Kripalu's Spring 2017 Catalog

YOGA | AYURVEDA | MINDFULNESS | HEALTH | HAPPINESS | NUTRITION

Spring 2017 MARCH–MAY

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Explore the power of connection.

150+ programs and trainings

to inspire, educate, and empower NEW! 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training NEW SEASON, NEW YOU Spring R&R Retreat

Shiva Rea

Look for CE and CME credits on more than 100 programs.

Stockbridge, MA | 800.741.7353 | kripalu.org MISSION DRIVEN, DONOR SUPPORTED

see Wisdom Rising p. 57

Welcome to Spring at Kripalu OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE WISDOM AND PRACTICE OF YOGA.

Established in 1974, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is the premier destination for individuals and organizations seeking a joyful, inclusive, and compassionate environment for wellness, learning, and retreat. Located on a breathtaking campus in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Kripalu offers more than 700 programs a year that deliver life-changing, immersive experiences to nearly 40,000 guests. The campus is also home to the renowned Kripalu Schools, offering certification programs to yoga teachers and Ayurvedic practitioners. The largest yoga-based retreat center in North America, Kripalu is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization.

DO N ' T M I S S !

March 3–5 p. 61

TAL BEN-SHAHAR

March 17–19 p. 70

CAROLINE MYSS

March 24–26 p. 53 April 6–9 p. 57

Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness

The Hidden Power of Your Soul

KRISHNA DAS and SHARON SALZBERG Real Love: The Power of the Loving Heart LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE and SHIVA REA with special guest Krishna Das Wisdom Rising: Mandala of the Sacred Feminine

April 9–13 p. 73

BYRON KATIE

April 14–16 p. 58

TARA BRACH

April 21–23 p. 88

LESLIE SALMON JONES

Forgiveness

Loving Presence: Inhabiting and Expressing Your True Nature with special guests Jeff W. Jones and Morley Afro Flow Yoga: Flow into Freedom

May 12–14 p. 67

ELIZABETH GILBERT and RAYYA ELIAS

May 19–21 p. 58

CHRISTOPHER GERMER

May 28–June 2 p. 97

Big Magic and Bold Music

Mindful Self-Compassion: Core Skills Training

ROLF GATES, NIKKI MYERS, TOMMY ROSEN, MELODY MOORE, and more Yoga, Meditation, and Recovery Conference

4 Discover the right Kripalu Experience for you.

As a yoga-based retreat center, Kripalu provides experiential education for the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Our dynamic programs are designed to empower people to transform, heal, and grow. During your stay, we invite you to explore and enjoy everything Kripalu has to offer.

Also in This Issue 22 54 100 104 106 108 109

Kripalu in India Making an Impact Programs by Date Plan Your Stay Kripalu Affiliate Studios Presenter Index CE/CME Credits

Kripalu R&R and Group Retreats Create your own Kripalu Experience from a variety of workshops on health and wellness, daily yoga and dance classes for all levels, concerts, outdoor activities, and more.

8 Kripalu Schools From skill building to self-development, our extraordinary faculty, nourishing learning environment, and community of like-minded peers help you move into the world as an inspired teacher and healer.

24 Presenters and Programs Choose from hundreds of transformative programs—led by exceptional teachers, authors, and luminaries—designed to inspire, educate, and empower.

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R&R Retreat For Individuals An R&R Retreat offers something for everyone, whether you’re looking to connect with like-minded people or enjoy the quiet of our peaceful surroundings.

Yoga and Movement Yoga, meditation, hiking, and more—led by our skilled faculty.

Education Learn about the mind-body connection, building resilience, yoga off the mat, and much more, in workshops with our distinguished faculty of nutritionists, yoga teachers, doctors, artists, writers, and life coaches.

Nourish Enjoy nutritious, delicious whole-foods meals made with love in the Kripalu Kitchen.

Relax Integrate your day with a grounding meditation, treat yourself to a soothing Healing Arts

session (additional cost), or simply relax—savoring time that’s unplanned and unplugged.

All-inclusive prices start at $169 per night. No Saturday arrivals or departures.

FIND OUT MORE online and view our monthly R&R Retreat schedules

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R&R RET REAT

Come home to yourself.

For Groups Time at Kripalu is meaningful. Share that experience with colleagues, school peers, family, or friends in a group retreat or a private company event.

R&R Group Retreats

Customized Group Retreats

Group members decide how to spend their days when they visit Kripalu as part of our regularly scheduled R&R Retreat program.

The experience includes • Accommodations and all-natural meals • Kripalu faculty–led workshops, guided outdoor activities, and evening events • Use of our sauna, fitness room, private beach, walking and hiking trails, and more.

Draw from our regular R&R Retreat schedule, plus custom classes for your group—led privately

by Kripalu faculty. In addition, custom group retreats include •T he ability to craft an experience tailored specifically to your group •W orking with an advisor to coordinate all the details of your stay • Exclusivity, privacy, and time to bond.

Please contact us for availability.

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Yoga and Ayurveda

Fitness and Outdoors

Mind and Body Wellness

Learn the basics of a yoga practice or fundamentals of Ayurveda.

Break down your favorite pose in a posture clinic.

Take a chair yoga workshop to learn how to practice yoga anytime, anywhere.

Summit nearby Yokun Ridge on a vigorous hike.

Relish in the beauty of calm waters and floating meditations on a guided kayaking trip.

Explore your edge and practice basic yoga poses on a stand up paddleboard.

Move to the beat of a different drum in Kripalu YogaDanceÂŽ.

Attend a hands-on cooking demonstration.

Explore daily Ayurvedic self-care routines.

Learn yogic breathing tools designed to increase energy and release tension.

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Creativity and Fun Experience the joy of movement and playtime in a hula-hooping class.

Create art in a collage, painting, or coloring workshop.

Play with poetry and verse and discover your inner writer in an engaging writer’s workshop.

R&R RET REAT

Groups

No Plan

Team-building workshops, meditation classes, and more— bond, reconnect, or create new traditions by customizing any of our R&R workshops for your group of family, friends, colleagues, or students.

The best part of a Kripalu R&R Retreat is you don’t have to plan a thing—fill your days with workshops, reading, walking, or just relaxing in our beautiful, peaceful setting.

You choose your experience.

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The Kripalu Schools

Yoga | Ayurveda | Integrative

Why Kripalu?

IMMERSION LEARNING

E XC E P T I O N A L FAC U LT Y

Benefit from a unique experience that allows you to fully immerse in the practice and study of yoga, Ayurveda, and Integrative Yoga Therapy. While you’re here, develop tools to cultivate health, create community, and transform—body, mind, heart, and spirit.

Our faculty are extraordinary guides.

They provide an in-depth experience, an authentic commitment to teaching excellence, and a profound connection to the wisdom and practices that Kripalu offers.

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Inspiring trainings that allow you to deepen your practice and share your passion with the world.

Yoga Therapy T H R I V I N G L I N E AG E Over the last four decades, we’ve developed a potent teaching methodology that fuses the richness of the yoga tradition with ancient Ayurvedic and contemporary Western approaches to healing and self-development. Ours is a living tradition—an invitation to align with your true nature.

FOR MORE INFORMATION kripaluschools@kripalu.org See upcoming training dates on pages 18–21.

The Kripalu Schools are registered with the Yoga Alliance.

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Kripalu School 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Gain the confidence you need to become an exceptional yoga teacher and emerge from our training inspired and ready to teach. Our residential training is offered as a monthlong program or as two 12-day sessions.

This training offers you skills that empower your students and enhance your personal growth. Guided by our expert faculty and guest teachers, and supported by a community of peers, you experience the potency of the Kripalu Yoga methodology, both on and off the mat.

You learn • The principles and practices of Kripalu’s foundational asanas • Basic anatomy and physiology applied to asana and pranayama • Safe hands-on assists • A comprehensive introduction to yoga philosophy • Skills for designing well-rounded classes, including warm-ups, asana, pranayama, relaxation, meditation techniques, themes, and creative sequencing.

Find out more

kripalu.org/ytt200

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Yoga teacher training is a life-changing, empowering experience.

Whether you’re seeking to establish your foundation or enhance your existing skills, our comprehensive certification programs are designed to deepen your practice and support your journey.

300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Immerse yourself in a supportive environment that allows you to expand your range, advance your teaching, and strengthen your practice. Open to 200hour–certified teachers of any Yoga Alliance–registered school, this training consists of four 9-day modules, and each module includes 75 classroom hours.

Upon completion of this training, you are eligible to become an RYT 500.

Required Modules • Teaching Pranayama and Advanced Asana: Essential Practices for Yoga Teachers • Guiding Meditation for Transformational Yoga Teaching: Exploring the World Within Elective Modules (choose two) • Leading Vinyasa: Breathe, Feel, Flow • Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda: Balancing the Doshas • Instructing Yoga for Special Populations: Yoga for Every Body Find out more

kripalu.org/ytt300

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1000-Hour Yoga NEW! Teacher Training The 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu is an exciting new venture that offers an unparalleled experience in yoga-based education. This program, led by some of today’s most sought-after yoga teachers and thought leaders, exposes you to a wealth of wisdom from the greater yoga canon. These specialized trainings are potent, pragmatic, and of the highest caliber.

This training favors no tradition, no lineage, and no school. It simply asks us to go deeper, and deeper still. It allows us to call forth our most inspired, empowered, and conscious selves, in order to then go out into the world to serve our students and communities with greater insight, knowledge, and confidence.

SHIVA REA

JILLIAN PRANSKY

ELENA BROWER

JOSEPH LE PAGE

HARI KIRIN KAUR KHALSA

DHARMA MITTRA

RO LF GATES

ANA FORREST

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Spring 2017 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings FEBRUARY 3–12

APRIL 9–14

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training*

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

Sudha Carolyn Lundeen

Jennifer Reis p. 86

FEBRUARY 17–19

APRIL 28–MAY 5

Dharma Yoga Intensive UNLEASHING PSYCHIC FORCES

Yoga Tune Up Teacher Training, Level 1

Dharma Mittra

Ariel Kiley p. 91

Kripalu Yoga in the Schools Janna Delgado and Iona M. Smith

FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 5

APRIL 30–MAY 7

Teaching and Living the Yoga Sutras Rolf Gates

Yin Yoga Teacher Training*

In-Depth Anatomy of Asana

Brahmani Liebman and Jashoda Edmunds

Joseph Le Page, Lilian Le Page, Maria Mendola, Cheryl Van Demark, Dianne Miller, and Mary Northey p. 21

MARCH 19–24 AND OCTOBER 15–20

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, Level 1 Sarah Longacre and Stacey Seebart p. 80 APRIL 2–7

Restorative Yoga Therapeutic Teacher Training Jillian Pransky p. 84

MAY 14–19

The Presence of a Teacher

Five Element Yoga Jennifer Reis Yoga for Seniors Kimberly Carson and Carol Krucoff Advanced Forrest Yoga Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco Iyengar Yoga for Back Care Elise Browning Miller

Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa and Ajeet Kaur p. 92

Yoga for Scoliosis Part I and Part II Elise Browning Miller

MAY 19–28

At Play with the Radiance Sutras Lorin Roche and Coby Kozlowski

Chakras, Granthis, and Nadis* THE INNER STRUCTURES OF HATHA YOGA

Yoganand Michael Carroll p. 94 APRIL 2–7 AND OCTOBER 22–27

Introduction to Trauma-Sensitive Yoga David Emerson and Jenn Turner p. 85

FIND OUT MORE

More 2017 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings

kripalu.org/ytt1000

1000-hour trainings can be taken as standalone programs; you do not need to apply to the 1000-hour track. You may apply to the 1000-hour trainings and retroactively receive credit for these hours.

*An application and acceptance is required prior to registering for specific modules within the 1000-hour track and will be indicated when necessary.

Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, and Kriya Applied in Yoga Therapy Joseph Le Page, Lilian Le Page, Jennifer Reis, and Mary Northey Inner Flow Shiva Rea iRest Yoga Nidra Level 1 Karen Soltes A Dharma Yoga Intensive Dharma Mittra Iyengar Yoga and Beyond Carrie Owerko Sanskrit and Mantra Immersion Nicolai Bachman Learning to Teach Restorative Yoga Judith Hanson Lasater Tantra Yoga Immersion Todd Norian 800.848.8702 or kripalu.org/schools | 13

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Kripalu School 200-Hour Foundations of Ayurveda A great beginning for anyone interested in pursuing Ayurveda professionally or personally.

Discover the power of this ancient science and how it relates to creating health and well-being in contemporary life. This in-depth program consists of two 9-day modules, and is the foundation and prerequisite for the other Kripalu School of Ayurveda trainings.

You learn • The core concepts of Ayurveda, including its philosophical approach and its practical applications • The fundamentals of Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology: the doshas, vayus, dhatus, and gunas • The basic Ayurvedic approach to digestion, nutrition, and seasonal eating • Dinacharya—daily routines for health and well-being • Introductory Sanskrit • Mantras for improving health and longevity • How yoga practice complements and supports Ayurveda • Ayurvedic psychology—the power of the mind in creating balance and health.

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Ayurveda, yoga’s sister science, is the oldest continuously practiced health-care system in the world. Kripalu makes this time-honored system accessible and relevant to contemporary life with two Ayurveda certificate programs; both begin with Foundations of Ayurveda.

650-Hour Ayurvedic Health Counselor Certification

Build on the foundation of your 200-hour yoga teacher training with the specialized skills offered in our 300-Hour Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training.

Ayurveda provides valuable techniques that can help you guide your students to access their intuitive wisdom. This training consists of Foundations of Ayurveda, Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda, and one elective 9-day module, taken in any order.

Required Modules • Foundations of Ayurveda • Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda: Balancing the Doshas

After completion of Kripalu’s Foundations of Ayurveda, four 9-day modules qualify you to provide Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle recommendations that support overall health and wellness.

Elective Modules (choose one) • Teaching Pranayama and Advanced Asana • Guiding Meditation for Transformational Yoga Teaching

You learn • S trategies for performing effective and safe consultations, with a minimum of 50 client encounters •V aluable techniques for health promotion and disease prevention • P ulse assessment techniques •A yurvedic therapies •T ools for building a thriving holistic-health practice.

Required Modules • Anatomy, Physiology, and Herbology • Etiology, Pathology, Clinical Assessment, and Pulse Analysis • Clinical Assessment, Vata Management, and Women’s Health • Clinical Training, Ethics, and Working with Clients Find out more

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Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga 300-Hour Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga This program forms the foundation of our yoga therapist training.

Upon successful completion of the 300 hours, you receive a certificate and may apply through Yoga Alliance for the 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher designation.

The yoga therapy components of our 300-Hour Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga program are based on our accreditation by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, not derived from our Yoga Alliance Registry RYS status.

Required Modules • F oundations of Yoga Therapy (module 1) •Y oga Therapy in Practice (module 2) Elective (choose one) •C omplete an additional IYT module (4–8) •C omplete Chapter 1 of the Internship (module 3)

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Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) is based on a vision of health as a unity of body, mind, and spirit, and yoga is the vehicle that connects this experience of unity. For more than 20 years, IYT has been bringing together yoga’s most powerful tools—asana, pranayama, mudra, yoga nidra, mantra, and meditation—to create therapeutic yoga experiences for specific groups and one-on-one sessions.

800-Hour Professional Yoga Therapist Program

This training prepares you to design and teach therapeutic yoga for groups and individuals with specific needs or health challenges. You develop knowledge and understanding of the philosophy, theory, process, and application of yoga therapy using the Integrative Yoga Therapy model, based on the five koshas.

2017 Trainings •U niting Yoga and Ayurveda April 21–30 • I n-Depth Anatomy of Asana April 30–May 7 • F oundations of Yoga Therapy July 24–August 6 • Y oga Therapy in Practice August 7–20 • Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, and Kriya Applied in Yoga Therapy August 20–27 Find out more

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Required Modules 1–8 • Foundations of Yoga Therapy • Yoga Therapy in Practice • Internship Program • Yoga Therapy Applied in Medical Settings • Yoga Therapy Applications Within the Mental-Health Field • In-Depth Anatomy of Asana • Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, and Kriya Applied in Yoga Therapy • Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda: Balancing the Doshas 800.848.8702 or kripalu.org/schools | 17

Spring 2017 Trainings All trainings are eligible for scholarships. Find out more

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Two 12-Day Sessions

Monthlong Intensive

PART 1 MARCH 26–APRIL 7 PART 2 JUNE 4–16

MAY 28–JUNE 23

Brahmani Liebman and Jashoda Edmunds

Jurian Hughes and Jennifer Reis

Experience the fundamentals of Kripalu Yoga. Our Yoga Alliance–approved 200-Hour Kripalu Yoga certification program trains you to teach safe, fun, and empowering yoga classes, and shows you how to incorporate the wisdom of yoga into your life.

You learn • The principles and practices of Kripalu Yoga’s foundational asanas • Introductory anatomy and physiology applied to asana • Fundamentals of yoga’s rich philosophical traditions • Approaches for assisting students • Ways to guide students in developing nonjudgmental self-awareness and self-compassion • Skills for designing well-rounded classes, including warm-ups, asanas, pranayama, relaxation, and meditation techniques.

TUITION $2,675, plus room & meals; see page 104. Parts 1 and 2 must be taken together.

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BRAHMANI LIEBMAN, MSED, E-RYT 500, is cocreator, with Jashoda Edmunds, of Journey into Yoga School of Yoga & Meditation teacher trainings. journeyintoyoga.com

JASHODA EDMUNDS, E-RYT 500, a Kripalu School of Yoga teacher trainer, draws on her study of Buddhism and her training as a Phoenix Rising yoga therapist. journeyintoyoga.com

JURIAN HUGHES, MFA, E-RYT 500, a faculty member of the Kripalu School of Yoga for 10 years, is also a yoga teacher trainer, Let Your Yoga Dance® trainer, and voice coach. jurianhughes.com

JENNIFER REIS, E-RYT 500, LMT, creator of Five Element Yoga® and Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra®, is a teacher trainer for Kripalu. jenniferreisyoga.com

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300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training MARCH 10–19

Leading Vinyasa BREATHE, FEEL, FLOW

Coby Kozlowski Deepen your teaching and increase your appeal to students who want more challenge in their practice, while also learning to offer vinyasa to students of different experience levels. Learn to create innovative sequences and establish powerful philosophical themes that support your students both on and off the mat.

Using the koshas, meditation in motion, and pranayama, infuse your teaching with power, purpose, and heart as you explore vinyasa through the lens of Kripalu Yoga methodology.

During this module, you • Learn how to lead the three levels of Kripalu Vinyasa • Use asana as a gateway to meditation in motion • Learn hands-on assisting and energetic alignment principles • Explore modifications • Dive into yoga philosophy that allows you to flow on and off the mat.

TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals; see page 104

APRIL 21–30

Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda BALANCING THE DOSHAS

Joseph Le Page, Larissa Hall Carlson, John Douillard, and Balarama Chandra Das This course deepens your knowledge of the relationship between yoga and Ayurveda, with classes focused on cultivating prana (life force), agni (inner fire), and ojas (vigor). While here, you participate in daily sadhanas, carve silent time for self-study, and integrate your skills in insightful supervised practicums.

You also • Explore the relation between panchamayakosha and the eight limbs of yoga as they relate to Ayurveda • Learn key postures, breathing practices, and meditation techniques for balancing psychophysical constitutions (doshas) • Experience the different movements of prana, including prana, udana, samana, apana, and vyana • Cultivate useful Ayurvedic tools to adjust yoga class sequencing and personalize private sessions that are based on the season, time of day, season of life, and basic doshic imbalances.

TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals; see page 104.

COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, E-RYT, is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and founder of Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive™. cobyk.com

J OSEPH LE PAGE, founder and director of Integrative Yoga Therapy, has a background in Kripalu Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism. iytyogatherapy.com

L ARISSA HALL CARLSON, E-RYT 500, former Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, guides retreats, directs trainings, and provides Ayurvedic consultations throughout the country. larissacarlson.com

JOHN DOUILLARD, DC, CAP, a globally recognized leader in the fields of natural health, Ayurveda, and sports medicine, is creator of the Ayurvedic resource LifeSpa®. lifespa.com

BALARAMA CHANDRA DAS, a certified Ayurvedic consultant, focuses his professional practice on Ayurvedic psychology and habit reformation.

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Spring 2017 Trainings All trainings are eligible for scholarships. Find out more

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APRIL 30–MAY 5

KYTT 2.0 THE KRIPALU YOGA TEACHER TRAINING REFRESHER COURSE

Coby Kozlowski and Michelle Dalbec Reignite your passion in a program designed for 200-hour Kripalu Yoga teachers or 200-hour yoga teachers from other traditions interested in learning the fundamentals of Kripalu Yoga. Energize body, mind, and spirit in juicy yoga classes, and up-level your skills with practice-teaching sessions and assessments.

Get up to date with Kripalu’s current standards in a program that includes • Posture clinics and teaching sessions • Morning and afternoon sadhana to deepen experience and reinforce information • Yoga philosophy, teaching methodology, and A&P • All the camaraderie and connection that comes from learning and growing with peers.

Whether you are a Kripalu School of Yoga graduate or certified in another yoga tradition, don’t miss this opportunity to immerse in philosophy and methodology, as it is taught and practiced in Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training today.

TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104.

COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, E-RYT, is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and founder of Karma Yoga Leadership IntensiveTM. cobyk.com

MICHELLE DALBEC, E-RYT 500, is a passionate Kripalu Yoga and Yoga Tune Up® teacher who offers workshops and directs Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training programs. myoga.com

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J OSEPH LE PAGE, founder and director of Integrative Yoga Therapy, has a background in Kripalu Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism. iytyogatherapy.com

Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher Training APRIL 21–30

Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda BALANCING THE DOSHAS

Joseph Le Page, Larissa Hall Carlson, John Douillard, and Balarama Chandra Das Module 8 deepens your knowledge of the relationship between yoga and Ayurveda, with classes focused on cultivating prana (life force), agni (inner fire), and ojas (vigor). While here, you participate in daily sadhanas, carve silent time for self-study, and integrate your skills in insightful supervised practicums. You also • Explore the relation between panchamayakosha and the eight limbs of yoga as they relate to Ayurveda • Learn key postures, breathing practices, and meditation techniques for balancing psychophysical constitutions (doshas) • Experience the different movements of prana, including prana, udana, samana, apana, and vyana • Cultivate useful Ayurvedic tools to adjust yoga class sequencing and personalize private sessions that are based on the season, time of day, season of life, and basic doshic imbalances.

TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals; see page104.

APRIL 30–MAY 7

In-Depth Anatomy of Asana Joseph Le Page, Lilian Le Page, Maria Mendola, Cheryl Van Demark, Dianne Miller, and Mary Northey 1000 Module 6 focuses on advanced concepts of human motion within the five-kosha yoga therapeutic model. It includes a focused study of altered qualities of motion in the presence of common musculoskeletal complaints. You explore methods for assessing alignment and motion, as well as modifications and contraindications for specific conditions. The practice of mudra is used to complement and bring emphasis to the qualities cultivated through the yoga postures. Restorative yoga and other gentle techniques are presented in the context of their rationale for selection in addressing certain musculoskeletal concerns.

May also be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training; see page 12.

LARISSA HALL CARLSON, E-RYT 500, former Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, guides retreats, directs trainings, and provides Ayurvedic consultations throughout the country. larissacarlson.com

JOHN DOUILLARD, DC, CAP, a globally recognized leader in the fields of natural health, Ayurveda, and sports medicine, is creator of the Ayurvedic resource LifeSpa®. lifespa.com

LILIAN LE PAGE has been teaching yoga for 20 years, focusing on pranayama, mudra, bandha, and meditation. iytyogatherapy.com

MARIA MENDOLA, RN, MS, E-RYT 500, is both a structural yoga therapist and an integrative yoga therapist. She has practiced yoga for more than 30 years.

CHERYL VAN DEMARK is a physical therapist, yoga teacher, and yoga therapist with more than 30 years of experience helping others pursue joyful living.

DIANNE MILLER, PT, CYI, has been a physical therapist for more than 25 years.

She developed the Yoga Therapy for Cancer Program at Doylestown Hospital.

BALARAMA CHANDRA DAS, a certified Ayurvedic consultant, focuses his professional practice on Ayurvedic psychology and habit reformation.

MARY NORTHEY, RYT-500, is an IYT graduate and Yoga of the Heart Cardiac and Cancer Program teacher.

TUITION $995, plus room & meals; see page 104.

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Kripalu in India MAY 6–14

ITINERARY INCLUDES

• Daily yoga classes • Ayurveda lectures • Traditional Indian cooking • Day tours, including Gokarna Village,

Om Beach, and the local farmer’s market

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The first adventure in Kripalu’s new travel program.

MAY 6–14 The beaches of Goa, in western India, are renowned for their exceptional beauty. These dazzling shores by the Arabian Sea offer warm, welcoming waters; vast tropical skies; and lush days bookended by breathtaking sunrises and spellbinding sunsets. Gokarna Beach, a crown jewel of the Goan coast, is home to SwaSwara Resort, a world-class holistic wellness sanctuary and the destination of Kripalu’s very first travel adventure.

Take your Kripalu Experience into the world and join Kripalu faculty member Larissa Hall Carlson for nine spectacular days in one of India’s most incredible locations. Create community with fellow travelers and experience enchanting landscapes, all while enjoying fresh, local flavors and partaking in replenishing yoga and Ayurveda practices.

COST $5,995 per person, plus airfare. Additional fees apply for

single-room occupancy.

FIND OUT MORE

kripalu.org/travels

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Presenters and Programs Study with the best.

Kripalu presenters are international thought leaders—beloved yoga and meditation teachers, respected scientists, best-selling authors, and renowned healers. In powerful, insightful programs and trainings, they offer heart-opening experiences that support Kripalu’s vision of an awakened, compassionate, and connected world.

From left

Tal Ben-Shahar, Byron Katie, Tara Brach, Shiva Rea, Caroline Myss, Krishna Das

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PRES ENT ERS A ND P R OG R AM S

“Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”

—Elizabeth Gilbert

Our programs are categorized by theme, so you can easily find programs that interest you.

26 February Highlights 28 Ayurveda 30 Bodywork/Energy Healing 36 Creative Expression 42 Fitness and the Outdoors 44 Health and Wellness 52 Meditation 60 Neuroscience and Psychology 64 Relationships Elizabeth Gilbert

66 Self-Discovery 78 Yoga Prefer to choose your programs by date? See the calendar of programs on page 100.

Find programs by your favorite presenter on page 108.

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February Highlights

Register today for these remarkable programs and presenters—this February at Kripalu.

FEBRUARY 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Reigniting the Flame

The Stories We Carry

FREEING YOUR BEST SELF

MEDITATION AND WRITING

JOAN BORYSENKO

DANI SHAPIRO

Ready to reignite your flame and live your best life ever? Join Joan Borysenko, a pioneer in mind-body medicine, Positive Psychology, and spirituality, for a life-changing retreat—and discover who you are under all that stress. Find what your soul most longs for as you fire up your whole, beautiful self.

Join best-selling author Dani Shapiro for an inspiring experience that stays with you long after you return home. Through a powerful blend of meditation and movement, generative writing exercises, group sharing, and discussion, explore the courage, persistence, and patience that it takes to dive into memory and generate new work.

FEBRUARY 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Insight Meditation for Calmness and Clarity MATTHEW DANIELL Insight Meditation is a simple technique that teaches you to calm and steady the mind by gently grounding your attention in the present moment. Matthew Daniell introduces sitting, walking, and daily-life meditation methods, using attention on breath and body as the foundation.

FEBRUARY 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Dharma Yoga Intensive UNLEASHING PSYCHIC FORCES

DHARMA MITTRA Learn to apply esoteric yoga knowledge directly to your life in this intensive with renowned master Dharma Mittra.

This program explores yoga practices that purify the body and mind so that the subtle life energies and psychic forces can start to move, and recharges you at every level.

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FEBRUARY 17–20 FRIDAY–MONDAY

Heated Hatha Yoga for Radiant Wellness RAJASHREE CHOUDHURY Transform your yoga practice, your teaching, and your life using mindfulness-based, heated hatha yoga techniques. In this program, acclaimed international yoga teacher Rajashree Choudhury focuses on the emotional side of yoga, showing how yoga balances the energy of the human body and supports the body/mind/soul connection to sustain vibrant health.

FEBRUARY 12–17 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

The Science of Yoga Lisa B. Nelson, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, and Stephen Cope If you’re curious about the science behind asana (yoga postures), meditation, and pranayama (breathing techniques), come learn how these practices can enhance your physical and mental health, as well as that of your clients and patients.

FEBRUARY 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Reclaiming Goddess A WOMEN’S WORKSHOP FOR SEXUAL INSPIRATION AND POWER

GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN, LAURA BERMAN, and TEAL SWAN Every woman has a strong, intuitive goddess guide inside her. Join three powerful healers for a joyful weekend to uncover how you can access and optimize the goddess energy within.

Using guided meditations, intuition-building exercises, self-inquiry, and ritual, release shame and inhibitions and create a sense of union, safety, openheartedness, and sensuality.

FEBRUARY 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 4 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Yoga for the Absolute Beginner

Eat Wheat

START YOUR PRACTICE, FIND YOUR FLOW

A SCIENTIFIC AND AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO BRINGING GLUTEN AND DAIRY BACK INTO YOUR DIET

Cristie Newhart and Michelle Dalbec

JOHN DOUILLARD John Douillard, author of Eat Wheat, points to new studies that link poor digestion and lymph congestion to food intolerances, weight gain, accelerated aging, emotional health, cognitive function, autoimmune conditions, fatigue, and most degenerative health issues. Come learn the time-tested Ayurvedic therapies that are now being validated by science.

Want to try yoga but don’t know where to start? Kripalu School of Yoga faculty Cristie Newhart and Michelle Dalbec have extensive experience teaching beginners, demystifying the jargon, and breaking down the basics, so that you can feel confident and comfortable about doing yoga.

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Ayurveda

APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Ayurvedic Bodywork Training

Ayurvedic Cooking Immersion

GARSHANA AND ABHYANGA

Kate O’Donnell

Kimberly Larson and Terrel Broussard

FOR everyone. CE credits.

FOR bodyworkers.

Experience nurturing and skillful touch as you learn ancient Ayurvedic treatments that cleanse and rebalance the body. Practice Ayurvedic bodywork techniques for rejuvenation, including • Garshana: invigorating lymphatic massage with raw silk gloves • Abhyanga: powerfully relaxing warm oil massage • Self-massage and self-care techniques.

It’s easier than you think to incorporate Ayurvedic health principles into your cooking. Learn how to reap the benefits of Ayurveda’s approach to daily food preparation, seasonal choices, and optimizing digestive power. Kate O’Donnell shares simple tools, techniques, and recipes, and teaches you to

Learn the fundamentals of Ayurvedic theory, ethics through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda, and yoga for proper body mechanics. Create a bodywork practice that becomes a meditation-inmotion, healing for both practitioner and client.

• Set up an Ayurvedic pantry

NOTE Herbalized oils are used throughout the training, so casual clothing is recommended. Old bathing suits or undergarments may be useful for practice sessions. This program meets the minimum two-hour ethics training requirement for massage therapists. The course is designed for bodyworkers; others should direct inquiries to Kimberly Larson at kim@lakshmisgarden.com.

Get a taste of Ayurveda and leave with the confidence to integrate this ancient healing system into your kitchen.

TUITION $390, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code ABAG-171)

TUITION $250, plus room & meals see page 104. (web code ACI-171)

KIMBERLY LARSON, author of the Ayurvedic cookbook The Simple, Healing Cleanse, and TERREL BROUSSARD are co-owners of Lakshmi’s Garden Ayurvedic retreat, and each have 20 years of experience in the healing arts of bodywork, Ayurveda, and yoga. lakshmisgarden.com

• Eat for your body type and the season • Prepare everyday dishes that make you feel your best • Use daily Ayurvedic self-care routines.

RECOMMENDED READING Kate O’Donnell, The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook.

NOTE This program is eligible for 9 NAMA CE credits.

KATE O’DONNELL, author of The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook, is a nationally certified Ayurvedic practitioner, Ashtanga Yoga teacher, Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, and Kripalu School of Ayurveda adjunct faculty. kateodonnell.yoga

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AY URVEDA

APRIL 30–MAY 5 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDA A NOURISHING SELF-CARE RETREAT

Gerard C. Buffo and Erin Casperson FOR all levels. CE credits.

Are you interested in Ayurveda but not sure where to start? Presented in partnership with the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, this enlightening and fun retreat draws on the principle that good health is a balanced connection between mind, body, and spirit.

In addition to exploring daily practices that support health and well-being, you learn

GERARD C. BUFFO, MD, FACR, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, has more than 30 years of clinical experience, bridging the gap between East and West.

ERIN CASPERSON is the Academic Coordinator for the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, and a 500-hour Kripalu Yoga teacher.

• About the doshas and your unique constitution • The Ayurvedic approach to nutrition and diet • How to cook nourishing and delicious Ayurvedic dishes • Practical tools to create more balance and harmony in your life • The benefits of following nature’s rhythms • How to design a personalized Ayurvedic health plan • The role of yoga and pranayama (breathing practices) in fostering health and well-being.

Discover an Ayurvedic approach to living well and reinvigorate your self-care routine.

KRIPALU SCHOOL OF AYURVEDA

TUITION $389, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRHH-172)

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Bodywork/ Energy Healing

“The nature of the cosmos is such that whatever vision you have about yourself and the world will become reality.”

MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

TECHNIQUES FOR SHAMANIC ECSTASY ALBERTO VILLOLDO FOR everyone.

Shamanic ecstasy is a state of primeval consciousness that encompasses communion with nature, your ancestors, and your destiny.

Learn to use the techniques of shamanic energy medicine to dream the world that you want to live and play in, bring peace into your life, and heal rifts with your loved ones and yourself.

Alberto Villoldo teaches that shamanic ecstasy starts with superfoods that upgrade the brain and allow you to sustain the experience of bliss. This experiential program introduces you to neuronutrients discovered by shamans millennia ago, and how you can use these nutrients to recover health and maintain lucidity in daily life. This program also includes a fire ritual, a ceremony to release your ancestors, and practices to clear your energy field of obstacles to enlightened living.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TSE-171)

ALBERTO VILLOLDO, PHD, is a medical anthropologist and psychologist who has studied the spiritual practices of the Amazon and Andes for more than 25 years. fourwinds.com

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PROGRAMS with Lee Albert MARCH 5–10 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Mindfulness-in-Motion DAYAN (WILD GOOSE) QIGONG

Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum FOR all levels. CE credits.

Mindfulness takes the scattered pieces of our actions and awareness and brings them back to wholeness.

Dayan Qigong supports meditation and well-being by opening blockages in the acupuncture meridians, promoting the flow of healthy energy, and helping us embody mindfulness in all our everyday activities. Together, the two practices enhance health, foster spiritual insight, decrease stress, and alleviate illness.

Learn the first 64 movements of Dayan Qigong’s flowing form, along with warm-up exercises, acupressure massage, and meditations. Practicing 15 or 20 minutes a day can help you to deepen mindfulness and enjoy being more fully present, integrating body and mind through wu-wei, or “effortless effort.” As you increase your ability to find your center in each moment, you experience greater ease and joy.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and other information.

TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MIMD-171)

ROBERT MEIKYO ROSENBAUM, PHD, is a clinical neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, and Zen and qigong teacher. His books include Walking the Way and What’s Wrong with Mindfulness? zenqigong.com

MARCH 10–13 FRIDAY–MONDAY

MARCH 13–17 MONDAY–FRIDAY

Positional Therapy Level 1

Positional Therapy Level 2

AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH TO STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN AND MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE

STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN AND MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE

FOR bodyworkers, yoga teachers, nurses, chi-

Therapy Level 1. CE credits.

ropractors, doctors, and interested individuals.

CE credits.

Learn a therapy for recovery from chronic pain that often works where other approaches fail. Positional Therapy can be used for self-healing and with family, friends, and clients. Lee Albert is a gifted therapist whose expertise and unique approach equip you with the tools to bring effective relief to issues caused by injury, stress, repetitive motion, postural distortion, and chronic neuromuscular conditions.

Through simple hands-on techniques, the body’s habitual holding pattern in a particular area is released. Results are immediate and often permanent, and the techniques are gentle and easy to learn. Clients have described the outcome as “magical.” You learn to • Find and disable chronic pain mechanisms

FOR people who have completed Positional

Build on what you learned in the Level 1 training. Using a combination of strain-counterstrain, muscle energy techniques, stretches, and home-care elements, you learn to • Recognize neuromuscular pain patterns • Work more effectively with joints • Release tendons • Take your practice to a whole new level.

In addition, you receive a training manual with photos of each position, an intake form, and a suggested homework sheet that you can photocopy for use in your practice.

PREREQUISITE Positional Therapy Level 1.

NOTE Tuition includes a manual. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. This program is not for those in acute pain.

TUITION $385, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code POTT-171)

• Search for and recognize trigger points • Address specific conditions and injuries.

Expect to be surprised, have fun, and bring home an invaluable new toolbox for pain relief.

NOTE Tuition includes a training manual.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing. This program includes one evening session and is not appropriate for those in acute pain.

LEE ALBERT, NMT, is a neuromuscular therapist and yoga instructor trained in orthopedic massage, positional therapy, and yoga therapy. leealbert.com

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TUITION $315, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code POT-171)

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PROGRAMS with Deborah Davis APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Women’s Qigong for Insomnia and Stress FOR women at all levels.

Do you suffer from difficulty falling asleep, restless slumber, early morning waking, or dream-disturbed sleep? Slow and gentle qigong movements can calm the mind, settle the emotions, and help you ground your energies for restful sleep and stress reduction.

MARCH 19–APRIL 2 TWO-WEEK PROGRAM

Qigong Healer Professional Training

The Chinese say that the mind needs to be “rooted” in a healthy heart or else it floats at night and has no place to rest. If there’s a deficiency of blood or yin or excess emotions affecting the heart, then the shen (spirit) is restless. Imbalances of any organ, as well as unstable emotions, can disturb the mind, causing insomnia and stress.

In addition to qigong, Deborah Davis explores Chinese and Western herbal remedies, acupressure massage, hand mudras, toning, and other techniques beneficial for women of all ages.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WQHL-171)

Robert Peng FOR everyone; no qigong experience required. CE credits pending.

Become a qigong healer. This 14-day professional training introduces you to RP Qigong, the energy healing techniques and meditations that Robert Peng learned from his teacher, Xiao Yao, a legendary monk with remarkable healing gifts.

Enhance and empower your healing energy and discover how to use both hands-on and remove healing techniques of RP Qigong as you learn • Four Golden Wheels theory and selfempowerment practices, including the Sword Finger meditation and the esoteric exercise to empower your third eye • Meridian practices, including how to balance your organs emotionally and physically • Yin and yang healing techniques.

Return home with self-empowerment exercises to help you continually improve your healing skills, and the ability to offer a full and effective qigong healing session.

NOTE This program is appropriate for both nonprofessionals and healing professionals. Participants receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the course.

TUITION $2,785, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BQH-171)

ROBERT PENG, internationally renowned qigong master, studied and practiced with Master Xiao Yao, who guided him in a 100-day water fast to purify his healing energy. robertpeng.com

APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Spring Cleansing and Nourishing Qigong for Women FOR women at all levels.

Awaken your energy with Jade Woman Qigong, a spring cleansing practice that purifies the liver, clears the body of toxins, and nurtures the organs and joints. Beneficial for women of all ages, this practice also helps heal the reproductive system, breasts, infertility, and menopausal symptoms. It combines gentle movements, visualization, and toning to revitalize your whole being.

Deborah Davis also teaches Nourishing Woman Qigong, a seated meditation practice that calms the nervous system, supports the kidneys and adrenal glands, releases stress, and relaxes the body. It is especially effective for menopause, gynecological conditions, breast disease, and restoring well-being after giving birth.

TUITION $410, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WQHL-172)

DEBORAH DAVIS, LAC, MAOM, is an acupuncturist, qigong master teacher and medical intuitive. She is author of Women’s Qigong for Health and Longevity and its companion DVDs. deborahdavis.com

⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a 10 percent tuition discount for each program.

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APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 19–21 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY

Stillness Touch THE ART OF TRANSMITTING LOVE

Charles Ridley FOR everyone.

CE credits.

Stillness Touch uses hands-on contact to restore the body’s natural state of wisdom and harmony. Based on Biodynamic Cranial Touch, as outlined in Charles Ridley’s book Stillness, this practice allows you to realize the trust, safety, and freedom needed to be your illuminated self.

In this program, you learn • Inner-body stillness meditations • How to connect to your core midline • Whole-body breathing

Emotional Freedom Techniques and the Healing Power of Gratitude Carol Look FOR everyone.

Explore the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to release the stress, fear, emotional conflicts, and physical blocks that keep you from tapping into the healing power of gratitude. Once you release the emotional obstacles and access the “gratitude frequency,” your life will change dramatically, for the better.

Using demonstrations coupled with her extensive clinical experience, founding EFT master Carol Look teaches how the application of EFT can bring unprecedented results.

Acknowledge the challenges in your life, validate your emotions, repair past conflicts, and draw strength from the energy of appreciation. Accessing gratitude can help you heal your emotional, physical, and spiritual challenges for a lifetime of joy and happiness.

RECOMMENDED READING Carol Look, Attracting Abundance with EFT. TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFTIG-171)

CAROL LOOK, LCSW, is an author, a speaker, and the creator of the Yes Code Coaching program. She loves inspiring clients to embrace exceptional success. carollook.com

• How to feel the nuances in your inner body that unfold as states of consciousness • Ways to inhabit your inner centers: head, heart, and belly.

The body is meant to be a sacred vessel of love, and Stillness Touch connects you to conscious, radiant love.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for additional information.

RECOMMENDED READING Charles Ridley, Stillness Touch (e-book), available at dynamicstillness.com.

TUITION $260, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code STTL-171)

CHARLES RIDLEY is the author of Stillness: Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness. He is a practitioner, teacher, and founder of the Dynamic Stillness school. stillnesstouch.com

APRIL 23–28 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Cherokee Bodywork Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy FOR massage therapists and bodyworkers, as well as those without prior bodywork experience.

Almost all indigenous cultures had direct, hands-on methods of healing. Learn the rare Cherokee art of healing touch in a program that includes • Supervised practice of Cherokee bodywork • Cherokee breathwork techniques designed to restore spirit to the entire body • Incorporation of imagery and dialogue into bodywork • The importance of ceremony, ritual, and intent • Osteopathic or “manipulative” medicine as a means of dialogue with the body • Cherokee use of acupressure, energy meridians, crystals, and energy medicine • A fire ceremony (weather permitting).

We’ll complete our time together with a prayer ritual and ask for a blessing on the healing work we have done and the continuing journey that lies before us. This training is for those who want to practice giving bodywork and for those who wish to receive it.

RECOMMENDED READING Lewis MehlMadrona, Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, Coyote Wisdom, and Narrative Medicine.

TUITION $330 plus room & meals; see page 104 (web code CKBW-171)

LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA, MD, a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine, trained in family medicine, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He is of Cherokee and Lakota heritage.

BARBARA MAINGUY holds a master’s degree in creative arts psychotherapy and has worked as a behavioral health clinician and as a psychotherapist.

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PROGRAMS with Jan L. Watkins MAY 14–17 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY

Emotional Freedom Techniques LEVEL 1 FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a powerful, clinically proven self-help method for reducing the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. This program builds your skills step by step so that you can apply EFT effectively, whether you wish to integrate it into your professional practice, bring it to the classroom, or simply unlock its full power for yourself and your friends.

This training offers • Essential EFT principles • Stress-reduction techniques that can be easily incorporated with other modalities

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Energy Medicine for Self-Healing Ann Marie Chiasson Explore the energy field, the basics of energy medicine, and the fundamentals of vitality and energy flow with medical doctor Ann Marie Chiasson.

This program addresses specific health issues, chronic illness, and chronic pain states, according to the individual needs of program participants. Ann Marie has studied with healers, teachers, and shamans from multiple modalities and traditions, and blends conventional health care with energy medicine and other traditional healing modalities.

Using movement and self-healing exercises, you • Examine the health of the body’s energy field, remove blocks, and increase energy flow • Develop a deeper relationship with states of awareness housed within the body to augment vitality and healing • Explore awakening through the body, a radically different approach from techniques that emphasize mind and consciousness • Create a plan for working with the energy body when you return home.

TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DIB-171)

• Tools for dealing with negative emotions, limiting beliefs, and the emotional roots of pain • Hands-on instruction and demonstrations • Supervised exercises • Indispensable tools for professional, personal, and family life.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and information about certification.

TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFTT-1171)

MAY 17–19 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY

Emotional Freedom Techniques LEVEL 2 FOR anyone who has completed a Level 1 EFT certification training with EFT Universe.

CE credits pending.

Level 2 EFT training moves you through supervised practice to deeply explore the possibilities of EFT and sharpen your practitioner skills. This training is comprised of eight learning modules that build on the EFT skills you learned in Level 1, going further into key methods of clinical EFT. Using hands-on demonstrations, supervised exercises, and guidance and feedback from a certified expert trainer, you learn how to utilize the full potential of EFT. Topics to be covered include • Essential EFT principles • Gentle methods to facilitate easy, natural processing of emotions • Identifying and clearing core life events that cause patterns to repeat • The “writing on your walls” (the attitudes, opinions, and beliefs you’ve accumulated over the years) and how it affects your life • The scope of EFT practice and advanced techniques.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and information about certification.

TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFTT-2171)

JAN L. WATKINS, JD, MSW, is a coach and psychotherapist who has used EFT ANN MARIE CHIASSON, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona, is coauthor with Dr. Andrew Weil of Self-Healing with Energy Medicine. annmariechiassonmd.com

and other energy modalities in her practice for more than 15 years. janwatkins.com

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Integrate your experience.

Kripalu’s Healing Arts are a powerful addition to any program. Choose from bodywork, Ayurvedic services, health and wellness consultations, and more.

Schedule your appointment today.

888.738.1822 kripalu.org/healingarts

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MARCH 5–10 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Jump-Start Your Memoir WRITE IT FROM THE HEART

Creative Expression

Nancy Slonim Aronie FOR everyone.

Everyone has a story. Honor your voice, find your rhythm, and get those words out of your body and onto the page.

A distinguished writer herself, Nancy Slonim Aronie says, “I don’t think anyone can teach writing. What I can do is make it safe. When you feel safe, you can do anything.”

This program focuses on personal narrative, but you can also write the beginning of a screenplay, poetry collection, song lyrics, a monologue, or stories for your grandkids. Make the leap from yearning to writing!

Within the warm, inspiring, and empowering environment that Nancy creates, it’s easier to silence the inner critic and write in your authentic voice. Reassuring for beginners and refreshing for professionals, this is your chance to finally take your writing seriously.

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WFH-171)

NANCY SLONIM ARONIE, a commentator for National Public Radio, is author of Writing from the Heart and founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop. chilmarkwritingworkshop.com

MARCH 5–10 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Mindfulness-Based Harmonica REDUCE STRESS AND PLAY BLUES, ROCK, AND FOLK INSTANTLY

David Harp FOR everyone; no musical, mindfulness, or yoga experience needed.

Could you benefit from a unique, entertaining, interactive, and joyful way to begin, invigorate, or deepen a mindfulness or yoga practice? If so, what better way to focus on breathing—a basic element of yoga, mindfulness, and many stress-reduction methods—than with the inhalations and exhalations of a catchy blues-rock harmonica tune?

In this program, you learn to • Play in duets and small groups to build musical, mindful, and interpersonal skills • Combine harmonica-based breath focus with meditation to create a personalized mindfulness practice, and with asana to enhance vinyasa • Use “HarMantras” to short-circuit stress instantly.

Within minutes, you’ll improvise simple blues and rock. By Friday, you’ll be playing everything from “Amazing Grace” to amplified jam sessions as you gain accessible and effective mindfulness skills that can be applied anywhere, anytime—with or without a harmonica.

You might also be interested in…

NOTE Tuition includes two harmonicas, and David Harp’s workbook and CD.

Big Magic and Bold Music p. 67 Art and Yoga p. 83

DAVID HARP, MA, has taught more than 100,000 people to meditate and a million more to play

TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AHM-171)

harmonica through his workshops and his many books. harmonicayoga.com

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CREAT I VE EX PRES SI ON

MARCH 19–24 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Vibrant Visionary Collage POWER UP YOUR CREATIVITY

Karen Arp-Sandel FOR women; all levels of yoga and art experience welcome.

NOTE Tuition includes a $25 materials fee. See this program on the Kripalu website for recommended reading.

TUITION $405, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code VVC-171)

KAREN ARP-SANDEL, BA, KYT, KYIS, artist, educator, and spiritual activist, awakens the transformational power of creativity by teaching art as a spiritual practice. karenarpsandel.com

Art, like yoga, takes practice and daily attention. When you power up your creativity, you revitalize your innate wisdom, allowing you to actualize your desires and lead the creative life you’ve dreamed of. Vibrant Visionary Collage is an immersion in art and yoga that weaves women into community by mapping a way to living a bigger, happier, more creative life—an awakened life.

Karen Arp-Sandel teaches you how to enter the freedom of the “flow state” by • Aligning the five intentions of art and yoga practice • Discovering the enchantment of “collage-a-day” with “soul photomontage” • Embodying yoga to supercharge your creative life • Empowering your life using mantra and japa mala meditation.

Join a group of spirited women to reconnect with your innate creativity through imagination, playful mixedmedia art, sacred ritual, poetry, and dharma talks.

MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Embodying Creativity in Life, Love, and Work THE WORKSHOP OF DOING AND BEING

Barnet Bain FOR everyone.

Embody the raw power of your creative self. Barnet Bain shares creativity principles and practical insights, and offers a map for stepping beyond what you already know to a place where innovation springs forth from experience.

Through lectures, discussions, and exercises that include somatic techniques, rediscover a reservoir of creativity that is born in the body.

MARCH 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Drumming and Yoga A RHYTHMIC REJUVENATION RETREAT

Allison Gemmel LaFramboise and Shaun LaFramboise FOR everyone; no drumming or yoga experience needed.

CE credits pending.

Revitalize your body and spirit in a dynamic, fun-filled weekend of Kripalu Yoga and African-influenced hand drumming led by Shaun Laframboise and Allison Gemmel Laframboise, members of the drumming group KDZ. Come expand awareness, access energy, cultivate transformation, and have a really good time.

Your day begins with a rhythm-filled yoga practice to reconnect with the inner pulse of your body, breath, and energy. Then make the shift to creative expression by exploring • African-influenced rhythms (djembe- and Ashikostyle drumming)

NOTE Bring a drum if you have one. If not, let us know when you register that you need a drum, so we can reserve one for you. Bring an audio recorder if you’d like.

TUITION $220, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRYD-171)

• Proper body mechanics and drumming technique • Drum circles • Basic and intermediate solo technique • Take-home practice rhythms • Intentions and the power to manifest the life you want.

You also have the option to move to live drumming

by KDZ during a Kripalu YogaDance® session. Come unearth your inner beat.

ALLISON GEMMEL LAFRAMBOISE and SHAUN LAFRAMBOISE are cofounders of the drumming group KDZ and Handsdown Productions.

They lead retreats, drum circles, and workshops throughout the Northeast. handsdown.org

Whether you want to jump-start a new project, launch a business, create a work of art, experience more fulfilling relationships, or make other dreams come true, this program offers a blueprint to move past the known into a life of purpose and new ideas. Come learn to heed the call of your “true work”— regardless of your age, education, or experience—and see your whole life as a creative act.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WODB-171)

BARNET BAIN is an award-winning film producer and director (Milton’s Secret, What Dreams May Come, The Celestine Prophecy), author, and creativity teacher. barnetbain.com

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APRIL 9–13 SUNDAY–THURSDAY

Story Alchemy TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE THROUGH LOVING QUESTIONS

Rachel Schaeffer FOR everyone.

Reclaim your role as the hero or heroine of your life story using Story Alchemy and the process of asking loving questions. In Rachel Schaeffer’s experience, stories are powerful, especially the ones we tell ourselves. Our true story is one of self-love, but too often we become the villain or antagonist of our own stories, grinding out tales of self-doubt, judgment, or self-hatred.

• Cultivate healthy self-love

TUITION $315, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SATL-171)

• Access the knowledge, creativity, and confidence you need to write a new life story

RACHEL SCHAEFFER is author

Through creative writing, meditating in nature, visualization, and movement, you learn to

APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

The Natural Singer FIND YOUR TRUE VOICE

Claude Stein FOR everyone.

• Disconnect from stress, pressure, and information overload • Tap into the medicine of nature to transform old beliefs and patterns

TUITION $320, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code NS-172)

CLAUDE STEIN is a multi-platinumaward-winning voice coach with 30 years of experience blending psychology and vocal training. He has coached at the Juilliard School and NYU. naturalsinger.com

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• Reconnect with your values and true nature.

Come celebrate the magnificent healing power of your voice. Claude Stein has a remarkable ability to channel the beautiful music and messages that lay within each of us.

Receive personally tailored exercises and learn to sing out fearlessly in a program that provides a 100 percent positive environment to practice and sing your heart open.

Learn to relax your throat, deepen breathing, hit notes, project confidently, and share stunning breakthroughs in authentic self-expression using favorite songs. The results are simply amazing as you triumph over limiting judgments, fears, and beliefs to build your sound. Whether you are a total beginner or want to take public performing to the next level, you’ll sing like you’ve always wanted to and share your heart more easily.

Therapists, coaches, and workshop leaders also find these techniques valuable.

of Yoga for Your Spiritual Muscles and host/executive producer of The Red Couch, an Internet, radio, and television talk show.

APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Writing as an Expression of Healing MY VOICE IS A CHORUS

Suzi Tucker FOR everyone.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WEH-171)

SUZI TUCKER, author of Gather Enough Fireflies and a leading figure in Family Constellations, has created a unique approach to claiming a “right to write.” suzitucker.com

Step into the field of your imagination and explore the vitality of characters, narrative, and imagery. Using Family Constellations as a central approach, this program invites writers of fiction and nonfiction (both aspiring and active) to let their material and their purpose become threedimensional. Explore the influences of people close to you and the generations who came before as you • Tap into the creative energy that flows through your family system • Put the inner critic in its place • Use the Family Constellations process to get unstuck • Give yourself permission to be creative and productive • Attune to those who celebrate your expression.

Set yourself free from limitations and discover the beauty of your unique voice.

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APRIL 23–26 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY

Meditation and Creativity IMAGINING A DOORWAY

John Tarrant FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Explore your heart and mind, the sources of both awakening and art, in a retreat that combines poetry, koans, meditation, and writing.

John Tarrant describes koans as “little healing stories that follow you around the way a good dog would and change you when you touch them.”

RECOMMENDED READING John Tarrant, Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life.

TUITION $285, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code ADMC-171)

JOHN TARRANT, PHD, author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life, is a Zen roshi with a doctorate in psychology. tarrantworks.com

The principles John introduces in this program include • Creativity and meditation are about your life today • Inside every life is a hidden doorway; your current predicament or challenge is that doorway • Everything known rests on the unknown and appears out of vast space. Beauty is the visible touch of emptiness in the world.

Learn to establish a practice of creativity as meditation. No previous meditation experience is needed, just curiosity about where your creativity comes from and where it might lead.

APRIL 14–16 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

CircusYoga THE HUMAN ART OF PLAY

Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe

CircusYoga, a blend of interactive yoga, circus arts, and transformational play, has been coming to Kripalu for almost 20 years.

This alchemy of connection and joyful fun results in a state of deep rejuvenation. Bring your friends and family to experience this multigenerational retreat, which includes • Flying Partner Yoga and partner acrobatics • Basic circus skills: juggling, diabolo, devil sticks, spinning plates, and more • Clowning and physical comedy • Balancing in asanas and on a tightwire • Thai Yoga massage

NOTE Children in this program must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian who is also registered for this program.

TUITION Kids $140, plus children’s housing; call for rates. (web code CIRC-171) Adults $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CIRC-172)

• Creative movement and dance.

The CircusYoga community welcomes people of all ages and abilities who embrace the principles of inclusion, connection, coauthorship, and empathy. Learn how to live from a more playful, resilient, expressive place, and surprise yourself by what you can do!

Creative Myths and Monsters A WORKSHOP ON THE ARTIST’S WAY

JULIA CAMERON FOR everyone.

Discover and recover your creative self with Julia Cameron, author of the groundbreaking book The Artist’s Way. Now is the time to release your dreams and launch a more creative life, simply by doing something you love.

Experience a lively mix of lecture, Q&A, and creative clusters (success occurs in clusters and is born in generosity). Come into an intensive, guided encounter with your own creativity, including your private villains, champions, wishes, fears, dreams, hopes, and triumphs.

FOR everyone ages 7 and up.

• Mandala Yoga and collaborative group play

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

ERIN MAILE O’KEEFE and KEVIN O’KEEFE developed CircusYoga and Flying Partner Yoga out of their love for yoga, the circus, connection, and play. circusyoga.org

First published in 1992, The Artist’s Way is credited with helping millions of people find and express authentic creativity in their lives and work. Find out how in this unique weekend with Julia, designed to set you free.

RECOMMENDED READING Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way. NOTE Bring a notebook and pen.

TUITION $300, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WAW-171)

JULIA CAMERON, author of 40 books, is a songwriter, memoirist, novelist, award-winning playwright, and poet with extensive credits in film, television, and theater. juliacameronlive.com

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PROGRAMS with ANN K. LINDSAY MAY 19–22 FRIDAY–MONDAY

Watercolor A NEW BEGINNING FOR everyone; no prior experience required.

MAY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

The Art of Storytelling for Kids SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH

Matthew Dicks FOR children ages 8–13.

Learn the art of personal storytelling in a highly-entertaining program designed for kids with little or no storytelling experience.

Personal storytelling is a proven means of improving communication and writing skills, making new friends, and understanding yourself and the world better.

Explore the elements of effective personal narratives, taking the opportunity to write, speak, and share your stories in a safe, positive, and supportive environment. This program includes • Methods for generating story ideas from life experiences • Games to help kids speak on the spur of the moment • Techniques for constructing effective stories • Development of humor, suspense, and gravity • Performance techniques.

Whether they hope to become America’s next great writer or just want to entertain their friends at the lunch table, the art of storytelling can help kids accomplish their goals.

NOTE Children in this program must be accompanied at Kripalu by a parent or guardian who is registered for a program or an R&R Retreat. Kids meet for morning and afternoon sessions while parents are in their programs. Families are together at mealtimes, in the evenings, and overnight.

TUITION $210, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AOS-171)

MATTHEW DICKS is an elementary school teacher, best-selling author, and cofounder of Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization that produces shows throughout New England. matthewdicks.com

Explore the lively medium of watercolor, even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush before. In a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere, learn about your materials and let yourself go, enjoying how colors move on wet paper. By focusing on the creative process as a playful adventure rather than aiming for a perfect final product, you transform trepidation into excitement, tap into your artistic self, and engage more deeply in the creative process.

Award-winning artist Ann K. Lindsay gives you a thorough understanding of how to mix colors, use your newfound tools to explore painting in a series, and create a small painting of the Kripalu landscape. Painting without the judgments of your inner critic becomes a meditation, a prayer of gratitude, and an expression of your soul.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for a list of required materials.

TUITION $385, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WA-171)

MAY 22–26 MONDAY–FRIDAY

Watercolor Landscape THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE FOR everyone; no prior experience required.

ANN K. LINDSAY is an award-winning artist who has been teaching watercolor since 1989. She is the author of Watercolor: A New Beginning. annlindsay.org

Watercolor landscape painting offers a way to deeply connect with the natural world and the beauty that surrounds us. By focusing on the creative process as an adventure in playful exploration and selfexpression, we transform any trepidation into pleasure and excitement, and are free to marvel at the unexpected things that happen along the way.

This program explores multiple facets of watercolor landscape painting, including skies, clouds, water, reflections, and value studies. Ann K. Lindsay helps students at all levels of experience to enjoy the process of painting without frustration, fear, or the judgment of the inner critic—reminding us that it’s all about the journey.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for a list of required materials.

TUITION $465, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BLW-171)

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MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

A Zentangle Weekend IT’S A STRING THING

RICK ROBERTS and MARIA THOMAS FOR new and seasoned tanglers.

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

MAY 21–26 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Dance Your Heart Out

Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training

A SHAKE YOUR SOUL MOVEMENT EXPERIENCE

Dan Leven

CHAKRA FUSION, MODULE 1

Megha Nancy Buttenheim

FOR everyone.

Experience and express your heart in this mindful and blissful Shake Your Soul® dance program. Your heart is home to the most uplifting joy that can revitalize your body, mind, and spirit. Using somatic movement and expressive dance, feel your heart again and discover your inherent joy and freedom.

Come move with the pulse, rhythm, and passion of your heart as you • Learn organic exercises that awaken your soul • Connect with the natural dancer inside you through guided movement and creative movement explorations • Commune with your spirit as you are supported in community.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DYHO-171)

DAN LEVEN, RSMT, MPC, a Kripalu faculty member for more than 35 years, trains Somatic Movement Therapists through his Shake Your Soul® and SomaSoul® programs. leveninstitute.org

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Dance your way toward teacher certification in the first chakra-yoga-dance training of its kind—or come just to experience five glorious days of dancing. This transformational, compassionate training is based on self-discovery and finding your strengths.

Module 1 lays down the foundation of Let Your Yoga Dance® with a daily dance of yoga through each chakra.

Learn to • Become an excellent instructor in this “dance of yoga” • Embody the chakras • Rediscover the best of who you are • Transform your relationship with music.

To become a certified Let Your Yoga Dance instructor, take Module 1 first, followed by Module 2, which offers expert guidance in the art of teaching. You can also attend Module 1 simply to experience this vibrant program, without pursuing certification.

NOTE You do not have to be a yoga teacher to take this training. Tuition includes Megha’s manual and yoga CD.

In the Zentangle method of pattern drawing, everything begins with a foundational string, which inspires creativity and invisibly holds the pattern together. This easyto-learn and fun way of creating beautiful images by drawing structural patterns is meditative, intuitive, relaxing, and empowering. This program focuses on • Finding inspirations for strings • Power of the pencil string • Creating strings • When to ignore the string.

Come explore string metaphors and become aware of strings in your life and your world. Have fun creating beautiful art as you watch your pen draw tangles on your strings. Join Zentangle creators Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas for one of their rare public Zentangle programs.

NOTE Tuition includes materials.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AZWS-171)

RICK ROBERTS was a musician, photographer, and printer before cofounding Zentangle with Maria Thomas. He lived as a monk for 17 years. zentangle.com

MARIA THOMAS worked as a lettering artist and operated a stationery design and production company before cofounding Zentangle. zentangle.com

TUITION $575, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DT-1171)

MEGHA NANCY BUTTENHEIM, MA, E-RYT 500, founding director of Let Your Yoga Dance® LLC, is a long-time teacher trainer at Kripalu. letyouryogadance.com

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MAY 14–19 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Fitness and the Outdoors

Swingolf DYNAMIC YOGA MOTION ON THE GOLF COURSE

Les Bolland FOR golfers of all ages and experience.

Welcome to a holistic golf approach that incorporates yoga, muscle-opening shiatsu massage, breathing, and an emphasis on mental and physical harmony. Coached by Swingolf creator and tournament-playing professional Les Bolland, you discover your own natural, dynamic, and flowing swing.

From the very first moment, you’re having fun and learning how to play a better game with less effort.

Swingolf is healthy for body and mind, and can lower blood pressure, increase stamina, and improve flexibility. With Swingolf training, you’ll also experience • Less practice with better results • Increased consistency • Mental, physical, and spiritual harmony.

This program covers putting, chipping, pitching, bunker shots, iron and wood play, and golf-course strategy.

NOTE Greens fees (approx. $25) are payable at the golf course each day. See the Kripalu website for other important information.

TUITION $495, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code GMM-171)

LES BOLLAND, a member of the British Professional Golfers Association and veteran of the European tournament player’s circuit, has studied yoga and shiatsu for more than 20 years. swingolf.net

MAY 30–JUNE 2 TUESDAY–FRIDAY

Birding and Mindfulness Becky Cushing and Steven Leonard FOR all levels and ages.

Observing birds in nature shares many qualities with mindfulness. The focused awareness and calm observation of both practices helps to soothe the mind and enables you to connect to the world—and yourself—in profound new ways.

This program led by Mass Audubon and Kripalu faculty introduces you to the meditative joys of bird watching. Come hike the lovely trails and explore the serene waterways of Kripalu’s Berkshire campus during the spring migration. You might encounter great blue herons, woodpeckers, and bald eagles along the way!

TUITION $249, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRBM-171)

BECKY CUSHING, MS, director

STEVEN LEONARD, a faculty

of Mass Audubon’s Berkshire Sanctuaries, has led natural history and birding programs throughout New England and has been published in the Journal of Raptor Research.

member at Kripalu, leads meditation classes and outdoor activities in a way that affirms people’s natural instincts and intelligence.

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MARCH 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Mark Roule and Erin Casperson MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Mark Roule and Susannah Gale APRIL 21–23 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Mark Roule and Sarajean Rudman MAY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec

ARK ROULE, E-RYT 500, M is a Kripalu Yoga teacher and outdoor guide who leads R&R Retreats and programs at Kripalu. He holds wilderness EMT/lifeguard, instructor-level kayak, stand up paddleboard, and snowboard certifications.

HIKING AND YOGA

ERIN CASPERSON, E-RYT 500, an Ayurvedic Health

CE credits pending.

Nature has the ability to inspire us and provide insight into our lives. Satisfy your inner longing for connection to nature as you explore the hiking trails of the Berkshires, right outside Kripalu’s back door. Join our knowledgeable guides for multilevel hiking and Kripalu Yoga.

This weekend, you explore •T he winding trails of Yokun Ridge, with different levels of hiking offered each day to suit your needs •T ranquil walking meditations in the forest • Yoga classes to balance body and mind.

Whether you’re an experienced hiker or a curious beginner, this program will delight and rejuvenate you.

NOTE In the event of snow in the early spring programs, we will snowshoe instead of hike.

Snowshoes and poles will be provided.

TUITION $249, plus room & meals; see page 104.

Counselor and Kripalu Yoga teacher, has many years of experience hiking in New England. She has summited all 48 4,000-foot mountains in New Hampshire.

SUSANNAH GALE, RYT, is a Kripalu Yoga teacher and R&R Retreat workshop presenter who leads mindful outdoor experiences in the Berkshires.

S ARAJEAN RUDMAN received a bachelor’s in health and wellness and sports management, and a master’s in integrative clinical nutrition.

She has more than a decade of experience in personal training and group fitness.

MICHELLE DALBEC, E-RYT 500, is a passionate

MAY 26–29

KRIPALU OUTDOORS

Kripalu Yoga and Yoga Tune Up® teacher who offers workshops and directs Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training programs. myoga.com

A YOGA, HIKING, AND KAYAKING RETREAT

Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec CE credits pending.

Get outside and go with the flow—on the water, on the earth, and on the mat! Satisfy your longing for a connection to nature as you explore hiking, kayaking, and yoga in the beauty of the Berkshires. Tap into nature’s profound ability to inspire us and help us gain clarity in our lives, as you • Follow the winding trails of Yokun Ridge, with different levels of hiking to suit your needs • Paddleboard or Kayak on Lake Mahkeenac • Relax into tranquil walking and floating meditations • Practice Kripalu Yoga to balance body and mind.

Connect to the wildness that lives inside and outside of you. Satisfy your soul—without having to pitch a tent!

TUITION $299, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRHK-171)

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PROGRAMS with RICHARD P. BROWN and PATRICIA L. GERBARG

MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Breath~Body~Mind for Transformation and Well-Being

Breath~Body~Mind Teacher Training, Level 2

CE credits.

FOR students who have completed

Learn breathing techniques proven to relieve stress and improve mood, mental focus, and heart and lung function. These benefits have been experienced by healthcare practitioners, yoga teachers, military veterans, and individuals with PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, cancer, Lyme disease, and more. Many people who have practiced these techniques say they have been transformed, and that they never would have imagined that something so simple could be so powerful and helpful.

Breath~Body~Mind Teacher Training, Level 1.

CE credits.

In this second part of a three-level teacher training, you build on skills gained in Level 1 and learn to teach additional techniques for stress, anxiety disorders, PTSD, military trauma, post-disaster, depression, ADHD, physical limitations, and stress-related medical conditions.

Specific methods to be mastered in this training include • Resistance breathing • Ha breath

• Increase your stress resilience and renew your energy

• Body scan

• Connect to your inner self and others

• Advanced breath moving • Qigong movements • The Four Golden Wheels • The great harmonizer of the breath

• Improve relationships and empathic abilities.

• 4-4-6-2 breathing

NOTE Tuition includes a manual and the Breath~Body~Mind Level 1 Practice CD. Prior to this program, we recommend daily practice of Coherent Breathing using Steve Elliot’s CD Respire-1 Coherence, available at coherence.com.

Increase your understanding of the neurophysiological effects of voluntarily regulated breathing practices on emotion regulation, bonding, and cognitive function. Practice teaching while faculty observe and offer suggestions for improvement. Attention is given to tone of voice, pacing, accuracy of instruction, and trauma sensitivity. Participants report on their teaching experiences since Level 1 training.

RECOMMENDED READING and listening Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg, The Healing Power of the Breath book and CD set.

TUITION $263, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BBMTT-171)

RICHARD P. BROWN, MD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, is a certified teacher of aikido, qigong, yoga, and meditation. breath-body-mind.com

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with Dehanna Rice-Inkles

Through movement, breathing, and relaxation techniques, you learn to

• Increase lung capacity, oxygenation, and cardio-respiratory health

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MARCH 19–24 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

PATRICIA L. GERBARG, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College, researches mind-body practices for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. breath-body-mind.com

• Guided meditation.

RECOMMENDED AND REQUIRED READING See the Kripalu website.

TUITION $683, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BBMTT-2171)

DEHANNA RICE-INKLES, RPP, CH, a registered polarity practitioner and certified hypnotherapist, has 20 years of experience teaching energy-based modalities in the United States and Europe.

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MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Calm Warrior A STRESS MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE RETREAT

Diane Kovanda FOR everyone.

Discover powerful tools that help you effectively decompress, process, and re-engage with your life in a new way.

This fun, informative program, originally created for law enforcement professionals, teaches you how to • Deal effectively with on-the-job stress and the stress you bring home

TUITION $255, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CWSM-171)

DIANE KOVANDA MED, E-RYT 500, is a Kripalu Yoga teacher and trained mediator. kindyoga.com

• Slow down emotionally, physically, and mentally • Recharge body and mind using mindfulness, breath, and yoga

MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Tai Chi Alchemy

• Weave practical relaxation techniques into your workday.

Take home mindful tools to revitalize and serve you throughout your life.

GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO THE GAME

Rick Barrett FOR all levels.

MARCH 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Spice It Up! CREATIVE COOKING WITH HERBS AND SPICES

Leslie Cerier A pinch of this, a sprinkle of that—the right herbs and spices enhance the flavor of any dish. This fun and informative hands-on vegetarian cooking class is designed for both novice and seasoned cooks. Gourmet organic chef, teacher, and cookbook author Leslie Cerier shows you how to use herbs and spices to make delicious, healthy, globally inspired dishes, from appetizers to desserts. You learn how to • Stock a cornucopia of fresh and dried herbs and spices • Create international dishes, exploring which herb and spice combinations make foods Indian, Mediterranean, French, African, Asian, Mexican, and more • Use herbs as garnishes • Cook beans and grains from scratch with herbs and spices • Correct dishes that are too spicy, sour, bitter, or bland • Make your own herbal vinegars, flavored oils, and dressings.

TUITION $255, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SIU-171)

LESLIE CERIER, “the organic gourmet,” is an internationally recognized farmto-table chef, recipe developer, and author of six cookbooks. She specializes in vegetarian, vegan, and glutenfree cooking. lesliecerier.com

The mysterious and paradoxical world of tai chi ch’uan seems to defy the laws of physics. A finger stops a fist. A tiny woman lifts a man three times her size.

That world becomes instantly accessible, however, when approached as an exercise of authentic engagement. Tai chi practice brings us into heightened states of body-mind-spirit integration and the remarkable abilities that come with that, including • Presence • Effortless power • Rooting (energetic connection with the earth) • Instant meditation (accessing the space between thoughts) • The transformation of fear into love • Authentic soul-to-soul connections.

When we meet with our whole beings, we become full participants in an alchemy that unearths treasures buried in plain sight.

TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TCA-171)

RICK BARRETT, author and national champion in tai chi push hands, has practiced Chinese internal martial arts and energy healing for 35 years. rickbarrett.net

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MARCH 19–24 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Coming Home to the Body DISCOVERING SUPPORT FROM WITHIN

Robin Becker FOR everyone.

MARCH 12–17 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Nutrition Intensive for Health Professionals Kathie Madonna Swift, Annie B. Kay, and Lisa B. Nelson FOR physicians, nurses, nutritionists, registered dietitians, and other health-care professionals seeking personal and professional development.

CME and CE credits.

Expand your skills by exploring whole-foods healing with Kripalu’s world-class team of leaders in clinical nutrition and whole-person health. Deepen your understanding of nutritional healing as you learn

Renew, restore, and increase your vitality by exploring the fluid nature of the body. Just as the earth blossoms each spring, the body is an endless resource of unfolding possibilities. Each person’s unique path of embodiment is the expression of an ancient planetary process.

Learn a universal language of biologically based movement incorporating breath and sounding practices that initiate personal movement explorations.

Experience how the body is in a dynamic conversation and relationship with all of life. Robin Becker teaches how to restore yourself from within and reclaim your ever-present birthright of fluid potential.

Appropriate and safe for everyone at all movement levels, this program investigates how the evolving flow of the body informs and benefits other movement practices, including shiatsu, massage, yoga, dance—and life itself.

TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AECM-171)

ROBIN BECKER, MA, RSME, teacher, dancer, and founder of Robin

• Past and present food theories, nutritional discoveries, and controversies

Becker Dance, studied Continuum with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper for 26 years. robinbeckermovement.org

• Core nutritional systems and how they relate to common chronic syndromes and diseases • The psycho-physiological mechanisms through which yoga and other mind-body practices support lifestyle change • Kripalu’s unique approach to mindful eating • The foundations of Ayurveda

MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

• The dynamic relationship between digestion and health, and the critical role nutrition plays for the brain and heart

Is Your Story Making You Sick?

• How to use whole foods, dietary supplements, and mind-body nutrition therapeutically • Culinary approaches for health conditions.

TUITION $449, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRNI-171)

KATHIE MADONNA SWIFT, MS, RDN, is an integrative nutritionist and author of two books on gut health, The Swift Diet and The Inside Tract. kathieswift.com

ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, LDN, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist at Kripalu, author of Every Bite Is Divine, and an important voice in whole-foods nutrition and yoga. anniebkay.com

LISA B. NELSON, MD, is Director of Medical Education for Kripalu programs. She also serves as medical director of the nonprofit Nutrition Center.

MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS FOR STRESS AND ILLNESS

Mark Pirtle FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Explore how meditation and mindfulness can be used to reduce stress and cultivate health and happiness. Understanding the nature of your mind and how to influence it through meditation practice may provide as much, or more therapeutic benefits as conventional medicine.

Mark Pirtle is the developer of Skillfully Aware®, an evidence-based program for stress relief that teaches • How the mind’s narrative affects emotions, health, and habits • Insight meditation to monitor thoughts and sensations • The Five Mindful Awareness Functions in everyday life • Ways to use insight meditation and mindfulness therapeutically to relieve stress and heal stressrelated illnesses, including insomnia, depression, anxiety, addictions, and eating disorders.

Return home with a daily practice of mindfulness and meditation that nurtures full, clear, and embodied awareness.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SAMM-171)

MARK PIRTLE is at the forefront of integral thinking in the mindfulness arena. He is a filmmaker, author, public speaker, and “innerpreneur.” skillfullyaware.com

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Kripalu’s Groundbreaking Integrative Weight-Loss Program

Live what you’re learning in a holistic environment that’s ideal for self-exploration. Connect with people just like you, committed to change. Along with your in-depth program sessions, enjoy daily yoga, meditation, and movement classes; whole-foods meals; and the natural beauty of the Berkshires.

APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

THE KRIPALU APPROACH TO DIET AN INTEGRATIVE WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM Aruni Nan Futuronsky, Annie B. Kay, and Lisa B. Nelson CE credits.

Discover how to shift into a balanced relationship with your body in this proven 5-day immersion program. In our caring and supportive environment, nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. Guided by our exceptional faculty of doctors, nutritionists, life coaches, and yoga teachers who have years of experience helping people find personal empowerment and transformation, you • Learn how to naturally lose weight and keep it off • Develop empowering life skills and a more positive body image • Enhance your nutrition and metabolism for weight management • Plan strategies for your goals and lifestyle.

Leave feeling rejuvinated, motivated, and full of hope.

TUITION $483, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRMW-171)

ARUNI NAN FUTURONSKY is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, life coach, and faculty member for Kripalu R&R Retreat and other Kripalu programs. coacharuni.com

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ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, LDN, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist at Kripalu, author of Every Bite Is Divine, and an important voice in whole-foods nutrition and yoga. anniebkay.com

LISA B. NELSON, MD, is Director of Medical Education for Kripalu programs. She also serves as medical director of the nonprofit Nutrition Center.

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APRIL 2–7 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Eat Breathe Thrive A YOGA, FOOD, AND BODY IMAGE INTENSIVE

Chelsea Roff CE credits.

Eat Breathe Thrive is an innovative yoga-based program that supports healthy eating and positive body image. Open to helping professionals as well as the general public, this in-depth training is for yoga teachers, educators, medical professionals, and mental-health practitioners.

• Experience yoga and meditation practices that tap into the body’s innate intelligence.

• Learn the main components of the Eat Breathe Thrive program—four simple principles to support a healthy relationship with food, body, and self.

• Explore how yoga can be a double-edged sword for those with food and body image issues, and learn how to offer support to those who may be struggling.

Engaging discussions and interactive activities round out this experiential training.

Enhance your practice with a toolkit for tuning into hunger and fullness signals, coping with difficult emotions, and building a more compassionate relationship with yourself.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and other information.

TUITION $505, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EABR-171)

CHELSEA ROFF is the founder of Eat Breathe Thrive, a nonprofit that helps people recover from food and body image challenges through yoga. eatbreathethrive.org

APRIL 16–21 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Forest Bathing and Walking Meditations Mark Roule and Vandita Kate Marchesiello Spring is the perfect time to shake off the winter season, step outdoors, and connect with the healing atmosphere of the forest.

Experience nature’s beauty and the calming effects of Shinrin Yoku Forest Bathing—a popular Japanese practice that rebalances the body and senses through the proven stress-reduction benefits of simply walking in the woods.

This week, experience

APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

• An introduction to forest bathing in nearby Bullard Woods, one of the few remaining old-growth forests in New England

Spring Yoga and Nutrition Detox

• Walking meditations and mindfulness exercises to quiet the mind and soothe the nervous system

Emilie Perz

• Gentle yoga to root you in the present moment

FOR everyone with min. 6 months’ vinyasa experience. CE credits pending.

NOTE This program room will be gently heated.

TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FDSD171)

EMILIE PERZ is a Senior Yoga Medicine teacher who was voted one of Los Angeles’ best yoga instructors.

She focuses on integrating yoga to create equanimity in the body. emilieperzyoga.com

Celebrate spring in a program designed to detoxify body, mind, and spirit. Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to what’s in your closet. Your body goes through significant changes as the season shifts, and a cleanse is the perfect way to shed the layers that may be weighing you down.

Join Emilie Perz to enjoy

• Walking lectures focusing on the cultural and natural history of the Kripalu campus.

With Kripalu’s gorgeous grounds as your backyard, this program is the perfect remedy for the impact of the long winter season on both body and mind.

TUITION $369, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRBW-171)

• Daily vinyasa yoga, meditation, and pranayama • Myofascial release to unravel tension and clear out toxins from your tissues • Nutrition lectures on whole foods, supplements, and balanced meal planning • Body-image journaling and goal setting for optimal health • Afternoon restorative yoga and nightly group dinners.

Get ready to live a vibrant life by resetting your habits, so that you can approach the world with a healthier body and a fresh perspective.

MARK ROULE is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and R&R Retreat outdoor guide who leads mindful and enriching nature-centered adventure experiences.

VANDITA KATE MARCHESIELLO, E-RYT 500, is a Kripalu faculty member and creator of the best-selling CDs Transform, Relax, and Rejuvenate; Yoga with Vandita; and Vandita Chants. yoganowandthen.com

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APRIL 19–23 WEDNESDAY–SUNDAY

CLINICAL NUTRITION and FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE for NURSES AN INTEGRATIVE NURSE COACH APPROACH

FOR all nurses, including nurse practitioners.

Discover a new career path and reignite your nursing passion. This intensive training focuses on whole-person care—combining the art and science of clinical nutrition, integrative nurse coaching, and functional medicine to promote healthy lifestyle change for your clients.

Since nurses speak the language of both medicine and healing, looking at integrative nurse coaching within a functional medicine paradigm opens up a new interprofessional clinical model for exploring core energy imbalances, epigenetics, and nutrigenomics. You learn evidence-based lifestyle assessment tools and clinically proven food plans for optimizing health and well-being, and explore motivational interviewing and appreciative inquiry in interactive, experiential sessions.

Take away the knowledge and techniques you need to implement your own self-care plan and to effectively assist others in increasing nutrition awareness, identifying individualized nutrition goals, and sustaining healthy lifestyle behaviors.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and other information.

TUITION $595, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CNLH-171)

SUSAN LUCK, RN, BS, MA, HN-BC, CCN, HWNC-BC, clinical nutritionist and holistic health educator, is codirector of the International Nurse Coach Association.

BARBARA DOSSEY, PHD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNCBC, integrative, holistic nursing pioneer, is codirector of the International Nurse Coach Association. inursecoach.com

MONIQUE CLASS, MS, APRN-BC, NC-BC, a certified family nurse practitioner and certified nurse coach, serves on the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine.

NANCY CARLSON, BSN, NC-BC, RYT-500, is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, and integrative nurse coach in private practice.

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MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Your Power to Heal A MIND-BODY TOOLKIT FOR WELLNESS

Henry Grayson FOR everyone.

Take back your power to become and remain healthier and happier. In this program, learn effective ways to identify conscious and unconscious barriers to healing from within, along with potent tools to clear those blocks.

Annie B. Kay and Jeremy Rock Smith APRIL 23–28 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Nutrition and Cooking Immersion Annie B. Kay and Jeremy Rock Smith

Eighty percent of the symptoms people seek treatment for are stress related, and many of us believe that healing can only come from outside sources. Henry Grayson helps you get to the cause of your symptoms and reduce stress at its source. He addresses obstacles to health and happiness—such as unresolved trauma, negative core beliefs, and mind chatter—using energy psychology methods, including variations on EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). Come harness the power of your mind to heal.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code UBHM-171)

HENRY GRAYSON, PHD, DCEP, is a psychotherapist who employs a mind-bodyspirit approach to using consciousness to heal. He is author of Your Power to Heal.

CE credits.

Do you want to eat healthier and cook more of your own meals, but don’t have the time or motivation? Would you like to feel more organized and comfortable in the kitchen? Kripalu Lead Nutritionist Annie B. Kay and Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith combine the latest nutritional research with tips from the Kripalu Kitchen to help you plan and prepare healthy meals that sustain you, bite by delicious bite.

Enjoy a mindful, evidence-based whole-foods diet as you learn • Time-saving tips and skills to enjoy whole-foods cooking • Which foods and culinary practices promote health and well-being • How to personalize your plate for pleasure and health.

Return home with delicious new recipes and the confidence you need to get in the kitchen and get cooking.

TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRMN-172)

ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, LDN, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist at Kripalu, author of Every Bite Is Divine, and an important voice in whole-foods nutrition and yoga. anniebkay.com

JEREMY ROCK SMITH, Kripalu’s Executive Chef, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and began his career in classical French cuisine.

APRIL 27–30 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

Radiant Health A WEEKEND RETREAT FOR WOMEN

Sudha Carolyn Lundeen FOR women of all ages.

If you need to de-stress, rebalance, and reclaim your vitality, this retreat is the perfect getaway to nurture your body, mind, and soul in a relaxing, fun, and informative environment. Through a blend of lecture and experience with Kripalu Yoga teacher trainer Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, you learn • Tips for strengthening your immune system • Techniques for stress reduction and relaxation • Yoga practices for women • Ayurvedic principles to help you support your individual constitution and needs • Mindfulness techniques, yogic breathing, and healing meditations • Mindful eating practices • Tools for letting go of the small stuff and enhancing your life and well-being.

We also take an indoor labyrinth walk for wisdom and insight. Return home with a renewed sense of wellness and vitality, with practices to keep health and balance alive in your life.

TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RHW-171)

SUDHA CAROLYN LUNDEEN, RN, E-RYT 500, is a teacher at Kripalu, where she leads trainings in the Kripalu Schools. sudhalundeen.com

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MAY 21–24 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY

Curb the Urge HEALING FOOD ISSUES

Mukta Kaur Khalsa FOR all levels. CE credits.

RECOMMENDED READING Mukta Kaur Khalsa, Meditations for Addictive Behavior and Healing Addictive Behavior; Yogi Bhajan, Foods for Health and Healing.

TUITION $311, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CTU-171)

MUKTA KAUR KHALSA, PHD, director of SuperHealth since 1973, supervised the first yoga-based specialized hospital for those with substance use disorders and mental-health issues. super-health.net

Learn how to appropriately curb life’s temptations and urges with behavioral health techniques that blend ancient yogic science with Western medicine to inspire and uplift the human spirit. The health of your body and the steadiness of your mind depend upon the body receiving the nutrients it needs to function.

Healing processes are accelerated with specific foods that detoxify and rebuild the body.

This program uses asana, pranayama, and meditation to address a wide range of food issues, including • Discipline versus compulsiveness • Food obsession and emotional eating • Food as a coping mechanism • The healing properties of food to enhance health and well-being • The importance of digestion and elimination— the hub of excellent health • Therapeutic formulas, recipes, and diets to cleanse and rebuild the body.

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Total Body-Life Reboot Aviva Romm and Pilar Gerasimo FOR women.

Shift your body and your life in a healthier, happier direction by mastering key skills and practices that allow you to sustainably overcome stress, fatigue, weight gain, and overwhelm. Combining functionalmedicine wisdom and science-based, self-care strategies, learn how to eat, rest, and manage your energy for optimal vitality and satisfaction.

During this program, you

MAY 26–29 FRIDAY–MONDAY

Healthy Gut, New You Maya Shetreat-Klein and Kathie Madonna Swift

MAYA SHETREATKLEIN, MD is a neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer, and author of The Dirt Cure: Growing Healthy Kids with Food Straight from Soil.

• Learn to read the subtle (and not so subtle) signals your body and life are sending you now—from rashes and weight gain to hormonal imbalances—and what you can do about them

FOR everyone. CE credits.

• Practice and refine the new skills you are learning

A healthy gut—including the microbes that live there—is the foundation for everything from your weight and overall physical health to your mental health and sense of strength, power, and peace.

Learn about the invisible world inside you and how nurturing it helps you transform into a “new you” physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

• Have an opportunity to address your biggest personal-challenge areas.

Integrative neurologist Maya Shetreat-Klein and holistic nutritionist Kathie Madonna Swift invite you to learn

TUITION $280, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TBLR-171)

• Human gut and microbiome basics and how food can create dramatic shifts in health and happiness

AVIVA ROMM, MD, a Yale-trained physi-

KATHIE MADONNA SWIFT, MS, RDN, is an

• Achievable strategies for using food and activities to lose weight, be strong, and get healthy

integrative nutritionist and author of two books on gut health, The Swift Diet and The Inside Tract. kathieswift.com

• The influence of soil, sunshine, water, plants, and stones in nourishing yourself • Joyful movement, meditation, and earth-based practices to nourish mind, body, and spirit.

Expect to leave empowered and transformed.

Return home feeling transformed, refreshed, and excited to take your new skills and habits into daily life.

cian, uses functional medicine to help women heal their bodies and minds, and transform their lives and their families’ health. avivaromm.com

PILAR GERASIMO, founding editor of Experience Life, an award-winning healthyliving magazine, is the creative force behind the popular app 101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy. pilargerasimo.com

TUITION $290, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code HGHB-171)

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MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Meditation

Sh’ma Meditation for Soul-Centered Living Rabbi Sigal Brier FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Live in the mystery with joyful curiosity. This weekend, explore the relationship between mindfulness, spiritual practice, and happiness. Sh’ma meditation combines mindfulness and mysticism to honor your unique experience and teach you to abide in your truth.

This holistic retreat provides a direct approach to living authentically and cultivating peace and well-being in all aspects of your daily life. Rabbi Sigal Brier clearly explains complex concepts and guides healing contemplative practices that focus on reducing discontent and strengthening trust in your authentic experience. Practice transformative meditations, relaxation, and self-inquiry to point the way toward wonder, enjoyment, ease, and contentment.

TUITION $220, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MMSC-171)

RABBI SIGAL BRIER is a scholar, mystic, spiritual mentor, artist, and musician with 30 years of experience inspiring people to live their heart’s purpose. rabbisigal.org

MARCH 12–17 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Meditation Made Possible A PRACTICE RETREAT

Bhavani Lorraine Nelson FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Take the opportunity to get to know yourself in a whole new way through the ancient technique of meditation. Whether you’re new to these practices or a longtime meditator, the community and support of fellow practitioners enables you to dive deeply into the embrace of your mind and your life, exactly as they are.

This retreat includes a variety of concentration techniques, including • Breath focus • Walking meditation • Pranayama (yogic breathing) as meditation • Loving-kindness • Mantra

RECOMMENDED LISTENING Bhavani Lorraine Nelson, Meditation Made Possible Volume 1: Meditation on the Breath; Amba Bhavani: Meditations in Chant; and Soulflight: Chanted Mantras for Healing and Illumination, available at bhavanilorrainenelson.com.

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 108. (web code MMP-171)

• Tratak (gazing)

You might also be interested in…

F inding Calm in a Chaotic World p. 86 Cultivating Loving-Kindness p. 93 Yoga, Meditation, and Recovery Conference p. 97 Meditation and Creativity p. 39

• Chanting as meditation.

Some traditions teach that it takes three days to settle into meditation during a retreat. This retreat is long enough for you to experience the transformation of your practice. You’ll leave refreshed, renewed, and established in practices that you can continue on your own for greater clarity, resourcefulness, and peace.

BHAVANI LORRAINE NELSON is a Kripalu Yoga teacher who leads workshops in meditation and mindfulness, stress reduction, and the power of the voice. bhavanilorrainenelson.com

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MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Enjoying Evolution and Defeating Death Through Buddhist Science ROBERT THURMAN FOR everyone.

CE credits pending.

MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

REAL LOVE THE POWER OF THE LOVING HEART KRISHNA DAS and SHARON SALZBERG FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Explore the magnitude of the heart and the transformative power of love in an immersion with Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg, each of whom brings a lifetime of experience nurturing a greater capacity for love. These two friends, rooted in the bhakti and Buddhist traditions, offer practical tools and techniques to help you cultivate awareness, deeper connection, and a loving heart.

What keeps you from realizing your essential need for love? If you want to connect with yourself, others, and your core emotional needs, the chanting and meditation practices offered in this retreat encourage you to open your heart and break free of limits and expectations. This creates a spacious balance of mind and allows you to have a more direct, experiential relationship with love.

Tenzin Robert Thurman, American Buddhist practitioner, writer, and personal friend of the Dalai Lama, invites you to use rigorous science, critical thought, and focused contemplation to develop a down-to-earth practice for daily living. Learn to access the bliss of reality discovered long ago by the Buddha and verified by hundreds of generations of Buddhist adepts. Robert draws from his books Infinite Life and The Jewel Tree of Tibet to present the magnificent spirituality of the enlightenment path, and The Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp for further instructions about the processes of life, death, and between—waking, sleeping, dreaming— and the grounding reality of bliss.

Using basic and advanced meditation and visualization practices, lectures, and dialogues, come explore the foundations and scope of the Unexcelled Yoga Tantra practice of Tibetan Buddhism.

RECOMMENDED READING See the Kripalu website.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EEDD-171)

ROBERT THURMAN, PHD, is an authority on spirituality, mind science, philosophy, and Tibetan Buddhism. His latest book is Love Your Enemies, co-written with Sharon Salzberg. bobthurman.com

NOTE This program includes kirtan concerts with Krishna Das on both Friday and Saturday night. These events are for program participants only.

TUITION $375, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RLLH-171)

KRISHNA DAS, best-selling

SHARON SALZBERG, author of

chant artist of all time, has been called “yoga’s rock star,” layering traditional kirtan with accessible melodies and modern instrumentation. krishnadas.com

Real Happiness, is internationally known for her work as a teacher and writer, bringing meditation, lovingkindness, and mindfulness to the West. sharonsalzberg.com

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Making an Impact We’re taking the core teachings of Kripalu Yoga off the mat and into the workplace.

In the past 10 years, Kripalu has delivered life-changing programs to frontline providers in some of the most critical social institutions in North America: human services organizations, K–12 schools, correctional facilities, law enforcement, and healthcare.

Now, introducing RISE, a revolutionary program in conscious leadership designed especially for individuals working in high-stakes, high-stress industries and organizations.

This mindfulness-based approach creates a shift in the paradigm of performance—one that incorporates both individual well-being and organizational culture.

The Impact of RISE [Before the program], I lacked the appreciation for how relevant mindfulness is, but having experienced it for the last five days, I couldn’t dream of living without it in my personal and professional life.

—G. P., Berkshire Country Day School The tools I learned in this program will be a foundation I can put into immediate action in my workplace, and build on to bring a more calm and centered environment.

— M. J. D., Pittsfield Community Connection

Developed by the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living in partnership with researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, RISE represents nearly a decade of research by leaders in mindfulness-based tools, brain science, and human performance.

Anchored in the science and practice of mindfulness and Positive Psychology, the program is specifically designed to support greater clarity and resilience, improved situational awareness, better decision making, work/life integration, and superior long-term performance for individuals and organizations.

We’re investing in positive change.

You can help.

This groundbreaking program focuses on four key areas:

RESILIENCE Stress is an epidemic, and the costs of chronic stress to individuals and organizations are steep. RISE teaches essential practices to manage stress and enhance resilience—the key to employee performance, leadership effectiveness, and well-being.

INTEGRATION Employee wellness is not separate from organizational culture. RISE offers research-based tools to transform an organizational culture from “Cult of Busy” to scalable, results-based practices of working smarter, not harder.

SELF-AWARENESS RISE teaches embodied mindfulness practices to support better decision making, better work/life integration, and essential self-care.

ENGAGEMENT Research shows that individuals perform better when they see meaning, value, and social impact in their work. RISE offers essential best practices for enhancing an individual’s engagement with the organization’s mission, their function within that mission, and an anchoring focus on the essential value of a single human life.

kripalu.org/rise

Your donations make it possible for us to empower people and communities through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. Your gift at any level makes a difference.

HOW TO GIVE ONLINE give.kripalu.org

BY PHONE 413.448.3284 ON CAMPUS Our Front Desk staff can connect you with the Development Team.

We’d love to talk with you about the impact you could have at Kripalu.

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MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

APRIL 2–7 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Calming the Mind

Girish Chant Camp

JOY OF LIVING MEDITATION WORKSHOP

Girish and Allison Sobel

Kell Julliard

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Enjoy a week of chanting, meditation, yoga, pranayama, and kirtan to manifest and enhance Divine love in your life. Explore the meaning of the chants, play harmonium and tablas, and utilize your newfound skills to lift your voice in joyful song and prayer.

Created by Tibetan meditation expert Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Joy of Living meditation practice helps you create a peaceful mind and a joyful heart. Kell Julliard blends guided meditation, discussion, and presentations with video teachings by Rinpoche to help you explore these wonderfully fresh and accessible practices.

In this retreat, you learn how to • Rest in open awareness, a state of spacious and alert presence • Transform everything that you encounter daily—sights, sounds, tastes, and sensations—into a perfect support for meditation • Work skillfully with physical pain, difficult emotions, and destructive thought patterns • Use meditation as the basis for a lifelong path of awakening.

In addition to daily yoga with Allison Sobel and live music with Girish, come learn • Mantras for love, abundance, healing, manifestation, and awakening • Ancient hymns that enhance balance and joy in your life • Vocal support for mantra and kirtan practice (no musical experience necessary) • The nine healing breaths • The neuroscience behind mantra practice and how you can make positive changes to your brain in as little as 40 days.

Learn to apply these techniques in daily life for immediate results.

RECOMMENDED READING AND LISTENING Girish, Music and Mantras (book); Girish, Sky of the Heart and Diamonds in the Sun (CDs).

TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code GCC-171)

GIRISH is a world music artist,

ALLISON SOBEL, E-RYT 500, is a

teacher, and author. A former jazz drummer, Hindu monk, and session tabla player, he teaches chanting throughout the world.

Chopra Center Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher, coowner of A&S Corporate Meditation, and owner of Svadhyaya Teacher Training. allisonsobelyoga.com

These techniques are a perfect accompaniment to yoga practice and training.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code JLM-171)

KELL JULLIARD has taught Joy of Living programs throughout the country as a facilitator for the Tergar Meditation Community and also teaches mindfulness meditation to health professionals.

MARCH 26–31 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Deep Rest for Mind and Body Steven Leonard FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

As hard as you work, that is how deeply you need to rest. Life requires constant effort to care for those you love, from paying the bills and preparing meals to comforting, listening, and encouraging.

To sustain your ability to engage with the world and its endless swirl of details, balance is an absolute necessity.

This mostly silent retreat focuses on the meditation of not doing and simply being. Take the time to trust the intelligence of your bodymind and give it space to rejuvenate. Using relaxing guided meditations, easy walks in nature, and time for discussion, this program aims for simplicity. Sometimes the best you can do is pause, breathe, rest, and allow life’s rhythms to refresh you.

TUITION $300, plus room & meals; see page 108. (web code DRMB-171)

STEVEN LEONARD, a faculty member at Kripalu, leads meditation classes and outdoor activities in a way that affirms people’s natural instincts and intelligence.

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WISDOM RISING MANDALA OF THE SACRED FEMININE LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE and SHIVA REA, plus a special evening with KRISHNA DAS FOR women at all levels. CE credits pending.

Calling all women for this life-changing meditation retreat and celebration of the Divine Feminine! Come transform through the power of the mandala, a universal map for inner and outer balance, wholeness, and practical awakening.

One of the most extraordinary female Buddhist teachers of our time, Lama Tsultrim Allione, offers a rare experiential journey into an ancient meditation practice: Dakini Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine. Pioneering global Prana Vinyasa teacher Shiva Rea shares Mandala Yoga as a complementary movement meditation. These accessible yet profound meditation and movement practices empower all women to embody the healing power of the mandala in their body and daily life in service to the world.

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LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE, MA, spent years as a Tibetan Buddhist monastic in the Himalayas, the first American nun in the Tibetan tradition. She is the founder of Tara Mandala and author of Women of Wisdom and Feeding Your Demons. In 2014, Lama Tsultrim founded the Wisdom Rising: Reawaken the Sacred Feminine movement to bring the voice of the Sacred Feminine to the global crisis. taramandala.org

SHIVA REA has been dedicated to the power of collective flow since the first Yogini Conference at Kripalu in 1994. She is the founder of Prana Vinyasa Yoga and Samudra Global School of Living Yoga, as well as the author of Tending the Heart Fire. Shiva is on Lama Tsultrim’s Wisdom Rising Advisory Board. pranavinyasayoga.com

KRISHNA DAS has taken call-andresponse chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon. He has been called the “rock star of yoga” and is the best-selling Western chant artist of all time.

In this juicy weekend, you • Receive Lama Tsultrim’s transmission of the Five Wisdom Dakinis, midwives of the wild and wise feminine • Learn to transform core emotional patterns affecting women today—anxiety, anger, inadequacy, depression, grasping, and compulsive doing—into living wisdom • Experience Mandala Yoga with Shiva Rea, an all-levels movement meditation that combines healing prostrations, prana vinyasa, visualization, seed syllables, mudra, and inner process

krishnadas.com

• Regenerate through daily guided relaxation and women’s circles • Enjoy a special Friday night Yoga Trance Dance and celebrate in a special evening concert with Krishna Das, dedicated to the Return to the Sacred Feminine • Explore optional morning sessions of Prana Mandala Vinyasa led by Shiva Rea. Returning participants can go deeper with new teachings on the Inner Consort practice of Yab Yum Mandala to experience inner union as support for outer relationship and realization. Leave rejuvenated, with the practical guidance you need to activate all aspects of your being, from your body to your creative life and spiritual realization, and continue with programs at Tara Mandala and Prana Vinyasa online.

EVENING EVENT

Kirtan with Krisha Das SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 8:00 PM

Free for program participants; $35 for in-house guests; no general public tickets available.

TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WRMS-171)

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APRIL 9–12 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY

Meditation and Yoga for Embodied Presence Daryl Lynn Ross and David Schouela FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

DAVID SCHOUELA, RYT 500, a Kripalu Yoga and trauma sensitive yoga teacher and trainer, teaches yoga and meditation as scientifically supported healing modalities for stress-related conditions.

DARYL LYNN ROSS,

Meditation and yoga are mutually supportive cofounder and guiding awareness practices that serve to deepen insight. teacher of True North Insight You can practice yoga as meditation-in-motion, and Meditation in Canada, is practice insight meditation to bring the quality of known for her clear, gentle, compassionate self-observation to your sensory compassionate approach to and mental experiences. Together, these techniques Buddhist teachings. daryllynnross.org help you recognize the changing nature of your sensations, thoughts, mental states, and reactive patterns. When you release identification with your habits, those habits no longer drive you.

In a silent retreat suitable for both beginners and those with meditation and yoga experience, cultivate embodied presence through sitting and walking meditation and three yoga sessions each day. There will be opportunities to ask questions and discuss your practice in small-group meetings and individually, by request.

NOTE Meals will be taken in silence, in the program room.

TUITION $275, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MYEP-171)

APRIL 16–21 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Surfing the Ocean of Life MEDITATIONS FOR THRIVING IN A STORMY WORLD

Jaimal Yogis and Arnie Kozak FOR all levels.

CE credits pending.

No matter how turbulent the ocean of life, meditation can help you ride the waves. Mindfulness and other meditation techniques can bring you a sense of oneness, providing refuge, sanctuary, and deep inner peace.

This program explores how awareness helps you awaken out of fear into your luminous life in this moment. Through practice, poetry, humor, heartfelt discussion, and introspection, you learn skills for surfing the waves, including • Formal and informal approaches to mindfulness

MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Mindful Self-Compassion CORE SKILLS TRAINING

CHRISTOPHER GERMER FOR everyone. CE credits.

Self-compassion is an emotional skill that can be learned by everyone. It means being warm and understanding toward yourself when you suffer, fail, or feel inadequate.

Burgeoning research shows that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional well-being, reduces anxiety and depression, and promotes healthy lifestyle habits.

In this program, you learn • What self-compassion is and isn’t • How to enhance mindfulness with self-compassion RECOMMENDED READING See the Kripalu website.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 108. (web code MPSC-171)

CHRISTOPHER GERMER, PHD, is a part-time lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. mindfulselfcompassion.org

• The art of loving-kindness meditation • Ways to motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism • Techniques for handling difficult emotions with greater ease • How to transform challenging relationships and fully enjoy your life.

Christopher Germer presents the theory and core practices of the empirically supported, eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion training, a program designed to help participants become more self-compassionate using meditation, exercises, and group discussion. Come join this journey of self-discovery and self-kindness.

• A creative method for leaving behind painful and limiting stories • Nondual states of awareness, using guided meditation, contemplation, and writing • The Buddha’s psychology of awakening.

We also spend time at the Kripalu lakefront, exploring the transformative power of water.

RECOMMENDED READING Jaimal Yogis, Saltwater Buddha.

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code STOL-171)

JAIMAL YOGIS, author of the best-sellers Saltwater Buddha and The Fear Project, has been a Zen and yoga practitioner for two decades. jaimalyogis.com

ARNIE KOZAK, PHD, a psychotherapist and clinical assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, has been a practitioner of yoga and mindfulness for more than 30 years. exquisitemind.com

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APRIL 14–16 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Mindfulness and Meditation as Life-Changing Practices

Loving Presence

Terry Fralich

INHABITING AND EXPRESSING YOUR TRUE NATURE

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

TARA BRACH

Bring mindfulness more effectively into your daily life and reconnect with your inherent worthiness.

Learn meditation techniques and accessible skillbased practices that enable you to • Transform core negative beliefs, doubts, and self-criticism • Rewire your brain to dismantle unhealthy habits, strengthen positive states, and reduce stress • Connect with your radiant true nature • Live with more confidence, joy, and love.

If you’re new to mindfulness and meditation, this program provides the foundation to bring sustaining practices into your life. For experienced meditators, this program helps you clarify and strengthen your practices so they lead more directly to healthy change.

TUITION $290, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MMLC-171)

M ED I TAT I O N

FOR everyone. CE credits.

Realizing your full potential for wisdom and love is the fruit of every spiritual path. This program brings mindfulness, radical acceptance, and compassion to the fears and challenges that arise in your life, so you can heal and awaken your naturally wise heart.

Tara Brach guides meditations, reflections, and journaling, and invites you to enjoy periods of silence as well as interpersonal sharing.

Come experience the power of meditation to relieve emotional suffering and help you find happiness, openheartedness, and spiritual freedom.

TUITION $305, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code LPTN-171)

TARA BRACH, PHD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge, is a clinical TERRY FRALICH, LCPC, JD, is a clinical counselor who has studied extensively with the Dalai Lama, other leading Tibetan teachers, and prominent Western pioneers

psychologist who leads Buddhist meditation retreats and workshops on emotional healing and spiritual awakening. tarabrach.com

of mindfulness. mindfulnesscenter.org

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MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

A CELEBRATION of the BERKSHIRES’ FIRST NATIVES In collaboration with the town of Lenox’s 250th anniversary celebration, Kripalu is proud to present a special R&R Retreat event that honors the Native American culture, history, and community of the original tribes of Berkshire County.

This weekend, our fabulous Kripalu Yoga teachers and educators are joined by members of the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe, one of the first native groups in the region. Come immerse yourself in workshops and events focused on spirit, healing, love of the earth, music, drumming, storytelling, a Saturday evening concert, and more.

This special event is offered in addition to our regular daily R&R Retreat activities, so you can choose the classes and workshops that you most wish to participate in.

NOTE Special pricing is available for Berkshire County residents. Call 800.741.7353 for more information.

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MARCH 12–17 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Neuroscience and Psychology

Retrain Your Brain for Positivity and Success Randy Kamen and Holly Friedman Glick FOR everyone. CE credits.

Find greater meaning and joy in a retreat that weaves together Positive Psychology, mindbody practices, and practical self-care strategies for navigating life’s challenges.

Through talks, group discussion, and simple, effective exercises, you learn how to • Retrain your brain for greater positivity and diminished negativity • Internalize positive experiences and effectively manage difficult emotions • Build self-compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness as a way to liberate the mind and move forward • Develop greater resilience and energy through mindfulness practices • Learn better communication skills for more fulfilling relationships • Explore breathwork, meditation, and self-hypnosis to remain present and focused • Track behaviors to create lasting change.

This retreat offers valuable practices that can be immediately integrated into your life, along with deeper insights about the connection between mind and body.

TUITION $400, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RBP-171)

RANDY KAMEN, EDD, is a psychologist, educator, pioneer in mind-body medicine, and author of Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life. drrandykamen.com

HOLLY FRIEDMAN GLICK, MSW, LICSW, RYT, is a 500-hour yoga teacher who studied with Natasha Rizopoulos and Sherry Sidoti. She is also a licensed psychotherapist, and a supervisor for early career therapists.

MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Brain Care is Self-Care THE NEUROSCIENCE OF WELL-BEING

Linda Graham FOR everyone, including mental-health professionals. CE credits.

Learn how to rewire your brain to reduce stress, regain equilibrium, and restore resilience and perspective. Psychotherapist Linda Graham applies neuroscience to the process of personal healing and growth, and teaches you techniques to avoid burnout, come to clarity in decision making, heal toxic shame and retire your inner critic, recover creativity and flow in your life, and revive a sense of competency and connection with others.

Through discussion and practice, you learn how to • Create the shift that counterbalances the brain’s negativity bias and installs wholesome habits into implicit memory • Strengthen the executive functioning of the prefrontal cortex to build resilience and coherence • Use self-directed neuroplasticity to rewire old response patterns and restore your psychological equilibrium • Harness mental play space to allow insights and aha moments to break through.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BCSC-171)

LINDA GRAHAM, MFT, is a psychotherapist, mindful selfcompassion teacher, and author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and WellBeing. lindagraham-mft.net

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NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY

MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS TAL BEN-SHAHAR FOR all levels, including beginners.

Can you learn to be happier? Absolutely!

TAL BEN-SHAHAR is a world-renowned teacher of Positive Psychology and leadership development. Author of several bestselling books on happiness, he consults and lectures worldwide. talbenshahar.com

Tal Ben-Shahar taught the most popular course at Harvard University—Positive Psychology, the study of optimal human functioning. Come find out how the “happiness class” can help you enhance your general well-being, self-esteem, and motivation.

By integrating theory and practice, East and West, philosophy and psychology, learn effective tools to feel more connected, fulfilled, and, yes, happier.

Return home with a set of principles you can begin using right away.

TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code PPSH-171)

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BARBARA FREDRICKSON

TODD KASHDAN

JOAN BORYSENKO

NEAL MAYERSON

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

MAY 1–4 MONDAY–THURSDAY

Barbara Fredrickson Todd Kashdan Joan Borysenko Neal Mayerson Megan McDonough Howard Martin Megha Nancy Buttenheim Stephen Cope

EMBODIED POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SUMMIT

DON’T MISS MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Cultivating Loving-Kindness A YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT

Stephen Cope p. 93

THE PRACTICAL SCIENCE OF EVERYDAY LOVE FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

In Positive Psychology, love is the supreme emotion. To reach for your highest and best self—to be whole—you must learn to embody your highest and best emotion: love.

To live in wholeness demands discipline and commitment because love lives in relationships—in relation to oneself, to others at work and at home, to nature, and to the world around you. But that’s not always easy. How can you cultivate and engage this supreme emotion in a healthy way, on a daily basis, without holding it up as an idealized aspiration that’s never completely realized?

Based in the scientific study of Positive Psychology and informed by the adjacent fields of neurobiology and sociology, this summit explores the ultimate practicality and accessibility of love as an expression of wholeness and radical receptivity. Return home with a fuller and richer sense of wholeness, and experience the immediacy of love’s availability in every circumstance.

SUMMIT TUITION $595, plus room and meals; see page 104. (web code EPPS-171) MASTER CLASS TUITION $195 each, plus room and meals; see page 104.

Presented in partnership with

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HOWARD MARTIN

MEGHA NANCY BUTTENHEIM

NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY

STEPHEN COPE

MASTER CLASSES

POST-SUMMIT MASTER CLASSES

Go deeper and extend your stay with pre- and post-summit master classes. Using an interactive, engaging format, master classes are an invitation to study key topics in Positive Psychology in depth, with experts in the field. Registration is also open to those not attending the summit who wish to explore a specific topic during a shorter visit.

MAY 4–5 THURSDAY–FRIDAY

The Science and Practice of Positivity Resonance Barbara Fredrickson

PRE-SUMMIT MASTER CLASSES APRIL 30–MAY 1 SUNDAY–MONDAY

Questions for Answers WRITING TOWARD CLARITY

Joan Borysenko FOR everyone.

We want answers to life’s problems. The heavier the issue, the more anxiety we feel to get the problem solved, pronto. But what if the answer is waiting for the right question? Words create worlds, and the way we push at problems can conceal possibilities. In this master class with psychologist and New York Times best-selling author Joan Borysenko, you explore free-writing to answer novel questions and, in doing so, discover new perspectives on old problems.

APRIL 30–MAY 1 SUNDAY–MONDAY

The Effort and Ease of Goal Attainment Caroline Adams Miller and Maria Sirois FOR everyone.

Setting goals and then taking steps toward reaching them demands effort. Striving, overcoming obstacles, and engaging your will in a focused endeavor moves mountains. Yet that mountain can also break your back if you fail to combine effort with ease—a sense of rest and renewal, surrender, and a willingness to let life lead for a while. Author and resilience expert Maria Sirois opens this master class on Sunday night, and Caroline Adams Miller, a leader in the field of goal attainment, guides us in an exploration of how to mix effort and ease for maximum results—including living a life you love.

FOR everyone.

In her book Love 2.0, Barbara Fredrickson redefines the vital emotion of love as micro-moments of positivity resonance between and among people. This master class offers a unique opportunity to explore the scientific underpinnings of positivity resonance in ways that bolsters its value for human health and well-being. Complementing the science, you also explore practical approaches and practices for unlocking more love in everyday life.

MAY 4–5 THURSDAY–FRIDAY

The Art of Teaching Positive Psychology Maria Sirois FOR everyone.

Take the next step in your growth as a presenter, educator, coach, or speaker. This master class examines the crucial elements of presenting Positive Psychology tenets and tools in such a way that you leave prepared for lasting change. Many workshops on presenting and teaching offer guidance on how to shape a lecture, but rarely do they address core principles of sustaining change.

FIND OUT MORE about the conference schedule, workshops, and presenters at kripalu.org/epps

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MAY 26–29 FRIDAY–MONDAY

Being Intimate

Relationships

A RETREAT FOR COUPLES

Kate and Joel Feldman FOR couples of any length of commitment and any sexual orientation.

Intimate partnerships can make you stronger, happier, and healthier. Imagine being able to talk about what you really feel and need. Imagine feeling free to be yourself—to touch one another affectionately and experience the satisfaction of knowing that your partner is really there with you. This retreat is all about relational intimacy: what it is, how it works, and how you can have more of it.

Learn and experience • Safe dialogue and listening to transform communication • The science of creating emotional safety • New ways to incorporate pleasurable touch • How talking about sex can be safe and fun

K ATE FELDMAN, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist with a background in Gestalt, Imago, and equine-assisted psychotherapies, as well as EMDR, yoga, and meditation. consciousrelationships.com

• Massage and gentle partner yoga

JOEL FELDMAN, CPCC,

• Dance, music, and laughter

certified coach, mediator, and consultant, has been working with couples, individuals, and work teams for nearly 30 years.

• How daily loving can transform your relationship.

Kate and Joel Feldman’s specialty is creating a safe learning environment for couples to open their hearts and connect.

consciousrelationships.com

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BIRC-171)

APRIL 28–30 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Grief Relief TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE AFTER LOSS

MAUREEN HANCOCK with special guest Rosie Dalton FOR everyone.

It’s time for you to live life to the fullest again. Discover ways to connect more deeply with a loved one who has passed, as you reconnect with joy.

Join internationally renowned spirit medium and author Maureen Hancock and her special guest, grief coach Rosie Dalton, for a weekend of mediumship, grief work, and finding comfort after the loss of a loved one. Through experiential exercises, mediumship demonstrations, and grief coaching, return home with the tools you need to connect more deeply to your spirit loved ones and live a joy-filled life once again.

TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code GRTL-171)

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The Bregman Leadership Coach Training p. 74 CircusYoga: The Human Art of Play p. 39

MAUREEN HANCOCK is an internationally renowned spirit medium, teacher, holistic healer, and author of the best-selling book The Medium Next Door. maureenhancock.com

ROSIE DALTON is a life coach, inspirational speaker, grief support group facilitator, intuitive, and energy practitioner.

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MAY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 28–30 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend

Wired for Love

Sarahjoy Marsh

CREATING AN OWNER’S MANUAL FOR COUPLES

FOR women and their daughters (ages 13 and

Stan Tatkin and Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin

up) at all yoga levels, including beginners.

FOR couples.

“People are complex,” observes Stan Tatkin. “We don’t come with manuals that facilitate the process of getting along.” This program helps you create that manual—one that’s specific to you and your partner—using proven principles for successful relationships.

In a weekend of interacting and experimenting, you learn to • Identify each other’s attachment styles • Read body language and arousal states

Join Sarahjoy Marsh for a nourishing getaway that celebrates your relationship!

Spend quality time together exploring the innate potential in your monther-daughter connection.

Through yoga, meditation, and group experiences, you TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MDYW-171)

SARAHJOY MARSH, MA, RYT 500, is a yoga teacher and author who integrates Eastern and Western modalities, including the psychology of yoga, interpersonal neurobiology, transpersonal counseling, and art therapy. sarahjoyyoga.com

• Renew your capacity for playfulness and camaraderie • Experience insight, laughter, and nurturing • Realize simple ways to bring greater vibrancy into your lives • Rediscover your innate capacity for selfrenewing love and wisdom.

• Manage conflicts to build a securefunctioning relationship • Understand the fundamental biological realities of human bonding, and the psychobiological particulars of your partner.

MAY 26–28 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Take home valuable tools that you can start using immediately.

Meg Agnew, Cindy L. Parrish, and SuEllen Hamkins

RECOMMENDED READING Stan Tatkin, Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain Can Help You Defuse Conflicts and Spark Intimacy.

TUITION $205, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WFCW-171)

S TAN TATKIN, PSYD, MFT, a couples therapist, researcher, teacher, and developer of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT), is founder of the PACT Institute. stantatkin.com

TRACEY BOLDEMANNTATKIN, PHD, has served as the director of various philanthropic family foundations. Sensitivity to family systems guides her work as co-executive of the PACT Institute.

Mothers, Daughters, and the Heroic Journey FOR mothers and their daughters ages 9–12.

Mothers, you can be a vital part of your daughters’ coming-of-age journey. The creators of this weekend invite you and your daughter to come deepen your connection with each other and gain resources to foster closeness in the years ahead.

Using theater games, visual arts, writing, and sharing, we • Explore what it means to thrive as an adolescent girl, by looking back at who you were at that time • Get to know ourselves better through the questions, Who am I right now? and What is nurturing this vision of myself?

• Experience the power of invoking ancestral support • Join in a mothers-only discussion group while your daughters explore who they might become in playful and meaningful ways.

NOTE Children in this program must be accompanied by a parent or adult who is registered for the program.

TUITION Adults $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MDH-171) Kids $200, plus children’s housing; call for rates. (web code MDH-172).

Cindy L. Parrish and Meg Agnew MEG AGNEW, movement theater artist and educator, leads transformative programs for actors and movers of all ages. She has one stepdaughter and two granddaughters. heroicgirlz.com

CINDY L. PARRISH, PHD, is a renowned educator, novelist, playwright, and award-winning filmmaker. She has two daughters. heroicgirlz.com

SUELLEN HAMKINS, MD, is mother to two daughters and coauthor of The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds and Thrive Through Adolescence. suellenhamkins.com

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Self-Discovery

Five Ways to Find Your Inner Rock Star 1

REMEMBER THAT SINGING IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT.

Elizabeth Gilbert: Every child in the world sings. In preindustrial societies, every human sings. If you go to a village in Papua New Guinea and they’re singing, there aren’t 10 people standing outside of the circle saying, “Yeah, I just don’t have a very good voice.” It wouldn’t occur to anybody not to sing. But we live in a society where huge numbers of people don’t sing.

2

TRY KARAOKE THERAPY.

Elizabeth: We have a group of friends in our town who go to Wednesday night karaoke at the local dive bar. We started going as a joke. But very quickly, it became really important to us. It’s a place where we all gather together, and there are songs that we ritually do. We get this ancient experience of raising our voices together, which I think is a really important part of psychological health. Karaoke has become a spiritual practice for us.

3

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Story Alchemy p. 38

DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST; JUST BE REAL.

Rayya Elias: Singing didn’t start out as a healing or even an enjoyable thing for me, because I spent 35 years trying to make it as a musician. When I’d think people weren’t listening, I could really sing, but, the moment I felt like they were, I was hyperaware of all the things I was doing wrong.

But recently, I’ve let go of claiming to be a musician. I just do it because I have to, because I can’t keep it in. I love singers like

Johnny Cash, people who are pure soul and authenticity, not necessarily perfectly noted or pitched. I’m finally coming to peace with the fact that the imperfections of my voice are what make it mine.

4

CHANT WITH A GROUP.

5

LET IT RIP.

Elizabeth: When I was in an ashram in India once on New Year’s Eve, we chanted for four hours. There were people there from all over the world.

Chanting is for transcendence—not just individual transcendence, but also group transcendence. There was a sense of tremendous goodwill and blessing spreading around this huge crowd of people, many of whom didn’t speak the same language and didn’t need to.

Elizabeth: We have a friend in our karaoke group who is a genuinely terrible singer, but she doesn’t care.

Rayya: She says, “I know I’m a really bad singer, but I’m a really good dancer and, if I dance hard enough, nobody will notice.”

Elizabeth: The thing is, everybody notices, but they love it. Because she’s so joyful. It’s impossible to have contempt for somebody who’s in that much joy. All you can feel is delight, and you think, “Well, if she can do that, then we can get up there, too.”

DON’T MISS Elizabeth Gilbert and Rayya Elias at Kripalu: Big Magic and Bold Music, May 12–14; see next page.

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“Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”

MAY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

BIG MAGIC and BOLD MUSIC ELIZABETH GILBERT and Rayya Elias

ELIZABETH GILBERT, best-selling author of Eat Pray Love, explores the mysteries of creativity and courage in Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. elizabethgilbert.com

RAYYA ELIAS

is a musician, hairdresser, filmmaker, and the author of Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, From the Middle East to the Lower East Side. rayyaelias.com

FOR everyone.

Celebrate big magic, communal music, and the alchemy of joy in this first-ever weekend retreat taught by author Elizabeth (Liz) Gilbert along with her best friend, author and musician Rayya Elias. Big magic is what Liz calls the “mystery of inspiration,” and this experiential program pays tribute to Mother’s Day by honoring all the unique ways we birth ourselves creatively.

The remarkable duo of Liz (author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic) and Rayya (punk rock hair stylist, filmmaker, and author of Harley Loco) are a study in opposites. They collaborate here to open you to the yin and yang of the creative process, working particularly with issues of fear. This program focuses on intimate examinations of the central creative tenets of courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust, and divinity.

Liz and Rayya also discuss the joy of making things “for no rational reason whatsoever,” sharing the process by which the two of them have been writing songs for years. They invite everyone, from seasoned artistic professionals to people who claim they don’t have a creative bone in their body, to join them in writing, singing, engaging conversation, and welcoming the unexpected.

TUITION $375, plus room & meals, see page 104. (web code BMB-171)

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MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Communication Secrets from the World of High-Stakes Negotiation Chris Voss and Brandon Voss FOR everyone.

Improve your communications in every area of life through the art of negotiation.

Whether you are buying a car, asking for a raise, or working things out with your partner, negotiating skills rooted in emotional intelligence, active listening, and empathy can help you move from confrontation to collaboration and increase your chances of success.

In this fun, empowering, and inspiring program, two of the country’s leading negotiators teach you how to • Negotiate effectively using simple tools like tone of voice, the types of questions you ask, and even how you begin the conversation • Acquire the information you need for an optimal outcome • Build rapport and trust without engaging in small talk.

Discover a unique approach to problem-solving business and personal communication issues using crisis-tested techniques that foster creative solutions.

TUITION $345, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CSWH-171)

CHRIS VOSS, author of Never

BRANDON VOSS, director of

Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, is former lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI.

operations and an instructor/ consultant with the Black Swan Group, was instrumental in adapting FBI hostage negotiation techniques to the business world.

blackswanltd.com

MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Falling Together HOW TO FIND BALANCE, JOY, AND RENEWAL WHEN YOUR LIFE SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART

Donna Cardillo FOR women.

Create a customized life plan to keep you energized, engaged, and inspired in a whole new way. Discover how each life struggle offers a choice: you can fall apart or take the opportunity to become more alive and “fall together” as a stronger person.

Whatever change or challenge you face—illness, divorce, aging, or debilitating low self-esteem—this program teaches you how to

RECOMMENDED READING Donna Cardillo, Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Meaningful Change When Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart.

NOTE Bring a journal or purchase one in the Kripalu Shop.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FTFB-171)

DONNA CARDILLO, RN, MA, CSP,

• Live fully and authentically

known as “the Inspiration Nurse,” is a healer, teacher, author, and master motivator, dedicated to helping others maximize their potential.

• Use past failures as springboards for future success

donnacardillo.com

• Move from fear to freedom • Triumph over self-doubt, disappointment, and heartache • Create positive momentum in your life and work

• Develop the momentum and courage to move forward • Build confidence and personal power • Master the art of reinvention—at any age.

Return home empowered, excited, and ready for action.

MARCH 9–12 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

Live Boldly and Liberate Your Authentic Self Lauren Mackler FOR everyone. CE credits.

Imagine your life if you could step out from behind your “mask” and fully become the person you were born to be. What if you could reclaim your magnificence, liberate your potential, and ignite that potential in every aspect of your life?

We’re all born with unique personalities, passions, gifts, and strengths that, as we grow up, are often diminished by fear, shame, anger, perfectionism, and other self-defeating patterns. Using exercises, visualizations, journaling, and group discussions, world-renowned coach and best-selling author Lauren Mackler guides you in • Unearthing and transforming selfsabotaging patterns • Using your intuition as a practical life barometer • Reconnecting to your passions, strengths, and purpose • Living boldly to achieve your dreams and goals.

RECOMMENDED READING Lauren Mackler, Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness and Transform Your Life.

NOTE Bring a journal and pen.

TUITION $270, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code LYAS-171)

LAUREN MACKLER is a renowned coach and teacher whose first book, Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness and Transform Your Life, became an instant international best-seller. laurenmackler.com

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R&R RETREAT SPECIALS

Experience Kripalu your way. For less.

MARCH 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

BRINGING HEAVEN DOWN to EARTH! JAMES VAN PRAAGH FOR everyone.

Your personal spirit guides, angels, and loved ones on the other side are waiting to deliver the love, success, and happiness that you were put on this earth to enjoy! Join world-renowned medium and spiritual teacher James Van Praagh in a program that will transform your life and illustrate beyond all doubt that you are not alone.

Through February 17 *, stay for two midweek R&R Retreat nights and get one additional night free, or stay for three midweek nights and get two additional nights free.

Until April 16*, get 25 percent off a night of R&R Retreat before or after your weekend stay.

Through fun and fascinating hands-on exercises, visualizations, and meditations, you form relationships with your divine protectors and advisers that provide safety, support, and guidance for your lifetime. With James as your guide, • Merge your mind, body, and spirit with friends on the other side to achieve the ultimate soul connection • Learn to recognize and understand signs from the spirit world, and discover how to use them to improve your life • Practice James’ techniques to proactively contact the spirit world whenever you need help.

Leave this program inspired and refreshed, with your guides, angels and departed loved ones on “spiritual speed-dial” to support you on your journey.

NOTE This program has extended hours—including longer opening and closing sessions, and a long afternoon session—to allow you more time with James; see schedule on the Kripalu website.

kripalu.org/specials

TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BHDE-171)

Restrictions apply; see our website for details. *

JAMES VAN PRAAGH is a New York Times best-selling author, former host of the nationally syndicated show Beyond, and creator of The Ghost Whisperer. vanpraagh.com

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"The new spirituality is transcendent of all religions. Now it is important to learn the mystical laws that govern the sacred consciousness or the nature of the soul."

MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

THE HIDDEN POWER of YOUR SOUL CAROLINE MYSS FOR everyone.

The capacity to truly heal or recognize your sacred calling requires you to sense the dreamlike, subtle messages from your soul. Caroline Myss has learned that the soul is the vessel through which the grace of healing flows. It is the cosmic life-force radiating vital, creative energy. She has witnessed people experience the miracle of healing.

Through a brilliant and engaging lecture, Caroline introduces you to an empowering new understanding of your soul that reflects the truth that humankind is evolving beyond the limitations of traditional religions. We are emerging as cosmic spiritual beings discovering the nature of our sacred intelligence and the power hidden within the organic expression of the Divine, coded within our DNA and woven into the entire anatomy of life. Welcome to the era of the soul!

TUITION $340, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code HPYS-171)

CAROLINE MYSS is an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of medical intuition and a New York Times best-selling author. myss.com

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MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Creating Transformational Workshops

Your Divine Lens

AN INTRODUCTION TO MIND-BODY LEARNING

Ken Nelson, Lesli Lang, David Ronka, and Jim White FOR everyone. CE credits.

Harness your dreams and explore your path as a leader. This program helps you uncover your strengths, sharpen your vision, unfold your ideas, and develop an action plan for taking your work into the world. Foster your confidence and skills in using interactive techniques to energize, connect, and empower people, and return home with • A written guide to leading mind-body group creativity experiences • An understanding of the four phases of creating powerful experiential learning • Keys to generating collective wisdom, original thinking, and group synergy • Marketing copy for your workshop and accountability partners to support your next steps.

S EL F- D I S COVERY

SEEING YOUR GIFTS AND TRAGEDIES FROM THE SOUL’S WISDOM

Sue Frederick FOR everyone.

Step into your soul’s wisdom, seeing your greatest pain as an enlightened soul agreement designed to help you move forward with clarity and strength. Intuitive Sue Frederick illuminates how viewing tragedy through the ego’s lens paralyzes you, while viewing it through a divine lens empowers you to be your greatest self.

Discover tools that reveal your unique soul mission—what you came here to do—as you learn to • Quiet the mind to hear inner wisdom • Apply that inner wisdom to everyday choices, including career • Heal from great losses, like the death of a loved one • Find purpose in your life and work • View your life story from the soul’s perspective rather than your ego story.

Return home with a clear mission and a new, illuminated point of view.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YDL-171)

SUE FREDERICK is the best-selling author of Bridges to Heaven: True Stories of Loved Ones on the Other Side; I See Your Soul Mate; and I See Your Dream Job. careerintuitive.info

Discover how you can bring what you are passionate about into a group setting in a way that makes your heart sing and lights up your participants.

NOTE Tuition includes a manual. This program is part of a three-part training.

It can stand alone or be taken as a series.

Visit powerfulworkshops.com for more information.

TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CPE-171)

KEN NELSON, PHD, a leader in mind-body practices and longtime Kripalu faculty member, is dedicated to transforming the ways we serve and lead through yoga-inspired learning. powerfulworkshops.com

LESLI LANG has a background in theater and performing arts, and two decades of experience assisting Fortune 500 executives to communicate their message more effectively.

See the Kripalu website for additional presenter bios.

MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

The Happiness Track Emma Seppala FOR everyone. CE credits.

Finding happiness and fulfillment may be the most productive thing you can do to thrive professionally. Emma Seppala, author of The Happiness Track, offers an accessible survey of important findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience—research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, growth mind-set, mindfulness, positive stress, and creativity— along with practical advice on how to apply that research to your daily life.

Come learn how to nurture yourself, fast-track your success, and create the stress-free, anxiety-free life you want. Your go-go-go tactics can yield results in the short term, but sometimes come at the high cost of declining well-being, relationships, and productivity in the long term. In this program, Emma guides you on an experiential and practical journey back to happiness and success.

TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code THT-171)

EMMA SEPPALA, PHD, health psychologist and leading expert on happiness, is science director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. emmaseppala.com

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PROGRAMS with ERIC MAISEL MARCH 26–31 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Deep Writing Workshop

Deep Life Purpose

FOR everyone.

MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior Dan Millman FOR everyone.

Transform your daily life into a meaningful path of personal evolution, founded upon universal laws that are as consistent as the law of gravity.

The better you understand these seven pillars, the wiser your decisions and the more peaceful your life—in every arena, including health, work, relationship, and finances.

The Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior are

Fall in love with your writing in this program which is simple in structure and powerful in effect. Eric Maisel creates a genuinely safe environment in which your writing is neither shared nor critiqued. Instead, you receive permission to spend time connecting with your own writing as you make real progress on a chosen project and explore the unique challenges that writers face.

Resolve long-standing issues around commitment, generating mental energy, achieving a centered presence, mastering anxiety, upholding your dream, and maintaining the writing life.

This program is ideal for writers at every level of experience, whether you’re hoping to get back to a beloved project, are currently immersed in writing, or are looking to discover your subject.

NOTE Bring your laptop, tablet, notebook, or other favorite writing tool.

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DWW-171)

• Balance: Learn new skills while staying balanced • Choices: Make better decisions and empower your life • Process: Approach your goals step by step, and enjoy the journey • Presence: Transcend worry, anxiety, and regret, and simplify your life • Action: Turn knowing into doing • Surrender: Make a basic shift of perspective that eliminates stress • Unity: Move from a competitive to a collaborative mind-set.

Return home to a new world, filled with possibility.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SPPW-171)

DAN MILLMAN, a former world champion athlete, coach, and college professor, has written 16 books published in 29 languages, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior. peacefulwarrior.com

FOR everyone.

Are you looking for greater meaning and purpose in your life?

When you make the choice to seize the abundant opportunities available to you, a radical shift occurs, allowing you to embrace your own power. The groundbreaking techniques in Eric Maisel’s best-selling book, Life Purpose Boot Camp, catalyze profound growth and deep understanding, as you • Discover your unique life purposes and how to live them every day • Overcome the natural obstacles to living a purposeful life • Learn how focusing on your purpose creates more meaning in everything you do • Take all aspects of your personality into account as you identify your life purposes • Practice simple techniques to keep your life purposes vibrant and clearly in view.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code LPBC-171)

ERIC MAISEL, PHD, is the

⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a 10 percent tuition discount.

author of 40 books, founder of the profession of creativity coaching, and developer of natural psychology, the new psychology of meaning. ericmaisel.com

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S EL F- D I S COVERY

APRIL 9–13 SUNDAY–THURSDAY

FORGIVENESS BYRON KATIE FOR everyone.

Imagine unconditionally forgiving yourself and others. That’s what The Work of Byron Katie can make possible in your life. The Work is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question the thoughts and judgments that cause your suffering. People who do The Work as an ongoing practice commonly report alleviation of depression, decreased stress, improved relationships, reduced anger, increased mental clarity, and more energy and peace.

Discover the thoughts that keep you from loving yourself and the people close to you. Learn how to question those thoughts and experience who you are without them. By immersing yourself in The Work, you can fully embrace all of life without fear, open yourself to reality, become “a lover of what is,” and experience deeper connection and intimacy with yourself and your loved ones.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for Byron Katie's teaching schedule.

TUITION $550, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FGN-171)

BYRON KATIE has brought The Work to millions of people for more than 30 years. Her six books include the best-selling Loving What Is and A Thousand Names for Joy. thework.com

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APRIL 2–7 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Making Space for Positive Change Maria Sirois and Izzy Lenihan APRIL 19–23 WEDNESDAY–SUNDAY

THE BREGMAN LEADERSHIP COACH TRAINING PETER BREGMAN FOR coaches.

Coaching can be magic, but even for skilled coaches, that magic can be elusive. This program offers hands-on coaching practice and opportunities for dramatic personal growth. Learn how to create coaching magic using Peter’s QUICC Results™ Method—a process for achieving powerful results in 30-minute sessions—by • Focusing on the things that are most important to your client • Flexing your coaching technique based on where your client is stuck • Cultivating emotional courage, the key to unlocking forward momentum in yourself and your clients • Using individual coaching sessions to drive organizational outcomes • Ensuring follow-through between sessions and inspiring clients to work toward a vision that is bigger than they imagined.

Take home confidence, competence, and reinvigorated passion for coaching.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for recommended reading and other information.

TUITION $1,500, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BLCT-171)

PETER BREGMAN, MBA, MCC, RYT, is CEO of Bregman Partners, a company using coaching to help people and organizations get traction on their top priorities. peterbregman.com

FOR everyone.

Learn how to create a lighter, rejuvenated life in a program based on the principles of Positive Psychology and personal coaching. Gain tools for clarity and change, and clear the clutter that you’re ready to let go of—not just in your home but also in your relationships, at work, and in your mind and heart.

Clutter is more than what crowds your physical environment. It can be found in stress-based thoughts, confusing feelings, and unclear visions that weigh us down. What you choose to remove from your life is as important—if not more important—than what you choose to bring into it.

TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRCC-171)

MARIA SIROIS, PSYD, a psychologist and seminar leader, is an international expert in the fields of resilience and flourishing, and is known for her wisdom, authenticity, and humor. mariasirois.com

IZZY LENIHAN is a certified life, career, and wellness coach who has helped thousands of people make changes in all stages of their lives for more than 20 years.

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APRIL 14–16 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

APRIL 21–23 FRIDAY –SUNDAY

Now What?

Breaking the Cycle of Inherited Family Trauma

FINDING CAREER CLARITY AND LIFE DIRECTION FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Mark Wolynn

Laura Berman Fortgang CE credits.

Are you reevaluating your career or looking to do something radically different with your life? Join Laura Berman Fortgang, author of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction, and discover what you’re meant to do with your life.

This concrete, practical program leads you out of confusion or indecision to a clear direction for the future. Discover what’s next for you, and design a plan to get there as you

FOR mental-health professionals and everyone interested in personal healing. CE credits pending.

Break free of biologically inherited patterns to live a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life. Just as you inherited your eye color and blood type, you can also carry the residue of traumatic events that took place in your family. Through lectures, interactive group work, and Family Constellations, come learn how to • Become a detective of your family history, uncovering traumatic events that can affect your health, success, relationships, and vitality • Interpret clues in your words, feelings, symptoms, and behaviors that link to unresolved trauma • Use dialogue, imagery, ritual, and healing sentences as tools for resolution so that you, your children, and their children can be freed from reliving the pain of previous generations.

Inherited family trauma didn’t start with you, but it can end with you.

TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BCIF-171)

• Break down the barriers to clarity

MARK WOLYNN, a leading expert in the field of inherited

• Release limiting beliefs

family trauma, directs the Family Constellation Institute and the Inherited Family Trauma Center in San Francisco.

• Learn how your past holds clues to your future

markwolynn.com

• Find a sense of purpose • Determine your criteria for happiness in work • Face money obstacles head on • Honor and make sense of your intuition.

Find answers to your questions about meaning, fulfillment, and satisfaction in this fun, interactive program.

TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CCLD-171)

APRIL 21–23 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Awaken Your Divinity Within A WORKSHOP IN SELF-MASTERY

Paul Selig FOR everyone.

LAURA BERMAN FORTGANG is a best-selling author and pioneer in the personal coaching field, helping others find meaning, purpose, and satisfaction in their lives. laurabermanfortgang.com

Work directly with Paul Selig and his Guides to make transformative breakthroughs on your spiritual journey. In his widely read works of channeled material, Paul describes a program for personal and planetary evolution to awaken humankind to its Divine nature. This weekend, he introduces techniques to heal yourself and others, develop and sustain higher levels of consciousness, and release emotional blocks that keep you from manifesting your higher nature.

In this program, which includes channeled lectures, attunements, and energy activations, you • Receive individual instruction from Paul’s Guides • Attune to higher frequencies in a way that you can trust and feel • Learn how to send and receive healing energies

TUITION $270, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AYDS-171)

PAUL SELIG is an award-winning author, psychic, and channel. paulselig.com

• Develop your abilities as an empath • Free yourself from limitation and fear.

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APRIL 28–30 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 14–19 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Fit Soul, Fit Body

Healing the Emotional Body

NINE KEYS TO A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER YOU

A SOMASOUL TRAINING WORKSHOP

Brant Secunda and Mark Allen

Dan Leven with special guests Sage Peeler and Heather Bilotta

FOR everyone.

Integrate ancient indigenous wisdom with universal principles of modern health to empower your life and settle into balance.

Whether you are looking to alleviate stress, establish a more positive outlook, tap into a deeper, more spiritual side of yourself and the world, lose weight, or shape up, this program teaches valuable skills in a highly engaging format to help propel you on your journey.

Join world-renowned Huichol shaman and healer Brant Secunda and six-time Ironman world champion Mark Allen for a weekend of transformation that teaches you how to • Connect with nature’s life force • Slow down to get faster • Incorporate the Divine into the everyday

FOR healing professionals and individuals looking to deepen their personal healing journey.

TUITION $455, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SCCC-4171)

DAN LEVEN, RSMT, MPC, a Kripalu faculty member for more than 35 years, trains Registered Somatic Movement Therapists through his Shake Your Soul® and SomaSoul® programs. leveninstitute.com See the Kripalu website for additional faculty bios.

Throughout our lives, we traverse a variety of feeling states. When we can’t support our experience we feel like our minds, hearts, and bodies are on a roller coaster. Through Gestalt therapy’s unique mapping system of the psyche, discover a path that guides you toward the center of the feeling state you are in, bringing acceptance and deep understanding to your inner process.

Nourish your body with somatic soul-centered practices and open to the power of your viscera and body-intuition as you learn to • Shine awareness on the unconscious, habituated defenses that block aliveness • Bring healing to the wounds within the body, psyche, and soul • Work with a life-transforming map for healing drawn from Gestalt psychotherapy.

⊕⊕SPECIAL PRICING 10 percent tuition discount when you enroll in all four SomaSoul modules; call to register.

• Transform fear, anger, and jealousy.

Clear the emotional and physical obstacles that stand in the way of good health, spiritual fitness, and a more fulfilled life.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FSFB-171)

BRANT SECUNDA is an author and worldrenowned shaman and healer in the Huichol Indian tradition. shamanism.com

MARK ALLEN, legendary six-time Ironman world champion, has been called the “World’s Fittest Man” by Outside magazine. fitsoul-fitbody.com

MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Live the Life Your Soul Intended FINDING HAPPINESS, FULFILLMENT, AND MEANING

Ainslie MacLeod FOR everyone.

Discover the life plan your soul created before you were even born. Ainslie MacLeod, psychic, awardwinning author, and Oprah’s Soul Series guest, invites you to a weekend of profound spiritual insight.

Every life has a purpose, and yours is no exception.

Your life purpose is not a secret. Understanding why you are here begins with knowing who you are.

In this experiential program, you learn to

AINSLIE MACLEOD is an internationally acclaimed psychic and award-winning author of The Instruction and The Transformation. ainsliemacleod.com

• Identify the soul types that make up your true personality • Apply what you learn to create a happier, more fulfilling life • Live your destiny right now.

Self-mastery is not some distant and elusive goal, but something you can begin living here and now.

TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code LLYS-162)

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MAY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

The Yoga of Voice Jurian Hughes FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Come as you are to chant, sound, breathe, whisper, roar, laugh, and resonate your way to bliss. Just as practicing yoga postures can cultivate strength and flexibility of mind and heart, the practices of breathing, chanting, intoning, and speaking can increase mental and emotional courage, calm, and creativity, in addition to developing a more resonant, responsive, and wide-ranging voice.

Join Jurian Hughes, a Kripalu teacher and long-time theater actress and coach, for an inspiring program designed to open and strengthen the solar plexus and throat—the energy centers of the body related to personal power and communication. Discover tools to release your unique voice with ease, experience the potency and healing of producing unconscious sound, and tap into creative resources through the playful coupling of yoga postures, movement, and sound.

TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YOV-171)

JURIAN HUGHES, MFA, E-RYT 500, a faculty member of the Kripalu School of Yoga for 10 years, is also a yoga teacher trainer, Let Your Yoga Dance® trainer, and voice coach. jurianhughes.com

MAY 21–24 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY

Vedic Psychology Satya Narayana Dasa and Jessica Richmond FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Learn how to apply ancient wisdom from Vedic scriptures to manage your mind’s reactions, desires, and emotions. Explore the Vedic perspective on the mind (manas), intellect (buddhi), ego (ahankara), and the unconscious mind (chitta), and how they dynamically interact to create your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Nurture change inside yourself by practicing new techniques for balancing mood and dealing with painful memories in the unconscious mind that create negativity in your present life. Through introspection and mind-management techniques, combined with supported group discussions, discover how you can deal with your problems skillfully and find greater happiness and fulfillment.

NOTE This program is eligible for NAMA PACE credits.

MAY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Whole Man Code TIMELESS PRINCIPLES FOR THE MODERN MAN

David H. Wagner FOR men.

Are you ready to live your life with purpose, passion, and power?

What does it take for a man to know himself and his mission in life, living with strength, honor, and wisdom?

Join David H. Wagner for a straighttalking, down-to-earth, fun weekend filled with profound self-examination exercises covering life purpose, male identity, spirituality, self-limitation, sexuality, relationships, fatherhood, and more.

David has developed the “Whole Man Code”—a hard-hitting list of principles to create an excellent life.

This program combines no-nonsense wisdom with exercises that help you find your true purpose, hone your emotional intelligence, and escape unhelpful beliefs, patterns, and habits. Get to know yourself deeply and learn how to live an amazing, powerful, and passion-filled life.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code VP-171)

SATYA NARAYANA DASA, PHD, founder of the Jiva Institute of Vaishnava Studies, serves as a visiting professor at the State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, and American Hindu University. jiva.com

JESSICA RICHMOND, LMHC, is a psychotherapist and Vedic psychology consultant who helps clients manage anxiety, depression, anger, and grief. jiva.org/psychology

TUITION $275, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BBMW-171)

DAVID H. WAGNER is a meditation teacher, spiritual leader, and author of Backbone: The Modern Man’s Ultimate Guide to Purpose, Passion, and Power. davidhwagner.com

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MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Yoga

The Manifestation Workshop ON BEING HUMAN

Jennifer Pastiloff FOR women.

Get ready to connect to your joy, manifest the life of your dreams, and tell the truth about who you are. This program is an excavation of the self, a deep and fun journey into questions such as: If I wasn’t afraid, what would I do? and Who would I be if no one told me who I was?

Jennifer Pastiloff, creator of Manifestation Yoga and author of the forthcoming Girl Power: You Are Enough, invites you beyond your comfort zone to explore what it means to be creative, human, and free—through writing, asana, and maybe a dance party or two! Jennifer’s focus is less on yoga postures and more on diving into life in all its unpredictable, messy beauty.

NOTE Bring a journal, an open heart, and a sense of humor.

TUITION $260, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MYBM-171)

JENNIFER PASTILOFF, writer, yoga teacher, and founder of the online magazine ManifestStation, is changing women’s lives with her empowerment workshops. jenniferpastiloff.com

MARCH 3–5 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Embodying the Five Elements Through Yoga Todd Norian FOR yoga teachers and practitioners with min. 6 months’ experience. CE credits pending.

Learn to balance the five elements within you: earth, water, fire, air, and sky. Ashaya Yoga® brings about a flowing integration of all five elements that leaves you feeling strong, confident, peaceful, openhearted, and ready to fully engage with life.

This program teaches you to practice a variety of asanas, using the therapeutic techniques of Ashaya Yoga. In a safe, supportive community of practitioners, you release accumulated tensions and limiting beliefs that keep your heart closed, and raise your vibration through mantra, pranayama, meditation, and kirtan.

If you feel contracted (too much earth), emotionally stressed out (too much water), unmotivated (not enough fire), anxious and fearful (too much air), or ungrounded (too much sky), this program offers a path to balance and fulfillment.

You might also be interested in…

Girish Chant Camp p. 56 Wisdom Rising p. 57 Meditation and Yoga for Embodied Presence p. 59

RECOMMENDED READING Todd Norian, Ashaya Yoga: Align Your Body, Awaken Your Heart manual.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFEY-171)

TODD NORIAN, E-RYT 500, founder of Ashaya Yoga®, teaches with the heartfelt intention to awaken others to their inherent potential for unlimited joy, vitality, and fulfillment. ashayayoga.com

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MARCH 5–9 SUNDAY–THURSDAY

Tools for an Inspired Yoga Practice Patty Townsend FOR yoga teachers and students with min. 6 months’ experience. CE credits pending.

Learn to incorporate asana, pranayama, meditation, and yoga philosophy into an inspiring personal practice—one you can easily maintain for the rest of your life. This comprehensive program for teachers and practitioners explores • Appropriate asana for home practice • Pranayama techniques, both seated and in posture flows • Intelligent use of mantra for meditation • Practices for deep rest that balance the nervous system.

Teachers return home with a strong foundation to more effectively assist students in enjoying and understanding yoga’s many benefits. Everyone leaves with tools to develop a satisfying yoga practice that evolves along with you.

TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code IPYR-171)

PATTY TOWNSEND, director of Yoga Center Amherst and developer of Embodyoga® In-Depth Study and teacher training programs, has more than 35 years of yoga teaching experience. embodyoga.com

MARCH 10–12 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Yoga, Life, and Happiness Rina Jakubowicz MARCH 5–10 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

The Yoga of Invincibility A KUNDALINI YOGA AND GONG EXPERIENCE

Guru Jagat FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Invincible living means having the energy, courage, and clarity to traverse the topography of your life with grace and depth. It doesn’t mean that you won’t experience trials and tribulations, but that you have the tools you need to show up with compassion, creativity, and intuition. This kind of life is “aerodynamic.” It has its own momentum and a rhythm that self-adjusts to any environment or circumstance.

In stressful times, everyone needs effective ways to feel better, calmer, and be able to touch the root of their personal values and uniqueness in each moment. Guru Jagat invites you to reprogram, recalibrate, and initiate lifelong change and transformation using Kundalini Yoga and meditation technologies. No yoga experience, flexibility, or athletic performance is necessary to benefit from these practices.

TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YOIK-171)

GURU JAGAT, a senior Kundalini Yoga teacher with more than a dozen years of experience, studied under Yogi Bhajan, the Kundalini master responsible for bringing the practice to the United States. rama-tv.com

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

According to Rina Jakubowicz, we each hold the formula to a successful, joy-filled life—we just need to learn how to access it. The ancient teachings of yoga can help you tap into that lasting happiness. This dynamic program presents • Practical tools you can use on a daily basis to combat difficult moments • Ways to increase your energy and sense of purpose • Yoga poses practiced in a whole new light, with an awareness to keep you inspired and practicing even after you return home • Accessible yoga terminology to make life simpler and clearer • The power of community and friendship.

Return home with a personal plan for living the life you’ve always imagined.

TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YLH-171)

RINA JAKUBOWICZ, founder of Rina Yoga, is a bilingual yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner, motivational speaker, author, and television host. rinajakubowicz.com

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MARCH 19–24 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Aroma Yoga Spring Renewal Retreat

TRACY GRIFFITHS, BCPP, is a healing

Tracy Griffiths and Dawn Yurkovic FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

MARCH 17–20 FRIDAY–MONDAY

Kundalini Yoga for Mastering Your Life Guru Singh FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Awaken to your highest potential using the practical technologies of Kundalini Yoga. This joy-filled and inspiring weekend with master teacher Guru Singh uses Kundalini Yoga to achieve deep healing and connection.

Practice Kundalini Yoga asanas, kriyas, breathwork, meditation, and chanting, designed to foster • Physical, emotional, and mental flexibility

Get back to your inner garden and rejuvenate every aspect of your life in a retreat that combines the ancient art of aromatherapy with nourishing yoga practices.

Unwind and let go into daily Aroma Yoga® practice, belly dance, tension- and trauma-releasing exercises, visioning for manifestation, and clearing rituals. Receive an essential oils sample kit and learn how to • Integrate aromatherapy into your life and yoga practice • Choose appropriate oils for specific wellness outcomes • Identify underlying chakra and elemental imbalances and use oils, movement, and breathing techniques to raise your vibration and transform.

arts professional specializing in polarity therapy and aromatherapy, and a certified Trauma Release Exercise facilitator. lifeenergyinstitute.net

DAWN M. YURKOVIC, massage therapist, polarity and craniosacral therapist, and yoga teacher, helps others access greater freedom and joy.

Explore the history and basic chemistry of essential oils, along with safety and precautions, and discover how the physiology of the body changes with the use of these oils.

TUITION $495, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AYSR-171)

• Increased intuition • A common-sense approach to a life that works • Tolerance and understanding • Compassion and forgiveness to release the past

MARCH 19–24 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

• Techniques to overcome disruptive habits and replace them with positive alternatives.

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, Level 1

Discover the real meaning of yoga—creating union between the physical world and the spiritual realms to produce change and growth.

Sarah Longacre and Stacy Seebart

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RYDI-171)

GURU SINGH is a third-generation yogi, master spiritual teacher, author, and musician. He teaches conscious living through the tools of Kundalini Yoga. gurusingh.com

EVENING EVENT

FOR experienced or aspiring yoga teachers, doulas, midwives, OBs, labor and delivery nurses, and mothers. CE credits pending.

1000

Learn to empower expecting mothers and prepare them for a flowing and connected birth experience. Sarah Longacre, founder and owner of Blooma, a prenatal yoga school registered with the Yoga Alliance, teaches you a prenatal yoga sequence that builds confidence and strength, encourages bonding of mother and baby, and uplifts mind, body, and spirit.

Drawing from a rich history of birthing wisdom, this training includes anatomy, wellness information, and an introduction to childbirth education philosophies, and explains how prenatal yoga helps women prepare for labor and childbirth. Explore your own beliefs about birth, practice with others, and take turns teaching, so you can return home confident and ready to lead prenatal yoga classes.

Kirtan with Guru Singh

NOTE See the Kripalu website for prerequisites and required reading.

Guru Singh, a professional singermusician for more than 50 years, presents a full audience-participation evening of kirtan with deeply sacred and joyous sound and mantra meditations.

TUITION $564, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code KPYTT-1171)

SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 7:30 PM

Admission: Open to all in-house guests; no tickets are available for the general public.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a standalone program; see page 12.

SARAH LONGACRE, birth doula since 2001, prenatal yoga instructor, and mother of four, is the owner of Blooma Yoga Studios. blooma.com

STACY SEEBART, E-RYT 500, RPYT, director of Blooma’s Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, is an experienced prenatal yoga teacher, massage therapist, and educator. stacyseebart.com

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MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Creating Ease YOGA AND PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR BACK AND NECK PAIN

Vandita Kate Marchesiello and Dominick Marchesiello FOR people who are in pain, medical professionals who treat pain, and yoga teachers wanting to help people in pain. CE credits pending.

Create ease in body, mind, and spirit by combining the benefits of physical therapy with yoga’s stress-relieving practices. Vandita Kate Marchesiello, a yoga educator with more than 40 years of experience, teams up with doctor of physical therapy Dominick Marchesiello to help you reduce chronic pain and find coping strategies. This program offers a holistic approach that includes • Easy-to-do yoga poses, stretches, and core-strengthening exercises specific to the spine • Therapy techniques and treatments that ease pain, such as electrical stimulation, traction, physioball exercises, and mobilization techniques • Yogic breathing exercises, deep relaxation, meditation, and other methods that influence neuroplasticity to better cope with pain.

Explore what causes chronic back and neck pain, and learn how to undo the cyle.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CE-171)

VANDITA KATE MARCHESIELLO, E-RYT 500,

DOMINICK MARCHESIELLO, PT, DPT, is a clinical rehabilita-

is creator of the best-selling CDs Transform, Relax, and Rejuvenate; Yoga with Vandita; and Vandita Chants.

tion specialist, senior physical therapist, and clinic leader for Saratoga Hospital’s Regional Therapy Center.

MARCH 24–26 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Deep Stretching for Tight Bodies and Active Minds Mimi Solaire FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Learn to let go of stress, release the issues in your tissues, and open your energy centers. Mimi Solaire’s approach to deep stretching combines Yin Yoga principles, Western stretching methods, breathing techniques, and meditation to reengage muscles and disengage unhelpful thoughts. You work with both physical and energetic anatomy, and explore trauma-release postures that relieve tension caused by PTSD, surgery, and the stress of daily life.

In this program, you • Practice Yin/restorative poses to gain meditative insights into your issues • Learn to observe thoughts and emotions that create tension and chronic pain • Explore meditation exercises to calm and refocus the mind.

Mimi guides you through a gentle practice that stimulates the muscular, circulatory, and nervous systems, providing a balanced approach to aligning body, mind, and breath.

TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DS-171)

MIMI SOLAIRE, E-RYT 500, TRE, presents at national yoga conferences and is the producer of three acclaimed DVDs. mimisolaire.com

MARCH 17–19 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

A Slow Flow Introduction to the FUNdamentals of Ashtanga Yoga DAVID SWENSON FOR all levels, but oriented primarily toward beginners or experienced enthusiasts looking for a step-by-step slow flow presentation.

CE credits pending.

This weekend is a true introduction to Ashtanga, created

by David Swenson specifically for those looking for a compassionate yet fun-filled way to begin the journey or revisit the foundations.

David presents the building blocks of Ashtanga through the five elements of practice: breath, bandhas, drishti, asana, and vinyasa. He breaks down the Sun Salutations into phases and reassembles them step by step, connecting breath with movement to compassionately build the rhythmic dance of the Ashtanga flow. This concept is also applied to the asanas and vinyasas, with David offering alternatives and a slower pace than usual.

Gain a taste of this sweet, dynamic, flowing system as presented by one of the world’s most renowned and beloved instructors. You’ll leave with a smile on your face and the foundation to start your Ashtanga Yoga practice.

NOTE This program room will be gently heated.

TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AYEF-171)

DAVID SWENSON is one of the world’s foremost practitioners and instructors of Ashtanga Yoga.

A teacher for 40 years, he studied directly with K. Pattabhi Jois.

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MARCH 26–31 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training Tari Prinster FOR 200-hour yoga teachers, health-care professionals, and others with relevant background and training.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for information about required reading and CE credits.

TUITION $695, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YCTT-171)

Become a yoga teacher equipped to understand the unique needs and challenges of cancer patients and survivors. Tari Prinster’s y4c method is an approach to teaching yoga that addresses specific physical conditions, invites curiosity, and gives emotional support to those touched by cancer. Through lectures, demonstrations, discussions, practice-teaching sessions, and individualized feedback, you learn • The science behind yoga • Basics of cancer treatments and side effects • How and why yoga strengthens the immune system • Tips on starting a cancer survivor program • Appropriate and inappropriate poses.

TARI PRINSTER, a cancer survivor, yoga teacher, and regular presenter at Yoga Journal Conferences, was featured in the documentary Yogawoman. y4c.com

Tari has offered this training for more than 10 years and has trained more than 1,000 yoga teachers and health-care practitioners. Go home inspired to expand your teaching, and ready to offer smart, safe, and caring yoga classes in private or group settings.

MARCH 26–31 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Personalize the Pose, Customize Your Practice Alexandria Crow FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Become fully embodied as you explore your own physiology and how it relates to the way you practice yoga. Your skeleton, musculature, connective tissue, lifestyle, and past injuries create a unique set of circumstances that make customizing your asana practice paramount.

Learn how to tailor poses to individual bodies, create wise personalized sequences, prevent and heal injuries, and throw out poses that just aren’t meant for you.

This program also focuses on what the yogic texts say asana can teach us as well as the question: Why doesn’t my body look anything like the picture of the pose? By using biomechanics, functional range of motion, and custom tailoring, you can create an effective asana practice specially designed to meet your needs as a beautiful, one-of-a-kind individual.

MARCH 26–31 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

The Eight Movements of Yantra Yoga Teacher Training, Part II Fabio Andrico FOR yoga practitioners with min. 2 years of experience, and those certified in Part I of the training. CE credits pending.

Learn to purify, coordinate, and strengthen all aspects of your energy with Yantra Yoga, one of the oldest systems of yoga in the world. The eight fundamental aspects of breath in Yantra Yoga are inhaling slowly, holding open, directing the hold, fast exhalation, fast inhalation, closing the hold, holding with contraction, and exhaling slowly. Together, they make up a unique set of exercises that apply movement and breath in a precise, coordinated, and conscious way.

Learn the principal teaching points of Yantra Yoga and discover the essence of this potent and transformative practice through • Correct position, movement, and breath coordination • Warm-up exercises targeted for specific movements • Relaxation of body, energy, and mind • In-depth practice with personal attention • Group interaction and supervision.

NOTE Final authorization upon completion of the full two-part course will depend solely on teacher assessment.

TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YYCT-2171)

FABIO ANDRICO is an TUITION $310, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code PPCY-171)

ALEXANDRIA CROW completed extensive training with YogaWorks and leads 200- and 300hour teacher trainings in Santa Monica, California, and throughout the United States.

internationally recognized expert on the unique tradition of Tibetan yoga known as Yantra Yoga, from the lineage of Dzogchen master Vairocana. yantrayoga.org

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CONFERENCE MARCH 31–APRIL 2 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

ART and YOGA UNLOCK YOUR INNER ARTIST Sarah and Alan Finger, Michael O’Neill, Sara Auster, Satya Scainetti, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Paula Pavlova, Ali Cramer, Kelly Kamm, Tashi Chodron (The Rubin Museum), and Laura Dickstein Thompson (MASS MoCA) FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Mahasiddha Jalandhara; Tibet; ca. 16th century; copper alloy; 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.; Rubin Museum of Art; C2003.13.4 (HAR 65218)

Explore the intersection between art, yoga, mind, and body at the first-ever Kripalu conference cohosted with NY Yoga + Life Magazine. This program kicks off with a panel discussion on art, featuring yogi photographer Michael O’Neill and experts from the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).

Unlock your inner artist in yoga classes inspired by art, mala making, and photography workshops. Create art with your body through asana and dance, and find space for your creativity to expand and flourish through healing sound baths, crystal healing, and restorative yoga.

Continue to be inspired throughout the weekend with works of art from both the Rubin and MASS MoCA, on display digitally and in the program room.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104.

Sarah Finger

Alan Finger

Michael O’Neill

Sara Auster

Satya Scainetti

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APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Restorative Yoga Therapeutic Teacher Training JILLIAN PRANSKY

Yoga for Your Neck and Shoulders

FOR yoga teachers; bodyworkers; nurses; and physical, occupational, and mental-health therapists. CE credits pending.

NOTE Tuition includes a manual. This program has extended hours.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a standalone program; see page 12.

TUITION $390, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RYTTT-171)

JILLIAN PRANSKY, E-RYT 500, director of Restorative Therapeutic Yoga teacher training for YogaWorks, infuses her classes with mindfulness, compassion, and ease.

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Learn to bring your students into a practice of restorative yoga that helps them release layers of tension and feel at ease in their bodies. Jillian Pransky offers clarity on how the gross anatomy, subtle energy body, emotional body, and mental body work together in restorative poses.

Through practice, hands-on practice-teaching, lecture, and discussion, this training covers • The relaxation response and the central nervous system • Alignment to support optimal energy flow • Sequencing restorative poses for therapeutic applications during times of injury, illness, and recovery • The koshas and the energy body in asana • Restorative asanas for different environments, special populations, and students with limited physical abilities • Meditation and visualization for healing • Handling emotional responses and releases during practice • The dynamic use of props • Restorative yoga for both relaxation and spiritual practice.

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Kula Flow VINYASA FOR STRENGTH, DETOXIFICATION, AND LEVITATION

Schuyler Grant FOR students who have practiced asana for at least 1 year and have some experience with vinyasa. CE credits pending.

This program offers a chance to detox, energize, and become centered in your yoga practice by uniting vinyasa with uddiyana bandha (the abdominal lock). Strengthening and opening the belly through active uddiyana bandha practice is also a powerful tool for back care and digestive health.

SCHUYLER GRANT, developer of Kula Flow, is cocreator of the Wanderlust Festival and director of Kula Yoga Project in New York City. kulayoga.com

FOR yoga, physical, and occupational therapists; yoga practitioners; and anyone experiencing pain. CE credits pending.

Learn how yoga can help you protect and take care of your neck and shoulders. Medical doctor Allen Wilkins and yoga therapist Terry Roth Schaff offer an educational and experiential program that teaches safe yoga exercises to practice on your own. If you suspect you have arthritis of the neck, have trouble reaching overhead, experience frequent headaches, or have ever had a rotator cuff injury, come investigate • What happens to the neck and shoulders as you age • Ways to care for your shoulders and prevent neck injuries • Different ways to sleep • Signs of arthritis in the neck and shoulders • How specific yoga postures can help your shoulders and neck.

APRIL 7–9 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

TUITION $255, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code KFVS-171)

Terry Roth Schaff and Allen Wilkins

Schuyler Grant developed Kula Flow, a vinyasa style that integrates the breath-based flow of Ashtanga and the precision of Iyengar into a deep, sweaty, and transformative mind-body experience. In this program, you explore • Uddiyana bandha and pranayama (breathing) techniques • Inversions and arm balances initiated from the “flying up” lock • Twisting and backbending at a new level of depth and support • Moving from flow to flight in your vinyasa practice.

Schuyler also encourages participation in a gentle dietary cleanse through simply prepared options from the Kripalu Kitchen.

Get to know your body better so that you can enjoy life and age gracefully.

TUITION $265, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code NSY-171)

TERRY ROTH SCHAFF, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist who works with musculoskeletal/muscularskeletal and neurological conditions. Her work has been featured in Yoga Therapy Today. medicalyogatherapy.com

ALLEN WILKINS, MD, is a physiatrist at New York Rehabilitation Medicine, where he collaborates with Loren Fishman, MD, and yoga therapist Terry Schaff in using yoga to treat patients.

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An Introduction to PranaDandaYoga NATURAL AND POWERFUL GRACE

Demetri Velisarius FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code PDY-171)

DEMETRI VELISARIUS, BSW, RYT 200, is the creator of PranaDanda Yoga and devotes his life to teaching yoga and meditation.

Align with your source and connect to inner grace through PranaDandaYoga, a unique and powerful yoga training method that invigorates the body, channels energy, and fortifies the mind. The danda is a five-foot staff designed to support and guide you through the progressive series of asanas and spiral movements in a Prana Vinyasa Flow sequence.

Learn the philosophy and fundamentals of PranaDandaYoga, which • Cultivates mental stability, flexibility, and coordination • Stimulates both hemispheres of the brain and balances the nervous system •H arnesses energy (prana) through yogic breathing coordinated with rhythmic movement

• Opens the body’s energy channels, or nadis • Acts as an alignment tool supporting the body in asana and meditation.

PranaDandaYoga is a powerful antidote to lethargy, stress, discontentment, and distraction.

APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

TUITION $420, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SYSH-171)

SARA MEEKS (DIPA), PT, MS, GCS, KYT, a physical therapist and Kripalu Yoga teacher, has spent decades focusing on safe and therapeutic movement for bone health. sarameekspt.com

Introduction to TraumaSensitive Yoga David Emerson and Jenn Turner FOR yoga teachers and mental-health professionals. 1000

The yoga program run by the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute has helped thousands of people dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—from military veterans to survivors of chronic abuse. The Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) model has been shown to significantly reduce symptoms of PTSD. Program founder David Emerson and his senior colleague, Jenn Turner, offer this 40-hour training, which supports yoga teachers in making their classes more trauma-informed, and gives mental-health clinicians practices to use with their clients.

The program includes • The latest trauma theories and neurophysiology

Sara Meeks (Dipa)

• The opportunity to practice teaching using TCTSY principles

fessionals. CE credits pending.

NOTE Tuition includes a manual, handouts, and EZ Posture Pillow®.

APRIL 2–7 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

S. A. F. E. Yoga for Skeletal Health FOR all levels, from beginners to health and exercise pro-

RECOMMENDED READING AND VIEWING Sara Meeks, Walk Tall! 2nd edition and Sara’s DVD, available online at sarameekspt.com.

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Create safety, health, and strength for your bones. Sara Meeks, a physical therapist for 54 years and a Kripalu Yoga teacher since 1984, leads you through modified classic yoga postures and movement for better bone health.

Learn the basics of osteoporosis identification and management, and how the principles of movement in S. A. F. E. Yoga can be applied on the mat and in daily life.

• Theoretical underpinnings and methodology of TCTSY

• An in-depth look at studies involving TCTSY. REQUIRED READING AND WRITING See the Kripalu website.

NOTE This program is solely for professional development and is not intended as an intervention for those who have experienced trauma.

This program includes

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a stand-alone program; see page 12.

• Meeks’ Yoga prep and S. A. F. E. Yoga to elongate and strengthen the spine

TUITION $685, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TSYT-171)

• The most effective exercise for most back pain • Poses to strengthen the hips and minimize risk of falls and fractures • Breathing exercises to strengthen the core and ribs • Exercises for abdominal and pelvic-floor strengthening • Early-morning yoga classes • A safety code for better choices in yoga practice

DAVID EMERSON is coauthor of Overcoming Trauma through Yoga and director of yoga services at the Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute.

JENN TURNER, RYT, MA, is a Kripalu Yoga teacher who codesigned the protocol for a National Institutes of Health study at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute.

• Three yoga flows you can practice at home.

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APRIL 9–14 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training FOR yoga teachers, therapists, counselors, health professionals, and everyone interested in guiding others to relax and heal. CE credits pending. 1000

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra is the antidote for modern life, a practice that heals and transforms on all levels (koshas)—the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, witness, and bliss bodies. Gain the skills you need to lead others into deeper levels of freedom and health than they ever imagined possible. Jennifer Reis, the creator of Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra and Five Element Yoga, guides you in • Learning how to nourish yourself and others • Exploring yoga nidra within the yoga tradition and Western science • Discovering how to craft effective and comprehensive classes and workshops • Cultivating your voice, and using music, postures, and props.

PROGRAMS with JENNIFER REIS

Return home with the confidence you need to offer others the gift of yoga nidra.

NOTE Tuition includes a training manual. This program is approved by Yoga Alliance for 40 CE credits.

Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the training.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a stand-alone program; see page 12.

TUITION $450, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YNTT-171)

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Five Element Yoga

RECOMMENDED LISTENING Jennifer Reis, Five Element Yoga: All Levels Guided Yoga Practice and Deep Relaxation: Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra.

TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FEYR-171)

JENNIFER REIS, E-RYT 500, LMT, creator of Five Element Yoga® and Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra®, is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and School of Integrative Yoga Therapy. jenniferreisyoga.com

APRIL 14–16 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Finding Calm in a Chaotic World A YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT

Beryl Bender Birch FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Discover how you can experience greater peace of mind and a deeper sense of joy and happiness, through the practice of yoga and meditation. Yoga practice teaches us that each moment is sacred. Using simple yoga breathing techniques, postures, meditation, and yoga nidra, you turn inward, relieving anxiety and depression in just a few minutes a day. You learn to

REJUVENATION AND RELAXATION

• Be content with what is

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

• Bring mind and body into joyful union

Are you ready to realign yourself with the rhythms of nature? Join Jennifer Reis in Five Element Yoga®, a potent practice that invites you to celebrate your body with yoga postures, balance your energy with breathing and mudras, detoxify with self-massage, and find deep rest and inner peace with Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra®.

A vibrant and colorful flowing practice, Five Element Yoga draws from Eastern traditions of yoga, Ayurveda, and traditional Chinese medicine. The result both nourishes and balances your inner earth, water, fire, air, and ether elements to cultivate harmony and improve health.

In this program, you • Experience joyous yoga postures and deep relaxation • Transform tightness into flowing energy • Find your natural rhythms • Connect with your true self.

You return home with powerful tools for ongoing rejuvenation and relaxation.

• Find joy in the present moment • Cultivate gratitude, compassion, and connection.

Many scientists and physicians are investigating yoga and meditation to see how it can prevent the negative effects of chronic stress and help people cope with depression and anxiety disorders.

Find serenity in the midst of everyday stresses, starting today.

TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FCCW-171)

BERYL BENDER BIRCH is founder/director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and the Give Back Yoga Foundation, and author of the best-selling Power Yoga. power-yoga.com

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APRIL 16–21 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Unraveling the Neck and Shoulders Maureen Priest and Kyra Anastasia Sudofsky FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

As yoga practitioners and teachers, we often put strain on the upper body. This program pays particular attention to the fascia and invites you to • Learn asana, pranayama (breathwork), and myofascial release to heal and balance the body • Explore the subtle body, slowly unfolding its many layers • Examine emotions stored in your tissues and how they affect your yoga practice • Correct activation of the marma points in the neck (the junctures where different types of tissue meet) that govern the connective tissues and tendons.

Come enjoy a uniquely healing approach to unraveling tension in the neck and shoulders.

TUITION $330, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code UNS-171)

MAUREEN PRIEST, E-RYT, founder, visionary, and director of MOYO, trains yoga teachers and facilitates programs on how to lead an authentic life. moyo-yoga.com

KYRA ANASTASIA SUDOFSKY has been teaching yoga for more than 15 years, providing a safe and nurturing environment that promotes compassion and healing. inspiredyoga.com

APRIL 13–16 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

Let Go for Real with Kundalini Yoga Krishna Kaur

APRIL 21–23 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Introduction to Yoga and Meditation Megha Nancy Buttenheim FOR all levels, including beginners.

Want to try yoga and meditation but don’t know where to begin? Come explore the basics in a safe and welcoming environment. Longtime Kripalu Yoga teacher Megha Nancy Buttenheim has created an accessible weekend immersion that gives you the practical skills to make yoga and meditation part of your life.

Experience the potent benefits that yoga and meditation offer in this relaxing, renewing, and inspiring program that includes NOTE Tuition includes Megha’s Introduction to Yoga and Meditation DVD. TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code ITYM-171)

MEGHA NANCY BUTTENHEIM, MA, E-RYT 1000, founding director of Let Your Yoga Dance® LLC, specializes in bringing a gentler, kinder yoga practice to the world. letyouryogadance.com

• User-friendly yoga • Pranayama (breathing techniques) to calm the nervous system and steady the mind • A sampler of four meditation techniques: seated breath awareness, walking meditation, meditation-in-motion, and metta (loving-kindness) meditation • Daily immersion in deep relaxation

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

The art of letting go is the basis of successful living. In this elevating and fun-filled program, Krishna Kaur uses the Kundalini Yoga techniques of breath, meditation, and mantra to invite you into deep inner stillness, where letting go of past mistakes, relationships, and old feelings of regret is possible. When you let go for real, you find the peaceful space needed to embrace the journey of life at every level of your being—physical, mental, and emotional.

Come explore postures and movements that stimulate and relax the internal organs, glands, nerves, and muscles—where tension is held in the body. Learn how to coax the mind to release subconscious memories so you can feel refreshed and ready to experience more joy every day.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RBYP-171)

KRISHNA KAUR, E-RYT, a master teacher trainer of Kundalini Yoga since 1970, has studied directly with Yogi Bhajan for more than 40 years. krishnakaur.org

• A yoga/breathing/meditation practice to use at home, ranging from five minutes to an hour.

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APRIL 21–23 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

Afro Flow Yoga FLOW INTO FREEDOM

Leslie Salmon Jones with special guests Jeff W. Jones and Morley FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

LESLIE SALMON JONES is a professional dancer, certified holistic personal trainer, wellness coach, yoga instructor, public speaker, and creator of Afro Flow Yoga™. lesliesalmonjones.com

Each year, we award $500,000 to bring people we call “multipliers”— our seeds of change to create a more awakened, compassionate, and connected world—to Kripalu so that they can experience a new, healthier way of living, and then take what they’ve learned back to their communities, organizations, and families.

Your donation creates a ripple effect of generosity, connectedness, wellness, and compassion.

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JEFF W. JONES is a technologist and artist who began his career at IBM while moonlighting as a musician. Jeff plays bass and sings with jazz duos, gospel music ensembles, and rock/pop/R&B quartets.

MORLEY is a critically acclaimed singersongwriter voted Emerging Artist of the Year by the New York Times. She has recorded five albums. morleymusic.org

Let go and flow in this unique and creative fusion of yoga, dance, movement, live drumming, and singing to soothe the soul. Afro Flow Yoga™ founder Leslie Salmon Jones; her husband, cofounder, and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Jones; and singer/songwriter Morley come together in a powerful program that celebrates Earth Day. Take this the opportunity to tap into the energy of collective consciousness that transforms lives and communities.

This program includes • Dances, songs, and stories of the African diaspora • Yoga, breathwork, and meditation • Vocal release exercises • Story sharing, reflection, and group dialogue • Rituals of celebration and healing.

These sessions open up and reinforce pathways to effective self-expression, and reconnect you to your innermost core.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AFYW-171)

APRIL 23–28 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Self-Inquiry Through Mantra and Movement Brenda McMorrow and Erica Taxin Bleznak FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Wake up to your true nature in a program that includes mantra, kirtan, asana, vinyasa flow, pranayama, and meditation. Create space for the truth to arise as you develop • Self-inquiry and reflection skills • A personal mantra practice • Insight into blockages and holding patterns in the body • Self-awareness and connection with others, to support your ongoing practice of internal reflection and self-discovery.

Brenda McMorrow and Erica Taxin Bleznak utilize journaling as well as dyads and experiential exercises in this potent selfinquiry retreat.

TUITION $330, plus nights room & meals; see page 104. (web code SITM-171)

BRENDA MCMORROW, RYT, BED, is a Canadian kirtan artist who shares her unique blend of original folk-inspired melodies, world beats, and Indian devotional chants. brendamcmorrow.com

ERICA TAXIN BLEZNAK, CYT, MSW, a yoga practitioner since 1995 and a Pranakriya Yoga teacher, developed Wall Vinyasa Teacher Training. ericataxinbleznak.com

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Research sponsored by the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living and conducted in partnership with researchers at Harvard Medical School shows yoga increases stress resilience, decreases test anxiety, supports academic achievement, and reduces risky behaviors in adolescents.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PATRICIA L. GERBARG and RICHARD P. BROWN, authors of The Healing Power of the Breath and experts at applying breathing techniques for major community transformation.

CARLA TANTILLO PHILIBERT, author of Cooling Down Your Classroom: Using Yoga, Relaxation and Breathing Strategies to Help Students Learn to Keep Their Cool and leading consultant to school districts nationwide developing Social and Emotional Learning competencies.

APRIL 24–26 MONDAY–WEDNESDAY

YOGA in the SCHOOLS SYMPOSIUM EXPLORE! LEARN! BE INSPIRED! CE credits pending.

Join educators, administrators, school counselors, and leaders in the yoga in the schools field at the 2017 Yoga in the Schools Symposium. Engaging and interactive sessions introduce the immediately usable what, why, and how of yoga in the schools. At this symposium, • Explore the importance of the breath for managing behavior issues and fostering academic achievement • Learn how to use yoga as an effective vehicle for Social and Emotional Learning • Be inspired by real-world stories of classroom and school-wide implementation of yoga.

Together we can empower young people and create thriving schools and communities.

APRIL 23–24 SUNDAY–MONDAY PROGRAM COMMITTEE

IONA M. SMITH, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

ANNE DESMOND, Bent on

Preconference Research Summit Observe research presentations and discussion between leading researchers in the field of yoga in the schools. Get a behind-the-scenes look as they share their challenges, opportunities, and experiences.

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LISA FLYNN, ChildLight Yoga and Yoga 4 Classrooms®

ARGOS GONZALEZ, The School Yoga Project, a program of Little Flower Yoga

TUITION Preconference and symposium: $425, plus room & meals; see page 104 (web code YISSPC-171); Symposium only: $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YISS-171)

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Patricia L. Gerbarg

Carla Tantillo Philibert

SAT BIR S. KHALSA, Harvard Medical School and Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Richard P. Brown

Iona M. Smith

Anne Desmond

Lisa Flynn

Argos Gonzalez

Sat Bir S. Khalsa

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APRIL 23–28 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Teaching Yoga for Arthritis and Chronic Pain Steffany Moonaz and Ann Swanson FOR yoga teachers who have completed a 200-hour certification program. CE credits pending.

APRIL 27–30 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

TANTRA YOGA IMMERSION EMBODY THE GREAT LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DOUGLAS BROOKS, SALLY KEMPTON, WILLIAM MAHONY, and TODD NORIAN FOR yoga teachers, experienced practitioners, and students with min. 6 months’ practice.

CE credits pending.

Reclaim your divine identity and learn how to embrace the full spectrum of who you are: both light and shadow. The tantric path is not about transcending your fear, self-doubt, confusion, or unworthiness. It’s about embracing life and yourself just as you are, and not letting anything stop you from following your heart. Learn to embody tantric teachings, weaving the disperse parts of yourself back into an integrated, meaningful matrix of relationship.

Take this unprecedented opportunity to study with four masters of tantra yoga and • Explore how the unlimited universe expresses itself as you • Transform old grooves of self-criticism and perfectionism • Practice Ashaya Yoga®, aligning with the highest and returning to the abode of your heart, where you are always whole and complete • Breathe tantric teachings into your body to manifest real change • Enjoy scholarly lectures, followed by the chance to bring the teachings directly into your asana practice • Experience sublime early-morning tantric practices, including kriyas, mantras, pranayama, mudras, and meditation.

Awaken to the beauty and magnificence of life, and return home with a fresh outlook on how to live with freedom and joy.

TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TYGL-171)

DOUGLAS BROOKS, PHD, a

WILLIAM MAHONY, PHD,

scholar of Hinduism, South Asian languages, and the comparative study of religions, is professor of religion at the University of Rochester. rajanaka.com

professor of religion at Davidson College, is author of Exquisite Love: Reflections on the Spiritual Life Based on Narada’s Bhakti Sutra. wkmahony.com

SALLY KEMPTON, nationally

TODD NORIAN, E-RYT 500,

recognized as a master teacher of meditation and tantric philosophy, is author of the bestselling Meditation for the Love of It. sallykempton.com

founder of Ashaya Yoga®, teaches with the heartfelt intention to awaken others to their inherent potential for unlimited joy, vitality, and fulfillment. ashayayoga.com

Discover how you can safely and effectively teach rigorously researched yoga practices with individually tailored modifications to people with arthritis and related conditions. Because arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States, it is vital that yoga professionals learn tools and skills to work with this growing yet underserved population.

Steffany Moonaz and Ann Swanson have designed a training that combines contemporary scientific rigor, yoga philosophy, and heart, including • Arthritis basics, joint anatomy, and the Yoga for Arthritis protocol • How to adapt asana for joint limitation and pain • The effect of arthritis on all koshas, and the mechanisms for yoga’s impact.

Yoga for Arthritis was developed by Steffany based on her experience conducting clinical research with interdisciplinary medical teams at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for certification and other information.

TUITION $475, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TYFA-171)

STEFFANY MOONAZ, PHD, MFA, RYT 500, yoga therapist and researcher specializing in rheumatic diseases, serves as faculty at Maryland University of Integrative Health. arthritis.yoga

ANN SWANSON, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, LMT, studied yoga in the Himalayas and joined the first MS degree program in yoga therapy. wellnessforarthritis.com

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APRIL 28–30 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

The Retreat Experience Nikki Costello FOR students with min. 2 years’ experience.

CE credits pending.

A retreat is an opportunity to be transported, awakened, and transformed. It is a precious period of time devoted to inner discovery and self-development.

Supported by the beauty of nature, nourishing food, and good company, this retreat • Strengthens your physical body in a wellbalanced asana practice TUITION $255, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code REX-171)

NIKKI COSTELLO, E-RYT, is an inspirational yoga teacher, speaker, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York.

She is the creator of The Practice™, a continuing education curriculum for yoga students of all levels. nikkicostello.com

• Relaxes your nervous system with restorative yoga and simple breathing techniques • Engages your mind in contemplative exercises for personal reflection

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• Guides you into meditations that access your own deepest wisdom

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• Clarifies steps for applying new understandings to your yoga practice and daily life.

A VINYASA AND ECSTATIC MEDITATION RETREAT

Participate in The Retreat Experience to gain insight, dissolve limitations, and rest in truth of your own heart.

COBY KOZLOWSKI

APRIL 28–MAY 5 FRIDAY–FRIDAY

Yoga Tune Up Teacher Training, Level l Ariel Kiley FOR movement educators in yoga, Pilates, group fitness, personal training, manual therapy, or clinical practice.

CE credits pending. 1000

Yoga Tune Up® is a potent style of movement education that strikes a balance between yoga, fitness, and rehab, attracting students of all ages and body types. It breaks down the nuts and bolts of human movement by using a yogic lens of awareness, conscious relaxation, and proper breathing techniques. Yoga Tune Up helps students develop anatomical fluency and an embodied understanding of their own structure.

This 46.5-hour training • Prepares you to teach memorable, accessible, and effective Yoga Tune Up classes • Develops proficiency with the fundamentals of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics • Refreshes your love of teaching and gives you new classroom leadership skills.

Discover a fresh approach to asana, going beyond formulaic instruction in order to think and teach more creatively. Inspire your students to define and create a path of purpose and unlock their greatest potential.

RECOMMENDED READING/VIEWING See the Kripalu website.

NOTE Tuition includes a manual and Yoga Tune Up therapy balls.

For more information about this training, see yogatuneup.com.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a standalone program; see page 12.

TUITION $900, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YTUTT-171)

ARIEL KILEY, E-RYT 500, an Integrated Yoga Tune Up® trainer, created two signature programs for Equinox Fitness Club. She codirects Dou Yoga’s 200-hour teacher training. arielkileyyoga.com

FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

Fall in love with the natural rhythms of life in a program that celebrates the joy of being alive, the beauty all around you, and your body’s inherent wisdom.

Experience a contemporary perspective on time-honored yoga philosophy, the wisdom of The Radiance Sutras, ecstatic dance, and Kripalu vinyasa flow. When you open to the movement of life, you can savor each moment as it arises with fresh possibilities and vibrant confidence.

In this program, you • Experience fluidity and grace as you come to your edge in Kripalu Vinyasa yoga • Soak in the The Radiance Sutras and practice a liberating and natural approach to meditation • Dive into dance and embody freedom • Say yes to your deepest desires as you sing, laugh, connect, honor, rest, renew, and let go.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code VF-171)

COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, E-RYT, is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and founder of Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive™. cobyk.com

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APRIL 30–MAY 5 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

Yoga, Psychology, and the Chakras Coral Brown

Yogini Workshop

FOR everyone, including yoga teachers and mental-health profes-

MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION FOR CALMING DOWN AND TUNING IN

sionals. CE credits pending.

Uncover the old stories that helped to shape your psyche and chakras during your formative years. These outdated narratives have served their purpose, and updating the way in which you process and perceive the world gives you the power to manifest your full potential.

TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YPTC-171)

Learn to resolve psychospiritual imbalances in the chakras and cultivate ways to support your students and clients as they experience breakthroughs and breakdowns. This training applies the following tools to each chakra: • Narrative therapy to rewrite your story • Pranayama practices to soothe and enhance the nervous system

CORAL BROWN

• Chakra-based meditation and visualization

is a licensed holistic psychotherapist and longtime student and teacher of Prana Vinyasa®.

• Specific asanas that stimulate or pacify each chakra

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• Chakra-balancing posture sequences.

Discover how to use the power of storytelling, yoga postures, and the bodymind as a laboratory for healing and transformation.

Energy Intensive MEDITATION, YOGA, AND BREATHWORK FOR everyone; no previous yoga or meditation experience necessary. CE credits pending.

• Exercises to build energy and awareness

JONATHAN FOUST (SUDHIR), MA, cofounder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute and former President of Kripalu, has been leading retreats and training teachers for more than 25 years. jonathanfoust.com

• Guided experiences in both sitting and moving meditation • Integrative breathwork, a technique that provides deep insight and release • Journal writing to access intuition • Small-group work that enhances self-awareness • Guided massage and bodywork • All three stages of Kripalu Yoga • Social silence (speaking only when necessary) outside of sessions.

NOTE This program is intensive in nature and includes earlymorning and afternoon yoga practice and an evening session on Friday.

TUITION $280, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TEI-171)

Pilates, or meditation experience required.

CE credits pending.

Raise your vibration, reduce your anxiety, and empower yourself with two of the greatest selfhelp tools—movement and meditation. Each session of this dynamic program blends workout, lecture, and meditation, inviting you to • Calm down with restorative yoga • Ground yourself with a barefoot workout combining yoga and ballet • Find your center with seated meditation, Breath of Fire, and corecentric work that fuses Pilates and vinyasa

Come master the paradox of ease and effort by putting it all together in a moving meditation.

Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) and Richard Faulds (Shobhan)

Your exploration includes

FOR women at all levels of fitness; no yoga,

• Soften your heart with guided meditation, front-body extension (heart opening), and an up-tempo dance incorporating standing Pilates and Anusara Yoga.

APRIL 13–16 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

Experience Kripalu Yoga’s unique approach to personal transformation in a program that’s practical, integrative, and fun. Two of Kripalu’s outstanding teachers lead this exploration of the profound relationship between energy and consciousness, which is the essence of yoga and the foundation of all mind-body approaches.

Ellen Barrett

RICHARD FAULDS (SHOBHAN), MA, JD, author of Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat, is a former Kripalu President, CEO, and Board Chair.

TUITION $220, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YWMM-171)

ELLEN BARRETT, MS, has been touted as “America’s top fitness instructor” by Self magazine for her intelligent approach to women’s wellness. ellenbarrett.com

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MAY 14–19 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

The Presence of a Teacher Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa and Ajeet Kaur FOR yoga teachers with at least 1 year of teaching experience. CE credits pending.

1000 Bring new vitality and maturity to your teaching in a program that inspires practice, nourishes your spiritual life, and cultivates community. Using Kundalini Yoga, meditation, mantra, and self-study, discover how everything that happens to you as a teacher is useful for your development, and even the challenges can bring creativity and insight.

In this program, you learn to • Maintain a strong aura, neutral mind, and open heart • Understand your negative reactions so that they don’t derail your teaching or relationships • Practice mantra, meditation, and yoga with live music to support your healing presence • Develop your perception and intuition so that you can teach what is most helpful in each situation.

NOTE This program includes early morning sessions in addition to regular morning and afternoon sessions.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a standalone program; see page 12.

RECOMMENDED READING Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, Art & Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life.

TUITION $445, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TPOT-171)

MAY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

CULTIVATING LOVING-KINDNESS A YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT

STEPHEN COPE FOR everyone with min. 1 year of yoga practice in any tradition; no meditation experience required. CE credits pending.

Slow down. Breathe. Dive deep and rediscover the core of lovingkindness that exists within.

The emphasis of this weekend is on the development of selfcompassion and the simple power of the practice of being present.

Author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self; The Wisdom of Yoga; and The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope offers a retreat that weaves together • Classic Kripalu Yoga

HARI KIRIN KAUR KHALSA, lead trainer of Kundalini Yoga, artist, and author of Art & Yoga, has been quoted in Yoga Journal and Yoga International.

• Sitting and walking meditation • Loving-kindness meditation • Chanting

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• Short dharma talks based on the wisdom of the Buddhist and yoga traditions.

AJEET KAUR is a sacred chant

Join Stephen for a spring weekend of delightful contemplative practice—a time of coming home to yourself.

recording artist, yogi, and teacher.

She tours the world both with her own band and with beloved chant artist Snatam Kaur.

RECOMMENDED READING See the Kripalu website.

TUITION $300, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AKCL-171)

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STEPHEN COPE, MSW, Scholar-in-Residence and Kripalu Ambassador, is a psychotherapist and best-selling author. His new book, Soul Friends, is forthcoming.

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MAY 18–21 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

Spirited Women’s Yoga Retreat CULTIVATING COURAGE AND COMPASSION

Betsey Downing and Suzie Hurley FOR women over 45 with min. six months of yoga experience. CE credits pending.

Yoga can be a doorway to access a whole new way of being as you move into a powerful time of life, filled with vitality and significance. Tap into your courage and compassion and step into your full spiritual presence. Come together with other spirited women to explore the issues of our time through a spiritual lense.

MAY 25–29 THURSDAY–MONDAY

Betsey Downing and Suzie Hurley teach yoga with refined alignment cues, guiding you into poses safely and effectively. Embrace your transformation and have fun as you

Strength and Clarity Through the Bridge Practice

• Practice a full range of postures

RETURNING TO SOURCE

• Experience deep relaxation and rejuvenation

Kevin Courtney and Thomas Droge

• Try out therapeutic techniques specific to your body.

FOR everyone with min. 6 months’ yoga prac-

Give yourself the gifts of yoga, meditation, pranayama, and deep relaxation, so you can return home uplifted, empowered, and inspired.

tice. CE credits pending.

• Learn meditation techniques to calm the mind • Trust your intuition and wisdom

Seamlessly merging yoga and qigong, the Bridge Practice is a powerful tool for transforming the body, mind, and spirit.

Discover how the energetic spirals of qigong interact with the alignment of yoga postures to ignite profound changes in your state of being. Explore the potential of Taoist and Vedic philosophy to clarify your relationship to the world, and experience the insightful effects of each system’s unique approach to meditation.

TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SWYR-171)

Supported by Kripalu’s natural surroundings, revitalizing whole-foods cuisine, and inspired community of practitioners, this one-of-a-kind experience invites you to

MAY 19–28 9-DAY PROGRAM

• Awaken through deep physical practice • Expand through philosophical reflection and discussion • Use meditation and deep relaxation to grow quiet.

Kevin Courtney and Thomas Droge were inspired by their own transformative process while unifying these two ancient traditions and now offer the Bridge Practice worldwide.

TUITION $475, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RTS-171)

KEVIN COURTNEY is on faculty at Boston Yoga School, serves as a meditation and lifestyle consultant for corporate executives, and teaches throughout the world.

THOMAS DROGE is a classically trained acupuncturist, herbalist, teacher, and author dedicated to integrating qi practices into Western culture.

BETSEY DOWNING, PHD, E-RYT 500, has practiced yoga and meditation for 40 years. Her passion is to empower students to respond to the historical significance of our time. betseydowning.com

SUZIE HURLEY, E-RYT 500, blends the best of Anusara, Kripalu, and Iyengar Yoga with a unique way of encouraging, enlivening, and empowering students to experience inner joy. suziehurley.com

Chakras, Granthis, and Nadis THE INNER STRUCTURES OF HATHA YOGA

Yoganand Michael Carroll 1000 When yogic seekers went deep into their practice, they encountered a rich inner world beyond rational thought. These yogis developed symbols to map the journey inward— symbols known as chakras, granthis, and nadis.

This module explores these symbols and how they can enrich your practice and teaching.

Come discover a path established by ancient yogis that is still relevant today, including • Kriya, asana, pranayama, bandha, and mudra practices to explore your inner world • In-depth lectures on the symbolism of the chakras, granthis, and nadis, and how they apply to contemporary practice • Deep meditation and personal exploration • Teaching tools to make your classes more powerful and meaningful.

May be taken as part of Kripalu’s 1000-Hour Yoga Teacher Training or as a standalone program; see page 12.

TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals; see page 104.

YOGANAND MICHAEL CARROLL, E-RYT 500, Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, has a profound ability to distill and interpret esoteric yoga texts and techniques. pranakriya.com

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MAY 26–29 FRIDAY–MONDAY

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood Amy Weintraub FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

How can you commit to happiness in the face of life’s challenges? This program helps you cultivate compassionate inner space, so you can embrace the world with a peaceful mind and a courageous heart.

MAY 21–26 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

THE SCIENCE of YOGA Lisa B. Nelson, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, and Angela Wilson FOR everyone, including nurses, doctors, mental-health workers, yoga teachers, physical therapists, and nutritionists. CME and CE credits.

If you’re curious about the science behind asana (yoga postures), meditation, and pranayama (breathing techniques), come learn how these practices can enhance your physical and mental health, as well as that of your clients and patients.

By exploring the science of epigenetics and neuroplasticity, you learn how changes in lifestyle (particularly in the areas of movement, diet, and thought patterns), can change your brain and body, right down to gene expression. These changes can point you toward disease—or toward greater health and happiness. This program includes • The latest research on the effects of asana, meditation, and pranayama on body and mind • Yoga-based tools to improve personal well-being • Ways to take the tools of yoga into your professional practice • Guided experiences of postures, meditation, and breathing practices.

Director of Medical Education for Kripalu programs, also serves as medical director of the nonprofit Nutrition Center.

SAT BIR S. KHALSA, PHD, is assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Research Director for Kripalu.

• Energize and elevate depressed moods • Relax and calm anxiety • Work with the chakra system • Bring balance to your emotional body.

LifeForce Yoga interweaves ancient disciplines with current scientific findings to help you release what no longer serves you and become the agent of your own healing.

RECOMMENDED READING See the Kripalu website.

TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code RRHW-172)

LISA B. NELSON, MD,

Learn to strip away the obstacles that keep you from knowing the joy that is your birthright and develop a practice that includes breathing exercises, easy postures, and guided meditations. This program also covers other evidence-based yogic tools, designed to

NOTE This program fulfills the prerequisite for the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training.

ANGELA WILSON, LMHC, RYT 500, conducts research and writes about the intersection between yoga, Western psychology, and science.

TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YTBB-172)

AMY WEINTRAUB, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of Yoga Skills for Therapists and Yoga for Depression, is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute. yogafordepression.com

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MAY 29–JUNE 2 MONDAY–FRIDAY

Change Your Posture, Change Your Life with YogAlign Michaelle Edwards FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

MAY 25–28 THURSDAY–SUNDAY

A FORREST YOGA GATHERING SELF-CARE TRADITIONS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Erica Mather, Allison English, and Kelley Rush, with Greg Jamiel FOR all levels. CE credits pending.

This Memorial Day weekend, come together to honor your ancestors and look at the ways they took care of themselves. Explore the practices you inherited from them and decide what self-care practices work best for you moving forward.

Discover a yoga practice that gives you great posture and breathing techniques to align your spine and tone your core. In this program, Michaelle Edwards offers her revolutionary YogAlign techniques to deepen your understanding of the anatomy of the human body.

Say goodbye to chronic pain as you learn to • Breathe your way to a pain-free life

Forrest Yoga is a healing, all-levels practice created by Ana Forrest that rests on the pillars of breath, strength, integrity, and spirit. Each morning of this program, you can expect a strong Forrest Yoga asana practice. Afternoons are dedicated to workshops on ritual, Ayurveda, ceremony, and self-care. Evenings include pranayama, meditation, and gatherings on the beautiful Kripalu campus—at the lake, around a bonfire, or in the woods.

• Decompress and strengthen joint tissues

Everyone is invited, regardless of previous experience with Forrest Yoga.

The YogAlign methodology can enhance your own practice or be taught to students and clients. Michaelle invites you to take home the gift of aligned, pain-free posture and the ability to stay that way, naturally.

TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FYFW-171)

ERICA MATHER, MA, E-RYT, is a Forrest Yoga Guardian, lifelong teacher, and creator of the Adore Your Body System for ending body-image challenges.

KELLEY RUSH has been teaching yoga since 1995 and is a Forrest Yoga Mentor and Guardian. She has studied Forrest Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Viniyoga, and vinyasa.

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ALLISON ENGLISH, is a

GREGORY JAMIEL, senior

certified Forrest Yoga teacher who travels the world as one of Ana Forrest’s assistant teachers and business consultants. yogabyallison.com

Forrest Yoga teacher and traditional ceremonial worker, is the owner of Inner Elements Yoga in Portland, Oregon.

• Activate your psoas-to-diaphragm connection and free your fascia with self-massage • Rewire posture at the nervous system level and stay aligned for life.

NOTE See the Kripalu website for important information.

RECOMMENDED READING Michaelle Edwards, YogAlign: Pain-Free Yoga from Your Inner Core.

TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YAYP-171)

MICHAELLE EDWARDS, E-RYT 500, LMT, creator of YogAlign, is a massage therapist, musician, author, and director of the Kauai Yoga School. yogalign.com

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MAY 28–JUNE 2 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

YOGA, MEDITATION, and RECOVERY CONFERENCE Rolf Gates, Nikki Myers, Tommy Rosen, and Melody Moore, with Tim Walsh and Aruni Nan Futuronsky FOR everyone. CE credits pending.

Tap into the ancient practices of yoga and meditation to deepen your exploration of recovery from addiction. Led by teachers who represent a variety of backgrounds and modalities, this retreat connects your inner and outer worlds, awakens joy and peace within, and brings recovery alive in your practice. When you are in touch with your wholeness, you more easily recognize your addictive behaviors and find the inner strength to move beyond them.

Offering something for everyone in recovery, as well as family members and healing professionals, this conference includes • Asana and meditation, embracing concepts such as surrender, letting go, acceptance, and gratitude • Breathwork • The chakra system • Innovations in holistic Twelve-Step recovery.

Yoga means union, and yoga practice unifies the self, directly addressing the range of issues caused by addiction.

TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YMRC-171)

ROLF GATES, author of the acclaimed book Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, is a leading voice of contemporary yoga. rolfgates.com

NIKKI MYERS, MBA, is a yoga therapist, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, certified Addictions Recovery Specialist, and founder of Y12SR, the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery.

TOMMY ROSEN, a vinyasa flow and Kundalini Yoga teacher, is a leading authority on addiction and recovery, and founder of the Recovery 2.0 online conference.

MAY 29–JUNE 2 MONDAY–FRIDAY

Slow Yoga and Qigong RELAX AND RESTORE

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Ken Nelson and Lesli Lang

MELODY MOORE, PHD, RYT, is a

FOR all levels; no yoga or qigong experience

clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, author, speaker, and the founder of the Embody Love Movement, combining yoga and the tools of psychotherapy. embodylovemovement.org

TIM WALSH is a certified life coach and addiction specialist who has been facilitating workshops for 20 years. timwalshconsulting.com

ARUNI NAN FUTURONSKY is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, life coach, and faculty member for R&R Retreat and other Kripalu programs. coacharuni.com

necessary. CE credits pending.

Nourish your vital energy, calm your mind, and practice living in the moment with a wise and loving heart. Experience the bliss of deep relaxation through restorative yoga, guided imagery, and attention training. Explore qigong and learn to move with ease, grace, and freedom while remaining rooted and centered.

This program includes beginner-friendly meditation; a morning and evening qigong sequence that improves posture, balance, stamina, and longevity; and Yin Yoga to enhance flexibility and relieve chronic tension in the spine, hips, and low back. To cultivate harmony with the natural world, we also have an outdoor meditation and qigong practice.

You leave feeling energized and in the flow, with a daily practice you can sustain at home.

TUITION $290, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SYQ-171)

KEN NELSON, PHD, a leader in mind-body practices and longtime Kripalu faculty member, is dedicated to transforming the way we serve and lead through yoga-inspired learning. powerfulworkshops.com

LESLI LANG has a background in theater and performing arts, and two decades of experience assisting Fortune 500 executives to communicate their message more effectively.

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inspiring books, CDs and DVDs, yoga accessories and clothing, and health and beauty items—everything you need to promote contemplation, relaxation, and joy on your journey of self-discovery. shop.kripalu.org

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S UM M ER PREVI EWS

GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN JULY 21–23

The Universe Has Your Back

ANA FORREST AUGUST 2–11

R&R RETREAT The ideal blend of getaway, discovery, and personal time.

Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training

JULY 9–14 JUNE 25–30 JULY 16–21 AUGUST 13–18

Yoga Summer Camp An Outdoor Adventure for Adults

Narrative Medicine A Cutting-Edge Approach to Health Care With poet laureate Marie Howe and others

Kripalu faculty

MIKE DOOLEY RABBI DAVID INGBER JUNE 16–18

Our Fathers, Ourselves An Interspiritual Father’s Day Workshop

AUGUST 11–13

Playing the Matrix and Getting What You (Really) Want

MARTHA BECK ELENA BROWER JULY 14–16

AUGUST 18–20

Tracking Your One Magical Life

Come Home to Yourself Core Teachings for a Harmonious Life

ROLF GATES JULY 16–21

Teaching and Living the Yoga Sutras An Intensive Practice Retreat JULY 21–23

Being Still with Skill A Yoga and Meditation Immersion

SAVE THE DATE JUNE 2–4

The Embodied Soul Honoring the Work of Marion Woodman

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Find Your Program by Date Here, our programs are listed by month, so you can find the program that’s right for you, at the time that’s right for you. Whether you’re looking for something vibrant or peaceful, energizing or simplifying, you’ll find it this spring at Kripalu.

MARCH 3 FR I

Techniques for Shamanic Ecstasy Alberto Villoldo p. 30 Sh’ma Meditation for Soul-Centered Living Rabbi Sigal Brier p. 52

Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness

Tal Ben-Shahar p. 61 Communication Secrets from the World of High-Stakes Negotiations

Chris Voss and Brandon Voss p. 68 Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Renewal When Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart

Donna Cardillo p. 68 The Manifestation Workshop: On Being Human

Jennifer Pastiloff p. 78 Embodying the Five Elements Through Yoga

Todd Norian p. 78

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Mindfulness-in-Motion: Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong

Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum p. 31

Jump-Start Your Memoir: Write It From the Heart

Nancy Slonim Aronie p. 36 Mindfulness-Based Harmonica: Reduce Stress and Play Blues, Rock, and Folk Instantly

David Harp p. 36 Tools for an Inspired Yoga Practice

Patty Townsend p. 79 The Yoga of Invincibility: A Kundalini Yoga and Gong Experience

Guru Jagat p. 79

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Live Boldly and Liberate Your Authentic Self Lauren Mackler p. 68

Therapy Level 1: An Experiential 10 Positional Approach to Strain-Counterstrain and

FR I Muscle Energy Technique

Lee Albert p. 31

Drumming and Yoga: A Rhythmic Rejuvenation Retreat

Allison Gemmel Laframboise and Shaun Laframboise p. 37 Spice It Up! Creative Cooking with Herbs and Spices

Leslie Cerier p. 45 Bringing Heaven Down to Earth!

James Van Praagh p. 69 Yoga, Life, and Happiness

Rina Jakubowicz p. 79

300-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training: Leading Vinyasa

Coby Kozlowski p. 19

Coming Home to the Body: Discovering Support from Within

Robin Becker p. 46

Hiking and Yoga

Mark Roule and Erin Casperson p. 43

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, Level 1

Sarah Longacre and Stacy Seebart p. 80

Made Possible: 12 Meditation A Practice Retreat

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Nutrition Intensive for Health Professionals

Kathie Madonna Swift, Annie B. Kay, and Lisa B. Nelson p. 46 Therapy Level 2: Strain13 Positional Counterstrain and Muscle Energy

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Technique Lee Albert p. 31 Embodying Creativity in Life, Love, and Work: The Workshop of Doing and Being Barnet Bain p. 37

Breath~Body~Mind for Transformation and Well-Being

Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg p. 44

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Bhavani Lorraine Nelson p. 52

Retrain Your Brain for Positivity and Success

Randy Kamen and Holly Friedman Glick p. 60

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Aroma Yoga Spring Renewal Retreat

Tracy Griffiths and Dawn M. Yurkovic p. 80

Hiking and Yoga

Mark Roule and Susannah Gale p. 43

Eat Breathe Thrive: A Yoga, Food, and Body Image Intensive

Chelsea Roff p. 48

Stretching for Tight Bodies and Active 24 Deep Minds

Girish Chant Camp FR I Mimi Solaire p. 81

Girish and Allison Sobel p. 56 Is Your Story Making You Sick?: Meditation and Mindfulness for Stress and Illness

Mark Pirtle p. 46

Restorative Yoga Therapeutic Teacher Training

Jillian Pransky p. 84

Real Love: The Power of the Loving Heart

Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg p. 53

Introduction to Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

David Emerson and Jenn Turner p. 85

Enjoying Evolution and Defeating Death Through Buddhist Science

Robert Thurman p. 53

Making Space for Positive Change

Maria Sirois and Izzy Lenihan p. 74

Your Divine Lens: Seeing Your Gifts and Tragedies from the Soul’s Wisdom

Sue Frederick p. 71 The Happiness Track

Emma Seppala p. 71 Creating Ease: Yoga and Physical Therapy for Back and Neck Pain

Vandita Kate Marchesiello and Dominick Marchesiello p. 81 Rest for Mind and Body 26 Deep

Steven Leonard p. 56

Wisdom Rising: Mandala of the Sacred Feminine TH U R

Lama Tsultrim Allione and Shiva Rea with special guest Krishna Das p. 57

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7 FR I

Emotional Freedom Techniques and the Healing Power of Gratitude

Carol Look p.33

Women’s Qigong for Insomnia and Stress

Deborah Davis p. 32

The Natural Singer: Find Your True Voice

Claude Stein p. 38

Tai Chi Alchemy: Get Out of Your Head and into the Game

Rick Barrett p. 45

Calm Warrior: A Stress Management and Resilience Retreat

Diane Kovanda p. 45

The Eight Movements of Yantra Yoga Teacher Training, Part II

Fabio Andrico p. 82

Writing as an Expression of Healing: My Voice Is a Chorus

Suzi Tucker p. 38

The Hidden Power of Your Soul

Caroline Myss p. 70

Personalize the Pose, Customize Your Practice

Alexandria Crow p. 82

Creating Transformational Workshops: An Introduction to Mind-Body Learning

Ken Nelson, Lesli Lang, David Ronka, and Jim White p. 71

Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training

Tari Prinster p. 82

An Introduction to PranaDandaYoga: Natural and Powerful Grace

Demetri Velisarius p. 85

A Slow Flow Introduction to the FUNdamentals of Ashtanga Yoga

David Swenson p. 81 Kundalini Yoga for Mastering Your Life

Guru Singh p. 80 Healer Professional Training 19 Qigong

Robert Peng p. 32 SU N

Vibrant Visionary Collage: Power Up Your Creativity Karen Arp-Sandel p. 37

Breath~Body~Mind Teacher Training, Level 2

Richard P. Brown, Patricia L. Gerbarg, and Dehanna Rice-Inkles p. 44

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Deep Writing Workshop Eric Maisel p. 72

200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training: Part 1

Brahmani Liebman and Jashoda Edmunds p. 18 the Mind: Joy of Living Meditation 31 Calming Workshop FR I

Kell Julliard p. 56

Brain Care Is Self Care: The Neuroscience of Well-Being

Linda Graham p. 60

Yoga for Your Neck and Shoulders

Allen Wilkins and Terry Roth Schaff p. 84

Kula Flow: Vinyasa for Strength, Detoxification, and Levitation

Schuyler Grant p. 84

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Ayurvedic Bodywork Training: Garshana and Abhyanga Kimberly Larson and Terrel Broussard p. 28

Deep Life Purpose

Eric Maisel p. 72

Spring Cleansing and Nourishing Qigong for Women

Deborah Davis p. 32

Art and Yoga: Unlock Your Inner Artist

Sarah and Alan Finger, Michael O’Neill, Sara Auster, Satya Scainetti, Brooklyn Raga Massive, and more p. 83

The Kripalu Approach to Diet: An Integrative Weight-Loss Program Aruni Nan Futuronksy, Annie B. Kay, and Lisa B. Nelson p. 47

Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior

Dan Millman p. 72

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Story Alchemy: Transform Your Life Through Loving Questions Rachel Schaeffer p. 38

Spring Yoga and Nutrition Detox

Emilie Perz p. 48

Meditation and Yoga for Embodied Presence

Daryl Lynn Ross and David Schouela p. 59

Forgiveness

Byron Katie p. 73

S. A. F. E. Yoga for Skeletal Health

Sara Meeks (Dipa) p. 85

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

Jennifer Reis p. 86

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Let Go for Real with Kundalini Yoga

Krishna Kaur p. 87

Energy Intensive: Meditation, Yoga, and Breathwork Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) and Richard Faulds (Shobhan) p. 92

CircusYoga: The Human Art of Play 14

Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe FR I

p. 39

Loving Presence: Inhabiting and Expressing Your True Nature

Tara Brach p. 58

Now What?: Finding Career Clarity and Life Direction From the Inside Out

Laura Berman Fortgang p. 75

Finding Calm in a Chaotic World: A Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Beryl Bender Birch p. 86

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Surfing the Ocean of Life: Meditations for Thriving in a Stormy World Jaimal Yogis and Arnie Kozak p. 58

Unraveling the Neck and Shoulders

Maureen Priest and Kyra Anastasia Sudofsky p. 87

Forest Bathing and Walking Meditations

Mark Roule and Vandita Kate Marchesiello p. 48 Stillness Touch: The Art of Transmitting 19 Love

WED

Charles Ridley p. 32

Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine for Nurses: An Integrative Nurse Coach Approach

Susan Luck, Barbara Dossey, Monique Class, and Nancy Carlson p. 49

The Bregman Leadership Coach Training

Peter Bregman p. 74

Awakening Your Divinity Within: A 21 Workshop in Self-Mastery FR I

Paul Selig p. 75

Wired for Love: Creating an Owner’s

Manual for Couples

Stan Tatkin and Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin p. 65

Breaking the Cycle of Inherited Family Trauma

Mark Wolynn p. 75

Fit Soul, Fit Body: Nine Keys to a Healthier, Happier You

Brant Secunda and Mark Allen p. 76

Introduction to Yoga and Meditation

Megha Nancy Buttenheim p. 87

The Retreat Experience

Nikki Costello p. 91

Afro Flow Yoga: Flow into Freedom

Leslie Salmon Jones with special guests Jeff W. Jones and Morley p. 88

Yoga Tune Up Teacher Training, Level 1

Ariel Kiley p. 91

300-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training: Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda

Larissa Hall Carlson and John Douillard p. 19

Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 8

Joseph Le Page, Larissa Hall Carlson, and John Douillard p. 21

Radiance Sutras Flow: A Vinyasa and Ecstatic Meditation Retreat

Coby Kozlowski p. 91 Yoga, Psychology, and the Chakras 30 Coral Brown p. 92 SU N

KYTT 2.0: The Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training Refresher Course

Coby Kozlowski and Michelle Dalbec p. 20

Hiking and Yoga

Mark Roule and Sarajean Rudman p. 43

Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 6

Joseph Le Page and more p. 21

Cherokee Bodywork 23 Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara

Introduction to Ayurveda: A Nourishing Self-Care Retreat

Gerard C. Buffo and Erin Casperson p. 29

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Mainguy p. 33

Meditation and Creativity: Imagining a Doorway

John Tarrant p. 39

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Self-Inquiry Through Mantra and Movement

Brenda McMorrow and Erica Taxin Bleznak p. 88

Embodied Positive Psychology Summit Barbara Fredrickson, Todd Kashdan, Joan MON Borysenko, Megan McDonough, Howard Martin, Stephen Cope, Megha Nancy Buttenheim, Neal Mayerson, and more p. 62

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Nutrition and Cooking Immersion

Annie B. Kay and Jeremy Rock Smith p. 50

Teaching Yoga for Arthritis and Chronic Pain

Steffany Moonaz and Ann Swanson p. 90

5 FR I

Yoga in the Schools Symposium: 24 Explore! Learn! Be Inspired!

MON Patricia L. Gerbarg, Richard P. Brown, Carla Tantillo, Iona M. Smith, Anne Desmond, Lisa Flynn, Argos Gonzalez, and Sat Bir S. Khalsa p. 89 Radiant Health: A Weekend Retreat for 27 Women

THUR

Sudha Carolyn Lundeen p. 50

Tantra Yoga Immersion: Embody the Great Light of Consciousness

Douglas Brooks, Sally Kempton, Bill Mahony, and Todd Norian p. 90 Grief Relief: Transforming Your Life 28 After Loss FR I

M aureen Hancock with special guest Rosie Dalton p. 64

Energy Medicine for Self-Healing Ann Marie Chiasson p. 34

Creative Myths and Monsters: A Workshop on the Artist’s Way Julia Cameron p. 39

Your Power to Heal: A Mind-Body Toolkit for Wellness

Henry Grayson p. 50

Yogini Workshop: Movement and Meditation for Calming Down and Tuning In

Ellen Barrett p. 92

Five Element Yoga: Rejuvenation and Relaxation

Jennifer Reis p. 86

Cultivating Loving-Kindness: A Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Stephen Cope p. 93

Dance Your Heart Out: A Shake Your Soul Movement Experience

Dan Leven p. 41

Total Body-Life Reboot

Aviva Romm and Pilar Gerasimo p. 51

The Art of Storytelling for Kids: 12 Speaking Your Truth FR I

Matthew Dicks p. 40

Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend

Sarahjoy Marsh p. 65

Big Magic and Bold Music

Elizabeth Gilbert and Rayya Elias p. 67

Whole Man Code: Timeless Principles for the Modern Man

David H. Wagner p. 77

Hiking and Yoga

Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec p. 43 Emotional Freedom Techniques: Level 1 14 Jan L. Watkins p. 34 SU N

Swingolf: Dynamic Yoga Motion on the Golf Course Les Bolland p. 42

Healing the Emotional Body: A SomaSoul Training Workshop

Dan Leven with special guests Heather Bilotta and Sage Peeler p. 76

The Presence of a Teacher

Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa and Ajeet Kaur p. 93 Emotional Freedom Techniques: Level 2 17 Jan L. Watkins p. 34

Curb the Urge: Healing Food Issues

Mukta Kaur Khalsa p. 51

The Science of Yoga

Lisa B. Nelson, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, and Angela Wilson p. 95

Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training: Chakra Fusion, Module 1

Megha Nancy Buttenheim p. 41 Watercolor Landscape: The Spirit of 22 Adventure MON

Ann K. Lindsay p. 40

Strength and Clarity Through the 25 Bridge Practice: Returning to Source

THUR

Kevin Courtney and Thomas Droge p. 95

A Forrest Yoga Gathering: Self-Care

Traditions of the Past, Present, and Future

Erica Mather, Allison English, and Kelley Rush, with Greg Jamiel p. 96 Daughters, and the Heroic 26 Mothers, Journey FR I

Meg Agnew, Cindy L. Parrish, and SuEllen Hamkins p. 65

WED

Healthy Gut, New You

Maya Shetreat Klein and Kathie Madonna Swift p. 51

Spirited Women’s Yoga Retreat: 18 Cultivating Courage and Compassion

Being Intimate: A Retreat for Couples

Kate and Joel Feldman p. 64

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Betsey Downing and Suzie Hurley p. 94

Ayurvedic Cooking Immersion 19 Kate O’Donnell p. 28 FR I

A Zentangle Weekend: It’s a String Thing Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas p. 41

Watercolor: A New Beginning

Ann K. Lindsay p. 40

Mindful Self-Compassion: Core Skills Training

Christopher Germer p. 58

Live the Life Your Soul Intended: Finding Happiness, Fulfillment, and Meaning

Ainslie MacLeod p. 76

The Yoga of Voice

Jurian Hughes p. 77

Chakras, Granthis, and Nadis: The Inner Structures of Hatha Yoga

Yoganand Michael Carroll p. 94

A Celebration of the Berkshires’ First Natives p. 59 Vedic Philosophy 21

Satya Narayana Dasa and Jessica

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Richmond p. 77

Kripalu Outdoors: A Yoga, Hiking, and Kayaking Retreat

Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec p. 43

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood

Amy Weintraub p. 95 Yoga, Meditation, and Recovery 28 Conference SU N

COME HOME TO YOURSELF.

R olf Gates, Nikki Myers, Tommy Rosen, and Melody Moore, with Tim Walsh and Aruni Nan Futuronsky p. 97

Our signature R&R Retreat program provides the ideal opportunity to experience the best of Kripalu. With the flexibility and freedom to create a uniquely individual experience, it offers something for everyone. kripalu.org/rr

200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training: Monthlong Intensive

Jurian Hughes and Jennifer Reis p. 18 Mindfulness and Meditation as Life29 Changing Practices MON

Terry Fralich p. 59

Slow Yoga and Qigong: Relax and Restore

Ken Nelson and Lesli Lang p. 71

Change Your Posture, Change Your Life with YogAlign

Michaelle Edwards p. 96 Birding and Mindfulness 30

Becky Cushing and Steven Leonard TU ES

p. 42

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CHOOSE YOUR ROOM TYPE

WHAT’S INCLUDED

For exact rates, call Registrations at

ROOM & MEALS AND MORE

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Cost per night includes

DORMITORY

• Your choice of accommodations

5–22 people per room; bunk beds. Shared hall bath. Please choose another housing type if you cannot use an upper bunk.

• N utritious, all-natural meals

Per-night housing cost ranges from $87–99.*

• Hiking

trails, walking paths, and lakefront area

STANDARD

• F itness room and sauna

Presenters and Programs

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R&R Retreat

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Your schedule is flexible—choose what and how much to do each day.

Double or single occupancy; two platform twin beds or one queen bed, either mountain side or lake side. Shared hall bath.

Per-night housing cost ranges from shared, $115–147, to private, $202–245.*

STANDARD PLUS Double or single occupancy; queen or twin beds. All rooms are on the lake side. Shared hall bath.

Per-night housing cost ranges from shared, $175–199, to private, $267–304.*

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PRIVATE BATH, INCLUDES ANNEX Double or single occupancy; queen or twin beds; either lake side or mountain side; private baths.

Per-night housing cost ranges from shared, $197–268, to private, $289–389.* *Based on midweek, weekend, or holiday stays.

COMING WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY? If you wish to room together, please select a shared room option.

COMING ALONE? If you are coming alone and register for a shared room, we will assign you a roommate (of the same gender).

• D aily yoga, meditation, and movement classes

• Evening

workshops and events • T he best views in the Berkshires.

R&R Retreats include a full schedule of workshops and outdoor activities taught

by Kripalu faculty and visiting teachers.

EVENING EVENTS Kripalu’s evening programs are free to all registered guests, except in the case of special ticketed events. Limited general public tickets might be available for evening programs and events; please call Registrations at 800.741.7353 for more information.

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BY PHONE 800.741.7353 PAYMENT Full payment is due at time of registration and can be made with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or by check.

CANCELLATION POLICY Payments made will be refunded in full (less a $50 processing fee) if you cancel 14 or more days prior to your arrival date. If you cancel between 13 days and 1 day in advance, a nonrefundable credit (less a $50 processing fee) will be held for one year from the date of issue. No credit or refund is available if you cancel on your arrival day or the day your program starts, if you do not show up, or if you leave a program or event early.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Programs generally begin at 7:30 pm on the first date listed with your program description and end by 11:30 am on the last day. We encourage you to arrive by 6:30 pm if you plan to join us for dinner.

CHECK–IN Check-in begins at 2:15 pm; however, rooms are not guaranteed to be available until 4:00 pm. The first activity included in your stay is yoga at 4:15 pm. Arrival dinner is included in overnight stays. There are Welcome Sessions on Friday and Sunday.

CHECKOUT We kindly request that all departing guests be out of their rooms by noon so that we may prepare for our incoming guests. Lunch on departure day is included in your stay. If you choose to spend the afternoon, you may leave your bags in the Luggage Room.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

MEDICAL CARE

We strive to make our programs available to everyone, within the limits of our resources.

For information and scholarship applications, visit our website or call Registrations.

Kripalu does not offer on-site medical care, supplies, emergency services, psychiatric care, or transport. Our campus is located approximately 10 miles from the nearest medical facility.

SENIOR DISCOUNT We offer a 10 percent discount on tuition and room & meals pricing to seniors (age 65+). This discount does not apply to Healing Arts or Kripalu Shop purchases and may not be combined with other discounts. Some restrictions apply.

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INTEGRATE YOUR EXPERIENCE Kripalu’s Healing Arts are a powerful addition to any program.

Choose from bodywork, Ayurvedic services, health and wellness consultations, and more. kripalu.org/healingarts

Schedule your appointment today.

888.738.1822

In general, Kripalu programs and activities are open to participants ages 18 and older.

Children 17 and under must be supervised at all times and accompanied by an adult who is on-site at Kripalu. Call for more information, or visit kripalu.org/kidsatkripalu.

We encourage guests to consider leaving all electronics behind in order to fully support the retreat experience. If you need to stay connected during your visit, the use of electronics is limited to private guest rooms, the Wireless Lounge, or phone booths. Silent use of electronics is permitted on the First Floor.

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Kripalu Affiliate Studios Whether you’re looking for ways to integrate what you’ve learned during a visit to Kripalu, or want to learn more about the philosophies and benefits of Kripalu Yoga, taking classes at a Kripalu Affiliate Studio in your area can help you get and stay connected.

CONNECTICUT

MARYLAND

Fairfield Yoga for Everybody

yoga4everybody.net Studio owner: Evelyne Serais

Madison Turning Point Yoga

turningpointyoga.com Studio owner: Lisa Uihlein

FLORIDA

Crofton Crofton Yoga

croftonyoga.com Studio owners: Emily Gretz and Shelbi Miles

MASSACHUSETTS Bedford Serenity Yoga Center

serenityyoga.com Studio owner: Eric Read

St. Augustine Discovery Yoga

discoveryyoga.com Studio owner: Deva Parnell

Tampa The Lotus Pond Center for Yoga and Health lotuspondyoga.com Studio owner: Val Spies

Shelburne Falls Shelburne Falls Yoga

shelburnefallsyoga.com Studio owner: Kate Pousont Scarborough

NEW YORK Guilford Black Horse Yoga Studio

blackhorseyogastudio.com Studio owner: Suzette Hayes

MAINE Brunswick Jai Yoga

jaiyogahome.com Studio owner: Jennifer Nadeau

Portland WholeHeart Yoga Center wholeheartyoga.com Studio owner: Pam Jackson

NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Yoga for Life

yogaforlifecharlotte.com Studio owner: Karen Williams

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PENNSYLVANIA Harleysville Anahata Yoga and Wellness Center

anahatayogawellness.com Studio owner: Kathleen Tooley

VIRGINIA McLean Dream Yoga Studio & Wellness Center

dreamyogastudio.com Studio owner: Luann Fulbright

GERMANY Werl Kripalu Yoga Zentrum doctao.de Studio owner: Iven Tao

JAPAN Tokyo Yoga of Life

kripalu.jp Studio owner: Toshiro Miura All studios are independently owned and operated.

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health KRIPALU BOARD OF TRUSTEES Carol O’Neil, Chair John Chu David Ellner Christine Fuchs Sarah Hancock

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Presenter Index A Agnew, Meg 65 Albert, Lee 31 Allen, Mark 76 Allione, Lama Tsultrim 57 Andrico, Fabio 82 Aronie, Nancy Slonim 36 Arp-Sandel, Karen 37 Auster, Sara 83 B Bain, Barnet 37 Barrett, Ellen 92 Barrett, Rick 45 Becker, Robin 46 Ben-Shahar, Tal 61 Bilotta, Heather 76 Birch, Beryl Bender 86 Bleznak, Erica Taxin 88 Boldemann-Tatkin, Tracey 65 Bolland, Les 42 Borysenko, Joan 62 Brach, Tara 58 Bregman, Peter 74 Brier, Rabbi Sigal 52 Brooklyn Raga Massive 83 Brooks, Douglas 90 Broussard, Terrel 28 Brown, Coral 92 Brown, Richard P. 44, 89 Buffo, Gerard C. 29 Buttenheim, Megha Nancy 41, 62, 87 C Cameron, Julia 39 Cardillo, Donna 68 Carlson, Larissa Hall 19, 21 Carlson, Nancy 49 Carroll, Yoganand Michael 94 Casperson, Erin 29, 43 Cerier, Leslie 45 Chiasson, Ann Marie 34 Class, Monique 49 Cope, Stephen 62, 93 Costello, Nikki 91 Courtney, Kevin 94 Crow, Alexandria 82 Cushing, Becky 42 D Dalbec, Michelle 20, 43 Dalton, Rosie 64

Das, Balarama Chandra 19, 21 Das, Krishna 53, 57 Dasa, Satya Narayana 77 Davis, Deborah 32 Desmond, Anne 89 Dicks, Matthew 40 Dossey, Barbara 49 Douillard, John 19, 21 Downing, Betsey 94 Droge, Thomas 94 E Edmunds, Jashoda 18 Edwards, Michaelle 96 Elias, Rayya 67 Emerson, David 85 English, Allison 96 F Faulds, Richard (Shobhan) 92 Feldman, Kate and Joel 64 Finger, Sarah and Alan 83 Flynn, Lisa 89 Fortgang, Laura Berman 75 Foust, Jonathan (Sudhir) 92 Fralich, Terry 59 Frederick, Sue 71 Fredrickson, Barbara 62 Futuronsky, Aruni Nan 47, 97 G Gale, Susannah 43 Gates, Rolf 97 Gerasimo, Pilar 51 Gerbarg, Patricia L. 44, 89 Germer, Christopher 58 Gilbert, Elizabeth 67 Girish 56 Glick, Holly Friedman 60 Gonzalez, Argos 89 Graham, Linda 60 Grant, Schuyler 84 Grayson, Henry 50 Griffiths, Tracy 80 H Hamkins, SuEllen 65 Hancock, Maureen 64 Harp, David 36

Hughes, Jurian 18, 77 Hurley, Suzie 94 J Jagat, Guru 79 Jakubowicz, Rina 79 Jamiel, Greg 96 Jones, Jeff W. 88 Jones, Leslie Salmon 88 Julliard, Kell 56 K Kamen, Randy 60 Kashdan, Todd 62 Katie, Byron 73 Kaur, Ajeet 93 Kaur, Krishna 87 Kay, Annie B. 46, 47, 50 Kempton, Sally 90 Khalsa, Hari Kirin Kaur 93 Khalsa, Mukta Kaur 51 Khalsa, Sat Bir S. 89, 95 Kiley, Ariel 91 Kovanda, Diane 45 Kozak, Arnie 58 Kozlowski, Coby 19, 20, 91 L LaFramboise, Allison Gemmel 37 LaFramboise, Shaun 37 Lang, Lesli 71, 97 Larson, Kimberly 28 Le Page, Joseph 19, 21 Le Page, Lilian 21 Lenihan, Izzy 74 Leonard, Steven 42, 56 Leven, Dan 41, 76 Liebman, Brahmani 18 Lindsay, Ann K. 40 Longacre, Sarah 80 Look, Carol 33 Luck, Susan 49 Lundeen, Sudha Carolyn 50 M Mackler, Lauren 68 MacLeod, Ainslie 76 Mahony, William 90 Mainguy, Barbara 33 Maisel, Eric 72 Marchesiello, Dominick 81 Marchesiello, Vandita Kate 48, 81 Marsh, Sarahjoy 65 Martin, Howard 62 Mather, Erica 96

Mayerson, Neal 62 McDonough, Megan 62 McMorrow, Brenda 88 Meeks, Sara (Dipa) 85 Mehl-Madrona, Lewis 33 Mendola, Maria 21 Miller, Diane 21 Millman, Dan 72 Moonaz, Steffany 90 Moore, Melody 97 Morley 88 Myers, Nikki 97 Myss, Caroline 70 N Nelson, Bhavani Lorraine 52 Nelson, Ken 71, 97 Nelson, Lisa B. 46, 47, 95 Norian, Todd 78, 90 O O’Donnell, Kate 28 O’Keefe, Erin Maile 39 O’Keefe, Kevin 39 O’Neill, Michael 83 P Parrish, Cindy L. 65 Pastiloff, Jennifer 78 Peeler, Sage 76 Peng, Robert 32 Perz, Emilie 48 Philibert, Carla Tantillo 89 Pirtle, Mark 46 Pransky, Jillian 84 Priest, Maureen 87 Prinster, Tari 82 R Rea, Shiva 57 Reis, Jennifer 18, 86 Rice-Inkles, Dehanna 44 Richmond, Jessica 77 Ridley, Charles 33 Roberts, Rick 41 Roff, Chelsea 48 Romm, Aviva 51 Ronka, David 71 Rosenbaum, Robert Meikyo 31 Rosen, Tommy 97 Ross, Daryl Lynn 59 Roule, Mark 43, 48 Rudman, Sarajean 43 Rush, Kelley 96

S Salzberg, Sharon 53 Scainetti, Satya 83 Schaeffer, Rachel 38 Schaff, Terry Roth 84 Schouela, David 59 Secunda, Brant 76 Seebart, Stacy 80 Selig, Paul 75 Seppala, Emma 71 Shetreat-Klein, Maya 51 Singh, Guru 80 Sirois, Maria 74 Smith, Iona M. 89 Smith, Jeremy Rock 50 Sobel, Allison 56 Solaire, Mimi 81 Stein, Claude 38 Sudofsky, Kyra Anastasia 87 Swanson, Ann 90 Swenson, David 81 Swift, Kathie Madonna 46, 51 T Tarrant, John 39 Tatkin, Stan 65 Thomas, Maria 41 Thurman, Robert 53 Townsend, Patty 79 Tucker, Suzi 38 Turner, Jenn 85 V Van Demark, Cheryl 21 Van Praagh, James 69 Velisarius, Demetri 85 Villoldo, Alberto 30 Voss, Brandon 68 Voss, Chris 68 W Wagner, David H. 77 Walsh, Tim 97 Watkins, Jan L. 34 Weintraub, Amy 95 White, Jim 71 Wilkins, Allen 84 Wilson, Angela 95 Wolynn, Mark 75 Y Yogis, Jaimal 58 Yurkovic, Dawn 80

Continuing Education and Continuing Medical Education Credits

More than 100 programs to choose from.

Continuing Education (CE) credits are available for • Ayurvedic Professionals (NAMA) • Coaches (ICF) • Massage Therapists (NCBTMB)

Kripalu is not recognized by the state of New York to offer continuing education credits to massage therapists through NCBTMB.

• Nurses (NURS)

Nursing continuing education credits are provided through Berkshire AHEC.

• Psychologists (PSY) • Registered Dietitians (RD) • Social Workers (SW)

Kripalu is not recognized by the state of New York to offer continuing education credits to social workers through the Collaborative of NASW-MA Chapter and the Boston College and Simmons College Schools of Social Work.

• Yoga Teachers (YA)

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available for • Physicians (MD/DO)

Berkshire Health Systems is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

Please note CE eligibility is subject to change. Check your program on the Kripalu website for the most accurate CE information.

Look for CE and CME credits with program descriptions.

Please note that credit fees are nonrefundable after the last day of your stay.

Integrate your life, your career, and your practice with our many programs that offer CE and CME credits.

For more information, visit kripalu.org/cecredits

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O N LY AT K R I PA LU

R & R R E T R E AT

The Kripalu Approach to Diet: An Integrative Weight-Loss Program p. 47

The ideal blend of getaway, discovery, and personal time.

Hiking and Yoga p. 43

Learn more on page 4.

Forest Bathing and Walking Meditations p. 48 E XC E P T I O N A L YO G I S

E N L I G H T E N I N G E X P E RT S

JENNIFER PASTILOFF

CAROLINE MYSS

JILLIAN PRANSKY

ELIZABETH GILBERT AND RAYYA ELIAS

SHIVA REA

JAMES VAN PRAAGH

SCHUYLER GRANT

TAL BEN-SHAHAR

COBY KOZLOWSKI

TARA BRACH

DAVID SWENSON

BYRON KATIE

The Manifestation Workshop p. 78 Restorative Yoga Therapeutic Teacher Training p. 84 Wisdom Rising p. 57 Kula Flow p. 84

Radiance Sutras Flow p. 91 Ashtanga Yoga p. 81

The Hidden Power of Your Soul p. 70 Big Magic and Bold Music p. 67

Bringing Heaven Down to Earth! p. 69 Positive Psychology p. 6 Loving Presence p. 58 Forgiveness p. 73

E X T R AO R D I N A RY E V E N T S APRIL 24–26

MAY 1–4

Engaging and interactive sessions introduce the what, why, and how of yoga in the schools. p. 89

Explore the ultimate practicality and accessibility of love as an expression of wholeness and radical receptivity. p. 62

Yoga in the Schools Symposium

Embodied Positive Psychology Summit