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Friday, September 18
 

6:00pm EDT

Enter the Portal: Opening Ceremony & Cacao Ritual
Friday September 18, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Kick off the weekend with an electrifying opening ceremony led by festival Creatrix - Aria Nyx. Sip ceremonial cacao, set your intentions, and tap into the collective energy of Transcend Fest.  This is your moment to arrive fully, connect with your people, and step into a weekend of expansion, expression, and transformation.
Facilitators
avatar for Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx is a mystic, Kundalini facilitator, tantric practitioner, astrologer, and numerologist who leads seekers into the deeper layers of power, pleasure, shadow, and remembrance. Her work lives at the intersection of spirituality, sensuality, and sovereignty—where the nervous... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Pavilion
 
Saturday, September 19
 

8:00am EDT

Opening Ceremony: Crossing the Threshold
Saturday September 19, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
This is where the weekend truly begins.

Gather with the community to cross from the ordinary into the sacred. Through ritual, breath, sound, and collective intention, we’ll open the energetic container of Transcend Fest and set the tone for a weekend of transformation, connection, and expansion.

This ceremony is a moment to:
• Arrive fully in your body
• Release the outside world
• Set intentions for your journey
• Connect with the living energy of the community

Step into the circle. The portal is open.
Facilitators
avatar for Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx is a mystic, Kundalini facilitator, tantric practitioner, astrologer, and numerologist who leads seekers into the deeper layers of power, pleasure, shadow, and remembrance. Her work lives at the intersection of spirituality, sensuality, and sovereignty—where the nervous... Read More →
Saturday September 19, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT

6:00pm EDT

The Besek Alter
Saturday September 19, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Join Indigenous Medicine Woman Mountain Flower for a sacred connection ceremony that weaves an energetic bond between attendees, Earth Mother, the ancestors, and the cosmos.

Attendees experience a profound surge of love, light, and the presence of their spirit guides in their energy fields. This heightened state is then collectively used as a healing portal for humanity and our Earth Mother.
Facilitators
avatar for Druminyasa

Druminyasa

As featured by The Washington Times, CBS, and Washington’s WTOP news, Brad Ellsworth of Druminyasa® (Love Shine Play festival, Wanderlust) has been playing drums and percussion for over 25 years. Brad is a yoga teacher and founded Druminyasa by connecting his love for rhythm... Read More →
avatar for Mountain Flower

Mountain Flower

As a medicine woman and 4th-generation indigenous instrument maker, Mountain Flower facilitates ceremonies that help you unite with Spirit, Earth Mother, and your own inner knowing. In sacred space, she accelerates deeply connective experiences, soul-level healing, and remembra... Read More →
Saturday September 19, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Mountain Top

6:00pm EDT

Kirtan!
Saturday September 19, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Come sing and dance with us! Kirtan is a musical mantra experience. Reciting the names of the Divine through a beautiful and lively call and response practice will leave you feeling connected, inspired, and floating in bliss!

No experience required.
Facilitators
avatar for Keshavi Ma

Keshavi Ma

Keshavi Ma, MPH, RYT 200 is a community and retreat leader, practicing yogi, kirtan leader, and the founder of Keshavi Yoga LLC. Keshavi found yoga 20 years ago while living a demanding, corporate lifestyle in Washington, DC. Knowing there was something more to yoga than what is taught... Read More →
avatar for Danielle Newton

Danielle Newton

Danielle Newton, farmer, wife, mother of 3, and owner of Be Brave Yoga in Middletown, CT is a E-500hr RYT, Yoga Teacher Trainer, Meditation Instructor, Kirtan Leader, and Y12SR facilitator. She came to Yoga seeking relief from chronic pain and arthritis in her early twenties. What... Read More →
avatar for Vedaji

Vedaji

Vedaji is a life-long practicing yogi, community builder, and teacher to thousands of souls throughout the world. With a background in the ancient lineages of Vedanta and Bhakti yoga, he was raised in a monastery in eastern India as a monk which he ultimately acted as the head of... Read More →
Saturday September 19, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Ascension
 
Sunday, September 20
 

8:30am EDT

Closing of the Bones
Sunday September 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Using the typical Mexican cloth Rebozo, we will wrap the body symbolizing the closing of a cycle, the closing of an identity or anything that needs to be released and “closed”.
Facilitators
avatar for Cinthya Font

Cinthya Font

I’m a Traditional Mexican Medicine Practitioner, Ceremonialist, Herbalist & Retreat Facilitator.
Sunday September 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Zen Den

1:30pm EDT

Weaving Goddess & Warrior Wisdom: Festival Integration Ceremony
Sunday September 20, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
You've danced, stretched, opened, and received. Now we seal the medicine.

Join Mountain Flower—4th-generation indigenous medicine woman—for a grounding ceremony that transforms festival magic into lasting change. Through rhythm and ancestral guidance, we'll harvest your most powerful insights: the goddess wisdom that softens you and the warrior strength that focuses you.

Plan on weaving your revelations into your body, your breath, your bones. You'll leave with clear seeds planted and the knowing of how to tend them when you return to ordinary life.

Bring your festival heart. Mountain Flower will bring the drums. Together, we make the transformation stick.
Facilitators
avatar for Mountain Flower

Mountain Flower

As a medicine woman and 4th-generation indigenous instrument maker, Mountain Flower facilitates ceremonies that help you unite with Spirit, Earth Mother, and your own inner knowing. In sacred space, she accelerates deeply connective experiences, soul-level healing, and remembra... Read More →
Sunday September 20, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Ascension

3:00pm EDT

Crossing the Threshold: An Autumn Equinox Ceremony
Sunday September 20, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
The Autumn Equinox marks a rare moment of balance, when day and night stand as equals before the seasons begin to shift.  As nature begins to release what is no longer needed and prepare for the quieter months ahead, we're invited to do the same. Together, we'll slow down, reconnect with ourselves, and honor both the joys and the challenges that have shaped us. Through guided meditation, reflection, journaling, and a symbolic release ritual, you'll create space to acknowledge your personal harvest, let go of what no longer serves you, and step intentionally into the season ahead. As part of the ceremony, you'll also write and seal a letter to your winter self that we'll mail back to you just before the Winter Solstice — a gentle reminder of the wisdom, hope, and intentions you carried into this new season. Whether you're navigating change, celebrating growth, or simply longing for a moment of stillness, this ceremony offers an opportunity to pause, reflect, and move into autumn with greater clarity, self-compassion, and trust.
No experience necessary. Simply bring an open heart and a willingness to listen to the wisdom already within you.

Facilitators
avatar for Danielle Gaebel

Danielle Gaebel

Danielle Gaebel is a trauma-informed practitioner, JourneyDance® facilitator, Moonologer, and somatic healing coach, and the founder of Superfine Synergy — a healing-centered space devoted to somatic and embodied transformation.
She helps women reconnect with their bodies and reclaim their power through movement medicine, ritual, embodiment, and nervous-system–centered practices. Danielle’s sessions are grounded, soulful, liberating, and infused with equal parts compassion and fire. Come move, breathe... Read More →
Sunday September 20, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Pavilion

4:30pm EDT

Soul Circle
Sunday September 20, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
A Soul Circle is a sacred space for community to gather in order to reconnect individuals with their inner wisdom, their breath, and their higher selves. We will weave together breath, meditation, sound healing, journaling, and a tea ritual to create a container for healing, reflection, and empowerment. Rooted in ancestral remembrance and modern mindfulness, Soul Circle is a place for transformation where all voices are welcome, every story is honored, and every soul is seen.
Facilitators
avatar for Melissa Matos

Melissa Matos

Yogamelle is a yoga/meditation/breathwork guide, and medicine woman in the making. She is dedicated to bringing holistic wellness to diverse communities and all body types. Her work weaves together sound healing, embodied movement, and herbal medicine. Yogamelle creates sacred spaces... Read More →
Sunday September 20, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Mountain Top

4:30pm EDT

Spirit of Wolf Siberian Shamanism - Kamlanie fire ritual and "Freedom of the Self" workshop
Sunday September 20, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
This event is for anyone seeking a deeper healing experience and growth within their own personal spiritual practice. All paths and traditions are welcome.

Join Khaluna Kam as she hosts a class on “Freedom of the Self” workshop. This will involve cleansing with Shaman Juniper, discussions around attributes and basics of Shamanism, drumming, singing, throat singing, and complete freedom of expression. The topics will be centered around the Fall Equinox/Closing of the Gates. 

Traditionally done in regions like Tuva and among peoples such as the Sakha and Kazakhs in Siberia and Central Asia. Her lineage comes from small village in South Poland and Turkey. Her teacher is Morsuk Kam (Austria), and his teacher is Karagai Kam (Russia) His teacher Karagai Kam (Tuva)

Please be sure to bring a drum or rattle if you have one, something to sit on, and a notebook and pen is also a great idea.

Facilitators
avatar for Khaluna Kam

Khaluna Kam

Hello! I am Alluria Khaluna Kam. I provide Traditional Holistic Therapy through lineage-based Eurasian Shamanism. My teacher is Morsuk Kam (Austria), and his teacher is Karagai Kam (Siberia). As a Kam (initiated Eurasian Shaman), I provide services based on very old, passed-down... Read More →
Sunday September 20, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Pond

5:30pm EDT

Closing Ceremony: The Return
Sunday September 20, 2026 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Every journey deserves a conscious return.

This ceremony marks the transition from the sacred space of the festival back into everyday life — not as the same person who arrived, but as someone more aware, more connected, and more intentional.

Through ritual, music, reflection, and shared presence, we will:
• Reflect on what we’ve experienced
• Honor personal growth and breakthroughs
• Celebrate the connections formed
• Anchor our intentions moving forward

This is not an ending — it’s a continuation.
Facilitators
avatar for Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx

Aria Nyx is a mystic, Kundalini facilitator, tantric practitioner, astrologer, and numerologist who leads seekers into the deeper layers of power, pleasure, shadow, and remembrance. Her work lives at the intersection of spirituality, sensuality, and sovereignty—where the nervous... Read More →
Sunday September 20, 2026 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Pond
 
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