The Revolution Within: Women’s Week at Kripalu

Angela Farmer was one of B. K. S. Iyengar’s earliest students. Her journey for more than 40 years has been an internal one, inviting inner dialogue with the body and bringing feeling, movement, and freedom into yoga practice.

Valarie Kaur, a seasoned civil rights activist and prophetic voice “at the forefront of progressive change,” is a lawyer, filmmaker, and innovator who has helped win policy change on multiple fronts and now leads the Revolutionary Love Project to champion love as a force for justice.

Seane Corn, an international yoga teacher and co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World®, uses her platform to engage in spiritual and conscious activism.

Zainab Salbi, is founder of Women for Women international, the creator and host of several television shows including #MeToo, Now What? on PBS. She is also the author of several books including the international best-seller Between Two Worlds.

Rev. angel Kyodo williams, an activist, master trainer, and leading voice for transformative social change, is author of Being Black and Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation.

Carol Gilligan, PhD, is the author of In a Different Voice, described by Harvard University Press as “the little book that started a revolution.”

Tina Packer, an actor, playwright, and creator and author of Women of Will, is the founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Maya Breuer, E-RYT 500, vice president of Cross Cultural Advancement for Yoga Alliance, cofounder of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, and an Emeritus Trustee of Kripalu, is creator of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color.

Coby Kozlowski, MA, E-RYT, is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and founder of Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive.

Nancy Slonim Aronie, a commentator for National Public Radio, is author of Writing from the Heart and founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop.

Alexandra Roxo, writer, transformational coach, and cofounder of Moon Club, uses the power of storytelling and embodiment to facilitate and lead women toward transformation and self-healing.

Kate Johnson, a meditation and movement teacher based in Philadelphia, is a faculty member of MIT’s Presencing Institute.

Claudia Welch is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, an Ayurvedic practitioner, and an international speaker who explores how ideas in Eastern medicine apply to today’s reality.

Toni Bergins, MEd, artistic alchemist and founder of JourneyDance™, has helped thousands of people find emotional well-being through transformational dance.

Jana Long, E-RYT 500, a yoga therapist, meditation facilitator, is cofounder and executive director of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, Inc.

Zelda Hotaling, a spiritual intuitive, was raised in the Native American tradition of the Haudenosaunee. Spirit-guided healer and author, she is creator of the Sacred Dream Circle Project, 21 completed circles representing all walks of life, cultures, ethnic backgrounds, and spirituality.

Vicki Noble, a feminist writer, healer, and wisdom teacher, is cocreator of Motherpeace Tarot and author of Motherpeace, Shakti Woman, and The Double Goddess.

Robin Becker, MA, RSME, teacher, dancer, and founder of Robin Becker Dance, studied Continuum with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper for 26 years, and was selected to teach in 2001.

Peggy McIntosh, senior research associate of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, founded the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity), which she codirected for its first 25 years.

Lisette Cooper, PhD, founder and chief investment officer of Athena Capital Advisors, Emerita Trustee of Kripalu, and former Board Chair of Kripalu, is an author, researcher, meditator, mentor, and wealth management practitioner.

Mary Campbell, a woman’s empowerment and intimacy coach, ordained inter-spiritual minister, counselor, author, and educator is the founder and executive director of Walking Our Talk.

Denise Barack, Women's Week curator and moderator, joined the Kripalu community in 1987 and has been on staff since 1998. She served as Kripalu’s Director of Programming for 12 years and is now the Director of Program Innovation.

Scarlet Snow Johnson, who completed her Kripalu yoga teacher training in 2005 with Toby Levine and Yoganand Michael Carroll, opened The Yoga Barn, an award-winning studio on Martha’s Vineyard, in 2008.

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD, YTh Dip, C-IAYT, an eco-yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for empowering women’s health, is author of Yoni Shakti, a Women’s Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra.

Jennifer Butler, founder of the True Beauty movement, has helped more than 7,000 clients find their authentic self-expression.

Janna Delgado, BFA, E-RYT 500, Kripalu faculty member and curriculum developer for the Kripalu Yoga in the Schools program, is a facilitator and trainer for RISE, an evidence-based program in conscious leadership.

Mary Hammerstein, MAT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a 300-hour Akhanda Yoga teacher who regularly participates in teacher trainings with Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu.

Erin Casperson is the Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, and a 500-hour Kripalu Yoga teacher.

Jennifer Reis, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, LMT, creator of Five Element Yoga® and Divine Sleep® Yoga Nidra, is a faculty member for the Kripalu Schools of Yoga and School of Integrative Yoga Therapy.

Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, RN, E-RYT 1000, works with clients privately and leads workshops internationally. Her Kripalu Gentle Yoga DVD has won three prestigious awards. sudhalundeen.com

Rev. Arti Roots Ross, LMT, a multidimensional healing arts professional, and ordained minister, is founder and director of Optimal Wellness Lifestyle Strategies and founder of Chrysalis Springs Retreat Center.