Yoga Classes

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Gentle Yoga
Gentle Kripalu Yoga classes are meditative, fluid, and soothing, suitable for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike. You experience slow movements to warm the body and release muscular tension, breathing techniques to calm the nervous system, and simple postures to build focus and stability with accessible explorations of an edge.

Moderate Yoga
Moderate Kripalu Yoga classes explore the balance between effort and ease. The aim of this class is to warm the body at a moderate pace, cultivate strength by sustaining more engaging postures, and develop mental focus through meditation and breathing practices. This class is ideal for those with an existing yoga practice, though newcomers who feel fit and strong are also welcome.

Vinyasa Yoga
Kripalu Vinyasa Yoga offers dynamic, powerful sequences that encourage you to explore your edge. This class is ideal for those interested in a challenging practice that explores diverse postures, meditations and breathing techniques.  Kripalu Vinyasa Yoga requires a keen sense of body awareness and enough familiarity with yoga to modify as needed.

YogaDance™
Lightly guided dance class that allows you to move in any way that you are inspired to move either by thoughts, feelings, emotions, music, or by the movements of other dancers. It's like a laboratory, playground, and clean canvas for movement. Come dance in community—you won't regret it!

All Levels Yoga
This class welcomes participants of all abilities; beginners, intermediate, and advanced. You will be guided into various postures and different variations of the asana will be offered for you to create a truly tailored yoga experience. 

Relax and Unwind Yoga
Relax and Unwind Yoga provides a sequence of relaxing stretches, calming poses, and soothing breathing techniques in the evening to support relaxation and more restful sleep. The intention of the class is to regulate the nervous system and gather a body/mind sense of calm, ease, and relaxation. This class may include a mixture of gentle, Yin, and restorative yoga as well as guided breathing and meditation, and/or yoga nidra.

Yoga Nidra
Unwind and experience an opportunity to relax and let go. A calming voice and soothing music provides just the right atmosphere to experience the deep healing benefits and relaxation that yoga nidra has to offer.

Yoga Workshops & Therapeutics

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Yoga Workshop: Building Your At-Home Practice
Home practice, which requires you to be your own teacher, is hard.  Learn to create a supportive, nourishing home practice you'll actually enjoy doing.  Discover the energetics of the main categories of yoga asana and determin your inteintions for home practice.

Yoga Workshop: Embody Your Practice
In this movement-based workshop, you will have an exploration of following inner guidance, and learning how to move "as the body wants", a phrase many of us encounter in yoga classes, and can find somewhat confounding. There will be a brief discussion contextualizing how moving meditation became a hallmark of Kripalu Yoga, and the evolution to the present day inviation. We will have dynamic movement to warm the body, followed by brief invitations to choose variations etc. The practice will culminate in a period of following the guidance of the body. Some time to write and reflect will be made available at the end of the practice.

Yoga Workshop: Exploring the Power of the Warmup
Join us for pratapana warm ups, yoga therapy, and some of Don Stapletons’s self awakening yoga exercises, the original Kripalu style of somatic movements. All of these are designed to properly warm up all of the joints and spine and allow for more safety when they practice asana.

Yoga Workshop: Lila, The Practice of Letting Go
According to yogic philosophy the whole world is the spontaneous creation of the divine, born in freedom and playful creativity—Lila. Learn tools to break through old patterns, get ‘unstuck’ and experience more pleasure in your life. Expect lecture, discussion, and gentle movement, appropriate for everyone.

Yoga Workshop: Meditation in Motion
Silent, seated meditation is not for everyone. Come experience meditation in motion, a gentle, moving form of meditation that enhances your listening skills and allows you to let go of the thinking mind and trust the guidance of prana within.

Yoga Workshop: Presence, Power, and the Yoga of Voice
Your voice is a unique reflection of how you feel and who you are. It’s also a pathway to a more present and powerful you. Practice simple breathing tools and exercises that anyone can do to cultivate effortless ease in your voice and in your whole-being.

Yoga Workshop: The Yoga of Yes
For those who long to reconnect to their authentic self. Explore ways in which yogic philosophy can enhance your listening skills, help you let go of the thinking mind, and trust the guidance of prana within. Expect lecture, discussion and gentle movement, appropriate for everyone. 

Yoga Workshop: Yoga for Pain Relief
In this offering we will use yoga to align the body by first identifying muscle imbalances that cause many painful conditions. By selecting the proper poses, to either stretch or strengthen targeted muscles, the body will start to come back into balance and out of pain.

Yoga Therapeutics: Meditation and Breathing
Workshop exploring techniques for meditation and breathing through gentle breathing and meditation practice.

Yoga Therapeutics: Yoga Nidra, Overview and Practice
Workshop exploring history of yoga nidra (guided meditation) followed by a yoga nidra practice

Yoga to Relieve Low Back Pain
This workshop will explore a variety of breath-centered asana that support relief of low back pain. Ideal for all levels of practitioner, participants will explore the relationship between the core, hips, legs and spine in ways that relieve discomfort and foster greater mobility.

Movement & Meditation

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Radical Rest
Radical rest is a powerful catalyst for personal and collective change. Therefore, to transform we must rest. This workshop uses restorative yoga as a tool of radical rest for self and communal care and well-being. We will take time to replenish, rejuvenate, and honor the changes of life through pause, reflection, and relaxation.

Sound Sleep
Allow bedtime sound healing to help drift you off to relaxation and sleep through the power of crystal singing bowls. Settle. Calm. Soothe. Rest. Receive.

Morning Meditation
This guided meditation develops awareness of meeting the present moment in a curious, compassionate, and non-judgmental way. The class begins with a short group guided instruction and includes mostly silent reflection to develop a deeper connection to self, others, and life.

Sound Bath (Pre-registration required.)
Raise your vibration and consciousness with the healing energies of the Tibetan Singing Bowls. Sound Healing can open a new door into your life for consciousness/awareness and has intense and immense healing potential. Old wounds and past life traumas may quickly fall away as you rise above them.  You’ll feel this for days!  Yoga mats are available if you would like to lay on the floor.

Ayurveda Workshops

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Ayurveda-Inspired Yoga for the Season
Each season brings a set of qualities that influence our body and mind. Cool damp days can make us feel sluggish, cold windy days can make us feel unsettled, hot humid days can make us feel aggravated.  An Ayurveda-inspired yoga practice means adjusting our yoga, pranayama, and meditation practice to address the dominant quailites of each season andcreate balance in body and mind. Come explore the ayurvedic approach to yoga practice to bring ease to your body and mind.

Ayurvedic Lifestyle for Health and Well-being
Good health and radiance are two things we all strive for. Through discussion, yoga, and breathing exercises, explore key tools that support us to live with more vitality and joy, reconnect with your life force, and cultivate awareness and motivation to instill these tools in your daily life. 

Fire Ceremonies

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Beltane Fire Ceremony
Join us in community to mark Beltane/May Day! We will honor the directions/elements, the spirit/s of the land, make offerings to the fire, and call in the new season. Beltane is the beginning of Summer in the Celtic Wheel of the Year and sits between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. It is a time where our seeds and intentions begin to sprout and bloom, so it's a time for the celebration of joy and life itself! During this fire ceremony we will celebrate the beginning of the warm season, discuss the qualities of this time of year, and work with the fire to share intentions and gratitudes for the season ahead. If you feel inspired, please bring a song or poem.

Imbolic Fire Ceremony
In the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Imbolc, is a Gaelic festival at the beginning of February marking the end of the winter season and beginning of spring. The word Imbolc derives from the Irish, ‘i mbolg’, meaning ‘in the belly’, or ""first milk"" in the old Irish Neolithic language. It heralds the birthing season, as the soon-to-be-born lambs are growing in their mother’s bellies. Another powerful metaphor to describe this time is ‘winter pregnant with summer’. The seeds of summer are still hidden deep in the earth, and while the worst of the winter darkness is over, Spring has not fully arrived yet. During this fire ceremony we will honor the seeds alive in us waiting to come forth, discuss the origins of this festival, and qualities of this time of year, and work with the fire to share intentions and gratitudes for the season ahead.

Lughnasadh Fire Ceremony
One of the eight festivals on the Wheel of the Year, Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Join Kripalu Staff as we mark the turning of the wheel with a Fire Ceremony with intention, celebration, and community.

Samhain Fire Ceremony
In the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Samhain ( SOW-in), is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year. During this fire ceremony we will honor the coming inward focus of the winter months, share some of the origins of this festival, and work with the fire to share intentions and gratitudes for the season ahead.

Spring Equinox Fire Ceremony
The Spring Equinox also known as Ostara, is a time of renewal and rebirth in Celtic Wheel of the Year. As the dark and cold winter months give way to the bright and warm spring season, the natural world awakens from its slumber, and a new life begins to emerge. In Celtic mythology, the spring equinox was the day that night and day stood equal and the rare balance was seen as a powerful time for magic and nature. During this fire ceremony we will honor the balance of light and dark, discuss the qualities of this time of year, and work with the fire to share intentions and gratitudes for the season ahead.

Summer Solstice Fire Ceremony
Join us in Community to mark the Summer Solstice! Honor the directions/elements, the spirit/s of the land, make offerings to the fire, and call in the new season. The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year, a time when energy is high and active. The beginning of the harvest cycles, we begin to reap the fruits of our intentions. During this fire ceremony we will celebrate the height of summer, discuss the qualities of this time of year, and work with the fire to share intentions and gratitudes for the season ahead. If you feel inspired, please bring a song or poem. 

Outdoor Activities

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Labyrinth Walk
Spend first 10–15 minutes inside for a welcome, a labyrinth intro, and outdoor experience preview. Then head outdoors for centering at the edge of the woods, followed by a forest bathing sensorial stroll experience down to the labyrinth. Upon arrival, instruction and setting a personal intention. Upon completion of labyrinth journey into the center and return, I have paper and pen for journal integration. We close with a circle of gratitude moment.

Full Moon Ritual: Reflection and Intention
Join us in a Full Moon ritual to connect to our inner knowing, the Earth and the elements to clear our energy fields to release what no longer serves. We will also reflect on our lives and purpose to create an intention, and receive a divination message to support our path forward to manifestation. Weather permitting, we will gather indoors then head out to the labyrinth to meditate, reflect, and release. Wear layers and sturdy shoes for walking. In the event of rain, we will gather indoors.  **In the winter months this workshop will not be held outside and there is no need for you to dress for the outdoors**.

Lineage Workshop: Swami Kripalu Meditation Garden
Begin inside in a room or studio with a brief history of Swami Kripalu and the meditation garden. Then will walk to the garden in silence. While in the garden, you will experience the 108 flagstone by walking around the garden again in silence; you will then sit on benches and practice breathing, japa and sit for a number of minutes. End with time for questions in the garden.

Mindful Nature Walk
Naturalist led walk with rotating theme depending on the season and what living beings are showing up in the natural world. This will be a good alternative for those who want a gentle experience outdoors.

Nature and Mindfulness: A Kripalu Approach
Mindful outdoor experiences begin with a short presentation on the benefits of mindfulness in nature and followed by a slow, gentle, and spacious exploration of the Kripalu grounds.

Listening to the Land
Join for a guided walk to listen to messages from the land. Participate in a living ceremony of reciprocity to find connection to your lineage, birthright, and the wider ecosystem of beings. Please dress for the weather and trail walking.

Life Skill Workshops

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Unearthing the Wisdom of Menopause
The tranisitional time of menopause is a potent period for discovery and insight.  Learn the basics of menopause.  Attend to the emotions involved in this natural process.  Explore the potential of this time for transformation and wisdom.

Life Skill Workshop: This Precious Life
Through a combination of lecture, movement, guided meditation, and journaling, this workshop invites you to clarify your priorities and cultivate the ability to live each moment mindfully. Awaken to the gift that is your life.

Life Skill Workshop: Navigating Life with Breath and Awarness
How do we navigate the wholeness life has to offer including the highs and lows with presence to our moment to moment experience? Come explore Kripalu’s 5-step foundational technique to navigating the waves of life through breath, relaxation, wise awareness, compassion, and an accepting heart. 

Life Skill Workshop: Living the Kripalu Values
In this workshop learn the core principles of Kripalu's mission. These six ideals have become an integral part of our Kripalu legacy. Through journaling, sharing and discussion you will learn ways to use these same values as tools to create a more meaningful life.

Life Skill Workshop: Riding the Waves
Do you feel challenged by life? Do the unknowns of your world shake you up? In this workshop, learn practical tools for outliving your feelings and returning to equanimity. Using the Kripalu methodology of Riding the Waves, we practice allowing the feelings to come and to go. Allow your body, mind, and spirit to integrate, relax, and renew.

Life Skill Workshop: The Eight Limbed Path
Patanjali’s eight-limbed path provides multiple yogic practices. In this workshop, explore the eight limbs through journaling exercises, breath work, movement, and meditation. Gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of yoga from the past to modern times and how to apply these yogic principles to your everyday life.

Life Skill Workshop: The Gift of Self-Care
How can we be both gentle with ourselves, and cultivate the right use of will? This workshop will investigate radical compassion, the literal meaning of Kripalu. Join us as we study and practice its implications.

Healing Arts & Metaphysical Workshops

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Chinese Astrology: Discovering Your Passion & Purpose
Come combine the insights of Chinese Astrology with the wisdom and biography of Swami Kripalu's life. Explore Swami's life through the lens of his chart, and through is own words of wisdom, as examples of how to grow and develop our innate gifts and passions to create a life of purpose.

Healing Arts Workshop: Chinese Astrology
Spiritual Qi Men Dun Jia is the mother system of both Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology. This powerful system gives us an energetic map which allows us to tap into the 4 Realms both inside of us, and outside of us. We will explore how to call on a unique set of spiritual energies to empower us and support us to turn our intentions into manifestations. We will use this ancient roadmap to write our intentions and then align with higher powers to turn our dreams into reality.

Healing Arts Workshop: Positional Therapy
Learn how to release chronic tight muscle patterns using this gentle but extremely powerful modality. Target specific muscles with simple 90-second techniques.

Everyday Tarot: A Practice for Increasing Intuition
Good health and radiance are two things we all strive for. Through discussion, yoga, and breathing exercises, explore key tools that support us to live with more vitality and joy, reconnect with your life force, and cultivate awareness and motivation to instill these tools in your daily life. 

Creative Expression Workshops

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A Creative Ritual for Letting Go and Moving Forward with Peace
Join in this 2-part guided meditation and art workshop. Start with a pranayama practice, breathing in positivity and breathing out negativity. You will then complete an automatic writing activity and perform a group ritual to let go of whatever has been holding us back over the past year. Next explore another short guided meditation practice to focus on setting positive intentions for the year. Conclude with a drawing activity that we can take home to remind us of our commitment to having a more peaceful and healthy life going forward.