The Cannon Beach Yoga Festival is one of the many programs to benefit from Tourism and Arts Commission grants.

CANNON BEACH — Yoga practitioners of all ages and skill levels will converge on the coast for the fifth annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival Friday through Sunday.

Over three days, participants can choose from 10 hours of yoga, meditation workshops and other programs presented by world-renowned instructors at different spots throughout town.

“With its inspiring natural surroundings, Cannon Beach is the perfect location for a wellness weekend getaway, and I’m very excited about this year’s program,” said Christen Allsop, the festival director and owner of Cannon Beach Yoga Arts.

For the fifth consecutive year, the yoga festival received funding from the city’s Tourism and Arts Commission as seed money to organize the event. This year, the grant was for $36,000. Organizations receiving tourism and arts grants must show that their events bring visitors to Cannon Beach from more than 50 miles away and that the event involves the arts.

Allsop estimated that the festival will draw 150 to 175 participants, including teachers and assistants. The number is about the same as last year.

Instructors will include:

• Simon Chokoisky, a teacher at Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico and author of “The 5 Dharma Types: Vedic Wisdom for Discovering Your Purpose & Destiny;”

• Julie Gudmestad, a certified Iyengar yoga teacher and physical therapist, director of Gudmestad Yoga Studio in Portland and columnist for Yoga Journal;

• Sarahjoy Marsh, a yoga teacher, therapist and founder of DAYA Foundation, a nonprofit yoga center in Portland;

• Brad Waites, one of a few to be certified at the 2,000-hour level by the College of Purna Yoga, and who is a member of the college faculty.

The lineup also includes Dave Stringer, a practitioner of the new Kirtan (call and response chant) movement. Stringer has recorded six CDs and lent his voice to the soundtracks of the film, “The Matrix Revolutions” and the video game, Myst.

Full festival passes are $375 and include the choice of 10 hours of main track workshops, morning meditation on Saturday and Sunday, Saturday night Kirtan and opening and closing ceremonies.

Additional optional workshops and lectures also are available throughout the weekend. Partial festival passes are priced between $20 and $125. Saturday-only passes are $210, and Sunday-only passes are $190.

“There’s a ton of flexibility built into (the festival),” Allsop said. “It’s depends on how involved they want to be.”

A portion of the festival proceeds supports the preservation efforts of Cannon Beach’s nonprofit environmental education organization, Friends of Haystack Rock.

Several Cannon Beach hotels and resorts are offering lodging specials and spa packages for the festival, including Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals, Hallmark Resort & Spa, Inn at Cannon Beach, Land’s End at Cannon Beach, Sea Ranch Resort, Sea Sprite Guest Lodgings, Surfsand Resort, The Ocean Lodge, Tolovana Inn and Vacasa Rentals of Cannon Beach.

Local shops, restaurants and wellness businesses will also offer specials during the weekend.

For a full schedule of events, instructors, lodging packages or to purchase tickets, visit www.CannonBeachYogaFestival.com, or call Allsop at 503-440-1649.