Calendar of Programs
Friday, September 3, 2010
A Pranakriya Yoga™ Retreat
For students with min. 6 months yoga experience. Immerse yourself in the practices of an ancient and powerful yoga tradition. Yoganand Michael Carroll spent many years as a monk in the Kripalu ashram engaged in the intensive study and practice of Swami Kripalu’s approach to tantric hatha yoga. more …
Buddhism 101
Revolutionary Buddhist teacher Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, turned his own troubled life around through the powerful practices of Buddhism. more …
Conscious Riding
Join renowned horseman Paul Striberry to learn a holistic approach to horsemanship that encourages congruence in body, mind, and spirit. Paul’s approach to Conscious Riding supports you in seeing your horse as an SUV—Spiritual Utility Vehicle—and understanding riding as a practice of meditation in motion on the path to awakening. more …
Devotion: Crafting Your Journey Inward Through Memoir
How do we begin to know our own stories, and tell them in a way that feels universal? How can we structure our inward journeys so that they resonate with others? more …
Kirtan Trance Dance: Getting High on Mantra
Leave your worries behind and allow the sacred power of sound to bring you fully alive in a workshop that blends high-energy chanting with devotional bliss. more …
Radiant Health: A Weekend Retreat for Women
Looking for the perfect getaway? Need to de-stress, rebalance, and reclaim your vitality? Designed by certified holistic health nurse and senior Kripalu Yoga teacher Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, this wellness retreat will nurture your body, mind, and soul in a relaxing, fun, and informative environment. more …
Rejuvenate Your Life with Yoga: A Natural Yoga Workshop
For people at all levels of experience in yoga. The effects of stress, unhealthy habits, and too little exercise cause sickness and depression and keep us from fulfilling our life’s dreams. more …
The Shaman's Way of Healing: An Introduction to Healing the Luminous Body
Shamans understand that we all have a luminous energy field surrounding the physical body that holds a record of all our emotional, physical, and spiritual traumas. more …
Yoga and Kayaking
Join Johnny Snyder, world-class kayaker and professional guide, and Greg DiLisio, certified qigong, tai chi, and yoga teacher and popular Kripalu program leader, and set off on flat-water adventures in the magic of the Berkshires. more …
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 2
For yoga teachers who have completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered program and Module 1 of the Integrative Yoga Therapy training program; see note below. more …
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Yoga for Health (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. A solid foundation for cultivating the benefits of yoga in your life. Doctors and health professionals are recommending yoga for preventative health, to treat a variety of ailments, and for psychoemotional healing. more …
Monday, September 6, 2010
Facilitating Transformational Workshops: An Introduction to Group Dynamics
For anyone interested in gathering and leading groups. Bringing people together in groups invites collective wisdom and individual truths to emerge. more …
Pranayama for Meditators and Yoga Practitioners
6 months of yoga experience. Pranayama is often referred to as the heart of yoga practice. It has the power to open you to mystical states of consciousness that can magnify the effects of all your other spiritual practices. more …
Friday, September 10, 2010
Being Together: The Art of Loving: A Workshop for Couples
For all couples—young, old, married, unmarried—of any sexual orientation. An enduring love is one of life’s greatest treasures. It is a treasure created and sustained by being fully present together—aware, open, and wholeheartedly immersing ourselves in whatever experience life has to offer us. more …
Better Birth: The Ultimate Guide to Childbirth from Home Births to Hospitals (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. For pregnant women and those considering pregnancy; couples and singles welcome. BornClear is a unique childbirth preparation course endorsed by renowned doctors and mind-body scientists, and featured on the Today show. more …
Finding Ease at Your Edge: Relaxation, Mindfulness, and Vinyasa
When you are in the midst of a life challenge—big or small—do you tense up, get aggressive, turn away in fear? One of the greatest benefits of yoga is that it trains you to stay calm in the eye of any storm. more …
In-Sight: A Photography Workshop
Participants must have digital cameras and enjoy taking and reviewing photos. Photographer Todd Shapera seeks to empower you to begin to see and encounter your world in new ways through your camera. more …
Introduction to Yoga and Meditation
Are you interested in yoga and meditation but don’t know where to begin? Do you want a safe and welcoming environment for exploring the basics? Would you like to take home practical tools for using yoga and meditation in your life? more …
Opening to Essence: Integrating the Enneagram and Yoga
Yoga and the Enneagram are both profound paths of personal transformation. Each involves engaging an inner witness, working with breath to deepen self-inquiry and self-understanding, softening habitual reactivity, and coming home to your spiritual self. more …
The Nine Principles of Change: How to Make or Face Any Life Change with Optimism
Adapting to change is the most important life skill you can learn. This transformative workshop with Ariane de Bonvoisin, best-selling author of The First 30 Days, is designed to help you deal with all of life’s changes—big and small, personal and professional. more …
Vegetarian Express: Quick and Easy Vegetarian Cooking (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. Dreaming about making quick, delicious, and nutritionally balanced vegetarian meals? Come excite your palate and expand your repertoire with Leslie Cerier’s inspirational recipe lineup. more …
Women, Food, and God: A Transformational Path
The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. No matter how sophisticated, wise, or enlightened you believe you are, how you eat tells all. more …
Sunday, September 12, 2010
A Buddhist Healing Ritual: Dakini Heart-Essence Chöd
Please note that due to visa issues in India, Dungse Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche and the monks and nuns of Zangdokpalri have cancelled their U.S. tour and are unable to lead their Healing Chöd programs scheduled at Kripalu this year. more …
Your Spacious Self: Clear Your Clutter and Discover Who You Are
“This is not your typical clutter-clearing workshop,” says leading space-clearing expert and author Stephanie Bennett Vogt. She defines clutter as any thing or thought that gets in the way of accessing your highest purpose and deepest wisdom. more …
Manifest Your Destiny: The Union of Mind, Asana, and Chakra Study (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. Harmony and balance of heart, mind, body, and soul create a direct path to manifesting your dreams into reality and living the life you choose. more …
Awakening Healing Energy (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. The human energy field has been the subject of much contemporary research, while the yoga tradition outlined a practical system for accessing subtle energy thousands of years ago. more …
Detox for Health and Healing
A 5-day jump start for healthier living. Time for a detox? Detoxification is a natural body process that is compromised when our system becomes overloaded from a variety of causes that include poor diet, allergies, stress, infections, and toxins such as heavy metals. more …
Thai Yoga Massage 5: Lotus Palm School Certification (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. Read more about the full Lotus Palm certification program. For students who have taken Thai Yoga Massage 1–4 or equivalent Thai Yoga Massage training. more …
The Aquarian Teacher: Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification Level One, Segment 3
If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it. —Yogi Bhajan Yogi Bhajan, master of Kundalini Yoga, arrived in the United States in 1969 with the stated purpose of creating teachers, not gathering disciples. more …
Kripalu Foundations of Ayurveda: Session 1
Take part in an integrated curriculum designed to make Ayurveda an exciting exploration that results in you feeling more connected to your self, others, and seasonal rhythm—while giving you the confidence to bring this ancient technology to your clients, friends, and/or family members. more …
Thursday, September 16, 2010
EMDR and Integration-Based Stress Reduction: Trauma Tools for Professionals
For psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health practitioners, LMFTs, LCADC, and LPCs. While traditional methods for treating trauma often prove unsuccessful, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has been empirically validated as effective with trauma-related disorders. more …
The Widow Wears Red Pajamas: Exploring the Art of Dying Beautifully
For people of all ages and all spiritual traditions. Health-care professionals welcome. Dying beautifully is something to look forward to—a joyful celebration of life, thoughtfully planned to create comforting memories and give peace to both the living and the dying. more …
Friday, September 17, 2010
Change Your Inner Talk, Change Your Life
We’re talking to ourselves every waking moment. How we talk to ourselves creates our experience of the world-our moods, work performance, self-esteem, health, energy, and relationships. more …
Goddess Getaway Weekend
For women and teen girls only, 13 years and older. Join world-renowned teacher Sierra Bender, author of Goddess to the Core® and creator of the Boot Camp for Goddesses®, as she shares her 4 Body Fit® approach to whole-self health care for women. more …
Introduction to Yoga Nursing®: The Art of Caring
For caregivers and healing professionals alike. Previous yoga experience is not required. Yoga Nursing is an exciting new movement in health care and yoga therapy, a complementary approach to health and wellness that combines the riches of Kripalu Yoga methodology with traditional Western nursing practice. more …
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
The Buddha said that craving is the cause of suffering. Twelve-Step programs work with the deepest forms of craving—our addictions. How can these two traditions work together? more …
Reboot: Mindful Autumn Hiking and Deep Yoga Relaxation
Reboot your outlook and rejuvenate body, mind, and breath in this masterfully guided, magical getaway in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. Celebrate your vital force with mindful hikes under the open sky in the cool air and natural colors of autumn. more …
Spiritual Liberation: The Answer Is You
Are you ready to break your contract with mediocrity and stop being an extra in your own life? “If you’re feeling claustrophobic playing your current life role,” says Michael Bernard Beckwith, “this is an indication that you’ve outgrown your part. more …
The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne
Yoga is not a linear process; it is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you will be able to integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. more …
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Dynamic Healing: Massaging Clients Through Severe Illness: Advanced Training for Massage Therapists
For licensed massage and bodywork practitioners. Are you prepared for the day a long-time client tells you they’ve been diagnosed with cancer? more …
Create the Life You Want
We live in an abundant universe; rich, vibrant, and generous. Why can some people tap into this abundance and create the life they want, while others struggle with an ever-present sense of lack and limitation? more …
ChiRunning® and Kripalu Yoga: Running as a Holistic Practice
Interested in how yoga and mindfulness can enhance your running? Come learn how to apply the alignment and relaxation principles of yoga and ChiRunning in your life with cross-country, track, and marathon coach Ryan Miller. more …
Nutrition and Cooking Immersion
Create health right in your kitchen. Do you want to eat healthier foods and cook more? Do you want to understand more how the food you eat affects your body and mind? more …
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Expressive Body and the Contemplative Mind
SomaSoul is a mind-body healing therapy that integrates the expressive arts, body psychotherapy and somatics for self-discovery and healing. The SomaSoul Training is a series of four 5-day modules offered over the course of seven months. more …
Sweat, Sequencing, and Somatics
Delve into a cutting-edge combination of yoga and deep-tissue structural bodywork. Over the last few years, David Vendetti and Todd Skoglund have discovered that by combining proper warm-ups, purposeful posture sequencing, isometric resistance stretching, and structural bodywork, a truly astonishing deepening of practice can be found. more …
The Yoga of Regeneration
Yoga is every person’s direct intimacy with reality, an entirely abundant, regenerating, and nurturing power. This is yoga from the heart, for the heart, and it promises health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. more …
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Inner Quest Intensive
All-inclusive price: $520 The all-inclusive price includes open-dorm housing & meals. Participants sleep in dormitories or the program room along with other IQI participants of the same sex, and are served a simple and moderate diet. more …
Friday, September 24, 2010
Bearing Witness to the Wholeness of Life
Bernie Glassman is a potent and creative force in Western Buddhism and a leading proponent of social engagement as spiritual practice. He has created new paths, practices, liturgies, and organizations to serve the people who fall between the cracks of society. more …
