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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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Friday, May 29
 

11:00am MDT

Bhakti Vinyasa: The Current of Devotion
Friday May 29, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
nStep into the flowing river of devotion, where breath, movement, and heart merge as one. In this Bhakti Vinyasa practice, we let the body become a vessel for bhakti—each posture a prayer, each transition a flow of grace, and each inhale and exhale a remembrance of the miracle of the life force flowing through us.

Through flowing sequences, mantra, and mindful presence, we awaken the heart’s innate capacity to give and receive love. Surrender to the current, allow grace to guide you, and feel devotion move through every cell, every joint, and every beat of your heart.

Leave the mat carrying the warmth, joy, and expansiveness of a heart fully open.
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Govind Das

Govind Das

Bhakti Yoga Shala
Govind Das is is a kirtan leader and teacher in the path of Bhakti Yoga. His inspiring kirtan and Bhakti teachings encourage the opening of the heart and developing a personal and intimate connection with Source.Govind Das believes that ancient practice of bhakti yoga and kirtan... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
The Main Stage Tent

1:00pm MDT

Love is the Medicine: A Heart-Centered Vinyasa Ritual
Friday May 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
This class is a prayer in motion. A space to soften, to breathe, and to remember the power of love within you.


Through yoga movement alchemy, devotional flow, sacred breath-work, heart-opening music, and shared community, we enter a deeply embodied experience of self-love, healing, and connection.

You’ll be guided through body prayer and devotional movement to release tension, open your heart, and reconnect with your inner light. As you move and breathe, what feels heavy begins to lift… and the truth of who you are—and the precious gift of life—begins to rise and come alive within you.


This class is a sacred ritual— a space to heal, to celebrate life, and to reconnect with the love that lives inside of you… remembering love as a force that can uplift and sustain life.


And when we gather together in this way, something powerful happens. Your personal practice becomes part of something greater—a shared experience of connection, support, and heart—where we remember that we are not alone, and that we can hold and uplift one another.


You’ll leave with simple, powerful practices to support you in your daily life—tools to reconnect to your breath, your body, and your heart whenever you need.


All are welcome. Come exactly as you are—whether your heart feels open or tender—and leave feeling more grounded, more alive, and more connected to the love, beauty, and power of who you are. 

Special guest musician!

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Monica Mesa Dasi

Monica Mesa Dasi

Tantra Yoga Sadhana
Monica Mesa Dasi is a devotional Tantra guide and yoga teacher dedicated to living and sharing love as a path — a path of self-love, embodiment, and awakening through the body, the heart, and connection with the divine.
Monica creates uplifting, heart-centered spaces where yoga... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
The Main Stage Tent

3:00pm MDT

Prana Shakti ~ The Energy of Life & Yoga
Friday May 29, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
 A Heart / Breath Centered Yoga, Meditation & Chanting Experience 

In this masterclass you will be guided into the heart of Yoga's energetic roots, the energy points and channels in the body that govern health, vitality, and life itself. We will explore the profound importance of protecting and nourishing the heart / spirit energy for wellbeing and awakening and tapping into the primordial creative energy that resides in each of us. 


Class will include a short talk, asana, pranayama, and chanting. The intensity will be gentle to moderate, with a deep emphasis on cultivating a healing, peace-filled energy in the body and mind.

This is a space for all levels, all seekers. Come as you are.

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Saul David Raye

Saul David Raye

Atma Yoga and Ritam Healing Arts
Saul David Raye is an internationally recognized master teacher with over 30 years of experience in the healing arts. Drawing from a rich foundation of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti, Tantra, Buddhism, Thai Massage, Pranic Healing, and Shamanism, he has developed an inspiring, heart-centered... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
The Main Stage Tent
 
Saturday, May 30
 

8:00am MDT

Flow State Vinyasa
Saturday May 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
We will start class by finding our flow through breathwork and meditation, and then move into a beautiful vinyasa sequence, emphasizing the importance of the "journey from pose to pose."
The first half of class will be vigorous, but mindful, led by a one breath per movement flow. We will follow with standing and balancing postures, with plenty of options for inversions/arm balancing.
The practice will wind down on the ground with seated and finishing postures, finishing where we started with breathwork and meditation, and of course, a sweet savasana! 

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Donny Starkins

Donny Starkins

The Shift
As a former Division 1 baseball player, Donny’s journey into Yoga, Personal Development and Mindfulness began in 2005, after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has shifted this and become a dynamic leader in his industry... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
The Main Stage Tent

8:00am MDT

Kundalini Yoga: Awakening Awareness Under the Full Blue Moon
Saturday May 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
This is a powerful practice that guides each student to connect with their own divine wisdom—enhancing endurance, clarity, intelligence, and intuition.

Through breath-work, rhythmic and repetitive movements, chanting, and meditation, this practice works to awaken energy within the body while supporting balance in the nervous and glandular systems.

Held under the energy of the Full Blue Moon, this session offers a potent opportunity for reflection, release, and renewal. We will close with an immersive sound bath, allowing the vibrations to integrate the experience and carry you into a state of harmony and stillness.

All levels are welcome to explore the transformative power of this practice.  Leave feeling reset, radiant, and aligned.
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Natalie Courtney

Natalie Courtney

Soul Vibes
Natalie Courtney is a Transformation Teacher and sound + breath facilitator; devoted to guiding others back to balance, clarity, and inner peace.

Rooted in yogic wisdom and guided by intuition, Natalie’s work supports the release of emotional and energetic blockages. She helps y... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
Cafeteria

10:00am MDT

Bhakti Shakti Lakshmi Flow: Backbends, Pranayama & Chanting
Saturday May 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
Love is the Source and Love is the Force! Awaken your heart of compassion and the power of grace in this Rasa Yoga flow of backbends, pranayama, and chanting. This practice is a dynamic flow of asana, mantra, mudra and heart fire vision. Learn a skillful sequence to full wheel pose, Urdhva Dhanurasana, and creative variations of backbends all along the way. With proper alignment, backbends help to heal the body, clear the mind and open the lungs to breathe more deeply.

This is a progressive sequence of standing poses with symmetrical and asymmetrical backbends. Sianna will share functional anatomy exercises to strengthen the posterior chain of muscles as you align with the divine.

Hear the stories of Lakshmi through a Tantric lens, chant in community for prosperity and embody the flow of love as you untie the knots of the heart, spin the prayer wheel and set your spirit free.

This is a fun and devotional Bhakti Shakti Lakshmi Flow to lift your heart and connect in commUNITY!
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Sianna Sherman

Sianna Sherman

Rasa Yoga
Sianna (she/her) is a celebrated international yoga teacher sharing her love of yoga for more than three decades. As the visionary of the Rasa Yoga Collective, Mythic Yoga Flow®, and RITUAL, Sianna shares her voice in the way of community and collaboration. She is a gifted Storyteller... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
The Main Stage Tent

10:00am MDT

Divine Hip-py Flow
Saturday May 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
A fluid, nourishing flow class designed to awaken the wisdom of your hips. Move with the rhythm of your breath through creative sequences, mantra, and heart-opening exploration.

We’ll close with a blissful Yoga Nidra - where deep rest meets gentle awakening.

Come home to your hips. Come home to yourself. 
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Melissa Lundsgaard

Melissa Lundsgaard

R∆M
I’m a singer, holistic vocal coach, yoga teacher, and kirtan artist. My work is rooted in devotion, embodiment, and the power of voice as a vehicle for transformation. My offerings live at the intersection of mantra, movement, and music (not as performance, but as prayer).

Though my journey began in the corporate world, everything changed after a chance meeting with my now-husband and musical partner, Rob. That meeting opened the door to a deeper path, and I soon immersed myself in yoga, completing my first 200-hour teacher training through 8 Limbs... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
Cafeteria

1:15pm MDT

Love Yourself First
Saturday May 30, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
You can't keep pouring from an empty cup. It's not sustainable and can leave so many of us feeling stressed, burnt out, and physically sick. We must take care of our own well being if we really want to show up as the best version of ourselves. 


In this Yoga, Meditation & Personal Development workshop, we will turn up the music to enjoy an all-levels "Love Yourself" yoga practice, and you will be led through a guided meditation to expand your sense of self-love and spiritual connection, and be coached through powerful personal development exercises to deepen your focus, be more present, increase your self-confidence, connect to your emotions and your emotional body.
You will leave this once in a lifetime experience feeling grounded, nourished, and ready to pour from a full cup!

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Donny Starkins

Donny Starkins

The Shift
As a former Division 1 baseball player, Donny’s journey into Yoga, Personal Development and Mindfulness began in 2005, after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has shifted this and become a dynamic leader in his industry... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
The Other Tent

3:15pm MDT

Blissful Vinyasa Flow with Live Music
Saturday May 30, 2026 3:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Join Rob and Melissa for a blissful and heart-centered yoga practice that blends asana, mantra, meditation and kirtan (call and response chanting).

Melissa leads a delicious and joyful slow flow yoga class set to live music from Rob. Unlock your voice, open your heart and connect mind, body and spirit in this wonderful devotional practice.
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Rob and Melissa

Rob and Melissa

R∆M
Rob and Melissa are kirtan artists and Bhakti Yoga teachers whose music bridges the worlds of devotion, accessibility, and sacred sound. With rich harmonies, soulful melodies, and deep-rooted sincerity, they offer a fresh and heart-opening take on traditional mantra music—one that... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 3:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
The Main Stage Tent
 
Sunday, May 31
 

8:00am MDT

Durga Flow Dynamic Core Practice with Myth, Mantra, Mudra
Sunday May 31, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
Supercharge your body, mind and heart with this Durga practice of dynamic core work, breath alchemy, balancing poses and creative patterns of movement to awaken your power in a new way. Hear the stories of Durga who rides the tiger and fortifies the practitioner with strength, courage, bravery and resilience.

Be inspired by new patterns of movement and asana that include: vinyasa, arm balances, core work and full spectrum movement across the whole body. Sianna will integrate myth, mantra, mudra and magic into this dynamic activation.

This is a Tantric Quest into your empowered self and through Mythic Yoga FlowTM, you’ll call on the fierce clarity of Durga as you activate wisdom in your body, heart and psyche. Myth is the language of the soul.

Mantra frees the mind. Mudra awakens healing. Magic is the portal home.

This is a dynamic practice for dynamic times.

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Sianna Sherman

Sianna Sherman

Rasa Yoga
Sianna (she/her) is a celebrated international yoga teacher sharing her love of yoga for more than three decades. As the visionary of the Rasa Yoga Collective, Mythic Yoga Flow®, and RITUAL, Sianna shares her voice in the way of community and collaboration. She is a gifted Storyteller... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
The Other Tent

8:00am MDT

We are Resilient Beings
Sunday May 31, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
Deep, nourishing practices & life wisdom to support rejuvenation, relaxation & cultivation of Self awareness & insight. Short talk, movement, breath, chanting & restorative practice.

ALL LEVELS
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Saul David Raye

Saul David Raye

Atma Yoga and Ritam Healing Arts
Saul David Raye is an internationally recognized master teacher with over 30 years of experience in the healing arts. Drawing from a rich foundation of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti, Tantra, Buddhism, Thai Massage, Pranic Healing, and Shamanism, he has developed an inspiring, heart-centered... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
The Main Stage Tent

10:00am MDT

Sunday Yoga Service
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
Yoga church is in session!
This is your Sunday mindfulness, movement and message that will free your mind and serve your soul. Join Donny for his Sunday Service inspired yoga flow that is the PERFECT way to start your final day at the festival. 
We will begin class with a grounding meditation and continue into a Vinyasa Flow with the intention of "Service" and taking your yoga off of the mat and sharing it with the world. It's the yoga on the mat and off that serves our soul and sets us free. With each movement we will cultivate a sense of selflessness and compassion, knowing that the practice of yoga extends far beyond the boundaries of our mats.  


This balanced, grounded, and heart opening practice will remind you why we practice yoga, leaving you feeling inspired to step up, show up, and be of service to a world that needs your light. Together, let us embrace the true essence of yoga – union, connection, and service to all beings.

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Donny Starkins

Donny Starkins

The Shift
As a former Division 1 baseball player, Donny’s journey into Yoga, Personal Development and Mindfulness began in 2005, after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has shifted this and become a dynamic leader in his industry... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
The Other Tent

10:00am MDT

Take Refuge: Yoga, Breath, & Inversions for Challenging Times
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
When the going gets rough… take refuge in your practice.


This class is a return—to your breath, your body, and the quiet strength within you.


Through simple breathwork, mantra, yoga as body prayer, and inversions, we’ll explore how to shift not only your body—but your perspective, your energy, and your inner state.


Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is turn yourself upside down—literally—and see life from a new place.


This practice is simple and transformative - something you'll want to return to again and again, even if you only have 20 minutes. 


We'll move through breath, a soulful, heart-opening flow, accessible inversion options, and space for nourishment and integration - so your whole system can settle, rest, and come back into balance whenever you need to reconnect with yourself. 


You’ll leave with a practice you can return to in your hardest moments—something uplifting, supportive, and nourishing.


This is the power of practice rooted in ancient wisdom, offering simple, meaningful tools you can return to daily, both in challenging times or anytime you long to come home to yourself.



As you reconnect with your body in this way, you begin to remember—your body is a temple, and within it lives everything you need to feel peace of mind, ease of heart, and a connection to the divine within you.

Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Monica Mesa Dasi

Monica Mesa Dasi

Tantra Yoga Sadhana
Monica Mesa Dasi is a devotional Tantra guide and yoga teacher dedicated to living and sharing love as a path — a path of self-love, embodiment, and awakening through the body, the heart, and connection with the divine.
Monica creates uplifting, heart-centered spaces where yoga... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am MDT
The Main Stage Tent

1:15pm MDT

Backbends and Heart Openers for Daily Balance
Sunday May 31, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
Backbends or heart openers are the perfect compliment to our daily lives. Engaging in a practice to lengthen and open the front body brings balance to all the activities we typically experience each day.

Join Nancy-Kate for a Conscious Flow, moving through a progression of postures from simple to more complex as you build alignment principles towards a peak pose.
Teachers & Presenters
avatar for Nancy-Kate Rau

Nancy-Kate Rau

Through yoga Nancy-Kate has found a passion to live life to the fullest, embracing the wholeness of our experience, and she wants to share that with others. Her enchantment for teaching yoga shines in her ability to hold space for students to go inside and create personal transformation... Read More →
Sunday May 31, 2026 1:15pm - 2:45pm MDT
The Main Stage Tent
 
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