Colorado’s Premiere Yoga Festival Announces 2019 Yoga Lineup
PRESS RELEASE
Ninth Annual Hanuman Festival June 13-16 Offers Internationally Renowned Leaders in the Health, Wellness & Global Service Community
Hanuman Festival announces line-up of world-renowned yoga teachers featuring Yogrishi Vishvketu, Saul David Raye, Sianna Sherman, Amy Ippoliti, Govind Das and Radha, Gina Caputo, Suzanne Sterling, and Wah!. The festival, scheduled June 13 – 16, is held in beautiful Boulder, CO and features a variety of practices and ceremonies, dedicated to honoring the deep wisdom of yoga.
2019 marks the ninth annual national reunion of health and wellness practitioners, promising a vibrant and transformational experience for the hundreds of health-conscious attendees who flock to Colorado for this one-of-a-kind festival.
Hanuman Festival strives to curate an intentional event to awaken ourselves and celebrate life. By bringing the community together and through prayer, yoga, music, mantra and dance, we awaken and inspire each other into the most heart-centered, present, and loving versions of ourselves. And in community, one is inspired to celebrate the incredible existence and opportunity to be alive, in gratitude, and in the full expression of ourselves.
Hanuman Festival believes society needs yoga more than ever. This year’s theme “Keeping it Real” will invite conversation in classes and panel discussions around spiritual ego, learning how to identify “spiritual bypassing,” and how we can avoid the pitfalls and blindspots of being a yogi. Hanuman Festival wants to empower students to have a discerning eye towards that which keeps us from curating meaningful connections and happiness, and hopes illuminating a shadow aspect of the practice will help us all return to our authentic selves.
The festival line-up also includes master teachers Amber Ryan, Eddie Modestini and Kristin Bosteels, Girish, Heidi Wirtz, Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda, Kat Tudor, Kriste Peoples, Laura Plumb, Miguel Angel Vergara, Nataraja Kallio, Sreedevi Bringi, YogaSlackers teachers Matt & Kristen, and many more!
On Thursday, June 13, world-renowned teachers Amy Ippoliti and Govind Das and Radha are scheduled for half-day Immersions that will allow the practitioner to spend more time on a particular topic. Immersion details.
The location of Hanuman Festival is on the scenic grounds of the Boulder High School’s great lawn next to Boulder Creek, adjacent to the Boulder Farmer's Market. The SunWellness Community Village, free to the public (donations encouraged), will feature over thirty conscious exhibitors and sponsors selling and sampling everything from clothing to jewelry to art and food. Participants can gather in the community tent to eat and relax while enjoying the shade. The SunWellness Community Village will host a daily morning meditation, as well as daily community yoga classes, community workshops, musical acts, wisdom talks, and panel discussions throughout the day. Ceremonies are scheduled throughout the weekend to unite communities together and are designed to honor the heritage of yoga.
Evening music is scheduled throughout the weekend, featuring world-class artists, including soulful kirtans with Saul David Raye, Govind Das and Radha, Wah!, Girish, and Katie Wise and Bhakti Explosion, kirtronica with Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda, and a DJ dance party with Amber Ryan. Music is held in the SunWellness Community Village and is free to the public, donations welcomed to support Hanuman Seva initiatives, including Give Back Yoga and Elephants Now.
Hanuman Festival creates a safe and sacred space for conscious communities to learn and grow, so we may uplift and inspire the world. “Hanuman Festival is committed to its hometown roots, as we grow as a healthy, conscious lifestyle event,” said Festival Director Yoshi Aono.
“Through internationally-renowned teachers and leaders in the worldwide movement for conscious living, Hanuman expects to attract thousands of participants from across the nation.”
VIP, 3-day (Friday - Sunday) and Thursday Immersion passes are now available. The full weekend class schedule will be released in March. Additional ticket options, including single-day and single-class passes will be available in the Spring on a space available basis. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hanumanfestival.com. Registration closes on Tuesday, June 11.
Hanuman Festival is sponsored by SunWellness Companies, SunWater Spa and SunMountain Center and is supported by partners such as International Yoga Festival, SF Yoga Magazine, Sattva Yoga Academy, Yoga Revealed, Bhakti Fest, Give Back Yoga, Yoga Outlet, Yoga Basics, Shine Restaurant, Zeal, Bali Spirit Festival, Colorado Yoga + Life Magazine, Women’s Wilderness, Lululemon Boulder, Elephants Now, and over 20 yoga studios and teachers across the country including Yoga Pod Boulder, Kaiut Yoga Boulder, Samadhi Yoga Studio and The Subtle Mind. Boulder High School will help host the Festival.
In dedication to the namesake (Hanuman the monkey God in yogic philosophy), Hanuman Festival is committed to giving back, and in 2015 founded Hanuman Adventures for practitioners to participate in hands-on service projects around the world. Hanuman Adventures features extraordinary yoga retreats with a unique focus on Seva and sacred sites in conscious community. Yogis can also expand and grow in their yoga practice from the comfort of their home via the online education platform, Hanuman Academy, which features the Five Elements of Yoga, Radical Self Mastery - Sattva Yoga with Anand Mehrotra, and Radiance 40 Day Reset for Body, Mindy, & Soul with Dayna Seraye.
