The Ache in Your Heart is Holy

Healing & Wholeness

The Ache in Your Heart Is Holy

Sometimes the Only Way Out Is to Go In

Come together in community to reveal the sacredness of your aching heart. We all ache—yet the ache is something we can learn from instead of denying or pushing away. This retreat is an invitation to honor the longings and tender places you carry as doorways into wholeness, holiness, and awakening.

Join Kripalu faculty and author Coby Kozlowski for a retreat that helps you meet your ache as a trusted companion and awaken to the truth of who you are.

Through Instinctive Meditation®, soulful inquiry, expressive art, and conscious movement, you will:

Listen and tend to the ache in your heart.
Hold space for your longings, desires, pain, and grief.
Awaken to a more intimate relationship with life.

Return home ready to tend to your heart and expand into your wholeness.

NOTE: No prior experience is necessary. All are welcome. Kripalu is a retreat and educational environment. Kripalu is not a clinical facility and does not provide physical or mental health medical services. While we delve into deep work during the program, this is not a therapy or trauma recovery program. Our goal is to provide a supportive environment for personal growth and self-discovery. Throughout the program, you may encounter challenging emotions. We kindly request that you ensure your emotional stability with your mental health care provider before participating.

Included in Your Stay

Daily Yoga Classes

3 Nutritious Meals a Day

Access to the Kripalu Grounds

Schedule

OPENING DAY
2:00 pm	Check-in begins
4:45–6:00	Kripalu Yoga class
5:30–7:30	Dinner
7:30–9:30	Program Session

DAILY
6:30–7:45 am	Kripalu Yoga class
7:30–9:00	Silent Breakfast
8:30–11:30	Program Session
11:30–1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30–5:30	Program Session
4:45–6:00	Kripalu Yoga class
5:30–7:30	Dinner
7:30–8:30	Program Session (optional)

CLOSING DAY
6:30–7:45 am	Kripalu Yoga class
7:30–9:00	Silent Breakfast
9:00–11:00	Program Session
11:30–1:30 pm	Lunch and Departure

Please note: Rooms are ready by 4:00 pm. You may store your bags in the Luggage Room until your room is available. On the day of departure, room check-out time is 10:00 am—you may remain on campus and take part in workshops until 2:00 pm. Actual times and schedules may vary; please see the Guest Boards or the schedule provided upon check-in for details and room locations.

FAQs

From private rooms to community-style dorms, our accommodations are intentionally simple—designed to help you unplug and feel grounded. Whether you're seeking solitude or connection, we offer a variety of options to support your stay.

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Registering for any Kripalu on campus experience includes three daily meals, daily yoga, and movement classes, and access to the Kripalu grounds and other amenities: including Healing Arts, the Shop, the Cafe, and our grounds.

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Online booking is available for 1–2 guests. Please select the appropriate booking button on the program page.

Yes. If a program is full, you may add yourself to the waitlist or by contacting registration@kripalu.org. If space becomes available, we’ll contact you in the order received.

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