Calendar of Programs
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 (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. 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 …
Core Fusion®
Core Fusion is a transformational mind-body fitness experience that allows you to work from the inside out to consistently improve body tone and energy. more …
Flow and Let Go: Awakening Vitality with Vinyasa and Restorative Yoga
Rejuvenate the flow of “prana shakti,” the energy of your innate life force. Enjoy the journey of flowing with breath in warming, active postures to prepare the body and mind for experiencing deep relaxation in supported, passive postures. more …
Healing Your Aloneness: A Six-Step Inner Bonding Pathway to Wholeness
This workshop teaches you how to access spiritual guidance and experience the unconditional love and wisdom that is always available and which heals your aloneness. more …
The Adventure of Self-Discovery: A Holotropic Breathwork™ Experience
This is a rare invitation to experience Holotropic Breathwork with Stanislav Grof. This practice, originated by Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof, allows direct access to your own inner healing wisdom. more …
Wisdom of the Shaman: Practices for Healing and Transformation
The Huichol Indian practice of shamanism involves living through the heart as well as the body and spirit. The Huichols believe that the power of love is the foundation for all other power. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module 3
Learn the deeper facets of teaching yoga, from asana and pranayama to the internal practice of stilling the mind and attuning to the multidimensional body, mind, and spirit. more …
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sitting, Standing, Walking: Creating New Body Pathways
This program takes a look at things you have been doing for most of your life-sitting, standing, and walking. These ordinary activities may be in the background of your attention, but they are not separate from who you are. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
Learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
Paint and Dance from the Source: A Magical Journey to the Beloved
Come venture into the Temple of Paint and Dance. Combine these two powerful and ancient rituals for healing, moving back and forth between dancing and painting on a journey of radical breakthrough to the authentic Self. more …
Thai Yoga Bodywork: Foundation Course
Practiced for centuries in the temples of Thailand, Thai Yoga Bodywork incorporates the Buddhist practices of mindfulness and compassion with assisted yoga postures from the Ayurvedic tradition. more …
The Power of Mantra and Ceremony: An Evolutionary Intensive
The ancients so understood the power of Sanskrit ceremony that for thousands of years they kept the methods for doing them under wraps. Pujas and yajnas (water and fire ceremonies) remained largely secret until the early part of the twentieth century. more …
The Transformative Power of Being: The Non-Dual Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment
Peace arrives when we cease trying to make this moment different, when we choose to live deeply, directly, and simply from what we are-the mystery of pure being. more …
Transforming Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. For women only; no yoga experience needed. Rage sits at the crossroads of personal transformation. It is the daughter of our traumas, the twin of our shame, the burden of our denied histories, the foreign language of our emotional pain, and the wisdom that helps us heal. more …
Yoga and Deep Relaxation Retreat: The Gift of Yoga Nidra
This nourishing retreat is the perfect antidote to a busy and fragmented life, and a wonderful opportunity to come back into harmony, balance, and wholeness. more …
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Williamson Muscular Retraining: Introduction for Bodywork Practitioners and Yoga Teachers
For bodywork practitioners and yoga instructors. Are you looking for a more whole-person approach to your bodywork practice or yoga teaching? Imagine actively engaging in a dialogue with the kinesthetic awareness of your clients and students, while teaching them to clearly sense how they unconsciously hold tension. more …
Friday, October 1, 2010
Anusara Yoga® Essentials: Universal Principles
Are you ready to go deeper? Seeking new perspectives? This workshop might be just what you are looking for. Anusara Yoga is a profound and elegant system that blends the ancient art of yoga with modern science. more …
Big Guy Yoga
This is a weekend for the guy who says, “I can’t do yoga; I can’t even touch my toes!” Alan “Big Guy Yoga” Haines creates an environment where the average guy feels comfortable learning yoga, even if he thinks he’s too out of shape or heavy to exercise. more …
Clean Food Made Easy and Delicious
This hands-on workshop will empower you to make healthy food choices for yourself, your family, and the environment. Whether you are just get started or have lots of experience with a clean eating approach, you will fuel your passion for cooking and eating for a healthy and vibrant life as you Explore the basics of eating clean to achieve easy, delicious, and sustainable good health Learn to apply the clean food philosophy to your unique constitution and lifestyle Consider how to combine foods for balanced and complete meals Create and share recipes featuring locally grown produce. more …
New Body Pilates: Transform and Empower From the Inside Out
Jennifer Kries is one of those rare teachers who can lead you to a place beyond exercise, into a whole new way to experience yourself. With a focus on breathing, alignment, and dynamic, flowing movement, Jennifer’s unique approach to Pilates will help you to sculpt your body as you cultivate deep, inner-core strength, confidence, radiance, and grace. more …
Past Lives, Parallel Lives, Future Lives: All in the Vast Present Moment!
So much of what is meaningful about who you are and what is possible for you comes from your ability to access fresh ideas and make them real’and that includes sensing other lives you may be living elsewhere in time. more …
So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Writing Memoir
For writers at any level of experience. The memoir has become one of today’s most popular reads. So why is it so hard to write one? This hands-on intensive is dedicated to teaching the elements of the writer’s craft and putting those techniques to use so you can leave with great ideas to work on at home and the inspiration to keep writing. more …
Taoist Qigong: The Alchemy of Transformation
Learn a rare and revered method of qigong healing exercise from China, called Taoist Taiji Ruler. The hands are kept about a foot apart, as though holding a foot-long ruler, to generate a strong field of life force (qi) between them. more …
Yoga Fusion: The Ultimate Fall Yoga Retreat
This total fall rejuvenation brings together leading yoga instructors from Manhattan and Kripalu for a powerful weekend of collaboration and community. more …
Sunday, October 3, 2010
If Not Now, When?: Planting Positive Seeds Through Yoga, Breath, and Visualization
Coming to your yoga practice with a joyous heart, you set the intention for your practice, planting the positive seeds needed to grow to a higher vibration. more …
Fitness and Yoga Retreat
Outdoor exercise, yoga, and nutrition—the ultimate vacation getaway for active people. For everyone in good physical condition and able to hike three miles a day. more …
Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration
Explore leading-edge concepts from Frequency, the new best-seller by Penney Peirce. This workshop will teach you how to succeed in what Penney calls the new energy reality. more …
Healing Sounds Qigong: Purification and Renewal
Qigong is China’s ancient method of preventive and complementary medicine. In this intensive training, you will learn two of the great classical styles of qigong, the Liu Qi Fa, popularly known as Healing Sounds, and Xi Sui Jing, Bone-Marrow Cleansing. more …
Meridian Yoga Intensive: Opening the Energetic Pathways
When our meridian pathways are blocked, we experience emotional, physical, and even spiritual malaise. But when these pathways are opened, prana—universal life force—flows though us, bringing harmony, lightness, and joy to our being, aligning us with heaven and earth, sun and moon, wind and sky. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing, sensible cleanse. You will not go hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Women's Mysteries: Walking with Beauty and Power
For women at all stages of life. In the past, women in native cultures were taught special ways to keep themselves beautiful and healthy. They were shown by example how to use their unique female powers to help their people. more …
Yoga for the Rest of Us: Yoga You'll Love to Do
Also for those who want to lead adaptive yoga. Experience the many benefits of yoga in a safe, enjoyable and friendly environment, no matter what shape you are in. more …
YogaDance Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Level 1
If you can take a brisk walk, have a fair amount of energy, and are ready to experience the dance of your own creativity, give yourself this gift of a lifetime. more …
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Finding Refuge in the Moment: The Way of Haiku
cup of tea — the moon still until i sip it The present moment is a place of refuge that can be experienced in any place and at any time. Through the practice of writing haiku, we unclutter the mind, revealing a heightened awareness of what is essential and true. more …
Friday, October 8, 2010
Yoga Retreat: Evolving Through Your Yoga Practice
Immerse yourself in a masterfully guided experiential learning environment for yoga practice that will bring you home to a fresh and enlivening relationship with your whole, multidimensional self. more …
Lifewalk: The Hero's Journey and the Spiritual Quest
Lifewalk guides you through the ancient stages of the Hero’s Journey, to help you find healing, gather strength and wisdom, and regain your inherent spiritual power and love. more …
Passionate Man: Embodying the Wild and Sacred Masculine
Across time and culture, men have gathered and bonded in rituals of initiation and brotherhood. Without a ritual structure for the honored masculine, many men feel disconnected and lost in a mundane world. more …
Positional Therapy, Level 1: Experiential Approach to Strain-Counterstrain & Muscle Energy Technique
For bodyworkers, yoga teachers, nurses, chiropractors, and interested individuals. This amazing therapy for recovery from chronic pain is very gentle and easy to learn and works when many other approaches fail. 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 …
Sex, Pleasure, and Intimacy: A Retreat for Couples
For couples of any length of commitment and any sexual orientation. Would you love to feel passionate and at ease in your lovemaking? Most of us remember a time when sexual relating was a joy, when we were easily aroused and didn’t worry about whether we were “doing it right. more …
Shakti Namaskar: Embodying the Goddess
For women only. This women’s retreat (with option for teacher training) is designed to open our creative power, sustain life, and dissolve what binds us. more …
The Magic of Animal Communication
Have you ever wondered what your animal is thinking? Amelia Kinkade knows, and she can teach you to understand your animal’s thoughts. Here is your opportunity to discover what your animal friends want, need, feel, and think. more …
Yoga and Kirtan: Rejuvenate Mind, Body, and Spirit
At a cellular level, the human body is made of vibration, and just like a musical instrument, it can be out of tune. In this 3-day weekend, Jessica and Deena Robertson and their kirtan collective, Lila, will lead you through yoga classes that re-tune the body, mind, and spirit, and awaken a feeling of freedom. more …
Yoga and the Five Elements: A Retreat to Balance Body, Mind, and Spirit
Just as each season has unique affects on us, so do the universal elements of nature: earth, water, fire, air, and space. Keeping these essential elements in balance is considered by many traditions to be the driving force of health. more …
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Reimagine, Rejuvenate, Reclaim Your Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life in midlife and beyond. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training®
For yoga teachers and practitioners (min. 2 years). Applying experiences and principles from his book, Self-Awakening Yoga, Don Stapleton takes yoga inquiry back to its roots as a creative learning process in this training for yoga educators, therapists, and practitioners. more …
Monday, October 11, 2010
Shamanic Yoga for Healing and Evolution
For yogis with at least one year of practice. This vinyasa yoga workshop will employ shamanic techniques to assist the somatic release of stagnated energies. more …
Chakra Vinyasa: Liberating the Body Mandala
Experience an accessible and universal approach to the chakra system within vinyasa that awakens the essential truths of our energetic body to live in greater alignment with our authentic flow. more …
Dancemeditation™ Training: Spiritual Belly Dance
Can your feet see, your pelvis taste, and your bones sing? Whether you’ve been dancing for years or are just starting out, in this transformative training you will join master Sufi teacher Dunya Dianne McPherson for exquisite belly dance practices that will enliven your body, awaken your creativity, and deepen your spiritual communion. more …
Positional Therapy, Level 2: Strain-Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique
Positional Therapy is a cutting-edge program for recovery from chronic pain that can be used for self-healing and with family, friends, and clients. Through simple hands-on techniques, the body’s habitual holding pattern in a particular area is released. more …
Reboot Immersion: Mindful Autumn Hiking and Deep Yoga Relaxation
Immerse yourself in a 4-day yoga and hiking program that invites you to reboot your outlook and rejuvenate body, mind, and breath. Randal Williams and Larissa Hall Carlson are your masterful guides for this magical getaway in the Berkshires in which you will celebrate your vital force with mindful hikes in the invigorating air and natural colors of autumn. more …
Teaching Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series Teacher Training
For yoga teachers, yoga teachers-to-be, and health-care professionals. Do you have students, clients, or patients who cannot get down on the floor because of age, weight, disability, or inflexibility? more …
Unleash Your Calling: An Intensive to Create the Work and Life You Love
Do you crave meaningful work? Do you yearn to express yourself creatively, help the world, and get paid for it? Your wildest dreams are not frivolous. They are your source for inspired abilities and explosive direction. more …
Friday, October 15, 2010
Awakening Joy: Ten Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
Develop your natural capacity for well-being and happiness in this weekend program based on James Baraz’s popular book and online course. Presenting Buddhist principles and other supportive strategies in a user-friendly way, this workshop will help you awaken the joy within through experiential exercises, silent and guided meditation, singing, writing, and fun. more …
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Through his brain-imaging work with tens of thousands of patients over the last two decades, Dr. Daniel Amen has come to understand that you can literally change your brain—and your life. more …
Creating Transformational Experiences: Awakening Group Wisdom
When you’re clear about your calling and you’ve got the right tools, you’re in a powerful position to help others. This weekend, you will harness your dreams and explore your purpose and path as a leader. more …
Devotion in Motion: Yoga, Art, Storytelling, and Music
Husband and wife team MC Yogi and Amanda Giacomini invite you to a fun and creative exploration of the yoga tradition. Each session will be a multi-sensory journey that weaves together yoga practice, mantra meditation, sacred art, music, dance, storytelling, and prayer. more …
Guided From Within: A Nurturing Yoga Retreat
For yoga students with at least one year of yoga experience. Yoga has a remarkable way of helping you tap into deep places of awareness and feelings of well-being, self-confidence, and resilience. more …
Have Your Comfort Foods Taken You Hostage?
Have your “comfort foods” taken you hostage? Most of us know what we’re supposed to eat, but it’s another thing to bypass comfort food for healthier choices. more …
Healing Mind and Body: Medicine Buddha and Tibetan Medicine
According to traditional accounts, Tibetan medicine was first taught in India by the Buddha and in the eighth century CE was brought to Tibet, where it has flourished in an unbroken lineage to the present day. more …
Tending the Sacred Fire: Living Yoga Sadhana
Within tantra, Ayurveda, and Krisnamacharya’s teachings of vinyasa, we thrive when we find the form of yoga practice that fuels, nourishes, and illumines what is needed to evolve our life. 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 …
Yoga for the Nervous System: Healing Anxiety, Insomnia and PTSD
Unlock the power of your mind-body network to calm your mind, quiet your nervous system, and relax your physical body. Conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involve hyper-arousal of the nervous system as well as the mental and physical bodies. more …
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Hike, Bike and Yoga
For people with a moderate fitness level; hikes and rides will have multi-level options. Hike and bike your way through the beauty of the Berkshires, including waterfalls, old growth trees, and panoramic views. more …
Yoga Break: Get Away for Fun and Inspiration
This is the break you’ve been waiting for! Whether you are new to yoga or have been practicing for a lifetime, have never been to Kripalu or are a regular who wants a new experience, this workshop offers the opportunity to have fun playing yoga with other yogis while creating your own unique retreat experience outside of workshop sessions. more …
Foot Reflexology Training: Level 3
For students who have taken Level 1 and 2. Complete your reflexology certification and augment your skills in this advanced professional training. Level 3 will include Professional intake procedures including medical history and clinical observation of the feet Working with one client for three supervised practicums during the training Written practicums following the guidelines of the American Reflexology certification board How to set up your practice Self-care for the practitioner, including yoga, stretching, and positional therapy Preparation for the American Reflexology Exam with mock written exam Supervised practicum with other students, including individual supervision with instructor Professional ethics for bodyworkers 30 written practicums (including three written sessions from class) due for completion of certification Journaling as a self-help tool for practitioners. more …
Mind-Body Integration: Energy Dynamics as a Path to Wholeness
For therapists, bodyworkers, and those pursuing a healing path who wish to understand powerful techniques for moving energy through the body. Would you like to learn how to work with energy as a healing modality? more …
Mindfulness Yoga: Body Of Peace
Everyone who explores the stillness of meditation must enter deeply into the experience of the body. The Indian sage Patanjali defined asana as “a posture that is stable and easeful. more …
Sensuous Sleeping Artist: Awakening the Creative Healer Within
Is there a sensuous sleeping artist inside you, longing to come out and play? Were you told that you had “no talent,” and did you believe those negative messages about your natural creativity? more …
Thai Yoga Massage 1: Lotus Palm School Certification
Thai Yoga Massage has been described as a form of assisted hatha yoga. Combining meditation, yoga, and compassion, it leads to greater health for both therapist and client. more …
Unlearn Your Pain: A Mind-Body Approach to Chronic Pain
Are you tired of being in pain? Have medical and alternative treatments failed to give you relief? Medical doctor Howard Schubiner has developed a comprehensive program that helps people understand the source of chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, back and neck pain, tension and migraine headaches, irritable bowel and bladder syndromes, TMJ, and other related syndromes. more …
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Miracles in the Body: An Exploration of Yoga and A Course in Miracles
A Course in Miracles teaches that the body is a means of communication and responds only to the mind’s intention. In yoga, the body is seen as a means to cultivate mindfulness and become sensitive to feelings. more …
Nourishing the Teacher: Dynamic Language, Inspirational Themes, and the Art of Teaching Yoga
For yoga teachers with at least one year of teaching experience. As yoga teachers, there comes a time when we desire to share more of ourselves with our students. more …
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ChiRunning®: The Mindful Practice of Effortless, Injury-Free Running
For runners of all abilities. more …
Digestive Health: A Holistic Approach
Restore your digestive health naturally. Do you suffer from chronic gastrointestinal symptoms? Do find yourself taking expensive medications or over-the-counter drugs just so you can eat without discomfort? more …
Friday, October 22, 2010
Attention Dynamics®: Navigating the Transformative Mind
Attention Dynamics® is a wholly new and simple way to grasp and practice traditional meditation techniques. This cutting-edge approach breaks down the complex processes of inner change into simple, step-by-step instructions. more …
Autumn Bonfire: Fire, Earth, and Flow
For experienced practitioners (min. 1 year of practice). Autumn is the season for steadiness and grounding, the perfect time to stoke an inner fire that will keep you toasty all winter. more …
Calm Your Inner Critic and Quiet Your Anxious Mind
Many of us live with the constant “self-talk” of a harsh inner critic. The critic’s voice thwarts spontaneity, holds us hostage to anxiety, dampens freedom of expression, and keeps us feeling inadequate. more …
Deep Stretching for Tight Bodies and Active Minds
This workshop is perfect for people with tight bodies and active minds. You will learn how to release the issues in your tissues, let go of stress, and open your energy centers. more …
Empower Flow Yoga: An Invigorating and Soulful Vinyasa Workshop
One of today’s leading yoga teacher’s, Seane Corn offers a potent, no-nonsense (but humorous) approach to yoga on and off the mat. Her Empower Flow practice takes yoga to an exciting level that goes beyond the physical and penetrates deep into the overlapping layers of the psychological, intuitive, and emotional bodies. more …
Happier: Positive Psychology and Yoga
Can you learn to be happier? Absolutely! Author of Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment, Tal Ben-Shahar taught the most popular course at Harvard University—Positive Psychology, the study of optimal human functioning. more …
The Mindful Heart of Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
For mental-health professionals and students. Mindfulness is an approach that allows both clients and therapists to relate to themselves and their lives with wisdom and equanimity. more …
The Shavasana Course
Discover the power of doing nothing-and how you can get more by doing less. In our rest-starved world, what could be more inviting than an entire weekend of guided relaxation? more …
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Yoga for Grief Relief
The fact that grief is a normal reaction to loss doesn’t make it any easier to go through. Yoga can be instrumental in addressing the symptoms of grief because it focuses on mind, body, and spirit, the three areas where grief manifest—and often goes unacknowledged. more …
Ayurvedic Bodywork Training: Marma Balancing, Swedna, and Udvartina
Learn the theory and practical skills of Ayurvedic body treatments used in rejuvenation therapy. These ancient techniques have been used for cleansing and healing body, mind, and spirit for thousands of years. more …
Chakra Yoga Teacher Training
For yoga teachers and advanced yoga practitioners. Chakras are the gateways between the inner and outer world, and the chakra system is the architecture of the soul, bringing spirit and body into union, the true meaning of yoga. more …
Foot Reflexology Training: Level 1
For healing arts practitioners and interested individuals. Spend some time loving your feet! Learn the ancient healing art of foot reflexology from master reflexologist Eileen Donovan. more …
From Movement to Manifestation: A Vinyasa Flow Intensive
Why is vinyasa flow yoga so popular? Seane Corn examines the whole picture of one of the most beloved yoga practices in the world today. She not only dissects the physical practice, looking at alignment, adjustments, breath, and core awareness, but also delves beyond the body, into the evolution of the soul and how that translates into your life path. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
Learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
JourneyDance™ Teacher Training Intensive
Take a powerful and transformative journey: Dance your fiery rhythmic beats. Rise and fall in waves of melodic passionate pulsation. Dive into the ocean of your emotions. more …
Let’s Get Emotional: Embracing Your Empathic Genius
People are always telling us not to get emotional, but did you know that your emotions contain your capacity to set effective boundaries, the ability to communicate and relate with others, and the power to heal psychological wounds? more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Certification: Monthlong Intensive
Immerse yourself in Kripalu Yoga and learn to share the gift of yoga with others. Awaken the teacher within and discover how the tools of yoga can be used to cultivate health, facilitate psychological growth, and open the doors to spiritual transformation—for yourself and for your students. more …
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Taste of Ashtanga: A Retreat for Detox and Rejuvenation
Spend a spectacular New England weekend immersed in the gold-, burgundy-, and pumpkin-colored light of October. Learn how to maintain a strong yoga asana practice that is both safe and enjoyable for the rest of your life. more …
Dancing Through Life: Exploring Your Body’s Wisdom Through the Nia Technique
Whether you are a dancer or have never moved your body beyond the boundaries of your private space, you will find your bliss through this exhilarating and lively blend of yoga, martial arts, and dance. more …
Frontiers of Trauma Treatment: A Weekend Retreat
For therapists, health professionals, yoga instructors, and other individuals interested in studying the nature and process of trauma. Overcoming trauma means learning to fully engage in the present without being hijacked by survival-related emotions and sensations. more …
Gentle Yoga Weekend
Interested in an experience of yoga that feels fabulous without causing strain? During this relaxing weekend, gentle yogi Rudy Peirce will teach you how to finesse your way safely and easily into a refined series of deep stretches. more …
Thai-Shiatsu Bodywork: Sacred Healing Arts
This weekend will forever change your relationship with touch. Enjoy giving and receiving transformational bodywork based on assisted yoga postures. Discover easeful ways to offer renewable energy to clients and loved ones. more …
The Practice of Loving-Kindness: A Meditation and Yoga Weekend
The Buddhist and yoga traditions both hold that it is possible to systematically cultivate feelings of loving-kindness, or what yoga philosophy refers to as “friendliness toward all beings. more …
Writing the Mind Alive: An Introductory Proprioceptive Writing® Weekend
Proprioceptive Writing (PW) is a highly effective method for exploring your psyche through writing. A simple technique that anyone can learn, it is practiced to music in 25-minute sessions under stress-free conditions. more …
Yoga Retreat for Women of Color™: Explore Your Sacred Spirit
Take some time for yourself and spend a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend with other women of color at Kripalu. During this retreat you will Discover the benefits of yoga for body, mind, and spirit Explore creative practices such as spirit-storytelling, art, and dance for personal release Create openings to spirit that encourage deeper exploration of your sacred spirit. more …
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Come as You Are: A Retreat for All Levels
Looking for an introduction to yoga or a chance to refresh your practice? Kim Chandler enjoys making yoga inspiring for longtime enthusiasts and accessible to beginners. more …
Mastering Life’s Energies (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. Successful people are no brighter or more creative than people who aren’t, but they have learned to attain what they truly want with clarity, focus, ease, and grace. more …
How to Hear Yourself: A Proprioceptive Writing® Immersion
For the last 35 years, Linda Trichter Metcalf has been a pioneer of writing as a way to access inner thoughts, explore them with impassioned curiosity, and set them free. more …
Moon Centers: A Tantric Practice for Women
For all women; no yoga experience necessary. Come experience powerful new insights into the feminine psyche through an experiential exploration of the moon centers’11 specific areas of the body through which energy moves in the course of one moon cycle. more …
Panchakarma
An ancient, cleansing ritual for today’s world… Special rate: $2,400 (includes tuition, healing arts, and nonrefundable $55 application and intake consultation fee). more …
Thai-Shiatsu Bodywork Intensive
For holistic practitioners in massage, physical therapy, psychotherapy, social work, and clinical settings. Come learn practical ways to well-being and restore the body’s natural healing process. more …
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Instruction: A Teacher's Certificate Training
For certified yoga teachers. Research done at the Justice Resource Institute’s Trauma Center is establishing empirically that yoga may be helpful for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). more …
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Transforming Stress: Mindful Living and the Art of Nourishment
Address the impact stress is having on your life. Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed-out, or anxious? Do you experience symptoms associated with high stress levels, including weight gain, illness, mild depression, or fatigue? more …
Friday, November 5, 2010
Healing the Cause of Anxiety and Depression with Ayurveda
A recent preliminary study showed that a balanced lifestyle can significantly decrease anxiety, depression, cravings, fatigue, insomnia, and weight gain in just two weeks. more …
Pilates: Movement From the Inside Out
For exercise teachers and enthusiasts, beginning through advanced, as well as Pilates practitioners and instructors. “Knowledge is power,” says PJ O’Clair, “The more you know about your own body the easier it will be to use it. more …
Radical Acceptance: Buddhist Practices That Heal Difficult Emotions
One of the deepest forms of suffering in our culture is the pain of believing that "something is wrong with me." Feeling that we are continually falling short is like a toxic gas we breathe, making it difficult to be truly intimate with others and at home in our body, heart, and mind. more …
The Art of Reiki: Reiki 1
Because your body is a constantly changing and renewing energy system, you have the opportunity in every moment to re-create yourself in wholeness. Reiki, a gentle, hands-on healing art of Japanese origin, reconnects you with your ability to heal yourself, others, and animals. more …
The Dharma Discovery: Realizing Your Soul's Purpose
Do you feel like there is something missing from your life? Are you feeling stuck or bored with your life or work? As the Bhagavad Gita illustrates, only when you figure out what you are uniquely able to do, and carry it out as well as possible, can you feel truly fulfilled. more …
Transformation Through Nutrition: Beyond The China Study
Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research for more than 40 years. His best-selling book, The China Study, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. more …
Yoga Tune Up® Weekend
For yogis of every level, bodyworkers, athletes, dancers, and martial artists. In this Yoga Tune Up weekend, you will learn to intelligently and systematically prime yourself for every category of asana. more …
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The Art of Reiki: Reiki 2
Because your body is a constantly changing and renewing energy system, you have the opportunity in every moment to re-create yourself in wholeness. Reiki, a gentle, hands-on healing art of Japanese origin, reconnects you with your ability to heal yourself, others, and animals. more …
Healing the Light Body® School: Medicine Wheel
There are shamans who will tell you that memory is not kept in the brain-neither is consciousness for that matter-but in the body and the fields of energy that surround the physical body. more …
Healing the Light Body® School First Session: The Serpent Path
There are shamans who will tell you that memory is not kept in the brain-neither is consciousness for that matter-but in the body and the fields of energy that surround the physical body. 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 …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing, sensible cleanse. You will not go hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Wholistic Therapy Training for Working with Trauma and Addiction
For women practitioners who work with people with trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and/or addictions. Join Sierra Bender and Jeff Migdow, authors of Goddess to the Core®, for a workshop designed especially for women who work with physical and/or psychological trauma and addictions. more …
Women's Qigong for Vitality and Self-Healing
For women only. Qigong is China’s ancient art of self-healing, used for thousands of years as a source of health and longevity. Qigong practice is particularly relevant for women, since Western medicine has no protocols for maintaining agility, health, and grace as women age. more …
Yoga for the Special Child®: Basic Certification Program
Sonia “Sivakami” Sumar has been teaching yoga for children with special needs since 1970. Her dream is to help the world’s special-needs children achieve their full potential as active and productive members of society. more …
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Art of Reiki: Reiki Master Training Levels 1 and 2
Becoming a Reiki master gives you a deeper experience of the extraordinary healing and transformative powers of Reiki. The Reiki master attunement and symbol strengthen your skill and effectiveness as a Reiki practitioner and enhance your ability to energetically heal, communicate, and promote balance on all levels. more …
Friday, November 12, 2010
Cooking the Bounty of Autumn to Warm Your Winter
Squash, pumpkins, greens, beans, and many other vegetables are in bountiful supply this time of year. Kripalu’s Executive Chef Deb Morgan invites you to a cooking workshop that highlights the fall cornucopia. more …
Introduction to Meditation
Have you heard about the benefits of meditation and wondered what the practice is really like? Or perhaps you’ve had some meditation instruction but not yet found a technique that fits your temperament and lifestyle, one that allows you to sustain a regular practice. more …
LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood
How can you commit to happiness in the face of a challenging and sometimes violent world? This weekend will help you cultivate the compassionate inner space that allows you to embrace life’s challenges with a peaceful mind and a courageous heart. more …
Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
For writers at all levels. Natalie Goldberg’s book Writing Down the Bones not only sold over a million copies, it also launched a revolution in the way people practice writing today. more …
Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: A Workshop for Couples and Singles
Learn the secrets to lasting intimacy, love, and fulfillment as you expand the joy, pleasure, and creativity in your life. In this workshop, you will learn how to create, sustain, and grow both intimacy and love. more …
Wholistic Therapy Treatment for Trauma and Addiction: Reflect, Release, Rediscover
For women only, no yoga experience needed. Are you dealing with physical, psychological, and emotional trauma or addictions? Come empower yourself with tools and techniques to finally heal the root cause of your pain. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module 2
Yogic Philosophy, Meditation, and Pranayama: Applying Ancient Teachings to the Modern Lifestyle Deepen your knowledge and practice of pranayama, meditation, and yoga philosophy to enhance your work as a yoga teacher, guide, and healer. more …
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Sweater Chop Shop: The Alchemical Sewing Circle
No experience is necessary; all the materials supplied. Circles create alchemy, the magical recycling of elements from one thing into another. Come together with others and learn the skills to construct uniquely designed sweaters using all recycled materials. more …
Women and Food: A Journey to Nourishment
Transform your relationship with food. Do you want a healthy, happy relationship with food? Eating is one of our most essential human needs. The food we eat should nourish our bodies and minds and delight our senses and spirits. more …
Bone Camp: Advanced Movement Concepts for Skeletal Health
For yoga teachers and exercise and health professionals only; no yoga experience necessary. This workshop is for those who want to introduce themselves, their students, and their clients to greater depth and consciousness of movement. more …
Fitness and Yoga Retreat
Outdoor exercise, yoga, and nutrition—the ultimate vacation getaway for active people. For everyone in good physical condition and able to hike three miles a day. more …
Positional Therapy: Clinical Applications
For those who have taken Positional Therapy 1 or 2. Take the skills you gained in Positional Therapy 1 or 2 and learn how to apply them to common neuromuscular conditions. more …
Restorative Yoga Therapeutic Teacher Training
For yoga teachers, physical therapists, body workers, energy workers, pilates and fitness instructors, stress management professions, and health counselors. more …
Teachers' Exploratorium: Transforming and Evolving as a Yoga Teacher
For yoga students with at least 1 year of experience. Could your yoga teaching need a little juice? Yoga teachers, be inspired and evolve your teaching to the next level. more …
The Wisdom of Your Upset: Transforming Strong Emotions
Many of us imagine that in the course of our spiritual practice, we will someday get beyond strong feeling states. We struggle with “negative” emotions such as aggression, pride, lust, and jealousy, but those emotions are actually powerful sources of energy, clarity, and life force. more …
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The Fundamentals of Brennan Healing Science®
Back by popular demand! This transformational Brennan Healing Science® program teaches a system of energy work that combines hands-on healing techniques with spiritual and psychological processes. more …
Friday, November 19, 2010
Answering Your Call: Life is Talking, Are You Listening?
We can’t answer life’s biggest questions until we understand one tremendously important thing: life is a conversation. Entering that conversation is not a luxury but a necessity. more …
Changing Story, Changing Self: The Power of Personal Narrative for Self-Healing
Is it our basic nature to be disconnected and discontent, or are we fundamentally whole and healthy? What are the stories that are influencing how we live our lives? more …
Creating Ease in Your Life: An Introduction to Yoga, Stress Management, & Meditation for Every Body
What will your life look like in 5, 10, or 20 years? Are you setting the stage today for a fulfilled and vibrant life? It’s never too late to discover the profound healing benefits of yoga, meditation, and stress management techniques, including Increased flexibility, stamina, strength, muscle tone, and range of motion in the joints Healthier breathing and sleeping patterns and cardiopulmonary functioning Detoxification and more efficient metabolism Overall well-being and ease in daily life. more …
The Vertical (R)Evolution: Conscious Alignment
Take a conscious journey into the alignment of your own body with Erin Burch, a physical therapist known by her clients as “the Body Whisperer.” Acquaint yourself not only with the subconscious habits that currently define your posture, but also with amazing and effective alternatives. more …
The Yoga of Joy: Opening the Body's Central Axis
The soft palate, in the back of the throat, is the key to opening up the central axis of the body and mind, the river of wisdom within us all. When you learn how to lift the soft palate, ordinary postures can become an extraordinary experience of joy. more …
Yoga Body, Buddha Mind II: The Heart of Enlightenment
Practiced in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, the transcendent virtues, the Six Paramitas, are generosity, discipline, patience, energy, meditation, and wisdom. more …
Zumba® and Dance Weekend: Ditch the Workout and Join the Party!
Beto Perez is the creative genius behind the Zumba Fitness Program, which has revolutionized the way millions of people think about exercise. Beto will offer two Zumba classes this weekend, with Ann Saldi, lead Zumba teacher and personal trainer, teaching the other sessions. more …
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Access Your True Life Purpose
Mirabai Devi is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher and a conduit for healing energy. Blessed with divine experiences from childhood, she gradually came to understand that she was being prepared to help awaken and heal humanity. more …
Feast for the Soul: Meditation, Yoga, and the Pleasures of Prana
With the momentum of the holidays, feasts, family, and the frontier of winter, this meditative retreat offers a wise and enjoyable opportunity to be grounded and more expansively at home in your body and breath and the beauty of the moment. more …
Friday, November 26, 2010
Anusara Yoga® and Sacred Music: Optimize Your World
Open your body, tune your vibration, and optimize your world. Join popular Anusara Yoga teacher Amy Ippoliti and international kirtan leaders Shantala (Benjy and Heather Wertheimer) over Thanksgiving weekend and discover the powerful tools of Anusara Yoga, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. more …
Bollywood Dance and Bhangra Dance
Bollywood and Bhangra are the hottest dances around, and they require a balance of core strength and fluidity. Renowned Bollywood choreographer Pooja Narang of Bollywood Axion in New York City will be teaching basic steps and energetic dance moves that can help you stay fit, discover the source of joy and movement within—and maybe even melt away those extra pounds for some. more …
CircusYoga® Community Retreat (Adults)
Did you ever want to run away and join the circus? In CircusYoga, Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe create a relaxed, playful, and energized environment that invites people of all generations to explore challenging yet accessible experiences. more …
CircusYoga® Community Retreat (Kids)
Did you ever want to run away and join the circus? In CircusYoga, Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe create a relaxed, playful, and energized environment that invites people of all generations to explore challenging yet accessible experiences. more …
Evidence-Based Traditional Taiji (Tai Chi) and Qigong: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Master Yang is a traditionally trained, internationally recognized taiji and qigong master who has distilled the essential aspects of these arts into an easy-to-learn program suitable for people of all ages and physical abilities. more …
Living the Red Book: Introduction to Archetypal Dreamwork
Do you want to discover the unique language of your soul? Interested in how dreams bring us into a deeper relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the Divine within? more …
Solemate: Master the Art of Wholeness and Transform Your Life
For people who are single, divorced, or seeking greater independence within their partnership. Many people spend years waiting for a “soul mate” to complete them. more …
The Healing Power of Drumming, Ritual and Chanting
Chanting, overtone singing, and humming to the rhythms of the frame drum are ancient technologies for synchronizing mind and body for psychological, physical, and spiritual healing. more …
The Natural Singer
Come celebrate the magnificent healing power of your own voice. Whether you already sing, or have always wished you could, this workshop provides a remarkable environment and opportunity to improve your voice and sing your heart open. more …
Yoga, Meditation, and Relaxation for Beginners
Yoga is an ancient path that promotes wellness by accessing the natural depth and potency of our very own being. While simple and immediate, the journey can also present challenges. more …
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Balancing the Chakras: The Seven Steps to Healing
Ancient wisdom traditions teach that there are seven heavens, seven planes of experience, and seven dimensions of consciousness that must be awakened for spiritual enlightenment. more …
Fundamentals of BodySaver® Massage
For licensed massage therapists of all backgrounds, RNs, chiropractors, and physical therapists. The BodySaver Massage method is grounded in the Sanskrit concept of “metta,” or lovingkindness, and based on the principles of longevity for massage therapists. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
Learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
Thai Yoga Massage 6: Lotus Palm School Certification (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. Read more about the full Lotus Palm certification program. For students who have taken Thai Yoga Massage 1–5 or equivalent Thai Yoga Massage training. more …
YogaDance Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Level 2
If you can take a brisk walk, have a fair amount of energy, and are ready to experience the dance of your own creativity, give yourself this gift of a lifetime. more …
Kripalu Foundations of Ayurveda: Session 2
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 …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Certification: Part 1
Immerse yourself in Kripalu Yoga and learn to share the gift of yoga with others. Awaken the teacher within and discover how the tools of yoga can be used to cultivate health, facilitate psychological growth, and open the doors to spiritual transformation—for yourself and for your students. more …
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Digestive Health: A Holistic Approach
Restore your digestive health naturally. Do you suffer from chronic gastrointestinal symptoms? Do find yourself taking expensive medications or over-the-counter drugs just so you can eat without discomfort? more …
Friday, December 3, 2010
Getting the Love You Want: A Workshop for Couples
For couples of all orientations, lengths of commitment, and stages of life. Take your relationship to the next level in a workshop based on the best-selling book Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. more …
Hands, Heart, and Hips: A Weekend Yoga Retreat
Immerse yourself in a pre-holiday yoga retreat designed to energize and awaken your entire body through a focus on the hands, heart, and hips. Day one of this workshop will explore the tricks and insights needed to float you into steady arm balances. more …
Kundalini Yoga: Breathing the Inner Body of Light
Breath is life and life is breath. When breath flows, so does life.—Yogi Bhajan Awaken your inner body of light, the pranamayakosha, and expand your life force with Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. more …
The Power of Emotions and Intuition to Heal
Come learn a secret about emotions, intuition, and healing—how their compelling interconnection awakens an inner voice that can harness the power of positive emotions and dispel the negative. more …
The Power of Purpose: The Key to Longevity and Well-Being
Are you hungry for a sense of purpose in your life? Drawing on his revamped best-selling classic The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work, Richard Leider will help you find your reason to get up in the morning—and show you how to integrate it into everything you do. more …
Sunday, December 5, 2010
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: Moving Your Body’s Story
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 …
The Aquarian Teacher: Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification Level One, Segment 4
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 …
The Jaguar Path In-Depth Training: Mechanism of Energy
The Jaguar Path is a four-part course that will train you in the use of yogic science and philosophy as energy medicine. Sourced from both yogic and shamanic traditions, this training enables people to understand and activate their innate healing power. more …
The Wise and Loving Heart: Living with Freedom and Compassion
In the words of the Buddha, “The capacity to live with dignity and compassion is your birthright.” Come deepen your experience of well-being, compassion, and freedom in this very special 5-day retreat with Jack Kornfield, author of the national best-seller A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, and one of the most well-known teachers of Buddhism in the West. more …
Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors Teacher Training
For yoga teachers with at least one year of yoga experience. Learn practical strategies for adapting yoga practice to older minds, bodies, and spirits. more …
Yoga for Life
An integrative approach to yoga on and off the mat. Whether you are new to yoga or looking to revitalize your practice, this 5-day immersion program will provide you with the tools and inspiration you need to make yoga, and its benefits, a regular part of your life. more …
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Savoring Life's Lessons: Grief, Loss, and Renewal
Grief and loss are inevitable. Renewal, however, must be chosen and nurtured, planted in the fertile ground of awareness and possibility. This 3-day workshop will focus on loss as the most universal of human experiences, the uniquely personal process of grief, and the deepening that can come from these challenging life lessons. more …
Transforming Stress: Mindful Living and the Art of Nourishment
Address the impact stress is having on your life. Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed-out, or anxious? Do you experience symptoms associated with high stress levels, including weight gain, illness, mild depression, or fatigue? more …
Friday, December 10, 2010
Deep Happiness by Design
Your bodymind holds a blueprint for happiness that is unique to you. While hundreds of experts offer one-size-fits-all strategies and programs for achieving happiness, only you can access your body’s wisdom moment by moment to make the next decision, the next choice. more …
Digestion and Transformation: Ayurveda and Yoga for the Koshas
Ayurveda, India’s ancient art of health and healing, seeks to establish equipoise in all aspects of existence. This workshop will focus on three of Ayurveda’s most important concepts: prana, the vital power that gives us life; agni, the internal fire that allows us to “digest” our life experiences by “cooking” our food and sensory impressions; and rasa, life’s fluid nature, or “juice. more …
Kripalu Yoga Winter Retreat for the Soul
The purpose of life is to make your heartbeat match the heartbeat of the universe. —Joseph Campbell Yoga is a process that teaches you to align with the forces of nature and the universe. more …
Listening Below the Noise: Enhancing Life Through Silence and Deep Listening
“Talk is talk; silence is wisdom,” according to an Algonquin Indian saying. At a time when it seems like the outer world is noisier than ever, silence is the refuge that restores and rejuvenates, ultimately offering transformation into new ways of being. more …
Sacred Yogic Spaces: Beauty, Bliss, and Bhakti
Within your heart there is a secret place that holds your wish for personal happiness. When your heart is open and you are in a state of surrender (nirodha) and tranquility (citta prasadanam), your wish drops into a sacred and magical spot the way a coin is tossed into a wishing well. more …
The Eternal Energy of Yoga: Learn from a Grand Master
Experience power, balance, and peace in a weekend symphony of breathing, twists, stretches, vinyasa sequences, and meditation. Master teacher Tao Porchon-Lynch embodies the mindful life, one that is spiritual, productive, and filled with joy. more …
The Not So Big Life Year-End Review
The end of the year offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on our lives and listen to what our hearts really long to do. Although the holiday season can tempt us into accumulating more “stuff,” envisioning our dreams for the New Year will remind us that what we are really looking for is a sense of the real and an experience of true meaning. more …
The Skinny Thinking Experience: Heal Your Relationship with Food, Weight, and the Body
Imagine having a thin, healthy body for life, without worry or struggle. How would your life look? How would you feel? Not only is this possible, but it’s the likely outcome of following the unique, holistic approach of the Skinny Thinking Five Steps. more …
Friday, December 17, 2010
Awakening the Five Senses with Yoga and Mindfulness
Step off the fast track of the holiday season into the simplicity of an environment with no purpose other than to bring you back home to yourself. When life gets fast and busy, the mind becomes a whirlwind of activity that dominates your experience. more …
Celebrating the Season with Soul and Song
Join this weekend sing-along! We will celebrate our own journeys and each other in a song-filled weekend of self-exploration, discovery, play, and healing. more …
Immunity-Boosting Yoga Retreat: Silence and Simplicity to Restore Vitality
For yoga practitioners of all levels; no previous yoga experience necessary. This retreat is all about time for you. A silent weekend filled with juicy stretching, deep breathing, simplified meals, and loads of inspiration. more …
Restorative Yoga for Body and Mind
Restorative yoga is a powerful practice that everyone can benefit from. It is a wonderful way to incorporate self-care into your life and to generate the energy you need for everything else. more …
The Opening the Heart Workshop™
The Opening the Heart (OTH) philosophy recognizes that true health is based on a holistic model that includes mind, body, and spirit. This highly experiential workshop draws on a variety of western psychological methods, including Gestalt, bioenergetics, and focusing, and incorporates witnessing and mindfulness practices drawn from the world’s wisdom traditions. more …
Transitioning into the Aquarian Age: A Solstice Celebration
A portion of the proceeds from this program will be used to support Home of Hope, a South African organization that creates alternatives for homeless children. more …
Women, Writing, and Soul-Making: A Writing Workshop for Women
For women writers of all levels. Accept the gifts of the winter solstice and enter the womb of creativity through the feminine gateway of writing. To write from the feminine is to access the creative center in the belly rather than the intellectual center in the brain. more …
Five Days to Establish Yoga, Breath, Meditation, and Deep Relaxation
Give yourself the gift of an established yoga practice. This 5-day retreat is specifically designed for people interested in creating and maintaining a regular yoga practice. more …
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Every Body Thrive: Your Unique Path to Health Through Yoga, Massage, and Meditation
End your year with a magical experience designed to help you thrive in 2011. While winter days are getting shorter, your capacity to explore yourself is only growing. more …
Friday, December 24, 2010
Berkshires Hiking and Yoga: Awaken to the Natural World
Join outdoor guide Greg DiLisio for a weekend of adventure, rejuvenation, and relaxation. You will begin each day with the practice of qigong to cultivate energy so you can move with poise, confidence, power, and grace. more …
Kabbalah and Yoga Retreat
For people of all spiritual, religious, and nonreligious orientations. In Kabbalah, as in yoga, your body and mind are understood as sacred vessels from which you can know the Divine. more …
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Refilling Your Well: A Self-Nurturing Retreat for the Holidays
Treat yourself to a nourishing retreat during the holidays. Renew and refresh for winter and the New Year ahead. When you make self-nurturance a priority, you actively counter the effects of stress, which can eventually lead to chronic imbalances, burnout, and illness. more …
Dancing with Spirits: Afro-Cuban Music, Dance, and Tantra Yoga
There is no easier way to free your spirit and connect with heart-bursting joy than to hit the dance floor to a blazing salsa tune. Experience the deep, soul-shaking effects when you respond to the call of the drums by opening the heart and body to your internal rhythms. more …
Five-Day Yoga Retreat
For yoga practitioners (min. 1 year). Delve deeply into the tantra-based yoga of Swami Kripalu as taught by Yoganand Michael Carroll, a senior teacher in the Kripalu tradition. more …
Illumine Your Soul: A Holiday Anusara Yoga® Retreat
For practitioners with a minimum 1 year consistent asana practice any style; familiarity with Anusara Yoga recommended. This is an auspicious time to pause, reflect, and draw your attention inward to find your deepest aspirations for the coming year. more …
New Year's Spiritual Renewal Retreat
End the old year and give birth to the new in a reflective and spiritually nourishing way. Whether you are a newcomer to meditation and spiritual practice or a seasoned practitioner, this retreat will allow you to sink deeply into your heart’s knowing and fine-tune your life purpose. more …
Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness
For millennia, philosophers and poets from every culture have been fascinated by the pursuit of happiness. Both Aristotle and the Dalai Lama have called happiness our most fundamental human desire, and its pursuit is written into the Declaration of Independence. more …
Monday, December 27, 2010
Painting the Light Within: Watercolor for Self-Expression
Jeanne Carbonetti’s exciting new workshop takes you to the heart of watercolor as self-expression by working directly with light. You will learn the craft of picture making (focus, composition, values, color, and texture), the art of reading images, and the special technique of watercolor glazing. more …
The Yoga of Yes: Celebrate a New Beginning
Celebrate the dawning of the New Year in a special way. Discover the joy of being in your body and in community through yoga, movement, and improvisational play. more …
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Joy of Gentle Yoga
Enjoy the calm, peace, and self-acceptance of yoga no matter what shape you are in. Rudy Peirce takes a gentle approach, infusing his sessions with humor, humility, and warmth as he invites you into a deeply relaxing practice. more …
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Couples Bodywork: Thai for Two
For couples of all orientations. Enjoy a deeper sense of intimacy together and appreciation for each other. Couples Bodywork derives its power from yoga, Thai massage, shiatsu, and meditation. more …
JourneyDance™: Open to the Joy of Life!
Ignite your creativity and compost your craziness in a New Year’s weekend dedicated to your highest healing. Using the tools of embodiment, energy work, JourneyDance, ritual, theater, and voice, Toni Bergins will guide physical and energetic explorations to deepen your awareness and soften your mind and heart. more …
YogArts for Kids
For kids ages 5–11. YogArt is an integration of yoga, creative arts, and outdoor fun; be prepared for your kids to refuse to go home! Calling all kids who love to collect stuff outdoors, do creative art projects, have fun, and make friends. more …
Friday, December 31, 2010
Art and Yoga Retreat
Spend New Year’s weekend engaged in a dynamic blend of yoga and art. This meditative combination will help you tap into your inner world, release the past, and move into 2011 with creativity and awareness. more …
Churning the Body, Freeing the Heart: A Tantric Hatha Yoga Retreat
The tantric hatha yoga tradition assumes that we do not know who we really are—that we developed a persona to fit into the world and then forgot that we were anything but that persona. more …
Embodying the Light: A Vinyasa Yoga Intensive
Begin the New Year with practices that create a visionary and expansive relationship to life, using yoga as a means for realizing the hidden potential in each moment. more …
Introduction to Meditation
The narrow bridge between the old year and the new offers a profound opportunity for quiet contemplation. It’s a time to honor everything you have accomplished in the past year and bring yourself powerfully present to support the year to come. more …
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Wisdom of Your Body: Gentle Yoga and Mindful Eating
Start the New Year off with a workshop designed to help you cultivate a self-trusting relationship with food, your body, and yourself. All of us are born with a natural, easy connection to our bodies and the food that nourishes them. more …
The Writing Warrior: Deepening Your Writing by Bravely Facing Yourself
The winter season and the New Year create the perfect environment for reconnecting with and recommitting to your writing. The writing process creates a different path for all who take it. more …
ChiRunning® and Kripalu Yoga for the New Year: Running with the Elements
Interested in running outdoors in winter but not sure how to get started? Come learn how to apply the principles of ChiRunning and Kripalu Yoga to your running—no matter what the season. more …
Kundalini Yoga and Expressive Arts for the Fifth Chakra and Thyroid
This program is designed for everyone with an interest in the healing power of yoga and the expressive arts. The fifth chakra is the energetic center of self-expression, language, teaching, communication, and embodying dharma. more …
Yoga for Life
An integrative approach to yoga on and off the mat. Whether you are new to yoga or looking to revitalize your practice, this 5-day immersion program will provide you with the tools and inspiration you need to make yoga, and its benefits, a regular part of your life. more …
Friday, January 7, 2011
Drum Into the New Year! Yoga and Hand Drumming with Members of KDZ
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, your nature with nature. —Joseph Campbell For everyone. Infuse your New Year’s intentions with rhythm in this dynamic, fun-filled weekend of African hand drumming and Kripalu Yoga. more …
Frontiers of Trauma Treatment: A Weekend Retreat
For therapists, health professionals, yoga instructors, and other individuals interested in studying the nature and process of trauma. Overcoming trauma means learning to fully engage in the present without being hijacked by survival-related emotions and sensations. more …
Mother Tara Empowerment
Seeking healing, abundance, strength, self-confidence, and awakening? The Mother Tara Empowerment ceremony given by Lama Migmar according to the Tibetan tantric tradition has been passed through many generations of Indian yogis and Tibetan lamas. more …
New Year's Core Strength Revolution
Yoga Journal has called Sadie Nardini a “rising star” in the world of yoga. Sadie invites you to meet the New Year from your core as you journey through Patanjali’s three steps to transformation. more …
Relaxing Into the Heart of Winter
Align with nature and savor winter’s gifts as you slow down, let go, and kindle your inner glow. Designed to boost your immune system, calm your mind, and open your heart, Jillian Pransky’s nourishing retreat will leave you completely renewed and connected to yourself and nature. more …
The intenSati Method: The Seven Secret Principles to Thinner Peace
Live a life you love in a body you love. The only way to have a body you love is to treat it with gratitude and respect, and train it with integrity and enthusiasm. more …
The Yoga of Sleep Retreat
Better nights make for much better days because healthy sleep and dreams support positive mood, creativity, stamina, memory, healthy weight, heart health, and spiritual practice. more …
Unleash Your Calling: Creating the Work and Life You Love
Do you crave meaningful work? Do you yearn to express yourself creatively, help the world, and get paid for it? Your wildest dreams are not frivolous. They are your source for inspired abilities and explosive direction. more …
Yoga and the Luminous Body
This program is for people seeking greater knowledge of the realms of energy and their impact in the physical world. You will gain a clear understanding of ways you can use the world of subtle energies in your yoga practice and in everyday life for spiritual growth and optimal health. more …
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The Deep River Within: Living a Soulful Life in a 24/7 World
For women only. Beneath the busyness of daily life flows a deep river of creativity, passion, and silence, a place of contact with ourselves and what matters most. more …
Centered in the Heart: A New Year’s Renewal Through Yoga, Meditation, and Nature
For thousands of years, yoga has offered systematic ways to bring the body, mind, and spirit into harmony. As these energies align, we travel beyond our imagined limits to discover our innate capacity for happiness and wholeness. more …
Dancing with a Dervish: A Meditation and Whirling Retreat
If you want to ride the breeze of dawn into eternity, then be as dust under the hoof of the horse of the Dervish! —Rumi Explore Sufism with one of the finest whirling teachers in the world today, Khadija Radin, who has studied meditation and whirling with masters from Maui to Japan. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
Learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Namaste New York Presents: The Art of Teaching Private Yoga
For certified yoga teachers. Teaching yoga privately requires very different skills than teaching group classes. In this workshop, Julie Wald will present material not discussed in teacher training programs, and reveal the secret to building a thriving private teaching practice, or as it is called at Namaste New York, the “mojo”. more …
Friday, January 14, 2011
Drumsong: The Art and Spirit of Drumming
The rhythm of the heart is the body’s own music, and drumming can call forth this inner music. Inspired by the rhythms of Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and indigenous shamanism, Ubaka Hill weaves poetry, song, and vibrational healing into her original drumsongs. more …
Five-Element Yoga: Rejuvenation and Relaxation
Five-Element Yoga is rich soil for cultivating a living experience of the elements within us. This program draws from Ayurvedic and yogic traditions, exploring the five elements and their corresponding chakra energy centers through breathing, yoga postures, hand mudras, and the healing practice of yoga nidra (yogic sleep). more …
Mindful Alchemy: Transforming our Emotions and Personal Connections
Mindful Alchemy integrates the approaches offered in Tara Bennett-Goleman’s best-selling book Emotional Alchemy, with Daniel Goleman’s groundbreaking works, Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence. more …
New Year, New Food
Are you ready to make the dietary changes that you know will help you feel more energy, experience less stress, and create the body you want to live in? more …
The Nia Technique: Dancing Through Life with Sound and Silence
Do you want to experience your body in a way that every movement feels like you are dancing? This program will tap into the joy of movement by inviting you to dance both sound and silence through the Nia technique, an invitation to dance your uniqueness. more …
Freedom and Flow with Baptiste Power Yoga
Experience yourself like you never have before in a sweaty, adventurous, and inspiring vinyasa flow based on the dynamic yoga style created by Baron Baptiste. more …
Kripalu Ayuredic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module 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 …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module 4
Learn the deeper facets of teaching yoga, from asana and pranayama to the internal practice of stilling the mind and attuning to the multidimensional body, mind, and spirit. more …
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Legacies of the Heart: Creating Touchstones for a Life of Meaning
What does it mean to make the most of this gift of life? The dawn of a new decade is the perfect time for the gift of restful reflection and revitalizing focus. more …
The Women’s Workshop of Soul Mate Attraction
For women. Declare your readiness to attract your soul mate in 2011. Demystify the Soul Mate Attraction process in this nurturing, thought-provoking—and proven—workshop. more …
Yoga, Downhill Skiing, and Snowboarding
The winter season whispers of snowy vistas and exhilaration. Come and find your mid-winter inspiration in this revitalizing blend of masterfully guided yoga and deep relaxation, complemented with downhill skiing or snowboarding at two of the Northeast’s premier vacation settings, Kripalu Center and Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. more …
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Internal Secrets of Advancing Your Yoga Practice
The physical secrets of yoga are revealed during brief moments of intensity, but only if deep focus and patience allow their unfolding to be seen. The process begins with the cultivation of trust and ends in passionately embracing the whole of life. more …
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Self-Empowerment and Bikram Yoga
This is a program with the potential to initiate profound change in your body, mind, energy, and life. Step away from daily responsibilities and treat yourself to this special opportunity to work with time-honored wisdom, scientifically proven methods, and positive thinking. more …
Friday, January 21, 2011
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: Level 1
Joe Dispenza, featured in the award-winning film What the Bleep Do We Know!?, writes, “Only when you are able to break the habit of being yourself can a new self emerge. more …
Lose the Diet. Love Your Body. Eat in Peace.
“Lose the Diet. Love Your Body. Eat in Peace.” These words sum up licensed clinical psychologist Stacey Rosenfeld’s signature take on the diet industry and the prevalence of eating-disordered behavior in our culture. more …
Love, Sex, and Intimacy
For individuals and couples. Intimacy is to the soul as food is to the body. We are nurtured and enriched at the core of our being by the experience of deep connection. more …
The Save Your Body Parts Weekend
Are certain parts of your body getting stiffer and restricting your movements? Is an old injury still bothering you and getting even more stuck? Many of us learn to live with physical limitations when we actually don’t need to. more …
Thriving In Stressful Times: An Exploration Through Iyengar Yoga
Our minds, bodies, and spirits exist inside the pressure cooker of contemporary society. The stresses we feel are not only emotional and psychological, but also come as a result of the constant onslaught of environmental pollutants and toxins. more …
Yoga Basics for Beginners
Get started with fundamental yoga techniques that will inspire you to practice. This weekend will provide you with everything you need to begin a personal practice, including standing and sitting postures, breathing techniques, deep relaxation skills, and meditation instruction. more …
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Brainspotting: A Neurobiological Interpersonal Therapy
For psychotherapists, counselors, bodyworkers, and healers who have experience in trauma work and deep emotional healing modalities. Expand your psychotherapy skills with the new brain/body psychotherapy method called Brainspotting. more …
Insight Meditation and Mindfulness Yoga Retreat
For beginners to experienced practitioners of yoga or meditation. Experience how the integrated practices of mindfulness yoga and breath awareness can help us to live more fully and in the present moment. more …
Iyengar Yoga Intensive
For people with min. 1 year Iyengar Yoga experience. Explore the various aspects of a wise and fulfilled life through Iyengar Yoga. Guided by renowned Iyengar teacher Kofi Busia, you will spend five days experiencing the power of asana (posture) and pranayama (breath control) as well as learning to focus and develop the mind and understanding through dharana (concentration) and dhyana (meditation). more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life in midlife and beyond. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing, sensible cleanse. You will not go hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Certification: Part 2
Immerse yourself in Kripalu Yoga and learn to share the gift of yoga with others. Awaken the teacher within and discover how the tools of yoga can be used to cultivate health, facilitate psychological growth, and open the doors to spiritual transformation—for yourself and for your students. more …
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Megayoga: Yoga for Curvy Bodies
For women of all levels. Beginners welcome; must be able to get up and down from the floor without assistance. Think you have to be built like a pretzel to bend like one? more …
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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, January 28, 2011
Food for Life: The Power of a Plant Based Diet
With the right foods, you can lose weight permanently, prevent and even reverse heart disease, and reduce your chances of contracting many types of cancer. more …
LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood
How can you commit to happiness in the face of a challenging and sometimes violent world? This weekend will help you cultivate the compassionate inner space that allows you to embrace life’s challenges with a peaceful mind and a courageous heart. more …
Living Tantra™: Tantra and Kundalini
The awakening of kundalini is the heart of tantra. Kundalini shakti is the primordial pool of energy and consciousness; the living goddess in the human body; and an inexhaustible source of power and freedom, healing and nourishment, pleasure and joy that empowers us to live fully and joyfully. more …
Snowshoeing and Yoga
If you enjoy yoga and outdoor winter sports, you’ll love this program. The miles of trails surrounding Kripalu offer exquisite vistas, snow-covered forests, and the opportunity to explore the beauty of winter in a leisurely way—on snowshoes. more …
The Art of Reiki: Reiki 1
Because your body is a constantly changing and renewing energy system, you have the opportunity in every moment to re-create yourself in wholeness. Reiki, a gentle, hands-on healing art of Japanese origin, reconnects you with your ability to heal yourself, others, and animals. more …
Writing Inner Wisdom: Spiritual Growth Through Journal Writing
We dance ’round in a ring and suppose/ but the Secret sits in the Center, and knows. —Robert Frost Every spiritual practice holds that wisdom from a higher mind becomes accessible when we turn within. more …
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Finding Your Passion: A Unique Yoga-Inspired Retreat
Open the door to your passion and renew your sense of purpose and connection. This 2-day yoga-inspired retreat will integrate postures, journaling, chanting, and breathwork to help you discover how to live your life with clear intention and make choices that really serve you. more …
The Art of Reiki: Reiki 2
Because your body is a constantly changing and renewing energy system, you have the opportunity in every moment to re-create yourself in wholeness. Reiki, a gentle, hands-on healing art of Japanese origin, reconnects you with your ability to heal yourself, others, and animals. more …
The Psychology of Symptoms: A Body-Mind Approach to Healing
The body speaks to you through symptoms. Symptoms call out to you about changes that need to be made-repressed feelings, ignored or disowned parts of the psyche. more …
The Write Way to Wellness: A Journal Therapy Intensive for Helping Professionals
For mental-health and health-care professionals and other experienced facilitators of personal process. It’s no secret that writing out thoughts and feelings builds bridges to inner strength, self-understanding, and mind-body awareness. more …
Zen and Intimacy
At its heart, Zen practice is about intimacy—with self, with loved ones, with life as it is, and with all that we encounter. To be intimate is to be authentic and true to our life. more …
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Art of Reiki: Reiki Master Training Levels 1 and 2
Becoming a Reiki master gives you a deeper experience of the extraordinary healing and transformative powers of Reiki. The Reiki master attunement and symbol strengthen your skill and effectiveness as a Reiki practitioner and enhance your ability to energetically heal, communicate, and promote balance on all levels. more …
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Thriving: A New Year, A New Way … A Truly Healthy Life
As winter progresses, New Year’s resolutions wane and willpower begins to weaken. Maria Sirois urges you to hold fast! With research from the fields of positive psychology and mind-body medicine, she will help you understand the elements necessary for sustainable transformation. more …
Turning Inward: A Winter Yoga Practice
The dark of winter and its inherent stillness nurtures an inner vitality that will organically unfold in the spring. Stillness helps you to replenish your energy and gives you time for personal intentions to incubate like seeds in the dark earth. more …
Friday, February 4, 2011
Establishing and Evolving Your Yoga and Meditation Practice: A Transformational Weekend Retreat
Are you looking to create dynamic change in your life? Whether you are a beginner trying to establish a consistent daily practice, or a long-term practitioner wanting to increase the power and precision of your yoga and meditation practice, this retreat will provide a nourishing sanctuary in which to cultivate empowerment on all levels. more …
Feed Your Fire: The Secret to Self-Healing
For all, including women health-care providers and teachers. Susan Taylor, a nutritional biochemist who has trained in yogic science for the past 30 years, has brought East and West together to create the Feed Your Fire system of healing, restoration, and rejuvenation for women. more …
Getting Your Groove Back
Do you feel fried? Grouchy? Ready to revive? If so, Joan Borysenko has designed a weekend retreat just for you. A pioneer in mind-body medicine, psychologist, and interspiritual teacher—and a formerly “fried” human being—Joan will help you tune back into your own essential wisdom. more …
Goddess in the Bedroom: Awaken, Ignite, Unleash
For women. Within every woman there is a Goddess waiting to be awakened. This Goddess is worthy of love and all the sexual, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual pleasures of life. more …
Masala Bhangra Workout®
For all fitness levels. Dance your way to fitness! The Masala Bhangra Workout® is an exercise dance routine that blends the traditional high-energy folk dance steps of Bhangra, which originated in the state of Punjab, India, with a dash of Masala, which means "spicy" in Hindi. more …
Nonviolent Communication to Improve Your Relationships: Enjoying Difficult Conversations
How do you respond to difficult people and challenging situations? Do you create closer relationships by transforming judgment and blame into mutual understanding? more …
Partner Yoga for Couples
For couples. Bring your beloved to a fun-filled, spiritually uplifting, and invigorating weekend of partner yoga for couples. As you learn how to breathe and flow together on the mat, you’ll learn how to find ease and balance in your relationship off the mat. more …
Yoga for Athletes: Strength, Flexibility, and Focus
Athletes are often turned off by yoga because it seems too hard, too easy, or out of sync with their training. Triathlete, coach, and yoga teacher Sage Rountree demystifies yoga and explains exactly how it fits with training and competition. more …
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Digestive Health: A Holistic Approach
Restore your digestive health naturally. Do you suffer from chronic gastrointestinal symptoms? Do find yourself taking expensive medications or over-the-counter drugs just so you can eat without discomfort? more …
Ayurvedic Bodywork Treatments: Garshana, Abhyanga, and Netra Basti
For bodyworkers (see note below). For thousands of years, Ayurvedic treatments have been used to cleanse, heal, and harmonize body, mind, and spirit. more …
Dancing the Internal Body
Acclaimed New York City choreographer and dancer Maureen Fleming creates surreal movement poetry that gives birth to a new vision of the body. Her distinctive approach to sculptural movement can help you access creative inspiration and learn to move in new and transformative ways. more …
Designing and Leading Transformational Workshops
Immerse yourself in a life-transforming retreat that will change forever the way you teach and lead groups. Cultivate your skills in designing and leading experiences that touch the heart, move the imagination, and inspire self-discovery. more …
Gentle Yoga and Meditation for Vitality and Serenity
Enjoy the calm, peace, and self-acceptance of yoga no matter what shape you are in. Rudy Peirce takes a gentle approach, infusing his sessions with humor and warmth as he invites you to go at your own pace in this ultimate “chill-out” yoga program. more …
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Moving Inward: An Iyengar Workshop for Intermediate Students
For intermediate yoga students with a regular practice that includes backbends and inversions (must be able to do a 5-minute shoulderstand and 5-minute headstand, unless injured). more …
Friday, February 11, 2011
Awakening Bhakti: A Celebration of Divine and Human Love
Join Jai Uttal, Daniel Paul, and friends this Valentine’s Day weekend and awaken the romance that has no beginning or end, the love affair with the greatest lover of all, who lives forever inside of our hearts. more …
Couples Cooking
For all couples; all versions of coupling welcome. Sharing food develops and deepens relationships. When you take this a step further and plan, shop, and cook together, it can foster healing on all levels and nurture a profound connection. more …
Crazy Sexy Life: An Adventure in Health, Spiritual Wealth, and Happiness
Are you ready to live like you mean it? Want to change, but don’t know where to begin? Get ready to ignite your spark, get over your fear, and plug into your Crazy Sexy potential. more …
Evidence-Based Traditional Taiji (Tai Chi) and Qigong: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Master Yang is a traditionally trained, internationally recognized tai chi and qigong master who has distilled the essential aspects of these arts into an easy-to-learn program for people of all ages and physical abilities. more …
Snowshoe, Stretch, and Relax in the Berkshires: Awaken to the Natural World
Join outdoor guide Greg DiLisio for a weekend of adventure, rejuvenation, and relaxation. Your days will start off with qigong to cultivate energy so you can snowshoe with poise, confidence, power, and grace. more …
Soul Discoveries Through the Diamond Approach®: Living from Strength and Compassion
In difficult times, we turn inward to rediscover the essential qualities and spiritual resources to support us in seeking our hearts’ desires. This weekend will introduce the Diamond Approach, and its primary practice of experiential inquiry into how the soul gets structured in ways that occlude connection to our innate strength and compassion. more …
The Shaman's Way of Healing
Experience the core practices of shamanic energy medicine as taught in the Healing the Light Body School. These ancient practices are presented in a scientific and practical system of energy healing that will allow you to discover states of exceptional health and well-being, and enable you to dream and live your highest possible destiny. more …
Vinyasa Flow: Flowing Through the Elements - A Kripalu Approach
This rejuvenating asana-based weekend will take you into the depths of vinyasa flow and the inquiry of yoga. Through a challenging yet compassionate practice, the Kripalu methodology will allow you to experience vinyasa flow in a new and empowering way. more …
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Meridian Touch Effortless Yoga
Imagine learning a yogic art that has no form, in which your feelings, reactions, sensations, and intuition are honored above all else as the guides on your journey of healing movement and deeper self and somatic awareness. more …
Coming Home to Your Sacred Body: Living and Loving the Dance of Your Life
Would you like to feel free and fully at home in your body? Are you seeking a daily plan for nurturing self-awareness and self-healing? This experiential program offers a new way to live in your body and love your life. more …
Thai Yoga Massage 1: Lotus Palm School Certification
Read more about the full Lotus Palm certification program. Start a career in Thai Yoga Massage, a dynamic therapy for physical well-being and spiritual energy. more …
Yoga, Downhill Skiing, and Snowboarding
The winter season whispers of snowy vistas and exhilaration. Come and find your mid-winter inspiration in this revitalizing blend of masterfully guided yoga and deep relaxation, complemented with downhill skiing or snowboarding at two of the Northeast’s premier vacation settings, Kripalu Center and Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. more …
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Prana Yoga Intensive
For yoga practitioners with min. 2 months of experience with basic postures as well as yoga teachers. Prana Yoga uses chakra sound vibrations and basic breathing techniques practiced while holding yoga postures to bring you fully present, creating a deeper experience of prana (life force) within you. more …
Pure Bliss: Self-Care Using the Expressive Arts
Do you want to bring into awareness aspects of yourself that you sense are there but can’t clearly see? Now is your chance to engage and awaken those aspects through creative exercises designed to take you on a journey of self-discovery. more …
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sharing Your Life Story: From the Page to the Stage
Everything in your life, from the mundane to the extraordinary, is a story waiting to be told. This workshop is an invitation for you to discover your own unique and powerful story. more …
The Yoga of Happiness
Treat yourself to a weekend of transformation with Harshada Wagner. The Sanskrit word “harshada” means “full of ecstasy, joy, and delight,” qualities he brings to his teaching. more …
Anusara Yoga® Weekend: Asana as a Celebration of the Heart
For students of all levels and all yoga traditions; no Anusara experience necessary. Deepen your understanding and practice of asana as an artistic expression of your devotion to the essence of life. more …
Be Receptive to the Light Within: The Illumined Path of Dharma Yoga
1 year of yoga experience recommended. The legendary Dharma Mittra, now 71, has been a full-time independent teacher of yogic disciplines since 1967. more …
Couples Bodywork: Thai for Two
For couples of all orientations. Enjoy a deeper sense of intimacy together and appreciation for each other. Couples Bodywork derives its power from yoga, Thai massage, shiatsu, and meditation. more …
Cross-Country Skiing and Yoga Retreat
Cross-country skiing is one of the best total-body, nonimpact aerobic exercises, and yoga is a superb way to prepare for and wind down from your cross-country workouts. more …
Deepening Your Love: A Retreat for Couples
For couples of any length of commitment and any sexual orientation. Deepening Your Love is a soulful, practical, and experiential couples retreat. In a safe environment of mindfulness and self-exploration, you will successfully transform many of the issues with which all couples struggle: intimacy, communication, conflict, meeting each other’s needs, and making time for pleasure and fun. more …
Seven Windows to the Soul:Transformation Through the Chakras
This workshop will introduce you to the experience of the seven sacred energy centers, or chakras, that spin at the core of your being, generating your life patterns and physical health. more …
Kripalu Ayuredic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module 2
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 …
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Integrative Weight Loss
Learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Somatic Healing Process
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 …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Certification: Monthlong Intensive
Immerse yourself in Kripalu Yoga and learn to share the gift of yoga with others. Awaken the teacher within and discover how the tools of yoga can be used to cultivate health, facilitate psychological growth, and open the doors to spiritual transformation—for yourself and for your students. more …
Monday, February 21, 2011
Creation is Ecstasy: Manifestation Through the Chakras
Are you ready to create the life of your dreams? Would you like to learn a step-by-step method for making your dreams come true? Manifestation is joyous when you know how to break through the blocks that stand in the way. more …
I See You/You See Me: A Photography Workshop for Teens and Parents (Adults)
For parents, preteens ages 11+, and teens; no photography experience necessary. Seeing You/Seeing Me offers teenagers and parents the opportunity to use portrait photography to explore the many facets and moods of their relationships. more …
I See You/You See Me: A Photography Workshop for Teens and Parents (Ages 11–17)
For parents, preteens ages 11+, and teens; no photography experience necessary. Seeing You/Seeing Me offers teenagers and parents the opportunity to use portrait photography to explore the many facets and moods of their relationships. more …
Stress Relief Through Guided Relaxation, Imagery, and Yoga Meditation
Maximize your energy and health by finally getting the practical formula you need for managing stress using guided relaxation, imagery, yoga meditation, and sensible lifestyle changes as your tools. more …
What Kids Like to Eat (Adults)
For parents and kids ages 6 and older. Learn how to make healthy meals and snacks that kids want to eat. Parents and kids alike will have fun designing nutritious menus and cooking the kinds of foods that kids enjoy—both vegetarian and nonvegetarian. more …
What Kids Like to Eat (Kids)
For parents and kids ages 6 and older. Learn how to make healthy meals and snacks that kids want to eat. Parents and kids alike will have fun designing nutritious menus and cooking the kinds of foods that kids enjoy—both vegetarian and nonvegetarian. more …
Friday, February 25, 2011
Ayurveda and Weight Loss: A Permanent Solution to Weight Gain, Cravings, and Emotional Eating
Ayurveda has been used to treat stress as the cause of disease for at least 5,000 years. To permanently control your mood and weight, you must convince your cells that you aren’t in the midst of an emergency. more …
Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Helathier, Happier You
Brant Secunda and Mark Allen invite you to an extraordinary weekend of health and healing based on their groundbreaking best-seller, Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You. more …
The Architecture of Energy: Merging the Subtle Body and Experiential Anatomy Through Yoga
Do you crave more from your yoga practice than a good workout? One of yoga’s primary aims is the cultivation of self-knowledge; this knowledge must incorporate and yet transcend the view of the body as a mere physical construct. more …
The Evolution of Yoga: From Form to Freedom
The practice of yoga is an evolutionary experience. Passed down through oral tradition and ancient texts, and reinterpreted by master practitioners, the discipline of yoga is limitless. more …
Positional Therapy, Level 1: Experiential Approach to Strain-Counterstrain & Muscle Energy Technique
For bodyworkers, yoga teachers, nurses, chiropractors, and interested individuals. This amazing therapy for recovery from chronic pain is very gentle and easy to learn and works when many other approaches fail. 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 …
Yoga Tune Up® Teacher Training: A Certification for Yoga and Fitness Teachers Level 1
For people with teaching experience in yoga, Pilates, group fitness, personal training, massage therapy, or dance. Yoga Tune Up is a potent new style of yoga that strikes a balance between the worlds of yoga and fitness, attracting students of all ages and body types. more …
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Insight Yoga Teacher Training Intensive: Yin/Yang/Mindfulness Level 1
For teachers and dedicated practitioners with at least 2 years of yoga experience and a strong interest in meditation. Deepen your understanding of the experiential, philosophical, and practical application of yoga and mindfulness meditation. more …
Integrative Weight Loss: The Next Step
This unique 5-day program is designed exclusively for past participants of Kripalu’s popular Integrative Weight Loss (IWL) program. Building on the principles and skills explored in IWL, guests will share their experiences, learn new tools for overcoming barriers, and create sustainable strategies for maintaining a healthy weight and living as fully as possible. more …
The Jaguar Path In-Depth Training: Passwords and Tracking
The Jaguar Path is a four-part course that will train you in the use of yogic science and philosophy as energy medicine. Sourced from both yogic and shamanic traditions, this training enables people to understand and activate their innate healing power. more …
Monday, February 28, 2011
Positional Therapy, Level 2: Strain-Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique
Positional Therapy is a cutting-edge program for recovery from chronic pain that can be used for self-healing and with family, friends, and clients. Through simple hands-on techniques, the body’s habitual holding pattern in a particular area is released. more …
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
For all yoga teachers. When the body is fully supported, it will naturally relax, releasing deeply held tensions. Restorative yoga is the yoga of non-doing, and focuses on effortlessness and ease, using well-placed blankets, bolsters, yoga straps, and chairs to safely support the body in various postures. more …
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Reconnective Healing Seminar: Levels 1 and 2
For beginning and advanced healing practitioners. Discover why hospitals and universities across the country are investing time and money in an attempt to explain Eric Pearl’s unique healing abilities. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing, sensible cleanse. You will not go hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Friday, March 4, 2011
Align Your Flow
When you link breath and movement, you discover an essential connection to your yoga postures, one that can illuminate and inform how you practice. This connection simultaneously builds heat and focuses the mind. more …
Lessons From the Mystics
A mystic is not so much a special kind of person as every person is potentially a special kind of mystic. Mystics are not aloof from the turmoil, chaos, and pleasures of the world. more …
Men's Yoga for the Soul
For all men; no yoga experience necessary. Recharge, rejuvenate, and reconnect in a unique men’s program that blends yoga practice, relaxation, meditation, and healthy living. more …
The Joy of Living Meditation Retreat
Created by the brilliant Tibetan meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche, the Joy of Living Meditation Retreat will show you how meditation can help create a peaceful mind and a joyful heart. more …
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Yoga, Mudra, and Meditation for Women: A Manifestation Retreat
For all women; no previous yoga experience necessary. Is it possible to create what you truly desire in life? We believe so! This extraordinary workshop is about learning how to manifest your dreams—whether you’re looking for your ideal job, seeking a life partner, or dealing with challenges. more …
Friday, March 11, 2011
A Workshop on The Artist's Way: Creative Myths and Monsters
Don’t wait any longer. Discover and recover your creative self with Julia Cameron, author of the groundbreaking book The Artist’s Way. Stop telling yourself “It’s too late”; stop waiting until you make enough money to do something you love; stop thinking it’s just your ego whenever you yearn for a more creative life. more …
Breath, Bandhas, and Beyond
The underlying work in your asana practice is supporting the sacred architecture that promotes ease of breath and absorption of prana. Your actions within the postures create the magic valves (bandhas) containing the inner heat to clear the nadis (energetic channels). more …
Fearless Loving
Ready to be happy just being you? Is it time to fall madly in love with the person you see in the mirror? You are the only person who can decide how much love is in your life by accepting yourself right now, as you are. more …
Holistic Eye Care: Improve and Save Your Sight Naturally
The eyes are the windows to the soul. This eye-opening workshop offers a holistic approach to eye care for those who want to improve and preserve their eyesight and become less dependent on glasses or contacts. more …
Introduction to Meditation
Have you heard about the benefits of meditation and wondered what the practice is really like? Or perhaps you’ve had some meditation instruction but not yet found a technique that fits your temperament and lifestyle, one that allows you to sustain a regular practice. more …
Launch Your Yoga Journey, Enrich Your Life!
Take an excursion into yoga that will enrich your life. This comprehensive workshop will give you a clear and practical grounding in yoga. Many “Westernized” versions of yoga miss the essence of the practice, but Cathy Woods captures that essence, giving you an easy-to-follow base for embarking on your yogic journey. more …
The Power of Imagery for Health and Well-Being: Strengthen the Pelvic Core, Liberate Your Spine
Create a fresh understanding of the way your body is designed in order to liberate your ability to move freely and create health. This workshop with Eric Franklin, founder of the Franklin Method, will concentrate on the pelvic core and the spine, a masterpiece of design containing more than 100 joints and associated muscles and ligaments. more …
The Shapeshifting Buddha
Prophecies from indigenous traditions the world over tell us that now is the time to embrace our higher potential. Medicine people from diverse cultures have anticipated this era as one to share long-held secret teachings, prophecies, and sacred ceremonies with the rest of humanity. more …
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The Self Behind the Symptom: How Shadow Voices Heal Us
Underneath many physical or psychological symptoms, a part of you is struggling to be heard. Somatic therapist Judith Hendin teaches a process that uses subtle energy work, soulful movement, and insightful dialogue to access those messages. more …
Creating Health and Harmony: An Ayurvedic Retreat
Discover a natural, individualized approach to living well. Need a lifestyle boost? Heard of Ayurveda but not sure where to start? Increasingly popular, Ayurveda is an ancient system of holistic medicine based on understanding the natural balances in nature and how they apply to our daily lives. more …
Moving Through the Steps
For people in a 12-Step program or recovery process who have been alcohol- and recreational drug-free for one year. Come prepared to do deep personal growth work in this intensive retreat as you strengthen your connection to the principles of recovery and the universal wisdom inherent in the 12 Steps. more …
The Art of Energy-Healing Massage: Advanced Techniques for Professionals
For massage therapists, bodyworkers, nurses, those who practice touch-oriented modalities including energetic healing, and health-care practitioners. The true gift of touch therapies occurs when the practitioner is able to refine his or her own ability to drop into the subtle healing energies that flow in and around all of us. more …
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Know Thy Selves: What Do We Do with All These Voices in Our Heads?
Have you ever wondered, “What are these voices in my head? One minute I feel this, the next I feel that. What’s really going on? Why do I react the way I do, and why can’t I relax? 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 …
Friday, March 18, 2011
Creating Ease in Your Life: An Introduction to Yoga, Stress Management, and Meditation
What will your life look like in 5, 10, or 20 years? Are you setting the stage today for a fulfilled and vibrant life? It’s never too late to discover the profound healing benefits of yoga, meditation, and stress management techniques, including Increased flexibility, stamina, strength, muscle tone, and range of motion in the joints Healthier breathing and sleeping patterns and cardiopulmonary functioning Detoxification and more efficient metabolism Overall well-being and ease in daily life. more …
Healing the Undervalued Self: A New Approach to Feeling Good
Want to reduce the lack of confidence that holds you back? Feel less tense at work? Be loving, even during conflict? Better handle people and situations that make you feel bad? more …
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga
Join David Swenson, one of the world’s foremost instructors of Ashtanga Yoga, for an introductory workshop on the foundations of Ashtanga Yoga and the general flow of the practice. more …
The End of Seeking and Struggle: Awakening Beyond the Dream of Duality
When our experience is shaped by thought, our predominant perspective is that of a self and world divided by should and shouldn’ts, rights and wrongs, desires and aversions. more …
The Pleasures of Principle-Based Partner Yoga™
Principle-Based Partner Yoga is a visionary approach to yoga that expands the traditional practice into the realm of relationships. Designed for two or more people, Principle-Based Partner Yoga utilizes the forms and principles of individual postures while incorporating the presence of another to deepen the impact of the experience. more …
The Yoga of Cooking: Creating Healthy Relationships with Your Kitchen and Your Food
Does the thought of going into your kitchen and cooking meals on a regular basis create feelings of dread or despair? Would you like to experience the healing potential that lives in your food? more …
WAVES: A 5Rhythms® Moving Meditation
Join Jonathan Horan in an exploration of the instinctive, intuitive world within, an exquisite, wild kingdom hidden in the hands and hips, roots and limbs, bones and breath, spirit and flesh. more …
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sacred Yogic Spaces: The Master's Eye
Bringing the internal invisible into daily awareness offers precious possibilities for living a full and cherished life. Join Kim Valeri for a yoga program to awaken perception and enliven spiritual awareness through. more …
SourcePoint Therapy®: Working with the Blueprint
For professional health and healing professionals as well as anyone personally interested. SourcePoint Therapy is a simple approach to energy medicine. 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 …
The Adventures of Sita and Rama, Costarring Hanuman
In Vedic literature, the allegorical lives of Sita and Rama, with the divine servant Hanuman, are filled with adventure, mystical mantras, and dramatic struggle. more …
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The Complete Kitchen Garden
Creating a vegetable garden is much more than just planting seeds; it is a practice that connects us with nature and the beauty that is reflected in the food we eat. more …
Friday, March 25, 2011
A Vibrational Approach to Healing Pain and Illness with EFT
Emotional conflicts and stress get stored in our bodies, draining our immune systems and resulting in pain, illness, and overall fatigue. Once these energetic patterns of illness are established, specific techniques are needed to release and heal them. more …
Integral Anatomy: Embracing the Layers of Your Self
This workshop offers a unique tour of the whole body from an integral perspective. Using images from a dissection laboratory, the environment, and the culture at large, we will explore the textural layers that comprise the human form. more …
Liberating Your Authentic Self: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be
Imagine leaving this weekend having rediscovered and liberated the powerful, confident, joyful, and magnificent person you were born to be. Imagine what life would be like if you could reclaim your innate strengths, free yourself from the limiting patterns that keep a lid on your potential, and fully activate that potential in every aspect of your life. more …
Medical Qigong: The Alchemy of Healing
Medical qigong is a 3,000-year-old healing system that utilizes the energy channels and vital points of the body for the treatment of illness. From antiquity, Taoist alchemists have viewed energetic blockages as the cause of disease. more …
The Natural Singer
Come celebrate the magnificent healing power of your own voice. Whether you already sing, or have always wished you could, this workshop provides a remarkable environment and opportunity to improve your voice and sing your heart open. more …
Yoga: The Art of Attention
Your attention is ultimately your only art, your true offering to the world through your work, creativity, relationships, and daily practices. And your yoga is an ideal context for reawakening and refining your attention in order to optimize your talents in every aspect of life. more …
Kripalu Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Certification: Advanced Studies in Yoga and Ayurveda
This 7-day intensive course deepens your knowledge of the relationship between yoga and Ayurveda, with classes focused on cultivating prana (life force) and agni (inner fire). more …
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain: Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity
Learn to manage stress and break the mental patterns that keep you trapped in habitual and unproductive attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors. New research shows that the brain is amazingly adaptable, constantly rewiring itself in response to events. more …
Five Days to Establish Yoga, Breath, Meditation, and Deep Relaxation
Give yourself the gift of an established yoga practice. This 5-day retreat is specifically designed for people interested in creating and maintaining a regular yoga practice. more …
Live Your Yoga, Teach Your Yoga
For all yoga teachers. This training will leave you confident in your innate magnetism as a teacher and human being as well as clear in ways of communicating the ancient practices of yoga as accessible experiences for students of all levels. more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life in midlife and beyond. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
Thai Yoga Massage 2: Lotus Palm School Certification
Read more about the full Lotus Palm certification program. For students who have taken Thai Yoga Massage 1 or equivalent Thai Yoga Massage training. more …
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Energy Intensive: Meditation, Yoga, and Breathwork
Come experience Kripalu Yoga’s unique approach to personal transformation in a program that’s practical, integrative, and fun. Two of Kripalu’s outstanding teachers lead this exploration of the profound relationship between energy and consciousness, which is the essence of yoga and the foundation of all mind-body approaches. more …
The Power of a Loving Heart: Devotional Chanting and Loving-Kindness Meditation
Cultivate your natural capacity for faith, compassion, and love with leading spiritual guides Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg. Combining the complementary practices of devotional chanting and loving-kindness meditation, we come together to discover and celebrate the power of the heart. more …
Friday, April 15, 2011
Kripalu Ayuredic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module 3
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 …
Sunday, April 24, 2011
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Art of Co-Facilitation
For those who have taken Module 1 or 2 of the SomaSoul Training. SomaSoul is a mind-body healing therapy that integrates the expressive arts, body psychotherapy and somatics for self-discovery and healing. more …
Spring Cleanse with Ayurveda
This immersion week is a wonderful opportunity to start fresh and renewed as you enter the spring season of new growth and rebirth. Ayurvedic wisdom recommends working with the body’s natural shifts that occur at the juncture of seasons. more …
Friday, May 13, 2011
Maya Yoga Vinyasa: Sustainable Practice, Sustainable Life
A full description of this program is coming soon. We invite you to register now to ensure your place and check back at a later date for the description. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module 1
Learn the deeper facets of teaching yoga, from asana and pranayama to the internal practice of stilling the mind and attuning to the multidimensional body, mind, and spirit. more …
Friday, June 10, 2011
Kripalu Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module 4
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 …
