HEARTFEST
A warm annual celebration of health, wellness, meditation, and community in Richmond.
Parking
Limited parking is available at the event venue: 2230 E. Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
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Free HeartFest shuttles will transport visitors between these parking lots and the event throughout the day.
Look for HeartFest parking signs and follow directions from our volunteers.
HeartFest
HeartFest is a one-day community celebration of meditation, movement, music, local vendors, and family-friendly wellness experiences hosted by the Heartfulness Meditation Center in Richmond.
Saturday, August 8, 2026 · 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM · 2230 E Parham Road, Richmond, VA
Program
Preview the latest HeartFest program flyer below.
Vendors
Explore the wellness practitioners, artists, makers, and community partners joining HeartFest this year.
Wellness Practitioner
Pranic Healing is a no-touch energy healing system that uses life energy to help balance, harmonize, and transform the body's energy processes for physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Wellness Practitioner
Rolfing Structural Integration and Rolf Movement support alignment, mobility, and whole-person wellness by working with the body's structure and relationship with gravity.
Other
A wellness-focused business sharing non-toxic daily living products made with a science-and-nature approach to safer household and personal care essentials.
Wellness Practitioner
Growing With Gold offers mindfulness coaching, guided meditation and breathwork, binaural beats music, custom audio, community events, and accessible resources to support nervous system regulation and heart-centered, intentional living.
Wellness Practitioner
The Healing Source offers Reiki and chair yoga services.
Wellness Practitioner
Create A New Normal - Be You shares personal transformation and consciousness-based tools to help people move beyond limitation and create a more joyful, empowered life.
Artist/Maker
Dream strokes Sweety offers traditional henna art, saree draping and pre-pleating, blouse alterations, handmade paintings, creative arts, customized gifts, and return gifts.
Wellness Practitioner
The Foot Zone is a nursing foot care practice in Henrico County focused on foot health, comfort, mobility, and professional nurse-led care in a clean clinical setting.
Retail Vendor
Infused Nature offers herbal tinctures, oils, salves, loose tea, vanilla extract, and vanilla paste for natural, plant-based wellness and everyday use.
Wellness Practitioner
OrthoRevolution and RVA Regenerative Wellness offer a more natural approach to orthopedic wellness through non-invasive pain management, pure-oxygen injections, red light therapy, hyperbaric support, IV nutrients, immune boosts, peptides, and other restorative therapies designed to help people feel better and live with less pain.
Food Stalls
Thai Food
Bold Thai curries, noodles, and street-food favorites from a well-loved Richmond restaurant.
Indian Food
Fast-casual Indian comfort food with a broad menu of chaat, curries, biryani, and street-style bites.
Cake Vendor
Festival cakes and sweet treats for guests looking for something celebratory and colorful.
Juice Vendor
Fresh juice options built around natural ingredients and bright, refreshing flavor.
Speakers
Michelle Lee Landon
Michelle Lee Landon is a Richmond, VA yoga teacher, educator, and founder of One Drop Yoga. Her HeartFest yoga session will offer accessible movement, breath, and grounding practices designed to help participants feel steady, open, and connected. Michelle's work through One Drop Yoga and RVA Outdoor Yoga emphasizes community, nature, and yoga that is welcoming to different experience levels.
Rizwan Ali, MD, DFAPA and Susanna (Sanna) Wu-Pong Calvert, MAPP, PhD
Rizwan Ali, MD, DFAPA: Board-certified psychiatrist, educator, and academic leader with more than three decades of experience in psychiatry, medical education, and community mental health. Susanna (Sanna) Wu-Pong Calvert, MAPP, PhD: Social and spiritual entrepreneur, educator, and intuitive guide whose work blends channeling, tarot, and Yin energy practices rooted in Chinese ancestral traditions. Together, they will explore how inner stillness can support clarity, emotional well-being, healing, and deeper human awareness.
Dr. Larry Volz
Dr. Larry Volz is a Richmond-based Laughter Yoga leader, certified master hypnotist, and award-winning presenter. His HeartFest Laughter Yoga session combines laughter, breath, playful movement, and group energy to help participants reduce stress and reconnect with joy.
Heartfulness Meditation Facilitators
This guided Heartfulness Meditation session offers a simple, heart-centered introduction to relaxation, inner stillness, and meditative awareness. The session is designed for beginners as well as regular meditators and will provide a calm indoor space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the heart.
River City Taiko
River City Taiko brings the power, rhythm, and visual energy of live Japanese taiko drumming to HeartFest. Their outdoor performance, Japanese Drums: Energy in Motion, will feature bold drum rhythms, synchronized movement, and a high-energy cultural experience for all ages. Facebook: River City Taiko; Instagram: @rivercitytaiko
Ed Ratchford
Ed Ratchford will lead a practical mindfulness session focused on presence, self-care, joy, and healthier daily patterns. At HeartFest, Ed's session will offer simple tools to slow down, become present, and reconnect with everyday well-being.
Cheri Wolff
Cheri Wolff will lead Qi Gong: The Art of Inner Balance, an outdoor movement session focused on gentle flow, breath, balance, vitality, and inner awareness. Qi Gong is a calming mind-body practice that uses slow, intentional movements to help participants feel grounded, centered, and more connected to their own energy. Cheri currently eaches classes at https://buffalofirefly.com/pages/classes-events-current and https://weinsteinjcc.org/explore-our-programs/fitness/; Type into the search, Qigong or Tai chi
Meg Taylor Manamkattil
Meg Taylor Manamkattil will lead Power Up Your Brain, a Brighter Minds session designed to introduce participants to fun, engaging activities that support focus, observation, intuition, confidence, and whole-brain development. Based in Richmond, Meg brings a practical and family-friendly approach to helping children and adults explore the hidden potential of the mind.
Heather Mazeika
Heather Mazeika is the owner of Bia Fit RVA, a Richmond Pilates studio focused on safe, fun, and challenging movement. Her HeartFest Pilates session will focus on core strength, balance, alignment, and mindful movement in a way that is accessible and energizing.
Melissa Terese Young
Melissa Terese Young will lead a BreathWork session designed to support relaxation, clarity, release, and embodied awareness. This indoor HeartFest session will give participants an opportunity to experience the power of conscious breathing as a practical tool for calming the body, quieting the mind, and reconnecting with inner balance.
Jonathan Christopher Miles / Yogi J Miles
Jonathan Christopher Miles, known as Yogi J Miles, is a Richmond yoga teacher, martial artist, body worker, and movement practitioner. His HeartFest yoga session will bring together breath, strength, mobility, and grounded presence in an accessible outdoor practice.
Shanna Praneshwari Latia
Shanna Praneshwari Latia will lead a calming Sound Meditation session designed to invite deep rest, relaxation, and inner stillness through sound and vibration. Her session will create a peaceful space for participants to relax, rejuvenate, and experience the calming effect of sound.
Chamu Katkam and Sasha
Chamu Katkam and Sasha will lead a high-energy BollyX & Zumba session filled with dance, fitness, music, and joy. This outdoor HeartFest session is designed for all levels and will invite participants to move, smile, and celebrate together.
Hayat Bain
Hayat Bain is a Richmond-based certified Dances of Universal Peace leader and mentor, who will be joined by local co-leader, Melina Pelli, to share a participatory circle experience with movement, singing, live musicians and sacred phrases from the world’s wisdom traditions to create connection, peace, harmony, and shared presence. Join us in these moving meditations that can support individual and community healing and generate joy and self-acceptance. Our Facebook group is RVA Dances of Universal Peace Community. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/rvadancesofuniversalpeace). Contact and scheduling info can also be found here (https://dupna.org/va.richmond/)
FAQ
Yes. The festival is designed to feel welcoming to first-time attendees as well as long-time practitioners.
Yes. You are welcome to join for part of the day or attend the full gathering.
Scroll to the vendor showcase on this page to explore participating wellness practitioners, artists, makers, and community partners.
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