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2025 Yoga Schedule
The 2025 Mandala Yoga Festival schedule is packed with a diverse lineup of classes, workshops, and experiences designed to support every body and level of practice. Make the most of your time at the Mandala Yoga Festival by planning your own personalized mini-retreat day!
Inspire Yoga.
Our Intention.
The Mandala Yoga Festival is a vibrant, all-day event open to the community, celebrating the diverse expressions of yoga and wellness. This free festival invites participants to explore various styles and disciplines, fostering a spirit of connection and inspiration.
We intend to cultivate a loving energy that unites our community, encouraging everyone to deepen their practice and share their unique gifts. Experience workshops, classes, and activities designed to inspire and uplift, creating a space for growth and transformation. Come be part of the magic—let’s celebrate our shared passion for yoga together!
Pierce Park, Appleton, WI
Inspire Connection.
Our community fosters connection, inclusivity, and collective well-being, creating a supportive space where people come together to grow, heal, and celebrate yoga and mindfulness.
Inspire Energy.
Yoga enhances strength, flexibility, and balance while calming the mind, reducing stress, and promoting overall well-being.
Inspire Connection.
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Inspire Generosity with a Donation.
Every contribution, no matter the size, plays a crucial role in making the Mandala Yoga Festival possible. Your support ensures that this community-driven celebration of yoga, wellness, and connection can continue to thrive, creating a space where people of all backgrounds can come together to practice, learn, and grow.
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Caring for Ourselves, Together
At the heart of the Mandala Yoga Festival is a simple truth: when we care for ourselves, we nurture the whole. Our festival celebrates individual well-being within a compassionate, supportive community.
Those who gather at the festival are sensitive yet strong, grounded yet open. They move through life with awareness, curiosity, and kindness. Through mindful movement, deep breath, and shared stillness, we explore the full-body experience that yoga invites: a practice that strengthens and softens, awakens and restores, connects and expands. To come together in this way is to honor not only our personal journey but the collective one — the understanding that growth happens more deeply when witnessed, encouraged, and supported by others. When one person heals, grows, or finds peace, that energy ripples outward into the community.
Yoga is More than Poses
Yoga is a holistic practice that originated in ancient India, encompassing physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions. Yoga aims to unite the body, mind, and spirit, promoting overall well-being and self-awareness.
The 8 Limbs of Yoga, from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, outline a holistic approach to yoga. These limbs work together to promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Yama
Ethical guidelines for social behavior, including principles like non-violence (ahimsa), truthfulness (satya), non-stealing (asteya), moderation (brahmacharya), and non-possessiveness (aparigraha).
Niyama
Personal observances that guide individual behavior, such as cleanliness (saucha), contentment (santosha), self-discipline (tapas), self-study (svadhyaya), and surrender to a higher power (ishvara pranidhana).
Asana
The physical postures or poses that improve strength, flexibility, and overall physical health.
Pranayama
Breath control techniques that regulate the breath to enhance the flow of life force (prana) and promote mental clarity.
Pratyahara
Pratyahara is the withdrawal of the senses, turning inward to focus on the mind and spirit.
Dharana
Concentration, or the practice of focusing the mind on a single point or object.
Dhyana
Meditation, which involves sustained focus and contemplation, leading to deeper awareness and insight.
Samadhi
The ultimate state of bliss and union with the universal consciousness, where the individual self merges with the greater whole.
The Mandala Yoga Festival was a special experience as an instructor. They made sure I knew my contribution mattered, and I was happy to be recognized as a part of the thriving yoga community in Appleton!
FESTIVAL TEACHER AND PARTICIPANT
Absolutely astonishing! It really was a magical day with reconnecting with friends, meeting new yogis and experiencing the amazing energy throughout the day!
FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT
The atmosphere…so many attended, there was a ton of options for classes, great vendors, and a wonderful sense of community.
FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT
Beautiful and welcoming people sharing their love for yoga and community. The layout of the event and the park setting were great.
