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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Explore backbends as anatomy and alchemy, expanding your capacity to give and receive love
Backbends are invitations into expansion, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In this workshop, we’ll explore the anatomy that supports safe, sustainable backbending: activating the spine, shoulders, and core, while creating space through the hips and quads. With this foundation, we’ll flow into a variety of heart-opening shapes, practicing them with both strength and freedom.
Beyond the physical, backbends ask us to embody vulnerability and courage. As we expand the chest and lift the heart, we expand our capacity for presence, connection, and joy.
Expect a mix of thoughtful alignment, playful drills, and guided practice that will leave you not only with new tools for your body, but also with a felt sense of openness and awe
