Erin Casperson

There is no "Ayurvedic diet," says Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. The key to health is to eat what grows in your region—in season, and in a peaceful environment and state of body and mind.

During the holidays, maintain the practices that keep you well-rested.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, offers a slow, rhythmic, fluid practice for fall that evokes the water and earth elements.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, loved everything about coffee—except how it made her feel.

The colors you choose for your walls can either balance or intensify the qualities associated with your dosha, affecting your mood and energy. Kripalu's Erin Casperson offers an Ayurvedic guide to keep you on track.

With the stress and anxiety we’re all experiencing, it’s natural for the libido to take a hit. The wisdom of Ayurveda can help you navigate through the sexy-time drought.

Do you find yourself responding to anxiety by filling your time with distractions and long to-do lists? Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, invites you to slow down and see what happens.

Ayurveda is based in the five elements, and follows the rhythms of the sun and moon, inviting us to live in closer attunement with nature. Here are four ways to align with winter.

In a world that wants to sell us Botox, facelifts, and miracle cream, and considers us irrelevant once the bloom is off the rose, how can we take back the wisdom years and celebrate aging?

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, shares how our graduates have carved out unique career paths in this burgeoning field.

Ayurveda recommends eating seasonally so, in the fall, if you live where apples grow, eat apples. Lots of them.

The ancient health science of Ayurveda offers clues into how we spend and save, according to our dosha.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, offers tips for balancing the qualities of pitta dosha, which rules the summer season.

This is the time of year to indulge in a slow, rhythmic, fluid practice that evokes the water element, with lots of grounding poses that connect to the earth element.

Ayurveda is our guidebook for attaining lifelong health and self-realization, says Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga.

Are you a dyed-in-the-wool night owl? It might be time to make a change. According to Ayurveda, your happiness depends on how much sleep you get.

The practice of feeling into the connection of shared emotions can create a sense of greater connection with the larger web of humankind.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, shares how to boost your ojas—the life-sustaining vitality that promotes immunity in the body.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, counters the media's assumptions about the "science of life," and offers a deeper understanding, plus resources to learn more.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, offers some basic principles for adjusting your diet to balance the qualities of the season.

No matter how often you get it on, at any time of year, you can use Ayurveda to enhance your sex life and to preserve and build your ojas (vitality). Here’s how.

With the growing season comes opportunities to plant, sprout, and grow—in our lives and in the earth. The Ayurvedic herb garden at Kripalu is a sacred space...

Ayurveda offers practices that will balance out the heat, so you can get a decent night’s rest.

When you cook water, its qualities are transformed, making it more warming and easier to assimilate.

Ghee—especially when made from local, grass-fed, organic, unsalted butter—offers a wide range of benefits, ranging from clarity of mind to better digestion.

Adjusting our daily self-care rituals to seasonal changes helps us maintain balance and reminds us that we are a part of the natural world.

The Paleo diet made bone broth trendy, but it's long held a place in Ayurvedic medicinal cookery. The Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda shares the health benefits, and recipe for bone broth.

Ayurveda teaches that imbalance causes disease, and that there are three main causes of imbalance—two of which originate in the mind.

Ayurveda can help us build healthy emotional boundaries that create a sense of freedom, personal space, and empowerment.

As August rolls on, pitta aggravation is in full force if your constitution is primarily pitta—one of the three Ayurvedic doshas.

Just as we adjust our diet in the springtime, we can adjust our yoga practice to balance the heavy, damp, cool qualities of the season.

This simple, accessible practice can be broken down into 15-minutes segments; the entire sequence takes about 45 minutes to complete.

A perfect wintertime comfort food, with the added benefit of health-promoting herbs and spices.

Ayurveda, the “science of life,” emphasizes diet and lifestyle choices to maintain health and bring balance to the body and mind, while living in harmony...

The eightfold exam is a thorough process that reveals places of balance and imbalance in a client's constitution.

Learn tips on how you can bring the wisdom of this ancient health science into your life.

You may already be practicing aspects of Ayurveda, but not using the language of this 5,000-year-old Indian health science, according to Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda.

From cooking to cozying up with your sweetheart, coconut oil is all the rage. If you’re ready to take coconut oil to the next level in your daily life, here are some recommendations drawn from the teachings of Ayurveda.

The silence of meditation holds infinite power to soften and heal.

Adapting to the coldest time of the year with a mindful approach.

Explore at-home treatments with an Ayurvedic philosophy.

These practices from Kripalu faculty and presenters will smooth your transition into spring and help you take advantage of the longer days.

The Deans of our four Schools share their morning routines and offer inspiration for building new habits to start your day.

We asked a few of our Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda faculty to share their favorite rituals for the season of celebration.

Ayurveda’s first cardinal rule is to implement practices with the opposite qualities of the season. Try these tips to bring more warmth into your winter.

When we’re able to drop into nature’s silence, we can hear and know ourselves more clearly.

Erin Casperson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, shares 10 of her favorite self-care items—guaranteed to keep your loved ones well-nourished all winter long.

If you’d like to do more than simply endure another winter, here are some ways to thrive during the frostiest time of the year.

Have you ever been gung-ho about doing a cleanse, but found your willpower withering after a few days? Ayurveda has the recipe for success.

According to yoga’s sister science, most digestive problems are due to diet and lifestyle choices. That’s actually good news, because it means that we can take our health into our own hands.

Yoga and Ayurveda teach us to be fully present and engaged as we shift seasons and open to new perspectives.

Silence leaves us renewed, more awake to who we are and what we most need.

These days, science supports what so many of us have intuitively known for a long time—that what and how we eat greatly impacts our mood, emotions, and overall health.

How do we design a feast that leaves everyone feeling happy and satisfied rather than bloated and bogged down? Ayurveda has a secret formula.

Today, tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages on the planet, with many people and cultures ascribing to it benefits of tranquility and healing.

When we put down our devices, we look up, engage, and come back to the world, and to ourselves.

Twisting yourself into a pretzel this holiday season trying to get everything done? Come back to center with one of these practices from our Kripalu Schools faculty.

Silence can be frightening, because it opens the door to thoughts and emotions that noise keeps at bay.

Daneen had been in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction for more than three years when she enrolled in the Ayurvedic Health Counselor training.

The ancient science of Ayurveda offers tips for creating a healthier relationship with technology.

We asked a selection of Kripalu teachers for practices that can bring warmth and wellness into your winter. Here are a few of their bright ideas.

In hot temperatures, pitta (one of the three Ayurvedic doshas, or qualities) can get out of balance, leading to skin irritation, indigestion, and frustration. Here are six tips for choosing foods that cool your body and calm your mood.

Parenting is an incredible and rewarding learning experience. And it’s not for the faint of heart. Yoga, mindfulness, and meditation can all support the journey.

Need a great beach read? Here’s what our Schools faculty and staff are kicking back with this summer!

We asked a few yoga and Ayurveda experts to offer health- and happiness-enhancing practices for some very stressed-out small-screen personalities.

Consisting of cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger, this trifecta is a perfect accompaniment to any sweet dish, and it has tons of health benefits.