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Earth & Spirit Festival · February 20, 2027
Meet Your Festival Guides
Your full festival schedule and the people sharing movement, plant knowledge, storytelling, spiritual experiences, and restorative sound throughout our day together.
The Parthenon · New Albany, IndianaFree Festival AdmissionOptional & Ticketed Experiences
Move · Learn · Listen · Connect
Festival Schedule
The marketplace is just the beginning. Follow a full-day calendar of experiences, or come for the parts that speak to you. Most workshops and yoga sessions are planned for 45 minutes, with approximately 20 minutes between them. Evening with Spirit and the closing sound bath each run for a full hour.
Working program for February 20, 2027. This is our proposed timetable. Instructor availability, workshop details, ticket links, and final times will be confirmed before the event.
10:15–11:00 AM
Morning Yoga with Megan Byler
An accessible practice to begin the day with movement, breath, and grounding.
Donation-based11:20 AM–12:05 PM
Herbalism Workshop
Explore plants, botanical traditions, and earth-based knowledge. Instructor to be announced.
Details coming soon12:25–1:10 PM
Backyard Climate Activism with Devon of Basil & Blossom
A book excerpt and conversation about the Seven R's and practical climate action at home.
Details coming soon1:30–2:15 PM
Spring Foraging Workshop
Prepare for the spring foraging season through indoor education on plant identification, responsible harvesting, and our relationship with the land.
Details coming soon2:35–3:20 PM
Afternoon Yoga with Amanda Sapata
An afternoon movement and mindfulness class with Amanda.
Donation-based4:00–5:00 PM
An Evening with Spirit
Jenny Shanks, Spiritual Medium
Join Jenny for a live group mediumship experience sharing messages of connection, remembrance, and comfort. A separate ticket is required.
Ticket Required · Separate Admission5:00–6:00 PM
Marketplace & Community Hour
Explore the marketplace and connect with vendors as the workshop room transitions for the closing sound bath. The marketplace is tentatively scheduled to close at 6 p.m.
Marketplace hours proposed6:00–7:00 PM
Closing Sound Bath with Cat & Owl Alchemy
An immersive, hour-long sound experience with Cat of Cat & Owl Alchemy.
Ticket Required · Separate AdmissionThe workshop room is reserved for sound-bath setup from 5–6 p.m. The proposed marketplace closing and remaining session details will be finalized with the venue and presenters.
Meet the Guides Behind the Experiences
Get to know the people bringing movement, plant education, spiritual experiences, and sound to our festival. We’ll expand these biographies and add portraits as each participant’s details are confirmed.
Morning Yoga · Donation-based
Megan Byler
Empowered with Megan
Megan is a women’s empowerment and conscious-living coach in the New Albany area. Through Empowered with Megan, she supports self-trust, personal growth, and intentional living. She also facilitates accessible Hatha yoga and breathwork experiences that encourage guests to reconnect with their bodies.
Afternoon Yoga · Donation-based
Amanda Sapata
Yoga, Mindful Movement & Creative Education
Amanda is a yoga and meditation practitioner who shares mindful movement and retreat workshops. Her broader creative offerings include hands-on art and food experiences, reflecting an approach to learning that brings curiosity, practice, and creativity together.
Backyard Climate Activism · Speaking Engagement
Devon Ballard-Hudson · Basil & Blossom
Basil & Blossom Co
Devon brings a love of fermentation, homemade food, and accessible education through Basil & Blossom. At Earth & Spirit, she plans to read an excerpt from her book and discuss the Seven R’s, exploring what it means to be a backyard climate activist and how everyday choices can contribute to environmental care.
An Evening with Spirit · Ticket Required
Jenny Shanks
Spiritual Medium
Jenny Shanks is an evidential spiritual medium based in Louisville, Kentucky, whose work centers on bringing comforting, validating messages to people grieving or missing loved ones. After a transformative family reading in 2015, she began studying mediumship and developing her own practice to help others find a sense of connection and peace.
Jenny is also trained in Reiki, crystal healing, guided meditation, sound healing, and ceremony facilitation. Her practice combines spiritual connection with education and supportive community experiences.
During An Evening with Spirit, Jenny will share an hour of live group mediumship in the spirit of her public events. Attendance requires a separate ticket; as with other group mediumship events, a ticket does not guarantee an individual reading.
Closing Sound Bath · Ticket Required
Cat Moeller-Cunanan
Cat & Owl Alchemy
Cat is a New Albany musician, educator, and sound practitioner whose work brings together a lifelong musical practice and restorative sound experiences. A former orchestra educator and trained sound and vibroacoustic practitioner, she offers immersive gatherings that may include violin and singing bowls. Her hour-long closing sound bath is separately ticketed.
More Guides to Be Announced
Spring Foraging Workshop
An indoor introduction to foraging knowledge, spring plant identification, and responsible gathering practices. Guide and final details coming soon.
Herbalism Workshop
An educational gathering centered on plants, traditions, and the knowledge we share through working with the natural world. Presenter to be announced.
Times, presenter participation, registration, and ticket links may change until finalized.
Join Us for the Gathering
There is no charge to attend the festival or explore the marketplace. An Evening with Spirit with Jenny Shanks and the closing sound bath with Cat & Owl Alchemy require their own tickets.