RISE

~ Welcome to RISE ~

Malvern's first yoga and wellbeing festival where we will guide you with heartfelt offerings for a day of connection, community, awareness and love.

It's time to give back to  you, to feel your way back to yourself in a supportive, safe and loving environment. 

We are offering beautiful yoga sessions, cacao ceremony, kirtan, sound healing, drumming, dance and more! We offer you the chance to dive into this experience and let go, as much or as little as you feel to.

Join us for the day, the evening or immerse yourself for the full event, it's up to you, take as little or as much as you like and gift yourself the chance to be.

There will be nutritious, healthy food available to buy plus free herbal teas :)

TIMINGS:

Day session runs as follows:

0945-10 - Arrivals

10-1030 - Opening Ceremony 

1030-1145 - Yoga + Savasana with ‘Love All Ways Yoga’

12-1300 - Drum Circle with Sally Smiles

1300-1400 - Lunch

1415-1515 - Kirtan with ‘Jai Ganesh’

1530-1645 - Yoga with Kat from ‘Great Malvern Yoga’

Supper Time

Evening Session :

1730 - arrive/settle

Cacao Ceremony + Elemental Dance Journey with Love All Ways Yoga

Sound Bath with Cecilia - C Sound Space

2030 finish

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

~Day Offerings ~

‘Welcome Home to Yourself’ - Love All Ways Yoga - Mother and daughter team Sofia and Sandra Barnes will guide us in a beautiful heartfelt opening ceremony and morning yoga class.

'Welcome home to your heart ~ To your breath ~ To your body. Welcoming awareness to drop into the present as we together weave an immersive experience through an expansive & yet grounding practice, oozing with reverence & ritual. Sensing into the union of duality all around us & the many miraculous layers of life that sustain & create. Awaken the body, breath, mind & spirit with love. With nourishing movement. With freedom of expression. With presence & beyond. Culminating with cosmic sounds from an array of healing instruments. Everyone welcome. 

Drum Circle with Sally Smiles

Come and journey the cosmos in this Shamanic Drum Circle with Sally Smiles. 

Connect deeply to the primal rhythm of the earth as we explore the medicine of drum, a sacred instrument that guides us to realms beyond the physical and the heartbeat of life itself. Be completely in the moment within this held space to express yourself freely, create change on a cellular level and allow the mystery to unfold. 

Drumming has been used by indigenous cultures for thousands of years to shift consciousness, release stagnant energy, and call in guidance from spirit. In this circle, we honour that tradition-creating a shared rhythm that supports personal insight, grounding and collective energy-raising.

This is a non-judgemental and all-inclusive circle and no experience is required.

Come as you are. The mystery awaits… Some drums provided, please also bring what you have!

Kirtan with Jai Ganesh

Kirtan is a call and response singing meditation where we are guided by our facilitator to repeat a chant (usually in sanskrit) in unison; bringing great focus and clarity to the mind, and bliss to our being.  It is a form of meditation that is powerful, simple and joyful!  Using simple melodies and sharing the meditative experience of communal singing, this class will be an introduction to Kirtan.  Singing together is one of the most powerful experiences of community, as well as a release from the self.  Allowing the mind to become freed of the constant stream of personal awareness and sink into the whole.   All voices merge together to create one vibration and no one will care what you sound like or how you sing, so please don't be conscious of that, just come and enjoy! Feel the power of singing.

Vinyasa yoga flow with Kat from Great Malvern Yoga

Vinyasa is a style of yoga where the postures are strung together in sequences or flows.The almost constant movement and rhythmic breath in a vinyasa class is sometimes called a moving meditation.  Since the class moves at a pace, the focus required can take you out of your head and into your body, thereby calming the nervous system and helping to relieve stress or anxiety. - this class is open to ALL levels and modifications will be offered to support different levels of experience.

~ Evening Offerings ~

Cacao Ceremony

We open our evening session with a gorgeous Cacao ceremony  - in this sacred ceremony we consume cacao to invoke feelings of connection, openness and  aliveness; lifting the mood and opening the heart. It may help you feel aware, assisting you to clear your mind; it is a powerful and healing medicine.

Elemental Dance Journey with Love All Ways Yoga

Journey through body, being & beyond.  Set off on a voyage of exploration, awakening our bodies range of expression & feeling, on a trip through the elements ~ Earth ~ Water ~ Fire ~ Air & Space.  Let go of yourself as you dance freely to the music and become fully embodied, present and energised, feeling your own rhythm, your own flow - in THIS moment. 

Sound Bath with Cecilia from C Sound Space

And relax whilst you lay down and absorb all the amazing benefits of your journey today. Just let the earth hold you whilst you let the healing sounds wash over your body and mind. 

How does sound healing work?

The vibrations of a sound bath are felt not only by the ear but throughout the body, which is composed of over 70% water, a great conductor of sound. Each and every cell vibrates while the gongs ‘entrain’ the brainwaves; slowing them to alpha and theta which are associated with calm, clarity and creativity. Equally important as receiving sound is resting in silence afterwards, where the vibrations are integrated and a deep sense of letting go takes place.

What are the benefits of sound healing?

Therapeutic instruments such as gongs and singing bowls can have a powerful effect on every part of the human system, whether it be emotional, mental or physical. Benefits may include:

Regain a sense of balance

Better sleep, relieve insomnia

Lower blood pressure

Reduce the impact of stress hormones

Dissipate blocked energy and emotions

Release physical tensions

Relieve stress and anxiety

Renewed sense of clarity and connection

Thank you for your support xx

~ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ~

Venue Address

Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Great Malvern, WR14 2YF

There is a small car park on site but ample on street parking and public car parks nearby.

ARRIVALS

Please arrive for 945 if you are joining us in the day .

If you are only joining the evening session please arrive by 1730.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Water Bottle

Mug/container for tea

Drums/music makers for the drum circle

Yoga mat if you have one

Blanket

Wear comfy clothes

Journal if you like

Food/snacks although we will also have food available to purchase.

EXCHANGE

£50 - Full festival ticket: 0945-2030

£35 - Day only: 0945-1645 - SOLD OUT

£20 - Evening only: 1730-2030 - SOLD OUT

FOOD

There will be healthy, nutritious food available to buy for lunch and supper

There will be free herbal tea available.

We look forward to welcoming you xx