Rishi Yoga & Meditation

11/06/2025

What is Somatics??? Read how this powerful practice has helped Carly in her own life🥰 https://www.facebook.com/share/17MZhDGmaM/

Learning about my nervous system has completely changed the way I parent my kids.

I used to think that every time I lost my cool, it meant I was a 'bad mom'. But it wasn’t about being a bad mom — it was my nervous system getting triggered and moving into fight-or-flight mode.

I’d read all the parenting books and knew exactly what I should be doing, but in the heat of the moment, all that logic went out the window. My body didn’t need more words or reasoning — it needed body-based practices to help my nervous system regulate.

My first step toward regulation was simply awareness. Once I realized my nervous system felt unsafe, I was finally able to use tools that helped me find calm and connection again in motherhood.
These tools are simple and accessible — everyone should know them.

Join Christina and me for this somatic workshop where we’ll explore these practices together and learn how to bring more regulation, ease, and presence into your life.

10/08/2025

I waited until after the festival to share this appreciation post for Shannen because she's moving in the next few months, and I wanted her to have the chance to share that news herself before I mentioned it here.

For four incredible years, we have been so fortunate to receive flowers sponsored by Shannen's local, organic flower farm, Wilder Flower Farm. Her blooms have graced our mandalas with beauty and wonder, bringing vibrant life and color to the heart of our gatherings. .erflowerfarm

It has been amazing growing up together at this festival and getting to spend time with such a lovely friend in such wonderful places. These years of creating beauty side by side in the wilderness have been a gift I'll always treasure.

While we're sad that we won't be adorning our space with her locally-grown flowers anymore, we're hopeful that we'll still have Shannen at future gatherings where she can carry the torch of "Blossom Boss" Mandala Artist. Her eye for color, pattern, and natural beauty has been an integral part of creating the magic that centers our Wild Idaho community.

And can we talk about those pants?! Shannen's sharp fashion sense is just another layer of the creativity and joy she brings to everything she touches.

Shannen, thank you for four years of sharing Wilder Flower Farm's beauty with our festival family. Wherever your next adventure takes you, know that you're always part of our Wild Idaho heart. Good luck out there and we can't wait to see you at future gatherings!

09/27/2025

Time to Relax! Monthly Restorative Yoga coming up soon in Lewiston 😌

09/18/2025

Headed out to Wilderness Gateway. NO class at the Clearwater Collective tomorrow (Friday). ✨️🩷✌️

09/16/2025

CELEBRATING 5 YEARS: Growing Together - Megan & Canyon Juice Co

Continuing our celebration of the 5th year of Wild Idaho Yoga Festival, we're highlighting another cherished member of our community whose journey has flourished alongside ours.

Megan McQuillin has been at every single one of our events, and in that time we've had the joy of witnessing what started as a seed of an idea grow and sprout into Canyon Juice Co - now a thriving business offering cold-pressed juices that are as bright and flavorful as they are nutritious.

Just thinking about these vibrant, nutrient-dense juices makes our mouths water! Megan's commitment to creating pure, wholesome nutrition perfectly complements our festival values of holistic health and nourishing the body from the inside out

We're thrilled to once again feature Canyon Juice Co at our Lochsa River gathering this week, knowing that each sip will support our journey through the layers with clean, vital energy.

Thank you, Megan, for growing your beautiful business alongside our festival family and for continuing to nourish our community with such dedication and care. Your juices are the perfect complement to our mountain retreat.

Here's to five years of watching dreams flourish in our Wild Idaho community!

09/15/2025

Continuing our celebration of the 5th year of Wild Idaho Yoga Festival, we want to honor three incredible facilitators who have enriched our gatherings over the years with their unique gifts.

💃Sabrina Hatch brings the power of movement and authentic expression through her Ecstatic Dance sessions. She creates a safe container for participants to let go of inhibitions and connect with their emotional body through free-form movement, helping people release what they've been holding and remember the joy of being in their bodies. Sabrina Magellan

🌬Sarah Winchell guides participants through the intricate relationship between breath and posture in her transformative workshops. Her work helps people understand their body's natural patterns and asymmetries, using breath awareness and movement to restore balance and create lasting postural changes that support overall well-being. Loving Presence Yoga

🔥Chip Dorroh shares ancient wisdom around our evening fires, exploring yogic philosophy and sacred texts in accessible ways. His fireside teachings offer practical guidance for navigating modern life through timeless principles, helping participants connect with deeper meaning and inner wisdom. Chip Dorroh

✨️Each of these facilitators brings something essential to our community - movement, breath, and wisdom. We're grateful for their continued dedication to our festival family and the depth they add to our "Through the Layers" journey.

🙏Thank you, Sabrina, Sarah, and Chip, for the offerings you share each year.

09/12/2025

Continuing our celebration of the 5th year of Wild Idaho Yoga Festival, we're highlighting the special people who help build our community.

Today, we want to shine a spotlight on Suzan's Crystal Inclusions, whose kind, generous spirit has graced our gatherings for years. Suzan has gifted us many of the beautiful crystals you've seen or received at numerous Rishi Yoga retreats throughout the years. Her contributions bring both natural beauty and elevated energy to our sacred spaces.

Whether adorning our mandalas, enhancing meditation spaces, or finding their way into participants' hands as meaningful keepsakes, Suzan's crystals have become woven into the fabric of our festival experience.

We're deeply grateful for her continued support and partnership in creating the special atmosphere that makes our mountain gatherings so memorable.

What beautiful new crystals will grace our Lochsa River celebration next week?✨️👀

Thank you, Suzan, for helping us create spaces where beauty and intention meet in the wilderness.

09/11/2025

Some bonds are forged among mountains. Amy Gordon Sedgwick and Chelsey Pratt-Banta have been with us since day one, bringing their gifts to every single Wild Idaho Yoga Festival for five incredible years.

Their unwavering commitment to our community and dedication to this festival family has been the steady heartbeat that keeps our gathering grounded in authenticity and care. Year after year, they show up with open hearts, expert guidance, and the kind of presence that makes renewal possible.

Amy and Chelsey - thank you for believing in this vision from the very beginning and for pouring your love into our special community. Your consistency and devotion have helped create the sacred container that allows so many souls to remember who they truly are.

We're grateful beyond words to journey through the layers with you once again next week on the Lochsa River.

09/11/2025

SPOTLIGHT: Ten Blue Bird Acres - Our Local Organic Partner

When we talk about our festival values of sustainability, local community and resources, and holistic health, Melissa Knapton from Ten Blue Bird Acres embodies all three perfectly. She has been providing organic, spray-free vegetables and microgreens that nourish our Wild Idaho family.

Melissa, owner of Ten Blue Bird Acres in Kooskia, is dedicated to providing her community with organic, locally grown produce. For four years, her farm has been a supplier of fresh, nutritious vegetables and microgreens to our Wild Idaho Yoga Festival. With over 30 years of experience in growing vegetables, Melissa's passion for health and wellness is rooted in her background as a former bodybuilder and personal trainer, where she learned that a diverse diet of plant-based foods is key to maintaining a happy and healthy body.

Supporting local growers like Melissa means our festival meals come from the closest possible source to our wilderness gathering, ensuring peak nutrition and minimal environmental impact. It's partnerships like these that make our commitment to community and sustainability more than just words - they're lived values that nourish both body and earth.

This September, taste the difference that local, organic growing makes as part of your rejuvenating retreat on the Lochsa River.