NEPA Yoga Fest

Breathe & BEwith Heather Lyon
Before movement… there was breath.
In the yogic tradition, prāṇāyāma is not simply a breathing technique. It is the conscious expansion of prāṇa — life force itself. The sages taught that breath is the bridge between body and mind, between the visible and the subtle.
In Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, pranayama is the fourth limb of the eightfold path. Patanjali writes that through regulation of breath, the veil covering the inner light is thinned. In other words, when we refine the breath, we refine perception.
In the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the breath is described as the master key to the nervous system and the mind. “When the breath wanders, the mind is unsteady. When the breath is still, so is the mind.”
This class is rooted in that lineage.
Through conscious connected breathing, immersive music, and grounded spiritual guidance, Heather leads you into an experience that moves beyond technique and into direct encounter with your own vitality.
This style of breathwork can:
• Clear stagnant emotional energy
• Activate the subtle body
• Expand awareness
• Create a natural state of uplifted consciousness
• Offer a euphoric sense of spaciousness and release
Participants often describe feeling luminous, open, deeply alive. Not altered, but awakened. A remembering of something ancient that already lives within you.
Breath becomes prayer.
Breath becomes purification.
Breath becomes a doorway.
You may feel waves of sensation. You may feel profound stillness. You may feel insight rise effortlessly to the surface. Every journey is unique, and Heather holds the space with reverence, safety, and intention.
No substances.
No escape.
Just prāṇa moving freely.
Come lie down.
Soften the body.
Follow the breath into the subtle realms.
And rediscover what it means to truly BE. 🕊️✨

Yin & Sound: A Journey Into Stillnesswith Heather Lyon
There is a quiet intelligence in the body that only speaks when we slow down.
In this deeply nourishing Yin & Sound experience, Heather weaves long-held yin postures with immersive sound healing to guide you into the subtle layers of being. This is not about stretching muscles. It is about softening the fascia, calming the nervous system, and opening energetic pathways so prāṇa can move freely.
Rooted in the wisdom of traditional yoga, yin invites us into sthira and sukha — steadiness and ease — principles described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Through surrender and stillness, we begin to dissolve the habitual tensions that veil clarity.
As you rest in each posture, Heather will bathe the space in healing frequencies from crystal bowls and sacred instruments. Sound has long been honored in yogic and Vedic traditions as vibration that reorganizes the subtle body. In Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound, it is said that creation itself began with vibration. When we immerse in sound consciously, we attune ourselves to that original resonance.
Expect:
• Long, supported yin holds to gently open the hips, spine, and heart
• Breath awareness to regulate the nervous system
• Layered sound frequencies to guide the brain into meditative states
• A closing integration to anchor the experience
You may feel heaviness melting. You may feel emotion rise and release. You may feel as if time has slowed to a sacred pause.
Yin asks you to soften.
Sound asks you to listen.
Together, they create a portal inward.
Come as you are. Bring layers, a blanket, and a willingness to surrender into stillness.
This is your permission to be held — by the earth beneath you, by vibration around you, and by the quiet wisdom within.