Start your WellFest journey with an energizing and soul-nourishing YNDI Awaken Flow, a transformative all-level yoga experience to elevate your body, mind and spirit.

Led by international yoga teacher, artist and YNDI founder Lana Vogestad, this vinyasa practice seamlessly blends breath, movement and intention to clear blockages, ignite vitality and center your energy for the day ahead. Accompanied by a custom-composed YNDI soundscape, the dynamic and fluid yoga practice, drawing from multiple yoga traditions, will guide you inward while expanding your awareness. The session will close with a long blissful savasana and meditation to connect to something bigger. 

Accessible to all levels, this class welcomes everyone, from seasoned yogis to curious beginners, offering space for personal growth, healing, insight, and inspiration. Meet yourself where you are and rise into the day feeling grounded, open and alive. 

Let this be your portal into a transformative day of connection, creativity and wellness.

Led by KateLyn Costa, breathwork guide, therapist & sacred space holder.

Begin your day grounded, clear, and deeply connected to yourself - body, mind and soul. This immersive session weaves science-backed Breathwork with intuitive guidance, inviting you to reset your nervous system and access your natural wellspring of resilience, calm, regulation, and vitality.

Supported by an intentional playlist, you’ll move through carefully designed breath patterns proven to promote:

Parasympathetic nervous system activation: Shifts from “fight-or-flight” into rest, healing, and repair.

CO₂ regulation and optimal oxygen uptake: Enhances cellular health and energy levels.

Reduction in cortisol and stress hormones: Supports mental clarity and emotional stability.

Improved heart rate variability: Builds resilience to daily stress.

Known for her gentle presence and soul-stirring meditations, KateLyn creates a compassionate, safe space where transformation feels personal and profound.

No experience needed. You’ll leave the session feeling refreshed, present, and open in heart and mind to all the possibilities the day holds.

Join me to discover how to support your nervous system with the foundational principles and practices of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™). SE is a body-oriented modality for healing and transforming the impact of chronic stress and trauma.

In this interactive presentation you will:

Learn the basics of the nervous system and become a little more familiar with your individual nervous system.

Become more aware of the physical sensations in your body (the language of the nervous system) so you can increase your self-awareness and begin to sense into what your nervous system needs.

Learn a few foundational practices to take with you for self-support.

By supporting our nervous system and allowing stress cycles to complete, we can experience more flow and cultivate resiliency.

Certified nurse midwife and certified functional medicine practitioner Carrie Levine will talk about women's hormone balance for women of all ages. She'll talk about why hormone imbalance is not as simple as getting rid of excess hormones if there's too much or adding them if there's too little. She'll review the pathway of hormone production, the HPATG (hypothalamus/pituitary/adrenal/thyroid/gonadal) axis, and lifestyle modifications that support hormone balance. Q&A will conclude the session.

An informational talk on osteoporosis. You will learn:

• the science behind exercise to improve bone health

• 5 things to include in your osteoporosis exercise plan

• 3 tips for lifting to keep your spine safe

You will leave with ideas to create your osteoporosis exercise plan

Experience an introduction to internal family systems (IFS), a profound and powerful mental wellness therapy.

Michael has found IFS to be of the most liberating, respectful, and extraordinary means of supporting one’s life's imperative to transform trauma and intrapsychic injuries and to grow fully energized into this one most precious life.

Life challenges us to discover and connect with the healing potential of our inner wisdom and to re-align our internal compass to repair, behold, and evolve the meaning and sacredness of our lives.

Emily Waltz, Assistant Director of Downeast School of Massage.

Gray Baldwin of Maine Street Music Therapy

Jade Nelson, yoga practitioner

Join instrument maker and sound worker, Jim Doble, on a large array of Gongs and sound worker and intuitive, Maleine Gargurevich, on Gongs and with voice for an afternoon of diving deep into the potential of sound as a therapeutic force. This experience will feature a large and unique collection of Gongs, Cosmic Chimes, Vocals, and assorted small instruments.

Participants will be invited to relax and close their eyes in order to allow themselves to be transported on an inward Journey, fueled by the awesome sonic landscape. This Journey can help one reach a super relaxed state while energizing the brain, making space for healthy change to happen.

Please bring something comfy to lay on, and any blankets or pillows you might like. Yoga mats will be made available if you are without one.