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Where you belong. The Bend Yoga Festival is an inclusive, multi-day celebration of yoga, wellness, and outdoor experience rooted in the landscape of Bend, Oregon. Expect sessions led by internationally respected educators, alongside community ritual, specialty offerings, and adventures that invite you directly into Central Oregon’s rivers, trails, and wide-open sky.

This year’s theme: Making Space for Joy.

And yes — you’ll feel it.

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This year, you can filter the schedule by "Pathway" — there are six, based on what you might be looking for. It’s a way to navigate the schedule and easily find what you seek. The pathways are:

Movement & Practice
Explore Bend
Restore & Regulate
Tradition & Lineage
Empowered Aging
Arts & Performance
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The Fine Art of Retreat Leadership | A Coffee Chat
LIMITED
Sunday June 14, 2026 7:15am - 8:00am PDT
The Hospitality Suite | Oxford Hotel Bend
Limited Capacity seats available
SUITE NUMBER WILL BE ADDED TO THIS DESCRIPTION IN JUNE. Check back then!
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Leading retreats can be one of the most meaningful and impactful ways to share your work — and it also comes with real responsibility, complexity, and learning curves that often go unspoken.

In this informal chat, Jill and Michael Knouse will share insights from over 16 years of leading yoga and wellness retreats around the world, along with customized corporate retreats and private coaching retreats built around focused, intentional themes.

Together, they’ll reflect on both the successes and the inevitable pitfalls — what’s worked beautifully, what they’ve learned the hard way, and how experience has shaped their approach to leadership, group dynamics, decision-making, and sustainability.

This conversation is for teachers, facilitators, and leaders who are curious about retreats as a container for deeper work — whether you’re just beginning to explore the idea or already leading retreats and wanting to refine your approach.
Expect honest reflections, practical wisdom, and space for shared inquiry — not formulas or hype, but lived experience and thoughtful dialogue.
Presenters
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Jill Knouse

Founder, Jill Knouse Yoga

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Michael Knouse

Business Coach, Facilitator, Retreat Leader, Michael Knouse Coaching
Michael Knouse is a business and leadership coach, writer, retreat facilitator and global traveler.Michael draws on 25+ years of experience as a software sales executive, business development leader, business + leadership coach, and retreat facilitator to help others design a more... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 7:15am - 8:00am PDT
The Hospitality Suite | Oxford Hotel Bend
  Community Session | Open to Non-passholders by Donation

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