the knowledge to help guide students on becoming one with their Prana. The focus is placed on being entirely present. The class is expertly planned to deliver an emotionally cathartic experience that fosters a feeling of being complete and whole in our being.

Restorative yoga invites us to soften the layers of striving and return to what has always been whole within us. In
this practice, you’ll be guided through supported postures, mindful breath, and deep rest as we explore the obstacles
of the mind that shape our experience of suffering. With gentle presence, you’ll discover a new relationship with
these patterns and uncover the freedom of coming home to yourself, grounded, spacious, and complete.

Kick off the weekend with a bang. Make friends, share laughs, get the blood flowing, and maybe even be crowned the Champion of Funk.
The playlist sets the vibe and the energy carries the room. This all-levels flow was created to get the people moving, but be warned… there are a few super-important, completely nonsensical rules that must be followed.
You will learn the names of your fellow yogis… or else. This class shifts into a team effort where everyone supports each other and the good vibes keep building.
At the tail end of class, one of you will be crowned Champion of Funk, and we finish with a trivia round. Not yoga trivia… the good stuff. Random facts that expand your horizons and give you the most interesting conversation starter when you get home.

Do not hit snooze on this one.
Set the alarm. Set the tempo. Start your weekend right.

Be there or be square.

A led practice of traditional Hatha Yoga Sun Salutations moving and breathing collectively in a flowing meditation of 108 x 12 asanas.

Pilates is an amazing, comprehensive form of exercise that was created by Joseph Pilates. His original name for the work was Contrology; Contrology is the complete coordination of the body and the mind. It is only when Joseph passed that the work took on the catchier name of Pilates. Mat Pilates is a type of exercise that was based on Joseph Pilates original repertoire that includes doing the Pilates movements off the machines onto the mat. Some of these exercises are similar to many yoga poses. Examples of these exercises include: planks, side planks, long sit, spine stretch, and various other exercises.  All of the exercises target specific areas of the body to strengthen and stretch the muscles. Pilates helps elongate the muscles, help with flexibility, strengthen and lean out core muscles, and reduce overall tightness. This class can be modified for all ages, fitness levels, and body types.

Coming together in community to celebrate the act of ritual. Sitting with the plant medicine cacao, through meditation, card spread readings, journaling and voluntary sharing we call in energy to support us in letting go to better align with our most authentic selves. Bring a journal!

Yoga teachers looking to find an amazing niche should consider learning how to work with individuals who want to get pregnant. Fertility Yoga is the groundbreaking work that explores the different yoga techniques that balance our hormones and release our stress. By releasing our stress our bodies are better able to function with our reproductive needs. Yoga helps with fertility in a number of ways: through stress reduction, encouraging hormonal balance, helping people with their mental health, and helping with pain relief. Yoga is also known to help boost endorphins. The same way that women get balancing of the hormones, a man can also see improvement of sperm production practicing yoga. There have been studies that show that doing fertility yoga during Ivf or art helps increase the chances of getting pregnant as well. Yoga is also helpful for relaxing the muscles of the hips and pelvis to promote a healthy pregnancy. When teaching each fertility yoga class the class ends with a discussion and meditation involving balancing the chakras associated with fertility. This way every pathway is focused on in this fertility yoga class.

Melissa Boyd is a master teacher with over 30 years experience as a movement specialist. She spearheaded the first program for yoga and fertility in Long Island and worked in collaboration with two infertility clinics and a wellness group bringing the work into fruition. Melissa has been teaching yoga for fertility for over 20 years, and now continues to take on private or couple clients, as well as teaching risings in it.

This session offers a deeply calming, pranayama and meditation-centered experience designed to quiet mental noise and restore inner steadiness. Drawing on Satvavajaya, the yogic and Ayurvedic art of guiding the mind toward clarity, participants will be led through simple, accessible inner practices that support calm, focus, and nervous system balance. With minimal movement and extended guided stillness, this session invites participants to experience calm as a skill that can be cultivated intentionally and returned to in daily life. The emphasis is on slowing down, listening inwardly, and reconnecting with a felt sense of ease and clarity.

The Kaia Methodology is a workshop led by founder Gina Norman that explores how sequencing, strength, breath, and awareness work together to create a sustainable, full-body yoga practice. Through a steady, intelligently paced class with ample hands-on assists, Gina helps students feel and understand why yoga is taught as a complete system—not as isolated poses. Rather than pulling the practice apart, this workshop emphasizes the integration of movement, breath, and meditation, showing how their combined effect supports strength, balance, and a sense of wholeness. The Kaia Methodology uses four core themes—philosophical focus, alignment, peak pose, and physical focus—to create a well-rounded class that leaves you feeling integrated. This workshop is ideal for students and teachers who want a deeper understanding of functional yoga and a practice that feels strong, grounded, and complete—on and off the mat.

This 75-minute practice blends gentle movement, yin-inspired stillness, and guided Yoga Nidra to help you unwind and restore. We begin with slow, intentional flow to warm the body and soften & hydrate the fascia, then shift into longer-held postures to release tension and nourish connective tissues. Class closes with Yoga Nidra, a guided meditation known as “yogic sleep” or NSDR (non-sleep deep rest) which supports deep rest, nervous system balance, and better sleep.

Designed to calm the parasympathetic nervous system and support recovery, this class is perfect for athletes, busy professionals, and anyone needing space to let go and if you're looking for a reset so you can take even more of the fabulous other offerings at the Berkshire Yoga Festival! You’ll leave feeling grounded, rested, and renewed. 

Named after the Foster the People song. Discover the benefits of Chair Yoga—a supportive, accessible class designed for all ages, body types, and mobility levels. Whether you're looking to increase flexibility, reduce stress, improve circulation, or simply move with more ease, this class meets you where you are. Using the stability of a chair for seated and standing poses, you'll enjoy a safe, low-impact practice that nurtures both body and mind. Perfect for beginners, seniors, office workers, or anyone recovering from injury. ✨ No experience needed ✨ Breathe, stretch, and strengthen at your own pace ✨ Feel more grounded, energized, and calm Experience the power of mindful movement—one breath at a time.