Berkshire Yoga Festival returns with 200 sessions at Jiminy Peak

The Berkshire Yoga Festival is scaling up again at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, and this year’s return is built to catch both longtime practitioners and summer visitors looking for a wellness weekend with a real mountain-town pulse. The 3rd annual gathering is scheduled for June 11 through June 14 in Hancock, Massachusetts, with the official program listing 130-plus workshops and classes and other festival materials describing more than 200 thoughtfully curated sessions.

That breadth is what sets the festival apart from a standard class weekend. Organizers are pairing yoga with meditation, sound healing, lectures, hiking, aerial yoga, live music, food vendors, and indoor-outdoor programming across the resort. The schedule stretches well beyond flow classes, reaching into yoga therapy, biomechanics, trauma-informed work, kundalini, bhakti, and recovery-focused movement. For a first-time attendee, that means the weekend can be as simple as dropping into a beginner-friendly class, browsing a vendor booth, catching a lecture, or building a full schedule around practice and music.

The public-facing Vendor Village Marketplace adds another layer to the draw. Festival materials say it will be open to the public and centered at Jiminy Peak Resort, with 60-plus to 80-plus health and wellness vendors on site. The music lineup includes Thursday evening with Garth Stevenson and Saturday evening with DJ Drez and Marti Nikko, helping turn the event into a destination for the broader Berkshires as much as for the yoga community itself.

That regional pull is part of the festival’s identity. Its sponsorship materials say it reaches yoga teachers, students, studio owners, wellness professionals, and lifestyle seekers across Massachusetts, New York, New England, and the Northeast. The festival’s local guide says it has aimed since its start in 2024 to become New England’s most vibrant yoga and wellness gathering, and the event’s growth suggests that ambition is sticking.

The festival’s history page traces that vision to Berkshire native Ilana Ackerman, who wanted to build something after Wanderlust and most other yoga festivals disappeared after the pandemic. She brought in Andrew Tanner, then sold the concept to Tanner and his business partner Scott Kleinfeld in May 2024. The festival also says its classes are generally for ages 12 and up, with select aerial yoga exceptions, giving families a clearer read on what fits before they head up the mountain. With 200-plus sessions, a public vendor village, and a lineup that mixes practice with music, Jiminy Peak is once again set to feel less like a resort and more like a Berkshire wellness gathering in full swing.