Aimee Takaya: A Somatic Movement Playshop – SAT 12:30pm

Aimee Takaya has guided transformative movement for over 13 years, first as an international yoga teacher and now as a Hanna Somatic Educator and Transformation Facilitator. She loves to help you connect with your body’s intelligence in refreshing and empowering ways.

Through her training in Hanna Somatics, she has overcome debilitating chronic pain/unresolved trauma that used to control her life.  She now splits her time between New York and California, providing clients with in-person bodywork, online programs, and life-changing somatics-based retreats.

Saturday 12:30pm-1:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Alex Pugh: Intro to Acro Playshop – SAT 1:45pm

Alex is as eccentric, energetic, and extroverted as it gets. Few things bring him more joy than helping old and new friends lift each other up through the practice of Acro Yoga. With 7 years of Acro Yoga experience and a recent 200-hour yoga instructor certification, he is here to help you impress yourself with your ability to lift–and be lifted by–your friends!

Saturday 1:45pm-2:45pm, Positive Vibration Station

Alyssa DeCaro: Groovement – FRI 1:45pm

Alyssa DeCaro is on a mission to uplift and inspire through movement, music and community as an embodiment coach, dancer, drummer and yoga teacher with 24 years of facilitation experience. In 2006, Alyssa founded BODY OF SOUND, an embodied, interactive, rhythmic, ensemble experience based on the concept that your body is your most essential instrument. She has led thousands of people in synchronized rhythm and movement at festivals and events including Burning Man, Lightening In A Bottle, High Sierra Music Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Dreaming In The Desert, Mountain Magic Camp, Troubadour, Gaia Festival, SoulPlay, Bahootenzie, BottleRock, Festival of Love and the Ted Conference. She is known for timing, feel and groove. When leading groups, Alyssa has a natural ability to shape the collective field…transforming an ordinary room into an inspiring space where practice and play intertwine.

Friday 1:45pm-2:45pm, Positive Vibration Station

Ashley Chavez: Hybrid Yoga Flow & Sound- SUN 1:45pm

Ashley is a trailblazing wellness babe, holistic health educator, and full time life liver. Steeped in the timeless wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda, her life is her message, and her favorite way to share her gifts is through movement. 

Be guided through a strong but sweet, playfully focused, and bone deep nourishing class that will leave you feeling soul-centered, armored with Spirit, and ready to astral travel through more layers of self all weekend long. Come play and ground with us, and move like no one (everyone) is watching.

Sunday 1:45pm-2:45pm, Positive Vibration Station

Billy Pinkerton: Deep Space Breathwork – SUN 5:45pm

Cindy Vo: Qi Gong – SAT 8:15am

Cindy Vo (she/they) is a queer multi-dimensional artist, certified massage therapist, Reiki practitioner & teacher, medical Qigong instructor, and facilitator of healing from San Jose, California, and lives in Long Beach, CA.  She is the creator of You Are Magik, a wellness hub dedicated to the Eastern and Western approaches to [w]holistic healing arts, divination, and practical wellness. 

Cindy is a Certified White Tiger Qigong Level IIII Instructor and has been a student of Qigong for 6+ years. She has led and taught workshops and retreats and continues to be a student of this ancient art form. Her hope is to share this beautiful self-care practice that has positively impacted her life.

Saturday 8:15am-9:15am, Positive Vibration Station

Conan Allen/Joshua Tree Connectivity: Cosmic Sounds of Pluto – SUN 4:30pm

Conan specializes in intentional experiences that balance the presence of the desert with an internal connection within. In the post-pandemic era, he realized that people crave a meaningful relationship to self, and a true sense of purpose. He thrives in connection with others and loves to share the elevated sense of awareness that he has found along the way. Through sound alchemy, meditation, and the abundance of beauty that exists in the presence of nature, Joshua Tree Alchemy was born. 

He is a California native who spent numerous years traveling the world in pursuit of traditional careers. Cause, purpose and true alignment brought him here in the Hi-Desert. He hopes to serve you on your journey, and share with you the abundance all around us.

Sunday 4:30pm-5:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Colin Schour: Yin Yoga – SAT 7am

Outdoorsman, musician, and athlete- Colin believes in yoking together all aspects of life through asana and breath. Capable of teaching to the student and the moment, he is excited to meet people where they are at and to encourage balance at Joshua Tree Music Festival. 

Saturday 7am-8am, Positive Vibration Station

Daniela Blanco: Desert Ecstatic Dance – FRI 3pm

Daniela, a Bolivian artist residing in San Diego, has been leading group fitness classes for several years. Her love for dance and its profound ability to connect mind, body, and soul is evident in every class she leads. Her facilitation style is warm, inclusive, and uplifting, creating a safe and sacred space for participants to explore their bodies, emotions, and inner landscapes without judgment or inhibition.

Daniela’s intuitive guidance and infectious energy inspire dancers to let go of limitations, tap into their creative expression, and experience the joy of free-form movement.

Get ready to embark on a soul stirring journey of self-discovery, liberation, and transformation through the power of ecstatic movement.

Friday 3pm-4pm, Positive Vibration Station

Eva D’Luscious: Dance Your Heart Open – FRI 4:15pm

Eva D’Luscious helps people build self-love and confidence through dance so they can rule their lives with power, pleasure, resilience, and joy. A lifelong dancer and professional Burlesque performer, she became a JourneyDance Guide in 2020 when this embodied dance form reignited her joy in movement. Since then, she has held space for dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels to connect with their emotions, release old stories of limiting beliefs, and find their joy and power on the dance floor. Eva holds space for dancers to love and welcome all of themselves, not just the parts that are entertaining, sexy, or approved by society. 

Eva lives in Portland, OR, with her two teen sons, techy husband, Boomer J. Dogson, and an absurd amount of outdoor gear and costumes.

IG @bodymagicktemple and at www.bodymagicktemple.com.

Friday 4:15pm-5:15pm, Positive Vibration Station

Francis Power: Dragon Staff Workshop – SUN 3pm

Join us for “Introduction to Flowing with a Dragonstaff” led by Francis Power, a seasoned fire spinner who embarked on his journey in 2022. In this workshop geared for novices, participants will delve into the mesmerizing world of Dragonstaff manipulation, exploring its fluid motions and dynamic possibilities. Francis will guide you through foundational techniques and creative expression, fostering a supportive environment for growth and exploration. Come ignite your passion for flow arts and unleash your inner dragon!

Sunday 3pm-4pm, Positive Vibration Station

Fruit & Be: Rope Dance – FRI 12:30pm

Fruit Shapiro (they/them) is an Identity Exploration Specialist — both personally a crusader for expansion, playfulness, and expression through creativity, and as a champion and inspiration for others to do the same. You may know them from serving up nourishment in the kitchen at J Tree since 2019, painting a squiggly mural next to the Queer Salon last Spring, or bopping around on the dance floor. Fruit embraces multiple mediums, roles, projects, and versions of themself and funnels their experience into their facilitation. Ig: jshapworld Www.jshapworld.com

Be (pronouns Be) is passionate about the intersection of embodied movement/dance, sensuality/sexuality and kink/BDSM. Be loves creating safe(r) spaces for play, exploration, growth and healing as a means of becoming more fully who we are. Be created Rope Dance from the combination of two of their passions and offerings, Shibari and Contact Improv Dance.

Friday 12:30pm-1:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

JD Rudometkin: Ritual of the Four Elements – SUN 10:45am

Multi-disciplinary artist JD Rudometkin began his studies as a student of Theology en route to becoming a minister. After experiencing a radical shift of consciousness in his early twenties, he began exploring visionary and existential ideas through various media including cinema, music, art, writing and hermetic ritual. 

The 4 Elements Workshop was born from a 3 year journey of creating personal rituals that embody ideas about identity, the shadow self, and the power of personal myth. 

In this ritual we surrender into the liminal + body centered state of awareness as we invoke the medium of Earth, Air, Fire + Water—utilizing these elements to empower us—as we release what is no longer needed, and create a new path for healing and renewal.

Website

Sunday 10:45am-12:15pm, Positive Vibration Station

Jenn Parma: Breath as Medicine – SAT 3pm

Jenn Parma is an Integration & Empowerment coach, passionate about the transformational journey, and integration back to the true Self.  Jenn inspires greatness through a myriad of spiritual tools and practices that have transformed her life from unworthy to empowered. It’s her heart’s work to create a safe and sacred space for transformation and healing. Jenn studied many modalities of healing including 1200-hr YTT certified, Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and Psychedelic  Integration Coach, Breathwork facilitation, Reiki Master, Death Doula, meditation guide, sound healer, and visionary plant medicine guide through the study of shamanic practices. She offers one-on-one programs, group ceremonies/workshops, and retreats.

Saturday 3pm-4pm, Positive Vibration Station

Katherin Hervey: Kundalini Yoga & Meditation – SAT 5:30pm

Katherin went to her first Kundalini yoga and meditation class in 2007 and immediately fell in love with the practice. She has been teaching Kundalini yoga and meditation since 2010 after training at Golden Bridge, Los Angeles. Katherin is also a filmmaker and activist who believes deeply in the creative potential inherent in every human being. Her goal in each class is to integrate the body, mind, and soul, combining movement, breathwork, and meditation with a knowledge of meridians, energy centers, and the body’s wisdom to foster personal growth and transformation. Katherin witnesses daily both the subtle and powerful impacts this practice continues to give her: a deep appreciation for the beauty of the body and its innate capacity for joy, a calm space during emotional times, and an awe for the sacredness of life and every precious moment it offers. All levels are welcome.

Saturday 5:30pm-7:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Karen Ard: Morning Meditation – FRI 7am

Karen is a Meditation and Sound Bath Facilitator and an artist based in Ojai.  Her ever-deepening areas of training and expertise include mindfulness and nature meditations, sound healing, energy healing, and breath-work. Magic happens when we settle in the body, quiet our minds, and tend to what is present now. Nature amplifies this experience, reconnecting us to all that is. Karen invites you to find and cultivate this joy in her mindful, nature-based practice. 

Friday 7am-8am, Positive Vibration Station

Laura Hess: Beyond Words – SAT 10:45am

Laura Hess is a San Diego based elementary school educator, Hellenistic Astrologer, Wiccan Priestess, multi-lineage yoga instructor, grassroots activist,  tea server, and consent playshop and community circle facilitator. Laura is passionate about holding space through Gong Fu Cha inspired tea service and normalizing consent culture. She has been teaching in schools since 2011, leading yoga classes since 2015, serving tea at large festivals since 2017, and facilitating consent curriculum and playshops since 2021. You can also sip tea with her at the Astro Mojo Dojo for Gong Fu and Lore.

Saturday 10:45am-12:15pm, Positive Vibration Station

Lindsey Young: Vinyasa Sound Bath – FRI 6:45pm

Lindsey Young is a traveling yoga instructor, a sound healer, and the creator of OM in the Hills. Through OM in the Hills Lindsey and her partner Jackson have had countless opportunities to share the light of yoga and sound healing with the world. 

Expand your energy as a community with flowing movement, breath, sound healing, and intention thoughtfully woven together with a live DJ performance.

Friday 6:45pm-7:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Matt Soule: Wim Hof Method Fundamentals – THUR 11am & VIBE – FRI 10:45am

Matt is an author, speaker, and professional instructor focusing on stress tools for peak potential. 

He was part of the first group of certified Wim Hof Method (WHM) instructors in the US and began teaching for the international WHM Academy as a teacher’s trainer in 2018.  He toured with Wim Hof worldwide in 2018 and 2019, teaching embodied consciousness exercises and breathing techniques to thousands.  

Matt’s journey into the breath and the psychedelic began with early practice in chi gong combined with yogic principles and later integrated fundamentals gleaned from the Wim Hof Method.  He is the co-creator of ViBE, a vibrational breathing experience designed to take participants to the endogenous psychedelic.  

Matt is on a mission to help 1 million people leverage the key-pathways of stress to live their best lives. 

Thursday 11am-3pm, Positive Vibration Station

Friday 10:45am-12:15pm, Positive Vibration Station

Petra Cimbalova: The Sound Mind Garden – FRI 9:30am

Using crystal bowls, gongs, chimes, voice, ocean drum, and some percussion instruments, The Sound Mind Garden will be sharing a meditative soundscape journey curated to take listeners through different parts of their being; gradually building as the journey continues; culminating in arriving at inner peace and harmony. The Sound Mind Garden shares a message of inner awareness and being the present moment awareness as an everyday practice. 

Friday 9:30am-10:30am, Positive Vibration Station

Pierette Baker: Sounds of the Universe – SAT 9:30am

In these times of change and conflicted opinions, virus, war and natural disasters, there lives the indelible hope for possibility and peace among the masses. Man must live with the idea that RADICAL LOVE can save us all from ourselves and make us all so much more. Joshua Tree Music Festival embraces this concept twice a year in this magical desert. Let us gather with the Gongs once more and send out our collective RADICAL LOVE through vibration and loving kindness from the sounds of  “To Gong With Love” morning meditations. We Are the Change!!!

Saturday 9:30am-10:30am, Positive Vibration Station

Rachel Lattuca: Partner Yoga – SUN 12:30pm

Rachel’s teaching style is warm, welcoming, and accessible to all levels. She believes that yoga is for “every-body” and is committed to creating a safe and supportive space for her students to be playful and explore their own unique expressions.

Sunday 12:30pm-1:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Ray Light: DownDog Disco – SAT 4:15pm

Ray Light is a certified yoga instructor, multi-faceted performer, dancer, and long-time twerker. Her passion for teaching has stemmed from a love of embodiment and wanting to teach others how to feel comfortable and empowered in their bodies. Her mission is to meet students where they’re at, support them in finding a feel-good flow, and create an inclusive and welcoming practice space for all. Ray Light currently resides in Lake Tahoe, CA, teaching yoga and twerkshops at Tahoe Flow Arts. You can most commonly catch her getting down on a dancefloor or up in the mountains near you.

Saturday 4:15pm-5:15pm, Positive Vibration Station

Sabrina & Tobi: Vinyasa Sound Bath – SUN 9:30am

Sabrina and Tobi have lived in the Joshua Tree/ Yucca Valley for over 20 years. They have created a very special class that combines hot yoga with sound bath. They introduced it to the desert in 2014 and it continues to be one of the highest attended classes at their local studio, Cedar & Sage Wellness Studio in Yucca Valley. From this unique class, a union was born between these two women. To uplift, encourage, laugh, support and build inner strength within each student is the essential goal each and every teacher here. Above all, a sense of community and connection.

Sunday 9:30am-10:30am, Positive Vibration Station

Shima Azee: Shamanic Breathwork and Sound – SUN 7am

Kimiko Miller, LMFT is a therapist who has specialized in substance use disorders and mental health issues for over 13 years, as well as private practice for couples, families and individuals. Kimiko received her Masters of Arts from Fresno Pacific University in 2011. She has training in Expressive Arts Therapy, Psychodrama, Somatic Release, Breathwork, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral therapy), and Love and Sex addiction. Kimiko’s partner Rob Castle is a Medicine man that is trained in Somatic Breathwork and indigenous medicines. His passion is to help others heal through the mind, body, and spirit in a holistic manner. Rob and Kimiko have the ability to hold a safe space for clients that allows them to heal unresolved trauma and stress/ailments within the body. In their spare time they offer individual, couples, and group workshops; at their healing center, Shima Azee, in Twentynine Palms. Each retreat is tailored to fit each individual and group for their specific needs, including holding various ceremonies such as; water, medicine wheel, and tobacco. This couple provides an authentic and safe space for clients to experience emotions in greater depth and to begin their journey by fulfilling their deepest hopes and dreams.

Sunday 7am-8am, Positive Vibration Station

Sterling Victorian: Eye Love Myself – FRI 5:30pm

Sterling’s spiritual journey began with her own healing. As a child, she was riddled with mental health and emotional obstacles due to an unstable and abusive domestic life. Determined to not rely on the prescribed medications that were numbing her creativity, she set out on a journey to heal herself holistically. This journey transcended into a commitment to help others do the same. And after years of studies, travels, mentorship, and rituals she birthed eyelovemyself, a space committed to your positive transformation and growth from the inside out.

Friday 5:30pm-6:30pm, Positive Vibration Station

Walter Winfield: Qi-Gong – FRI & SUN 8:15am

On his 76th lap around the sun, Walter has incorporated yoga, breathing and martial arts into his life since his teen years. He began practicing Qigong in the 90’s and started leading a free class on the cliffs of Laguna beach over 20 years ago Qigong translates to ‘life energy cultivation’. It is a self healing technique used to align body, breath, and mind for health, meditation and martial arts training. He’s been hosting sessions here at JTMF for years, and continues to offer free classes every Sunday here in the high desert.

Friday & Sunday 8:15am-9:15am, Positive Vibration Station