Floyd Yoga Jam

Imagine… your eyes open effortlessly to the tune of the frolicking blue ridge mountain stream.  You climb out of your abode in the neighborhood, inhale the mist and the distant aroma of incense.   You stretch, wander over the bridge to the dawn flower essence workshop or go sit in the meditation meadow for a few moments.  When you hear the gong, wander to your first yoga class of the day, the tea shanty or Red Rooster Coffee for a cuppa and a gigantic sourdough orange pecan cinnamon roll.

Welcome to the newest music festival on the East Coast!  The Floyd YOga Jam is the new, locally homegrown, grassroots, organic, carbon conscious event that debuts this Labor Day Weekend 2012! 

Tickets are Now on Sale at: www.floydyogajam.com Currently tickets are available for $100 for a 3-day ticket ($140 at the gate), $85 for a 2 day ($125 at the gate), $65 for Saturday Only, $50 for Sunday Only.  Special Reserved Creek-side Camping Package is available for $350 until sold-out and  includes 2 tickets, free parking, complimentary shower passes, festival beverage cups, reserved camping and more!   $3 of every ticket sold is used to purchase carbon credits from the Appalachian Carbon Partnership (www.appalachiancarbonpartnership.org) to help offset the environmental impacts of the festival.

Check it out. Friend the YOJam on Facebook.  Be a part of the Journey. Three days of music on  two stages with headliners Trevor Hall, Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra, and The Ragbirds. PLUS three days of yoga classes and workshops. There are classes for everyone from the casual yoga person to the advanced yogini. Over 20 Yoga Instructors will share their unique styles of Yoga and welcome all fitness levels.  Join Dana Flynn, Andrea Boyd, Jeffery Cohen, Jonathon Miles, Ajeet Khalsa, Stephanie Keach, Durga Das and Mira and more for over 35 hours of free workshops to expand your practice and your soul!  Or, don’t do any yoga, and just relax and take in the rest of what YOjam has to offer: 17 bands on 2 stages, performance & interactive arts, firewalking, fire dancing, hoop dancers & workshops, aerial dancers, and slacklining with the Yoga Slackers.

This is a family friendly event with children’s yoga and activities planned throughout the weekend.

YOJammers will enjoy a fantastic array of food vendors sourced with local ingredients including organic veggies, fruit, cheeses, meats and eggs (provided by Good Food Good People and Sustain Floyd). The fantabulous Green Light Cafe from Asheville, NC will provide full service vegetarian and vegan selections.  Red Rooster Coffee will delight with locally roasted coffee creations and decadent desserts, including gluten-free options.  The YOJam Tea Shanty provides teas and treats and a chance for a local community education program to earn much needed start-up funds (the YOjam’s version of Appalachian micro-loans) .  Other food selections include Thai Curry, BBQ with locally raised beef and pork, sweets, treats, crepes, sushi, tex-mex and Carribean treats. Pair these wonderful selections with local beers, wines and Floyd’s very own Buffalo Mountain Kombucha and your tummy will be as delighted as your soul!  

Yoga Studios are eligible for Free Reserved Creek-side Camping in the Yoga Studio Village. (Contact Laura@floydyogajam.com to find out more) Camping is included with your ticket if you park your car and walk in.  Or, drive your car into the Neighborhood and park right next to your campsite for an additional $25 (RV passes are $40).   Potable water is available for all, but no hookups.   Showers, ice and incidentals will be available for sale for your convenience.

This soulful celebration of music, yoga, community and play is the creation of the dynamic, local production company, the Dancin’ Dakinis.    In Sanskrit, a dakini, or “she who moves through the sky” is thought to be the embodiment of enlightened female energy.   The YOjam promoters are Shirley Ann Burgess, owner of Living Light Yoga Studio and Wellness Center(www.livinglightinfloyd.com), Laura Polant, owner of the forestry firm, Artemis GIS (artemis.gis@gmail.com) and the mother–daughter team, Suze and Mud Bailey, owners of RAGGEdge Gear (www.raggedgegear.com).  All are Appalachian homesteaders, yoga devotees, local instigators of the highest degree, and work and live in Floyd County, Virginia.

Come experience the Floyd YOga Jam and create a truly unique one of a kind event, a retreat in the meadows which will feed your Heart, your Soul, and your Planet.