Sanctuary

Spiritual grounding for queer and trans folks

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Express Your Identity in All Its Fullness

Join social justice educator and yoga teacher, Jacoby Ballard, and yoga educator and artist, Ro Grace, for a retreat designed specifically for queer and trans-identified individuals. 

Experience community, connection, healing, joy, and more in this program that was featured in Yoga Journal's The Best Yoga Retreat Trends of 2023. You will:

In this program, you will:

  • Explore contemplative practices such as lovingkindness as a form of fierce protection.
  • Be supported by nourishing yoga and creative movement practices.
  • Explore how queerness can radicalize your spiritual practice.
  • Counter cultural appropriation and honor yoga’s roots through authentic practices.
  • Experience freedom of movement and expression.
  • Connect with your own unique sources of spiritual grounding.

Join us and express your identity in all its fullness in this weekend of spiritual nourishment, creative practice, rest, and magical expression.

NOTE: This is a retreat for queer and trans-identified individuals only. It is our goal at Kripalu to provide a welcoming environment for all. We have created Gender Expansive Dorms with the explicit goal of providing a housing experience with a sense of belonging and community for trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer/gender non-conforming guests, as well as LGBTQIA+ guests and allies of those communities. Guests who select Gender Expansive Dorms agree to live with and create a welcoming environment for guests of any gender identity. Please call Registrations at 413.448.3500 to book this type of accommodation. 

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