Love Shine Play Festival 2026

Free community meditation in the fresh air to start your morning.

The real potential of vinyasa yoga lies within the dynamic transitions. It is in the space between where we find true functional strength and the ability to move with intention and purpose. This class is designed to help you own those moments and to develop the control to slow a movement down, pause it, or even reverse it mid-air.

We’re moving beyond standard crunches to explore what true core stability actually feels like in a dynamic practice. It is this same presence and stability that we embody to steady ourselves between the poses that allows us to navigate the undulating transitions of life with grace and resilience. Expect a movement class that tests your balance, refines your technique, and leaves you with a more robust, unshakable foundation for every kind of flow.

In the yogic tradition, the Divine Mother expresses herself through many forms, each revealing a different aspect of life's unfolding cycles. In this immersive workshop, we explore the sacred mantras of three beloved goddesses — Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Durga — whose archetypal energies illuminate a powerful rhythm of creation, nourishment, and transformation.  This mirrors the cycles present in nature, our bodies, and our spiritual lives.
Through mantra chanting, mudra, and guided meditation, we connect with Saraswati's clarity and creative wisdom, Lakshmi's flowing abundance, and Durga's fierce courage to release what no longer serves.
Open to all levels. Expect teaching, mantra chanting, somatic awareness, and meditation that leave you feeling grounded, inspired, and deeply supported by the sacred cycles of life.

Join Luna Ray and Julie Levin Caro in the art-filled Atrium of the Asheville Art Museum for a unique yoga experience. Discover how closely viewing art and practicing yoga in the beautiful spaces of the Museum can foster relaxation and connection.

The sound of your own voice is the most healing vibration, your own personalized frequency medicine. In this workshop, the room will be transformed into a sacred choir, and your voice is the instrument – every soul a member of the orchestra, and the collective voices and hearts creating a vortex of healing, community, and oneness.

Khaki will guide the room through a flow state journey – through vibrational sound, weaving melody meditations, toning vowels, and ancient mantras – before closing the portal with a meditative crystal alchemy sound bath.

Unlock your body and find true freedom of movement in this dynamic "Mobility Flow" class. Designed for festival-goers, hikers, and active movers, this session blends the breath-centered, creative movement of vinyasa with innovative, science-backed mobility drills to strengthen and release your joints.
We will move beyond simple flexibility to focus on functional range of motion—targeting notorious "stuck" areas like the hips, shoulders, and ankles—allowing you to move with more ease on and off the mat. Starting with gentle activation to build heat, we will transition into a fluid sequence that increases strength and body awareness, finishing with deep, restorative stretches to help you recover and reset for your next mountain adventure.

Many ancient cultures know that cacao (the pure essence of chocolate) opens the emotional center of our body - our heart chakra. In this session, we will merge the medicine of cacao and the wisdom of yoga practices to explore and empower our relationship to our heart.  Through a simple cacao ceremony, gentle asana, chanting, meditation, and live music, you will be sweetly surprised how you may easily find and feel JOY.  When the heart, the voice, and the people around us are open and relaxed, healing and magic happen.

Step into a heart-centered sanctuary where gentle yoga and soulful live music intertwine to nurture profound self-love. Join Tara of Great Abiding Yoga and the enchanting Hope Griffin of Hope Griffin Music for an immersive experience designed to guide you inward. Through flowing yoga postures and Hope's soothing melodies, you'll be invited to release tension, cultivate inner peace, and open to the inherent wisdom of your own heart.
Inspired by Tara's poetry from 'Collecting Feathers,' 'Landing hOMe,' and 'Sacred Details,' this practice encourages you to explore the landscape of your inner self with gentle self-compassion and radiant self-acceptance. Allow the combined power of movement and melody to remind you that your body is your home, your soul is your guide, and self-love is your inherent strength.
This is an invitation to honor your body's needs, listen to the rhythms of self-care, and reclaim the tender spirit within. Release self-criticism, embrace the beauty of your present moment, and discover the liberating power of kindness and grace towards yourself. Come as you are and let the shared breath and harmonious energy create a space where you can truly embrace and cherish the love that resides within.

Nestled into the private sanctuary behind Skinny Beats music shop, relax on extra thick yoga mats, blankets, bolsters and pillows and settle into a deeply restorative sound healing session with Billy Zanski to calm the nervous system and support energetic alignment.

Shiva is the ground of pure awareness and Soma is the elixir of moonlight. Bathe in the nectar of yoga with deep hips, twists, and forward folds. This session turns more inward with self-acceptance, reflection, mantra and meditation. Hear the stories of Shiva transforming poison into nectar and chant the Shiva mantras. Sianna and Masood will guide you in this Shiva Temple experience to support a sacred shift in your own mind and inner realms of consciousness. Go on a healing journey with the sonic alchemy of the hand pan and hypnotic states of consciousness with Sianna. Rasa Yoga is a bhakti fusion of asana, mantra, mudra, myth, pranayama, meditation, functional anatomy, Tantric yoga philosophy, shadow work, social justice advocacy and soul alchemy.