42 LAYOGA.COMCOMMUNITY // FESTIVALS + RETREATS
By Natalie Macamget out and practice
Written by Natalie Macam a Yoga Teacher who teaches locally at Malibu Beach Yoga:nataliemacam.com- Mammoth Yoga Festival
Mammoth Lakes
June 14-17
mammothyogafestival.com
Mammoth Lakes is located 8,000
feet above sea level and is home
to an incredible number of crystal
clear mountain lakes. The First
Annual Mammoth Yoga Festival
provides the opportunity to prac-
tice yoga and enjoy other activities
in one of the world’s most iconic
and scenic places, from a lakeside
lodge to 360 degree views atop
the mountains.
Seasoned world-class presenters
include Annie Carpenter, Calvin
Corzine, Rina Jakubowicz, Travis
Eliot, Laura Burkhart, and Maria
Garre. The Yoga Market located
in Mammoth Village will be free
and open to the public. There you
can enjoy classes, live music, food,
drinks, special events, and more.
Practice yoga in gorgeous wilder-
ness locations as well as classrooms
at or within close proximity to the
Village Yoga Market.
Just steps away from the Pacific
Crest Trail, Mammoth Lakes pro-
vides endless opportunities to find
solitude and to connect with nature
and community.- Disclosurefest
Los Angeles
June 23
disclosurefest.org
DisclosureFest™ is a mindful
meditation, yoga, music and heal-
ing arts festival. Downtown at Los
Angeles State Historic Park, the
event features “The Mass Medita-
tion Initiative” that will be avail-
able via live stream at 2pm PDT.
Enjoy food, live music, art, and
interactive experiences through
yoga, meditation, vegan plant-
based food, and workshops by
teachers from premiere yoga
and meditation facilities in LA
and from authors and speakers
in health and wellness. Other
highlights include a healing tent for
therapeutic treatments and a sound
dome. Don’t miss LA’s first sacred
geometry surround-sound sound
bath and live sitar performance;
this will create an immersive
inner-space journey through sound
and vibration inter-dimensional
experience.
The DisclosureFest Foundation
is an initiative and community-
based nonprofit platform to unite
like-minded people in an effort to
raise consciousness, expand health
and wellness education, and create
awareness of global environmental
and humanitarian initiatives with
volunteer-based programs. Disclo-
sureFest is free to attend.- Wanderlust
Squaw Valley
July 19-22
wanderlust.com/festivals
Wanderlust Squaw Valley is a
highlight of our summer festival
season. Spread across six peaks
and 4,000 acres, Squaw Valley
Alpine Meadows summits at over
9,000 feet. The experience is much
more than world class yoga teach-
ers such as Elena Brower, Eoin
Finn, Kyle Cease, Schuyler Grant,
and Shiva Rea. Highlights include:
Free Hugs Project, Wanderlust
House Band, Amplified Yoga, Es-
sential Oil Workshops, SUP Yoga,
and more. Participants choose
their own adventure with multi-
level yoga and meditation sessions,
organic local and sustainable
foods, live music and DJs, inspir-
ing lectures and workshops, pool
parties, and boundary-pushing
outdoor activities.
The festival has an air of open-
ness; different activities lead you
to different places, new people,
and alternative journeys where
there is creativity and surprise
around every corner. But most of
all, Wanderlust is a place where
people can come together with
shared values and beliefs and
have fun in nature - whether it’s a
mid-mountain meditation, a pool
party at 8,200 feet, or a late-night
concert under the stars.- SoulPlay FallFest
Pinecrest, CA
September 13-16
soulplay.co
SoulPlay is located in beautiful
Pinecrest, California, just three
hours east of the Bay Area at an
elevation of 5,600 feet where the
fresh air, sunshine, surrounding
natural beauty, and amazing moun-
tain backdrop provide a perfect
place to learn, play, and connect.
The spectacular lineup of
40+ world class presenters includes
workshops in dance and move-
ment, intimacy, communication,
yoga, inner world explorations,
creativity, play, and more. Jump
into ecstatic dance, stretch into
yoga, explore authentic relating,
dance fireside with live music, or
take a quiet moment to appreciate
nature. Experience the grandeur
of the Stanislaus National Forest,
have beautiful heart-opening ex-
periences, and relax in warm and
hot pools.
Families with children are wel-
come. Participants will have access
to an open pool, hot tub, healing
sanctuary, vendor marketplace,
hiking trails, and a nearby lake
with canoeing. Tickets include
accommodations in tent cabins
(camping is also available). Soul-
Play’s intention is about expanding
what’s possible and to experience
meaningful personal growth in a
fun, dynamic environment.