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Yoga Festival Madeira
20 - 23 June, 2019
Porto da Cruz, Madeira Portugal
Yoga for Everyone!
About the Event
The Yoga Festival on Madeira is an international gathering with a yoga program for beginners, advanced practitioners as well as kids in a stunning natural setting. The program experience will allow you to discover the island of Madeira through yoga, music, hiking, surfing, paragliding and much more!
The event will include workshops and a marketplace for goods, food & drinks.
We chose Madeiran & international teachers to present a balance between different yoga methods including Hatha, Sattya, Integral, Kundalini, Resonance, Vinyasa, and Air Yoga.
The 2019 Yoga Madeira Festival will have a focus on Ashtanga Yoga, with the exceptional participation of Bianca Oliveira from Brasil, who practices Ashtanga as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, adding her own very creative style and background.
About Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese island in the Atlantic with dramatic landscape and mild climate all over the year. How to get there?
The island has a magnificent Airport, receiving several charters and low-cost flights, from several European cities regularly. We collected flight information and arrival conditions for arrivals from all over the world for you in our Blog.
Porto da Cruz is a village set on the northern coast of Madeira, 15 km (20 minutes’ drive) from the international airport and 35 km (45 minutes’ drive) from Funchal, Madeira’s capital. Find here the Shuttle Service and all transfer possibilities from/to the airport and Funchal.
Once arrived in Porto da Cruz, sign boards will guide you through the Yoga Festival.
The Venue Locations
The Mountain
On the promenade in Porto da Cruz you’ll find Madeira’s last operational traditional sugarcane factory, Engenhos do Norte, with its 27m high tower. Right behind the factory, a 5-minute walk takes you to the top of the small mountain, exclusively prepared for the Yoga Festival.
The Beach
A second outdoor open space with ocean views is located just in front of the the beach Praia da Alagoa. This space will also host the concerts, non-yoga related workshops, activities, and a marketplace with books, various goods and food stalls.
The Small House
This small house and courtyard at Prace do Engenho Velho will host the Air Yoga classes as well as some workshops and the kids classes.
The Communal Gym
In case of unfavorable weather conditions, the yoga sessions scheduled on the Mountain will be relocated to the nearby communal gym.
The Gym at Polisportivo de Porto da Cruz
In case of unfavorable weather conditions, the yoga sessions schedule at the Church will be relocated to the gym in the communal sports center.
Festival Lineup & Schedule
Provisory Schedule - to be confirmed
Day 1: 20 June
15:30 – Opening Ceremony
16:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Mountain)
16:00 – Intro to Yoga (Beach)
18:00 – (Mountain)
18:00 – Vinyasa Flow with Caroline Boulinguez (Mountain)
19:30 – Music by Nenem Menezes
Day 2: 21 June
8:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Mountain)
8:00 – Hatha Yoga with Carolina Esmeraldo (Beach)
10:00 – Integral Yoga with Carmen Mitroi (Mountain)
10:00 – Pilates with Natércia Luis (Beach)
10:00 – Kids Yoga with Eli de Deus
10:30 – 16:00 – Experience: Hiking 1
12:00 – Experience: Surfclass
16:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Mountain)
16:00 – Introduction to Yoga (Beach)
16:00 – Workshop music instruments by Nenem Menezes (Kids & adults)
16:30 – Tai Chi with Nelson Gonzalves
18:00 – Sattva Yoga with Elio Pires (Mountain)
18:00 – Kundalini Yoga with Valvarene Beringuer (Beach)
18:00 – Air Yoga with Cilene Lammertyn (Small House)
19:30 – International Day of Yoga – Concert
Day 3: 22 June
8:00 – Vinyasa Flow with Cristiano Pestana (Mountain)
8:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Beach)
10:00 – (Mountain) and (Beach)
10:00 – Kids Workshop
11:30 – Organic Show Cooking with Yves Gautier
11:00 – 16:00 – Hiking 2
12:00/14:00 SUPYoga
10:30/12:00/14:00 – Paragliding
16:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Mountain)
16:00 – Introduction to Yoga (Beach)
16:00 – Workshop music instruments by Nenem Menezes (Kids & adults)
16:30 – Tai Chi with Nelson Gonzalves
18:00 – Resonance Yoga with Emilie Mangoni (Mountain)
18:00 – Yoga Dance with Susana Barros (Beach)
18:00 – (Small House)
19:30 – Music by Nenem Menezes
Day 4: 23 June
8:00 – Resonance Yoga with Emilie Mangoni (Mountain)
8:00 – Sattva Yoga with Elio Pires (Beach)
10:00 – (Mountain)
10:00 – Yoga for families with Carmen Mitroi (Beach)
11:00 Experience: Surf
12:00 Workshop natural cosmetics with Natacha Bras
14:00 Experience: Bodyboard
14:00 Games for families
16:00 – (Mountain)
16:00 – Vinyasa Flow with Cristiano Pestana (Beach)
18:00 – Ashtanga Yoga with Bianca Oliveira (Mountain)
18:00 – (Beach)
19:30 – Closing Ceremony
Festival Lineup & Provisory Schedule
Provisory Schedule - to be confirmed
Day 1: 20 June, 2019
Mountain
Beach
Small House
Experience
15:30
OPENING CEREMONY
Mountain Top
Natercia Luis
Workshop: Crystal Healing
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Style
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Caroline Boulinguez
Vinyasa Flow
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Cilene Lammertyn
19:30
Nenem Menezes
Music @ the xxx
Day 2: 21 June, 2019
12:00 – 14:00 Surfclass Surf Camp&School
Provisory Schedule - to be confirmed
Mountain
Beach
Small House
Experience
10:00 | 4 hours
Valvanera Berenguer
10:00 | 90 Minutes
Natércia Luis
Pilates with acoustic music
10:00 | 90 Minutes
Eli de Deus
Kids Yoga
10:30 – 13:30 Conscious Hiking 2h
12:00 – 14:00 Surfclass Surf Camp&School
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Yoga for Beginners
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Nenem Menezes
Workshop: music instruments
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Elio Pires
Sattva Yoga
19:00 | 60 Minutes
Valvanera Berenguer
Kundalini Yoga Dance
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Cilene Lammertyn
Air Yoga with acoustic music
11:30/14:00 Workshop Healthy shakes – Gigi Sumos
evening
International Day of Yoga - Concert
Location
Day 3: 22 June, 2019
Provisory Schedule - to be confirmed
Mountain
Beach
Small House
Experience
8:00 | 90 Minutes
Cristiano Pestana
Vinyasa Flow
8:00 | 90 Minutes
Bianca Oliveira
Ashtanga Yoga
10:00 | 4 hours
Valvanera Berenguer
10:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Style
10:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor: Kids Workshop
11:30 | 60 Minutes
Yves Gautier: Show Cooking
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Bianca Oliveira
Ashtanga Yoga
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Yoga for Beginners
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Nenem Menezes
Workshop: music instruments
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Emilie Mangoni
Resonance Yoga
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Susana Barros
Yoga Dance
19:30
Nenem Menezes
Music @ the xxx
Day 4: 23 June, 2019
Provisory Schedule - to be confirmed
Mountain
Beach
Small House
Experience
8:00 | 90 Minutes
Emilie Mangoni
Resonance Yoga
8:00 | 90 Minutes
Elio Pires
Sattva Yoga
10:00 | 5 hours
Valvanera Berenguer
10:00 | 90 Minutes
Carmen Mitroi
Yoga for families
12:00 | 60 Minutes
Natacha Braz
Workshop: natural cosmetics homemade
11:00 Surf with Salty
14:00 Bodyboard with Salty
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Style
16:00 | 90 Minutes
Cristiano Pestana
Vinyasa Flow
14:00
Games for families
free activity
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Bianca Oliveira
Ashtanga Yoga
18:00 | 90 Minutes
Instructor
Style
19:30
CLOSING CEREMONY
Mountain Top
Yoga classes with day pass
Workshops and special classes
tickets EUR 10.00
Kids Yoga 5.00/kid
Family Yoga 15.00/family
13h Workshop with Valvanera Berenguer EUR 175
Experiences, individually priced tickets
Early Bird Prices valid until 31 May, 2019
Yoga
1 Day Yoga-Pass for 20 June: €20
1 Day Yoga-Pass for 21/22/23 June: €40
3 Day Pass Yoga for Beginners: €25
4 Day Complete Yoga Pass: €130
Experiences
Mindful Hiking 21 June: €20 / 22 June: €40
Surf 21 June: €40
SUPYoga 22 June: €25
Paragliding 22 June: €60
Surf & Bodyboard 23 June: €50
Yoga Instructors
Bianca Oliveira
Caroline Boulinguez
Cilene Lammertyn
Emilie Mangoni
Valvanera Berenguer
Susana Barros
Elio Pires
Carolina Esmeraldo
Eli de Deus
Cristiano Pestana
Carmen Mitroi
…..
Event General Information
Accommodation
There are several options for accommodation within walking distance or close driving distance to Porto Da Cruz, Madeira. Please read our blog post with more information and a list of accommodation for the Yoga Madeira Festival!
Experiences
During the Yoga Festival, there will be workshops and experiences that include kid’s workshops, hiking, meditation, surf yoga, paragliding, and more. Please read our blog post with more information and costs for the event experiences.
Yoga Styles
Air Yoga
Air Yoga or Aerial Yoga is a type of yoga which uses a hammock or yoga swing to allow students to perform postures that they may not ordinarily be able to attempt on the yoga mat. It combines traditional yoga with moves inspired by pilates, dance and acrobatics.
Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga is a fast-paced, intense, flowing style of yoga founded by Pattabhi Jois in the 1960s. The exact same poses are performed in the exact same order. This rigorous style of yoga is physically very demanding because of the constant movement from one pose to the next, so this style of yoga is definitely not for the beginner. In Mysore, India, people gather to practice this form of yoga together at their own pace—if you see Mysore-led Ashtanga, it’s expected you know the series.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is a generic term that refers to any type of yoga that teaches physical postures. Hatha classes are a classic approach to breathing and exercises and are a great entry point to the practice for beginners.
Integral Yoga
Integral is a hatha style of yoga based on the ideas and principals of Sri Aurobindo who sought to give followers guidelines on how to improve their lives. Integrating mind, body, and spirit, classes also include pranayama, chanting, and meditation.
Intro to Yoga
The module Introduction to Yoga is specially designed for beginners of all age and horizons to make their first experience with the central methods of yoga, which are physical postures and movement, breathing techniques and meditation.
Kundalini Yoga
In this style it’s all about releasing the kundalini energy in your body said to be trapped, or coiled, in the lower spine. Kundalini classes really work your core and breathing with fast-moving, invigorating postures and breath exercises, with the purpose of freeing energy in the lower body and allowing it to move upwards through all the chakras. These classes are pretty intense and can involve chanting, mantra, and meditation.
Resonance Yoga
With Resonance Yoga, you will use your voice while doing Asana (Yoga postures). You will be singing Mantras, intuitive sounds and vowels, depending on the intention of the Asana. Sound and movement are combined to get a deeper connection with the body, to allow to let go what is not needed anymore and to feel a sensation of release.
Sattva Yoga
The Sattva Yoga practice is an integration of Hatha Yoga, meditation, prānāyāma (Yogic breathing), Kriya (repetitive movements), mantra, freedom movement, and transcendental wisdom.
Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyasa was adapted from Ashtanga yoga in the 1980s. In Vinyasa classes, the movement is coordinated with your breath and movement to flow from one pose to another. Vinyasa styles can vary depending on the teacher, and there can be many different types of poses in different sequences.
Yoga Dance
Yoga Dance is a style of yoga that combines fluid movement with music into a yoga practice. Yogis will perform asanas in rhythm with music that can be as simple as the beat of a drum or a chant, or, they can be as complex as full band music or a recording.
Festival Sponsors
