The summer is filling up with yoga festivals, which combine sessions with top yoga instructors with live music, often in an idyllic, natural setting. These festivals are big business though, so expect to encounter a measure of commerce with your bliss. You will definitely see the names of major yoga companies writ large as sponsors and vendors.
Ambitious yoga festivals like Wanderlust have set the bar high by booking big name teachers and popular music acts, but smaller, regional festivals are also popping up. Yoga festivals are part of a growing trend in destination yoga (traveling for a large yoga gathering), which also includes yoga conferences and yoga retreats.
U.S. Yoga Festivals 2012
Tadasana Festival, Santa Monica, California, April 20-22
www.tadasanafestival.com/
Hanuman Festival, Boulder, Colorado, June 8-10
www.hanumanfestival.com
Wanderlust Vermont, Stratton, Vermont, June 21-24
www.stratton.wanderlustfestival.com
Wanderlust, Copper Mountain, Colorado, July 5-8,
www.squaw.wanderlustfestival.com
Telluride Yoga Festival, Telluride, Colorado, July 12-15
www.tellurideyogafestival.com
Wanderlust, Squaw Valley, California, July 26-29,
www.squaw.wanderlustfestival.com
Wanderlust, Whistler, British Columbia, August 23-26
http://whistler.wanderlustfestival.com/
Evolvefest, Vernon, New Jersey, August 31 - September 3
www.evolvefest.org
Bhakti Fest, Joshua Tree, California, September 6-9
www.bhaktifest.com
