Wild Zen Yoga Fest
July 18-20,2025
Experience the magic of Wild Zen in Trufant, Michigan, at this annual festival designed to nourish your body, mind, and soul. Immerse yourself in a weekend (or day!) filled with yoga, mindfulness, meditation, movement, music, and the beauty of nature, all while connecting with a vibrant community.
Your ticket includes access to one-of-a-kind somatic experiences crafted to help you relax, restore, and rejuvenate. Enhance your journey with optional offerings like massage, reiki, energy work, acupuncture, sound healing, henna art, delicious food, handcrafted goods, and so much more.
Choose from a full weekend pass, which includes on-site camping, or a Saturday Day Pass for a shorter escape (note: Saturday passes do not include camping). Don't miss this opportunity to reset, recharge, and elevate your spirit!
2025 Line Up
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2024 Instructors, Experience Leaders and Healers
Carrie Labarge, creator of Wild Zen Yoga Fest. Carrie’s most important work in life is being a Mother to her two sweet babes; Louie and Betty
. She is co-facilitator of Mindful School of Yoga™ guiding future Yoga & Mindfulness leaders into the world. Carrie facilitates yoga teacher trainings and workshops, as well as, public and private yoga classes. Her goal in teaching and training is to guide others into an empowered and truly self-determined way of thinking, moving, and living. You can find Carrie teaching at a variety of venues and festivals, where she leads acoustic music & yoga classes.
Terry Prem Lancaster. Prem has been a student of Yoga for over 20 years and helped to direct a small Yoga Ashram in Ganges, Michigan for 5 years. Prem has put the band Vahana back together to lead your practice for this event. The Kirtana and Mantra Japa that the group Vahana offers today is firmly rooted in the practices of Vedanta and Yoga.
Peri Jill is an accredited somatic coach emphasizing in trauma recovery and nervous system education. As an artist and musician she utilizes her passion for creativity to help guide others towards greater ease, self expression and empowered living. This is her 20th year teaching yoga and mindfulness! “It is the wisdom of the body that can lead us to a life of expansion. That is living space, where all of who we are is welcome. When we understand our body and its intelligence, anything is possible.”
Whitney Dawn Pyles is a Somatic (Body-Oriented) Coach and Facilitator. She is dedicated to guiding individuals and groups towards self-forgiveness, nervous system regulation, passion, purpose, and play. She believes the magic happens when we allow ourselves to show up authentically in all of our beautiful complexity, that dance is our BIRTHRIGHT, movement is medicine, and that our job, during our short time on this planet, is grounded in enJOYment and empathy. This will be her fourth year facilitating Mindful Movement and Ecstatic Dance at Wild Zen Yoga Festival. Connect with Whitney on Instagram or Facebook @whitneydawnpyles or at whitneydawn.com.
Hilary Tudor is a certified Yoga Therapist specializing in bringing all 8 limbs of yoga into the lives of others in group yoga therapy workshops and one on one settings. The passion for sharing yoga stems from her own struggles of finding purpose and meaning in this human existence. Through contemplative movement she began to navigate her truth and create the deep connection of mind-body-spirit. What she loves about sharing yoga therapy is watching fellow humans find their own voice, stand in their truth, and create a life they love to live.
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Ryan DeLuca is a somatic therapist, SOMA Breath instructor, cacao crafter, and consciousness explorer.
He’s passionate about how our thoughts and emotions impact our physical health, healing generational trauma, the science of spirituality, and the heart-brain connection. He believes we all have the capacity to heal ourselves, and that starts by regulating our nervous system, developing awareness and tools for how our body responds to stress, and learning the language of our intuition.
Several years ago he discovered cacao used intentionally during a breathwork ceremony, and experienced one of the deepest sessions after consuming cacao beforehand. Since then, he’s been enjoying cacao in meditation several days per week, in addition to learning more about the history, culture, and medicinal background of this amazing fruit!
Ryan is honored to be purchasing cacao beans from Atucún Chocolatería, a chocolate company based out of Comayagua, Honduras.
Katie Venechuk. Katie is the founder and program guide at In Your Element Wellness, a guide service with Grand Rapids roots that helps people reconnect to nature through foraging, wild food classes, guided forest bathing experiences, forest yoga, meditations, and more. Katie is a certified forest therapy guide with the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy, a seasoned yoga teacher (ryt-200, 2017), and an experienced foraging instructor, teaching about the wild foods that surround us through the lens of ethical harvest, appreciation, and respect for life. At the heart of all of Katie's programs is an opportunity to explore the world around you in new
ways, reduce stress, embrace tech-free connection, and to feel a sense of belonging within ourselves, among community and in our wild world. Learn more about Katie and her work at iyewellness.com.
I began practicing yoga in 2011, drawn to its physical challenge and the deep connection between breath and movement. This journey led me to explore mindfulness practices like meditation, journaling, and dance, which naturally led me to Buti Yoga a powerful, transformative practice that blends primal movement, tribal dance, and dynamic yoga. In 2022, I moved from Asheville to Michigan to complete my Yoga Teacher Training at Kula, where I later earned my Buti Yoga certification. Today, I’m honored to teach a variety of classes, from Buti to Yoga Nidra, at Kula Yoga in Grand Rapids, MI. I take pride in creating an uplifting space where you can move freely, embrace challenges, and leave feeling strong, confident, and radiant.
Photo courtesy of August Nyson Creative and Kula Yoga
More Joy Dye House specializes in splash-dyeing, a technique that uses powdered dyes with less pigment than traditional tie-dying. Wind, gravity, projection, and time are subtly captured in the patterns. Stretch halter tops, yoga towels, sweaters, sweat pants, hats, scarves, and wraps will be available featuring over 140 hues. Each piece can stand alone or you can go all out and put together a new look for yourself. The garments are perfect for the mindful and holistic environment of the festival. If there is interest, participatory dyeing sessions will be offered at the festival. Sign-ups and times will be determined and hosted by Andrea Napierkowski. Feel the color, embrace the art, and let yourself be transformed.
Angie is a gifted intuitive sound healer and songwriter. She has been singing her whole life but stepped into her gifts as a healer after her Kundalini awakening 8 years ago.
Through her extensive vocal history, she's found a way to enhance the instruments with the sound of her voice.
In doing so, she creates a rich and layered experience that sets her apart from traditional sound healing.
She uses Quartz crystal singing bowls, chimes, steel drums, ocean drum and other instruments she has collected along the way.
She also loves to share healing songs she has channeled from nature.
You will leave her space feeling seen, heard, and renewed.
Breah is an Advanced Reiki Practitioner and the founder of Moon and Sol Reiki! Moon and Sol Reiki is a unique form of integrative energy healing, that combines Guided Chakra Meditation and Reiki with the powerful intuitive energies of the Moon and the Sun. Restoring balance to the chakras and energy centers. Promoting self-healing by awakening and empowering the Body, Mind and Soul.
The moon and the sun have long been revered for their energetic influence on our planet and all living things. The moon represents feminine energy, intuition, and emotional healing, while the sun symbolizes masculine energy, vitality, and spiritual growth. By harnessing the life-giving forces of both celestial bodies, Moon and Sol Reiki aims to create a holistic healing experience that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our being.
Elizabeth Roersma is a massage therapist and yoga teacher who is passionate about helping people feel their best in their bodies. Located in Grand Rapids, she loves writing, running, hiking, and spending time with her husband Nick and dog Tyson.
Erin Nowak is an intuitive oracle card reader and Master-attuned Reiki practitioner. Reading oracle cards is a craft that Erin picked up after experiencing deep loss. Her approach is gentle but direct, like advice from your best friend that might not tell you what you want to hear but has your best interest at heart. In reiki sessions not only is she able to assist with assessing, calming, and clearing people’s energy she also gains insight as to what might be holding them back or keeping them stuck, with the occasional message from a loved one from beyond.
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