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 is a renowned civil rights activist, lawyer, filmmaker, innovator, and author of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.

Seane Corn, an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker known for her teaching, and service. She is the author of Revolution of the Soul: Awaken to Love Through Raw Truth, Radical Healing, and Conscious Action.

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, YACEP, is the Head of research and yoga advancement for Yoga Alliance, cofounder of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, Emerita Trustee of Kripalu, and 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 author of One Degree Revolution: How the Wisdom of Yoga Inspires Small Sifts That Lead to Big Changes.

Nancy Slonim Aronie, a commentator for National Public Radio and founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop, is author of Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of your Inner Voice and Memoir as Medicine: The Healing Power of Writing Your Messy, Imperfect, Unruly (but Gorgeously Yours) Life Story.

Alexandra Roxo is a bestselling author, artist, and spiritual guide specializing in the intersection of spirituality and sexuality as well as emotions and intimacy.

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, CIAYT, E-RYT 500, is Executive Director and co-founder of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, and a Kripalu Yoga teacher.

Zelda Hotaling, a spiritual intuitive, was raised in the Native American culture 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, RSMT, teacher, dancer, and founder of Robin Becker Dance, studied Continuum with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper 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, is Vice Chair of Fiduciary Trust International and former CEO and founder of Athena Capital Advisors, a nationally recognized wealth manager.

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, E-RYT 1000, 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 lead Kripalu faculty and the former dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda.

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 Integrative Yoga Therapy.

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

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.

Roberta Kirn is a song leader, percussionist, and dancer who has been leading community singing on Martha’s Vineyard and throughout the world for more than 20 years.