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UPLIFT Festival

July 24 - July 26, 2026

Tasha Blank

Michael V

The Yoga House

Reggie Hubbard

Chynna Dee Andrada

Ben Brown

Rose Stoller

Pamela Kalechofsky

Amy Reed

Joyce San Pedro

Alex Tse

Jenny Papo

Olga Choedron

Sheniqua Trotman

UPLIFT is a joyful and deeply embodied festival mindfully curated to inspire connection with community and self through Ecstatic Dance, Yoga, Sound Baths, Cacao Ceremony,  Song Circle, Bonfire Sing-Alongs, Somatic & Wisdom Workshops, & more!Guided by an extraordinary team of facilitators, this sacred weekend is a living reminder that what we create together isn’t an escape from life, it is life.Join us for a magical 3 days and 2 nights of movement, music, connection, and soul- filled celebration. It’s a time to awaken your joy, open your heart, and feel fully alive and embodied!Uplift Your Body. Uplift Your Heart. Uplift the Collective.For more information visit: www.TheUpliftFestival.com
ScheduleFriday, July 24, 2026
  • 3 - 4 pm Arrival and Check-in
  • 4 - 5:30 pm Creation Lab with Pamela Kalechofsky & Amy Reed
  • 6 - 7 pm Dinner
  • 7:15 - 8:30 pm Opening & Cacao Ceremony with Chynna Dee Andrada
  • 8:30 - 10 pm Ecstatic Dance with Tasha Blank
  • 10 - 11 pm Sound Journey with Ben Brown
Saturday, July 25, 2026
  • 8 - 9 am Breakfast
  • 9:15 - 10:30 am Root, Rise, & Reiki with The Yoga House OR Forest Bathing with Ben Brown
  • 10:45 am - 12 pm Pathways to the Heart with Alex Tse OR OR Flow for Vitality: Breathwork, Lymphatic Drainage & Joint Mobility with Olga Choedron
  • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 1:45 - 3:15 pm Sound as a Spiritual Practice with Reggie Hubbard
  • 3:30 - 4:30 pm Play Lab with Pamela Kalechofsky & friends
  • 4:45 - 5:30 pm Peppy Pilates with Jenny Papo OR Meditation & Motion with Joyce San Pedro
  • 6 - 7 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 - 10 pm Medicine Disco with Michael V & Tasha Blank
  • 10 pm - 12 am Bonfire & Sing-Alongs with Rose Stoller
Sunday, July 26, 2026
  • 7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms
  • 8 - 9 am Breakfast
  • 9:15 - 10:15 am The Sacred Self with Amy Reed or Plant Bath with Chynna Dee Andrada
  • 10:30 am - 12 pm Song Circle with Sheniqua Trotman
  • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 2 - 3:30 pm Closing Dance with Tasha Blank, Michael V
* Please note that this schedule is subject to change.* Click to Read Class Descriptions

ABOUT THE TEACHERs

Tasha Blank

Tasha Blank is a celebrated international DJ, somatic practitioner, teacher and founder The Get Down, The Drop, Body Language and global leadership academy PhDJ. A student of somatic healing, shadow work, story and ceremony, her nervous system-based approach to transformation thr...

Michael V

DJ Michael V is the creator, producer and headlining DJ for Primal Disco and Medicine Disco, PHAT House, No Place Like House, and is the co-creator of The Audacity!. His debut as a DJ in 2022 was at House of Yes in Brooklyn, NY and has been serving NYC and the upstate area regula...

The Yoga House

The Yoga House was founded in Kingston, New York in 2011 with a foundational belief that the practice of yoga should be enjoyable and foster community. A belief that has carried over through a change of ownership, a global pandemic, new locations and in our hope for the future. C...

Reggie Hubbard

Reggie Hubbard is a dedicated mindfulness and yoga practitioner, who also teaches from time to time. He has done many things, but is most proud of being a caring human, a stroke survivor, teacher/wisdom steward, strategist, organizer, spiritual advisor, minister of sound and devo...

Chynna Dee Andrada

Chynna Dee Andrada is a holistic practitioner, nurse, educator and cacao researcher, blending science and spirituality through a range of healing modalities with cacao at the heart of her work as a therapeutic ally. Walking the Q’ero lineage, she honors indigenous knowledge and...

Ben Brown

Ben's practice is based on the wisdom of the body to find it's way back to health. He strives through conscious touch, to create space and awareness of the body in its present state. This consciousness eases you to move toward wellness. In your focused attention, each moment beco...

Rose Stoller

Rose Stoller is a New York based multidisciplinary artist, vocalist, and songwriter. Sometimes whimsical, romantic, often somber or daring. In her original music, she is a delicate songwriter who merges an influence of contemporary jazz, R&B, Laurel Canyon folk rock, Brazilian Po...

Pamela Kalechofsky

Pamela Lyn is a RYT-500 yoga instructor, sound & energy practitioner, & dance educator & choreographer, who believes movement is medicine. With a BFA in Dance, an MA in Education, Reiki & sound certifications, and over two decades of teaching and creating, Pamela weaves dance, yo...

Amy Reed

B.K.S. Iyengar wrote that health “is a state of complete equilibrium of body, mind and spirit.” With this intention, Amy bases her yoga and wellness offerings. Understanding the importance of integrating all aspects of oneself to achieve true wellness, Amy’s classes, retrea...

Joyce San Pedro

How you do anything is how you do everything. Yoga has helped me approach anything and everything with a calmer spirit, a more open heart, and a quieter mind. I’ve been practicing for almost 20 years, having found yoga while on vacation. The seed was planted, and as soon as I r...

Alex Tse

Alex (she/her/they/them) is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki II practitioner and movement instructor. Born, raised and currently based in the Hudson Valley, Alex acknowledges the unceded Munsee Lenape land they walk and serve upon. As a graduate of Pacific College of Health + ...

Jenny Papo

Jenny started practicing yoga in 2018, when she enrolled in a month-long Intro to Yoga course at the Sivananda Vedanta Center in NYC, and she has enjoyed deepening her practice ever since! She completed her first 200-hour YTT with Lila Flow in 2020 and completed a Yoga and Social...

Olga Choedron

Olga Choedron’s path began in Russia and unfolded across continents, eventually bringing her to the Hudson Valley in 2013. Since the late 1990s, she has walked the contemplative path, studying and practicing yoga and meditation under the guidance of Tibetan and Western Buddhist...

Sheniqua Trotman

Sheniqua Trotman is a professional singer, song leader, and the founder of Elevated Expression, a community singing and vocal wellness practice that helps people reconnect with themselves through voice, breath, rhythm, and joyful expression. With over 15 years of experience as a...

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