NEPA Yoga Fest

Opening Meditation: “May All Beings Be Happy”with Mara Morell of Mrida Seva Yoga
As the sun stretches over Montage Mountain Waterpark and the festival begins to hum, Mara Morell will guide us into our first shared breath of the weekend.
“May All Beings Be Happy” is a heart-centered opening meditation rooted in loving-kindness, or metta, an ancient practice that gently widens the circle of compassion from self… to community… to the entire world.
Through guided meditation, mantra, and intentional silence, Mara will lead us in:
• Softening into presence
• Cultivating compassion for ourselves
• Extending blessings outward to all beings
• Setting a unified intention for the weekend ahead
This is not just a meditation.
It is the energetic cornerstone of the festival.
Together, hundreds of voices will anchor one simple yet profound prayer:
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings live with ease.
Whether you are brand new to meditation or deeply rooted in your practice, this opening gathering invites you to arrive fully, open your heart, and remember that yoga begins in how we hold the world.
Come early. Bring your mat. Bring your quiet courage.
We begin as one. 🕊️✨

Many people feel overwhelmed or exhausted after being around certain environments or individuals without understanding why. In this guided meditation class, Medium Tara Grossi teaches simple and effective techniques to help you ground, protect, and clear your energy. Participants will learn how sensitive and intuitive people absorb energy, how to create strong energetic boundaries, and how to release what does not belong to them. The class will include discussion, breathing techniques, and a guided meditation focused on grounding, protection, and restoring your own energy so you can feel more balanced in everyday life.

The Montage Alter: A Connection Ceremony
Join Mountain Flower—indigenous medicine woman and 4th-generation drum maker — for a sacred connection ceremony that weaves an energetic bond among attendees, Earth Mother, the ancestors, and the cosmos.
Attendees experience a profound surge of love, light, and the presence of their spirit guides in their energy fields. This heightened state is then collectively used as a healing portal for humanity and our Earth Mother.

🎶 Kirtan Camp with Scott Moss: Find Your Voice, Open Your Heart
Step into the joyful and devotional world of Kirtan — a call-and-response chanting practice rooted in Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love and devotion. Led by Scott Moss, this immersive Kirtan Camp invites you to explore sacred sound as a tool for connection, healing, and spiritual awakening.
Through simple mantras, rhythm, and melody, you’ll experience how Kirtan quiets the mind, uplifts the spirit, and opens the heart. Whether you sing, clap, play an instrument, or simply listen, you’ll be part of a powerful shared vibration of love and unity.
🕉️ In Kirtan Camp, you’ll:

• Learn the meaning and pronunciation of foundational mantras
• Explore vocal expression and devotional chanting
• Join in community music-making — no experience needed!
• Tap into joy, stillness, and a deep sense of presence

All voices welcome. Come as you are — whether you’re a lifelong chanter or completely new to mantra, this session will leave you feeling energized, inspired, and deeply connected.

ScottMossॐ and Friends Rob June 🎸 Steve Hoog 🪘 Fran Feigl 🪈 Hosting devotional mantra meditation connecting to the Devine through our powerful sound of vibration and music 🎶 Kirtan is an ancient Yoga practice known to be a therapeutic healing form of call and response mantra music sound meditation. Sure to lift your Spirits and connection to joy with yourself and within each other. Let us join together in raising the vibration and elevating our consciousness through listening, humming, chanting, singing, and even dancing!            

        ScottMossॐ has been hosting and leading Kirtan meditation for a number of years at Bethlehem’s YogaLoft, across the Lehigh Valley, Schuylkill and Bucks counties also Philadelphia, New York City and beyond. His love and devotion for the practice of Yoga and Kirtan is truly vibrant, uplifting and contagious in the best ways! With a team of gifted awesome musicians Krishna Skies Kirtan is truly special✨

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. 🕊️✨

Japa Mantra MeditationLearning the Sacred Practice of Mala Beads
This class offers a grounded and accessible introduction to Japa Mantra Meditation, an ancient devotional practice rooted in the yogic tradition and referenced in texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
The word japa means “to repeat softly,” and mantra means “instrument of the mind.” Together, Japa is the rhythmic repetition of a sacred sound, word, or phrase to steady the mind and awaken deeper awareness.
In this workshop-style class, students will learn:
• The history and spiritual significance of Japa meditation
• The structure and symbolism of the 108-bead mala
• How to hold and move through the beads properly
• The purpose of the guru bead
• Breath coordination with mantra repetition
• How to choose or connect with a mantra
Traditionally, a mala contains 108 beads, representing spiritual wholeness and the cyclical nature of existence. Each bead becomes an anchor for attention. With every repetition of the mantra, the practitioner gently moves to the next bead, creating a tactile rhythm that keeps the mind from wandering.
This practice activates the parasympathetic nervous system through repetition and breath regulation, while also cultivating focus, devotion, and inner stillness. The vibration of mantra is said to refine consciousness and purify mental fluctuations.
Students may work with a universal mantra such as “Om,” “So Hum,” or a loving-kindness phrase, depending on the intention of the practice.
Expect:
• Gentle guidance into seated meditation
• Instruction on mala use and etiquette
• Group mantra repetition
• Silent personal japa
• Reflection and integration
This practice can be devotional or secular. It can be done for five minutes or an hour. What matters most is sincerity and consistency.
Japa is meditation with movement.
With rhythm.
With intention.
One bead.
One breath.
One mantra at a time.

This meditation is rooted in the ancient Buddhist practice of Loving-Kindness, known in Pali as Metta Bhavana, meaning “the cultivation of boundless goodwill.” For centuries, practitioners have used this simple yet profound method to soften the heart, dissolve resentment, and awaken compassion as a lived experience rather than an idea.
At its core, this meditation uses five intentional phrases that are repeated gently, like planting seeds in the soil of the mind. The practice traditionally moves in widening circles:

1. Ourselves
2. Someone we love or feel gratitude toward
3. Someone neutral
4. Someone difficult
5. All beings everywhere

We begin with ourselves because compassion cannot authentically extend outward if it does not first take root within. From there, the heart expands gradually, including those who are easy to love and eventually those who challenge us. The practice culminates in extending loving-kindness to all beings without exception, dissolving the illusion of separation.
The classic phrases often sound like:
• May I be safe.
• May I be healthy.
• May I be peaceful.
• May I live with ease.
• May I be free.
These phrases are then adapted as the focus shifts:
“May you be safe…”
“May you be peaceful…”
“May all beings be free…”
The wording is flexible. What matters most is the sincerity behind it. The phrases can be tailored to reflect what feels authentic and aligned, as long as they arise from a genuine place of care and goodwill.
This practice can be:
• A focused five-minute daily reset
• A full hour of deep heart cultivation
• Practiced in one complete arc
• Or explored one category at a time depending on what the heart needs
It is traditionally practiced seated in meditation, but it can also be done lying down, walking slowly, or even integrated into yoga asana or daily life. The beauty of Metta is its accessibility.
For seasoned meditators, it refines and deepens compassion.
For beginners, it offers structure and simplicity.
Over time, loving-kindness meditation has been shown to gently shift inner dialogue, reduce reactivity, and increase feelings of connection and well-being. Spiritually, it is said to purify the heart. Practically, it changes how we show up in the world.
This is not about forcing positive emotion. It is about cultivating the intention of goodwill, even if the feeling follows later.
One phrase.
One breath.
One widening circle at a time.

Are you ready to go beyond the surface of meditation?
Are you ready to enter the silence… and meet the truest version of yourself?


This is an invitation inward.


We begin by softening into the breath—anchoring the body, steadying the mind, and opening the doorway to deeper awareness. From this grounded place, you will be guided into an immersive meditation designed to support inner expansion, insight, and soul-level exploration.


As stillness deepens, we transition into sacred movement through a mindful walking meditation. Here, the senses awaken. Sound becomes alive. Air touches the skin with meaning. Each step becomes intentional. Each moment becomes luminous.


Participants will be gently invited to explore heightened perception—experiencing meditation not only in stillness, but in motion… in awareness… in presence.


We close in circle with space for reflection, integration, and intuitive questions.


This experience is accessible to beginners and nourishing for seasoned seekers alike. Come as you are. Leave more fully yourself.

We’ll begin by acknowledging the presence of stress—how it shows up in your life, how it feels, and where you notice it in your body. From that place of awareness, you'll learn how to shift stress in your body using simple breath techniques, gentle movement, and sound frequency practices like humming and listening to clamming sounds to support your body in letting go of tension and recalibrating the nervous system. Throughout this workshop, you’ll be guided to move up the emotional scale—softening stress and heaviness and inviting more love, compassion, and kindness into your experience.
The session concludes with a crystal bowl meditation to help you experience moments of higher frequency, elevating your vibration and aligning your energy with peace, clarity, and openhearted presence.

Shakti Awakening: Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony & Goddess FlowThe Shakti spirit lives within us all.
Creative. Fierce. Nurturing. Wise. Untamed.
In this immersive experience, we begin with a ceremonial serving of Egyptian Blue Lotus tea, a flower long revered in ancient ritual for its calming and subtly heart-opening qualities. Traditionally associated with expanded awareness and devotion, blue lotus invites us into softness, receptivity, and gentle inner vision.
As the tea warms the body, we turn inward.
Through meditation, mantra, and intentional movement, we explore the many faces of the Divine Feminine as honored in yogic tradition and described in sacred texts like the Devi Mahatmya.
We move through archetypes including:
• Kali – the fierce liberator who cuts through illusion
• Lakshmi – the radiant embodiment of abundance and grace
• Shakti – pure creative life force energy
• Additional goddess energies that reflect strength, compassion, intuition, and transformation
The practice begins grounded and intentional, then gradually evolves into expressive, intuitive movement. Structured yoga dissolves into exploration. Breath becomes rhythm. Wisdom becomes embodied experience.

Join us for a soul-stirring full moon ceremony where we’ll gather in sacred community to release, forgive, and rise. Through guided ritual, fire, and embodied movement, you’ll let go of what no longer serves and reconnect with your inner power. Together, we’ll burn old stories, shake off stagnant energy, and open to the healing light of the full moon. Come as you are — leave lighter, clearer, and more aligned.

🌞 Sunday Morning Opening Meditation with Mara Morell
Begin your Sunday at the NEPA Yoga Festival with a gentle, grounding meditation led by the heartful guidance of Mara Morell. This morning session is designed to help you arrive fully in the moment, connect with your breath, and open your heart to the experiences ahead.
Through breath awareness, intention setting, and subtle inner stillness, Mara will guide you into a space of clarity and peace — creating the perfect energetic foundation for your final day at the festival.
🧘‍♀️ In this session, you’ll experience:

• Centering breathwork and guided mindfulness
• A heart-opening meditation to connect with self and community
• A calm, supportive space to awaken your spirit with intention

All levels are welcome — no prior meditation experience needed. Just bring your presence, your breath, and a willingness to start the day from a place of stillness.

Dreams are one of the most common ways our intuition, subconscious mind, and even loved ones in spirit communicate with us. In this lecture, Medium Tara Grossi explains the difference between ordinary dreams, symbolic dreams, and true visitation dreams. Learn why messages often come through while we sleep, why dreams may feel vivid but unclear, and how signs, guidance, and intuitive insight can appear in dream form. Tara will share real-life experiences, common patterns seen in visitation dreams, and ways to become more aware of the messages we receive during sleep. The class will conclude with a short guided visualization to help open awareness dream communications. 

Japa Mantra MeditationLearning the Sacred Practice of Mala Beads
This class offers a grounded and accessible introduction to Japa Mantra Meditation, an ancient devotional practice rooted in the yogic tradition and referenced in texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
The word japa means “to repeat softly,” and mantra means “instrument of the mind.” Together, Japa is the rhythmic repetition of a sacred sound, word, or phrase to steady the mind and awaken deeper awareness.
In this workshop-style class, students will learn:
• The history and spiritual significance of Japa meditation
• The structure and symbolism of the 108-bead mala
• How to hold and move through the beads properly
• The purpose of the guru bead
• Breath coordination with mantra repetition
• How to choose or connect with a mantra
Traditionally, a mala contains 108 beads, representing spiritual wholeness and the cyclical nature of existence. Each bead becomes an anchor for attention. With every repetition of the mantra, the practitioner gently moves to the next bead, creating a tactile rhythm that keeps the mind from wandering.
This practice activates the parasympathetic nervous system through repetition and breath regulation, while also cultivating focus, devotion, and inner stillness. The vibration of mantra is said to refine consciousness and purify mental fluctuations.
Students may work with a universal mantra such as “Om,” “So Hum,” or a loving-kindness phrase, depending on the intention of the practice.
Expect:
• Gentle guidance into seated meditation
• Instruction on mala use and etiquette
• Group mantra repetition
• Silent personal japa
• Reflection and integration
This practice can be devotional or secular. It can be done for five minutes or an hour. What matters most is sincerity and consistency.
Japa is meditation with movement.
With rhythm.
With intention.
One bead.
One breath.
One mantra at a time.

This meditation is rooted in the ancient Buddhist practice of Loving-Kindness, known in Pali as Metta Bhavana, meaning “the cultivation of boundless goodwill.” For centuries, practitioners have used this simple yet profound method to soften the heart, dissolve resentment, and awaken compassion as a lived experience rather than an idea.
At its core, this meditation uses five intentional phrases that are repeated gently, like planting seeds in the soil of the mind. The practice traditionally moves in widening circles:

1. Ourselves
2. Someone we love or feel gratitude toward
3. Someone neutral
4. Someone difficult
5. All beings everywhere

We begin with ourselves because compassion cannot authentically extend outward if it does not first take root within. From there, the heart expands gradually, including those who are easy to love and eventually those who challenge us. The practice culminates in extending loving-kindness to all beings without exception, dissolving the illusion of separation.
The classic phrases often sound like:
• May I be safe.
• May I be healthy.
• May I be peaceful.
• May I live with ease.
• May I be free.
These phrases are then adapted as the focus shifts:
“May you be safe…”
“May you be peaceful…”
“May all beings be free…”
The wording is flexible. What matters most is the sincerity behind it. The phrases can be tailored to reflect what feels authentic and aligned, as long as they arise from a genuine place of care and goodwill.
This practice can be:
• A focused five-minute daily reset
• A full hour of deep heart cultivation
• Practiced in one complete arc
• Or explored one category at a time depending on what the heart needs
It is traditionally practiced seated in meditation, but it can also be done lying down, walking slowly, or even integrated into yoga asana or daily life. The beauty of Metta is its accessibility.
For seasoned meditators, it refines and deepens compassion.
For beginners, it offers structure and simplicity.
Over time, loving-kindness meditation has been shown to gently shift inner dialogue, reduce reactivity, and increase feelings of connection and well-being. Spiritually, it is said to purify the heart. Practically, it changes how we show up in the world.
This is not about forcing positive emotion. It is about cultivating the intention of goodwill, even if the feeling follows later.
One phrase.
One breath.
One widening circle at a time.

🎶 Kirtan Camp with Scott Moss: Find Your Voice, Open Your Heart
Step into the joyful and devotional world of Kirtan — a call-and-response chanting practice rooted in Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love and devotion. Led by Scott Moss, this immersive Kirtan Camp invites you to explore sacred sound as a tool for connection, healing, and spiritual awakening.
Through simple mantras, rhythm, and melody, you’ll experience how Kirtan quiets the mind, uplifts the spirit, and opens the heart. Whether you sing, clap, play an instrument, or simply listen, you’ll be part of a powerful shared vibration of love and unity.
🕉️ In Kirtan Camp, you’ll:

• Learn the meaning and pronunciation of foundational mantras
• Explore vocal expression and devotional chanting
• Join in community music-making — no experience needed!
• Tap into joy, stillness, and a deep sense of presence

All voices welcome. Come as you are — whether you’re a lifelong chanter or completely new to mantra, this session will leave you feeling energized, inspired, and deeply connected.

When we intentionally settle and relax the mind, we are not becoming passive. We are becoming steady.
A restless mind pulls the body with it. Shoulders creep upward. Jaw tightens. Breath shortens. Posture collapses or strains. The nervous system stays braced, as if something might happen at any moment.
But when the mind softens, the body reorganizes.
The breath deepens.
The spine lengthens naturally.
The feet root more firmly.
The muscles engage without gripping.
Relaxation is not weakness. It is efficient strength.
In yoga philosophy, when the fluctuations of the mind begin to quiet, we move closer to clarity and alignment. The internal noise that creates tension fades, and what remains is steadiness. This steadiness allows us to stand tall not from force, but from integration.
On the mat, that may look like a mountain pose that feels grounded yet light. A warrior that is stable without strain. A balance pose that feels focused rather than frantic.
Off the mat, it becomes emotional resilience.
When the mind is settled:
• We respond instead of react.
• We speak with intention instead of impulse.
• We move through challenge without collapsing or hardening.
Relaxing the mind builds an inner vertical line, a sense of dignity and calm strength that supports us in conversations, decisions, and stress.
We stand tall because we are not fighting ourselves internally.
We stand strong because our energy is no longer scattered.
True strength is not tension.
It is composure.
And composure begins in a quiet mind.

In this class, you’ll embark on a transformative journey that awakens both body and mind. Through dynamic Vinyasa flows, you’ll build strength, flexibility, and energy, moving with intention and rhythm while connecting deeply to your breath. Then, as the practice transitions into the restorative stillness of Yin, you’ll release tension, quiet your mind, and dive into profound inner calm. This unique blend of movement and stillness invites you to explore balance, resilience, and self-awareness. By the end of class, you’ll feel energized yet grounded, empowered yet peaceful, carrying a sense of harmony and presence off the mat and into your everyday life. Flow within and discover the strength in stillness and the serenity in motion.

This class returns us to the foundations of Vinyasa Yoga: our Sun Salutations. After a gentle warm-up, we’ll break down each movement, building strength, awareness, and fluidity as we create a seamless flow.
Once the body is warm and energized, we’ll shift our focus to breathwork, practicing pranayama techniques designed to balance our energy and guide us into a deeper, more centered state of meditation

Leave this yoga class feeling beautiful, powerful, light and care-free. Unlock the strength and magic that lies inside of your soul. 


Learn powerful chanting that will vibrate your body and soul to bring you closer to yourself and to nature. 


Experience a type of yoga that is fluid, dance-like, and a little bit devious. Learn to enhance your practice with herbal incense, sage, sound, and creativity.