Awakening Festival opening night: after Break Bread join us in honoring the Goddess Tara in dance.
Based on the dharma teachings of Prema Dasara, join the sacred circle Dance of Awakening - a moving meditation for your body, speech and mind".
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Donate as you wish in support at the door.
Facilitated by Amber Roniger
Amber has been an avid dharma practitioner for more than a decade. She has been leading Tara dance circles as part of the Tara Dhatu teacher training program for the past 5+ years.
Her personal motto is: dharma, vegan, yoga.
Learn More about Festival of Awakening:
The Woodstock Center for Awakening welcomes you to join us for our annual Woodstock Festival of Awakening, Friday, August 8th through Sunday, August 10th, 2025. Enjoy this weekend of music, seeds of realization, and the healing arts from the bottom to the top of the town of Woodstock, NY, with a big Saturday gathering at Bearsville Park. This year, we will carry intact the spirit and established pattern and rhythm of the 2023 and 2024 Festivals.
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Join us on Saturday, August 9th, for Cannabis, Cacao & Kirtan Ceremony
Attendees will be treated to a special ceremony for the conscious community, featuring medicine music and Kirtan led by a renowned guest artist Mirabai Moon, alongside Stefanie Frank, the NEST founder. In our Cannabis Ceremony and Kirtan, we will connect as a community with a Talking circle & share in a respectful way with this beautiful femenine plant ally without smoking.
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Join us on Sunday, August 10th, for a full day of education and performance with our local Native American elders.
We welcome Shelli Lipton & Nathan Koenig of the Woodstock Museum, Evan Pritchard, The Red Feather Drummers Educators & Dennis Yerry who will make the opening Thanksgiving and offer a music performance.