Read about our top picks for the best summer festivals below and receive a special Warrior Addict discount to Soul Circus and Telluride yoga Festivals, plus reduced price teckets for Yoga Connects. Read on to find out how to access these awesome discounts.
Yoga Connects, Glastonbury
Yoga Connects was voted one of the best 20 yoga festivals in the world by Cody App - This festival is all about celebration, transformation and connection! It’s a weekend of yoga classes featuring renowned local and global teachers such as Chris Chavez and Steward Gilchrist, inspirational and edgy talks and awesome DJs and live music, including the likes of Indian classical flute player Jason Kalidas, iTunes World Music chart-topper Shammi Pithia and Soul artist Antarma performing his Mantra and Meditations.
This year, the festival celebrates a new location in the magical landscape of Glastonbury, an area known for it’s powerful, healing energy. Shamanic healer Akasha Jenita Wacha will kick off the festival Friday night with a sacred opening ceremony followed by a trance dance with live music guaranteed to rival London’s biggest nightclubs.
For you adventurous types, Yoga Connects also offers Capoeira, Ariel Yoga, Circus Silks and Acro Yoga. For you foodies and chill-out junkies, there will be delicious juices, smoothies and veggie food stalls to keep you satiated all weekend and plenty of opportunities to unwind and relax with yin yoga, meditation, gong baths, star gazing around fire pits, hot tubs or a wide variety of spa treatments.
Yoga Connects is proud to be a 100% completely plastic free zone, so just another reason to feel good about the weekend!
All tickets for the festival have just been hugely reduced (Gold weekend tickets are down from £240 to just £180) so hurry and get yours tickets now
Where: Garslade Farm, Godney Nr Wells, Somerset, BA5 1RX When: July 7th - 9th
Soul Circus
In the heart of the Cotswolds, this outdoor yoga and wellness festival has something for everyone. You can start your day off with an outdoor sunrise yoga class, challenge yourself with something like rocket or aerial yoga, chill out with a spa treatment or some restorative yoga or kick back and enjoy some chocolate in the cacao tipi and shake your yoga bandhas to bands by likes of Backbeat Soundsystem. And make sure you stick around for the DJ afterparty in the woods!
There’s even a space dedicated just to men to encourage guys to think about wellbeing and wellness - with discussions on everything from yoga, to grooming, to fitness wear. If that didn’t get you, maybe the free samples of whiskey and craft beers will?!
And to keep yourself fueled for the weekend, Soul Circus serves up satisfying grub using local farmers and ingredients. Their wellness cafe boasts three amazing chefs dishing up culinary delights all through the weekend – from cold-pressed juices and smoothies, to organic and responsibly sourced meat.
Feel like really treating yourself? There will be a VIP experience that includes private yoga and wellness workshops with Soul Circus ambassadors, private meals and even your very own MOET champagne bar!
Soul Circus have been extremely generous in offering a 10% discount to Warrior Addict readers…all you need to do is enter the code 'ADDICT' at the checkout
Where: Elmore, The Cotswolds When: August 18-20 More Info: www.soulcircus.yoga
Telluride Yoga Festival
If you’ve never been to Telluride, Colorado, get ready to have your mind blown. At the edge of a canyon and surrounded by mountains, it’s not quite like anywhere else in the United States.
The Telluride Yoga Festival is just as mind altering as the town itself. This inspirational 4-day event features over 100 offerings including yoga classes led by world-renowned teachers such as Tias Little, Amy Ippopliti, Kia Miller,Tommy Rosen, Mark Whitwell and Eric Paskel, meditation, music, guided hiking and biking, alternative and educational dining experiences, Standup Paddleboard yoga, social gatherings and more.
Going strong since 2007, the festival’s goal is to remain intimate while continuing to grow and reach more people.
And if you are in the mood for a break, you can ride the gondola up the mountain, wander the town or sit in a local cafe and watch the world go by. Telluride never disappoints.
Telluride Yoga Festival are generously offering a $30 discount to Warrior Addict readers. To get your dicounted ticket, please click here and enter the code 'WarriorAddict30' at the checkout.
Where: Telluride, Colorado, USA When: Jul. 20-23 More Info: www.tellurideyogafestival.com
Wanderlust Yoga Festival
Wanderlust festivals aim to help people explore and connect to their life’s purpose.
This Wanderlust festival in awe-inspiring Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe is a weekend of world-class yoga practices of all types, featuring teachers such as Gurmukh, Kathryn Budig, Rod Stryker and Seane Corn.
Beyond the yoga, you can indulge in: speakeasy talks by the likes of Kate North, bestselling author of ‘Money: A Love Story” or incredible live music ranging from DJ -powered yoga classes to acoustic musical mountain-top meditations, to electric main stage performances.
For nature lovers, there are guided adventures such as paddle boarding on the lake, hiking along the peaceful trails of Lake Tahoe and biking excursions,
Enjoy early morning meditations, all-nigh musical gathering and plenty of mouth-watering local and sustainable food.
Where: Squaw Valley, North Lake Tahoe, California, USA When: July 20 - 23 More Info: wanderlust.com
What are you waiting for? Grab your travel mat and your toothbrush and enjoy!
DISCOUNTS FOR WARRIOR ADDICT READERS:
Yoga Connects tickets for the festival have just been hugely reduced (Gold weekend tickets are down from £240 to just £180) so hurry and get yours here now
Soul Circus have been extremely generous in offering a 10% discount to Warrior Addict readers…all you need to do is enter the code 'ADDICT' at the checkout here
Telluride Yoga Festival are generously offering a $30 discount to Warrior Addict readers. To get your dicounted ticket, please click here and enter the code 'WarriorAddict30' at the checkout.
Image credits (top to bottom): Yoga Connects; Drishti Yoga Photography; Square Space; Vegan Yoga Life.