Santa Cruz Wellness Festival 2026
Recharge your mind, body & spirit with a full day of wellness. Enjoy workshops, yoga, sound healing, music & catered lunch in Santa Cruz. This is a carefully designed day where movement, nature, learning, healing, music, and community come together to allow you to let go and reset. You move at your own pace, choose your own path, and somewhere between the opening circle and the last song, you get to experience the best of what our wellness community has to offer. Yoga · Sound Bath · Breathwork · Cacao Ceremony · Myofascial Release · Energy Healing · Native Tea Blending · Live Music · Catered Lunch by Julia's Vegetarian Restaurant · Artisan Vendors. Plus workshops in Ayurveda, Astrology, Equine Therapy, Tarot & more THIS DAY IS BUILT TO SUPPORT YOU • Nervous system rest and restoration • Embodiment and body awareness • Emotional and energetic healing • Learning rooted in lived wellness practice • Connection to nature and community • Play, movement, and physical joy • Stillness, integration, and reflection WHO THIS IS FOR This day is for you to have event, just one day for yourself. Take care, relax, move, learn, something slower, deeper, and more intentional. Whether you are burning out and need a reset, actively investing in your wellbeing, curious about healing modalities you haven't tried, or simply looking for a beautiful day with good people — you are welcome here. All levels. All bodies. Zero pressure. You do not need to be a yogi, a meditator, or anything in particular. Come as you are. COLLABORATORS Curated by a collective of practitioners rooted in the Santa Cruz wellness community: College of Ayurveda & School of Yoga Dr. Manas — Intro to Ayurveda Workshop Francis Shipnuck — Sound Healing, Breathwork, and Myofacial Release Alex Weber — Recently Voted Top Massage Therapist in Santa Cruz Katie Rice, Woven Herbs — Local Herbalism and Native Tea Blending Abigail Coughlin — Equine Therapy Introduction Jeffrey Reid — Qi Gong Julia's Vegetarian Restaurant — Catered Lunch WORKSHOPS AND WELLNESS EXPERIENCES Sound Healing — An immersive sound journey in the wellness dome Breathwork Workshop — A guided breathwork experience exploring the connection between breath, body, and emotional release. Yoga — Enjoy a morning flow or the afternoon restore. All levels welcome. Equine Therapy Introduction — A guided experience at the horse paddock. Learn how horses are used in healing and what they reflect back to us. Observation only. Native Tea Blending and Herbalism — A live workshop with herbalist Katie Rice, founder of Woven Herbs. Learn which local plants support the body and how to use them at home. Intro to Ayurveda — Seasonal health, daily rituals, and ancient tools for modern life. Intro to Astrology — Learn the foundations of your chart and how astrology can support your wellness. Intro to Tarot — Learn the foundations of your chart and how astrology can support your wellness. Dancing Through Discomfort — Share your stresses and process them through dance and movement Myofascial Release — Understand and release your fascia to promote better body function Live Painter — Watch our live artist capture the energy of the day from open to close. The completed painting is revealed at 2:30 PM. Rest and reflection spaces are available throughout the property for those who feel called to slow down, journal, or simply be. FULL DAY SCHEDULE Doors Open and Check-In — 9:00 AM Opening Circle — 9:15 to 9:45 AM A short orientation to the property, the day, and each other. SESSION ONE: 10:00–10:45 AM — Morning Yoga by Jisoo Yang — Breathwork Workshop by Frances Shipnuck — Native Tea Blending and Herbalism by Katie Rose, Founder of Woven Herbs SESSION TWO: 11:00–11:45 AM — MyoFacial Release by Frances Shipnuck — Introduction to Tarot by Yzzy Lovegore — Qi Gong by Jeffrey Reid, 16th generation disciple of the Wudang Sanfeng Lineage LUNCH AND LIVE MUSIC: 11:45 AM–12:30 PM — Live Music by Josh August Rivera https://open.spotify.com/track/6GfVUueN8RgtYaMUMPg2a5?si=GRHXRoQLQHayPAJ2LCCvTw — Catered Lunch by Julia's Vegetarian Restaurant SESSION THREE: 12:30–1:15 PM — Dancing Through Discomfort by Lux Gypsum — Intro to Ayurveda Workshop by Dr. Manas Kshirsagar, AD, MS — Discover Equine Therapy by Abigail Coughlin SESSION FOUR: 1:30–2:15 PM — Sound Healing Journey by Frances Shipnuck — Using the Power of Consciousness by Bill Welch — Intro to Astrology by Yzzy Lovegore Closing Ceremony: 2:30–3:00 PM All day — Vendor Village open General Admission — $120 Parking Pass — $15 (add at checkout · limited to 20 spots) Carpool Pass — Free (add at checkout · 2 or more people per vehicle)
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Ayurvedic Healing is a Integrative Wellness Clinic in Santa Cruz, CA offering Ayurvedic Consultation, Medical Astrology & Authentic Panchakarma Treatments.
Participants will be guided through breathing practices to reset the nervous system and engage their full lung capacity breath while connecting to higher consciousness. The sound healing session will include singing bowls, drumming and Koshi chime while laying on mats with eye masks. In the facial maneuvers portion (if included) participants will be guided through a series of self applied and partnered exercises for resetting the nervous system and releasing tension in the body.
Yzzy Lovegore is an astrologer, artist, and tarot reader known for providing daily astrology forecasts, art, and reflections on navigating life's transitions. Her work often combines astrological insights with personal creative projects like weaving and painting, as she seeks to provide structure, meaning, and useful reflections through the combined language of astrology, symbols, and intuition. She will be offering a workshop on the history, basics, and relational function of astrology, as well as a workshop on the symbolic language of tarot.
Santa Cruz Therapeutic Massage | Alex Weber
I specialize in therapeutic bodywork, including manual lymphatic drainage, scar tissue remodeling, postpartum structural integration, and therapeutic massage. At the wellness fair, I’ll be offering Lymphatic Face & Neck Massage sessions designed to support relaxation and detoxification. I’ll also have wild-foraged herbal products available for purchase.
Spiral Sister Designs aims to reconnect humans to natural awe and wonder through the powerful practice of adornment as ceremony. Each piece of jewelry is inspired by an element of the natural world and that energy is woven as a colorful story into the designs. Also featured in the designs are precious baby Abalone shells and shards, which are found by hand along the wild waters of the ca central coast.
Jisoo Yang of The Wise Flow is a Feng Shui Designer and Breath & Sound Curator who guides the elemental energies of Air and Water — the essence of Feng Shui — into bodies, homes and the way life is arranged. In this 45-minute experience, she uses our bones, muscles and chakra structure as the Earth — the sacred architecture that holds us — while weaving intentional breathwork, fluid movement and live crystal sound healing into a journey of deep elemental alignment. Come ready to release what's stagnant and create space for everything meant for you to flow in.
Transformation through embodying divine presence, breath work, meditation and the act of mental rehearsal.
Sourced from the magic drenched coastline, canyons and ridges of Big Sur (Esselen land) to the fertile and abundant mountains of Santa Cruz (Amah Mutsun land), our wild-foraged native herbs combine with certified organic and local community gardens in our nutritious and grounding caffeinated and herbal blends. We believe that true healing happens in reciprocity with the Earth, and our aim is to inspire and educate about the natural medicine all around us.
At Wudang Santa Cruz, Daoist internal arts (Taiji, Qigong, and Kung Fu) are taught within the lineage of the Wudang Mountains. Training emphasizes structure, breath, and attention to develop a connected, efficient body and a steady, responsive mind. These practices cultivate strength, coordination, and internal coherence that carry directly into daily life.
