Calendar of Programs
Friday, May 24, 2013
LifeForce Yoga® and Internal Family Systems for Your Anxious Parts
Do worry, anxiety, or fear keep you from seeing who you really are and fully engaging in life? Join the best-selling author of Yoga for Depression and a senior trainer in the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy and learn to access the natural compassion and wisdom beneath your anxiety. more
Friday, May 31, 2013
The Presence of Breath
Breathe your way to a more healthy and joyful you in a weekend that opens the door to profound life changes and self-empowerment. Utilizing the tools of Transformational Breathing and the Presence Process (the work of Michael Brown), this workshop takes you on a journey from the transfixed physical state to the vibrational state of Presence. more
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Total Immersion for Total Transformation
Get ready for five intense days of ecstatic rebirth. Raphael Cushnir creates a safe and gentle environment to help call forth your very best, using tools such as emotional-release work, journaling, small-group exercises, meditation, movement, yoga, chant, collage, subtle-energy practices, and mind-heart attunements. more
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Releasing the Inner Magician: A Body-Centered Experience to Unlock Inner Resources
Are you using your inherent powers to work magic? This delightful retreat with Deborah Sandella, originator of the groundbreaking RIM Method, guides you to unleash hidden, inner resources for insight, healing, and decision-making. more
Friday, July 26, 2013
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 workshop draws on Gestalt, bioenergetics, focusing, witnessing, and mindfulness practices. more
Friday, August 23, 2013
A Women's Spiritual Retreat: Learning How to Love Ourselves
For women. The root of human suffering is self-judgment and the belief that something is wrong with us. This fundamental lack of security translates into anxiety, depression, addiction, and burnout. more
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Yoga to Redefine Ourselves After Loss
Regardless of our belief system, the natural human response to any loss is grief. That loss may be the death of a loved one, but the mind and body also react with grief to the loss of a pet, a job, a dream, or even the discontinuation of a preferred brand of sneakers. more
Friday, September 27, 2013
Inner Bonding: The Power to Heal Yourself
Heal the cycle of shame and self-abandonment that leads to anxiety, depression, addiction, aloneness, and relationship failure. Discover how to love yourself rather than abandon yourself, and learn to make your best decisions through consistent connection with your personal source of spiritual guidance. more
Monday, October 14, 2013
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
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Inner Quest Intensive
All-inclusive price: $570 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, October 18, 2013
Calm Your Inner Critic and Quiet Your Anxious Mind
Many of us live with the constant self-talk of a harsh inner critic who thwarts spontaneity, holds us hostage to anxiety, dampens freedom of expression, feeds perfectionism, and leaves us feeling inadequate. more
Yoga for the Nervous System: Healing Anxiety, Insomnia, and Chronic Stress
Anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, and chronic stress exist not only in the mind, but also in the brain and body. The nervous system is the gateway to changing these emotional patterns: When it’s in a constant state of overdrive, change is difficult at best. more
Friday, October 25, 2013
Frontiers of Trauma Treatment: A Weekend Retreat
For health professionals, yoga instructors, and others interested in the nature of trauma. Overcoming trauma means learning to fully engage in the present without being hijacked by survival-related emotions and sensations. more
Healing the Cause of Anxiety and Depression with Ayurveda
Your innate nature is joyful and loving. Learn how to make this your reality in an Ayurvedic program that explores ways of healing anxiety and depression. more
Friday, November 1, 2013
From Grieving to Believing: The Soul in Transformation
Are you yearning for a loved one who has died? Do you feel regret or guilt, or just want to feel that soul connection again? Combining grief work with mediumship has never been done before at Kripalu. more
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Savoring Life's Lessons: Grief, Loss, and Renewal
Healing from grief is a journey from heartbreak to wholeness, from darkness to light. We all experience loss in many forms. Unfortunately our culture offers limited support and few rituals to help us move forward through the many layers of grief but yogic philosophy gives us a roadmap with which to find our way through these difficult feelings. more
Friday, November 22, 2013
Gateway Of The Heart
The opening of your heart in this weekend comes from both an outer, physical release and a subtle inner softening. Using the practices of asana, guided contemplations, chanting, and meditation, you experience both kinds of openings simultaneously, while absorbing the teachings of the ancients to provide a deep and enriching experience. more




