The Ohio Pawpaw Festival is a fun-filled, educational, family friendly community event celebrating one of America’s largest native tree fruits, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). The Holistic Wellness Tent at the festival offers a full schedule of wellness activities right in the heart of the festival. All activities at the tent are included in your ticket to the festival.
This all-weekend event highlights the rich history and future possibilities of the pawpaw through delectable food and beverages, and a full line-up of presentations and activities that cover pawpaw growing, cooking, genetics, medical use and other topics related to sustainability. Special events at the festival include competitions for the best and biggest pawpaw, a pawpaw cook-off, a best pawpaw-related work of art and the ever-popular pawpaw-eating contest. And the Live Music schedule is not to be missed!
The Holistic Wellness Tent at the festival offers a full schedule of wellness activities right in the heart of the festival. Drop in on a class to take a break from the festivities and to learn something new about taking care of your mental, emotional and physical health. Your ticket to the festival includes all the classes and offerings in the Holistic Wellness Tent.
SCHEDULE (Full details coming soon)
Friday September 18
5:00 - 6:00pm – – Festival ReadyYoga - Sallie Anglin
7:00-8:30 - Athens Ecstatic Dance
Saturday September 19
10 -11am - Morning Yoga - Michelle Greenfield
11 – 11:45 am - Meditation -Athens KTC
Noon -12:45pm - Mindfulness In Nature Forest Bathing Walk - Michelle Greenfield
1 – 1:45pm – EFT “Tapping” for Emotional Regulation - Erin Finck
2 – 2:45pm - Introduction to Shamanic Journeying - Michelle Sampson
3 – 3:45pm - Introduction to Qi Gong - David Russell
4 – 4:45pm - Embodied Practices to Calm Anxiety - Erin Finck
5 – 5:45pm – Letha Yoga (Partner Yoga) - James Skalsky and Karena Kilcoin
Midnight – Sound Bath with Kojun Hayes
Sunday September 20
10 – 11:00am - Yoga Flow - Shei Sanchez
11 -11:45am - Introduction to Flower Essences & a Pawpaw Flower Essence Meditation - Lonnie Galt-Theis
12:00 - 12:45pm – Community Resiliency - Mara Giglio
1:00-1:45 – Ethnobotany and Herb Walk - Molly Stanley
2-2:45 - Meditation and Mindfulness - Michelle Greenfield