What's in store for AP26?

Transform fear, anger, and helplessness into productive action through a collaborative discussion of resources, ideas, and practical ways to work toward a brighter future.

Explore your inner world as a living system of selves through guided meditation, somatic movement, play, and reflective journaling. Bring a yoga mat and journal.

The highland games are held in the spring and summer in Scotland in celebration of Scottish & Celtic culture. The games are centered around feats of strength & athleticism, music, food, dance, and celebration.
Laughing Hearts Yoga & Movement will be hosting a homemade, backyard version of the Highland Games at Anahata’s Purpose for its second year this September with athletic events to challenge the strength and fortitude of the attendees.
The games will include a backyard version of the highland game's caber toss (a long log that is held upright and tossed in the air – but don’t worry, ours will be constructed and small), tug o war, farmer’s dash, sheaf toss, & welly throw. This year we will be divided into two teams and the winning team will receive complete bragging rights for the duration of the retreat and a few other goodies :). Kilts are most certainly an option - wear em' if you got em'! Gie it laldy!!

Learn spells and rituals for removing bad habits, unhealthy relationships, harmful politics, and anything else you need out of your life. Supplies are provided.

Join a group banishing ritual designed to remove unwanted energy from this plane of existence. Ritual clothing is optional; bring a yoga mat or blanket. Photography and video are not permitted.

In this hands-on class, you will create a personal spirit doll using found objects and recycled materials, turning the ordinary into something sacred and intentional. Through a gentle guided meditation ritual, you will be invited to meet the spirit of your doll and allow that presence to inspire its form, adornment, and purpose. We will also explore how spirit dolls can be used in spiritual practice—as protectors, anchors for intention, and quiet companions—and how to care for them so they remain a living part of your path.

Learn basic bookbinding while creating a magical grimoire or reflective journal infused with your intentions. Materials are provided, and you may bring flat decorative items to personalize your book.

A Safe Container to Release Stored Emotions from the Body

Release what you've been carrying so you can move forward with greater clarity, lightness, and alignment. Through ritual, breath, drumming, intention, and ceremony, you'll have the opportunity to let go of stored emotional, energetic, and mental burdens in a trauma-informed, sacred, and supportive space.

Combine symbols, mathematics, and movement to create accessible motions that deepen your relationship with your favorite divination deck and the world around you. Open to all experience levels and bodies.

Use Authentic Connection Cards for personal reflection or connection with others. Journaling, coloring, drawing, and collage materials will be available in this open-play experience.

Receive an aura photograph and explore how its colors connect with chakras, planetary energies, and your natal astrology chart. Discover how your present energy aligns with your astrological blueprint.

The Community Conversations workshop is a thought and discussion based space that allows attendees to connect with each other through deeper and intentional topics. This year’s topic, Aural Perceptions, focuses on how we as individuals perceive sound and music.

With ADHD, Rick has found that she perceives sound in a myriad of ways, and she is fascinated by the variety of ways that people experience that sense. Whether you see sound as colors and patterns, are imagining the notes in your mind, or are called back to a certain memory; every perception is unique and individual.

If you want to connect with some new people beyond the small talk, or just want to listen to some rad music and sounds, come check out Community Conversations: Aural Perceptions.

It’s not a workshop. It’s not a class. It’s an experience.

Created by two best friends, Kelly and Larissa, who know firsthand how vulnerability and intention can deepen and transform relationships. With over 14 years of friendship, they’ve built a space rooted in trust, openness, and courageous connection, one that feels approachable, empowering, and (yes!) even fun.

Through meditation, sound healing, and intentional one-on-one and group conversations, you’ll be guided to deepen communication and reconnect to yourself and others. The effects of the work you’ll do will plant seeds and unfold long after the session. Expect to leave feeling relaxed, refreshed, and inspired.

Explore disclosure, the nature of reality, and how inner awakening can open the doorway to expanded states of consciousness and contact.

You're invited to explore dance as a healing arts practice and deepen your connection with yourself and others through movement:

What is Contact Beyond Contact? A holistic dance and healing practice weaving movement, mindfulness, and group sharing into one embodied experience. Learn more about the practice at https://unityspace.org.

What will happen in this experience? We will begin with an opening circle, followed by a slow, somatic arrival to help you land in your body and in the space. We'll then flow into solo, partner, and group improvisational movement. Along the way, we'll pause and hold space to reflect and integrate as a group. No prior dance experience needed!

Discover the ancient and modern power of copper as a conductor of energy for healing, meditation, and environmental harmony. In this engaging class, explore handcrafted tools including meditation pyramids, Pharaoh Rods, pendulums, divining rods, electroculture devices for plants, and copper jewelry. Learn how copper can amplify energy, recharge the body, balance spaces, and support overall well-being

Have you ever thought about what you might see in the sky and the stars without knowing about what constellations already exist? If you got to just look at the (un-light-polluted) sky and see thousands of stars, what shapes or pictures might you see? In this class, we are going to gaze at the sky together and try to name what we would see without being told about a pre-existing sky culture. We will then discuss what various cultures around the world (we use the Greek/Roman constellations) saw when they looked up at the stars. No previous star knowledge is required for this class. We will also have a telescope for some closer viewing.

Explore the body as a sacred and wild space through soulful movement, somatic release, mindfulness, and playful expression. No experience is necessary.

Join a warm, reflective conversation about mortality, grief, relationships, spirituality, the afterlife, and the many forms of death and loss that shape our lives.

Learn who your spirit guides are, how they communicate, and how to open your intuitive channel. After an informational session, practice connecting with guidance in small groups.

Learn to channel light-language codes and expand your voice, energetic capacity, and connection with higher realms. Previous experience with channeling or energy work is recommended.

Ecotherapy 101: Nature & Mental Wellness is an introductory workshop exploring how connection with nature supports mental health and nervous system regulation. Blending research with simple, experiential practices, participants will learn accessible ways to use nature as a resource for grounding, resilience, and well-being.

Reconnect with music in a supportive, low-pressure environment through rhythm, pitch, singing, and playful activities inspired by elementary music education. No experience is necessary.

Examine whether purity and perfection are healthy ideals or limiting traps, and explore more balanced approaches to excellence, personal growth, and becoming your best self.

Learn how to create a fulfilling daily witchcraft practice using manageable, bite-sized activities that fit into a busy schedule.

Gather in community under the energy of the Full Moon for a sacred container focused on reflection, release, and renewal. Through ritual, intention, drumming, and the transformative element of fire, you'll be invited to consciously release what no longer serves you and create space for your next chapter with greater clarity, purpose, and alignment.

This is a hands-on, creative container for connecting and working with goddesses through somatic exercises, journaling, meditations, worship, reverence, altarwork, Tarot, and astrology. This workshop is intended to deepen our relationship with goddesses from cultures beyond our own, which will invite the necessary conversation of appropriation vs. appreciation. We will examine the hardships and perseverance of the feminine paradigm through historical references and lived experiences.

Join me in a gentile, and awakening practice designed to ease you into your day with intention and presence. Through mindful movement, soft stretches, and conscious breathe, this class invites you to reconnect with your body, center your mind, and open your spirit to experiencing a magical day at Anahatas Purpose!

Explore queer and trans stories from Hinduism, Tantra, Sufism, Buddhism, and other traditions through accessible yoga postures and guided meditation.

Identify wounds and beliefs that contribute to feelings of not being good enough. Use self-hypnosis to begin healing those wounds, develop a personal affirmation, and continue your healing journey.

Explore beneficial herbal and medicinal combinations, including herbs to avoid when taking certain prescription medications. Premade tea samples will be provided.

Learn practical ways to protect your mental space, establish internal boundaries, and manage stress while caring for others. Guided discussion and a hands-on activity offer tools for staying grounded without losing empathy.

Enter an immersive vibrational healing experience that guides you into communion with ancestors and spirit guides, transforming resistance to your calling into readiness for your next phase of service.

Use simple frame-drum rhythms to quiet the mind, attune to the land, and access clearer intuitive guidance. Participants are invited to bring a hand frame drum if they have one.

Explore blood magick, menstrual-cycle phases, sex magick, bodily awareness, myths, and misconceptions through factual information, reflection, and guided discussion. This is a gender- and age-inclusive space.

Navigating Sobriety is a safe space to share experience, strength, and hope. Taking the leap into a new way of living can feel lonely, and you may be unsure of where or how to begin. This workshop will help you put words to what you have been feeling and provide practical tools for living life on life’s terms.

There are many paths to sobriety, but the common goal is the same: choosing not to drink, one day at a time. By speaking openly about our experiences and how we made it through each day, we can support and inspire one another.

Play a low-stakes, rules-light, delightfully chaotic Dungeons & Dragons 5E session focused on teamwork, problem-solving, and fun. Space is limited to five preregistered players.

Many mystical misfits, especially neurodivergent folks, report feeling stuck in their heads. This workshop is designed to help you get out of yours, which is, ultimately, the mystical experience itself: an ineffable, timeless realization where the dualistic, overthinking mind finally stops. We'll begin with a discussion of the seemingly radical possibility that consciousness is the only reality and transcends the mind, as explored in wisdom traditions such as Advaita Vedanta, Neoplatonism, and Kabbalah. Acknowledging both the beauty and the futility of putting this into words, the group will then be guided through a meditation designed to carry us beyond the mind into the boundless peace of simply being: the felt understanding of "I am." We'll close with a supportive discussion of our experiences.

Create a personal divination tool using rocks, coins, trinkets, and other meaningful treasures. Starter bags are provided; bring some of your favorite shinies and learn to trust your intuition.

Share Chinese tea around a low table while learning about tea-growing regions, aging, cultivation, and the six categories of tea. Enjoy tea, simple snacks, and meaningful community connection.

Everyone has the ability to receive guidance from Spirit; however, the way those messages come through is unique to each person. In this experiential workshop, you'll learn practical ways to recognize how guidance naturally comes through you while exploring techniques to quiet mental noise, strengthen discernment, and deepen trust in your own inner knowing.

Move beyond a gear-only approach to ghost hunting by applying witchcraft traditions, energetic sensitivity, and elemental connection. Learn tools for protection, clearing spaces, and communicating with spirits.

Learn the differences between sidereal and tropical astrology, then explore progressions and profections for insight and guidance about the year ahead. Intermediate to advanced seekers are welcome.

Practice an ancient Chinese system that combines movement, breath, intention, and visualization to support health and reset the nervous system.

Blend manifestation principles with beginner-friendly kink to move from self-sacrifice toward empowered self-expression. Practice boundary-setting, emotional safety, and confidently advocating for your needs and desires.

Join Achillae, a song witch, to feel your way through loss, grief, death, rage, feminine energy and a fierce love of life with the power of music. Through a guided meditation, carefully selected songs with each a purpose, and the power of your own voice and energy, we will move together in this singing journey through the body and emotions to feel what needs to be felt, and let go of what needs to released. No singing experience required, vocal participation is highly encouraged but not necessary. Your presence and willingness to be welcomed into a warm, safe and compassionate space where your body can do what it needs is all that is necessary.

Receive a welcoming introduction to the Elder Futhark, individual rune meanings, and the foundations of using runes as magical and divinatory tools.

Learn to track the Moon through the zodiac and understand how its placement relates to your natal chart, emotional experiences, challenges, joy, and magical timing.

As the sun sets Friday and again on Shabbat morning Saturday, we gather in a sacred circle to welcome and honor Shabbat through voice, rhythm, and presence. In Jewish tradition, Shabbat is a weekly sacred pause—a threshold in time, inviting us to step away from the doing of everyday life and enter a space of rest, reflection, and connection. Guided by the flow of traditional Shabbat services and reimagined in an accessible, inclusive way, this chanting experience weaves simple, meditative melodies inspired by the Divine Feminine and the spirit of rest. Together, we’ll cross this threshold from doing into being—softening, listening, and arriving. No singing experience needed—just a willingness to breathe, sound, and be held in community.

Experience gentle, trauma-informed healing without reliving painful memories. The Flash Technique supports nervous-system release, inner safety, clarity, restoration, and reconnection with your wholeness.

Explore weaving myths and traditions while creating a small woven piece infused with your prayers, hopes, and visions. Basic materials are provided; personal yarns, fibers, beads, and small treasures are welcome.

Understand yourself as a metaphysical being through a process designed to deprogram the subconscious, release attachments, reclaim your power, and support liberation from trauma.

Shed your shame and unmask at the interactive community showcase where your authentic erotic self is seen and celebrated!
SHAMLESS is a sober, queer centered, trauma informed space where we come together to be brave, to embody and share what brings us body euphoria in one collective somatic spell for LIBERATION OF ALL BEINGS! Freedom starts from within.
The experience starts with a grounding and intention setting, followed by a community showcase of 5-8 featured performers (those of us who are seasoned in vulnerability) who roll the red carpet out for our open mic sign ups from the crowd, then we close the night with a nude or topless ecstatic dance lead by the queer goddess DJ Indigo!

Learn the fundamentals of cold-process soapmaking, including the roles of oils, lye, and fragrance. Help with part of the process and receive a premade, ready-to-use bar.

A weave of kundalini yoga, somatic practices and mindful movements to set and practice your intentions: through guided mindful movements, breath and sound. Come move through kundalini asanas and mantras, practice somatic practices to balance our energy bodies and receive energy work and sound medicine. All are welcome and no experience needed.

Experience an irreverent but informative journey through the Major and Minor Arcana that builds divination skills and transforms how you see and relate to tarot.

Learn to use quilting and textiles as tools for spellwork, protection, and devotion. Design, stitch, and bless fabric pieces that hold intention, ancestral memory, and everyday enchantment.

Learn how sound frequencies affect the physical and energetic body, practice playing sound-healing instruments, and experience a guided meditative sound journey.

Explore beliefs, roles, and identities that were never truly yours through tarot, journaling, discussion, and mask-making. Leave with greater clarity, self-compassion, and connection to your authentic voice.

A drop-in studio for slowing down, creating gently, and reconnecting with yourself through collage, drawing, handwork, and mixed media. Come for a few minutes or stay awhile; no experience is needed.

Explore Mary Magdalene’s roles in Abrahamic, Gnostic, and modern magical traditions. Reflect on her as a spiritual bridge and create a personal anointing oil to deepen your connection with her.

Join Indigenous Medicine Woman Mountain Flower for a sacred ceremony connecting attendees with Earth Mother, the ancestors, and the cosmos. Use the group’s heightened energy as a healing portal for humanity and the Earth.

Explore the emotional resonance fields influencing your life, relationships, and work. Identify, track, and move stuck energetic patterns while gaining tools to navigate your energetic blueprint with greater confidence and clarity.

Use clown techniques, trust exercises, partner work, emotional exploration, journaling, and laughter yoga to reconnect with your inner child and authentic emotional expression.

Experience intention-setting, a collective oracle reading, intuitive movement, drumming, energy work, a sound bath, breath play, meditation, reflection, and community. Bring water, a journal, and a sacred object for the altar.

Are you ready to reclaim your attention span from our attention-mining internet overlord algorithms? Or maybe you'd like to re-connect to your body, find mental clarity and peace, and calm your nervous system (all at the same time), but traditional meditation never worked for you?

Enter Trāṭaka, a traditional yogic method of a simple, yet powerful, concentration practice using candlelight. In a world designed to fracture our focus, Fire becomes a powerful & poignant teacher - steady, luminous, unwavering.

Through gentle instruction participants will learn how sustained gazing strengthens focus, quiets mental noise, and reopens the subtle channels of inner knowing that our fried nervous systems can't access. This is both meditation and magic: a practice of gentle embodied presence alongside the vital element of Fire.

Making new friends at a festival can be as easy as saying hello — but it’s a lot more fun when there’s a game involved. We’re Fest Friends is part speed friending, part playful activity session. You’ll rotate through quick rounds of conversation prompts, lighthearted challenges, and creative icebreakers that get you laughing, sharing stories, and connecting in ways you’ll actually remember. By the end, you’ll know more names, more faces, and maybe even have a new fest buddy (or three) to dance, wander, and make memories with all weekend long.

In this class, learn how to sculpt quirky, fun characters. We will learn the steps for creating a face, with lots of variations to get different looks, a trick for creating whimsy without overthinking it. Or use push molds and make it a successful experience every time! All ages love working with clay. These whimsical clay faces are the basis of dozens of different craft projects such as: Dolls, Altered art, Frames, Jewelry, Journals, And more! The choice is yours.

Return to the temple of the body through a guided somatic ceremony that journeys through the four worlds using breath, sound, movement, and ritual.

Learn the history and uses of witch balls, then create your own using herbs, spices, charms, and personal intentions.

Walk through the forested landscape while exploring myth, archetypes, movement, meditation, and storytelling. Discover how your personal story connects with nature, the elements, and the larger world.

Experience psychic sleep through gentle grounding movements followed by a supported resting position, guided awareness, breathing, and visualization.