Scholarships and Free Programming

Radical Accessibility

Kripalu is committed to supporting individuals interested in enhancing their life and realizing their full potential. Scholarships and free offerings are all made possible by the generous support of Kripalu’s patrons and donors.


February Highlight

Kripalu Sangha
Join Kripalu CEO Robert Mulhall for a free live online sangha—a community of people who practice the dharma together. Become more connected to your presence and awareness. Fill your cup as you join others in community, care, and respect, and tend to the fire of our collective Sangha. Learn more and register here

 


Free Programming


➔ AFFINITY CIRCLES: Free Online Offering
Monthly meetings for Global Majority/BIPOC, Queer LGBTQIA+, Kripalu Schools Alumni, and grief communities.


➔ KRIPALU ONLINE SANGHA: Practice Together in a Community of Care

Returning in 2024 | Monthly on Monday from 5:00–5:30 pm

With Robert Mulhall, Kripalu's CEO


➔ BETWEEN THE LINES: Conversations to Ignite Collective Change
Ongoing online conversations
Courageous 1:1 conversations with our visionaries


➔ AMPLIFY VOICES OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY
Free access to the recorded series from April designed in partnership with changemakers around the globe who work to dismantle inequity and harm, steward the planet, prioritize collective wellness, and stress interdependent liberation.

More Free programs

 


On Campus Scholarships

R&R EXPERIENCE

The Kripalu R&R experience—our signature retreat—allows you the freedom to choose what you need while you’re here. We are now offering two R&R scholarship options:

 

  1. OVERNIGHT
    R&R overnight scholarship, which covers up to two nights-Sunday-Tuesday or Tuesday-Thursday an R&R stay, including housing, meals, and R&R programming. To apply, please click here
    Note | Scholarship dates are released 3-4 weeks prior to date of stay. Please complete the scholarship application to see available dates. If your dates are not available, please save the link to the availability page, and check back regularly for new dates releases. Our reservations team cannot offer any dates not listed on the website.

  2. DAY PASS
    In celebration of being open for 40 years in the Berkshires, Kripalu is offering up to 400 R&R Day Pass Scholarships. In addition to our traditional scholarship criteria, we are also offering scholarships to Berkshire locals who are first-time visitors to Kripalu for a limited time only. If you want to take a yoga class, explore our grounds, or simply enjoy our delicious meals, please complete the R&R Day Pass Scholarship application to reserve your visit, no yoga experience is required. 

      • Note | Scholarship dates are released 3-4 weeks prior to date of stay. Please complete the scholarship application to see available dates. If your dates are not available, please save the link to the availability page, and check back regularly for new dates releases. Our reservations team cannot offer any dates not listed on the website.

 

Thank you to Berkshire Bank for sponsoring our 400 R&R Day Pass Scholarship offering.

ON CAMPUS PROGRAMS

We have full scholarship opportunities to participate in select on campus programming. Those who qualify should complete our On Campus Scholarship Application. The criteria are listed on the application. Once submitted, it will direct you to a list of programs currently offering scholarships, where you can select and register for the program you wish to attend. If we are currently offering RISE (an evidence-based resilience building program) scholarship, it will be listed here.
 

Please note: we ask that you apply for only ONE on campus scholarship per year.

ACTIVISTS & ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

As part of our commitment to support the journey of personal and collective liberation, Kripalu invites select Activists and Artists for sponsored residencies on our campus for a mid-week stay to rest and restore. Activists may include frontline workers, nonprofit founders, and practitioners. Artists may include visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, poets, filmmakers, actors, storytellers, designers, directors, producers, and creators who are leaders in whole-being, liberation work, or are agents of institutional and systemic change who take wise action in an effort to create peace and sustainability in the world. The mid-week stay is an opportunity to rest and restore by enjoying our Retreat & Renewal classes each day, nourishing food, and sacred lands. Travel is not included.

For more information regarding the AAIR program, please email  regenerativecommunity@kripalu.org or submit your application here.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: A Nonprofit Leaders Retreat | Upcoming 2024 Dates Available

Join Kripalu CEO Robert Mulhall, Director of Creative Strategy and Programming Eset Rose, and Lead Kripalu Faculty Edi Pasalis, for a five-day, on campus program open to leaders of nonprofit organizations. This program offers the space, activities, and materials to explore your own leadership, as well as your being and potential.

 

For more information and to apply, click here

KRIPALU SCHOOLS TRAININGS

Certain Kripalu Schools trainings are eligible for scholarships. Please note that scholarships are limited and awarded on a rolling basis. Thus, those that apply early are given the best chance of securing any available financial support. For more information and a list of eligible programs, click here


Online Scholarships

ONLINE PROGRAMS

We have full scholarship opportunities to participate in select online programming. Those who qualify should complete our Online Scholarship Application. The criteria are listed on the application. Once submitted, it will direct you to a list of programs currently offering scholarships, where you can select and register for the program you wish to attend. If we are currently offering RISE (an evidence-based resilience building program) scholarship, it will be listed on that page.

KRIPALU ONLINE STUDIO

Our online subscription offers an array of classes and workshops, both live and on-demand, centered on yoga, self-discovery, community, mediation, and more. A full scholarship is available for a month's pass. Click here to learn more and/or apply for a scholarship.

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