Yoga Bliss Festival
- Dates
- Expected July
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Harmonie Verein Cultural Center
- Price
- $35 to $555
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 3, 2026
Yoga Bliss Festival comes to Augusta, MO, Expected July. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
What it stands for
The festival's tagline is Cultivating Health & Wellness, and the organiser sets out what she means by it: cultivation as an act of preparing land to grow crops, or of improving a skill or a relationship through education and focused effort, fostering growth through knowledge and inner actions with others. Two-hour sessions are chosen deliberately, described as giving attendees the chance to cultivate their curiosity and thirst for more knowledge in collaboration with the festival leaders. The invitation is framed around company rather than solitude: we all have our own journey, yet we do not have to walk alone, bring yourself, your family, your loved ones. Several sessions use spiritual and energetic vocabulary, including Akashic Records readings, chakra work, embodied astrology and cacao as a heart-opening plant ally; these are the festival's own descriptions of its offerings
The experience
What's special
A four-day, build-your-own-schedule festival in the village of Augusta, Missouri, in the Missouri River wine country west of St Louis. Everything is sold by the session rather than by the ticket: attendees buy a package, then sign up individually for each two-hour session they want, and the seven catered meals count as sessions too. The 2026 edition ran 41 unique sessions from 22 leaders across four village buildings, with the Harmonie Verein Cultural Center as the main hall. The programme is unusually therapeutic for a yoga festival, built around John F. Barnes Myofascial Release, restorative and Yin practice, sound journeys and breathwork, alongside Vinyasa and Sattva Yoga, an Akashic Records workshop, a cacao ceremony, a somatic dance ceremony, integrative medicine lectures from a physician, and a kirtan concert and Kirtronica ecstatic dance set from Jaya Lakshmi. Every meal is vegan and gluten free
The practice
all levels. The festival describes itself as an exploration of yoga, health and wellness with a multitude of experiences to choose from, and most 2026 sessions carried an explicit welcome: suitable for all levels of experience, accessible to all levels, appropriate for all, all are welcome, no experience necessary. Sessions are two hours each, and the programme leans towards restorative, therapeutic and myofascial work rather than vigorous asana, with Sunrise Flow Yoga, Vinyasa Flow and Sattva Yoga Journey providing the more active options
Slower, foundational postures held breath by breath. The classic starting point.
Long, passive floor holds that reach deep tissue. Slow, quiet and meditative.
Long, passive floor holds that reach deep tissue. Slow, quiet and meditative.
Flowing sequences that link breath to movement. Expect to move and sweat.
Long, passive floor holds that reach deep tissue. Slow, quiet and meditative.
Fully supported poses with props, built for rest and recovery rather than effort.
Guided lying-down meditation on the edge of sleep. No movement at all.
Beyond the mat
- breath work
- pranayama
- Intrinsic Breathwork
- meditation
- guided meditation
- sound journey
- gong sound healing
- crystal quartz and Tibetan singing bowls
- tuning fork vibration
- kirtan
- mantra and chanting
- Kirtronica ecstatic dance
- HealthRHYTHMS drumming
- Qigong
- self-lymphatic massage
- John F. Barnes Myofascial Release
- Yoga Tune Up therapy balls
- Akashic Records readings and meditation
- cacao ceremony
- SoulCollage
- somatic dance
- Bach Flower Essences
- Polyvagal Theory
- Ayurveda
- HeartMath techniques
- water ritual and community watercolour painting
- guided visualisation inspired by hypnotherapy
- integrative and functional medicine lectures
Styles named as the festival itself describes them.
Accessibility & comfort
What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
Schedule
Programme from the July 2026 edition, the most recent held; no 2027 programme is published. Session count verified at 41 against the festival's own Leaders page and by counting the published schedule
Programme41
What it costs
Add-ons
Prices captured verbatim from the live Halcyon Spa Mindbody store (site ID 408799) on September 3, 2026, cross-checked against the festival's own Packages and Sessions pages. There is no early-bird or sale tier: the festival states prices for the 2026 festival are the same as last year. Everything is priced per session, with meals counting as sessions, and the ladder runs from a Single Session at $35 through 24 sessions at $660; the Total Access Pass at $555 for 18 sessions plus 7 meals is the value option. All of these were still listed for sale after the 2026 edition finished
What to bring
A full weekend of practice is easier with your own kit. What earns its place in the bag:
Your own matRentals sell out and shared mats are thin. Bring a grippy, cushioned mat you trust for a full weekend of practice.
Shop options
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Teachers & presenters
Roster from the July 2026 edition, the most recent held; no 2027 roster is published. The Leaders page states 22 leaders and 41 unique sessions for 2026; two further billed names are added here from the schedule, Ben von Harz (hand pan) and Swami Sankarananda (whose session is marked cancelled), giving 24 entries
Plus the rest of the 24+ teachers, practitioners and speakers across the weekend.
Marketplace and vendors
No vendor marketplace, expo or stalls are advertised. The one commercial presence beyond the caterer is optional bodywork, breathwork and Akashic Record sessions sold as Yoga Bliss Festival Extras through the Halcyon Spa store. Leader Angela L. Chostner's paintings and drums have been featured at the past three editions, per her bio
Getting there
Nearest airport St. Louis Lambert International (STL), the closest commercial airport, roughly 40 miles east of Augusta by road.
How do I get to Yoga Bliss Festival?
By car
St. Louis Lambert International is the closest commercial airport, roughly 40 miles east of Augusta; the drive runs west out of the St Louis metro into the Missouri River wine country. No shuttle or transfer is offered by the festival, and all four venues are inside the village, so a car is the practical way in
Most people drive to Yoga Bliss Festival. The nearest major airport is St. Louis Lambert International (STL), the closest commercial airport, roughly 40 miles east of Augusta by road, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
Taxi & rideshare
Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
No parking information is published for any of the four venues
🚙 Car hire
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Where
Venue
Harmonie Verein Cultural Center
Pricing
Price history and tiers
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