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A yoga festival on a mission

Move, Connect, & Give Back. 

Supporting mental health and suicide awareness through community, yoga, and mindfulness.


Grand Valley Yoga Fest is a three-day celebration of yoga, music, and community set among the beautiful peach orchards in Palisade, Colorado. 

Enjoy 50+ classes and experiences with inspiring teachers and musicians while connecting with an incredible community. 

What makes GVYF unique? 100% of proceeds support mental health and suicide awareness programs in the Grand Valley. 

Come move, connect and make a difference.  

https://www.grandvalleyyogafest.com/

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Sunday, May 31
 

10:00am MDT

Freedom Candy: Finding the Sweetness of Living Free
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
Summary: Stop waiting for a retreat to find your peace. Discover how to transform the 'grit' of daily chores, traffic, and
bills into a direct path to the True Self, anchoring your heart in an unshakable inner sanctuary.

Overview: We often feel that spiritual life happens only on a meditation cushion, while the rest of our day is a prison of distraction. In this Satsang, we bridge the gap between the sacred and the mundane by learning to 'leave a crack' for the Light in our busiest moments.

Using the 'Interior Cell' of the heart, we explore how to remain grounded as the Witness even while navigating money distress, physical pain, or the noise of the world. By reclaiming the small pauses in our day, we stop being victims of circumstance and start living from the Silence that is our real name. This gathering offers a practical roadmap to 'Meditation in Motion,' turning every ordinary task into a sweet expression of inherent liberty.
Teachers & Presenters
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Swami Sankarananda Saraswati

Divine Grace Yoga
For much of his life, Swami Sankarananda walked a conventional path that led to apparent success in the business world, only to discover the profound emptiness that comes from living a self-centered life. Overcome by depression and driven by a need for something real and enduring... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
1st Base - outside

12:00pm MDT

Men’s Circle for Real Life Awakening: The Path of Freedom
Sunday May 31, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
What if the thing keeping you stuck… isn’t your life—but your relationship to it?
In this experiential men’s circle, we’ll explore a different path—one that doesn’t require fixing yourself, pushing harder, or becoming someone new. Instead, we’ll practice what it means to wake up inside the life you already have.
Drawing from themes in Living AWAKE: A Guide to the Path of Freedom, this circle blends modern psychology, nervous system awareness, and timeless wisdom to help you:
  • Recognize the patterns that keep you stuck in stress, striving, or disconnection
  • Understand why insight alone isn’t enough—and what actually creates change
  • Learn how to work with your nervous system instead of against it
  • Practice the “sacred pause” so you can respond rather than react
  • Experience what it feels like to shift from pressure and performance… into presence and freedom
This is not group therapy, and it’s not about sharing your deepest story (unless you want to). It’s a grounded, real, and supportive space for men to slow down, reconnect, and remember what’s already here.
Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply curious about a deeper way of living—this circle offers a direct experience of moving from stuck… to free.
Come as you are.

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Erik Vienneau MA, LPC

Erik Vienneau MA, LPC

AWAKE Mindful Living
Erik Vienneau is a therapist and teacher who helps people move from stuck and striving into presence and freedom. Blending psychology, nervous system awareness, and mindfulness, his work offers a grounded, real-life path to awakening.

He leads retreats, men’s circles, and commu... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
1st Base - outside

1:15pm MDT

Awaken Shakti - The Goddess Archetype in your Heroine’s Journey
Sunday May 31, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
Manoj will bring statues of yogic Goddesses and relate them to your personal archetypes.  The pinnacle of the Goddess archetype is the Wisdom Goddess with side archetypes of the Mother and the luminous Devi. Discover the archetypes of the slumbering Goddesses or Shakti within us as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kali, Durga, Tara and Kwan Yin. Unleash this Shakti, within you as the creative power of the One. This Shakti archetype guides us through all aspects of life transitions such as adulthood, relationships, marriage, parenting, profession, mentoring and finally enlightenment. With Shakti's guidance, we are able to fully express the heroine’s journey to Self Actualization. Manoj will help you find your personal deity Goddess archetype.

This class is suitable for men and women.

(This workshop is 80% lecture, 10% meditation, 5% Mantras and 5% light spiritual stretches.)
Teachers & Presenters
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Dr. Manoj Chalam

Murtis and Vendanta
Manoj (people call him a spiritual standup comedian) employs a uniquely entertaining interactive story telling style that uses Hindu/Buddhist deities in his workshops to illuminate Bhakti practices as well as deep nondual philosophy. He teaches at festivals, yoga events, his ashram... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
1st Base - outside
 
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