Love Shine Play Festival 2026: Full Schedule

Welcome to the beautiful Appalachian Mountains!

2:00pm EDT

Friday July 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Maitrī: Loving Kindness Meditation is a powerful way to increase the frequency of positive emotions and feelings of connection, improve immune function, increase gray matter in key areas of the brain, and increase gamma waves for learning, memory, attention, and complex cognitive processing. There are many ways that one can learn to practice and become competent at this technique: somatic, cognitive, verbal, non-verbal, with or without visualization, etc. In this session, I will guide you through three rounds of gentle postures to prepare for sitting or lying down in stillness for 15 minutes per round.

Presenters

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is a life-long student and practitioner of yoga. He has been a full-time instructor for over 20 years, teacher trainer since 2003, advanced teacher trainer since 2007 and now offers in-depth month long courses on Yoga, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Philosophy... Read More →

Friday July 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Masonic Temple (Theater) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

2:00pm EDT

Skinny Beats Sound Healing

FULL

Friday July 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Skinny Beats

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

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.

Presenters

Billy Zanski

Sound Facilitator, Percussionist, Skinny Beats Shop Shop - Owner

Billy Zanski has been immersed in music and creative expression since 1995. In 2001 he traveled to Guinea, West Africa, to study percussion and the culture in depth. That journey was a life-changing experience, with both challenges, deep learning, and personal growth.

Billy's m... Read More →

Friday July 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Skinny Beats 4 Eagle St, Asheville, NC 28801

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Gentle (Live)
LEVEL All Levels

4:00pm EDT

Relax into Bliss: A Restorative Sound Bath Ceremony

LIMITED

Friday July 24, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

The Venue (Mezzanine)

Limited Capacity seats available

Lie down, get comfortable, and let go!

Surrender your body and mind as you float into a state of healing and expansion. In this deeply restorative sound bath, Khaki will guide you through a meditation while channeling Reiki light to your energetic body and serenading you with a symphony of sounds.

The sound vibrations of overtone-rich crystal alchemy bowls and Khaki’s resonant voice will entrain with your brainwaves to promote self-healing and repair on a cellular level. Melt away stress and feel a profound sense of presence, well-being, and peace as you relax in a supportive and harmonious space.

You may see colors, experience heightened emotions, receive intuitive messages, have vivid dreams, or simply experience a much-needed rest.

Please bring a cloth or an eye mask to cover your eyes!

Presenters

Khaki Martin

sound healer, reiki master, breathwork guide

Khaki Martin is a sound healer, reiki master, breathwork & meditation guide, and musician. Her powerful, nuanced and expertly-woven ceremonies are designed to nourish the nervous system and create the space for the body to surrender to its quiet rhythms and intuitive needs. Khaki’s... Read More →

Friday July 24, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
The Venue (Mezzanine)

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Gentle (Live)
LEVEL All Levels

8:00am EDT

Morning Meditation

LIMITED

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:15am EDT

The Venue (Mezzanine)

Limited Capacity seats available

A guided meditation from the mountain top. Enjoy the incredible birds-eye view of town surrounded by nature while we step back into spaces of connection. Tending our inner relationship amidst the natural world is a powerful combination. Let go of tension and attend to the inner terrain of the body.

Presenters

Janet Stone

BHAKTI • FLOW • BREATH

Janet Stone teaches yoga as a way of staying human in complex times. Her work blends strong, intelligent movement with bhakti, mythology, music, and reflection—inviting students to meet real life with steadiness, courage, and heart.

@janetstoneyoga

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:15am EDT
The Venue (Mezzanine)

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

8:00am EDT

Mantras of the Goddess: Wisdom, Abundance & Sacred Transformation

LIMITED

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

Ella

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenters

Cat Matlock

Cat Matlock expertly guides her students and clients through simple practices to regain control of their nervous systems, get out of pain, and take their lives back. For 30 years, Cat has worked in the field of healing chronic pain and suffering as a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Ella 49 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Gentle (Live)
LEVEL All Levels

10:00am EDT

Elevate your Spirit: Sacred Melodies & Chants

LIMITED

Saturday July 25, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Masonic Temple (Ballroom)

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenters

Khaki Martin

sound healer, reiki master, breathwork guide

Saturday July 25, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Masonic Temple (Ballroom) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Gentle (Live)
LEVEL All Levels

2:00pm EDT

Dynamic Meditation

LIMITED

Saturday July 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Masonic Temple (Theater)

Limited Capacity seats available

This is NOT a gentle practice. It is one of the most powerful active meditations in the world, and one of the most liberating.
Developed by Osho as a technique for modern bodies carrying modern stress, Dynamic Meditation moves through five stages over 60 minutes: chaotic breathwork, cathartic release (sound, free movement, letting the body express what it holds), a mantra jump, stillness, and celebration. The music guides each stage precisely.

Many people find this practice transformative on the first attempt. Others find it confronting. Both are welcome. What it asks is simple: show up, follow the stages, and let go of control. The meditation does the rest.

Appropriate for adults with no serious cardiac or respiratory conditions. Wear loose, comfortable clothing you can move and sweat in. Eyeshades strongly encouraged. Not recommended for those in acute emotional crisis or active trauma.

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 →

Saturday July 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Masonic Temple (Theater) 80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Active (Recorded)
LEVEL All Levels

2:00pm EDT

Skinny Beats Sound Healing

FULL

Saturday July 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Skinny Beats

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Presenters

Billy Zanski

Sound Facilitator, Percussionist, Skinny Beats Shop Shop - Owner

Saturday July 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Skinny Beats 4 Eagle St, Asheville, NC 28801

Sound Healing/Meditation, Sound Healing

Music Gentle (Live)
LEVEL All Levels
STYLE Sound Healing/Meditation

4:00pm EDT

Ignite the Chakras: A Movement & Voice Experience

LIMITED

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

The Venue (Mezzanine)

Limited Capacity seats available

An experience in whole-body expression and release! Recalibrate the nervous system, shake off stagnant energy, and breathe new life into your physical and spiritual bodies. By combining physical movement and the energetics of voice activation, you’ll embark on an invigorating and grounding journey through the chakras.

This is an activating workshop that oscillates between gentle cardio to rhythmic music, stillness, somatic movements, and vocal toning. Khaki will close the portal with a meditative crystal alchemy sound bath, anchoring in an empowered sense of self and a keen awareness of your embodiment.

Presenters

Khaki Martin

sound healer, reiki master, breathwork guide

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
The Venue (Mezzanine)

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Active (Recorded)
LEVEL All Levels

8:00am EDT

Sunrise Loving-Kindness Meditation

LIMITED

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

The Venue (Balcony)

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

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

Sound Healing/Meditation, Bhakti

Music none
LEVEL All Levels

10:00am EDT

Release and Empower: A Breathwork Ceremony

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

The Venue (Balcony)

Limited Capacity seats available

Release tension and connect with your intuition in this intimate breathwork ceremony.
After a short introduction on how to safely perform the breath, you’ll lie down, get comfortable, and be guided through active breathwork, set to carefully curated music to carry you through your journey inward. Afterwards, you’ll float away into bliss, clarity, and unconditional love in a deeply restorative meditation. We’ll close the ceremony with time for journaling to integrate the intuitive guidance received, and open the space up for supportive sharing and reflection.

This breathwork style is called ‘conscious connected breathing’, based on a circular and rhythmic three-part breath pattern. By activating new neural pathways in the brain, you will lift the veil to your subconscious mind. This allows the clarity of your intuition to come through with clarity, compassion, and multi-faceted awareness. There are no limits to what answers you may receive!

Please note that this can be a very intense style of breathwork that may cause some hyperventilation side effects. Not recommended for those with cardiovascular disease or heart/respiratory conditions (ex, high/low blood pressure, history of heart attacks or strokes, severe asthma), if you’re prone to fainting, or if you’re pregnant.

Please bring a cloth or an eye mask to cover your eyes!

Presenters

Khaki Martin

sound healer, reiki master, breathwork guide

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
The Venue (Balcony)

Sound Healing/Meditation

Music Active (Recorded)
LEVEL All Levels

2:00pm EDT

Sanctuary of Sound

LIMITED

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

The Venue (Mezzanine)

Limited Capacity seats available

Sanctuary of Sound is a one-hour sound bath with gong, mindfully curated to offer deep rest, nervous system regulation, and a return to inner stillness. After some gentle stretching and breathwork, participants are invited to lie down comfortably and be held in a cocoon of resonant sound as waves of vibration from the gong move through the body and the surrounding space.
This is not a practice of doing, it is the ultimate “undoing”, a practice of receiving. The vibrations of the gong offer healing, refuge, and a reset – clear of habitual thought patterns, clear of stress, tension, and fatigue. This is the sanctuary of sound, the sanctuary where we allow our body to fulfill its inherent capacity for restoration, healing, and insight.
No experience is necessary. Simply arrive, rest, and allow sound to hold you.

Presenters

Sierra Hollister

E-RYT500, YA CE Provider, Author

Teaching since 1992, Sierra delights in the physical: yoga, running, digging into the soil, traversing curvatures, and chanting mantra. Here, she finds perpetual awakening, in love-struck wonder, to the deep interconnectedness of all life. "Interbeing," as Thich Naht Hahn would s... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
The Venue (Mezzanine)

Sound Healing/Meditation, Bhakti Vinyasa