Unity in Diversity – One Breath, Shared Energy

International Yoga Day Festival 2026

20–22 June 2026 | Palermo, Sicily

A Yoga, Music, Wellbeing, and Consciousness Festival dedicated to Peace as an inner and collective practice.

Festival Vision

Unity in Diversity is born as a space for meeting, dialogue, and shared experience.

This festival celebrates Yoga in its most authentic form: a diversity of styles, the uniqueness of each practitioner’s journey, and the unity created through breath and presence.

In a time that calls for responsibility, awareness, and an open heart, our intention is simple:

To cultivate peace within ourselves so that it may become possible in the world.

Over three inspiring days, participants will experience:

  • Yoga practices
  • Meditation and mindfulness
  • Music and chanting
  • Holistic therapies
  • Community gatherings
  • Conscious conversations
  • Sacred rituals for peace

A transformative experience for body, mind, and spirit.

Festival Programme

Day 1 – Immersion, Strength & Grounding

Saturday, 20 June 2026

Main Hall

09:00 – 10:00
Festival Registration

10:00 – 11:00
Official Opening Ceremony

  • Festival Presentation
  • Shared Peace Yajna with Swami Akash
  • Welcome Talks

11:30 – 13:30
Myofascial Integrated Alignment (MIA)
with Dylan Werner

A strength and mobility-focused yoga system working with muscles, fascia, and functional movement patterns.

14:30 – 16:00
Dharma Mittra Yoga
with Ambra Vallo

16:30 – 18:00
Practice the A.W.A.R.E. Method
with Dav Jones

18:30 – 19:30
Yin Restorative with Medicine Chants
with Rosbri Sanfilippo & Alessandra Salerno

Holistic Village

  • Shiatsu Therapy
  • Shamanic Touch
  • Thai Massage
  • Chiropractic Techniques
  • Cupping Therapy

Day 2 – Shared Energy, Awakening & Expansion

Sunday, 21 June 2026

Main Hall

09:30 – 11:00
Myofascial Integrated Stretching (MIS)
with Dylan Werner

An evidence-based flexibility and mobility system designed to increase range of motion.

11:30 – 13:00
Rocket Yoga
with Ambra Vallo

14:15 – 16:00
Practice the A.W.A.R.E. Method
with Dav Jones

16:30 – 17:15
Awakening Practice
with Giuseppe La Barbara

17:30 – 19:00
Handstand Workshop
with Samuele D’Alcantari

19:30 – 20:30
Yoga Nidra – Shared Energy
with Rosbri Sanfilippo & Luca Aulicino

Outdoor Area

10:30 – 11:00
Bhakti Marga – Chanting of Three Oms
with Swami Akash

11:15 – 12:15
Bhagavad Gita Talk
with Swami Akash

14:30 – 16:30
Shamanism Workshop
with Edimar Macedo Costa

  • Introduction to Shamanism
  • Short Documentary Screening
  • Meditation on Animal Sounds

Holistic Village

  • Shiatsu
  • Shamanic Touch
  • Thai Massage
  • Chiropractic Techniques
  • Cupping

Day 3 – Peace, Community & The Future

Monday, 22 June 2026

A celebration of Sicilian Yoga Schools as a living network.

Main Hall

09:00 – 10:00
Mysore Ashtanga Yoga
with Tiziana Falcone

10:30 – 11:30
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga
with Tiziana Falcone

12:00 – 13:30
Handstand Workshop
with Samuele D’Alcantari

15:00 – 16:00
Ashtanga Rishi
with Rodrigo Buffo

16:30 – 17:30
Gentle Yoga
with Giuseppe La Barbara

19:00
Closing Circle

Reflection, sharing, gratitude, and integration of the festival experience.

Outdoor Area

10:30 – 12:00
Vibhaga Pranayama & Pranava AUM
with Francesca Di Chiara

14:00 – 15:30
Shamanic Yoga
with Aranyani

16:00 – 17:30
Peace & Birth – Yoga for the Future

17:30 – 18:30
Yoga & Menopause
with Chiara Pantaleone

Holistic Village

  • Shiatsu
  • Shamanic Touch
  • Thai Massage
  • Chiropractic Techniques
  • Cupping Therapy

Featured Teachers

Dav Jones

  • The A.W.A.R.E. Method

Dylan Werner

  • Myofascial Integrated Alignment
  • Myofascial Integrated Stretching

AMBRA VALLO

  • Dharma Mittra Yoga
  • Rocket Yoga

Rosbri Sanfilippo

  • Yin Restorative Yoga
  • Yoga Nidra

Giuseppe La Barbara

  • Awakening Practice
  • Gentle Yoga

Samuele D’Alcantari

  • Handstand Workshops

Swami Akash

  • Peace Yajna
  • Bhakti Marga Chanting
  • Bhagavad Gita Teachings

Francesca Di Chiara

  • Pranayama & Breathwork

Aranyani

  • Shamanic Yoga
  • Shamanic Touch

Rodrigo Buffo

  • Ashtanga Rishi

Wellness & Healing Space

Experience a dedicated area offering complementary wellness treatments and healing therapies.

Available Sessions

  • Sound Bath
  • Reiki Treatments
  • Thai Massage
  • Shiatsu
  • Shamanic Healing
  • Cupping Therapy
  • Chiropractic Techniques

Advance booking recommended.

Festival Manifesto

Peace is not an abstract idea.

Peace is a daily embodied practice.

Through movement, breath, meditation, dialogue, music, and conscious community, we cultivate the conditions for peace to arise within ourselves and ripple outward into the world.

Unity in Diversity is an invitation to remember that, despite our differences, we share the same breath, the same humanity, and the same potential for transformation.

One Breath. Shared Energy. A Collective Intention for Peace.

FESTIVAL LOCATION:

Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo