celebrate yoga!

it's almost midnight and i promised myself that i would get this out before i tucked myself into bed tonight. my volunteer shift starts at 7am, which means i have to get up at... argh...

here's the schedule for this weekend's yoga month festival at LMU. with all the FREE classes and entertainment listed below, you have no excuse NOT to show up!

Yoga Health Festival with Global Mala - Los Angeles
Loyola Marymount, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester
Saturday and Sunday, September 20th-21st from 9am - 7pm each day
Cost: $25 per workshop / $29 Global Mala event / $55 VIP PASS includes preferred seating and unlimited access at all events including all workshops, benefit concert, yoga wear super sale and Global Mala (reg. $ 279)

YOGAMATES.COM STAGE - Saturday and Sunday 9am-7pm - FREE
~~ Saturday ~~
9am - Heal your Diagnosis with Yoga with Hillary Rubin
9.30am - Yoga para la familia con Lina Haskel
10am - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Vibrant Health with Eve Baldwin
10.30am - Yoga 101 introduccion a yoga con Natalie Stawsky
11am - Transformative Yoga: Vibrant Well-Being in the Middle Years and Beyond with Felice Rhiannon
12pm - Light Body Meditation with Puja Seth
12.30pm - Laughing Yoga for a stress and disease free life with Laughing Yogi Ramesh
1pm - Music by JAYLA
2pm - Yoga warmup presented by Yoga Groove with Karen Russell
2.30pm - Secret Journey to The Enlightened Mind: Life With Three Spiritual Giants of Our Age with Dr. James Weldon
3.15pm - The Enlightened Mind Award Ceremony: Honoring Leaders for Service to Humanity in Creating a More Enlightened Society with Dr. James Weldon
3.30pm - Peace Begins within One’s Own Heart with Paramhans Swami Maheswarananda
4pm - Quick ways to Change Bad Habits with Sheevaun Moran
4.30pm - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Inner Power with Eve Baldwin
5.30pm - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Calm Mind with Eve Baldwin
~~ Sunday ~~
9.30am - Morning Meditation and Stage Opening
10.00am - Powerful Feminine Yoga with Alanna Zabel
10.30am - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Vibrant Health with Eve Baldwin
11am - Yoga as Medicine with Timothy McCall MD
12pm - Omstream.com presents: Jahna (Vocals) and Michael Perricone (Tibetan singing bowls) performing LIVE
1.30pm - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Inner Power with Eve Baldwin
2.30pm - Improved flexibility and posture with Atlas Evolution, Dr. Ranan Shahar
3pm - Yoga para la familia con Lina Haskel
4pm - Secret Journey to The Enlightened Mind: Life With Three Spiritual Giants of Our Age with Dr. James Weldon
4.30pm - Tibetan pranic healing exercises with Diamond Way Ayu, Robert and Melanie Sachs
5pm - Yoga Short and Sweet for Beginners and Busy People: Calm Mind with Eve Baldwin
5.30pm - Yoga para la familia with Lina Haskel

SOYJOY STAGE - Saturday and Sunday 9am-7pm - FREE
~~ Saturday ~~
9am - Community Class with Luke Ketterhagen
10am - Community Class with Luke Ketterhagen
LA YOGA Health Lecture Series:
~ 11am - Yoga practice for better digestion with Julie Carmen
~ 12pm - Yoga, Art and Relationships - Yoga, meditation, partnering and sound with Mara Hesed
~ 1pm - Hanuman and devotion with Arun Deva
~ 1:30pm - Heartfelt, organic Yoga asana practice with Jasmine Lieb
~ 3pm - Ayurvedic Daily Routine for Optimal Health with Dr. Ram Tamang
4pm - Community Class with Sadie Nardini
~~ Sunday ~~
10am - Community Class with Luke Ketterhagen
11am - Community Class with Sadie Nardini

CONSCIOUS MOVIE SCREENINGS - Saturday 12-6pm - FREE (Donations welcome)
12pm - Spiritual Warriors with Dr. John-Roger and Jsu Garcia
2pm - Y Yoga Movie with Q & A with director Arthur Klein
4pm - Y Yoga Movie with Q & A with director Arthur Klein

BENEFIT CONCERT presented by Yogi Times - Saturday 6-10pm - FREE
6:15pm - Yoga Dance Performance presented by Yoga Groove
6:30pm - EEDAY and Urban Fire - Crossover Reggae & Dance Hall to touch your soul. Featuring James Eeday and the original members of Urban Fire, including Rodney Sheppard from Sugar Ray
7:30pm - Featuring Lili Haydn the "Jimi Hendrix of the violin”, equal parts Kate Bush and Pink Floyd, with lyrics in search of peace and passion
8:30pm - Neo-Soul R & B Sensation Lina and band
9:15pm - Dance Party with DJ Dragonfly and rising star MC Yogi

WORKSHOPS - Saturday and Sunday 9am-7pm - $25 (Included in VIP pass)
~~ Saturday ~~
9am-11am - Flex & Flow with Beth Shaw
9am-11am - Yoga Y Vida Saludable Para Latinos / Yoga and healthy living for Latinos with Lina Haskel
9am-11am - Play Yoga with Rainbeau Mars
11am-1pm - Discover Your Power of Healing with Yoga with Hillary Rubin
11am-1pm - Sports Yoga with Billy Assad
11am-1pm - Vinyasa flow with Wade Imre Morissette
1pm-3pm - Power Yoga: Meditation in Motion with Bryan Kest
1pm-3pm - Boot Camp for Goddesses Introduction with Sierra Bender
1pm-3pm - Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga - MindBody Transformation with Sadie Nardini
3pm-5pm - The Science of Yoga and Yoga Therapy with Timothy McCall MD
3pm-5pm - Family Yoga workshop / Taller de Yoga para la Familia with Natalie Stawsky
5pm-7pm - Chakra Journey with Mykal Aubry
5pm-7pm - Yoga for Stress and Anxiety with Hala Khouri
~~ Sunday ~~
9am-12am - Off the Mat into the World: Turning intention into action with Hala Khouri and Suzanne Sterling
9am-11am - Yoga 101 introduccion a yoga with Natalie Stawsky
9am-11am - Powerful Feminine Yoga with Alanna Zabel
11am-1pm - Prime of Life Yoga with Larry Payne PhD
11am-1pm - Joyful Yoga, The Unity of Yoga and Indian Dance with Hemalayaa
12pm-2pm - Goddess Warrior Workout with Sierra Bender

GLOBAL MALA SACRED MUSIC AND MOVEMENT - Sunday 1-7pm - $29 (Included in VIP pass)
1.00pm - Global Mala Opening with Shiva Rea, Chris Chapple
1.15pm - Conscious Music and Kirtan with Wade Imre Morrissette
2.00pm - Kundalini Yoga with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
2.45pm - Conscious Activism with Andrew Harvey
3.15pm - Laughing Yoga for the healthy heart and stress free life with Laughing Yogi Ramesh
108 Sun Salutations with Live Music:
3.30-4.15pm - Suzanne Sterling with Hala Khouri
4.15-5.00pm - Joey Lugassy with Larry Payne and Krishna Kaur
5.00-5.45pm - Wah! with Saul David Raye
5.45-6.30pm - Donna de Lory with Shiva Rea
6.30pm - Yoga Trance Dance ignited by Shiva Rea with DJ Dragonfly
7.00pm - Closing with 108 OM Chant with Global Mala Project Kirtan Members

SELFCENTERED TENTS - Saturday and Sunday 9am-7pm - $5 (Included in VIP pass)
A full range of out-of-your-mind experiences every hour throughout the weekend including group meditations, dynamic breath, body rockin’ dance, drum circles, partner yoga, chocolate meditation, poetry jam, and our signature public display of meditation. Plus, our founder Max Simon will be giving a keynote on Sunday at 3 pm. Each class is only $5 or VIP passes get in for free.
3pm - Keynote by founder Max Simon