Yoga in the Sunflowers is led by Sarah Nelson (leader/owner of Midland Yoga Collective) on all three days of the Frankenmuth Flower Festival! Participation is free with your festival admission ticket (General Admission, Sunflower Fun Color Run, or Dinner in the Sunflowers), but please add your free yoga ticket separately when you book online.- Friday 10:30-11:30am: Morning Bloom Yoga
- Saturday 1:30-2:30pm: Hot Forrest Yoga
- Sunday 10:30-11:30am: Morning MyoYin Yoga
Please bring a yoga mat if you have one; the first 5 to register and participate will receive a free yoga mat! Beyond that, a limited number of mats will be available to borrow. Sunglasses, sunscreen, water, and a towel for under your mat are also encouraged for this outdoor class. See you in the sunflowers!
Class Descriptions:
MORNING BLOOM YOGA: Friday 10:30-11:30am
Join Sarah Nelson for a morning 'wake up' yoga practice among the sunflowers to get your body moving mindfully and energize yourself for the weekend - and help you bloom and feel better in mind, body, and spirit!
This practice will start off gentle and gradually build up to a few playful challenges. Sarah's approach is an unique blend of Forrest Yoga and Yoga Tune Up® methodology: some postures and movements will feel familiar if you've done yoga before, but you'll also move in lots of out-of-the-box ways too - making this a fun and embodied exploratory experience! The pace of the class will vary; you’ll hold some poses for an extended time, while at other times you’ll move more dynamically by linking breath with movement - either way expect to connect to your deepest breathing and innermost being. Options are always given for all bodies and abilities, and beginners are welcome. This yoga class is the perfect way to re-calibrate both your mind and body, and have a little fun on your mat.
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HOT FORREST YOGA: Saturday 1:30-2:30pm
Naturally hot yoga in the sunflowers? Yes please! This Hot Forrest Yoga class with Sarah Nelson will have nature's assistance to provide the heat, so be sure to bring water and be prepared to sweat! Forrest Yoga (named for its creator Ana Forrest - not trees) is a strong yet slower-paced practice, and is a unique and powerful way to connect with your inner experience to find peace and get to know yourself in mind, body, and spirit.
Throughout the fun and empowering experience of Forrest Yoga, you can expect to be challenged both physically and mentally, improve your strength and flexibility, connect to your core with abdominal exercises, take radically deep breaths to regulate your nervous system, and most importantly to FEEL as you create more space in your body and your mind. Some yoga experience is helpful for this more spicy class, but options are given for all bodies and abilities so you can tailor your practice for your needs.
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MORNING MYOYIN YOGA: Sunday 10:30-11:30am
Join Sarah Nelson for a relaxing Sunday morning MyoYin Yoga practice among the sunflowers! MyoYin Yoga is deep passive stretching in yin yoga stillness combined with soothing self-myofascial massage with therapy balls.This class can help you to:
- increase flexibility
- reduce muscle tension
- find freedom in your fascia
- soothe your nervous system
- work on your skill of meditative mindfulness
- feel overall more relaxed and at ease in both body and mind
Expect to learn techniques for self-myofascial release using Yoga Tune Up therapy balls both independent from and in combination with yin postures (poses held passively with little to no effort or movement for between 1-5 minutes each). Options are always given for all bodies and abilities, and beginners are welcome.
Event Venue
Frankenmuth Flower Festival, 7775 Weiss St, Frankenmuth, MI 48734-1946, United States,Frankenmuth, Michigan
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