What will we do? Hold space.
REGISTRATION
8:00 AM – Registration & Arrival - Check-in - Gift Bags
A MORNING OF PRESENCE & POSSIBILITY
8:30 – 9:00 AM – Welcome & Opening Meditation (Main Ballroom) Grounding meditation and opening remarks to set intention for the day.
9:00 – 10:00 AM – Community Yoga Flow
Room A - All-levels Yoga fiery flow to open hearts and build collective energy. Daniel Cordua
Room B - All-levels slow Yoga flow weaves together fluid, intentional movement with generous pauses. Teacher: TBA
10:00– 10:30 AM – Aromatherapy refresh, light refreshments, sacred pause. Complimentary coffee, tea, and pastries.
CURATED LEARNING FOR MODERN WELLNESS
10:30-11:30 AM - Morning Workshops I
Room A - Meditation for the Journey: Somatic Embodiment for Self Transformation. Create individualized meditation practices for yourself and your students that promote lasting transformation, healing, and growth.
Teacher: Daniel Shankin
Room B - Beyond the Weekly Class: Entrepreneurial Studies for Yoga Teachers. Created to address the lack of sustainable career pathways for dedicated teachers. Rooted in lived experience, rather than theory, this work challenges the assumption that longevity requires teaching more classes for less pay. Learn entrepreneurship without hustle culture, new revenue pathways, and leadership action.
Teacher: Mariel Freeman
Room C - Dynamic Sequencing Workshop. Covering families of poses and their effects on the physical and energetic body, allowing us to craft a more effective sequence in both pinnacle pose and maintenance classes.
Teacher: Alex Holmes
11:30 - 12:30 PM - Morning Workshops II
Room A - Burnout Recovery. This lecture will outline the physiologic effects of chronic stress on the body, with a focus on the nervous and immune systems, gut, and endocrine organs. With the appreciation of the role of stress in health and disease, there will be a discussion on hustle culture and the importance of finding a new inner tempo and a healthier cultural norm.
Teacher: Dr. Kimani Borland
Room B - Beyond the Weekly Class: Entrepreneurial Studies for Yoga Teachers Cont.
Teacher: Mariel Freeman
Room C - Dynamic Sequencing Workshop Cont.
Teacher: Alex Holmes
MIDDAY REST & GATHERING
12:30 - 1:45 PM - Pause for lunch and connection. Savor a chef-crafted Ritz-Carlton Box Lunch inspired by locally sourced ingredients, enjoy personalized insight sessions such as Oracle Card and Human Design readings, or reserve a table at one of Center City’s exceptional dining destinations
Room A - Lunch & Learn with Special Guest Speakers
Room B - Meditation Room
Room C - Oracle Cards with Joe Longo; Human Design with Brenna Keeley
AFTERNOON INSPIRATION & TRANSFORMATION
2:00 – 3:00 PM – “How Wisdom Moves: Lineage and the Student-Teacher Relationship.” Panel discussion moderated by Daniel Shankin with participants Elaine Yuen, Pankaj Sharma, and Mahan Rishi Khalsa
3:15 - 4:15 PM - Afternoon Workshops I
Room A - Soul-Inspiring Stories of Goddesses & Gods of Yoga. This fun and engaging lecture will inspire both your life and your practice with the fascinating and soul-uplifting tales of the goddesses and gods of yoga. No matter your background or spiritual perspective, these universal parables will inspire not only your yoga but also your healing, self-growth, personal empowerment, and greater awareness. Told with devotion, humor, and reverence, get ready for a beautiful, absorbing, heart-centered experience!
Teacher: Daniel Cordua
Room B - The Art and Science of Teaching Private Yoga. Teaching one-on-one yoga requires an understanding of how to do an initial intake and assess a client in order to develop a practice that suits their specific needs. This module will give you the tools you need to work effectively in a private setting.
Teacher: Alex Holmes
Room C - When the Heart Blossoms, the Blessings Appear Kundalini Workshop. The Great Way of the Heart reveals to us a Universal understanding that can be experienced through our love, devotion, and opening. As the heart center awakens, it simultaneously gives us access to the multidimensional experience of soul consciousness. This organic opening effortlessly radiates its fragrance as an extension of our True Nature, creating beauty, bliss, and compassion in all facets of life
Teacher: Mahan Rishi Khalsa
4:15 - 5:15 PM - Afternoon Workshops II
Room A - Kemetic Yoga (Ancient Egyptian) Flow. A flow to appreciate yogic wisdom through the lens of ancient Egyptian mythology via postures, breathwork, reflection, and affirmations. Experience the energies of various gods and goddesses as cosmic principles manifesting in our own lives. Embody our Divine nature and leave with a greater sense of balance and supreme peace.
Teacher: Dr. Kimani Borland
Room B - Your Authentic Self: Showing Up in a Distracted World. In a world designed to fragment attention, authenticity has become a radical act. This one-hour experiential talk and practical workshop explores what it truly means to show up as yourself, both in life and online, without performing, overthinking, or forcing visibility. Learn how to use modern tools like AI in a meaningful, supportive way without losing your voice. Explore how to show up on camera with clarity and confidence, even if visibility feels uncomfortable.
Teacher: Joe Longo
Room C - When the Heart Blossoms, the Blessings Appear Kundalini Workshop cont.
Teacher: Mahan Rishi Khalsa
HEALING SOUND BATH AND EVENING MEDITATION
5:45 – 6:30 PM – As the light softens, enter the Grand Ballroom for a deeply restorative Sound Bath Meditation, enveloped in harmonic resonance.
6:30 - 6:45 PM - Closing Remarks – Acknowledgments and announcements for next year.
AN EVENING OF CELEBRATION & CONNECTION
6:45 – 8:00 PM – Celebrate the day with our signature Mix & Mingle, featuring artisan functional cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music, and elevated community connection. A celebration of shared intention, expanded consciousness, and the art of wellbeing.
