The Amelia Island Wellness Festival 2018: Full Schedule

A Wellness Retreat for the Mindy, Body, and Soul

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1:00pm

Festival Welcome & Introductions

MC Yogi, one of the most-well known and beloved yogis in America, brings his uplifting message of good music and positive energy in a welcome to #AmeliaWellness.

Moderators

MC YOGI

Yogi, Author, Recording Artist

From living in a group home for at-risk youth to becoming known as yoga’s modern day ambassador to the West, hiphop artist, MC YOGI is on a mission to introduce yoga to large, mainstream audiences.His latest album, RITUAL MYSTICAL (feat East Forest), made history by going #1 on... Read More →

Speakers

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

Sol Rising’s original soundscapes evoke feelings of inspiration and bliss through an eclectic mix of electronic music, mid-tempo house, chill-trap, ambient and hip-hop. Born in Vancouver BC, raised in Fairfield Iowa, Sol Rising began meditating at age four with a walking... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TBA

Everybody

2:00pm

Return to Peace

Come learn easy techniques to help settle the mind so we can drop into a place of deep peace within the heart. During this session we will explore a few different techniques for “getting there” including mindfulness, visualization and mantra practice. Accessible for those new and curious about the benefits of meditation and enjoyable for those regular practitioners.

*Yoga Mats needed
*Blanket/Bolster suggested
*Chairs provided

Speakers

Amanda Giacomini

Founder, Ten Thousand Buddhas

Amanda Giacomini has dedicated her life to uplifting people and creating more beauty in the world through yoga and art. From teaching yoga at the White House to presenting at some of the biggest yoga festivals, conferences and Asian Art museums in the world, Amanda infuses the... Read More →

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

Friday November 9, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TBA

Gentle

3:00pm

A10 Fitness with Alchemy 365

A10 is Alchemy’s bread and butter. We combine yoga, strength and conditioning in the most unexpected and refreshing way. A warm-up with yoga, 10 minutes of bodyweight high intensity, and a yoga cool-down. Leave feeling more alive.

*Bring Yoga Mat
*Outdoor class if weather permitting

Speakers

Andrea Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365, Transformation Specialists

I picked up The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho in 2003 not knowing that it would change my life. Working as an intelligence analyst at the time, I carried my Brazilian dictionary and copy of the Alchemist with me for weeks, carefully translating its words and processing Santiago’s... Read More →

Mike Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365

Pursuing your personal legend means moving towards your goals and relishing the experiences on the road to meeting those goals. Alchemy is founded on those principles, and its founders seek to pursue their legends as well.My path into adulthood led me to join the Marine Corps... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm
TBA

Vigorous

3:30pm

Basic Yoga Flow

Come breathe, stretch, and play on your mat! We'll connect breath with movement during this feel-good yoga flow. This is a gentle ++ class!

*Yoga Mats needed
*Blocks

Speakers

Emily Redman

Friday November 9, 2018 3:30pm - 4:45pm
TBA

Gentle

4:00pm

Super Soul Flow

Get ready to connect to your SUPER SOUL! A challenging yet approachable Vinyasa Flow yoga adventure that will stoke the inner fires of your body, mind, and SPIRIT! Be prepared to tap into your deep core power, abandon old fears, open your heart and free your mind to the unlimited potential of your Super Soul! You just might surprise yourself and will definitely leave feeling completely empowered. *Yoga Mats needed

Speakers

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach

~ INSPIRING PEOPLE TO DISCOVER THEIR LIFE'S PURPOSE THROUGH THE ART OF YOGA ~TYMI HOWARD 500 E-RYT is an International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Owner of Guruv Yoga Studios in the United States. Pioneering the Vinyasa Yoga movement in Central Florida, Tymi... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 4:00pm - 6:00pm
TBA

Vigorous

5:00pm

Restorative Yoga

Explore deep relaxation, rejuvenation and healing by experiencing restorative yoga. In this style of yoga, each pose is held for several minutes, allowing the nervous system to completely quiet and return to a state of balance, while gently stretching and opening the body.
This class will be accompanied by live music by Brian Ernst,

Speakers

Deb Cunningham

Yoga and SUPY teacher

Deb, her 3 children and her husband moved to Amelia Island from Chicago in July of 2011. She discovered yoga in 1999 with 1 yr old twins at home and another on the way. She was instantly hooked. As a dancer for 20 years, Deb found the asanas in yoga moved her like nothing had... Read More →

Brian Ernst

Musician, Journey4Youth

Brian Ernst is a live looping, multi-instrumentalist that uses open tuned and lap steel guitars with didgeridoo's and 10-15 other smaller percussive instruments - creating uplifting music with roots in world fusion, blue eyed soul and rhythm & blues. Brian has been a full time, professional... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Director's Room/Listening Room The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Gentle

5:00pm

Barre Flow

*Class details coming soon

Speakers

Taylor Walker

Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritious Life Holistic Health Practitioner

Taylor is an accidental Miami girl who hails from Long Island, New York. She is a Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritious Life Holistic Health Practitioner, fitness model and content curator of health, fitness and lifestyle blog: TaylorWalkerFit.com. Taylor tries her best to ‘walk the walk and talk the talk’ as an ambassador for healthy living! She blogs about fitness and wellness trends, healthy cooking, athleisure style and motherhood in order to inspire her readers to live the healthiest, balanced and most fashion-forw... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 5:00pm - 6:00pm
TBA

Vigorous

7:30pm

Welcome Reception & Bonfire

Bonfire and Drinks

Speakers

Brian Ernst

Musician, Journey4Youth

Friday November 9, 2018 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

6:30am

Sunrise Yoga

Greet North America’s first sunrise with The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island yoga experts

Speakers

Deb Cunningham

Yoga and SUPY teacher

Elizabeth McCranie

Owner, Centred On Yoga

Elizabeth is the proud leader of the amazing Centred Team. She has studied under Baron Baptiste & completed Level I, Level II, Art of Assisting, Foundations, & Baron's Immersion. While the Baptiste style has been her main focus, Elizabeth continues to educate herself in other... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 6:30am - 7:45am
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

6:30am

Breakfast Bar

Breakfast in the foyer!

Saturday November 10, 2018 6:30am - 9:00am
Pre-Function Space The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Everybody

8:00am

Barre Flow

*Class details coming soon!

Speakers

Taylor Walker

Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritious Life Holistic Health Practitioner

Saturday November 10, 2018 8:00am - 9:15am
TBA

Vigorous

8:00am

Meditation/Listening Room

Speakers

Brian Ernst

Musician, Journey4Youth

Saturday November 10, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am
The Director's Room/Listening Room The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

8:00am

Rock the Bhakti! / Vinyasa Flow

Sweat, sing, laugh & when the spirit moves dance! A nondogmatic Bhakti Inspired Vinyasa celebration, artfully sequenced to both contemporary and kirtan beats. Open up to the very heart of your practice,by learning how to intelligently open the shoulders, chest & spine, & not to leave out the lower body, dive into quad, psoas, hamstring and hip releases. Experience the flow of unconditional love.

*Yoga Mats needed

Speakers

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach

Saturday November 10, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am
TBA

Gentle

9:00am

Beach Workout: A Moveable Feat (fit in fitness)

Movement heals and moving outdoors is the best value to
your exercise program. Whether you’re on vacation, live at
the beach or just love to work out in the sand, these
beach-based exercises will challenge your entire body.
Discover how to use the outdoors as your gym and enjoy
to make your daily walk more powerful. Working out on the
beach tests your stability, agility, fitness levels and mental
toughness due to the unstable surface and outdoor
environment. Combining walking and strength training
exercises discover how to fit fitness into your daily
activities that you can do with friends and family.

Speakers

Susie Dodge

Choreographer and Fitness Expert

Susan Dodge is a certified personal trainer with the AmericanCouncil for Exercise. She is also hold many certifications inTRX Suspension Training. Susan has been studying MixedMartial Arts for 7 years and has won first place in regionalgrappling competitions. She understands and enjoys... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am
Beach The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Vigorous

9:00am

I AM Yoga Nidra

I AM Yoga Nidra™ Meditation Yoga Nidra is an ancient sleep-based meditation technique that has the power to take you to the innermost, deepest levels of relaxation where your whole body and being is permeated by peace of mind and profound stillness. It unlocks the mystical, integrative powers of the subconscious, as well as your higher centers of consciousness, to effortlessly erase your most tenacious, self-destructive habits and behavior patterns. It is said by yogis that 45 minutes of Yoga Nidra is as restorative as three hours of sleep

Speakers

Liam Gillen

Yoga Nidra Teacher

Liam Gillen’s career as executive and CEO in the hospitality, education and real estate industries has always been infused with true leadership and an interest in the spiritual aspects of life. This has culminated in studying the IAM method of Yoga for the last ten years. Liam... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am
TBA

Gentle

10:15am

The Healing Miracles of the Inner Dimension of Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Modern society provides a means of how to make a good living but not how to live a good life. Gurudev Shri Amritji will speak to the Yogic journey within, as the ultimate solution, recognizing the body as the gateway to peace and harmony with its’ innate wisdom for self-balancing and healing. It is this inner dimension where permanent change is possible. Amritji has dedicated his life to help others reach this for themselves.
His focus is to empower people to access their infinite source of creativity, peace and love through practices of quantum breath and choiceless awareness, opening doors to true well-being.

Experiencing this inner dimension has the power to restore physical, mental, and emotional balance between your body and mind, heart and soul, your inner and outer life. Any solution you seek outside is reformation; moving within creates transformation.
Gurudev Shri Amritji will share ancient yogic teachings regarding health, wellness and the healing miracles of I AM Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Speakers

Gurudev Shri Amritji

Founder, Amrit Yoga Institute and Creator, Amrit Method Yoga Nidra

Gurudev Shri Amritji Carrier of the Lakulisha Lineage to the West Since 1960, Gurudev Shri Amritji (Yogi Amrit Desai) has been repeatedly honored for playing a most distinguished role in bringing yoga to the west on a wide scale. Over the past fifty-five years, he has... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 10:15am - 11:30am
TBA

Everybody

11:30am

Lunch

Lunch Buffet set up in foyer. Grab a plate and join Taylor Walker and our very own Ritz-Carlton Chef as they discuss the importance of nutrition.

Saturday November 10, 2018 11:30am - 1:00pm
Pre-Function Space The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Everybody

12:00pm

A Nutrition Collaboration featuring Taylor Walker and The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

*Details coming soon

Speakers

Taylor Walker

Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritious Life Holistic Health Practitioner

Saturday November 10, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm
TBA

Everybody

1:00pm

A10 Fitness with Alchemy 365

Speakers

Andrea Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365, Transformation Specialists

Mike Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365

Saturday November 10, 2018 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Vigorous

1:30pm

I AM Yoga

"If it doesn't change your life, it is not yoga." Yogi Amrit Desai
Expand your perspective of self, explore the inner dimension of yoga, experience Now. I AM Yoga(R) - The Posture of Consciousness

Experience a dynamic state of inner stillness, peace and balance. Attune to the natural rhythm of life as you give yourself to a dance of tension and relaxation, doing and being, will and surrender. Unleash your dormant potential as you reconnect to the innate source of peace and harmony. Effortlessly begin to shift from self-caused suffering to indivisible happiness...

This session is open to yoga enthusiasts of all experience levels

Speakers

Kalindi Edwina Hoffmann

Instructor, Amit Yoga Institute

Saturday November 10, 2018 1:30pm - 2:15pm
TBA

Gentle

2:00pm

Intuitive Movement

‘Intuitive Movement’ is an invitation to connect with your Soul through a felt sense of your magnificence and radiant being-ness, that is just waiting to be greeted and loved into being.

The innate wisdom of your body will guide you in authentic response to the music and energy of the experience. A sense of freedom, flow and grace is achieved by simply going inside, opening to the moment and allowing life to unfold in and through you.

Together we will enter a dimension of timelessness by embodying the light, through spontaneous movement, that is simultaneously expansive and liberating, intimate and innocent. Your body knows. Trust and surrender takes you to places deep within that we rarely allow ourselves to go, restoring us to balance and wellness.

Join us for this unique form of joyful exploration into the body and Self.

Speakers

Brian Ernst

Musician, Journey4Youth

Radha Gillen

Music & Movement Teacher, Creator of Chakras in Motion

Radha Sandy McGannis a deeply creative spirit, artistand designer. She is the creatorand facilitator of 'Chakras inMotion' and 'Music & MovementMeditation' workshops that sheshares internationally. She embodiesthe teachings of yogaand is proud to be an emissaryof the Amrit Yoga l... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 2:00pm - 3:15pm
The Director's Room/Listening Room The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Gentle

2:30pm

Dance of Shiva & Shakti! / Vinyasa & Yin

Satisfy all your cravings! Starting with a heat building detoxifying Vinyasa Flow increasing prana and energy, followed by a Yin Yoga practice, focusing on the connective tissue and fascia. The Vin/Yin combo allows us to dive deep into unexplored layers of tension and patterns of holding in the body, releasing our issues from all our tissues. Float off your mat feeling balanced and blissed out!

Speakers

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach

Saturday November 10, 2018 2:30pm - 4:30pm
TBA

Vigorous

2:45pm

Moving Energy

Total Body Healing Yoga - Unraveling The Hands of Time. Turn back the hands of time in this re-youthing yoga workshop with Sonia Doubell

Speakers

Sonia Doubell

International Yoga Teacher, Life Coach

Sonia Doubell , RYT500, NLP, Dip HB, MHba Actress-turned-yogi-personality, Sonia Doubell is known for her unique style of Moving Energy Yoga. She weaves and blends dynamic movements, deep stretches and longer holds to restore flexibility, lengthen, strengthen and... Read More →

Saturday November 10, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm
TBA

Gentle

4:45pm

Yoga Uplift

Who’s ready to get lifted and inspired in this fun, interactive yoga class with musician and author (Spiritual Graffiti) MC YOGI? Get ready to breathe, move, sweat and stretch to an upbeat playlist, smiling, laughing and flowing into a deep and powerful meditation followed by a blissful and soul satisfying relaxation. Yeah buddy!

All levels welcome!

*Yoga mats needed

Speakers

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

MC YOGI

Yogi, Author, Recording Artist

Saturday November 10, 2018 4:45pm - 6:00pm
TBA

Gentle

7:00pm

Reception & Communal Dinner

*Details coming soon!

Speakers

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

Saturday November 10, 2018 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

6:30am

Sunrise Yoga

Greet North America’s first sunrise with The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island yoga experts

Speakers

Deb Cunningham

Yoga and SUPY teacher

Elizabeth McCranie

Owner, Centred On Yoga

Sunday November 11, 2018 6:30am - 7:45am
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

6:30am

Breakfast Bar

Sunday November 11, 2018 6:30am - 9:00am
TBA

Everybody, Orange

7:00am

Yin Rocks!

Yin Yoga is subtle & deep, working beyond the muscle tissues delving into the connective tissues, tendons, ligaments, bones, cartilage and the deepest facia networks in the body. Experience "OMazing" physical and emotional releases. "Yin Rocks" is a creatively sequenced practice that offers options to kick up the effects of each pose, all set to contemporary Rock Music!

*Yoga mats needed
*Blankets, blocks, straps suggested

Speakers

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach

Sunday November 11, 2018 7:00am - 8:30am
TBA

Gentle

8:00am

10,000 Blessings, Yoga meets Storytime

Soften tension and let go of stress in this slow, deep, transformative yin yoga experience. While resting in deeply restorative yin yoga postures, artist and yoga teacher Amanda Giacomini (10,000 Buddhas) will share inspiring wisdom stories from the yoga and Buddhist traditions. These ancient tales are designed to spark deep compassion, wisdom, healing, kindness and love within us all. *Yoga Mats needed
*Blanket & Block - Bolsters suggested

Speakers

Amanda Giacomini

Founder, Ten Thousand Buddhas

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

Sunday November 11, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am
TBA

Gentle

8:00am

Meditation/Listening Room

Speakers

Brian Ernst

Musician, Journey4Youth

Sunday November 11, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am
The Director's Room/Listening Room The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody

8:45am

Dance of Shiva & Shakti! / Vinyasa & Yin

Speakers

Tymi Howard

International Yoga Teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach

Sunday November 11, 2018 8:45am - 10:30am
TBA

Vigorous

9:00am

Barre Flow

*Class details coming soon!

Speakers

Taylor Walker

Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritious Life Holistic Health Practitioner

Sunday November 11, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am
TBA

Vigorous

9:30am

A10 Fitness with Alchemy 365

Speakers

Andrea Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365, Transformation Specialists

Mike Jones

Founder, Alchemy 365

Sunday November 11, 2018 9:30am - 10:30am
TBA

Vigorous, Purple

10:45am

The MC YOGI Experience

Beloved yoga teacher, musician, and ‘Spiritual Graffiti’ author MC YOGI leads you through an energetic yoga practice followed by a dance party and live concert performance, with beats by DJ SOL RISING. Let's come together & celebrate the close of this beautiful festival experience! Bring your mat and your good vibes — get ready for FUN. *Yoga Mats Needed
*Outdoors, weather permitting

Speakers

DJ Sol Rising

International Recording Artist

MC YOGI

Yogi, Author, Recording Artist

Sunday November 11, 2018 10:45am - 1:00pm
Oceanfront Lawn The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Everybody