Following the success of his Drunken Artist event a few weeks ago (and it's a good thing it was a success, as it was a fundraiser), Joe Picorale is ready for the main event.

Nearly everyone in town, these days, has either started doing yoga, continued doing yoga, or has noticed that lots of people are doing yoga.

That's good for someone like Picorale, who is pretty freaking into yoga himself -- so much so that he and a board of directors are presenting the I Am Yoga, Art, and Music Festival this weekend.

It's kind of a best-of-both-worlds festival, meaning that it's not just for Sting and other people who are so limber that they're practically liquid.

"The festival is free, and people can see yoga happening with their own eyes and experience it," Picorale said. "But for the people who already do yoga, we've got more in-depth classes and workshops."

The festival itself is free, and there will be a free yoga class each afternoon of the two-day shindig, but the rest of the classes and workshops will require a festival pass, available through several avenues.

So the free classes and the live music -- including names as varied as Grazzhopper, Branjae Music, Susan Herndon, Red Wood Rising, and Samantha Crane to name but a small few -- and the vendors (30-plus at press time) are available to anyone who wants a peek.

And while Picorale and friends definitely want to expose people to yoga, the main thrust of the festival itself is a kind of yoga convention.

"Most of the instructors are coming in from out of state, so there will be something new for people in Tulsa to take away from it," he said. But he was quick to assert that there's something for everyone.

"We want to expose people to yoga so they see it's beneficial to all aspects of life," he said. "But we also want to connect people to each other. We're kind of trying to dissolve competitive lines and get people to come together for one event."

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