Wellness on the Water 2026 has ended

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Wellness on the Water 2026

5:00pm CDT

Festival Flow 🌟 Opening Circle

Friday May 1, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Wellness on the Water — we’re so glad you’re here.
Begin the weekend with a gentle, nourishing experience designed to help you arrive fully—into your body, your breath, and the WOW community. This opening class includes post-travel stretching, mindful movement, and grounding breathwork to release tension, shake off the journey, and reset your nervous system.
More than just movement, this is a moment to land, connect, and set intentions for the days ahead. You’ll be guided through easy, accessible stretches while meeting fellow attendees and tuning into the collective energy that makes Wellness on the Water so special.
Come as you are—tired, excited, curious—and leave feeling grounded, open, and ready to receive everything this weekend has to offer.
✨ All levels welcome
✨ Gentle movement + breathwork
✨ Community connection + intention setting

Speakers

Holly Krepps

Founder, Owner, Circle Yoga Shala

Holly Krepps is a masterful teacher, wisdom mentor, and the visionary founder of Circle Yoga Shala, a renowned wisdom school nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She's also a mother and horsewoman. With over thirty years of immersion in ancient wisdom, contemplative study... Read More →

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

Friday May 1, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Interactive | Social Event, Interactive | Outdoor Nature Excursion, Interactive | Meditation, Interactive

7:15pm CDT

Sunset Soiree 🌅 Meet, Greet, and Good Vibes Galore

Friday May 1, 2026 7:15pm - 8:00pm CDT

Get ready for an unforgettable evening as DJ Dang sets the vibe with the perfect soundtrack for sunset. This is your invitation to relax, laugh, and truly connect. So often at retreats we move side-by-side without slowing down enough to really know one another — tonight changes that.
Kick back, enjoy live music, and soak in the golden glow of the sunset surrounded by good company and great energy. Let the music move you, the laughter flow, and the connections deepen. This is where memories are made.

Sunset 7:55 pm

Speakers

Martina Galvan

Holistic Mental Health Therapist + Retreat Facilitator, Nature Awakens

Martina Galvan is a licensed mental health therapist, LCSW, and retreat facilitator. As the owner of Nature Awakens since 2013, she has offered rewilding nature retreats, empowerment circles, mindfulness events, sound healing, holistic psychotherapy, and community engagement worldwide... Read More →

Allisson Butler-Kublonov

Owner, Bee Well Yoga

Crysty Terminella

Founder, Fueled and Powered

Founder of Fueled and Powered, Crysty Terminella helps people navigate burnout and chronic stress by teaching them how to work with their nervous system, not against it. Her work centers on understanding the body’s early stress signals — and offering simple, supportive tools... Read More →

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

Mary Fennel

Mary Fennel Art

Mary Fennel is an artist and co-founder of Wellness on the Water. She creates richly textured abstract paintings that often combine paint with organic materials, capturing nature's healing essence through color and texture. Mary has practiced art nearly her entire life, taking collage... Read More →

Johanna Epps

Studio Owner + Yoga Teacher, Go Inside Yoga

Johanna Epps is the owner of Go Inside Yoga studio in Conway, Arkansas and has been teaching yoga for 21 years. She started her yoga journey in Phoenix, Arizona where she was given her first yoga teaching gig by the creator of Spiritual Gangster, Ian Lopatin. She completed her... Read More →

Terri Hargrove

Owner + Instructor, Yogaterrium

Terri Hargrove has been teaching yoga in the Fort Smith River Valley since 2012. Her yoga training began at the Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas, where she completed her first RYT 200 in 2012. Her passion for deepening her practice led her to Yandara Yoga in Baja, Mexico, where... Read More →

Crystal Beshears

Owner, Powered By Heart

Crystal Beshears, PhD and E-RYT500, offers years of experience guiding individuals and groups through radical inner work. She is an educator by trade and a Yoga Teacher with purpose. She loves working with learners of all ages and is especially passionate about empowering others by... Read More →

Sarah Thomas

Founder, 365 Yoga Dream

Sarah Thomas is a highly experienced yogi, author, and certified health and wellness lifestyle coach whose journey into yoga and meditation began as a profound, lifelong path inspired by her mother's prenatal yoga classes. Under the guidance of her first teacher, Sarah cultivated... Read More →

Cole Fennel

Chiropractor, Ozark Holistic Center

Dr. Cole is Chiropractor and functional medicine doctor in Fayetteville Arkansas who uses multiple techniques to focus on finding the root cause of his patients complaints. He commonly works with a wide range of issues including everything from musculoskeletal complaints to lyme diseasee... Read More →

Kecia McCracken

Co-owner, SparkFit

For Kecia McCracken, movement is meant to feel joyful, empowering, and a little bit playful. Her welcoming and encouraging approach helps people build strength, confidence, and a deeper connection to their bodies.Her path into fitness began nearly two decades ago with massage therapy... Read More →

Meg Green

Owner, Registered Dietitian + Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner, Megan Green, RD

A down-to-earth Southern girl with a passion for nourishing the mind, body, and soul through food as medicine, she grew up in the small community of Wynne, Arkansas. After completing her undergraduate studies in Fayetteville, Arkansas, she moved to Memphis to pursue her Dietetic Internship... Read More →

Holly Krepps

Founder, Owner, Circle Yoga Shala

Holly Krepps is a masterful teacher, wisdom mentor, and the visionary founder of Circle Yoga Shala, a renowned wisdom school nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She's also a mother and horsewoman. With over thirty years of immersion in ancient wisdom, contemplative study... Read More →

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Friday May 1, 2026 7:15pm - 8:00pm CDT
Great Lawn

Social Event

8:00pm CDT

Dancing Under the Stars 🪩 Opening Night Party

Friday May 1, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT

Let’s kick off Wellness on the Water with a night of pure joy, movement, and connection! Join us under the open sky as DJ Dang spins an eclectic mix of feel-good beats—from groovy throwbacks to global rhythms—designed to get everybody moving. This heart-centered dance party is the perfect way to shake off travel, drop into your body, and meet your fellow retreat-goers in a relaxed, playful, and welcoming space.
Come as you are. Wear what makes you feel free. Let the music, lights, laughter, and stars set the tone for a weekend of healing, embodiment, and celebration.
No choreography. No pressure.
Just movement, magic, and community.

Speakers

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Friday May 1, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Great Lawn

Social Event

6:00am CDT

Sunrise Surrender 🌞 Stop Forcing. Start Flowing.

Saturday May 2, 2026 6:00am - 7:00am CDT

Wake Up with Krista: If it is to be, it's up to me.
As the sun rises over Lake DeGray, we’ll gather outdoors to move, breathe, and soften into the natural rhythm of life.
This gentle sunrise practice blends flowing yoga, mindful movement, pranayama, and meditation, inspired by the wisdom of water. Together, we’ll explore what it feels like to release resistance—letting go of forcing, hustling, and striving—and instead allow ease, clarity, and trust to rise from within.
Like water, we’ll practice adaptability, softness, and quiet strength. Movements will be slow and fluid, the breath intentional, and the pauses spacious. You’ll be guided to listen inward, meet yourself exactly where you are, and step into a state of flow—on the mat and beyond it.
Come as you are.
Leave feeling grounded, open, and gently carried by the current of the day ahead.

Sunrise 6:18am

Speakers

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Saturday May 2, 2026 6:00am - 7:00am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

8:00am CDT

Celebrate and Flow 💃🏼 Joan Jett, Blondie, and Cyndi Lauper Mashup!

Saturday May 2, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT

Turn up the volume and roll out your mat for a playful, music-driven vinyasa class set to an all-female rock-and-pop mashup featuring Joan Jett, Blondie, and Cyndi Lauper. You’ll move through an energizing, accessible flow that pairs feel-good sequencing with iconic anthems, inviting you to channel confidence, joy, and a little bit of rebellion as you breathe, sweat, and maybe sing along. Come with your best 80s flair—big hair, bold colors, sweatbands, and a touch of Aqua Net energy are all welcome—plus neon leggings, leg warmers, or off-the-shoulder tees that let you move freely. Expect upbeat standing poses, simple balance work, and fun transitions; no perfection required, just your inner rock star and a willingness to have fun.

Speakers

Johanna Epps

Studio Owner + Yoga Teacher, Go Inside Yoga

Johanna Epps is the owner of Go Inside Yoga studio in Conway, Arkansas and has been teaching yoga for 21 years. She started her yoga journey in Phoenix, Arizona where she was given her first yoga teaching gig by the creator of Spiritual Gangster, Ian Lopatin. She completed her... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Interactive

9:30am CDT

EDM Music Yoga 👯‍♀️ Energize with Electronic Beats

Saturday May 2, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am CDT

EMD (Electronic Music-Driven) Yoga is where movement meets music in the most electric way. Flow through a dynamic, beat-driven practice designed to sync your breath, body, and energy with the pulse of uplifting electronic sound.
This class blends traditional yoga postures with smooth transitions, guided by deep bass, ambient layers, and energizing rhythms that help you drop into the moment and move with purpose. Expect a powerful mix of strength, flow, and freedom—equal parts grounding and exhilarating.
Perfect for all levels, EMD Yoga builds focus, releases tension, and ignites a strong mind-body connection. Whether you’re here to deepen your practice, elevate your endurance, or simply get lost in the music, you’ll leave feeling clear, charged, and completely alive.

Speakers

Sarah Thomas

Founder, 365 Yoga Dream

Sarah Thomas is a highly experienced yogi, author, and certified health and wellness lifestyle coach whose journey into yoga and meditation began as a profound, lifelong path inspired by her mother's prenatal yoga classes. Under the guidance of her first teacher, Sarah cultivated... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

11:00am CDT

Strength from the Ground Up 💪🏽Turkish Get-Up

Saturday May 2, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

In this all-levels class, you’ll learn the Turkish Get Up step by step in a way that makes this powerful movement accessible to every participant. The Turkish Get Up is a full-body sequence that takes you from the floor to standing and back down again while stabilizing a weight overhead.

This remarkable movement builds core and shoulder stability, improves joint mobility, and develops total-body strength and conditioning like few exercises can. By breaking the movement into clear, manageable parts, you’ll gain confidence, body awareness, and practical strength you can use in everyday life.

No prior experience is needed—just a willingness to learn and move.

Equipment will be provided.

Speakers

Kecia McCracken

Co-owner, SparkFit

For Kecia McCracken, movement is meant to feel joyful, empowering, and a little bit playful. Her welcoming and encouraging approach helps people build strength, confidence, and a deeper connection to their bodies.Her path into fitness began nearly two decades ago with massage therapy... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

2:00pm CDT

Woodstock Jam ☮️ Power Flow

Saturday May 2, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

High-energy Vinyasa x Vintage Soul. Flow through dynamic, breath-driven sequences to a 60s/70s playlist that invites both grit and groove. Expect strength, sweat, rhythm, and a whole lot of joy—because presence sometimes shows up best when the music’s good, and the body’s moving.

Speakers

Crysty Terminella

Founder, Fueled and Powered

Founder of Fueled and Powered, Crysty Terminella helps people navigate burnout and chronic stress by teaching them how to work with their nervous system, not against it. Her work centers on understanding the body’s early stress signals — and offering simple, supportive tools... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

3:30pm CDT

Aging Gracefully: Body-Weight Strength for Bones and Balance 💪

Saturday May 2, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

This uplifting class is designed to help you feel stronger, steadier, and more connected to your body. Through core stability, joint mobility, muscle activation, and power-building movements, you’ll learn how to create strength from the inside out. We’ll then build on these skills with movements that playfully challenge coordination and balance.
Expect to focus, have fun, and leave feeling empowered.

All experience levels and abilities are welcome. Come learn, laugh, and play!

Speakers

Kecia McCracken

Co-owner, SparkFit

For Kecia McCracken, movement is meant to feel joyful, empowering, and a little bit playful. Her welcoming and encouraging approach helps people build strength, confidence, and a deeper connection to their bodies.Her path into fitness began nearly two decades ago with massage therapy... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Great Lawn

Movement

7:00pm CDT

Group Photo 📸 Give-Aways

Saturday May 2, 2026 7:00pm - 7:15pm CDT

Wellness on the Water was inspired by the magic of Yoga on the Mountain—because you asked for a springtime gathering by the water with more than just yoga… and we listened.
This special event brings together everything we love most: community, live music, breathtaking views, an epic sunset, and fun giveaways. And yes—we’re keeping one of our favorite traditions alive: the group photo!
So grab your WOTW merch, bring your best energy, and come soak up the vibes for an unforgettable evening by the water.
🌅 Sunset: 7:55 PM

Saturday May 2, 2026 7:00pm - 7:15pm CDT
Great Lawn

Social Event

7:30pm CDT

Stories on the Lawn: Real Talk with Your Teachers 💖

Saturday May 2, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm CDT

Spread out a blanket, pour a glass of wine or tea, and stay on the lawn after our group photo as the day softens into night. This relaxed, open-air roundtable brings all of our teachers together for an evening of stories, questions, and unscripted conversation about real life—the beautiful, the painful, and the quietly miraculous. Come exactly as you are: wrapped in a shawl, barefoot in the grass, solo or with a new friend by your side. We’ll sit in a loose circle, share from the heart, and let the wisdom in the group—not just the “experts”—guide where we go. As the sky darkens and the air cools, we’ll ease from spoken word into a gentle sound bath under the stars, letting the singing bowls gather up what’s been shared and settle it into stillness. Bring your blanket, your beverage, and your honest, human self.

Speakers

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

Martina Galvan

Holistic Mental Health Therapist + Retreat Facilitator, Nature Awakens

Martina Galvan is a licensed mental health therapist, LCSW, and retreat facilitator. As the owner of Nature Awakens since 2013, she has offered rewilding nature retreats, empowerment circles, mindfulness events, sound healing, holistic psychotherapy, and community engagement worldwide... Read More →

Meg Green

Owner, Registered Dietitian + Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner, Megan Green, RD

A down-to-earth Southern girl with a passion for nourishing the mind, body, and soul through food as medicine, she grew up in the small community of Wynne, Arkansas. After completing her undergraduate studies in Fayetteville, Arkansas, she moved to Memphis to pursue her Dietetic Internship... Read More →

Crysty Terminella

Founder, Fueled and Powered

Founder of Fueled and Powered, Crysty Terminella helps people navigate burnout and chronic stress by teaching them how to work with their nervous system, not against it. Her work centers on understanding the body’s early stress signals — and offering simple, supportive tools... Read More →

Mary Fennel

Mary Fennel Art

Mary Fennel is an artist and co-founder of Wellness on the Water. She creates richly textured abstract paintings that often combine paint with organic materials, capturing nature's healing essence through color and texture. Mary has practiced art nearly her entire life, taking collage... Read More →

Johanna Epps

Studio Owner + Yoga Teacher, Go Inside Yoga

Johanna Epps is the owner of Go Inside Yoga studio in Conway, Arkansas and has been teaching yoga for 21 years. She started her yoga journey in Phoenix, Arizona where she was given her first yoga teaching gig by the creator of Spiritual Gangster, Ian Lopatin. She completed her... Read More →

Terri Hargrove

Owner + Instructor, Yogaterrium

Terri Hargrove has been teaching yoga in the Fort Smith River Valley since 2012. Her yoga training began at the Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas, where she completed her first RYT 200 in 2012. Her passion for deepening her practice led her to Yandara Yoga in Baja, Mexico, where... Read More →

Crystal Beshears

Owner, Powered By Heart

Crystal Beshears, PhD and E-RYT500, offers years of experience guiding individuals and groups through radical inner work. She is an educator by trade and a Yoga Teacher with purpose. She loves working with learners of all ages and is especially passionate about empowering others by... Read More →

Allisson Butler-Kublonov

Owner, Bee Well Yoga

Sarah Thomas

Founder, 365 Yoga Dream

Sarah Thomas is a highly experienced yogi, author, and certified health and wellness lifestyle coach whose journey into yoga and meditation began as a profound, lifelong path inspired by her mother's prenatal yoga classes. Under the guidance of her first teacher, Sarah cultivated... Read More →

Cole Fennel

Chiropractor, Ozark Holistic Center

Dr. Cole is Chiropractor and functional medicine doctor in Fayetteville Arkansas who uses multiple techniques to focus on finding the root cause of his patients complaints. He commonly works with a wide range of issues including everything from musculoskeletal complaints to lyme diseasee... Read More →

Kecia McCracken

Co-owner, SparkFit

For Kecia McCracken, movement is meant to feel joyful, empowering, and a little bit playful. Her welcoming and encouraging approach helps people build strength, confidence, and a deeper connection to their bodies.Her path into fitness began nearly two decades ago with massage therapy... Read More →

Holly Krepps

Founder, Owner, Circle Yoga Shala

Holly Krepps is a masterful teacher, wisdom mentor, and the visionary founder of Circle Yoga Shala, a renowned wisdom school nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She's also a mother and horsewoman. With over thirty years of immersion in ancient wisdom, contemplative study... Read More →

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Saturday May 2, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Great Lawn

Social Event

8:30pm CDT

Stars 🌟 Sound Bath

Saturday May 2, 2026 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

Settle in, get cozy, and allow the resonant tones of quartz crystal singing bowls to lull you into deep relaxation. This immersive sound experience is designed to quiet the mind, release tension, and invite a sense of ease and renewal.

Bring blankets, bolsters, or any props to enhance your comfort. Or wear your bathing suit and bring a raft to float under the stars. No prior experience is needed—just arrive as you are and let the vibrations do the rest.

If you went on the Sunset Cruise, you're welcome to tiptoe in late.

Speakers

Terri Hargrove

Owner + Instructor, Yogaterrium

Terri Hargrove has been teaching yoga in the Fort Smith River Valley since 2012. Her yoga training began at the Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas, where she completed her first RYT 200 in 2012. Her passion for deepening her practice led her to Yandara Yoga in Baja, Mexico, where... Read More →

Saturday May 2, 2026 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Great Lawn

Meditation

6:00am CDT

Energize & Thrive ☀️ Mindset Shift

Sunday May 3, 2026 6:00am - 7:00am CDT

Rise with the sun as you move and groove your way into the morning light. Our journey to feel alive and thrive begins with slow movement and deep breaths. As the sky beams brighter, the energy gets wilder. It is through free movement that we invite our deepest expression of spirit. Let's celebrate life as the day breaks over the water. This class includes easeful movement, mindset training and healthy habits discussion. Sunrise is at 6:19 am.

Speakers

DJ Dang

MC Entertainment

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

Sunday May 3, 2026 6:00am - 7:00am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

7:15am CDT

Pranayama 101

Sunday May 3, 2026 7:15am - 7:45am CDT

Explore new ways to connect with your breath in this beginner-friendly class. Learn a variety of pranayama (breathing practices) with various benefits, some more relaxing and others more invigorating. This class has minimal movement and can be done sitting in a chair or a supported seat on the ground.

Speakers

Terri Hargrove

Owner + Instructor, Yogaterrium

Terri Hargrove has been teaching yoga in the Fort Smith River Valley since 2012. Her yoga training began at the Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas, where she completed her first RYT 200 in 2012. Her passion for deepening her practice led her to Yandara Yoga in Baja, Mexico, where... Read More →

Sunday May 3, 2026 7:15am - 7:45am CDT
Great Lawn

Meditation

8:00am CDT

Sunrise Flow + Meditation

Sunday May 3, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT

Rise and shine! We will begin slowly to encourage ease of movement after a night's rest. This class will move through standing grounding poses, sweet half sun salutations, and vinyasa sequences with lunges, twist,s and shoulder openers. Eventually, we make our way back down to the earth to continue to facilitate a sense of awareness of the body so that we can take this into the rest of our day. We will end with a short breath practice that is intended to enliven our body and a short savasana connecting us to the earth.

This class is open to all levels and is intended to help you move into your day with ease.

Speakers

Johanna Epps

Studio Owner + Yoga Teacher, Go Inside Yoga

Johanna Epps is the owner of Go Inside Yoga studio in Conway, Arkansas and has been teaching yoga for 21 years. She started her yoga journey in Phoenix, Arizona where she was given her first yoga teaching gig by the creator of Spiritual Gangster, Ian Lopatin. She completed her... Read More →

Sunday May 3, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement, Energetic

9:30am CDT

Festival Closing 🌊 On The Water

Sunday May 3, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am CDT

We join together one last time to celebrate community, creativity, and the light we uncovered over the weekend. This closing celebration will emphasize the profound impact our inner growth has on those closest to us. As we deepen our connections, we'll rise together, extending our spirit beyond ourselves to embrace nature and community. This experience is open to all and designed to be an uplifting and unifying conclusion to a weekend dedicated to wellness and self-discovery!

Speakers

Holly Krepps

Founder, Owner, Circle Yoga Shala

Holly Krepps is a masterful teacher, wisdom mentor, and the visionary founder of Circle Yoga Shala, a renowned wisdom school nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She's also a mother and horsewoman. With over thirty years of immersion in ancient wisdom, contemplative study... Read More →

Krista DeBuhr

Wellness Event Designer, Health + Wellness

Krista DeBuhr is a wellness facilitator who believes healing and growth happen best in supportive, connected environments. With a background in movement, mindfulness, and habit-based wellness, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and create sustainable... Read More →

Sunday May 3, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Great Lawn

Movement Art