Avatar Yoga Festival 2024

Avatar Yoga Festival 2024

Venue: Moose Lodge Picnic Grove, 15164 West 159th Street

Location: Homer Glen, Illinois

Dates: August 10, 2024

Festival Format: One-day outdoor yoga, wellness, arts, music, and community festival with concurrent programming.

What You Will Experience at Avatar Yoga Festival

The afternoon program offered several concurrent ways to participate, including Vinyasa Bliss, Kundalini Rising, Sangha Yoga, acro yoga, aerial yoga, breathwork, Ayurveda education, Qoya dance, sound healing, ceremonies, circles, and wellness services. Creative programming included art workshops, live painters, poetry, a chess tournament, flow arts, and a Sacred Song Circle, giving attendees choices beyond a conventional class schedule.

Music and group gatherings shaped the later part of the day. Live Americana, folk, rock, and reggae performances were scheduled alongside the Massive Gong Wash Sound Healing Symphony. The evening continued with a shamanic drum community fire-burning ceremony, followed by a closing DJ set and dance party. Families had access to children’s yoga, crafts, games, recycled-fence art, sand art, Olympic games, and instrument activities.

The concurrent schedule required attendees to choose among overlapping activities, while the range of classes, performances, ceremonies, and children’s programming supported a varied afternoon-to-evening visit.

Is Avatar Yoga Festival a Good Fit?

The festival suited people interested in combining yoga with sound healing, breathwork, dance, music, creative expression, ceremonies, and wellness services. Families had dedicated children’s activities, while attendees seeking a more focused practice could choose from multiple yoga and educational sessions. Its concurrent programming favored visitors comfortable selecting among overlapping offerings, and the outdoor picnic-grove setting made a picnic-style visit appropriate. The event also fit people interested in browsing wellness, food, art, and service vendors alongside scheduled activities.

Participant Considerations

• Practice level: Offerings ranged from introductory acro yoga and aerial yoga to multiple yoga, breathwork, and wellness sessions
• Event pace: Concurrent afternoon programming required attendees to choose among classes, workshops, performances, and children’s activities
• Setting: The festival took place at an outdoor picnic grove
• Family access: Children’s yoga, crafts, games, art activities, and instrument lessons were scheduled
• Parking: Parking spaces were limited, and carpooling was encouraged
• Pet policy: Visitors were advised not to bring furry companions

Program Highlights

• Yoga, breathwork, Ayurveda, dance, sound healing, and wellness sessions across multiple formats
• Live Americana, folk, rock, reggae, and DJ performances
• Evening gong wash, community fire-burning ceremony, and dance party
• Children’s yoga, crafts, games, art, and instrument activities
• Creative programming including poetry, art workshops, live painters, flow arts, and a chess tournament

Plan Your Visit

Admission and Pricing: The festival program listed a $20 entry fee for Agni James’ chess tournament.

Schedule: Gates opened at 12:00 p.m., followed by an opening ceremony at 1:00 p.m. Concurrent yoga, music, wellness, art, children’s, and community activities began at 1:30 p.m. A gong wash and live performance ran from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.; poetry and a women’s workshop were scheduled at 6:30 p.m.; and a shamanic drum community fire-burning ceremony began at 7:15 p.m. The closing DJ set and dance party was scheduled for 8:00 to 9:30 p.m., while the main festival listing described the event as running from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Venue and Setting: The festival was held at Moose Lodge Picnic Grove, also identified as Lockport Moose Lodge Picnic Grove, at 15164 West 159th Street in Homer Glen, Illinois. The picnic-grove setting supported outdoor yoga, performances, children’s activities, marketplace browsing, and community gatherings.

Travel and Parking: Parking spaces were limited, and the organizer encouraged carpooling. The location was in Homer Glen, Illinois, and the organizer provided a directions link for arrival.

Meals and Food: Food and beverage options included grazing products, a juice bar, coffee, cacao products, and other food-related vendors.

Age, Family, and Pet Policies: The program included children’s yoga, crafts, recycled-fence art, Olympic games, sand art, and instrument lessons. Visitors were advised not to bring furry companions.

What to Bring: The organizer advised visitors to bring a yoga mat, water bottle, picnic blankets, and pillows.

Festival details may change. Confirm current information with the organizer before purchasing tickets or making travel plans.

Explore the Marketplace

The marketplace included yoga mats, art booths, henna, massage, hairstyling, hair braiding, astrology and tarot readings, Reiki and sound healing, tuning forks, herbal products, fashion, handmade goods, physical therapy and Pilates, juice, coffee, grazing products, cacao, and other wellness or creative services. Food, beverage, wellness, and creative vendors were part of the festival setting.