The Official 2026 Schedule For The Anaconda Yoga Fest
The Anaconda Yoga Fest will take place in historic locations throughout Anaconda
When viewing the schedule, keep in mind the following locations: Anaconda Yoga, The Bighorn Event Space, The Montana, and Washoe Park.

Anaconda Yoga
200 Main Street, Suite 6
Anaconda, MT 5971

The Cellar Room
116 Main Street
Anaconda, MT 59711

The Montana Hotel
200 Main Street
Anaconda, MT 5971

Washoe Park
816 W Pennsylvania St, Anaconda, MT 59711
Friday, September 11, 2026
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Check-in at Anaconda Yoga, 200 Main Street #6, Anaconda, MT
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Soul Akasha – Elsa Janney
The Cellar Room – Belly Massage Basics – Stephanie Naftal
The Montana – Going Upside Down – Rachel Lepley
Washoe Park – Sacred Practice, Ordinary Life: A Chakra Exploration – Lou Rae
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Somatic Yoga For Grief – Marquis Matson
The Cellar Room – Come Home To YOU – Audrey Mills
The Montana – Pelvic Floor Workshop: Leak Less, Live More – Amanda Fehrer
Washoe Park – Medicinal Plant Walk – Stephanie Naftal
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Yoga for Stress Relief – Jacquie Peterson
The Cellar Room – Intuitive Touch Assists Workshop – Cici Smith
The Montana – Kundalini Rebirthing Breath Experience – Lou Rae
Washoe Park – Elements & Energy: The Dance of the Vayus – Lexi Salminen
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Montana – Opening Kirtan w/ Kathleen Karlsen
4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Clean Wine & NA Tasting at The Bighorn
Head over to The Bighorn on Main Street for a free tasting of clean wines and N/A beverages, plus a fun social hour with other Yoga Fest attendees and the community.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Standing Strong and Tall – Susan Rasmussen
The Cellar Room – Strength For Flexibility – Jasmine Wolfe
The Montana – Heart-Inspired Hatha & Sound – Brittany Otte
Washoe Park – no class
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Mantras and Goddess Stories – Kathleen Karlsen
The Cellar Room – The Art of Subtlety A Foundational Practice – Jennie Peterson
The Montana – Somatic Breathwork – Marquis Matson
Washoe Park – Yoga for Radiance: Vinyasa Flow – Brittany Otte
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Focus On The Feet – Susan Rasmussen
The Cellar Room – Peak Is Not The Point – Nico Hurley
The Montana – The Profoundness of Presence: A Slowfull Workshop Experience – Jennie Peterson
Washoe Park – Kids Yoga & Play – Avery Blair Seefeldt
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Wellness Market at Anaconda Yoga Alleyway
Stop by the Wellness Market on Park Avenue and Main Street to meet vendors from around Montana. Expect to see bodywork, craniosacral therapy, and massage samples; reiki oils, cacao, crystals, and chakra kits; herbal tinctures, teas, and botanical elixirs; natural soaps, salves, and skincare; handmade ceramics and pottery; intuitive insight and energy readings; and even organic, vegan treats for pets.
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Embodying The Divine Feminine – Marquis Matson
The Cellar Room – Somatic Slinkiness – Nadia
The Montana – Flow State Spiral Flow – Cici Smith
Washoe Park – One Universe, Many Senses: An Embodied Tantric Practice in Nature – Lexi Salminen
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – The Deep Unwinding: Yoga Nidra – Jessica Pearson
The Cellar Room – The Frequency Flow – Audrey Price
The Montana – The Ascent: Building Toward Handstand – Nico Hurley
Washoe Park – Divine Feminine & Masculine In Nature – Marquis Matson
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
The Montana – Ignite & Release: Buti Glow – Audrey Mills
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Summit Recovery Lounge Mobile Sauna
Summit Recovery Lounge will be hosting a pop-up sauna and cold-plunge experience outside the Anaconda Yoga studio, in the alleyway.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Strong to Soften – Sami Garrett
The Cellar Room – Rocket Yoga – Rachel Lepley
The Montana – Stretch & Unwind – Avery Blair
Washoe Park – no class
9 a.m. Group Bike Ride by Anaconda Bicycles
Meet at Anaconda Bicycles at 9 a.m. and ride from Main Street along scenic Stumptown Road, then cruise down Cable Road to finish with a restorative yoga practice at Washoe Park. If you need to rent a bike, then you can rent a biked from Anaconda Bicycles. Please coordinate before the time of the event.
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Functional Yoga For Healthy Aging – Marquis Matson
The Cellar Room –
Strength For Flexibility – Jasmine Wolfe
The Montana – Reiki Recalibration – Nadia
Washoe Park – Slow Waves Open Heart – Jessica Pearson
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Myofascial Release Workshop – Eve Farwell
The Cellar Room – Pelvic Floor Workshop: Leak Less, Live More – Amanda Fehrer
The Montana – The Frequency Flow – Audrey Price
Washoe Park – Seven Chakra Yoga – Marquis Matson
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Anaconda Yoga – Elemental Reset: Sound Journey – Eve Farwell
The Cellar Room – Somatic Yoga For Feminine Energy – Marquis Matson
The Montana – Rooted and Open 90 min Guided Experience – Sami Garrett
Washoe Park – Guided Journey With Drum Beats – Jacquie Peterson
3:00 p.m. Hatha and Horses – Elsa Janney
Come be in presence with horses. Enjoy a flow feeling into connection and devotion to your body while the horses graze and observe near. After the flow, step into shared space with the horses and feel the depths of awareness expand as we remain in the presence and openness the flow led us to. Enjoy the heart expansion of being with the horses and sharing in their highly communicative, yet quiet space. Location to be shared.
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Why You’ll Love Anaconda Yoga Fest
- Outdoor yoga in Washoe Park
- 40+ yoga classes and workshops
- Live music and somatic ecstatic dance
- Outdoor wellness market
- Fresh, locally roasted pour-over coffee
- Historic mountain town with hiking, hot springs, and adventure nearby
- A walkable town with a vibrant community
September 11 – 13
Yoga Fest Ticket Options
$250
The full festival experience.
Three days to settle in, explore Anaconda, take the classes that interest you most, and become part of the community. If you’re traveling here, then this is the pass that lets you experience everything the Anaconda Yoga Fest has to offer.
Your 3-day pass includes:
✔️ Access to all classes across Friday + Saturday + Sunday
✔️ Saturday night ecstatic dance celebration
✔️ Time to meet people
$200
Perfect if Friday is a work day.
Spend the weekend immersed in movement, connection, and community. Enjoy two full days of classes and workshops, explore downtown Anaconda, and experience the energy of Saturday night’s ecstatic dance.
Your 2-day pass includes:
✔️ Access to all classes across Saturday + Sunday
✔️ Saturday night ecstatic dance celebration
✔️ Outdoor classes and community
(SOLD OUT )
$300
The early-bird special for the Anaconda Yoga Fest.
Skip the stress and treat yourself to the full Anaconda Yoga Fest experience — with perks that make your weekend smoother, more spacious, and extra special.
Your VIP Pass includes:
✔️ All-access to every yoga class, workshop, and event all three days
✔️ Priority class registration — so you don’t miss out on limited-capacity favorites
✔️ Exclusive swag bag with local goodies + your choice of a festival tee or water bottle
✔️ Entry to Saturday night’s somatic ecstatic dance
✔️ Other perks
Purchase A Day Pass
Great if you’re only joining for one day.
Friday Day Pass
$40
Includes all yoga classes on Friday, September 11.
saturday day pass
$140
Includes all classes on Saturday, and ecstatic dance on Saturday, September 12.
sunday day pass
$90
Includes all yoga classes on Sunday, September 13.
single class drop-in
$25
Admission to single class – purchase on the spot and show your purchase confirmation to the teacher as you enter the class.
Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve had lots of common questions coming from people interested in attending Southwest Montana’s only yoga festival. Here is where you can find answers to your questions.
Class Descriptions
Below you’ll find descriptions for all classes offered at Anaconda Yoga Fest 2026, listed in alphabetical order. Each one reflects the heart and intention of its teacher—rooted in practice, shaped by experience, and offered with care. Whether you’re planning your weekend or just browsing for inspiration, this list will help you get a feel for the wide range of offerings and find what resonates most with you.
Belly Massage Basics – Stephanie Naftal
Friday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
In this second section of the workshop I’ll teach you the full belly massage, taking our time with this gentle, yet powerful practice that is like a moving meditation. Plenty of time for questions. If you’ve taken my workshop before, this is your chance to refresh and review your technique and ask questions in person.
Come Home to YOU – Audrey Mills
Friday 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
Buti movement is a somatic movement unlike any other yoga class you’ve experienced! Find your inner wild with music being our guiding GPS throughout your movement!
Divine Feminine & Masculine In Everyday Living – Marquis Matson
Saturday 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Nature expresses both feminine and masculine energies—fluid and steady, receptive and active, wild and still. In this class, we’ll explore tantric perspectives on these polarities and learn how to observe them in the world around us. We’ll explore masculine and feminine energies in our own daily lives, how it feels when these energies are out of balance, and how to bring them back into balance. There will be a journaling portion and open sharing with the group.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Divine Feminine & Masculine In Nature – Marquis Matson
Saturday 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Nature expresses both feminine and masculine energies—fluid and steady, receptive and active, wild and still. In this class, we’ll explore tantric perspectives on these polarities and learn how to observe them in the world around us. You’ll take a slow walk through the park, guided by prompts and reflection questions, then come together in circle for journaling and group discussion. A practice in presence, pattern-seeing, and connecting more deeply to both land and self.
Elemental Reset: Sound Journey – Eve Farwell
Sunday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
earth. air. water. fire. space.
This 75-minute experience moves through all five elements using guided meditation and immersive sound therapy as portals into deep listening and felt transformation. No background in meditation or sound healing needed. Just show up and let it move you. Bring a journal & any props to create comfort while lying down.
This workshop is rooted in the elemental framework Eve brings to her upcoming Sacred Elements Peru Retreat in April 2027.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Elements & Energy: The Dance of the Vayus – Lexi Salminen
Friday 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Step into an embodied exploration of the five elements and the subtle currents of energy that move within you. In this 90-minute practice, we’ll move beyond theory into direct experience, feeling how Earth grounds, Water flows, Fire transforms, Air expands, and Space holds it all.
Through mindful movement, breathwork, and guided awareness, you’ll be introduced to the five vayus, the directional expressions of prana that influence everything from stability and digestion to expression and flow. As we move, breathe, and rest, you’ll begin to sense how these inner “winds” shape your energy, your practice, and your state of mind.
Expect a balanced journey of grounding, building heat, expanding, and softening into stillness. This class is accessible to all levels and designed to leave you feeling both rooted and spacious, energized and at ease.
Come ready to move, feel, and discover the subtle dance happening within.
Flow State Spiral Flow – Cici Smith
Saturday 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
This is my signature style class. It has all the expected elements of a vinyasa flow-style class. We start with slow and subtle movement patterns and build on them, little by little, anchored to our breathe and the expansions and contractions of it. Thus, essentially, carving out a spiral pattern with our movement. It’s hard to put into words until you’ve experienced it 😉
Focus on the Feet – Susan Rasmussen
Saturday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
This class will teach you how to strengthen the feet leading to better overall mobility and stronger body from the ground up.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Functional Yoga For Healthy Aging – Marquis Matson
Sunday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Aging well isn’t about maintaining the body you had twenty years ago. It’s about supporting the body you have today with movement that builds strength, balance, mobility, and confidence for the years ahead.
In this functional yoga class, we’ll explore practical movement patterns that help support everyday life, from getting up and down from the floor to improving balance, coordination, joint mobility, and overall resilience. Drawing from both yoga and functional movement principles, the practice is designed to help you move more efficiently, reduce unnecessary strain, and maintain independence as you age.
Expect accessible movement, thoughtful progressions, and plenty of options for different bodies and abilities. Whether you’re in your 40s, 60s, 80s, or simply interested in moving better for life, this class offers tools to help you stay active, capable, and connected to your body.
Because healthy aging isn’t about fighting the passage of time. It’s about continuing to meet yourself with strength, curiosity, and care through every season of life.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Going Upside Down – Rachel Lepley
Friday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
Curious about going upside down? This playful class breaks down headstands, forearm stands, and handstands in a supportive, no-pressure environment. No experience needed, just bring your curiosity and we’ll flip your perspective together.
Guided Journey With Drum Beats – Jacquie Peterson
Sunday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Guided Journey Meditation and Sound Healing.
Hatha & Horses – Elsa Janney
Sunday 4 p.m. in Deer Lodge
Come be in presence with horses. Enjoy a flow feeling into connection and devotion to your body while the horses graze and observe near. After the flow, step into shared space with the horses and feel the depths of awareness expand as we remain in the presence and openness the flow led us to. Enjoy the heart expansion of being with the horses and sharing in their highly communicative, yet quiet space.
Heart-Inspired Hatha & Sound – Brittany Otte
Saturday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at The Montana Hotel
This class is designed to cultivate a deep sense of connection with oneself and the heart. The session will incorporate gentle Hatha yoga postures that emphasize embodiment and mindfulness, encouraging participants to tune into their breath and feelings. Each asana will be carefully selected to open the heart space, promoting compassion and self-acceptance. Closing with a savasana sound bath.
Release & Ignite: Buti Glow – Audrey Mills
Saturday 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
We’re turning the lights down, the music up, and the vibes all the way to electric. This is your glow-in-the-dark Buti class to shake off the past year and jump into the next one feeling strong, sweaty, and fully alive.
Expect high-energy movement, deep core work, spirals, shakes, and that classic Buti “I didn’t know I could move like this” magic. The music is loud, the energy is spicy, and you will 100 percent leave feeling like a glowing, unstoppable creature.
Wear neon or white so you pop under the black lights. We’ll bring the UV paints, glow sticks, bracelets, and the full setup so the whole room lights up with you.
If you’re ready to sweat, shake, laugh, and celebrate the Anaconda Yoga Fest on fire, this is your class. Let’s glow.
Intuitive Touch Assists Workshop – Cici Smith
Friday 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
Intuitive Touch (90 minutes) is a workshop for yoga teachers who want to deepen their knowledge and experience with hands-on assists and adjustments. In this workshop, be prepared to learn and watch but more importantly be prepared to practice giving and receiving, with metta (loving kindness) as our True North and ultimate intention.
Kids Yoga & Play – Avery Blair Seefeldt
Saturday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Kids Yoga & Play is a fun, interactive class for ages 5-10 where kids can move, play, and connect with other kids in a structured way! Through a rotation of yoga poses, games, mindfulness and movement activities, children will build strength, focus, and confidence.
Kundalini Rebirthing Breath Experience – Lou
Friday 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
Kundalini Rebirthing combines posture, meditation, breathwork, and imagery to support individuals release from subconscious burdens and achieve a renewed sense of self-awareness and clarity. It allows for deep healing and ultimately, a reconnection with your soul, natural environment and all that is.
Please minimize food intake at least 2 hours before the offering to support a deeper experience. Bring water and light snacks for grounding and nourishment afterward.
Leak Less, Live More: Pelvic Floor Workshop – Amanda Fehrer
Friday 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
Sunday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
Leaking, pressure, core weakness, and pelvic floor concerns aren’t things you simply have to accept as part of aging, exercise, or daily life.
In this 90-minute workshop, you’ll learn how the pelvic floor works, why issues like incontinence are so common, and how breathing, posture, movement habits, and core function all influence pelvic floor health.
Led by a physical therapist with nearly 20 years of experience, this workshop combines practical education with gentle movement to help you better understand your body and build confidence in everyday activities. We’ll explore breathing strategies, pelvic floor and core coordination, and simple movement techniques that can help reduce strain and support bladder control.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your pelvic floor, hands-on tools you can begin using immediately, and practical strategies to support strength, function, and confidence in daily life.
Open to all bodies and experience levels.
Mantras and Goddess Stories – Kathleen Karlsen
Saturday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Come find your goddess! Inspiring stories of goddesses from multiple traditions along with their beautiful symbols and mantras. Includes goddesses from Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and more. Which goddess is fierce and protective? Which one is known for playfulness? Which goddess is famous for compassion and mercy? Most of all, how do these goddesses serve as prototypes for our own journeys through life? Identify the qualities you’d like to embody through the memorable parables and historic adventures of these beloved goddesses.
Myofascial Release Workshop – Eve Farwell
Sunday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Unwind in a 60-minute Myofascial Release Workshop, designed to melt away tension and restore balance to your body and mind. You’ll learn gentle yet effective techniques to release tightness and restrictions in the fascia, promoting greater flexibility, mobility, and overall well-being. Through a combination of self-massage, stretching, and breath-work, you’ll discover how to release stored tension, alleviate discomfort, improve recovery time, and enhance your body’s natural healing abilities.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
One Universe, Many Senses: An Embodied Tantric Practice in Nature – Lexi Salminen
Saturday 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
How do your senses shape the way you move, feel, and experience the world?
This nature-based workshop weaves together meditation, subtle movement, and tantric philosophy to explore perception as a fully embodied experience. Through a guided five-sense meditation, participants will attune to the natural environment, feeling the ground beneath them, listening deeply, and sensing the interplay of breath, light, and space.
From this place of awareness, we move into a slow, intuitive asana practice inspired by the elements of nature. Participants will embody contrasting qualities, rooted and rising, expansive and contained, fluid and still, exploring how these opposites live within the body and breath.
As the practice unfolds, students are invited to notice their dominant sensory pathways and how these influence not only perception, but movement patterns and internal experience. This awareness becomes a gateway into a core tantric insight: each body-mind is a unique expression of consciousness.
The workshop closes with integration and reflection, guiding participants toward a grounded sense of self-acceptance, honoring their individual way of sensing, moving, and being, while deepening connection to the shared field of nature around them.
Peak Is Not the Point – Nico Hurley
Saturday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
In the mountains, the summit draws us upward, but the climb is what shapes the experience.
In this 90-minute workshop, we’ll explore creative sequencing by building a class arc together in real time. We’ll begin by discussing how to construct an intentional ascent toward a peak posture, layering foundation, transitions, and energetic shifts along the way. You’ll see how theme, movement, and experience weave together to create a cohesive journey.
Then, I’ll guide you through the exact flow we built.
Designed especially for yoga teachers, this session offers practical tools for:
- Structuring a meaningful build toward a peak
- Layering transitions creatively and intelligently
- Crafting a descent that integrates what you’ve explored
- Bringing more clarity and intention into your sequencing
Dedicated practitioners are also welcome. You’ll gain insight into how to shape your own home practice so it feels purposeful, expansive, and inspired.
Because in sequencing, just like in the mountains, the peak is powerful, but the journey is what makes it transformative.
Plant Medicine Walk – Stephanie Naftal
Friday 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Learn about some of our local, native, and invasive plants that are tasty and healthy and growing all around us! Meet some plants you may have never considered to be edible, learn about drying plants and proper storage, as well as how to prepare these medicine packed beauties. Wild foods are what our ancestors ate and what we humans evolved to eat, so, if you aren’t already, it’s time to start indulging!
Reiki Recalibration – Nadia
Sunday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at The Montana Hotel
This would be a combination of a guided meditation and breathwork techniques to get everyone into the same energetic frequency. I’ll then go around and give everyone reiki.
Rocket Yoga – Rachel Lepley
Sunday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at The Cellar Room
Rocket Yoga is fast, fun, and a little rebellious, designed to help you play, sweat, and try things you didn’t think you could do. Expect a dynamic flow, upbeat energy, and plenty of options to challenge yourself (or keep it chill)!
Rooted and Open 90 min guided experience – Sami Garrett
Sunday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
This 90-minute journey is an invitation to return, to your body, to the land, and to the quiet wisdom that lives beneath the noise.
Rooted in the spirit of ancient Hawaiian healing, this experience weaves together slow, intuitive movement, self-guided lomilomi touch, breath, and deep presence. You’ll be guided to soften the edges between yourself and nature, feeling the steadiness of the mountains in your bones, the rhythm of the ocean in your breath, and the intelligence of your body as something to listen to, not control.
Through intentional touch and fluid, meditative flow, layers begin to unwind, tension, holding, the subtle ways we disconnect from ourselves. This is not about doing more, but about feeling more. Remembering more.
Expect a space that invites emotional release, grounded expansion, and a deep sense of connection, within and beyond.
You’ll leave feeling rooted in your body, open in your heart, and reconnected to the natural world as something you are not separate from… but a part of.
No experience needed. Just a willingness to slow down, listen, and return.
Sacred Practice, Ordinary Life: A Chakra Exploration – Lou
Friday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Rooted in classical Vedanta teachings, this class explores chakras, koshas, sariras, breath, and mantra as pathways for awakening that unfold within everyday living and the natural world. Please expect dynamic and restful mindful movement, breath/pranayama, meditation, mantra and music. Perfect for all levels! Come with an open mind and leave with an open heart!
Seven Chakra Yoga – Marquis Matson
Sunday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Washoe Park
Rooted in the tradition of Hatha Tantra, this class guides you through the seven chakras using breath, movement, sound, and visualization. You’ll explore each energy center from root to crown, awakening awareness and balance along the central channel. A grounded introduction to subtle body practices—no prior chakra experience needed. Just bring your breath and an open mind.
Slow Waves Open Heart – Jessica Pearson
Sunday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Washoe Park
Move slowly, breathe deeply, and let your whole system exhale. This class weaves together fluid, accessible movement with long, supported restorative shapes to help you unwind from the inside out. We’ll ride the rhythm of slow waves through the body, opening space across the heart, ribs, and back, then settle into nourishing stillness that invites emotional and physical release. Expect a tender, grounding practice that restores your energy and reconnects you with the quiet, steady openness at your center.
Somatic Breathwork – Marquis Matson
Saturday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at The Montana Hotel
Breath is one of the most direct ways we can influence the nervous system, shift our energy, and reconnect with ourselves. In this gentle yet powerful practice, we’ll use breath, simple movement, and guided awareness to explore the relationship between the body, the mind, and the patterns we carry. Rather than using breathwork to force an experience, we’ll approach it through the lens of somatics, learning how to listen, notice, and create safety within the body.
Expect a combination of conscious breathing practices, intuitive movement, moments of stillness, and opportunities to tune into the subtle ways energy moves through you. This class is designed to help release tension, complete stress responses, and cultivate a greater sense of presence and self-awareness.
Suitable for all levels. No prior breathwork experience necessary. Come curious, and meet yourself exactly where you are.
Somatic Slinkiness – Nadia
Saturday 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
It’ll be a suuuper slow flow with time to feel into the experience. It’s soothing, powerful, and yummy. I love to include breathwork as well!
Somatic Yoga For Feminine Energy – Marquis Matson
Sunday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
Designed to support softness, fluidity, and inner attunement, this practice blends somatic movement and gentle yoga to nourish your feminine energy. You’ll move slowly, breathe deeply, and reconnect with the cycles and sensations within. No need to identify as female—this is for anyone seeking a deeper connection to the receptive and intuitive aspects of themselves.
Somatic Yoga For Grief – Marquis Matson
Friday 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Grief is not something we think our way through. It is something we learn to carry, feel, and move with.
This gentle somatic yoga practice offers a compassionate space to meet grief in whatever form it is showing up today. Whether you are grieving the loss of a loved one, a relationship, a chapter of life, or simply carrying the weight of change, you are welcome here.
Through breath, mindful movement, and guided awareness, we’ll explore how grief lives in the body and create space for what is ready to be felt. Rather than trying to fix, force, or move beyond our emotions, this practice invites us to listen deeply and allow energy to move at its own pace.
Expect slow, accessible movement, moments of stillness, and opportunities for reflection. There is no right way to grieve and no expectation that you share your experience. This class simply offers a container to soften, breathe, and remember that you do not have to carry everything alone.
Open to all levels. Come exactly as you are. No previous yoga experience is needed.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Soul Akasha – Elsa Janney
Friday 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Meet your Soul in the Akashic Records. Enjoy a guided, group mediation experience diving into the infinite space of soul consciousness and Soul’s home of the Akashic Records. Meet, learn and receive your soul and self on a deeper level. This experience will provide a deeper awareness of yourself, soul desires and purpose(s) in this lifetime. Offering clarity and love to the beautiful divine physical being you are.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Standing Strong and Tall – Susan Rasmussen
Saturday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at Anaconda Yoga
This class is all about building strong core muscles. We will explore movement while standing and seated and with varied speed and intensity. We will use the whole body to activate the core.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Strength For Flexibility – Jasmine
Sunday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at The Cellar Room
Saturday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at The Cellar Room
In this class you’ll learn how to build up joint and muscle strength to support deep flexibility and better mobility.
Stretch & Unwind – Avery Blair Seefeldt
Sunday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at The Montana Hotel
Stretch & Unwind: All-levels, beginner & senior friendly. 90 minutes
Stretch & Unwind is a slow-paced, stretch-focused vinyasa style flow designed by Hot Springs Yoga to gently and effectively improve flexibility while blending the fluidity of vinyasa with the stillness of yin. This creative sequence holds poses slightly longer than a typical vinyasa without feeling static or blocky, stays close to the mat, and minimizes ups and downs. You’ll experience three types of stretching: dynamic stretching to warm the body and safely explore range of motion, active stretching to build strength while lengthening muscles, and finally, passive stretching supported by props to encourage the body to feel safe for deeper fascial release.
Class begins with a guided meditation in a soft yin pose and closes with deeper yin postures followed by a long, supported savasana to allow you to fully unwind. Built to be beginner-friendly and gentle enough for seniors (just be sure you can get down & up from the mat independently). This class also offers depth and satisfaction for experienced practitioners.
Strong to Soften – Sami Garrett
Sunday 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at Anaconda Yoga
This 60-minute experience is designed to reconnect you with your body in a way that feels both empowering and unexpectedly relieving.
Blending intentional strength work with myofascial release, this class guides you through a progression of activation, controlled movement, and deep release, helping you build awareness, stability, and ease from the inside out. This class is for anyone who wants to feel stronger, move better, and experience what happens when effort and ease work together.
Come as you are. Leave feeling more connected, capable, and a little surprised by what your body can do.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
The Art of Subtlety: A Foundational Practice – Jennie Peterson
Saturday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at The Cellar Room
There is power in what is quiet. There is depth in what is subtle.
The Art of Subtlety is a foundational practice designed to guide you into a deeper relationship with your body through presence, awareness, and connection to the earth beneath you.
This class slows everything down, inviting you to feel the small shifts, the quiet activations, and the often-overlooked layers of your practice. Through grounded, intentional movement and breath-led awareness, you’ll explore how stability, alignment, and true strength are built from the inside out.
Rooting into the earth becomes the focus, learning how to stand, press, and move with greater connection, creating a sense of steadiness and support that carries through every posture.
With a slower pace and refined guidance, you’ll develop a heightened sensitivity to your body, where less effort creates more awareness, and more awareness creates lasting change.
This is not about intensity. It’s about attention.
A practice of listening more closely. Moving more honestly. And grounding into a deeper presence, within yourself and the earth that holds you.
Come refine the foundation. Come back to center.
The Deep Unwinding – Jessica Pearson
Saturday 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Yoga Nidra Journey
Settle into a practice designed to dissolve tension layer by layer and guide you toward profound inner stillness. Through breath, body sensing, and guided visualization, you’ll drift into the liminal space between wakefulness and sleep, a place where the nervous system softens, the mind quiets, and insight can rise naturally. This session is an invitation to release what you’ve been holding and rest in the spaciousness beneath it all. No experience needed; simply arrive, lie down, and let yourself unwind.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
The Frequency Flow – Audrey Price
Saturday 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at The Cellar Room
Join Audrey for a practice designed to harmonize the physical and the subtle. We begin by establishing a deep breath connection, grounding the mind before moving into a dynamic flow to build heat and awaken the body’s innate strength. Once the physical work is complete, we transition into a restorative state of surrender. The session concludes with a nurturing immersion of Reiki and sound, allowing you to integrate the energy you’ve built and meet the unknown with a sense of calm confidence.
The Profoundness of Presence: A Slowfull Workshop Experience – Jennie Peterson
Saturday 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
There is a depth within you that cannot be accessed through doing more, only through being fully here.
The Profoundness of Presence is a guided workshop designed to gently lead you out of the constant momentum of effort and into the quiet, powerful awareness of presence. This is where clarity lives. Where the body softens. Where you reconnect to yourself in a more honest, grounded way.
Through a blend of slow, intentional movement, nourishing breathwork, and supported stillness, you’ll be invited to settle the nervous system and create space to feel, listen, and observe without urgency. This is not about achieving a state, it’s about remembering what is already here beneath distraction and habit.
Soothing sound bowls are woven throughout the experience, offering subtle vibrational support that helps quiet mental chatter, regulate the nervous system, and guide the body into a deeper state of relaxation and receptivity. The resonance of sound can enhance focus, support emotional release, and create a sense of inner balance, making it easier to drop beneath surface tension into true presence.
Moments of silence, gentle guidance, and optional hands-on support allow you to deepen awareness and refine your connection to body and breath. Practiced in community, this experience carries a quiet resonance, where individual presence meets shared stillness.
You’ll leave not only feeling restored, but with simple, tangible ways to integrate presence into your everyday life, through breath, pause, and conscious awareness woven into the rhythm of your day.
Because the most profound shifts don’t come from pushing forward, they come from pausing long enough to truly arrive.
Come sit in the depth of your own presence. Come back to center.
In the quiet, I meet myself.
In the stillness, I am restored.
In my presence, I am whole.
The Ascent: Building Toward Handstand – Nico Hurley
Saturday 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at The Montana Hotel
Mountains don’t rise without a foundation, and neither do handstands.
In this 90-minute mountain-inspired workshop, we’ll explore handstands as an ascent rather than a jump. Just like climbing toward a summit, we’ll focus on grounding before lifting, stacking before balancing, and building strength with intention.
You’ll learn how to:
Create a stable foundation through the hands and shoulders
Build progressive layers toward inversion
Understand alignment and stacking in handstand
Approach fear with steadiness and perspective
This workshop is designed for curious practitioners and teachers alike. Whether you’re working on your first handstand or refining consistency and control, you’ll leave with drills, alignment insights, and a clearer understanding of how to build your own inversion practice safely and intelligently.
Yoga for Radiance: Vinyasa Flow – Brittany Otte
Saturday 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Washoe Park
In this class, we will explore playful and fluid movement that encourages balance and creativity. The Flow will focus on synchronizing breath with movement, creating a dynamic, energetic experience that emphasizes joy and radiance. We will transition through various asanas in a flowing sequence that enhance stability and strength, all while maintaining an uplifting atmosphere. Music will accompany the flow, enhancing the experience and allowing students to express themselves freely.
Yoga for Stress Relief – Jacquie Peterson
Friday 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Anaconda Yoga
Life asks a lot of us. This gentle Hatha-Vinyasa practice offers a chance to slow down, release tension, and reconnect with a sense of ease.
Through mindful movement, breath awareness, and accessible postures, you’ll be guided through a calming practice designed to support the nervous system and help melt away the accumulated stress of daily life. Options and modifications are offered throughout, creating a welcoming space for all experience levels and abilities.
The class concludes with a guided meditation, allowing body and mind to settle into deep relaxation and rest. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, tired, or simply in need of a reset, this practice offers an opportunity to pause, breathe, and return to yourself.
Limited to 15 students. You must pre-register for this class.
Get to know the teachers at the Anaconda Yoga Fest
We’ve gathered a group of stellar teachers and facilitators to make this yoga fest a memorable and rewarding experience. Learn more about your teachers here.

Amanda Fehrer, PT, DPT

Audrey Mills

Audrey Price

Avery Blair Seefeldt

Brittany Otte

Cici Smith

Elsa Janney

Eve Farwell
Myofascial Release Workshop + Elemental Reset: Sound Journey

Jacquie Peterson

Jasmine Wolfe

Jennie Peterson
(More about Jennie on her website: www.centeredmontana.com)

Jessica Pearson

Kathleen Karlsen

Lexi Salminen
Yoga found me three years ago, and from that moment on, I’ve been captivated by the beauty, depth, and magic of the practice. It’s become more than just movement—it’s a way of being. I’ve spent countless hours studying and training under a variety of teachers and traditions, completing a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, all supported by a background in Applied Health Science.
On the mat, I love designing creative, playful flows with unexpected transitions—often spiraling and circling like so much of the natural world around us. My classes invite you to move slowly, intentionally, and deeply, guided by the rhythm of your breath. My intention is always to create a calming, inward, and inspiring space—one where your body gently resists leaving savasana.
Off the mat, you’ll find me soaking up the sun—whether that’s at a hot spring, hiking a mountain, plunging into an alpine lake, or simply watching Montana’s breathtaking skies melt into sunset.
I’m deeply honored to share the practice of yoga, and I hope to serve as a conduit for the transformation, healing, and connection this practice can bring into our human experience.
See you on the mat—with love,
Lexi

Lou Rae

Marquis Matson

Nadia Barzinpour

Nico Hurley

Rachel Lepley
Originally from London, UK, Rachel has completed over 1,000 hours of yoga teacher training, much of it in India. She has taught around the world and brings a fun, welcoming energy to every class. Rachel believes yoga is for every body – whether you’re brand new, experienced, flexible, stiff, or just curious!

Sami Evanson
Known for her creative, non-traditional flows, she guides classes that move beyond routine sequencing, encouraging students to step out of autopilot and into a more present, responsive relationship with their bodies. Her approach blends strength, somatic awareness, myofascial release, and self-guided touch, creating experiences that are both grounding and expansive.

Stephanie Naftal
Stephanie is an abdominal therapist and energetic/spiritual healing practitioner, herbalist, teacher, and potion maker; she is the owner of Bitterroot Botanicals and Hawthorn Holistic Health, both businesses rooted in physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Her journey as an herbalist began in the early 1990’s as she was beginning a career in biology and eventually led to obtaining her certification to practice massage therapy in 2004, which led to her journeying multiple times to Belize and later Guatemala, beginning in 2018 to learn abdominal massage, womb massage, and spiritual healing techniques. Weaved into all of that she also offers medicinal plant and plant wisdom classes as well as health and wellness classes focusing mostly on digestive and women’s health. All of her practices are deeply grounded in the wisdom and beauty of the Earth with the goal of always celebrating abundance, health, family, and friends.


