Name: Herbal Materia Medica & Embodied Movement | A Plant Inspired Movement Practice
Start: 2026-06-14T10:30:00-0700
End: 2026-06-14T11:45:00-0700

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

Herbal Materia Medica & Embodied Movement | A Plant Inspired Movement Practice

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Sunday June 14, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am PDT

Pine & Prism Wellness Collective

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In this workshop we will explore one of our plant kin in depth through their materia medica (a body of knowledge that outlines plants medicinal uses, estoteric properties, lore and more). Then we will use that knowledge to inspire an embodied movement practice guided by the wisdom of this plant kin to support us in moving through our own internal landscape of emotions. The plant kin we will be working with will be intuitively chosen a few days before this workshop based on collective themes and the season. Some examples of herbs we may work with include wood betony, rose, damiana, yarrow or mugwort. This is a somatic movement experience that supports us in fostering deeper relationship with the Earth, our plant kin, ourselves and those around us. A tea made of the plant kin of choice will be provided to support in building connection and communication with that plant.

Example: Autumn is the season of turning inward and grounding. Our plant kin can support us during this seasonal shift. Discover the essence of Wood Betony (Stachys officinalis) to support your internal seasonal shift and embody the wisdom of this plant kin through an inspired movement practice.

Presenters

Aela Kascak

Rose Rooted Elixir Bar & Apothecary

Aela believes in the power of bridging mind, heart and earth through intentional living, earth-based practices, community and connection. She is a vitalist herbalist, herbal mixologist and elixir connoisseur sharing elixir bar experiences, workshops and other intentional offerings... Read More →

Sunday June 14, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am PDT
Pine & Prism Wellness Collective 856 NW Bond St Suite 202, Bend, OR 97701, USA

Community Session | Open to Non-passholders by Donation

Pathway Tradition and Lineage, Movement and Practice

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