The Om Festival

Sam Grout is a sixth generation Vermonter, yogi, techie, mindfulness expert, retreat leader and open source evangelist. She is the Founder of Yoga Fun Day and SAM TALKS.  Sam is also the Executive Director of The Vermont Leadership Center a non-profit center specializing in outdoor programing and educational events on field biology, stream ecology and being stewards of the land for future generations.   Sam graduated from AMHS and the University of Vermont with a MBA and Bachelor of Science from the School of Natural Resources.  Sam has over 12+ years of experience in running large scale yoga events, open source days, technical conferences and yoga festivals across the country. She has worked for Wanderlust Festivals, Stratton Mountain Resort, The Equinox Resort & Spa, Rock Resorts, Hotel Del Coronado, KSL Resorts, Hemmings Motor News, GE, Walmart, Texas Instruments,  Microsoft, Verizon and Amazon Web Services.  She currently is a Project Manager in technology and speaks across the country on Emotional Intelligence and Why It Is More Important Then Your IQ.    Sam has taught corporate yoga to Amazon, AWS  and the YogaShape method all around the US. Sam is on a mission to get people to Unplug & Unwind. Sam is delighted to be a co-founder of The OM Festival and be back in her hometown of Arlington, Vermont for the 3rd annual OM Festival.

SAMS SESSIONS:

She has over 20 years of experience teaching yoga classes in California, Vermont, Florida, Washington State and Massachusetts. Sam’s unique class is called The YogaShape Method which is a blend of Hatha power yoga infused with pilates and core exercises blended into the class for a total body workout. It is an athletic fitness yoga to make you sweat.


I also teach a class on Emotional Intelligence and who EI is more Important that your IQ.