Befriending Your Body Meeting Your Body As Your Teacher

Healing & Wholeness

Befriending Your Body

Meeting your body as your teacher

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Heal Your Relationship With Your Body

Your body, your greatest teacher, is full of wisdom. Many spiritual traditions respect the body as the foundation of awareness and connection to self and others.

Join experienced psychotherapist, author, and creator of the Befriending Your Body (BFYB) program, Ann Saffi Biasetti, as she guides you to explore ways to make peace with your body and yourself.

Through embodied movement, meditation, reflection, and compassion practices, you will:

Cultivate connection, compassion, and empowerment so you can return to your truest Self.
Understand mind-body duality and its influence on body image and disembodiment.
Learn to quiet the inner critic so you can safely develop a new relationship with your body.
Discover inner strength and create authentic, meaningful relationships with others.

By understanding the history of the mind-body divide as well as the cultural influences that have left us in states of disconnection, we can learn to love our bodies once more.

NOTE: This program is open to all those who identify as women, whether or not you have a history with disordered eating.

Recommended Reading: Ann Saffi Biasetti, Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and Awakening Self-Compassion Cards: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing, and Growth

Included in Your Stay

Daily Yoga Classes

3 Nutritious Meals a Day

Access to the Kripalu Grounds

OPENING DAY
2:00 pm	Check-in begins
4:45–6:00	Kripalu Yoga class
5:30–7:30	Dinner
7:30–9:00	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
1:30–4:00	Program Session
4:45–6:00	Kripalu Yoga class
5:30–7:30	Dinner
7:30–9:00	Program Session (optional)

CLOSING DAY
6:30–7:45 am	Kripalu Yoga class
7:30–9:00	Silent Breakfast
9:00 am–12:00 pm	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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