Edi Pasalis has been a beloved member of the Kripalu faculty for over two decades, offering programs rooted in the Kripalu tradition of embodied transformation, deep inquiry, and compassionate self-discovery. As former Director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living, she helped create RISE™, Kripalu's evidence-based initiative for emotionally intelligent, people-centered workplaces—and has since guided thousands of educators, healthcare workers, and leaders through transformational learning.
Edi's work now centers on midlife as a sacred passage. 

Her own journey—marked by unexpected intensity, profound unraveling, and ultimately, a movement into deeply embodied aliveness—is the living ground of what she teaches. Harvard-trained and spiritually rooted, she brings together research-informed wisdom, contemplative practice, and warmhearted presence to help all meet the challenges of life not as a crisis, but as an initiation into deeper truth and power.