Calendar of Programs
show details of programs in progressFriday, June 1, 2012
A Taste of Ashtanga: A Retreat for Detox and Rejuvenation
Immerse yourself in a weekend of yoga and the awakening light of early June in New England. This workshop begins with a short discussion of the classical eight-limbed path of Ashtanga Yoga, followed by stretching, sweating, and lots of unwinding with breath and meditation. more …
Bhakti Vinyasa: Devotion in Motion
Many of us practice yoga to get out of our heads, off our to-do lists, and into a deeper experience. But somehow much of the yoga we do uses our intellectual mind to micromanage the body. more …
Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
Ellen J. Langer’s book, Counterclockwise, is being made into a movie starring Jennifer Aniston. Ellen’s groundbreaking studies, including the Counterclockwise study, have led to a remarkable set of findings on the practical applications of mindfulness for health: When people are taught to be mindful in a fashion very different from meditation, they become more creative, healthier, and happier. more …
Creating Ease: An Introduction to Yoga, Meditation, and Stress Management
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. more …
Devotion: Crafting Your Journey Inward Through Memoir
How do we begin to know our own stories, and tell them in a way that feels universal? How can we structure our inward journeys so that they resonate with others? more …
New Body! Pilates: Transform and Empower from the Inside Out
For Pilates beginners, enthusiasts, and professionals. Meet yourself on the mat in a whole new way! With Pilates pioneer and master teacher Jennifer Kries as your guide, cultivate powerful core strength and discover your inner radiance. more …
Structural Yoga Remedies
Are you looking to live without pain? Practice the proper yoga postures for your specific condition and discover how easy it is to live pain free. When the body is in balance, many conditions, such as low back and neck pain, sciatica, knee pain, and other ailments, simply melt away. more …
The Mantras of Spiritual Warriors
Get in touch with the spiritual warrior within as you practice chanting mantras from the Kundalini Yoga tradition that open, balance, and rejuvenate the third and fourth chakras. more …
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 …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour New York: Session 9
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in New York City at YoGanesh Yoga Studio in Chelsea. This non-residential training will be offered 10 weekends from February to June. more …
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Mantra Medicine Wheel
The Mantra Medicine Wheel is a sacred constellation of eight mantras that balance and strengthen all seven chakras and the aura. In the technology of Kundalini Yoga, there are specific mantras, meditations, and yoga postures that focus on each chakra. more …
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 …
In the Eye of the Storm: Buddhist Practices for Taking Adversity as a Path
When we encounter difficult outer circumstances, our tendency is to want to avoid or fix them. When we meet challenging emotions, we want to suppress them or find a way to escape from what we are feeling. more …
Quarter-Life Calling: Creating an Extraordinary Life in Your 20's
For adults ages 21–29. Your 20s can be a time of possibility, inspiration, and the discovery of your deepest values and truths. It can also be a time of challenge as you begin creating the kind of life your soul is calling for. more …
Transform and Empower: The Pilates Mat Teacher Training and Immersion (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. For intermediate and advanced students with at least 1 year of Pilates experience. Renowned Pilates pioneer Jennifer Kries brings her specialized Pilates Mat Teacher Training to Kripalu for the first time ever. 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 …
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, June 4, 2012
A Wellness Retreat for People Living with Parkinson’s and Their Care Partners
Kripalu Healthy Living, in collaboration with the National Parkinson Foundation, offers this unqiue program taught by a leading disorder neurologist, Parkinson’s specialists, and senior Kripalu faculty. more …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The Yoga of Shakespeare: To Thine Own Self Be True
Shakespeare brings to light common patterns of human nature and spiritual inquiry that match teachings in revered yogic, Buddhist, and Zen texts. He wrote, “To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. more …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing cleanse. Have no fear of going hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Friday, June 8, 2012
Divine Attention: Feed Your Soul
Would you like to be more consistently carefree and calm in every interaction of your life? Elena Brower offers her signature artful, steady asana sequencing and truthful dialogue in this weekend of honesty, nourishment, and healing. more …
Introduction to Yoga and Meditation
Do you want to try yoga and meditation but don’t know where to begin? Are you looking for a safe and welcoming environment in which to explore the basics? more …
New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health and Healing
Our bodies function as dynamic electrical circuits, with our cells transmitting and receiving energy. Cancer occurs in cells lacking energy, and heart failure is literally the result of an energy-starved heart. more …
Prime of Life Yoga® for Couples: A New Approach to Yoga for Midlife and Beyond (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. The concept of midlife is expanding its boundaries. Men and women from 40-something to well into their 70s and beyond are more vibrant, active, and adventuresome than ever before. more …
The Power of Your Spirit
The power of Spirit is the most authentic, genuine, and lasting power you have in your life. You cannot control the world outside, but you can, with the power of Spirit, create a sense of inner purpose that brings about deep satisfaction and personal peace, no matter what is going on around you. more …
Kripalu Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module Four
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, June 10, 2012
Detox for Health and Healing
Your jump start for healthier living. Detoxification is a natural body process that is compromised when our system becomes overloaded from poor diet, allergies, stress, infections, and toxins such as heavy metals. more …
Embodying the Dream: The Practice of Archetypal Dreamwork
Are you ready to step into your dreams, allowing them to awaken and enliven you? Mysterious yet practical, dreams beckon you into the alchemy of real change, which is felt in the body itself. more …
Radiant Child® Yoga Immersion: Levels 1 - 3
For yoga teachers of all traditions, school teachers, and parents at all levels of yoga experience, including beginners. Prepare to move your body and be young at heart in this fun, insightful, and practical training course. more …
Radiant Yoga, Energy Medicine™, and Body Awakening
Do you want to inspire and re-energize your yoga teaching or practice? Is the busy rhythm of life getting to you? Come learn from experienced international teacher and bodyworker Chanel Luck in this soulful retreat for beginners and yoga teachers alike. more …
The Recovery Room: Somatic Therapeutics for Addiction and Mental Health Professionals
Freud was right! When you do a little R&R (relaxing and reclining), you are more likely to say what’s on your mind, identify obstacles, and challenge yourself with new behaviors for mind-body health. more …
Transforming Your Clinical Practice with EMDR: The Basic Course for Mental Health Professionals
For mental-health therapists. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a comprehensive, integrative psychotherapy approach for the treatment of a broad spectrum of issues, including disturbing life events, relationship problems, self-esteem issues, and complex trauma. more …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Couples Bodywork: Thai for Two
For couples of all orientations; no experience necessary. Enjoy a deeper sense of intimacy and appreciation for each other. Rooted in yoga, Thai massage, shiatsu, and meditation, Couples Bodywork is a great reminder to make spiritual time a priority in your relationship and a gift that the two of you can share throughout your lives. more …
Healing Your Soul's Past to Realize Your Soul's Potential
In this inspirational, experiential workshop, psychic Ainslie MacLeod, author of The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul’s Potential, takes you on a journey of profound spiritual healing and growth to uncover the blocks that prevent you from living your life to the fullest. more …
Inner Fire Yoga and Kirtan Immersion Weekend
Inner Fire Yoga is a dynamic practice that evolves moment-to-moment as a call to grace. A merging of hatha and bhakti yoga, it is an approach of embodied devotion that fosters the awakening of spirit through surrender and love. more …
Reboot: Mindful Summer Hiking and Deep Yoga Relaxation
Refresh the vital realms of body, mind, and breath on this magical getaway complete with masterful guidance. Connect with summer in the beautiful Berkshires. 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 workshop draws on Gestalt, bioenergetics, focusing, witnessing, and mindfulness practices. more …
Yoga for the Rest of Us
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’re in. more …
Sunday, June 17, 2012
PranaTantra-Reiki 1 and 2: Awakening to the Spiritual Dimension
Awaken to the innate, self-healing wisdom of Reiki and deepen your connection to Source. This workshop includes traditional Reiki I and II attunements, hands-on curriculum, and PranaTantra exercises that teach the practice of accepting all that is, as it is. more …
Refilling Your Well: A Self-Nurturing Retreat
Give yourself the gift of deep renewal. Spend a restorative time-out immersing yourself in nurturing activities that replenish your soul, increase your joy, and ease your stress. more …
Yoga Nursing®: The Art of Caring
For nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health-care professionals; no previous yoga experience needed. Revitalize yourself and your caregiving with Yoga Nursing, an exciting new field in health care and yoga. more …
Foundations of Svaroopa® Yoga
This program guarantees profound opening and change. Come discover an entirely different way to live in your body. Core-opening Svaroopa techniques and teachings will offer you profound inner experiences in just a few short days. more …
Mindful Self-Compassion Training
How do you typically react to life’s difficulties, such as work stress, feeling rejected, physical problems, or financial hardship? Human beings instinctively fight negative experiences and find fault in themselves when things go wrong. more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
The Yoga of Walking: Practical Feet for Your Spiritual Path
Walking is your most frequent daily opportunity to be in union with your higher self and natural life forces. It nurtures joy and vitality, and keeps you fit, productive, and connected. more …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
PranaTantra-Reiki Master Training: Align with Reiki Consciousness
Reiki Master training empowers you to experience the peace that is Reiki for yourself, and also teach others. In this workshop, you Receive the traditional Usui Reiki Master attunement and symbol to deepen your awakening to Reiki Move into acceptance and learn to guide others in accepting realities that were resisted in the past in order to protect the ego’s self-image Integrate the conflicting psychological and biological inner manifestations of struggle versus acceptance Learn Reiki I, Reiki II, and Reiki Master teaching protocols so you can teach and attune others with PranaTantra knowledge. more …
Friday, June 22, 2012
A New Way of Being: Women's Self-Renewal Retreat
For women; no yoga experience necessary. Do you long to reconnect with who you are? Are you in the midst of a transition? Do you crave time for quiet reflection, rest, and renewal? more …
Dive Deep and Play
Dance through your life with more freedom and fearlessness. Learn tools to playfully confront obstacles like self-judgment, no-saying, shoulds, coulds, can’ts, and won’ts. more …
Embodied Meditation with Live Music for Women: Awakening Feminine Rhythm
For women; no prior yoga experience needed. Embodied meditation with live music offers a way to come home to the wisdom of your body and express the wisdom of life flowing from within. more …
Spiritual Life Tune-Up
Regular tune-ups keep your car humming along at the peak of its capabilities. Similarly, when you take the time to tune up your spiritual life, there’s an ongoing brightness in your daily experience. more …
The One Thing Holding You Back: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Connection
Do you have an unrealized dream? Are you still waiting to tap into your full potential? What prevents you from manifesting your greatest life vision may be a reservoir of unfelt emotion. more …
Trauma- and Tension-Releasing Exercises
Body tremors are a natural discharge response to overstimulation. David Berceli teaches a series of gentle exercises that deliberately evoke this innate body mechanism in a controlled and sustained manner. more …
TriYoga®: Immerse in the Prana Flow
TriYoga is a revolutionary method founded by Kali Ray (Kaliji) that unites dynamic and sustained asana with pranayama and mudra. Guided by kriyavati siddhi (Kundalini-inspired yoga) as it flows through Kaliji, TriYoga is in the tradition of ancient yoga and results in a heightened flow of prana. more …
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Explore and Innovate Your Core: A Core Fusion® Immersion
Core Fusion is a transformational mind-body fitness experience that allows you to work from the inside out to improve body tone and energy. The brainchild of Elisabeth Halfpapp and Fred DeVito of Exhale Mind Body Spa in Manhattan, Core Fusion has been praised by New York Magazine as one of New York City’s best fitness classes. more …
Creating Health and Harmony: An Ayurvedic Retreat
Discover an Ayurvedic approach to living well. Are you interested in Ayurveda but not sure where to start? Join us for this enlightening and fun Ayurveda immersion retreat. more …
Evidence-Based Qigong (EBQ) Certification: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit
For yoga teachers, practitioners, and everyone interested in learning qigong. Are you looking for new material to teach your students? Would you like to attract a wider audience with an evidence-based program of gentle, restorative, mind-body exercise? more …
Integrative Weight Loss
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 …
Journey to the Core: Forrest Yoga for Body and Spirit
Are you ready to stretch your heart, spirit, and body, and strengthen the core of your being? This week of Forrest Yoga offers challenge and inspiration for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. more …
Let Your Yoga Dance® Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Part 2
For students who have completed Part 1. Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training Chakra Fusion Part 2 pulls everything together. After six weeks of at-home practice following completion of Part 1, you return to offer full hour-long Let Your Yoga Dance classes to your peers in a safe and sacred setting. 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 …
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 …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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 …
Swingolf: The Golf/Yoga/Massage Motion
For golfers of all levels and ages, from the beginner to the seasoned player. Tournament-playing professional Les Bolland offers a holistic approach to golf that incorporates yoga, muscle-opening shiatsu massage, breathing, and an emphasis on mental and physical harmony. more …
Friday, June 29, 2012
Already Home
The deepest self inside of you, available in every breath, is the seat of all wisdom and knowing. You are already home. This nourishing weekend supports you in strengthening the muscle that helps you remember who you really are. more …
Dharma Yoga Maha Sadhana:The Eight-Limbed Universal Power Behind All Action
Dharma Mittra, inspirational classical yoga master and leader in the West, invites you into “the life of a yogi.” Founder of the Dharma Yoga Centers in New York City, Dharma has a gift for helping students achieve confidence in poses and a clear understanding of the tenants of yoga. more …
Divine Journey: A Chant and JourneyDance™ Weekend
Let go into a profound transformational journey of devotion, traveling on movement, music, and chant to create a skyrocketing celebration of Self. All you have to do is dance and sing your heart out, connect to Spirit, practice yoga, share, and celebrate your true self. more …
Gentle Yoga for All: Unleashing Joy and Vitality
Yoga is a practice everyone can benefit from. Whether you are stiff, out of shape, in recovery, or you just aren’t sure if yoga is really for you, there are many ways to adapt your practice to suit your individual needs. more …
Hiking, Yoga, and Qigong: Finding Flow in Nature
Explore less-traveled, scenic trails of the Berkshires, guided by longtime program director Greg DiLisio. Hike to beautiful lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and serene forests. more …
Peak Prosperity
Feeling concerned about the future? The convergence of the broken global economy, peak oil production levels, and fast-depleting natural resources virtually ensures that the next 20 years will be completely unlike the last 20. more …
Salsa and Yoga: Relax, Renew, and Cut Loose
Return to a state of ease and inner peace through yoga, and then roll up your mat, hit the dance floor, and free your spirit to the intoxicating rhythms of salsa! more …
Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living
This weekend is a cry for freedom from the conventional standards that obscure the call of your soul. It’s an invitation to a life of reverence, joy, and meaning without dogma. more …
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Zumba® and Dance: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party!
Lose yourself in hypnotic rhythms from around the world with Shahidah Ansari and Samuel Salazar, Zumba choreography specialists. Experience the Zumba Fitness® Program, an exhilarating total-body workout that has revolutionized the way millions of people think about exercise. more …
Chakra Detox Immersion: A Complete Physical, Mental, and Emotional Detox
1 year yoga experience. Free up blocks in your body and tap your true potential. In this immersion, strategically clear your body, mind, and heart while obtaining a concrete understanding of the chakras. more …
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 …
Still Small Voice Within: Meditation, Focusing, and Intuition Training
Einstein said, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” In order to climb out of any rut, resolve any problem, or sense your path from a new perspective, you have to shift your awareness. more …
Yoga and Deep Relaxation Retreat: The Gift of Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra
Experience deeper levels of inner freedom than you ever imagined possible. Give yourself permission to rest, balance, restore, and tap into new sources of energy. more …
Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Path for Health, Healing, and Personal Transformation
Interested in learning how to use yoga to help treat and prevent a wide range of physical and emotional conditions? In this hands-on immersion, you have the opportunity to practice evaluating students and planning personalized therapeutic yoga routines in small groups, under the supervision of medical doctor Timothy McCall and his assistants. 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 immersion provides you with tools and inspiration to make yoga a regular part of your life. more …
Yoga, Shamanism, and the Dance of Nature
Celebrate life in this all-encompassing workshop that blends the power of yoga with an introduction to shamanism. Ray Crist holds the space for transformation and self-healing, teaching practical and grounded tools in a program that includes Daily all-levels yoga (mostly in nature) The four elements as presented by the Tibetans and by Peruvian shamans Dancing and celebrating in a fire ceremony The feminine/masculine dance of Shiva and Shakti Ayurvedic principles A drum circle Meditation Hiking to take in the summer’s nectar. 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 …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
All Together Singing: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music With Your Family (Adults)
For families with children ages 5 and up. Kick off your summer with an infusion of family music and fun. This workshop promotes family harmony by helping you create music together in a safe, joyful, and playful space. more …
All Together Singing: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music With Your Family (Kids)
For families with children ages 5 and up. Kick off your summer with an infusion of family music and fun. This workshop promotes family harmony by helping you create music together in a safe, joyful, and playful space. more …
Friday, July 6, 2012
Diving Into the Body: The Essentials of Energy Medicine for Self-Care
Explore the energy field, the basics of energy medicine, and the fundamentals of vitality and energy flow with medical doctor Ann Marie Chiasson, who began to learn and practice energy medicine prior to entering medical school. more …
Goddess to the Core®: An Inspired Workout to Maximize Your Fitness, Beauty, and Power
For women and teens. Sierra Bender-founder of the Sierra Bender Empowerment Method® and Boot Camp for Goddesses®, and author of Goddess to the Core®—empowers women to lead with power, purpose, and passion. 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 …
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
Can you learn to be happier? Absolutely! Author of Being Happy, Tal Ben-Shahar taught the most popular course at Harvard University—Positive Psychology, the study of optimal human functioning. more …
Simple Summer Cooking with Moosewood Restaurant
Are you passionate about eating good, healthy foods and want some inspiration for your culinary explorations? Summer is a time when the menu is lighter and the accent is on quickly prepared, refreshing foods, including stir-fries, salads, and chilled soups. more …
Yin and Yang Yoga: An Exploration of Stillness, Alchemy, Power, and Flow
Paulie Zink’s approach to yoga is about finding and following your own individual path. Presenting his art in a personal, authentic, and accessible manner, Paulie gently guides you in opening to your intuitive heart and discovering the unique artist inherent within you. more …
YogArts for Kids
For kids ages 5–11. Calling all kids who love to collect things outdoors, do art projects, and make new friends. Come learn yoga, get your face painted, swim, and play. more …
LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner Training for Depression and Anxiety: Level 1
For yoga teachers and health professionals. This training interweaves ancient yogic wisdom with current findings in neurobiology. Learn an evidence-based yoga protocol to help your students and clients focus, relax, and have greater access to feeling states. more …
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Designing Your Destiny: Letting Your Soul Have Its Say
Are you living the life you want? Is your mission clear? This workshop reminds you that you are a work in progress. When you acknowledge your soul’s chosen direction, it’s easy to see that you don’t make one choice for all time, but rather constantly change and evolve. more …
Absolute Freedom: A Yoga and Meditation Retreat
Enjoy the luminosity of a clear mind, balanced body, and open heart with James Higgins, one of San Francisco’s most respected yoga teachers. Through soul-enriching asana practices and deeply nourishing periods of meditation and rest, you discover increased vitality and happiness in body, mind, and spirit. more …
Creative Kids Yoga®: Level 1 Certification
Join movement pioneer Rosemary Todd Clough to learn how to seamlessly integrate yoga and creative dance into the work and play of childhood. Drawing on the Kripalu approach, you explore state-of-the-art research on brain development and bodywork for children. 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 …
Radiance: Create an Amazing Life After Cancer
Life after cancer can be bold and beautiful, no matter when you were diagnosed or what treatment options you chose. This transformational retreat is for men and women who are ready to dive in and create an amazing life full of healing and joy. more …
Rhythm and Flow: Evolutionary Vinyasa Retreat
Global yoga teacher and flow expert Shiva Rea joins master musicians and drummers Donna De Lory, Mayapuris, KDZ: The Kripalu Drummers, and John de Kadt; and special guests Chris Tompkins and Demetri Velisarius to create this “Living Flow Yoga Camp” for yoga practitioners and teachers. more …
Riding the Wheels of Life: The Art and Flow of Cycling Yoga
For beginning through advanced cyclists and yogis. What is it about the power of both biking and yoga that transforms you instantly when you begin a ride or step onto your mat? more …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Yoga of the Heart®: Cardiac and Cancer Certification Training
For yoga teachers and health-care professionals with a yoga background (see prerequisite). Would you like to share yoga with those at risk for, or living with, heart disease, cancer, and other life-altering illnesses? more …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Getting the Love You Want: A Workshop for Couples
For couples of all orientations, length 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 …
Iyengar Yoga for Back Care
This program teaches yoga as an approach to relief from chronic back pain, for conditions ranging from minor neck and lower back tension to severe scoliosis. more …
Poetry As Deep Play
Experience writing as deep play—a way to stimulate your creativity, engage your intellect, increase your powers of focus and concentration, and have fun. more …
Radiant Heart: Yoga and the Wisdom of our “Heart-Brain”: A Transformational Retreat
Explore the universal and ancient understanding of your heart center with physiological, energetic, and spiritual intimacy. Using the practices and philosophy of tantra, hatha, and bhakti yoga, discover how your heart’s innate intelligence can release your capacity for healing wisdom and love. more …
Rooted, Relaxed, and Radiant: A Yoga, Meditation, and Nature Retreat
Yogis believe the seat of wisdom is in the heart center, not the head. Through the practices of yoga and meditation, and by synchronizing your body and mind with nature, you grow more grounded and relaxed. more …
Tai Chi for Kids©: Peace, Focus, and Fun
For kids, ages 5–11. Children of all ages love the wonderful feeling that comes from the flowing movements of tai chi. Kids who are stressed find inner peace; hyperactive kids discover tools for self-control. more …
The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters
Have you ever wondered, “What is it that I’m really here to do?” Sarah Susanka, best-selling author of The Not So Big Life, has some suggestions to help you find your true passion and identify what’s in the way of living it today. more …
Yoga and Kayaking
Take the plunge! Explore a whole new side of yourself and find out what makes kayaking in the Berkshires so magical. Join the dynamic team of Greg DiLisio (certified yoga, tai chi, and qigong teacher, and popular Kripalu program leader), and Johnny Snyder (world-class kayaker and professional guide) for flat-water adventures combined with basic yoga and qigong techniques. more …
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Blooming Open: A Yoga, Meditation, and Nature Retreat
Discover the state yogis call “true happiness.” Contentment is not a mysterious occurrence-it’s a behavior, a conscious decision, a choice you make each moment of your day. more …
Nutrition and Cooking Immersion
Create health right in your kitchen. Do you want to eat healthier and cook more? Are you a stranger in your kitchen because of time constraints or feeling intimidated or overwhelmed? 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 …
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Heal your heart and circulatory system. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, and one in three Americans have some kind of cardiovascular disease. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing cleanse. Have no fear of going hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Teaching Yoga for Scoliosis (Students)
For yoga teachers and students of all levels. Take part in the first teacher training program designed specifically to train yoga teachers how to work with students who have scoliosis. more …
Teaching Yoga for Scoliosis (Teachers)
For yoga teachers and students of all levels. Take part in the first teacher training program designed specifically to train yoga teachers how to work with students who have scoliosis. more …
Zen and the Art of HarmonicaYoga™
What better way to focus on the breath than with the inhalations and exhalations of a catchy blues-rock rhythm on the harmonica? David Harp, author of Three Minutes to Blues, Rock, and Folk Harmonica and The Three Minute Meditator, will not only have total beginners playing blues, rock, folk, and classical music within minutes, he will use the humble “Mississippi saxophone” as a route to mindfulness and self-awareness. more …
Friday, July 20, 2012
Celebrating the Family: Thriving in Nature (Kids)
For families with children ages 6–13. Immerse yourself in an unforgettable adventure in earth-living skills and family fun. Bring your whole family to learn, laugh, grow, and discover as a community thriving in nature. more …
Celebrating the Family:Thriving in Nature (Adults)
For families with children ages 6–13. Immerse yourself in an unforgettable adventure in earth-living skills and family fun. Bring your whole family to learn, laugh, grow, and discover as a community thriving in nature. more …
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
For couples and individuals of all sexual orientations. Why does great sex so often fade for couples who claim to love each other as much as ever? Is it possible to want what we already have? more …
The Dynamics of Perception: A Body-Mind Centering® Approach
Perception is the psychophysical process of interpreting sensory information that comes to us through multiple channels. This workshop explores how we filter, modify, distort, accept, reject, and use sensory information to bond, defend, and learn. more …
This Very Moment: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
For psychotherapists, human-service professionals, and other psychologically minded people interested in personal development. Mindfulness has been successfully practiced for more than 2,500 years and is a deceptively simple way of relating to experience to alleviate human suffering. more …
Yoga Ed.™ K-8 Tools for Classroom Teachers
For classroom teachers; no yoga experience needed. You can easily improve your students’ health, learning, and behavior by integrating breath, postures, games, and visualizations into your classroom. more …
Yoga for Emotional Balance: Healing Anxiety and Depression
Do you have a mental grasp of your problems, yet find it difficult to change? Anxiety, depression, and anxious depression are neuro-emotional patterns that hijack your mind, brain, and body, and prevent you from accessing your fullest potential. more …
Yoga to the Rescue
For students of all levels and yoga traditions. If you are interested in practicing yoga and you have chronic back, neck, shoulder, wrist, hip, or knee pain when you attempt the poses, this is the class for you! more …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
CircusYoga® Kids Camp
For children ages 7–17. Kids, run away to Kripalu and join the circus! Step into a magical week of CircusYoga and live your dreams of being an acrobat, clown, sideshow performer, ringmaster, or tightrope walker. more …
Drawing Closer to Nature
Spend a week in the beauty of the Berkshires, discovering and savoring the wonder of summer flowers and fields, lush forests, and sparkling streams, and creating art from what you see. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
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:
Module 1
For dance enthusiasts, including yoga teachers, dance instructors, and movement therapists. Take a powerful and transformative journey: Dance your fiery rhythmic beats. more …
Physician Well-Being: Inspiring Change in Medical Practice
For medical professionals including doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, as well as yoga teachers. Are you burned out in your medical practice? more …
Raising Your Vibration: An Intermediate Yoga Intensive
For intermediate yoga students (see prerequisites below). Do you wish you had more time for your yoga practice? Give yourself the gift of five days of yoga with other like minded people under the guidance of a teacher who continues to practice at this level after 25 years. 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 Way of the Happy Woman: Women's Yoga Teacher Training
For women yoga teachers and practitioners with at least 1 year of yoga experience practice. Empower women, change lives, and harness your feminine power in the world’s only women’s yoga teacher training. more …
Trauma, Body, and Brain: Restoring the Capacity for Rhythm and Play
For licensed therapists, yoga instructors, and others interested in the nature of trauma. Traumatic experiences alter people’s relationship to their bodies in ways that leave them feeling uptight, helpless, disconnected, hurt, on edge, frantic, and at odds with themselves. more …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Swingolf: The Golf/Yoga/Massage Motion
For golfers of all levels and ages, from the beginner to the seasoned player. Tournament-playing professional Les Bolland offers a holistic approach to golf that incorporates yoga, muscle-opening shiatsu massage, breathing, and an emphasis on mental and physical harmony. more …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Ease Into Yoga for Chronic Pain
Have you been struggling with a complex chronic pain condition such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, or neuropathic pain? Emerging scientific evidence suggests that yoga offers profound healing for people with chronic pain. more …
Expect Miracles: Create Subtle Shifts for Radical Change
Join best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein for a workshop designed to help you overcome fearful patterns and create positive change to last a lifetime. more …
How to Grow a Yoga Practice
Explore how to grow your yoga practice in a weekend retreat that is ideal for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike. Randal Williams draws from 20 years of professional teaching experience to help you cultivate a practice that revitalizes your body, deepens your breath, quiets your mind, heals your heart, and benefits all your relationships. more …
Let Your Yoga Dance® Festival for Women in Wisdom Years
For women. Run like the wind to this moving celebration of spirit! Designed especially for women ages 35 and up, this festival is a fabulous, fun-filled, yoga-dancing event. more …
Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT)
Experience a new approach to eating, one that cultivates inner wisdom through a variety of mindful eating practices and guided meditations. National Institute of Health-funded research has shown Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness to be a powerful approach to addressing mindless eating that leads to struggling with weight, obesity, and disordered eating patterns. more …
Rhythmic Rejuvenation: Yoga and Hand Drumming with Members of KDZ
Revitalize your body and spirit in a dynamic, fun-filled weekend of Kripalu Yoga and African-influenced hand drumming led by Shaun Laframboise and Allison Gemmel Laframboise, members of KDZ: The Drummers at Kripalu. more …
Yoga for Emotional Health: Focus on Anxiety and Depression
For yoga therapists, yoga teachers, and everyone working with anxiety and depression; no yoga experience necessary. Emotional health is fundamental to the maintenance of overall health and well-being. more …
YogArts for Kids
For kids ages 5–11. Calling all kids who love to collect things outdoors, do art projects, and make new friends. Come learn yoga, get your face painted, swim, and play. more …
You Can Rewire Your Brain for Bliss
Enlightenment is not reserved for the deeply spiritual—it’s a sacred gift for all to experience. Discover for yourself how specific lifestyle choices allow the brain to become more receptive to directed change, resulting in an unprecedented ability to rewire your consciousness. more …
Your One Wild and Precious Life: A Deepening Gathering for Women
For women. Jean Shinoda Bolen brings myths, goddess archetypes, dreams, and the sacred feminine to life. If you are contemplating or facing a life transition—in relationship, work, motherhood, health, menopause, a life-threatening illness, or other major decision—Jean invites you to sit with Hecate, archetype of the wise woman, medium, midwife, and goddess of the crossroad. more …
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tantric Yoga of Inner Transformation
Go deeply into the inner teachings of yoga for personal transformation. This workshop with yoga pioneer Gary Kraftsow helps you Build and free energy so that it can be directed inward Optimize physiology to stabilize and clarify the mind Reframe thoughts and emotions to transform behavior Realign actions with priorities Take steps to manifest your intentions Illumine the mind to allow the True Self to emerge. more …
Let Your Yoga Dance®: Teacher Training for Special Populations
For teachers and practitioners of many backgrounds: yoga, dance, physical therapists, and bodyworkers. Thousands of people yearn to move their bodies, dance, and do yoga-the elderly, people with Parkinson’s, MS, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, breast cancer survivors overcoming surgery, and others with special needs who may feel marginalized and unable to move as freely as they would like. more …
Prajna Yoga: Healing Practices for a Vital Body
Yoga practice promotes vital functioning and health in the body’s internal organs. When those organs perform optimally, we experience radiant health, vitality, and sustained energy. more …
Preventing and Reversing Diabetes
If you have type 2 diabetes or are pre-diabetic and are serious about changing your health and living a longer, more vibrant life, then don’t miss this program. more …
The Sun in Your Heart is Rising: Activating Your Embodied Awakening, Wholeness, and Unique Purpose
Are you hungry to awaken spiritually or intensify your skills in embodying an awakened life? Light your heart-fire and fan the flames of your whole-being transformation in this immersion in the Waking Down in Mutuality work with renowned teachers Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder. more …
Using EMDR as a Contemporary Psychotherapy: An Advanced Course for Mental-Health Professionals
For mental-health clinicians who have completed the Basic Course in EMDR. Are you a mental-health therapist interested in deepening your Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) skills and integrating this powerful and effective approach into your clinical practice? more …
Yoga for Seniors Teacher Training
For yoga teachers with min. 1 year of yoga experience. Learn sound strategies for adapting yoga practice to older minds, bodies, and spirits in a training that combines the best contemporary, scientific knowledge about the physiology of aging with yoga’s traditional wisdom. more …
Yoga Ed.™ K-8 Instructor Certification
For yoga teachers and educators with strong yoga experience. This certification program opens the door to teaching yoga in public, private, and parochial schools. 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 …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Stress Management
In a recent study, 75 percent of yoga students reported attending yoga classes for stress management, while 15 percent were using yoga specifically for depression or anxiety. more …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Karma, Relationship, and Transformation: Exploring the Ways of Karma and How it Helps Us Evolve
The Eastern traditions say that karma is the most powerful force in life. Your character, the way your mind works, and even your ability to practice yoga are said to be the result of karma. 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 learn how to find ease and balance in your relationship off the mat. more …
Yoga and Kayaking
Take the plunge! Explore a whole new side of yourself and find out what makes kayaking in the Berkshires so magical. Join the dynamic team of Greg DiLisio (certified yoga, tai chi, and qigong teacher, and popular Kripalu program leader), and Johnny Snyder (world-class kayaker and professional guide) for flat-water adventures combined with basic yoga and qigong techniques. more …
Yoga and Meditation Retreat
Join Stephen Cope for a weekend of delightful contemplative practice-a time of “coming home” to yourself. Author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self and The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living, Stephen has created a retreat that weaves together Periods of deep, flowing, classic Kripalu Yoga Sitting and walking meditation Loving-kindness meditation Chanting Short dharma talks based on the wisdom of both the Buddhist and yoga traditions. more …
YogaGroove for Kidz: Hip-Hop, Break Dance, and Yoga
For ages 5–11. Each day of this fun-filled program will begin with yoga warm-ups, breathing exercises, and yoga-inspired movement. Then we’ll kick it up a notch as hip-hop music provides the backbeat for group and individual dance, play, and creative movement. more …
Psychology of the Chakras: A 7-Day Intensive
Are you ready for an initiatory journey into the sacred centers of yourself? Are you prepared to cross the archetypal rainbow bridge that connects everything into one indivisible whole? more …
Insight Yoga Teacher Training Intensive: Yin/Yang/Mindfulness
Deepen your understanding of the experiential, philosophical, and practical application of yoga and Buddhist meditation. This intensive draws from Sarah’s book Insight Yoga and trains you in both a receptive yin style and an active slow flow or yang style of yoga. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module Three
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, August 5, 2012
Women and Food: A Journey to Nourishment
A personalized, small-group approach to creating positive change. Do you want a healthy, happy relationship with food? Eating is one of our most essential human needs. more …
Camp Kula: Five Days, Four Teachers, Total Immersion
For students with a min. 2 years regular yoga practice, and yoga teachers from all traditions. Most of us are so consumed by our busy lives that we find it hard to fit in a 90-minute yoga class. more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
The Comedian's Way: A Creative Path for Writers, Performers, and Other Humans
Develop your writing and performance skills for page, stage, or life with comedy gurus Beth Lapides and Greg Miller, who combine spiritual insights with comedy writing and performance pointers. more …
Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 1
For yoga teachers who have completed or are nearing completion of a 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered program. Immerse yourself in one of the most established yoga therapy training courses available, focusing on the use of yoga as a true healing art. more …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Asana Adjustments with Lotus Palm Thai Massage for Yoga Instructors
For yoga teachers and practitioners. Thai massage is a dynamic bodywork therapy based on yoga and Ayurveda born many centuries ago in the temples of Thailand. more …
Reboot: Mindful Summer Hiking and Deep Yoga Relaxation
Refresh the vital realms of body, mind, and breath on this magical getaway complete with masterful guidance. Connect with summer in the beautiful Berkshires. more …
Sweet Sweaty Sukha Flow
For students with min. 6 months yoga experience. You know that feeling at the end of a great yoga class—the sweaty goodness of juiced-up muscles, the refreshing sensation of being cleansed from the inside out, the clarity of mind and breath? more …
The Joy is in the Journey: Enhancing Body, Mind, and Spirit with Yoga in Midlife and Beyond
Midlife is an ideal time to restore health and vitality and soften the impact of the aging process. This is the perfect program for everyone looking for a practical way to incorporate the benefits of yoga into their lifestyle. more …
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
Do you want to feel more fit, energized, and mentally sharp? You can! The fountain of youth is literally between your ears. A healthy brain is the key to staying vibrant and alive for a long time. more …
YogArts for Kids
For kids ages 5–11. Calling all kids who love to collect things outdoors, do art projects, and make new friends. Come learn yoga, get your face painted, swim, and play. more …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Use Your Body to Heal Your Mind
In his research, psychologist Henry Grayson has found that despite people almost universally saying they desire a healthy and happy life, virtually everyone subconsciously feels they’re not worthy of being fully happy or healthy. 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 …
Facilitating Transformational Workshops: An Introduction to Group Dynamics
For anyone interested in gathering and leading groups. Powerful groups have four pillars: a holistic view, mind-body practices, a group process, and a leader. more …
Anusara® Yoga: Creating a Radiant Heart, Sharp Mind, and Vibrant Body
For those with min. 6 months yoga experience; no Anusara experience is necessary. When your heart is soft, your mind clear, and your body optimally aligned, you experience the ecstasy of being. more …
Certificate in Positive Psychology
Exclusively at Kripalu There’s a scientific way to study happiness—it’s called Positive Psychology. A new paradigm of traditional psychology, Positive Psychology focuses on growing happiness, love, success, and strengths, rather than on overcoming depression, anxiety, neuroses, and weaknesses. more …
The Bliss Connection: Gentle Yoga and Yoga Nidra
The ancient yogis discovered dimensions of self beyond the tangible flesh and bones. Called the koshas, or sheaths, these realms include the breath body, the mental body, the belief body, and the bliss or joyful body. more …
The Four Desires: The Yoga of Fulfillment
Yoga is the ultimate science of fulfillment. Drawing on the teachings of yoga and tantra, this program is a deep, practical approach to living your best life possible. more …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
YogaSlackers Adventure Summer Camp
Remember the excitement of summer camp, of being outdoors, learning and exploring with great guides, and interacting with new friends? Good news! Your fun isn’t over—the YogaSlackers are experts at teaching adults to rediscover the exhilaration of play and experimentation. more …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
ChiRunning®: The Mindful Practice of Effortless, Injury-Free Running
For those able to run 1 mile without stopping. Running is one of the oldest and most natural of human activities, but many of us experience it as an activity that takes a toll, causing sore muscles, knee injuries, hip pain, or shin splints. more …
Friday, August 17, 2012
Divine Play: Hoop, Yoga, Dance, and Create into Bliss
Uplift your spirit and tap into the pulse of life as you celebrate, play, move, and create like never before! Indulge yourself with hula-hoops, dance, art, yoga, and more. more …
Emotional and Mental Clarity: A Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy® Approach
Mind your body and mend your mind isn’t just an aphorism. Learn skills and processes based on Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy from its founder, Michael Lee. more …
Mangalam Yantra Yoga: Tibetan Yoga and Meditation
Yantra Yoga is designed to help you awaken fully to your Buddha nature through the use of physical postures (asana), breath-control exercises (pranayama), and meditative practices. more …
Nature and Nurture: Discover Your Natural Resilience
Spending time in nature reminds you of your innate purpose, your resilience, and your ability to heal. Connecting with nature also taps into your capacity for love and sets off a series of physiological events that help you adapt to life’s challenges, reverse disease, and maintain health. more …
The Joy of Living Meditation Retreat, Level 1
Created by the brilliant Tibetan meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche, the Joy of Living Meditation Retreat shows you how meditation can help create a peaceful mind and a joyful heart. more …
Women’s Retreat: Awaken Your Passion, Increase Your Self-Differentiation
For all women. Do you love your partner but want more passion in your relationship? Are you a single woman looking to explore your erotic and sensual potential? more …
YogaGroove for Kidz: Hip-Hop, Break Dance, and Yoga
For ages 5–11. Each day of this fun-filled program will begin with yoga warm-ups, breathing exercises, and yoga-inspired movement. Then we’ll kick it up a notch as hip-hop music provides the backbeat for group and individual dance, play, and creative movement. more …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 2
For yoga teachers who have completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered program and Module 1 of the Integrative Yoga Therapy training program; see note below. more …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
A Buddhist Healing Ritual: Dakini's Heart-Essence Chöd
Healing Chöd is an ancient Buddhist ritual known for its power to heal physical, emotional, and mental illness and suffering. There are no instructions to follow or techniques to learn. more …
Ashtanga Mela: The Power of Community
Calling all Ashtanga yogis and yoginis to this summer’s Ashtanga gathering—a coming together of old and new friends. Take advantage of this opportunity to practice with kindred spirits, share experiences and insights with teachers and practitioners steeped in the Ashtanga tradition, and explore what it means to be a twenty-first-century yogi. more …
Breath~Body~Mind© Training for Stress and Trauma
For therapists and yoga teachers working with stressed and traumatized populations. Breath~Body~Mind integrates ancient and modern trauma-sensitive techniques to rapidly balance stress-response systems for self-care and healing others. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
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 …
Lotus Flow™ Yoga Intensive: Radical and Poetic
For students with min. 1 year vinyasa experience. Reinvent your yoga practice so that it’s fresh and alive each and every day. Lotus Flow Yoga merges radical, fluid asana; poetry; and music into a dynamic and devotional dance. more …
Tai Chi Easy™ Practice Leader Training: A Healing Revolution Certification
The Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader Training is a 25-hour training that empowers individuals to share compelling and fun self-care practices. Tai Chi Easy blends a simple medical qigong technique with carefully chosen tai chi exercises. more …
Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart: Belly Dance as Self-Empowerment
For women; beginners are welcome. Unleash your primal energies and learn to move your hips in a million ways as Melina shares her family’s ancient belly-dance secrets. more …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Swingolf: The Golf/Yoga/Massage Motion
For golfers of all levels and ages, from the beginner to the seasoned player. Tournament-playing professional Les Bolland offers a holistic approach to golf that incorporates yoga, muscle-opening shiatsu massage, breathing, and an emphasis on mental and physical harmony. more …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Awakening Kindness: Finding Joy Through Compassion for Others
One of the marvels of being human is that we can choose to nurture and cultivate kindness, compassion, and love. The Dalai Lama wrote in his foreword to Nawang Khechog’s book, Awakening Kindness, “I commend Nawang for his efforts to awaken others to the understanding that, as a source of lasting happiness and joy, kindness and compassion are among the principal things that make our lives meaningful. more …
Bhatki Yoga: A Weekend Exploration
Steeped in the wisdom of ancient sages, the sacred text of the Ramayana has exerted a profound influence on India’s artistic, cultural, and spiritual traditions. more …
Embodyoga® Through the Fluid Body
Experience and celebrate your spectacular fluid body, which pulses with clarity and awareness. Your fluid body offers deep reservoirs of vitality, wisdom, and presence. more …
Healer Within™ Practice Leader Training: Mind-Body Energetics Certification in Medical Qigong
Learn to share Mind-Body Energetics in your community. Mind-body and energy-medicine methods—such as yoga, tai chi, qigong, and somatics—are growing rapidly in popularity, and not just in yoga centers and spas. more …
Initiation Into Power: How to be a Wild, Wise, and Witty Woman
For women. Tired of being the “Grand Mistress of the Entire Universe”—doing, doing, doing, and being everything to everyone? Where are the joy, fulfillment, happiness, and fun? more …
Navigating Change: Integrating Endings, Initiating Beginnings
Often described as life-transforming by participants, this workshop teaches ways to navigate life’s changes with wisdom, power, and grace. Through deep teachings and guided experiences, you consciously explore lessons from your past, wisdom offered in the present moment, and visionary potentials for your future. more …
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
The book Writing Down the Bones transformed the way writing is viewed in this country. Come celebrate this groundbreaking book in a weekend workshop with author Natalie Goldberg, who guides us in ways to Build a strong writing spine Cultivate confidence in our experience Believe that we have something to say and a way to say it. more …
Shake Your Soul® Teacher Training: The Yoga of Dance
A favorite experience of many guests who visit Kripalu is taking noon dance with Daniel Leven. People in his classes often say, “I’ve never had so much fun,” “What a joyful way to exercise! more …
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Healing Through the Akashic Records
Are you interested in healing wounds that interfere with inner peace and limit your participation in the world? In this workshop, Linda Howe, leading expert in akashic studies, teaches how to transform your connection to wounding life experiences so you can heal your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. 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 …
Internal Family Systems Therapy: Embodying the Healing Wisdom
All the world’s religions teach that there is an untarnished essence within each of us, a Self from which wisdom, healing, and spiritual energy flow. more …
The Body: A User's Guide
Not one of us came in with a “how-to” handbook when we were born, but wouldn’t that be handy? Although most of us know very little about how the body works, there is nothing more empowering than partnering with it to move through life and express the soul’s passion. more …
The Transformative Power of Being: The Nondual Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment
Peace arrives when we cease trying to make this moment different and choose to live deeply, directly, and simply from what we are—the Mystery of pure Being. more …
Understanding, Practicing, and Teaching Advanced Pranayama
For teachers and experienced students. The ancient writings on which modern yoga is based attribute great power to pranayama, emphasizing it above asana for physical and spiritual transformation. more …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Conscious Riding
Join renowned horseman Paul Striberry to learn a holistic approach to horsemanship that encourages congruence in body, mind, and spirit. Paul’s approach to Conscious Riding supports you in seeing your horse as an SUV—Spiritual Utility Vehicle—and understanding riding as a practice of meditation in motion on the path to awakening. more …
Free Your Inner Rebel, Find Your Secret Superpowers
So many of us suppress our wild sides to be “good“ employees, spouses, parents, and friends. We mute ourselves to fit in and not rock the boat. more …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Conscious Riding
Join renowned horseman Paul Striberry to learn a holistic approach to horsemanship that encourages congruence in body, mind, and spirit. Paul’s approach to Conscious Riding supports you in seeing your horse as an SUV—Spiritual Utility Vehicle—and understanding riding as a practice of meditation in motion on the path to awakening. more …
Kundalini Yoga Techniques to Practice Forgiveness
Even good people doing good things in the world can get stuck in pain, sorrow, guilt, and feelings of regret that disrupt the flow of prana and thwart healing. more …
Labor, Love, and Life: Get Balanced and Thrive!
This Labor Day weekend, join an expert team of Kripalu health and lifestyle faculty and explore an integrative approach to life and health that transforms how you manage the competing demands of modern life to find peace and new ways to thrive. 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 nurtures your body, mind, and soul in a relaxing, fun, and informative environment. more …
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 …
The Heart of Awakening
In the depths of your heart lies a reservoir of limitless peace, profound connection to the whole of life, and love that is capable of bringing true fulfillment. 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 can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. more …
The Universe Inside the Body of the Yogi: A Journey Into the Chakras, Granthis, and Nadis
For intermediate students. Ancient texts state that inside the body of a yogi are mountains, valleys, oceans, and rivers; the moon and stars move in that inner space. more …
Yoga and Kayaking
Take the plunge! Explore a whole new side of yourself and find out what makes kayaking in the Berkshires so magical. Join the dynamic team of Greg DiLisio (certified yoga, tai chi, and qigong teacher, and popular Kripalu program leader), and Johnny Snyder (world-class kayaker and professional guide) for flat-water adventures combined with basic yoga and qigong techniques. 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 …
YogArts for Kids
For kids ages 5–11. Calling all kids who love to collect things outdoors, do art projects, and make new friends. Come learn yoga, get your face painted, swim, and play. more …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Core Strength Transformation
Reinvest in your own inner and outer nourishment and strength-building. Sadie Nardini, one of the country’s most dynamic yoga teachers and fierce-living leaders, has created a weekend in which self-empowerment meets vinyasa flow. more …
Harmonium Intensive: Beginning Harmonium for Kirtan, Level 1
For yoga teachers, aspiring chanters, and everyone who enjoys music and loves to sing. Let this in-depth, hands-on workshop launch your musical practice and provide a solid foundation for your harmonium playing and kirtan singing. more …
Introduction to Yoga and Meditation
Do you want to try yoga and meditation but don’t know where to begin? Are you looking for a safe and welcoming environment in which to explore the basics? more …
Lasting Transformation: A Guide to Navigating Life's Journey
“Abby Rosen is a master therapist and spiritual teacher. Her inspiring guide to lasting transformation is a gift for every person who thirsts for the full expression of psyche and spirit in their life. more …
Lotus Palm Thai Yoga Massage: A Life Skill for Everyone
When you give a great massage, you feel more alive, aware, and joyous. The well-being of your family, friends, and community can be permanently uplifted by your choice to share compassionate touch. more …
Power of Mantra: Inner Healing in a Troubled World
The elixir of yoga has the power to heal both illness and ignorance. Reaching deep inside with mantra meditation, we can access that dormant healing power. more …
Wired for Wellness: How to Work Smarter and Live Better
We live in a wired world, which is great—until it’s not. Increasingly, we aren’t just wired; we’re overwired. Our use and overuse of technology has actually changed how our brains and bodies work, and not for the better. more …
Yoga Cures from Head to Toe
For health professionals, yoga teachers, and people with relevant medical conditions; no experience required. From top to bottom, we all have physical limitations. more …
Integrative Mudra, Pranayama, and Bandha Teacher Training
For serious practitioners, yoga teachers, and yoga therapists. This comprehensive training focuses on the yogic arts of mudra, pranayama, and bandha, three facets of an integrated approach to hatha yoga. more …
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Aging as a Spiritual Practice: Exploring the Joys and Challenges of Growing Older
Explore the joys and challenges of aging from a spiritual perspective by learning to see that stage of life as an opportunity for inner transformation, deep meaning, and the cultivation of elder wisdom. more …
Nature's Way: Catching Your Breath with Mindful Walks and Deep Relaxation
This nature adventure offers the healing benefits of a formal mindfulness retreat. In the morning, find inspiration as you journey along a groomed forest trail that reveals the beauty of an ancient mountain and the fortifying nourishment of the five natural elements. more …
Detox for Health and Healing
Your jump start for healthier living. Detoxification is a natural body process that is compromised when our system becomes overloaded from poor diet, allergies, stress, infections, and toxins such as heavy metals. more …
Painting and Yoga in the Berkshires
Do you have an artist living inside you, yearning to express? This workshop offers you the chance to let go and paint. Come explore your creative side in a supportive, non-competitive environment where you can experiment with watercolors, pastels, and collage. more …
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Expresive Body and the Contemplative Mind
SomaSoul®: Somatic Expressive Therapy is a therapeutic process that brings healing and vitality to our bodies, minds, and emotions. Through an integration of mindfulness, the expressive arts and therapeutic dialogue with the body, we gain access to the unconscious blocks that live within our body-mind and move limitation towards freedom, trauma toward healing, difficult emotions toward acceptance and transformation. more …
Yoga for the Rest of Us
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’re in. more …
Yoga Nidra Level II Training: The Art and Science of Integrative Restoration (iRest®)
For graduates of iRest Level I. This iRest Level II training provides a deeper understanding of the core principles underlying the theory, practice, research, teaching issues, and delivery of iRest yoga nidra to individuals and specific populations in a variety of settings. more …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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 …
Friday, September 21, 2012
A Guide to Rajashree Choudhury’s Pregnancy Yoga: Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga Intensive
For women at any stage in their motherhood journey, yoga instructors, and caregivers who want to work with the prenatal community. Yoga offers a way of developing self-reliance and calmness of mind before, during and after pregnancy. more …
Accommodating Life's Changes: A Journey into Yoga and Meditation Retreat for Women
For women; all levels welcome. This workshop for women begins with the premise that life inevitably requires us to navigate mental as well as physical changes. more …
Connective Tissue: Web of Structure, Web of Chi
Learn to embody and energize one of the most fascinating parts of your body. Connective tissue, or fascia, is both a primary structural element and a rich source of energy. more …
Empower Flow Yoga: An Invigorating and Soulful Vinyasa Workshop
One of today’s leading yoga teachers, 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 psychological, intuitive, and emotional bodies. more …
Energy, Intuition, and Breakthroughs: Matching the Frequency of Your Destiny
Explore leading-edge concepts about the dynamics of energy, time, and intuition from the best-selling books Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration and The Intuitive Way. more …
The Sexual Body and the Yoga of Light: A Weekend Workshop
For singles and couples of any sexual orientation. Internationally renowned as one of the most insightful and provocative spiritual teachers of our time, best-selling author David Deida continues to revolutionize the way men and women grow, sexually and spiritually. more …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
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, anxiety, depression, and other related syndromes. more …
A Dancemeditation™ Training: Spiritual Bellydance
Explore the ancient art of belly dance, restoring your fragmented self, reveling in your sensual body, and refreshing your soul. Spiritual Bellydance combines breath awareness with naturally resonant movement forms from mystical Sufi dance to connect your body’s inner and outer space and ignite your intuition. more …
Building a Bridge Between Individual and Partner Yoga
For yoga teachers and serious students of yoga. Principle-Based Partner Yoga™ is a newly emerging healing art that expands the traditionally individual science of yoga into the realm of relationship. more …
Five Days of Yantra Yoga: Finding the Perfect Rhythm of Life
Yantra Yoga is one of the oldest recorded systems of yoga in the world. Coming to us by way of Tibet, Yantra Yoga is a unique series of positions and movements, combined with conscious breathing, that helps to coordinate and harmonize the body’s energy so the mind can find its authentic balance. more …
Integrative Weight Loss
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 …
The Art of Physical Adjustments: Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers
For certified yoga teachers. Yoga practitioners derive tremendous benefit from effective adjustments. Hands-on adjustments evolve and enrich the sacred student/teacher relationship and give students the opportunity to develop their practice beyond what they thought possible. more …
Yoga and Deep Relaxation Retreat: Journey to Inner Peace
Experience deeper levels of inner freedom than you ever imagined possible, giving yourself permission to rest, balance, restore, and tap into new sources of energy. more …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 1
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Aware, Awake, Alive: The Yoga of Human Flourishing
Do you long to unlock the great treasures of human experience? Throughout time, sages and healers have journeyed to the center of their beings and brought forth the full flowering of human potential. more …
Deep Truth: Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
Much of the way we live our lives, think about the world, and solve problems is based in the beliefs of outdated science. In this compelling new program, best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that many of the hottest issues at the center of our great social divisions stem from false assumptions that have compromised our core human values and brought us to the brink of disaster. more …
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 …
Interpersonal Neurobiology: Practices that Cultivate Connection and Well-Being
Interpersonal neurobiology integrates a wide array of sciences into one perspective on well-being, offering practical suggestions on how to use the focus of attention to strengthen connections in the brain and in our relationships. more …
Journey In: A Yoga Immersion Weekend
For intermediate students, min. 2 years yoga experience. Yoga is an art that can be cultivated with practice, inspiration, and dedication. In this weekend intensive, we move deeper into the heart of yoga while systematically covering the major groups of yoga poses—Sun Salutations, standing poses, forward bends, twists, backbends, and inversions. 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 and Christina Grof, allows direct access to your own inner healing wisdom. more …
Foundations of Ayurveda: Part One
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, September 30, 2012
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 …
Beyond the Flower of Life: A Deep MerKaBa Immersion
Explore how sacred geometry and an ancient breathing technique can help you access your own greatest potential and understand life's mysteries. The five-minute MerKaBa Meditation is the easiest and fastest way to anchor your own Guru-yourself. more …
Let Your Yoga Dance® Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Part 1
Give yourself the gift of a lifetime: healing through joy, grace in motion, and the dance of your own creativity. Let Your Yoga Dance® teacher training is the first and only chakra yoga-based dance training of its kind. more …
Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness (MB-EAT) Training for Professionals
For mental-health and health-care professionals. Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), developed by Jean Kristeller, is an intervention program addressing mindless and stress-related eating, disordered eating patterns, and obesity through the application of mindfulness meditation. more …
Paint and Dance from the Source: A Magical Journey to the Beloved
Painting and dancing—each a powerful ritual for healing—are combined here with tribal community. Dance hastens connection to painting’s source and painting thrives on embodiment in the source of dance. more …
Reclaiming Wholeness After Cancer: A Women’s Wellness Retreat
For women newly diagnosed, in treatment, or in recovery; caretakers and hospice workers; open to all levels of yoga experience. If your life has been touched by cancer, come and take part in this deeply nourishing, profoundly healing retreat. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing cleanse. Have no fear of going hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 1
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Emotional Alchemy
In an innovative synthesis of mindfulness and cognitive therapy, with insights from neuroscience and Buddhist psychology, this weekend provides practical guidance for transforming emotional confusion into insightful clarity, fostering a more genuine connection with ourselves and the people in our lives. more …
Inner Quest Intensive
All-inclusive price: $582 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 …
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 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 Berkshires. Celebrate your vital force with mindful hikes under the open sky in the cool air and natural colors of autumn. more …
Restore Inner Balance Through Self-Awakening Yoga
Slow down, listen, and feel what your whole being is calling for through the language of your body. Don (Brahmanand) and Amba Stapleton, the creators of Self-Awakening Yoga, delight in inspiring you to get reacquainted with your own body. more …
Sex, Pleasure, and Intimacy: A New Retreat Weekend for Couples
For committed couples of all sexual orientations. Let go into playful, sensual, and nurturing connection with your lover, leading to more ease in your body, and passion in your lovemaking. more …
The Vibration of Infinite Possibility
When you consider what’s possible in your life, think big, because limitless abundance already surrounds you. So much more than just the flow of money, this abundance encompasses living in unconditional love, vibrant health and vitality, and boundless peace and harmony. more …
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Women and Food: A Journey to Nourishment
A personalized, small-group approach to creating positive change. Do you want a healthy, happy relationship with food? Eating is one of our most essential human needs. more …
Preventing and Reversing Diabetes
If you have type 2 diabetes or are pre-diabetic and are serious about changing your health and living a longer, more vibrant life, then don’t miss this program. more …
Monday, October 8, 2012
Positional Therapy Level 2: Strain-Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique
For people who have completed Positional Therapy Level 1. Positional Therapy is a unique program for recovery from chronic pain that can be used for self-healing and with family, friends, and clients. 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 …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
21st Annual Yoga Teachers Conference: Celebrating 40 Years of Kripalu Yoga in the West
This year’s conference is all about the richness of our Kripalu teachers and our lineage. We’ve invited exceptional faculty and planned unique sangha sessions designed to give you a broad range of experience and knowledge, sure to nourish and enrich your lives. more …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Access Your Healing Potential Through Pranassage™
Kindhearted physical contact is a primal human need that we never outgrow. Pranassage gives you a playful way to learn yoga with partners while satisfying the need to give and receive love through physical contact. more …
Beyond the Prison of Mind: Discover Your Inherent Essence as Freedom
When our experience is shaped by thought, our predominant perspective is divided into shoulds and shouldn’ts, rights and wrongs, desires and aversions. 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, as you enjoy flowing with your breath in warming, vinyasa sequences that prepare the body and mind for experiencing deep relaxation in supported, passive postures. more …
The Way of Qigong: Bone Marrow Cleansing and Healing Sounds
Ever wonder why, in spite of the miracles of modern medicine, more than 700,000 Americans practice ancient healing exercises from China? Qigong is one of the world’s most popular and best-researched methods to improve health and vitality. 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 …
Yoga and Kayaking
Take the plunge! Explore a whole new side of yourself and find out what makes kayaking in the Berkshires so magical. Join the dynamic team of Greg DiLisio (certified yoga, tai chi, and qigong teacher, and popular Kripalu program leader), and Johnny Snyder (world-class kayaker and professional guide) for flat-water adventures combined with basic yoga and qigong techniques. more …
ChiRunning® Level 1: The Mindful Practice of Effortless, Injury-Free Running
For runners of all abilities. Running is one of the oldest and most natural of human activities, but many of us experience it as an activity that takes a toll, causing sore muscles, knee injuries, hip pain, or shin splints. more …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Awakening Somatic IntelligenceSM: The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness
Only what grows out of your direct experience has the power to transform you. Since the “body” and the “world” live in your experience—not the reverse, as is generally conceived—how you receive that experience determines everything, from sensation, feeling, thinking, memory, and anticipation. more …
Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind
The great yoga sage Patanjali defined asana as “a posture that is stable and easeful.” Zen master Dogen taught that sitting meditation is “the dharma gate of ease and joy. more …
Opening the Inner Temple: Chakra Yoga Teacher Training
For advanced practitioners, yoga teachers, and yoga teachers in training. Chakras are the gateways between the inner and outer worlds. The chakra system provides the architecture of the soul that brings spirit and body into union, the true meaning of yoga. more …
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Heal your heart and circulatory system. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, and one in three Americans have some kind of cardiovascular disease. more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
The Yi Quan Qigong Intensive: Develop Health, Balance, and Inner Strength
Learn the secrets of one of the greatest qigong masters in Chinese history: Wang Xiangzhai, healer, athlete, and spiritual mentor. Wang’s Yi Quan style of qigong consists of healing exercises (quan) and meditations that open the mind (yi) to the energies of the universe. 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, October 15, 2012
ChiRunning® Level 2: The Mindful Practice of Effortless, Injury-Free Running
For runners who have already attended a ChiRunning workshop and have been practicing the technique. Continue to build your ChiRunning foundation and take your workouts to the next level in this advanced ChiRunning workshop with Kathy Griest. more …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Great Shamanic Initiation: Soul Repair and Gathering in Prayer, 2012
According to numerous wisdom traditions, 2012 is a time of profound transformation and renewal. Four master shamans from Peru have traveled to the United States at this auspicious time to perform a “live reading,” or great initiation, based on their prophecies. more …
Friday, October 19, 2012
A New Way of Being: Women's Self-Renewal Retreat
For women; no yoga experience necessary. Do you long to reconnect with who you are? Are you in the midst of a transition? Do you crave time for quiet reflection, rest, and renewal? more …
Asana Adjustments with Lotus Palm Thai Massage for Yoga Instructors
For yoga teachers and practitioners. Thai massage is a dynamic bodywork therapy based on yoga and Ayurveda born many centuries ago in the temples of Thailand. more …
Healing the Cause of Anxiety and Depression with Ayurveda
Your innate nature is to be joyful and loving for no reason. Learn how to make this your reality on an Ayurvedic journey that explores ways of healing anxiety and depression. more …
Inspired Action: A Call to Learship, Love, and Freedom
It’s time to take hold and take charge! Your life is filled with possibilities waiting to be revealed. Shed the barriers and unleash the personal leader within to create a world of connection, cooperation, and commitment. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 2
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 2
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Learn to Awaken Your Psychic Strengths
Did you know that you already possess all the tools you need to unlock your hidden potential and help you lead an intuitive and psychic life? Learn to identify your psychic abilities through a number of practical exercises, and put those powers to work for you in all areas of your life. more …
Radiant Health and Fall Detox Yoga Weekend
Discover the good news about detox: it’s not at all about lemon water and colonics! Join yoga instructor and well-being advocate Amy Ippoliti for a weekend feast and flow of twists, backbends, femur rooting, therapeutic alignment, and pranayama. 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 …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Deep Relaxation, Guided Imagery and Meditation for Stress Relief
Maximize your energy and health with a practical formula to manage stress using guided relaxation, imagery, meditation, sensible lifestyle changes, and enjoyment as your tools. 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 …
Fall Detox Immersion
Prepare yourself for the holiday season and the winter months to come in this 5-day immersion in detox techniques ranging from physical practices to emotional observation. 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 …
Integrative Weight Loss
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 …
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 manifests-and often goes unacknowledged. more …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Stepping Into Your She-ro's Journey
For women. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. —Marianne Williamson Does this quote make you shiver with recognition? more …
Friday, October 26, 2012
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 …
Deep Stretching for Tight Bodies and Active Minds
This workshop is perfect for people with tight bodies and active minds. Learn how to let go of stress, release the issues in your tissues, and open your energy centers. more …
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 …
Radical Happiness
Treat yourself to three days of radical transformation with Harshada Wagner. The Sanskrit word “harshada” means “full of ecstasy, joy, and delight”—qualities he brings to his teaching as he guides participants onto the path of radical happiness. 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 Luscious, Creative Comfort Retreat
For women. Are you deeply tired? Have you been too focused on taking care of others? Haven’t had the rest and renewal you need? Then you deserve this retreat! more …
Women's Power to Heal and Love
Learn to live in inner harmony, happiness, and wellness in a workshop that addresses your whole self. Designed for everyone (women, men, mothers, and teenage daughters) who longs to awaken their inner power to nourish, nurture, and heal through connection to divine Shakti energy, this weekend includes Potent Wise Earth Ayurveda practices Celebrating the Shakti power of heart and womb Ancient lunar practices for reproductive health that help you reclaim your natural cycle in accord with lunar rhythms Vedic mantras and music to accelerate your Shakti power A Living Ahimsa satsang in which everyone receives a personal blessing from Maya Tiwari. more …
Yoga for Grief Relief: One-Year Reunion
Despite the inner and outer voices saying “You should be better by now,” the second year of grief presents challenges and issues that can be as intense as those experienced in the first year. more …
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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 …
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 …
Awakening Rhythms: Yoga and the Healing Arts
Is the hectic pace of life causing you to feel out of touch with your natural rhythms? When you are aligned with the cadence of nature and your own internal rhythms, it’s easier to be healthy, happy, and thriving in your life. more …
Energetic Alignment and Hands-On Assists: Essential Tools for Teaching Flow
6 months yoga experience. Each asana has its own energetic alignment based upon the movement of prana, energy lines, and the relationship of opposites in the body. 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 …
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 …
Women's Qigong: Chinese Secrets of Longevity and Health
For women of all levels. Qigong is a system of self-healing that has been used in China for more than 2,000 years to maintain health, achieve longevity, and treat disease. more …
Monday, October 29, 2012
A Wellness Retreat for People Newly Diagnosed with Parkinson’s and Their Care Partners
Kripalu Healthy Living, in collaboration with the National Parkinson Foundation, offers this unqiue program taught by a leading disorder neurologist, Parkinson’s specialists, and senior Kripalu faculty. more …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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, and promote balance on all levels. more …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-hour Ontario
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rice Lake, Ontario. This non-residential training will be offered four weeks from November to March. more …
Friday, November 2, 2012
Being Together: Intimacy as a Spiritual Path
For couples of all orientations. Love is the ultimate renewable resource, but to be sustainable, the quality of love in an intimate partnership must deepen and become more resilient, trusting, wise, playful, conscious, compassionate-and spiritual. more …
Happy Body, Peaceful Mind
What do you need help with? Svaroopa® Yoga provides the foundation you need to care for your body as well as calm and sweeten your mind. Yogeshwari Fountain begins by asking the group what each person wants help with. 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 …
Playing the Matrix and Getting What You Really Want
This weekend, Mike Dooley walks you through the entire process of reality creation, from thought to manifestation. Exercises and worksheets help define your dreams in terms of desired end results in ways that allow the universe maximum freedom to deliver your true heart’s desire as fast and harmoniously as possible. more …
The Dharma Discovery: Realizing Your Soul's Purpose
Is something missing from your life? Do you feel stuck, bored, unmotivated, or lacking direction? The Bhagavad Gita says that only when you figure out what you are uniquely suited to do, and use your talents in the best way possible, can you truly feel fulfilled. more …
The Intuitive Brain: Accessing Your Mystical Mind-Body Map for Intelligent, Transformative Healing
Have you spent your life trying to heal depression, anxiety, panic, pain, or weight, digestive, or other health problems? After hitting the wall of limitation with mainstream allopathic and complementary medicine techniques, are you ready to tap into your unique, intuitive connection to divine healing? more …
The Sheer Joy of InSpirit Yoga
6 months yoga experience preferred. Thanks to its empowering and therapeutic alignment principles, life-affirming tantric philosophy, and heart-oriented teaching, InSpirit Yoga is both playful and profound, and allows each student to awaken to the innate joy waiting to be revealed inside them. 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 …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
SuperHealth®: Yogic Therapeutic Technology to Break Habits and Addictive Behavior
For yoga teachers and students, health-care professionals and anyone in the process of making meaningful lifestyle changes. SuperHealth is a cutting-edge behavioral health and addiction-therapy system created by Yogi Bhajan. more …
Embody the Five Elements Yoga Teacher Training
For yoga teachers and experienced students. Are you ready to realign yourself with the rhythms of nature? Join Jennifer Reis in this potent practice of postures, breathing, mudras, creative expression, and yoga nidra. more …
Nutrition and Cooking Immersion
Create health right in your kitchen. Do you want to eat healthier and cook more? Are you a stranger in your kitchen because of time constraints or feeling intimidated or overwhelmed? more …
Passion, Life, and Dance: A Soul Motion™ Retreat
Calling all beginners, seasoned dancers, rebels, and those who think they aren’t dancers: Come dance! Use your body as a vehicle to tap into the ocean of passion within you. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing cleanse. Have no fear of going hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. 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 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 immersion provides you with tools and inspiration to make yoga a regular part of your life. more …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Slow Down Enough to Catch Up with Yourself: A Yoga Retreat
Are you ready to finally slow down, to pause, breathe, and catch up with yourself? Treat your body, mind, and soul to this retreat with longtime yoga teacher and licensed massage therapist Lena Madsen. more …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Transformative Journey: Meditation, Yoga, and Breathwork
Come embark on a transformative journey. Enjoy the guidance of two outstanding Kripalu teachers in a workshop focused on supporting you in walking a path of healing, growth, and awakening. more …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Core Fusion®
For moderate to advanced fitness levels—strong bodies ready for a vigorous workout. 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 …
Healing from Depression: Unstuck with LifeForce Yoga
Feeling out of balance? Out of touch? Welcome your mood as a wake-up call and jump-start your journey to happiness with evidence-based practices that can transform your life. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 3
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 3
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. 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 or at home in our body, heart, and mind. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module One
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, November 11, 2012
Art and Yoga Teacher Training
For yoga teachers, artists, healers, therapists, and everyone interested in the healing power of yoga and art. This training touches your heart and open you to your unknown potential. more …
Bone Camp: Advanced Movement Concepts for Skeletal Health
For experienced yoga teachers and health professionals. This workshop is for yoga teachers and other exercise and health professionals who want to introduce themselves, their students, and their clients to greater depth and consciousness of movement. more …
JourneyDance™ Module 2 Training: Structures and Rituals
Enhance your professional JourneyDance capacities by embodying the rituals, structures, and musical/movement scores, and new techniques that support your facilitation of this transformational practice. more …
Making Peace with Stress: A Yoga and Wellness Retreat
Are you overbooked, stressed out, and wanting to experience a life of greater ease and health? Yoga and Ayurveda provide time-tested methods for preventing and reversing the harmful effects of chronic stress and overextended, exhausting lifestyles. more …
Nutrition Intensive for Health Professionals
Expand your skills in clinical and culinary nutrition in this program taught by an interdisciplinary team of the country’s premier leaders in integrative health. more …
Radiance: Create an Amazing Life After Cancer
Life after cancer can be bold and beautiful, no matter when you were diagnosed or what treatment options you chose. This transformational retreat is for men and women who are ready to dive in and create an amazing life full of healing and joy. 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, as well as students with a regular yoga practice who are interested in a deeper understanding of restorative yoga, the nervous system, and the energy body. 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 …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Breathe, Sweat, Sit, Rest: OM Yoga for Body and Mind
For practitioners with min. 1 year yoga experience. Yoga offers many paths toward becoming more healthy, aware, loving, and relaxed. This weekend, Cyndi Lee presents an integrated experience of the yogic and Buddhist methods for developing strength, stability, and clarity of body and mind. 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 Transformational Workshops: Leading Mind-Body Experiences
When you’re clear about your calling and you’ve got the right tools, you’re in a powerful position to help others. Are you ready to bring what you’re passionate about into group settings in ways that create group synergy, original thinking and breakthrough solutions? more …
Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness and Success
Would you like to have less suffering and despair in your life, and more wonder and meaning? Author Chip Conley discovered that you can forecast your “internal weather” by understanding your emotional building blocks. more …
Yoga for Aligning Body, Mind, and Spirit
This nourishing weekend is an opportunity to deepen your practice and reconnect to the essential core of your being. Experience an overall sense of empowerment, vitality, and joy. more …
Zumba® and Dance: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party™!
Tanya Beardsley is a lead instructor with Zumba Fitness®, which has revolutionized the way millions of people think about exercise. Featured on the recently released Zumba Fitness DVD set, Tanya will offer two Zumba classes this weekend, with Ann Saldi, lead Zumba teacher and personal trainer, leading the other sessions. more …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Feast for the Soul: Meditation, Yoga, and the Pleasures of Prana
In the season of 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 in the beauty of the moment. more …
Friday, November 23, 2012
Calm Your Crazy: Yoga to Reclaim Your Life
For advanced beginners and intermediate students; min. 1 year yoga practice suggested. Do you want the different parts of your life to be united by the same agenda and standing in support of each other? more …
Deepen Your Practice: A Weekend Yoga Retreat
Do you love yoga? Would you thrive in a nurturing and creative environment in which to explore and deepen your yoga practice? Are you seeking tools and techniques to relieve stress? more …
Healing Through Medicine Buddha
Medicine Buddha, the guru of physicians, was first introduced to Tibet by the Indian Nalanda master Shantarakshita in the eighth century. Since then, Medicine Buddha has become a powerful spiritual healing practice in Tibetan Buddhism. more …
Introduction to Yoga and Meditation
Do you want to try yoga and meditation but don’t know where to begin? Are you looking for a safe and welcoming environment in which to explore the basics? more …
Live Boldly! Liberating Your Authentic Self
Are you ready to take the lid off your potential? We are all born with unique personalities, passions, gifts, and strengths. As we grow up, our innate potential is often diminished by fear, anger, unworthiness, perfectionism, and other self-limiting patterns. 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 Berkshires. Celebrate your vital force with mindful hikes under the open sky in the cool air and natural colors of autumn. more …
The Natural Singer: Find Your True Voice
Come celebrate the magnificent healing power of your voice. Whether you already sing, or have always wished you could, this workshop provides a remarkably safe environment to finally find your true voice and sing your heart open. more …
Urban Priestess: Empowering the Feminine
For women; min. 1 year yoga experience; knowledge of Sun Salutations required. In our efforts to have it all we often feel we are never enough. The Priestess archetype teaches us to wield power in the feminine way-trusting our intuition with an authentic voice, wisdom, beauty, and grace. more …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
A Buddhist Healing Ritual: Dakini's Heart-Essence Chöd
Healing Chöd is an ancient Buddhist ritual known for its power to heal physical, emotional, and mental illness and suffering. There are no instructions to follow or techniques to learn. more …
The Light Body® School First Session (South Make-Up Class): 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 …
Integrative Weight Loss
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 …
Let Your Yoga Dance® Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Part 2
For students who have completed Part 1. Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training Chakra Fusion Part 2 pulls everything together. After six weeks of at-home practice following completion of Part 1, you return to offer full hour-long Let Your Yoga Dance classes to your peers in a safe and sacred setting. more …
Panchakarma
An ancient, cleansing ritual for today’s world… Special rate: $2,364 (includes tuition, healing arts, and nonrefundable $55 application and intake consultation fee). more …
The Light Body® School First Session (South Make-Up Class): 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 …
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 …
Friday, November 30, 2012
All the Time in the World: Awakening to Buddha Standard Time
Lama Surya Das invites you to directly experience the spacious dimension he calls “Buddha Standard Time.” Translating Buddhist principles to their most practical form, Surya Das shows you how to transform your relationship with time, allowing you to become more effective, productive, and happy as you become less preoccupied with schedules and deadlines. more …
Getting the Love You Want: A Workshop for Couples
For couples of all orientations, length 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 …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 4
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. 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 …
Power Yoga and Beyond: From Sweat to Samadhi
Are you looking for something more from your yoga practice? Go beyond asana with Beryl Bender Birch as your guide through the eight-limbed path of classical (also called astanga) yoga-from the yamas and niyamas to samadhi, the experience of yoga itself. more …
The Magic of Radical Forgiveness
Awaken to the truth of who you are and the real purpose of your spiritual journey on this physical plane. In this amazing workshop with Colin and JoAnn Tipping, you will discover the power within you to not only transform your own life, but also make a real difference in the world. more …
Trauma and the Twelve Steps: An Integrated Course in Recovery Enhancement
Twelve-step recovery programs are wonderful, community-level resources to help individuals overcome addictions, problematic behaviors, or relationship codependency. more …
Foundations of Ayurveda: Part Two
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, December 2, 2012
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: Moving Your Body’s Story
SomaSoul®: Somatic Expressive Therapy is a therapeutic process that brings healing and vitality to our bodies, minds, and emotions. Through an integration of mindfulness, the expressive arts and therapeutic dialogue with the body, we gain access to the unconscious blocks that live within our body-mind and move limitation towards freedom, trauma toward healing, difficult emotions toward acceptance and transformation. more …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 4
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 5
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 5
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module One
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 Four
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, January 18, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 6
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
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 …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 6
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Friday, February 8, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Session 7
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Session 7
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Kripalu Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module Two
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 24, 2013
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Somatic Healing Process
SomaSoul®: Somatic Expressive Therapy is a therapeutic process that brings healing and vitality to our bodies, minds, and emotions. Through an integration of mindfulness, the expressive arts and therapeutic dialogue with the body, we gain access to the unconscious blocks that live within our body-mind and move limitation towards freedom, trauma toward healing, difficult emotions toward acceptance and transformation. more …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Connecticut: Graduation Session
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Fairfield, Connecticut. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from October to March. more …
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Rhode Island: Graduation Session
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour will be offered in Rhode Island at All That Matters in Wakefield. This non-residential training will be offered eight weekends from September 2012 to March 2013. more …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module Two
Exploring the Energy Body: Teaching Pranayama and Meditation By Deepening your knowledge and practice of pranayama, meditation, and yoga philosophy your work as a yoga teacher, guide, and healer will be enhanced. more …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Kripalu Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant Certification: Module Three
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 21, 2013
SomaSoul® Somatic Expressive Therapy Training: The Art of Co-Facilitation
SomaSoul®: Somatic Expressive Therapy is a therapeutic process that brings healing and vitality to our bodies, minds, and emotions. Through an integration of mindfulness, the expressive arts and therapeutic dialogue with the body, we gain access to the unconscious blocks that live within our body-mind and move limitation towards freedom, trauma toward healing, difficult emotions toward acceptance and transformation. more …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module Three
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 …
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