
Photos By: Courtesy of JL Studios
Imagine taking a day to step completely out of your monotonous daily routine and into a relaxing space. Imagine pausing from your constant duties to gather with a kind community to move, meditate, and to just breathe. Imagine finally taking time for yourself. Three Rivers Yoga Festival can make your imagination a reality. This event whose inaugural debut occurred in March of 2024 at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia now offers the opportunity for you to take care of you and have a positive impact on the people of your community right now in 2025!
Organized by Rome’s SpringStone Yoga owner Tanaya Larsen and yoga instructor Melissa Lerner, the Three Rivers Yoga Festival is an opportunity to bring like-minded people together to share all yoga has to offer right here, centrally located for all of Northwest Georgia and beyond to participate. Originally planned to take place only every couple of years, the event had such a positive response that this dynamic yoga event is returning much sooner than anticipated. Mark Saturday, February 8th, 2025 on your calendars. You will not want to miss all this yoga festival has to offer.
Yoga is the practice of connection, connecting mind and body, body and breath, and, in some types of yoga, movement to breath. To do it with others creates a special sense of community and a special feeling of belonging.
“I loved the sense of community there. I looked over during a challenging pose and realized that everyone in the room was there to share my experience, and it felt like nobody was a stranger. Plus, it was fun!” Says Robin Alexander, a yoga student at SpringStone Yoga Studio in Rome.
The festival starts with meditation accompanied by live Kirtan music. Participants choose seven of nineteen different yoga workshops/classes including breathwork and meditation guidance, asanas (posture yoga), and deep resting and listening. Experiences can range from powerful flowy movement to something as simple as lying down and listening to your breath. The day concludes with a sound immersion complete with crystal singing bowls, gongs, and native American flute.
Sessions are set up so participants can choose between gentle or active classes. You choose…move fast, move slow, stay still and breathe or a combination of all of these. Many seasoned and new yogis alike are delightfully impressed by the variety of classes offered and enjoyed trying new styles of yoga. Others said they appreciated the welcoming authentic atmosphere shared throughout the day.
“I enjoyed connecting with like-minded people. I’ve never done so much yoga in one day. I felt like I’d had Valium or something when I left.” Stated an attendee.
The Forum event venue will have four rooms dedicated to various types and levels of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness-based classes throughout the day. All yogis will have an incredible immersive experience for the day. When you register for Three Rivers Yoga Festival, there will be the opportunity to sign up for classes with some of Northwest Georgia’s finest and most experienced instructors like Sue Hopkins of Cartersville, Lynne Jacobs of Rome, and Sarah DeFoor of Calhoun. Those who have a regular practice will also recognize instructors from their home studios in Cartersville, Rome, Calhoun and beyond. And if you are new to the yoga experience, you will most certainly recognize instructors and participants alike from your community. Join us and connect with neighbors and friends and discover more about our yoga community.

“I loved the sense of community there. I looked over during a challenging pose and realized that everyone in the room was there to share my experience, and it felt like nobody was a stranger. Plus, it was fun!” Says Robin Alexander, a yoga student at SpringStone Yoga Studio in Rome.
The festival starts with meditation accompanied by live Kirtan music. Participants choose seven of nineteen different yoga workshops/classes including breathwork and meditation guidance, asanas (posture yoga), and deep resting and listening. Experiences can range from powerful flowy movement to something as simple as lying down and listening to your breath. The day concludes with a sound immersion complete with crystal singing bowls, gongs, and native American flute.
Sessions are set up so participants can choose between gentle or active classes. You choose…move fast, move slow, stay still and breathe or a combination of all of these. Many seasoned and new yogis alike are delightfully impressed by the variety of classes offered and enjoyed trying new styles of yoga. Others said they appreciated the welcoming authentic atmosphere shared throughout the day.
“I enjoyed connecting with like-minded people. I’ve never done so much yoga in one day. I felt like I’d had Valium or something when I left.” Stated an attendee.
The Forum event venue will have four rooms dedicated to various types and levels of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness-based classes throughout the day. All yogis will have an incredible immersive experience for the day. When you register for Three Rivers Yoga Festival, there will be the opportunity to sign up for classes with some of Northwest Georgia’s finest and most experienced instructors like Sue Hopkins of Cartersville, Lynne Jacobs of Rome, and Sarah DeFoor of Calhoun. Those who have a regular practice will also recognize instructors from their home studios in Cartersville, Rome, Calhoun and beyond. And if you are new to the yoga experience, you will most certainly recognize instructors and participants alike from your community. Join us and connect with neighbors and friends and discover more about our yoga community.
“The positive energy of the interaction between instructors and students,” was what one attendee said she loved most about last year’s festival.
All levels of yoga practitioners, including beginners, are encouraged to attend and widen their perspective of yoga.
Festival details and early bird tickets are currently available at threeriversyogafest.com
In believing that all people should have access to the opportunity to live a healthy, mindful, and peaceful life, Three Rivers Yoga Festival is proud to be supporting The Dharma Project.
The Dharma Project is a 501(c)(3) organization, deeply rooted in Atlanta and committed across the nation to providing mindfulness and yoga to communities and organizations that experience chronic stress and trauma. The trauma-informed curriculum recognizes the inequities and challenges faced by the populations served and seeks to center the voices, needs, and leaders of those communities. The goal is to create life-long habits of mindfulness and emphasis on wellness among high-risk groups. When these practices become a lifestyle, participants can overcome their trauma, utilize tools for self-regulation and stress management, and achieve positive brain/body development.
thedarmaproject.org.
Please contact threeriversyogafest@gmail.com or visit threeriversyogafest.com for more information on how you or your business can support The Dharma Project.
Want to be a sponsor/vendor of this unique event? Go to Three Rivers Yoga Festival Sponsorship page. One hundred percent of sponsorship goes directly to The Dharma Project.
Want to register for Three Rivers Yoga Festival? Go to threeriversyogafest.com
Three Rivers Yoga Festival
Saturday, February 8, 2025
8:30am – 5:00pm
Rome River Forum
All levels invited and encouraged to attend.