Sedona Yoga Festival Announces New October 2026 Festival Dates

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SEDONA YOGA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW OCTOBER 2026 AUTUMN DATES

New Venue and Expanded Programming

SEDONA, Arizona, August 25, 2026 — The Sedona Yoga Festival will gather October 1-4, 2026 in its most immersive format yet, bringing together 800 yoga practitioners, teachers, global thought leaders, and wellness professionals for a multi-day educational experience set within a single, unified retreat space at Outbound Sedona.

The festival marks a historic shift: for the first time in its fourteen-year history, Sedona Yoga Festival unfolds on grounds nestled along the creek at Outbound Sedona, surrounded by expansive acreage and natural landscape. The venue itself becomes part of the gathering–a held space designed for deep immersion and genuine community connection.

“The weather in Sedona in autumn is ideal,” organizers said. “Cool evenings are perfect for gathering around firepits, warm days for movement and learning outdoors, and none of the intense heat of spring. This timing lets us create the kind of sustained, contemplative experience that only happens when people stay fully present, in one place.”

The 2026 festival introduces “Socials #irl” (or “In Real Life”) — a thematic framework exploring what it means to show up authentically in an age of fragmented attention in a technology-saturated world. Rather than treating social connection as secondary to education, the festival integrates intentional, phone-free gathering spaces and programming that asks: “How do we tend to ourselves so we can be compassionate, resilient, and authentic in society?”

The program features 100+ educators and wisdom keepers, including master teachers Saul David Raye, Priya Deepika, DTO, Kamini Desai, Dov Vargas, Peter Sterios, Zach Rehder, and Will Zecco, among others. Presenters will offer yoga, meditation, pranayama, sound healing, Ayurveda, and holistic wellness across immersive classes, and workshops.

Programmatic evolution is intentional: afternoon breakouts ensure depth, while 33 vendors and on-site amenities such as tea lounges, healthy meals, the infinity pool, sauna and cold plunges, bodywork, reiki and more support a genuine retreat environment. Festival access welcomes drop-ins for concerts, day passes, and immersions—at the heart of the festival is the whole package retreat style full immersive experience.

Heather Sheree Sanders, Producer and Director of the Sedona Yoga Festival, said, “At our first autumn event, we’re striving to awaken your imagination, by leaning into the humanity of it all. The messy, beautiful experience of real life. To be so fully immersed in the experience of being yourself in the company of others and in the presence of nature that you can see viscerally and clearly the potential for a beautiful human experience shared globally and into the future.”

About Sedona Yoga Festival

The Sedona Yoga Festival is a premier, professionally produced yoga education gathering rooted in lineage respect, community, and meaningful collaboration. Now in its fourteenth year, and taking place annually (now in autumn), and set among Sedona’s iconic red rocks, the festival creates space for practitioners of all levels to deepen study, engage with diverse traditions, connect with community, and experience the power of gathering on sacred land. For fourteen years, Sedona Yoga Festival has positioned itself against the grain of generic wellness culture, choosing instead substance, rigor, and the irreplaceable energy of real human connection.

For more information, visit: https://sedonayogafestival.com/