Coromandel Yoga Festival

We begin the Coromandel Yoga Festival with a gentle arrival space, a moment to exhale, land in your body and step out of the pace of the week. Friday evening is an invitation into the weekend. A soft opening where you’ll meet our teachers and presenters, attune to the rhythm of the weekend and begin connecting with the community you’ll be journeying alongside. This session weaves together a gentle welcoming, grounding and spacious way to arrive. There is no rushing, no striving, just time to settle, listen and open to what’s ahead. This is an invocation into the days to come. A chance to arrive exactly as you are and allow the weekend to unfold from a place of presence, ease and connection.

🌍 EARTH ELEMENT BODY SPACE Soreya — Arriving in the Bodies You’ll be guided through a transformative experience that gently brings you out of the busy mind and back into the body. Through breath, sound, and movement, you’ll be supported to arrive in a more grounded, present state as you begin your day. From there, practices of deep rest and mantra help settle the mind and reconnect you with a deeper sense of self. Together, these elements support balance across the whole system, inviting a natural awakening and expansion of your awareness. MIND SPACE Angela — Earth my body: nervous system & breath An understandable overlook with a neurophysiological approach on how Conscious Breathing can activate the self-healing mechanisms of the body, helping and supporting the improvement of health and well-being. An eye-opening experience on how we can rewire our neurological pathways to build resilience. The workshop offers a theoretical part, followed by a practical session with effective breathing exercises to activate the best autonomic response desired. SOUL SPACE Vanessa — Elemental Flow Be among the first to arrive, land, and set the tone for your festival journey. This grounding Hatha-Flow class invites you to gently awaken the body and reconnect with the earth beneath you. Through breath work and mindful movement, we’ll build connection to self, space, and intention, drawing on the steady support of Papatūānuku. Beginning low and slow, the practice gradually rises into standing flows that cultivate strength, stability, and ease. Both grounding and uplifting, this opening session will leave you feeling centred, energised, and ready for all that’s to come—closing with Savasana and guided meditation to generate a sense of peace, aliveness and presence.

BODY Bonnie — The Other Side The Other Side is an invitation to arrive fully, softly into your body. Beneath the noise, the striving, the roles you play, there’s a quieter place that’s already whole. This class is a space to meet that part of yourself. Through slow movement, breath and awareness, you’ll explore what’s here rather than chase what’s missing. No pressure, no performance just a gentle returning. You don’t need to change, fix, or prove anything. Just come as you are, and notice what unfolds when you do. The other side isn’t somewhere far away it’s something you remember, feel and allow. MIND SPACE Ra Tane — The Sauna Project: Moving the Waters of the Body At The Sauna Project Coromandel Coast, what we’re really creating is a space to reconnect. We’re living in a time where the world is changing quickly, and many of us are searching for ways to slow down and return to something more simple and grounding. The sauna offers that opportunity. When we step into the heat, the body softens, the breath deepens and with guidance the mind can begin to settle. When we bring mindfulness into that space, the sauna becomes more than just heat; it becomes a place to reconnect with ourselves, with each other and with the natural world around us. So, join me in a discovery discussion about sauna's many benefits and experience some mindfulness techniques that you might incorporate into your current or future sauna practice. SOUL SPACE Nic Luana — 'Seasons, Cycles & Transitions – Steady through Change' You're invited into a grounded, practical experience of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. Through breath, sound and movement, we’ll work with the body’s natural rhythms to ease overwhelm, shift what feels stuck and support nervous system balance. Together we’ll explore the cycles and thresholds of life and how to stay steady, connected and anchored in yourself as change unfolds.

Enjoy a long lunch break with our nourishing food from Rookie Villager Kitchen Offering Ayurvedic cuisine such. as vegetarian thali, kichidi, quinoa bowls, mango lassi, turmeric lasse, masala chai, cacao, bliss balls, seasonal fruits, smoothies and more.

BODY SPACE Debbie — Through the Heart Door Some people have the experience of being in the world wearing a lot of personas to fit a whole lot of roles. It can quickly leave someone feeling a sense of being lost and scattered, wondering who they really are and what it is all about. My offering is to guide you inside yourself where it is quieter. Through breath, kriya yoga, mantra and mudra and the medicine of words. I will only be guiding as it is your journey to the inside of the quiet of you. It is vast there, it is quiet there, and once there it feels so simple and natural. MIND SPACE Beth — Authentic relating: meet your inner flame Through intentional conversation centred on honest sharing, deep listening and reflection we will work in pairs or groups of three to help each other meet our inner flame. The intention is to offer a space for each person to be deeply heard and invite the insight of those you are working with to help you see more clearly your true desires and how to anchor them into your life. SOUL SPACE Leigh — Naam Yoga ~ Radiating our Divine Brilliance A magnificent melting pot of Mantra, Mudra, Movement, Music & Meditation to fire up digestion and joy, bringing light to the mind & body, and to shine ourselves up. Dr Levry, the founder of Naam Yoga, calls what we will be doing ~ Metaphysical Ignition. "With each breath, we draw in solar intelligence. With each sacred sound, we activate cosmic order" Naam Yoga uses Rootlight Music created with planetary influence & ancient chants of Sanskrit, Sikh, Aramaic & Latin. My sincere hope is we leave this session having connected with our own inner flame and walk in a warm heart-felt glow.

BODY SPACE Renee — Levity and Fullness The practice will combine somatic tools, yogic teachings, and ecological psychology to facilitate an experience of both levity and fullness, using our lungs as a focus. With full permission to colour outside the lines and journey into free movement, this class is an invitation to journey deeply with the air element. MIND SPACE Jody & Rachel — Opening to Your True Nature To simply rest in pure beingness-stillness itself. We offer a safe playshop space for inquiry and self discovery. You are warmly welcome to join a series of experiential exercises. These practices can help reveal the unconscious patterns and strategies that keep us feeling separate from our TRUE NATURE. Bring your willingness and curiosity, and together we can explore what is deeper!, what is always here. SOUL SPACE Emma — Pranayama and Functional Breathing An exploration of the element of air through functional breathing, pranayama, and gentle seated movement. This workshop weaves together traditional yogic practices with modern understanding of breath science, inspired by the work of James Nestor, Patrick McKeown and Anastasis Tannis. We’ll explore how breathing affects our biochemistry, biomechanics and nervous system and how simple changes can improve energy, calm and focus. Including chair-based movement, posture awareness and practical breath techniques, this session is both experiential and informative, offering tools you can take into daily life and yoga practice.

Enjoy a dinner break with our nourishing food from Rookie Villager Kitchen Offering Ayurvedic cuisine such. as vegetarian thali, kichidi, quinoa bowls, mango lassi, turmeric lasse, masala chai, cacao, bliss balls, seasonal fruits, smoothies and more.

BODY SPACE Into the Ether – The Space of Possibility Ether is the element of space, the field that holds everything. It invites us beyond structure and into the unknown. In this space we bring spaciousness into the festival, allowing teachers, presenters and participants to come together in collective presence. Rather than a fixed programme, the offerings will arise organically throughout the day on Saturday as we listen to the consciousness of the group. Practices may include movement, meditation, sound, stillness or spontaneous offerings from our teachers. A shared space of integration, connection and a little surprise as we step together into the etheric realm of possibility. ✨

BODY SPACE Emma — Root & Stillness: An Earth Element Yin Practice. Working with the element of earth, this Yin Yoga practice invites us into stillness, grounding, and inner steadiness. Guided by the Yoga Sutra Chitta Vritti Nirodhah, we explore how breath, body, and awareness can quiet the fluctuations of the mind. Long-held yin postures, gentle pranayama, and mindful attention support the nervous system and encourage a deep sense of stability and ease. This class reflects yoga as an embodied practice, integrating physical, physiological, and subtle layers of experience. Suitable for all levels, it offers a calm and nourishing space to root, settle, and return to balance. MIND Jill — Yoga throughout your Life We are all aging. We can't stop the process, but we can learn from it and discover how to use yoga to set us up for more energy and better health. As a sports massage therapist of 30 years and a yoga teacher (including senior yoga) for over 10 years, I've been in a unique position to help people of all ages in their journey from being unwell to living a healthy, more fulfilling life. We will take an inquisitive look at how the traditional yoga techniques of asana, pranayama, mantra, meditation and yoga nidra can support you at any physical state and any stage of life Finally, we will incorporate this knowledge into a unique yoga practice/sadhana to support your beautiful body giving you more vitality and zest for life! Bring a pen and journal to make notes. SOUL Trish — The Holding Ground Papatūanuku ( earth mother ) holds us and gifts us so much in the way of magnetic energy, fruits and veggies to nourish us, beautiful places to play upon her… she does all of this without an expectation from us. In this session we will draw the energy of Ranginui (sky father ) down through our bodies to connect with the earth - at the meeting place of our hearts. There will be movement, a time of reflection utilising paper and crayon( no - you don’t need to be an artist 😘)and sharing with another person, assisting you to identify ways that you can find presence through grounding ❤️‍🔥oh- and it will be fun- so bring your curiosity and playfulness- I look forward to getting down ( and learning something new) with you

BODY SPACE Jody — Flowing into Feeling and Feeling into Flow A Somatic Dance to awaken trusting, allowing and following our flow. MIND SPACE Renee — Plant Medicine and the Art of Herbal Infusions In this session, Renee will facilitate a discussion on plant medicine and the art of herbal infusions - a simple yet effective way to work with plants for your wellbeing. SOUL SPACE Somatic Meditation: Oceanic Breath A body based meditation that begins with relaxation and attunement to what is present right now. From this place of attunement we will explore the oceanic layers of the breath. Working our way from watching the waves to complete surrender to the oceanic expanse of breath.

Enjoy a long lunch break with our nourishing food from Rookie Villager Kitchen Offering Ayurvedic cuisine such. as vegetarian thali, kichidi, quinoa bowls, mango lassi, turmeric lasse, masala chai, cacao, bliss balls, seasonal fruits, smoothies and more.

BODY SPACE Vanessa — Yoga Nidra - Deep Rest to Transform Lean into powerful, deep rest with this guided slow-flow yoga and yoga nidra experience. Here is your opportunity to rest and digest, to transform, and to transcend samskara’s, blockages, and uncover shifts in energy. Delving into the different layers of consciousness, we allow for an unwinding, a releasing and an invitation to be whole. Yoga Nidra is a deeply restful state and is a science that has been practiced for thousands of years. Our practice together will start with some very gentle movement and pranayama, and in introduction to the concept of yoga nidra and sangkalpa. From here, you will be invited to lie down and make yourself fully comfortable and relaxed. The Yoga Nidra portion of this practice will be approximately 40 mins. This will involve simply finding a state of conscious relaxation and listening as I guide you through relaxing and releasing through the kosha’s/layers of the self. Leave the practice feeling deeply rested, rejuvenated and powerfully connected. Please BYO blankets, cushions, bolsters and eye pillows to really settle into rest. MIND SPACE Debbie — Elemental Medicine Having the great privilege of learning and treating in the field of Oriental Medicine for 25 years I came to understand the 5 elements so intimately. They formed the backdrop of my thinking and the lens I looked through to establish what needed treating in my clients to return them to their original nature. It is an exciting and interesting area of learning and we can come to know more about ourselves through some very simple teachings. Nothing about it is complex and it is the kind of wisdom that when told only once you will never forget it as it feels so simple and natural. This is the kind of wisdom passed from generation to generation that keeps us connected to nature and ourselves. SOUL SPACE Sarajane — Light of the SOULar Plexus I will be teaching Kundalini Yoga, working with the fire element. We will be focusing on the solar plexus, the place where inner stability and your truth are anchored. Through breath, intention and movement, you will be guided to stay present within sensation, learning to hold what arises within you without resisting it. As you build inner stability in the body and the mind, you begin to digest life more fully, creating clarity and free flowing energy that supports conscious, aligned decisions from a place of inner knowing.

BODY SPACE Soreya — Metamorphosis: The Arc of Transformation through Mantra & Meditation Metamorphosis is a closing journey through the full arc of transformation. In this final AIR session, we rise into breath, sound and subtle awareness, integrating all that has moved through body, heart and soul across the festival. This is the space where the unseen becomes felt, where insight becomes embodiment and where your own evolution is witnessed from within. Gentle yet powerful, expansive yet grounding, this session invites you to open, soften and receive. As we vibrate together in our own sound current using elevated mantra and sound scape you raise your consciousness. SOUL SPACE Muriel — Softening into Union An embodied meditative-rest journey through music, incantation and Master Plant essences. Participants will be lying down in deep rest, guided through song, breath awareness, and deep listening — doing very little, and receiving a lot.

ALL TEACHERS AND PRESENTERS A shared space to bring the festival together. We gather as one community to reflect on the journey through body, mind and soul, honouring the practices, conversations and connections that have unfolded across the weekend. This final moment offers time to integrate what has been experienced, to acknowledge one another and to carry the essence of the festival back into everyday life.