Love Shine Play Festival 2026: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Begin your day by opening the heart.
This gentle sunrise practice draws from the ancient Pali tradition of metta — loving-kindness — a meditation that trains the heart to meet every being, including ourselves, with warmth and care. As the morning light gathers over the Blue Ridge Mountains, we'll move through the traditional phrases of metta: toward ourselves, toward loved ones, toward strangers, toward all beings everywhere.
No meditation experience needed. No perfect stillness required. Just a willingness to show up, breathe, and let love be the first thing you offer the day.
All levels welcome. Bring a blanket. Come with an open heart.

Presenters

Jacquelyn Dobrinska

500-hour E-RYT, YACEP

A devoted practitioner, teacher, and guide, Jackie Dobrinska serves as Director of Education & Community for Ram Dass' Love, Serve, Remember Foundation and Head Teacher for Blue Ridge Yoga's 500-hour YTT. Her teaching is the fruit of close personal study with the Himalayan Institute... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
The Venue (Balcony)

Sound Healing/Meditation, Bhakti

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

8:00am EDT

Foundation, Form, and Freedom: The Body and Beyond

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

Masonic Temple (Ballroom)

Limited Capacity seats available

Vinyasa Flow is the practice of synchronizing movement with breath, creating a continuous rhythm that links effort and awareness. Rooted in the Iyengar and Ashtanga traditions, vinyasa also allows space for creative interpretation, psychological insight, and spiritual inquiry, making it a living, evolving practice rather than a fixed form.

Because of its fluid nature, vinyasa requires thoughtful sequencing and precise cueing to support stability, integrity, and safety. When done well, it builds strength without strain, mobility without collapse, and focus without rigidity. This class explores both the physical architecture and the subtle intelligence of vinyasa practice, emphasizing how alignment, breath, and transitions work together to support the nervous system and prepare the body for meditation.

We will move through the traditional arc of a vinyasa class, including Sun Salutations, standing poses, hip openers, backbends, forward bends, inversions, yin, and restorative postures. Along the way, we will examine breathwork, the relationship between effort and ease, as well as the benefits and potential risks of common postures.
This class is designed for students who want a deeper understanding of asana, and for teachers interested in how I organize, pace, and instruct vinyasa as both a technical and devotional practice.

Presenters

Seane Corn

Seane Corn (she/her) is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher, author, and public speaker who has been at the forefront of yoga, activism, and community service for 30+ years. Known for her social activism and impassioned teaching style, Seane is raw, honest, articulate, and spiritually... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Masonic Temple (Ballroom) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Yoga Class, Vinyasa Flow

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

8:00am EDT

Yoga Optimized: Open Heart, Open Hips

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

Ella

Limited Capacity seats available

Let go of everything you think yoga is and experience a movement class that’s challenging yet fun, fluid yet deeply educational.

Based on Eoin Finn’s groundbreaking new book Yoga Optimized, this Blissology session blends strong, feel-good movement with science-backed techniques to help you feel looser, stronger, and more alive not just today, but for decades to come.

Our motto is “yoga is a feeling, not a shape,” so expect to sweat, smile, and learn powerful tools that improve your body intelligence and expand your “movement span,” the number of years you can move with power, grace, and zero pain.

Come ready to flow, let go of emotional baggage, and experience yoga that heals, transforms, and makes you feel incredible from the inside out.

Presenters

Eoin Finn

Blissology, Blissology

Eoin Finn, globally celebrated yogi, surfer, thought leader, and founder of Blissology, has been carving his unique path through the worlds of yoga, philosophy, physiology, and movement since 1989. Known for blending soulful science with yogic wisdom, Eoin’s teachings are deeply... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Ella 49 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Yoga Class, Blissology Vinyasa

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

10:00am EDT

Authentic Relationships: Cultivate Fulfilling Connections with Astrology

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am EDT

Masonic Temple (Theater)

Limited Capacity seats available

Join counseling astrologer and integrative mentor, Mary Kathryn Jackson, as we unlock the keys to building healthy, mutually supportive relationships where everyone feels valued, deeply known, and free to be themselves. Using astrology as a roadmap, we’ll explore communication styles, emotional temperaments, and relationship needs, teaching you how to work with each other, not against each other, so you can cultivate connections that are truly enriching and authentic.

Through practical and playful discussion, you’ll learn the range of relationship needs through the lens of astrology, helping you navigate your connections with clarity, compassion, depth, and freedom for individuality in togetherness. We’ll discuss communication prompts to apply in real-life relationship scenarios, offering you new perspectives on how to work well with your loved ones. This is about building and nurturing relationships where each person can thrive and grow — children, partners, family, and friends.

Whether you're new to astrology or have been studying it for years, this workshop offers fresh perspectives and practical tools to deepen your relationships and enhance genuine connection. All are welcome. Come alone or bring a friend. This will be a lecture and discussion learning experience (a fun and helpful one, at that!) Bring your notebook.

Presenters

Mary Kathryn Jackson

Counseling Astrologer

Mary Kathryn Jackson is a Counseling Astrologer and Integrative Mentor who helps people understand who they truly are, their life lessons, innate gifts, what they need and want in relationship, work and home life, their challenges and how to transform them ~ so they can have meaningful... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Masonic Temple (Theater) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Lecture/Presentation (50% or more lecture), Astrology

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

10:00am EDT

The Roar of Joy: Experiencing Instinctive Meditation

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am EDT

Masonic Temple (Ballroom)

Limited Capacity seats available

“The Roar of Joy that set the worlds in motion is reverberating in your body, and the space between all bodies. Beloved, listen.”—The Radiance Sutras

What if the joy you are searching for is already alive within you — even with all the suffering and pain in the world?

Join Coby Kozlowski for an experiential journey into Instinctive Meditation™ — a practice less about escaping life and more about celebrating the pulse of being alive.
Through reflection, story, and guided meditation, you’ll explore an approach that begins with what you love as a doorway to embodied joy. A practice that helps us hold both the joy and the grief of being human.

Together we’ll rediscover a way of relating to life that is intimate, awake, and astonishing.
Come listen for the roar of joy within you.

Presenters

Coby Kozlowski

Coby Kozlowski, M.A., is a senior faculty member and presenter at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and a longtime presenter at Esalen Institute. She is a TEDx speaker, contemporary yoga and meditation educator, and the author of One Degree Revolution: How the Wisdom of Yoga Inspires... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Masonic Temple (Ballroom) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Lecture/Presentation (50% or more lecture)