Welcome We’re so glad you’ll be visiting Kripalu! Each year, nearly 40,000 people come to Kripalu seeking a joyful, inclusive, and compassionate environment for wellness, learning and retreat. As a -based retreat center, Kripalu provides experiential education for the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Our dynamic curriculum is designed to empower people to transform, heal, and grow. During your stay, we invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to focus on your personal growth and enjoy everything Kripalu has to offer.

Make the Most of Your Stay Coming and Going Overview Things You Might Want to Bring Arrival Our programs generally begin at 7:30 pm on the day you arrive. • Comfortable clothing for yoga and movement classes Check-in begins at 2:15 pm. Rooms are guaranteed to be available by • Slip-on shoes for indoors and shared bathrooms 4:00 pm. You are welcome to attend a 4:15 pm Kripalu Yoga class. There is an optional Welcome Session at 6:45 pm on Fridays and Sundays. • Walking/hiking shoes for outdoors and hiking Please plan to arrive with enough time to check in, eat, and settle into your • Sneakers for Fitness Room and fitness classes room. • Toiletries Arrival Dinner Your meals begin with dinner on your arrival day. • Water bottle Dinner is served from 5:30 to 7:00 pm Sundays through Thursdays, and from 5:00 to 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays. If you will be arriving within 15 • Winter: snowshoes or cross-country ski equipment minutes of meal end times, you might want to make other arrangements • Summer: bathing suit, insect repellent, sunglasses, hat, sunscreen, and for dinner. beach towel for lakefront beach Departure Programs generally end by 11:30 am on the last day. Lunch Note The sauna is bathing suit–optional. We have separate saunas for is included. Room check-out is at 12:00 pm. We invite you to store your men and women. belongings in our Luggage Room and use the facility until 4:00 pm. Provided Bedding, towels, and an alarm clock are provided in each room. We also have blankets, yoga mats, ties, yoga blocks, and cushions for yoga classes.

Kripalu is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to empower people and communities to realize their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. A Few Practicalities Information to Support Your Stay Cell Phones Messages Please Take Note To support the retreat experi- The phone number for • As some of our guests have Let’s connect! ence for every guest, we ask incoming phone messages sensitivities, please refrain that you please not use cell is 413.448.3400 and the fax from using chemically Join the conversation in our social platforms phones in public areas. number is 413.448.3384. scented perfumes or hair and find inspiring features, essays, recipes, Messages will be left on your spray. Please bring low-scent and insights on yoga, health, wellness, and Wi-Fi room door. Mail for you should toiletries. The Kripalu Shop conscious living. Free wireless Internet service is be addressed as follows: carries low-scent, travel-size available for your devices in the toiletries. /kripalucenter Kripalu Cafe and the Annex. For US Postal Service • Kripalu is a smoke-free /kripalucenter Your Name, Guest facility. Program Name and /kripalucenter Wired Lounge Located on the first floor Dates of Stay • For safety reasons, burning /kripalu between the Annex and , Box 309 candles, incense, and sage is Shadowbrook, the lounge is a Stockbridge, MA 01262 not permitted. discreet space to use phones • Pets are not allowed. Service and other devices, and offers For UPS and animals are welcome. We worktables and comfy seating Independent Carriers can recommend nearby areas, with computers and a (FedEx, etc.) animal inns. printer available for guest use. Your Name, Guest • Coin-operated washers and Program Name and dryers are located on the Meals Dates of Stay Lower Level. Laundry soap is The Kripalu Kitchen serves Kripalu Center provided. natural, organic, and local 57 Interlaken Road foods, including vegetables, Stockbridge, MA 01262 • All guest rooms have key- proteins, and grains. You’ll also card locks. In addition, there find freshly baked breads and Schedule are small in-room safes for fresh fruits. Meals are served Most programs include an each guest that fit small buffet-style and are primar- opening night session the day valuables and many laptop Kripalu Shop and Cafe ily vegetarian; fish or poultry of arrival, a three-hour morn- computers. options are available at lunch ing session and a two-hour • Please be aware that most The Kripalu Shop carries an array of DVDs, and dinner on the left-hand afternoon session each full of our rooms do not have air CDs, books, and yoga- and health-related buffet line. If you have further day, and a morning session conditioning. All rooms have products, as well as clothing, jewelry, and questions, visit us at kripalu. on the day of departure. Your windows that open. sundries. Snacks, coffee, and cold beverages org/kitchen. There is a small confirmation letter will note the are available in the Kripalu Cafe. kitchenette available on the starting time of your program. • Kripalu is not responsible for Fourth Floor for your use, with Some programs have addi- lost, stolen, or missing items. a refrigerator and microwave. tional sessions.

kripalu.org/kitchen Find Healing Arts out more about the food we Kripalu Healing Arts services—massage, skin serve, check meal times, and care, Ayurvedic bodywork—are a powerful view a sample menu. addition to your stay. It is recommended that you make your appointment in advance to ensure availability. Call us at 888.738.1822 to schedule your appointment. Questions?

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By Plane Contact Information Albany Airport in New York is the nearest Kripalu Registrations airport. Kripalu offers transportation Thursdays, 800.741.7353, [email protected] Fridays, Sundays, and most holidays. Kripalu Operator • airport to Kripalu: 1:30 pm and 5:00 pm 413.448.3400 • Kripalu to airport: 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm Amtrak You must book this service with Registrations 800.872.7245, www.amtrak.com (flight information is required); call for rates. A full Metro North refund is available if you cancel at least three days 800.638.7646, www.mta.nyc.ny.us (72 hours) in advance. No refund is available if less Peter Pan/Bonanza Bus Lines than three days notice is given. For any other times, 800.343.9999, www.peterpanbus.com contact Tobi’s Limo Service. Tobi’s Limo Service Bradley International Airport (Hartford/ 413.637.1224, www.tobislimo.com Springfield) Take a taxi into Springfield. Peter Pan Online Travel Directions buses travel from Springfield to Lenox several times Abbott’s Limousine 413.243.1645, [email protected] We recommend Yahoo-generated travel directions daily. using this address: West Street and Richmond Mountain Road, Lenox, 01240. Kripalu’s main entrance is directly next to this By Train Metro North provides service intersection. • from Manhattan kripalu.org/directions Access specific to Wassaic, New York—one- directions by car and additional travel information and-a half hours • on our website. from Kripalu—several times a day. Driving By Limo Metro North Shuttle • Times Kripalu offers transportation (in hours) Private limo service from: is available from all from the Wassaic Metro North Albany 1 airports and door-to- station to Kripalu at 4:15 • Boston 2.5 door from any location pm Thursdays, Fridays, and Hartford 1.5 in the Northeast. Call Sundays. Return service to • Montreal 5 Tobi’s Limo Service Wassaic is offered Sundays, Providence 2.5 (413.637.1224) to reserve. Thursdays, and Fridays at New York City 3 2:30 pm (to meet the 4:00 • pm train to New York City). By Bus Call Registrations for rates Bus service to Lenox is available from Springfield, and to book this service. The Boston, Albany, Providence, and New York City. fee is nonrefundable if service Buses arrive at the Lenox Town Hall. Please reserve is cancelled with less than 72 the Kripalu Shuttle in advance from Lenox to hours’ notice. Times subject Kripalu, to change in Metro North schedules. Kripalu Shuttle service is available to and from the Lenox bus stop every day between 8:00 am Amtrak offers one train and 9:30 pm. The shuttle is $7 one way and is daily from Boston, Albany, nonrefundable. You must book this service in and Springfield that arrives advance with Kripalu Registrations. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (about 20 minutes from If you schedule a shuttle pick-up and your bus Kripalu). You can take a arrives late to Lenox, please call Kripalu at taxi or Tobi’s Limo Service to 413.448.3400 to let us know you’ve arrived and Kripalu. we will pick you up. kripalu.org 800.741.7353 Parking Richmond Mountain Rd. North 1 Check-In Entrance Gate 2 Terrace Entrance House 3 Annex Entrance 4 Outside Dining and Terrace

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