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Steamboat Movement Fest releases 2017 schedule featuring new faces, variety of workshops

The third annual Steamboat Movement Fest, the four-day combustion of yoga, music, dance and movement, will return Aug. 10 to 13 with a newly released schedule of events and workshops.

“We truly believe that movement is medicine, and in Steamboat, movement is not just an activity or a lifestyle – movement is who we are,” said Talaya Thomas, executive director/co-founder of Steamboat Movement Fest.

Leading the festival will be 33 distinguished yoga instructors, musicians and fitness specialists from around the country and 16 instructors known here in Steamboat.



New additions to the festival will be the venues and the range of movement that goes beyond yoga featured in workshops and classes.

Some of the new offerings include: a morning road ride led by Michelle Freckleton; Acro yoga and Slackline yoga classes with Allison Gordon and Michelle Griffith; more Pranayama breath work classes; and a variety of panel discussions with featured instructors at the “Vendors Village” in West Lincoln Park, which will be the festival’s base area.



Other weekend activities include kids yoga, storytelling, African dance and drumming and stand-up paddle boarding yoga.

Not only that, there will be more live music performances, which will also be incorporated into the classes.

Musicians and acts coming to town this year include: the opening night’s free concert with We Dream Dawn featuring Sage Cook, who founded Elephant Revival; Seth Larson, who will be featured in the Friday Night Live Outlaw Yoga class; Sound Off Colorado; Buddha Bomb; and Beth LoveLight.

Rockford also said the Fest will also include local studios, which was part of the original vision for Steamboat Movement Fest.

“Steamboat is a place where we can celebrate life, connection and community,” Thomas said. “To me, that’s what yoga is all about at its core, and you will find that in this Fest.”

New Teachers to be on the lookout for:

Bibi McGill – musical director of Suga Mama — Beyoncé’s 10-piece, all-female band — who is also an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher originally from Denver.

Laura Rust – founder and creator of BIG Power Yoga, BIG SUP Yoga and Out Here Yoga. She is an E-RYT 200 and RYT 500 certified Baptiste Yoga teacher and has studied under yoga visionary Baron Baptist.

Rob Loud – experienced and animated yoga teacher based out of Boulder and Denver, known for his authenticity, musical taste and light-hearted approach.

Jeremy Wolf – reiki master, certified yoga nidra instructor in the Satyananda and Amrit methods and a music producer/label DJ for France’s Ultimae Records and Chile/USA’s Ovnimoon Records.

Jeanie Manchester – a teacher who weaves disciplines of Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara (certified) yoga, Neelakanta meditation and the Shri Vidya Goddess Wisdom of South India.

Shannon Paige – yoga teacher, yoga teacher’s teacher, storyteller and TedX speaker.

Ty Landrum – director of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.

Fest favorites who are back this year:

Justin Kaliszewski – renowned creator and co-founder of Outlaw Yoga, who is also an award-winning artist and avid adventurer.

Tyrone Beverly – founder and executive director of Im’Unique, one of the leading advocates for diverse inclusivity in yoga and is known to take yoga outside the studio.

Valerie D’ambrosio – visionary, storyteller, certified yoga teacher and intuitive life coach who is owner and founder of VDA Coaching.

Libbie Mathes – brought to India by legendary yoga master T. Krishnamacharya where she studied Asana and Pranayama with her guru for four years and was then instructed to take this wisdom back to the U.S.

R.R. Shakti – teaching Inner Power Yoga® since 2000, Shakti is a dynamic storyteller and teacher’s teacher, a PhD candidate for her work in mythology and depth psychology, a certified yoga therapist, a licensed massage therapist and an Ayurvedic consultant.

Visit steamboatmovementfest.com for a full list of instructors.

 

 

 


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