Soulsational Festival Returns To Bayville Saturday

BERKELEY, NJ — The 11th annual Soulsational Festival returns to Veterans Park on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The free open air market festival features over 25 group classes, vendors selling handmade items, craft stations, live music and food trucks.

“It’s meant to bring people together and unite people in a positive environment,” said festival founder Michelle Leonard.

When and Where

Veterans Park (498 Forest Hills Parkway), 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

What Is Soulsational?

The annual festival celebrates music and wellness. The festival was created to honor, share and explore healing modalities, practitioners, organizations and businesses devoted to wellness on the Jersey Shore. The goal is to increase awareness of different green, holistic, organic and healthy options in the community, and also to support the local economy with an interactive family experience.

Activities Schedule

• All Day: Walking Meditation / Michelle A Leonard Hypnosis
• All Day: Community Art Canvas
• All Day: Make A Wish
• All Day: Vision Board Making / Kimberly Farrell
• 11:15 Planting seeds / Amanda McCalip - Vivid Designs
• 11:15 Gentle Rise and Stretch / Tracy Reddinger - Yoga Fire Yoga Flame
• 11:15 Sound Frequency Healing Immersion Experience / Jamal Bashir Bey - Hi Vi Lounge LLC - Chakra DJ
• 12:00 Kids Weaving / Crafty Katie - It’s SEW Crafty
• 12:00 Vinyasa Flow / Shera Fedak - RISE Health Studio
• 12:45 Vinyasa with Gratitude / Ashley DeSaro - Pure Toms River Yoga
• 12:15 Demystifying Matcha / MaryAnna Forman - Sipology by Steeped Tea
• 1:00 FAMILY Yoga with the Littles / Ambar Gingerelli - Mama Bird Well Nest
• 1:00 It's Magic on Purpose! DIY Wearable Potion / Kim K - Trinity Natural Healing & Wellness
• 1:00 - 4:00 Lou Martini Jr. Autograph Signing in the Spirits Garden
• 1:30 Bhakti Flow Kirtan / Jodie Goff - Shanti Revolution Yoga Shala
• 2:00 KIDS Generation Pound Fitness / Nicole Sloan - NiksJourney2Bfit
• 2:00 Own Your Power Workshop / Cayla Brewton - Mindrise
• 2:15 Crystal Bowl Sound Healing / Beth Connelly - Ancestral Wisdom Healing
• 2:45 Kids Create Calm with Aromatherapy Worry Dolls / Jodi Sherman - Naturally Empowered
• 3:00 – 6:00 Creating a Peace Mandala
• 3:00 Soulsational Yoga Flow Field Event
• 3:00 The Wisemen Flow / Christian Valeriani, Rich Ahlers and Jared Gettiinger; The Wisemen Project - Evenflow Yoga
• 3:15 Breath. Move. Flourish / Melanie Mascola - Eudai Yoga
• 3:30 Pieces of Joy with Lilly: Creating Mosaic Art / Lilly and Kyleigh - Pieces of Joy
• 4:00 Gentle Flow / Nicole Bloss - Simply Bliss Yoga
• 4:00 SoulSHINE Lip Gloss Making / Alexia - Zen Den Center
• 4:45 The Wonder of Magic with Amelia
• 4:45 Gentle Yoga Flow / Elena DiBiase - Meditated Mamma
• 4:45 Get SMUDGED! Clearing and Energy Building / Hannah Mary - Hannah Mary Reiki
• 5:00 Soulsational KIDS Talent & Variety Show
• 5:00 Manifestation Mindset / April Kmiechick - April Kmiechick LLC
• 5:15 Slow Flow with Reiki Touch / Kayla "Willee" Cardone - Willee Yoga
• 6:00 Crystal Bowl Meditation & Mudra Movement, Louisa Rodriguez-Diaz & Maura Field, Karmalife Holistic Wellness & Blissful Sisters Retreats
• 7:00 Soulsational Drum Circle – Bring your drums or noise makers

Additional Info

Soulsational Music and Wellness Festival directly supports the education and awareness of living a healthy and happy lifestyle. The event is completely volunteer-run.

Donations from this event will support Ocean and Monmouth county charities and collected pantry food will support a local pantry. The event is also requesting diapers, school supplies and new toys for the holidays. All donations will remain with local charities.

Any donations collected for Soulsational directly helps produce the event and pay musicians.

The event is co-sponsored and supported by Berkeley Township Recreation, The Zen Den Center of NJ and Leadership United.

More information about the festival can be found here.

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