1. Register & grab some goodies. 
Arrive at the park by 8 am (we start at 8:30) and come say hi to the Yoga Rocks the Park Crew waiting for you at registration to check you in (please show your ticket on your mobile device OR just let us know your name - no need to print out your ticket). Also, don't forget to grab your free goodies from our partners). Pre-registration is encouraged to guarantee your spot and keep the lines flowing at the park. Please and thank you for that. ;) 

2. Grab your mat, water bottle + sunscreen. 
Head to the park EARLY with your friends, family or just roll solo as close-in parking for YRP is limited. Better yet, ride your bike or carpool. Don't have a mat/water bottle or sunscreen? No problem - in Denver Pogamat is on-site so you can sample/purchase a mat from right at the park along with other supplies from the YRP vendor booth.

3. Pre yoga needs? 
Grab a juice or snack in the Wellness Vendor Village. Pick up some sunscreen and a new YRP water bottle or tank top. Bring your wallet (CC's accepted by most vendors) so you can pick up some new goodies from the 20+ vendors before and/or after class and enjoy connecting with old and new friends.   

4. Drop your little yogis off at Camp YRP 
If you have your kiddos with you (ages 5-10), you can drop them off at Camp YRP provided by Radiant Beginnings Yoga, which happens right by the main class and begins and ends 5 minutes before/after your class to ensure that Moms and Dads can enjoy their full savasana. p.s. They are always welcome to join you in the main practice. 

5. Enjoy Guided Meditation, Yoga + Live Music and post-yoga mini-wellness workshops in Mother Nature with your Friends & Family
The 75-minute all-levels flow begins guided by some of your favorite local and national yoga teachers, accompanied by a LIVE SOUNDTRACK provided local emerging and nationally renowned musicians. In Denver you'll want to come early and stay late as the yoga class is preceded by a guided meditation and peace talk while post yoga there are free mini-wellness workshops in the vendor village. Breathe and enjoy the sacred space our teachers and musicians create for you each week in the presence of Mother Nature. 

6. Mingle, hug a friend, support a local cause / business. 
After class, the music and mingling continues and we encourage you meet someone new, and learn more about your local businesses and Seva Partners in our Wellness Vendor Village. 

Bonus: You give just by showing up 
All YRP cities donate some to all proceeds to local/national non-profits. In Denver 50% of all donations go to Food Bank of the Rockies. Can't afford to donate? No problem, in Denver the event is free thanks to local partners. 

We all leave the park as shiny, happy people which ripples out into our communities!
Then, we do it all again next weekend! 

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Yoga Rocks the Park has you covered across the globe with plenty of late Summer early Fall experiences. Some are even FREE!  Here is a list of all-levels commUNITY live-music classes available (click on city name to register): 

CARLSBAD, CA - Sundays September 14 & 21st - Featuring: Audrey Sarquilla, 
Graham Hadidian, Andy Totman + Tamara Lafferty-Totman and Vinyasa Arts.


CLEVELAND, OH - Sunday September 21st - Featuring: Tammy Lyons and 
Yolanda Rosenthal - Greene & Gary Dacanay 

DENVER, CO - Sundays Setember 21st & 28th - Featuring: Patrick Harrington, 
Gina Caputo, Koffi Togo Company and DJ Drez.

DETROIT, MI - Sunday September 14th with Kelli Harrington & Nick Ayers.   

KANSAS CITY, MO - FREE DAY September 14 with Gina Caputo + DJ Janis!

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Saturday September 13th & 20th - Featuring: Danielle Jokinen, Lakshmi, Tara Cindy Sherman and her Radiant Flow Drummers. 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Dates TBD Jan 2015 - plan you trip now and stay in the loop on Facebook. 

Hope to see YOU on the mat this fall in your city! YRP not in your city? Apply to bring YRP to your town here. Tickets and location/times at yogarocksthepark.com

As the 'back to school' sales kick in it's easy to feel like summer is nearing its end and that opportunities to practice outdoors are coming to a close but Yoga Rocks the Park has you covered across the globe with plenty of late Summer/Fall experiences. Some are even FREE!  

Here's a list of all-levels commUNITY live-music classes available (click on city name to register): 

BOULDER, CO -  Aug. 16 + 23. 

CARLSBAD, CA - Sundays Aug. 17 - Sep. 27. Featuring: Steve Gold, DJ HyFi, Katie Brauer and many more

CHICAGO, IL - FREE DAY presented by YOGA SIX Sunday Aug 17 with Katie Brauer! 

CLEVELAND, OH - Sundays Aug 24, Sep 6, 21. 

DENVER, CO - Sundays Aug. 17 - Sep 28. Featuring Luke Williams, Patrick Harrington, Gina Caputo, DJ HyFi and many more. FREE DAY presented by be present on 9/7/14!

DETROIT, MI - Saturdays Aug 16 - Sep 14.   

KANSAS CITY, MO - FREE DAY Sep 14 with Gina Caputo + DJ Janis!

MILWAUKEE, WI - Sundays Aug 17 - Sep 7. Featuring Bhavani, Ryan Hader and many more. 

MINNEAPOLIS, MI - Saturday Aug 16 - Sep 20. 

PORTLAND, OR - Saturdays Aug 16, 23 + Sep 6. Featuring Luke Williams, East Forest and many more. FREE DAY Sep 6 presented by YOYOYOGI with Alex Cole and Steve Gold! 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Dates TBD Jan 2015 - plan you trip now and stay in the loop on Facebook. 


Hope to see YOU on the mat this fall in your city! Don't see your city? Apply to bring YRP to your town here. Tickets and location/times at yogarocksthepark.com

Hello yogis!

Yoga Rocks the Park and Kindness Yoga are two organizations committed to spreading yoga across the country and making it accessible - so that people everywhere have the opportunity to reap the benefits of practice for themselves, their relationships, and their communities. That’s why we teamed up for a record-breaking free class in the park on June 1st with over 1,200 practitioners in attendance. And it’s why we’re working together once again to offer you this opportunity…

The need for talented yoga teachers with great training is growing - and our yoga teacher training programs are growing to meet that need! If you’re curious about teacher training, click here and sign up for our mailing list to receive $300 off participating trainings at Kindness starting before August 1, 2015! This includes:


Buffy Barfoot’s Clear Compass 200hr
Kindness Vinyasa 200hr
Awaken the Heart Hot Yoga 200hr

Want more information? Let us know? Visit www.kindnesscollective.com and reach out to info@kindnesscollective.com to learn more about our teacher training programs! And thank you for your support of more yoga in our city!

Together with local presenting sponsor, Athleta, Yoga Rocks the Park launched its inaugural 2014 season with a Summer Solstice celebration on Saturday, June 21st with 300 yogis from the Twin Cities Community. The Yoga Rocks the Park Minneapolis series continues on select Saturday's all summer long rotating from Father Hennepin State Park and Marquette Plaza. Visit event website for a complete schedule. 

Each Yoga Rocks the Park event features an outdoor, all-levels 75-minute yoga class (beginners welcome!) featuring the Twin City's most inspiring local and national yoga teachers, accompanied by live music or DJ with some of the top and emerging musicians in the country. Parents are invited to bring their little yogis for Camp YRP, a kids yoga class designed specifically for your little yogis ages 3-10, We also provide unique opportunities to support local businesses within your community in the wellness vendor village in each city. For more information, and tickets, please visit  www.yogarocksthepark.com/minneapolis

About Yoga Rocks the Park 
The Yoga Rocks the Park Community has organically grown from 30 yogis in Denver, to a collective of over 25,000 yogis, yoga teachers, community members, musicians, yoga studios, festival partners, non-profit organizations and mindful businesses who believe in the power of coming together with like-minded friends on a common mission --- to grow the practice of yoga, give back to our communities, bring light to inspiring yoga teachers, emerging musicians and innovations in wellness --- and to most importantly, to come together with our family and friends to play, move, love and celebrate each other in the sunshine in the presence of Mother Nature. 

Today, with a beloved, passionate team of 20+ locally-based Event Directors in cities throughout the U.S., we collectively celebrate our own communities and play together on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer with our friends... sometimes 1000+  of them! Each of our 20 Yoga Rocks the Park event series was brought to its local community by a like-minded friend and is graciously supported in many beautiful ways by their own community. From one event 7 years ago with 30 yogis, to 150 events and 25,000 yogis in 2014 ---we think it's working! www.yogarocksthepark.com

Friends!!! A little message from our friend Michael Franti and Spearhead for our Yoga Rocks the Park Southern California crew! Come play at the upcoming Soulshine Music + Yoga Festival on June 20th at the Greek Theatre L.A. with Ryan Leier, Nicki Doane, Brett Dennen, Trevor Hall ++ More!#yogarockersunite 

More So Cal Dates! 
Santa Barbara Bowl (we love it there!)- June 19th 
San Diego - June 22nd at the Open Air Theater 
Tickets: http://soulshine.com/

Yoga Rocks the Park, nationally presented by Liquido, a weekly, outdoor live music, yoga and community celebration, is proud to announce that its Denver event series will offer a free-of-charge day of yoga and live music on Sunday, June 1 at 9:30 am, presented by Kindness Yoga, named Denver’s Best Yoga Studio in 2013 by the A List and CityVoter.

The event features Lindsay Gonzalez and Helios Walker for a free outdoor 75-minute class with hundreds of friends new and old in the heart of beautiful Denver at Sunken Gardens Park. The yoga is complemented by a live soundtrack provided by local Denver musicians, The Larson Brothers. 

As a bonus to the day, nationally renowned Omlight Photography will be on hand offering professional shoots to the events guests, providing a great opportunity to gift yourself a professional digitally mastered photo for your website and/or social media posts PLUS receive a print of your pose while giving back to a great cause! Proceeds from the personal photo shoots benefit Yoga Rocks the Park's National Seva Partner, The Give Back Yoga Foundation. To find out more and to register for your photo shoot, please visit www.givebackyoga.org/omlight. 

Although not required, guests are encouraged to pre-register for via the event's website at www.yogarocksthepark.com/denver. Pre-registration at the park begins at 9:00 am and the yoga and music begins at 9:30 am. Guests are encouraged to support and learn more about local Denver businesses in the Yoga Rocks the Park's Wellness Vendor Village offering unique opportunities to mingle with local wellness innovators. 

For more information on the June 1st event, please visit www.yogarocksthepark.com/denver.html or email hello@openskyeventmarketing.com 

About Kindness 
The culture of Kindness began more than 15 years ago in our original Cherry Creek location, where Patrick Harrington acquired his first studio, Yoga Energi. Throughout its evolution from Yoga Energi to Vital Yoga Cherry Creek to Kindness Yoga, Patrick has remained committed to providing a warm, welcoming environment for all who cross our threshold—whether student, teacher, seeker, or all of the above. Today, Kindness Yoga’s four studios—Hilltop, Cherry Creek, South Broadway and Capitol Hill—serve the Denver yoga community with a wealth of knowledge and diversity of expression, featuring over 250 classes every week taught by more than 80 experienced instructors from a deliciously rich range of yogic backgrounds. Under the mindful guidance of Patrick Harrington and Cameron Dabney, Kindness Yoga is proud to represent an all-levels, ever-expanding family of practitioners as they learn to step into the flow of grace—and to tap into their full physical, emotional and spiritual potential. kindnesscollective.com

About Yoga Rocks the Park 
Yoga Rocks the Park is a movement to bring peace, joy and celebration to all communities throughout the country. Yoga Rocks the Park began as a single event in Denver, Colorado seven years ago and is now celebrated in over 20 cities across the U.S., each locally managed and supported by their communities and local and national partners. Our mission is to bring people of all ages to the park to celebrate community, play, bring light to local causes, engage with local wellness companies, and provide yogis with the opportunity to experience new teachers and yoga styles, accompanied by a live soundtrack featuring local musicians. Each event series runs on select Saturdays & Sundays throughout the summer, with 10% of net profits donated to local nonprofit organizations. The weekly events feature an all-level, 75-minute yoga class and a kids’ yoga program, Camp Yoga Rocks the Park. Yoga Rocks the Park 2014 City Lineup: Asheville. Boston. Boulder. Carlsbad. Chicago. Cleveland. Dallas. Denver. Detroit. Kansas City. Los Angeles. Milwaukee. Minneapolis. Omaha. Orange County. Phoenix. Portland. St. Louis. San Diego. San Francisco. For more information, visitwww.yogarocksthepark.com.

Yoga Rocks the Park San Diego is so excited to be part of the upcoming V Elements Festival 
scheduled for Saturday April 5th at Liberty Station. 

V Elements (pronounced Five Elements) is a second year, one-day sustainable yoga, music and arts festival.  There will be yoga classes by day, lead by some of most sought after instructors, and music by night from both local and national touring artists.

To celebrate, together with V Elements, we are giving away 1-pair of tickets! All you have to do is enter your email address to be entered! (it only takes 5 seconds). 

p.s. Like V Elements on Facebook = Good Karma Points. Namaste and Rock on!

Entry for the contest is now closed! See you at V Elements! 

By entering this contest, you are opting in to receive email updates from Yoga Rocks the Park and V Elements. Winner will be notified via email by March 31, 2014. Prize includes 2-Full Passes to V Elements. Travel not included. Limit 1 entry per person. 

What: V Elements (pronounced Five Elements) is a second year, one-day sustainable yoga, music and arts festival.  There will be yoga classes by day, lead by some of most sought after instructors, and music by night from both local and national touring artists.

When: April 5, 2014

Where: The heart of San Diego in Point Loma at the Liberty Station Green: http://libertystation.com/directory-type/parks-recreation.  This space is an expansive, grassy, outdoor field that is centrally located within San Diego.  It is easily accessible both by bike and car, from beach areas and from downtown, and offers plenty of parking.  There is an incredible view of the San Diego bay from “the green”.

Why: V Elements Festival will focus on balancing the five elements represented by earth, wind, fire, water, and space. This will be demonstrated through the key components of  yoga, music, community, health and environment.

Who: The producers of this event are Indie Yoga, Alternative Power Productions and Madero Group with sponsorships and partnerships from Ballast Point Brewing Company, Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter (non-profit partner), Adams Ave. Integrative Health, Belly Up, CityBeat, CorePower Yoga, Yogo Rocks the Park, Bird Rock Yoga, Happy-U Namaste, Aerial Revolution, The Untz and many more.

Sustainability: Focused on energy usage and carbon management, V Elements integrates sustainability throughout the entire event. This is accomplished through solar staging and sound, carbon offsetting, transportation and waste management. 

For more information, please visit http://www.velementsfest.com/#!green/c1a0k 

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EXPERIENCE ERIC STANLEY LIVE AT 2014 YOGA ROCKS THE PARK PHOENIX FINALE' EVENT, MARCH 30TH | Free Download of The Eric Stanley Project Below

"Trying to be better than someone else is a pure waste of time. Strive to be better than you were yesterday" - Eric Stanley

Music is the inspirational driving force shaping lives worldwide. A great musical composition does not always need words to have an everlasting impact, for the message can be seen, felt and heard through sound. Take 22 year old musician Eric Stanley, who knows all about inspiring others through his musical talent. With over 15 million+ YouTube views, and 91,000+ YouTube subscribers, Eric is well on his way to achieving his goal of changing lives with his violin. 

Born in Chesapeake, VA, Eric grew up in a household surrounded by musicians. What began as an elective in middle school developed into a second nature for Eric. As he entered high school, Eric went on to receive professional training and join the Richmond Youth Symphony Orchestra. Eric is currently studying Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Music and Business at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. 

Eric began playing along recorded songs in 2010. The first video he posted on YouTube was a violin cover of “Say Ahh” by Atlantic Recording Artist Trey Songz. This video gained 100,000 views in a day. The overwhelming response motivated him to keep moving forward. With just homemade videos recorded in his dorm room, Eric has reached over 91,000 subscribers and surpassed 15 million total upload views. He 
continues to use this social media site to build his brand and has been featured on a number of social media sites such as Perez Hilton.com and WorldStarHipHop.com. 

Eric’s mixtape of covers entitled “The Eric Stanley Project” was released in April 2011 to the delight of his fans and has received 56,000+ views, and over 27,000 downloads to date. This musical protégé continues to elevate his passion, and has performed both nationally and internationally in Ecuador, Mexico, England, as well as Sweden. 

Awarded the Black Caucus, Black Student Union, & NAACP’s “Master of Music Award” in 2012, Eric has not limited himself to a specific style of music. He defines it more as world music mixed into modern. Some of his musical influences include Jean-Luc Ponty, Japhia Life, Andre 3000 and his family as a major influence in his career.

Eric’s debut single “Walkin’ Cross The Road” is available now on iTunes. A tour and an EP (extended-play) release of original music are also in the works for Eric. The self-entitled EP will incorporate a variety of pop, hip hop, jazz and orchestral music. With a steadily growing worldwide fan base, Eric Stanley is well on his way to achieving his goal of inspiring others with his violin chords.

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COLORADO! Time is running out for you to purchase your tickets to our Hanuman Festival Primer with Kathryn Budig in Denver next weekend! She will be teaching two classes at the beautiful, historic Sherman St. Event Center on Sat. March 22nd, you do not want to miss out on this rare opportunity to learn from one of the most relevant teachers of our time! Head to http://www.hanumanfestival.com/presents-kathryn-budig to reserve your mat space TODAY!