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Spring 2016 MARCH–MAY ®

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Stockbridge, MA | 800.741.7353 | kripalu.org MISSION DRIVEN, DONOR SUPPORTED 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, 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 of Yoga and Ayurveda, 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. 4 Discover R&R Retreat the right Kripalu Experience Create your own Kripalu Experience from a variety of workshops on health and wellness, for you. daily yoga and dance classes for all levels, concerts, outdoor activities, and more.

As a yoga-based retreat center, Kripalu provides experiential education DON’T MISS! for the whole person: mind, body, heart, March 11–13 PETER GOODMAN and JANE NORTON and spirit. Our dynamic programs p. 72 The Elemental Flow of Shakti: A Weekend of Anusara Yoga March 18–20 SINGH are designed to empower people to p. 72 Yoga for Mastering Your Life 6 transform, heal, and grow. During your March 27–April 1 DAVID EMERSON and JENN TURNER stay, we invite you to explore and enjoy p. 75 Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: A Workshop for Yoga Teachers Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda everything Kripalu has to offer. March 27–April 10 ROBERT PENG From skill-building to self-development, our p. 24 Qigong Healer Professional Training extraordinary faculty, nourishing learning environment, and community of like-minded April 1–3 DAN MILLMAN peers help you move into the world as an p. 62 Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior inspired teacher and healer.

April 1–3 KELL JULLIARD p. 77 Calming the Mind: Joy of Living Meditation Workshop Also in This Issue April 15–17 CAROL LOOK 21 Self-Care for the Five Senses p. 25 Tapping Into the Power of Clarity Using Emotional Freedom Techniques 39 Get Outside at Kripalu April 24–May 1 JOSEPH LE PAGE 51 Defining Embodied Positive Psychology p. 87 Yoga Therapy Applied in Medical Settings: Module 4 54 Development May 1–8 69 What I Learned at Kripalu on My p. 87 Yoga Therapy Within the Mental-Health Field: Module 5 14 Jack Kornfield Summer Vacation May 6–8 SARAHJOY MARSH 80 In the Temple of Forgiveness p. 53 Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend Presenters and Programs 100 Programs by Date May 20–22 JULIA CAMERON Choose from hundreds of transformative 104 Plan Your Stay p. 32 Creative Myths and Monsters: A Workshop on the Artist’s Way programs—led by exceptional teachers, 108 Presenter Index authors, and luminaries—designed to inspire, educate, and empower. 109 CE/CME Credit Information

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A program so Customized perfect for you, experiences, it’s as though endless you designed it possibilities. yourself.

Craft a unique experience from Create an unforgettable group a variety of workshops and retreat they’ll talk about for activities. years to come. • YOGA Take a morning, noontime, or • EDUCATION Private workshops and afternoon yoga class at any level— in-depth study sessions designed for beginner, gentle, intermediate, or your group’s interests and objectives, vigorous vinyasa. with themes ranging from yoga and stress management to holistic nutrition • AYURVEDA Learn about the mind- and outdoor adventure. body connection, building resilience, yoga off the mat, and much more, in • LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Space workshops with our skilled faculty. for your group to breathe, decompress, and integrate the content you’re • MOVE Take a hike with our receiving. knowledgeable guides, try a Kripalu ® YogaDance class, or feel the beat in • RECREATION AND RELAXATION an uplifting drum circle or evening & Hikes at your level, yoga and Kripalu concert. R R Group YogaDance® classes, delicious meals, • NOURISH Enjoy nutritious, delicious and optional Healing Arts treatments. meals made with love in the Kripalu Kitchen, and get inspired at a cooking • BONDING Spend quality time demonstration with our chef. together on our beautiful grounds, at Retreat Retreats our evening events, and in group • RELAX Integrate your day with a sessions that take your connection— grounding evening meditation, treat with yourself and each other—to the yourself to a soothing Healing Arts AN R&R RETREAT offers something for everyone, A KRIPALU GROUP RETREAT is a fresh and next level. session (additional cost), or simply relax, savoring the time that’s whether you’re looking to connect with like-minded people creative take on family reunions, team-building • ALL-INCLUSIVE PRICING and unplanned and unplugged. personal attention, no matter what or enjoy the quiet of our peaceful surroundings. retreats, alumni gatherings, or getaways with friends. your group size. All-inclusive prices start at $169 per night. Two-night minimum required; sorry, no Sorry, no Saturday arrivals or departures. Saturday arrivals or departures. FIND OUT MORE online and view our monthly R&R Retreat schedules, FIND OUT MORE online, view a sampling of workshops by theme, featuring descriptions of the workshops kripalu.org/rr and complete a group retreat request form kripalu.org/groups

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Kripalu’s Kripalu Schools of inspiring yoga and Ayurveda trainings allow you to Yoga and Ayurveda deepen your practice and share your passion with the world.

Why Kripalu? IMMERSION LEARNING EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY THRIVING LINEAGE

FOR MORE INFORMATION Benefit from a unique experience that Our faculty are extraordinary guides. Over the last four decades, we’ve developed a potent 800.848.8702 allows you to fully immerse in the practice They provide an in-depth experience, teaching methodology that fuses the richness of [email protected] and study of yoga and Ayurveda. an authentic commitment to the Kripalu tradition with ancient Ayurvedic and kripalu.org/ksya While you’re here, develop tools to teaching excellence, and a profound contemporary Western approaches to healing cultivate health, create community, and connection to the wisdom and and self-development. Ours is a living tradition—an See upcoming training dates transform—body, mind, heart, and spirit. practices that Kripalu Yoga offers. invitation to align with your true nature. on pages 12–13.

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Kripalu is a life-changing, empowering experience. Schools of Whether you’re seeking to establish your foundation or deepen Yoga and your existing skills, our comprehensive certification programs Ayurveda Kripalu School of Yoga are designed to nurture, support, and enrich you in every step of your journey.

200-Hour 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Teacher Training Specialist Training

Gain the confidence you need to become an exceptional yoga teacher and Immerse yourself in a Take your practice and teaching to a higher level emerge from our training inspired and ready to teach. Our residential supportive environment with specialized trainings focused on specific topics or training is offered as a monthlong program or as two 12-day sessions. that allows you to populations. Open to graduates of any 200-, 300-, expand your range, and 500-hour –registered school. This training offers you rich skills that empower your students and enhance advance your teaching, your personal growth. Guided by our expert faculty and guest teachers, and and strengthen your , Granthis, and Nadis: supported by a community of peers, you experience the potency of the practice. Open to The Inner Structures of Kripalu Yoga methodology, both on and off the mat. 200-hour–certified Enhance your teaching and explore your inner world by studying the chakras, granthis, and nadis—energetic You learn teachers of any Yoga Alliance–registered pathways established by ancient . This training • The principles and practices of Kripalu’s 21 foundational school, this training offers time-honored kriya, , , , and practices made powerful and relevant to • Basic anatomy and physiology applied to yoga philosophy consists of four 9-day modules, and each module contemporary practitioners. • Safe hands-on assists includes 75 classroom hours. Upon completion of this • Introduction to yoga philosophy training, you are eligible to become an RYT 500. Kripalu Yoga in the Schools Teacher Training • Skills for designing well-rounded Required Modules Yoga can be a profound vehicle for cultivating classes, including warm-ups, • Teaching Pranayama and Advanced Asana: adolescents’ self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and asana, pranayama, relaxation, Essential Practices for Yoga Teachers self-expression. Bolster your skills and gain tools that meditation techniques, themes, can enhance the lives of teens in this scientifically and creative sequencing. • Guiding Meditation for Transformational Yoga Teaching: Exploring the World Within validated 9-day certification program. Elective Modules (choose two) Teacher Training Find out more, including upcoming • Leading Vinyasa: Breathe, Feel, Flow This comprehensive training offers the knowledge, training dates and faculty skills, and experience you need to lead your students • Integrating Ayurveda into Yoga Teaching: kripalu.org/ytt200 through the healing journey of restorative yoga— Balancing the Doshas a powerful antidote to the daily toll that stress and • Instructing Yoga for Special Populations: anxiety can take on the body, mind, and heart. Yoga for Every Body Find out more, including upcoming training dates Find out more, including upcoming training dates and faculty kripalu.org/yttspec and faculty kripalu.org/ytt300 The Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda are registered with the Yoga Alliance. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 9 Kripalu | SCHOOLS OF YOGA AND AYURVEDA

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

200-Hour 300-Hour Ayurvedic 650-Hour Ayurvedic Health Foundations of Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Counselor Certification

A great beginning for anyone interested in pursuing Ayurveda Build on the foundation of your 200-hour yoga After completion of Kripalu’s professionally or personally. teacher training with the specialized skills offered in Foundations of Ayurveda, four our 300-Hour Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training. As 9-day modules qualify you to Discover the power of this ancient science and how it relates to creating yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda provides valuable provide Ayurvedic diet and health and well-being in contemporary life. This in-depth program techniques that can help you guide your students to lifestyle recommendations that consists of two 9-day modules, and is the foundation and prerequisite tune into their intuitive wisdom. This training consists support overall health and for the other Kripalu School of Ayurveda trainings. of Foundations of Ayurveda, Integrating Ayurveda wellness. into Yoga Teaching, and one elective 9-day module, You learn taken in any order. You learn • The core concepts of Ayurveda, including its philosophical approach Required Modules • Strategies for performing effective and safe consultations, and its practical applications with a minimum of 50 client encounters • Foundations of Ayurveda • The fundamentals of Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology: • Valuable techniques for health promotion and the doshas, vayus, dhatus, and gunas • Integrating Ayurveda into disease prevention • The basic Ayurvedic approach to digestion, nutrition, and Yoga Teaching seasonal eating • Pulse assessment techniques Elective Modules • Dinacharya—daily routines for health and well-being • Ayurvedic therapies (choose one) • Introductory Sanskrit • Tools for building a thriving holistic-health practice. • Teaching Pranayama • for improving Required Modules health and longevity and Advanced Asana • Anatomy, Physiology, and Herbology • How yoga practice • Guiding Meditation complements and supports for Transformational • Etiology, Pathology, Clinical Assessment, and Pulse Analysis Ayurveda Yoga Teaching • Clinical Assessment, Vata Management, and • Ayurvedic psychology— Women’s Health the power of the mind • Clinical Training, Ethics, and Working with Clients in creating balance and health. Find out more, including upcoming training dates and faculty kripalu.org/ksa

800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 10 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 11 Kripalu | SCHOOLS OF YOGA AND AYURVEDA Spring 2016 Trainings LARISSA HALL CARLSON, E-RYT 500, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, guides retreats, directs trainings, and provides Ayurvedic SUDHA CAROLYN LUNDEEN, consultations throughout the country. RN, E-RYT 500, is a teacher at 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training larissacarlson.com Kripalu, where she leads trainings in the Kripalu Schools 650-Hour Ayurvedic Health ROSY MANN brings more than 15 Two 12-day modules Monthlong Intensive of Yoga and Ayurveda. years of experience as an Ayurvedic PART 1 APRIL 17–29 MAY 29–JUNE 24 sudhalundeen.com Counselor Certification Modules doctor. She offers educational courses, lectures, workshops, and PART 2 JUNE 5–17 RUDY PEIRCE, MA, E-RYT 500, The Kripalu Ayurvedic Health Counselor certification is for those who want to personal Ayurvedic consultations. Brahmani Liebman and has been leading Kripalu Yoga practice Ayurveda professionally. Through in-depth study, this training prepares Rudy Peirce and Sudha Carolyn Lundeen Jashoda Edmunds teacher trainings for more than you to provide Ayurvedic lifestyle consultations and holistic therapies. 30 years. He is the creator of a CLAUDIA WELCH, DOM, is an Experience the fundamentals of Kripalu Yoga. Our Yoga Alliance–approved 200-hour four-CD set, The Gentle Series. Ayurvedic practitioner and Kripalu Yoga certification program trains you to teach safe, enlivening, and empowering gentleyogi.com educator, and the author of yoga classes, and shows you how to incorporate the wisdom of yoga into your life. Balance Your Hormones, Balance BRAHMANI LIEBMAN, E-RYT APRIL 1–10 Your Life. TUITION $2,675, plus room & meals. Parts 1 and 2 must be taken together. 500, is cocreator of Journey into Yoga School of Yoga & Medita- Clinical Assessment, For more information, contact [email protected] or 800.848.8702. KIMBERLY LARSON is a certified tion teacher trainings. She Vata Management, massage therapist, yoga teacher, serves on the Kripalu School of and Ayurvedic lifestyle consultant. Yoga Faculty. journeyintoyoga.com and Women’s Health lakshmisgarden.com Larissa Hall Carlson, Rosy Mann, JASHODA EDMUNDS, E-RYT Claudia Welch, Kimberly Larson, 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Module 500, a Kripalu School of Yoga and Gerard C. Buffo teacher trainer, draws on her GERARD C. BUFFO , MD, FACR, MARCH 4–13 study of and her train- In this third module, build your skills using blends his 31 years of experience in ing as a Phoenix Rising yoga Ayurvedic tools for managing vata, the Western medicine with Eastern Instructing Yoga for Special Populations therapist. journeyintoyoga.com king of the doshas. Through clinical assessments, lecture, discussion, and practice. He trained in Ayurveda YOGA FOR EVERY BODY group work, we explore effective practices for supporting women’s health. and complementary medicine at COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, Kripalu and the Ayurvedic Institute. E-RYT, is a faculty member for Sudha Carolyn Lundeen TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals. For more information, contact the Kripalu School of Yoga and [email protected] or 800.848.8702. VASANT LAD, BAMS, Masc, an How we take yoga out into the world and into our classes plays an important part in founder of Leader- Ayurvedic physician, is founder of determining how successful we are as teachers. Instructing Yoga for Special Populations ship Intensive™. cobyk.com the Ayurvedic Institute in Albu- trains you to offer posture modifications that create a safe environment for all types querque, New Mexico, and is its of students. It also helps you develop valuable skills for working one-on-one and for MICHELLE DALBEC, E-RYT principal instructor and director. meeting individual students’ needs in a group setting. ayurveda.com 500, is a passionate Kripalu Yoga and Yoga Tune Up® TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals. For more information, contact MARGRIT MIKULIS, ND, is a teacher who directs yoga [email protected] or 800.848.8702. naturopathic doctor, clinician, and teacher training programs. clinical faculty member for the myoga.com MAY 13–22 Kripalu School of Ayurveda. livingnaturalinc.com Clinical Training, NEW! 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training NEW! KYTT 2.0 Ethics, and SATYA NARAYANA DASA, PhD, founder of the Jiva Institute of en Español with Rina Jakubowicz APRIL 17–22 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Working with Clients Vaishnava Studies, serves as a visit- The Kripalu Yoga Teacher Gerard C. Buffo, Larissa Hall Carlson, ing professor at the State Univer- at Kripalu Center Vasant Lad, Rosy Mann, Margrit Mikulis, sity of New Jersey, Rutgers, and Training Refresher Course Satya Narayana Dasa, and William Siff American Hindu University. jiva.com Two 12-day modules Coby Kozlowski and Michelle Dalbec WILLIAM SIFF owns and operates This fourth module is a clinical-heavy, Goldthread, a medicinal herb farm, PART 1 JULY 31–AUGUST 12 hands-on module where you build your confidence in providing Ayurvedic Reboot your teaching career and reignite your apothecary, distillery, and education diet and lifestyle consultations. We also discuss the practicalities of opening a PART 2 OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 11 passion in a program designed for 200-hour center in western Massachusetts. practice and the ethics of offering consultations. Kripalu Yoga teachers or 200-hour yoga teachers goldthreadapothecary.com from other traditions interested in learning the TUITION $2,675 plus room & meals. For more information, fundamentals of Kripalu Yoga. TUITION $1,049, plus room & meals. For more information, contact contact [email protected] or 800.848.8702. [email protected] or 800.848.8702. TUITION $325, plus room & meals. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 13 Kripalu | PRESENTERS AND PROGRAMS

“The goal is not to perfect yourself, the goal is to perfect your kindness.” Presenters —Jack Kornfield and Programs Our programs are categorized by theme so that you can easily Study with the best. find programs that interest you. February Highlights | p. 16 Kripalu presenters are international thought leaders—beloved yoga Ayurveda | p. 20 and meditation teachers, respected scientists, best-selling authors, Bodywork/Energy Healing | p. 22 and renowned healers. In powerful, insightful programs and trainings, Creative Expression | p. 28 they offer heart-opening experiences that support Kripalu’s vision of Fitness and the Outdoors | p. 36 an awakened, compassionate, and connected world. Health and Wellness | p. 40 Neuroscience and Psychology | p. 48 Relationships | p. 52 Self-Discovery | p. 58 Jack Kornfield Yoga and Meditation | p. 70

Prefer to choose your programs by date? See the calendar of programs on page 100.

Find programs by your favorite presenter on page 108. Left to right Joe Dispenza, Caroline Myss, Tara Brach, Snatam Kaur, , James Van Praagh

800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 15 Kripalu | FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS Register today for these FEBRUARY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY The Stories We Carry February remarkable programs and MEDITATION AND WRITING Highlights DANI SHAPIRO presenters—this February Join best-selling author Dani Shapiro for an inspiring experience that com- bines a powerful blend of meditation at Kripalu. and movement, generative writing exercises, group sharing, and discus- sion. Explore the courage, persistence, FEBRUARY 1–MAY 18 and patience that it takes to dive into ON-SITE | ONLINE memory and generate new work. Crafting the Resilient Life Maria Sirois, PsyD

FEBRUARY 5–7 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Every day, you can choose to grow, and to focus on the practices and Getting Your Groove Back attitudes that enable you to cultivate and sustain healthy transformation. JOAN BORYSENKO FEBRUARY 19–21 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Learn to move through challenging times into a more serene life—one in Rediscover your essential self with Joan Make Me One which you flourish no matter what. Borysenko, one of the country’s leading with Everything This in-depth program combines two pioneers in mind-body science, Positive on-campus immersions (on-site dates: Psychology, and spiritual exploration. This BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS TO AWAKEN February 7–10 and May 15–18) with retreat is designed to help you remember FROM THE ILLUSION OF SEPARATION online learning modules. FEBRUARY 26–28 who you are when all the stress and FRIDAY–SUNDAY grouchiness falls away. LAMA SURYA DAS Heart of Devotion Experience practical inter-meditations and tantric exercises that offer what’s known KRISHNA DAS as the “one taste” of tantric and . Open portals to oneness Experience chanting as a spiritual with nature, others, and your deepest practice in this weekend of kirtan power, and go beyond concepts such as and Q&A. Layering traditional distraction, concentration, or the separation Hindu kirtan with instantly between the sacred and mundane. accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star,” with a soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener. FEBRUARY 12–14 FRIDAY–SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26–28 FRIDAY–SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 4 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Dharma Yoga Intensive Living the Evolutionary Life UNLEASHING PSYCHIC FORCES The ROBERT THURMAN for Health Professionals DHARMA MITTRA This powerful immersion with Robert Lisa B. Nelson, MD, Angela Wilson, MA, and special guest Sat Bir S. Khalsa, MD Dharma Yoga recharges you at every Thurman, renowned professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University, offers a level as you practice the most efficient CE/CME credits postures and breathing exercises, deep, greater understanding of the fascinating healing psychic sleep, chanting spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism and Curious about the science behind and meditation, and how to lock energy explores the Buddha’s pioneering yoga postures, meditation, and breath- in and use it for renewal when you need it. discoveries and the path of “super- ing techniques? Learn how these Learn to apply esoteric yoga knowledge education.” Follow in the footsteps of practices can enhance your physical directly to your life in this intensive with the Buddha, and shape a life focused on and mental health, as well as that of renowned master Dharma Mittra. evolution and understanding. your clients and patients.

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APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Contemplative THE WISE AND LOVING HEART MEDITATION FOR FREEDOM AND COMPASSION JACK KORNFIELD Week at Kripalu with Winnie Nazarko and Alex Haley | p. 79

APRIL 3–8

Leave the busy world behind and experience APRIL 3–5 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY Contemplative Week in an R&R Retreat Creating Yantras HEALING WITH SACRED GEOMETRY AND COLOR or select one of our introspective program Sarah Tomlinson | p. 30 offerings. This week of silent meals and quieter spaces is a perfect opportunity to APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Divine Sleep soothe the mind and body, and renew your Teacher Training connection to yourself. Jennifer Reis | p. 78

APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Ayurvedic Bodywork Training SHIRODHARA AND MARMA-BALANCING TREATMENT Hilary Garivaltis | p. 20

APRIL 3–8 R&R QUIET RETREAT APRIL 5–7 TUESDAY–THURSDAY During Contemplative Week, a Kripalu R&R Retreat inspires you to nurture your deepest self. Our selection of workshops gives you opportunities to explore the Creating Miracles with Malas power of meditation, learn new daily Ayurvedic routines, or tune into your energy during a pranayama or yoga class. Satya Scainetti | p. 31

NOTE Minimum stay of two nights is required; no Saturday arrivals or departures. FIND OUT MORE kripalu.org/rr

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MARCH 11–13 FRIDAY–SUNDAY CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK Self-Care Ayurvedic APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Cooking Immersion for the Five Senses Ayurveda Kate O’Donnell Ayurvedic Bodywork Training AYURVEDA OFFERS SIMPLE DAILY PRACTICES FOR KEEPING FOR everyone. CE credits. THE SENSE ORGANS HEALTHY AND NOURISHED IN ALL SEASONS. SHIRODHARA AND It’s easier than you MARMA-BALANCING TREATMENT think to incorporate Hilary Garivaltis APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Ayurvedic health principles into your FOR bodyworkers (see note below). CE credits. Introduction to cooking. Learn how Yoga and Ayurveda to reap the benefits Learn Ayurvedic theory as applied to body- of Ayurveda’s work, including the five elements and three RADIANT HEALTH ON AND OFF THE MAT approach to daily doshas, or constitutions. Under the guid- food preparation, ance of Hilary Garivaltis, founder and former MICAH MORTALI AND seasonal choices, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, this LARISSA HALL CARLSON and optimizing digestive power. Kate training includes Take your ear-care routine beyond Q-tips® with this practice for O’Donnell shares simple tools, techniques, • Shirodhara, a treatment using warm oil Ears FOR all levels. CE credits. and recipes, and teaches you to poured rhythmically on the forehead energetically cleansing the ears: Upon waking, avoid bombarding the ears with Enhance your overall health and well- • Set up an Ayurvedic pantry loud, disturbing, irritating, or violent noises (such as the morning news or a heated • Marma balancing, a full-body treatment being with the sister sciences of yoga and • Eat for your body type and the season that focuses on vital energy points conversation with a family member). Instead, bathe the ears in pleasant sounds, Ayurveda. Micah Mortali, Director of the and pathways to create balance and • Prepare everyday dishes that make you like loving words, sweet music, birdsong, or the wind in the trees. Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda, and rejuvenation feel your best Larissa Hall Carlson, Dean of the Kripalu • Ceremony and mantra, or sacred sound, to • Use daily Ayurvedic self-care routines. School of Ayurveda, invite you to make yoga establish a calm and healing environment. and Ayurveda part of your routine for thriv- Get a taste of Ayurveda and leave with the Rosewater (an organic distillation of roses) is a fragrant pick-me- ing and wellness, in a weekend that includes confidence to integrate this ancient heal- Eyes NOTE Oils are used in hands-on practice, ing system into your kitchen. up for the eyes. A few sprays will relieve excess heat and refresh tired eyes. Keep • Fun yoga warm-ups, fundamental postures, so casual clothing is recommended. Old purifying breathing practices, and tranquil bathing suits or undergarments may be a bottle at your desk for anytime you need a quick revitalizer. If you don’t have RECOMMENDED READING meditations Kate O’Donnell, useful. We highly recommend receiving a rosewater on hand, splashing the eyes with cool water works, too. • The eight limbs of yoga philosophy: the The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook. Shirodhara treatment from our Healing Arts basic yogic framework for exploring body, NOTE This program is eligible for 9 NAMA Department while you are here. Please book breath, and mind CE credits. in advance of your arrival, and tell your res- • Foundational concepts of Ayurveda, including TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see ervationist that you are part of this training. Skin Abhyanga, the Ayurvedic practice of oiled self-massage, nourishes the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) page 104. (web code ACI-161) This course is designed for bodyworkers the skin, soothes the nervous system, and stimulates the lymphatic system. and is eligible for CE credits through NAMA; Sesame oil is best for the cooler seasons, and coconut or sunflower oil for the • Ayurvedic tools for self-care, including others should direct inquiries to Hilary at seasonal diet recommendations, lifestyle KATE O’DONNELL, author warmer. Use long strokes on the long bones and circular strokes on the joints. Do [email protected]. techniques, and self-massage. of The Everyday Ayurveda abhyanga in the shower; the heat will help the oil soak into the skin. Gather simple, enjoyable, and effective tools Cookbook, is a nationally cer- TUITION $358, plus room & meals; see page for enriching your life and health on the yoga tified Ayurvedic practitioner, 104. (web code ABTSM-161) mat and beyond. Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. HILARY GARIVALTIS trained Tongue scraping removes toxins deposited by gastrointestinal NOTE See this program on the Kripalu web- ayurvedaboston.com Mouth at the New England Institute of activity during sleep. Use a copper or stainless steel scraper, and pull from back site for recommended reading and listening. Ayurvedic Medicine and TUITION $230, plus room & meals; see page Rishikesh College of Ayurveda to front of the tongue five or six times (rinsing between scrapes), first thing in 104. (web code ITAV-161) in . hilarygarivaltis.com the morning. Gargling with warm water mixed with a pinch of salt helps prevent sickness; add a pinch of turmeric if you feel a cold coming on. MICAH MORTALI, Director of the Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda and longtime Kripalu Yoga teacher, has been leading Nose Try a pot to cleanse the nasal passages, using warm water groups in wilderness and corporate settings and a pinch of salt (follow the directions that come with your pot and be sure for more than 15 years. KRIPALU SCHOOL to use purified water). For the Ayurvedic routine known as nasya (lubricating LARISSA HALL CARLSON, E-RYT 500, the nasal passages), use sesame or coconut oil or an herbalized nasya oil made Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, OF AYURVEDA especially for this practice. Dip a finger into the oil and sniff it into one nostril at a guides retreats, directs trainings, and pro- vides Ayurvedic consultations throughout Take your interest in Ayurveda time while closing the other nostril. to the next level with the Kripalu the country. larissacarlson.com School of Ayurveda. kripalu.org/ksa 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 21 Kripalu | BODYWORK/ENERGY HEALING

MARCH 1–4 TUESDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 20–25 SUNDAY–FRIDAY The Art of Reiki Professional Level Bodywork/ REIKI MASTER TRAINING LEVELS 1 AND 2 Foot Reflexology, Level 1 Energy Healing Libby Barnett Eileen Donovan CE credits. FOR healing arts practitioners and interested individuals. CE credits. Reiki Master Training gives you a deeper experience of the extraor- Spend some time loving your feet! Learn dinary power of Reiki to heal and the ancient healing art of foot reflexology transform. The Reiki Master attun- from master reflexologist Eileen Donovan. ement and symbol strengthen In this training, you learn complete 60- and your skill and effectiveness as a 90-minute reflexology flows that stimulate Reiki practitioner and enhance your ability to points on the feet to support health and heal and promote balance on all levels. healing. This training also includes Through talks, exercises, small-group work, PREREQUISITES Reiki 2 or Master from • A brief history of reflexology MARCH 4–7 FRIDAY–MONDAY MARCH 7–11 MONDAY–FRIDAY anecdotal studies, and discussion, you cross the any teacher, plus four months of Reiki • Observing and evaluating the condition threshold into Reiki mastery, as you practice following Reiki 2. of the feet and working with individual Positional Therapy Level 1 Positional Therapy Level 2 • Learn to perform the Reiki 1 and 2 attunement TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see needs AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH TO STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN AND ceremonies page 104. (web code AORM-161) • Relaxing massage techniques for the legs STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN AND MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE • Receive the Reiki Master attunement, symbol, and feet MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE Lee Albert and certificate LIBBY BARNETT, MSW, • Reflexology techniques, including a point Lee Albert • Review Reiki 2 symbols and practice protocols is a Reiki Master whose map of the organs and systems, and zone FOR people who have completed Positional • Expand your awareness of Reiki as a spiritual experience as a medical theory FOR bodyworkers, yoga teachers, nurses, chi- Therapy Level 1. CE credits. practice social worker at Massa- • Proper body mechanics and stretches for ropractors, doctors, and interested individuals. chusetts General Hospital • Learn to teach others to do Reiki practitioners CE credits. Build on Level 1 training, including body provides a foundation for • Contraindications and general health positions and movements that effectively • Create a more loving connection with yourself, her work. reikienergy.com Learn a therapy for recovery from chronic treat pain caused by injury, stress, repetitive Source, and others. awareness pain that often works where other motion, postural distortion, and chronic • How to support clients with intake-session approaches fail. Positional Therapy can neuromuscular conditions. By using a protocol and closure. be used for self-healing and with family, combination of strain-counterstrain, muscle Join Eileen to experience the power of friends, and clients. Lee Albert is a gifted energy techniques, stretches, and home-care MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY reflexology, whether for professional or therapist whose expertise and unique elements, you learn to personal use. approach equip you with the tools to bring • Recognize neuromuscular pain patterns Tai Chi Alchemy effective relief to issues caused by injury, • Work more effectively with joints GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND NOTE Tuition includes a manual and stress, repetitive motion, postural distortion, INTO THE GAME products to use in the training. Due to the and chronic neuromuscular conditions. • Release tendons Rick Barrett intensive nature of this program, it may Through simple hands-on techniques, • Take your practice to a whole new level. be difficult to participate in other Kripalu In addition, you receive a training manual the body’s habitual holding pattern in FOR all levels. events or receive Healing Arts services. a particular area is released. Results are with photos of each position, an intake form, TUITION $445, plus room & meals; see page immediate and often permanent, and the and a suggested homework sheet that you The mysterious and paradoxical world of tai chi 104. (web code FRFT-161) techniques are gentle and easy to learn. can photocopy for use in your practice. ch’uan seems to defy the laws of physics. A fin- Clients have described the outcome as ger stops a fist. A tiny woman lifts a man three EILEEN DONOVAN, CMT, is a “magical.” You learn to PREREQUISITE Positional Therapy Level 1. times her size. That world becomes instantly reflexology practitioner and • Find and disable chronic pain NOTE Tuition includes a manual. accessible, however, when approached as instructor with more than two mechanisms an exercise of authentic engagement. Tai chi TUITION $380, plus room & meals; see page decades of experience. She practice brings us into heightened states of • Search for and recognize trigger points 104. (web code POTT-161) teaches a three-part certifica- body-mind-spirit integration and the remark- TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see • Address specific conditions and injuries. tion training in reflexology at able abilities that come with that, including page 104. (web code TCA-161) Expect to be surprised, have fun, and massage schools and institutions of higher LEE ALBERT, NMT, a neuro- • Presence bring home an invaluable new toolbox for muscular therapist and yoga education. eileensreflexologyheals.com • Effortless power pain relief. instructor trained in orthopedic RICK BARRETT, author massage, positional therapy, • Rooting (energetic connection with the earth) and national champion in tai chi push hands, has NOTE Tuition includes a manual. and yoga therapy, is author of • Instant meditation (accessing the “space practiced Chinese internal TUITION $310, plus room & meals; see Live Pain-Free without Drugs or between thoughts”) martial arts and energy page 104. (web code POT-161) Surgery. leealbert.com • The transformation of fear into love healing for 35 years. • Authentic soul-to-soul connections. rickbarrett.net When we meet with our whole beings, we ⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a 10 percent tuition discount for each program. become full participants in an alchemy that unearths treasures buried in plain sight. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 23 Kripalu | BODYWORK/ENERGY HEALING

MARCH 27–APRIL 1 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 10–14 SUNDAY–THURSDAY Traditional Japanese Stillness in Motion Reiki Levels I and II ZEN PRACTICE AND WILD GOOSE QIGONG GENDAI REIKI HO SHODEN Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum AND OKUDEN Kripalu FOR all levels. CE credits. James and Audrey Pearson Shihans Combining the practices of Zen and Dayan (Wild Goose) Healing Arts FOR all levels. CE credits. Qigong, learn how to meet each moment with effort- less effort, and to find ease and joy in everyday life. In creating the Usui Reiki system, Mikao EXPERIENCE A DEEPER Usui’s intention was to offer a path In Zen, you return to stillness, finding the movement KIND OF WELLNESS. to enlightenment or satori: a state at its heart. In qigong, you remove blockages in the of perfect harmony and calm. Learn acupuncture meridians so energy can flow. Come experience to open your energy channel to that • Warm-up exercises, acupressure self-massage, and the 64 movements of Dayan Qigong • Bodywork harmony through attunements, breath • The shikantaza (just sitting) meditation of Soto Zen, as well as basic Taoist meditation awareness, meditation, visualization, • Dharma talks and optional individual practice discussion with a senior teacher of Zen • Ayurvedic treatments self-purification, and self-empowerment and qigong techniques. and consultations • Simple, practical ways to incorporate Zen and qigong into daily activities. Level I includes Usui Sensei’s healing techniques for attaining physical, men- • Wellness consultations RECOMMENDING READING See this program on the Kripalu website. tal, emotional, and spiritual equilibrium. In Level II, you deepen your contact with NOTE Wear loose, comfortable clothing. Shoes with thin, flat soles are best for qigong. • Facials Reiki energy and learn techniques to TUITION $375, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SIM-161) accelerate healing. The training includes

MARCH 27–APRIL 10 TWO-WEEK PROGRAM • Attunements for Japanese Reiki Levels ROBERT MEIKYO ROSENBAUM, PHD, is a clinical neuropsychologist, Book your treatment today. I and II psychotherapist, Zen and qigong teacher, and author of Walking the Way: We recommend making your Qigong Healer Professional Training • Techniques for self-healing and healing 81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching. zenqigong.com others reservation two weeks in ROBERT PENG • The first three symbols Mikao Usui advance of your stay. transmitted to his students. FOR everyone; no qigong experience required. 888.738.1822 As you increase your contact with Reiki In this 14-day professional training, become a qigong healer and learn the energy, you move forward on the path to techniques and meditations that Robert Peng learned from his teacher, spiritual fulfillment. Xiao Yao, a legendary monk with remarkable healing gifts. FIND OUT MORE about services, APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Enhance and empower your energy by learning TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see consultations, and packages at page 104. (web code PTR-161) • Qigong theory and practice Tap into the Power of kripalu.org/healingarts • Hands-on and remote qigong healing techniques hold Clarity Using Emotional • Yang techniques such as dian xue and tai chi press JAMES and AUDREY PEARSON the title of Gendai Reiki Ho Shihan in the Freedom Techniques • Yin techniques including sword finger, qigong hypnosis, and S pattern to lineage of Hiroshi Doi Sensei. They stud- Carol Look reorganize the energy field ied the original Reiki teachings with Usui • Esoteric self-empowerment exercises to continue improving your skills. Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, who empowered FOR everyone. CE credits. Return home with the ability to offer a full and effective qigong healing them to carry the Gendai Reiki lineage. session. yogapathways.com Learn to rely on your intuition and energy to lever- age the power of clarity in all areas of your life. In NOTE This program is appropriate for both nonprofessionals and healing this intensive Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) professionals. Participants receive a certificate of completion at the conclu- training, Carol Look leads you through exercises sion of the course. designed to release emotional blocks, erase fear, and eliminate resistance. TUITION $2,780 plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BQH-161) Using demonstrations, coupled with her extensive clinical experience, Carol teaches you to make decisions easily—say “no” when you need to and learn what a true “yes” feels ROBERT PENG, internationally renowned qigong master, studied and like. She combines her training as a psychotherapist with extensive experience as an EFT practiced with Master Xiao Yao, who guided him in a 100-day water fast to master for unprecedented results in the application of EFT. purify his healing energy. robertpeng.com TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFTIG-161)

CAROL LOOK is a coach, speaker, intuitive healer, author of Attracting Abundance with EFT, and director of the Abundance Coaching Program. carollook.com

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APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 8–13 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY Stillness Touch Elements of Polarity MAY 18–20 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY The Awakened THE ART OF TRANSMITTING LOVE SECRETS OF THE HUMAN Emotional Energy Field Charles Ridley ENERGY SYSTEM Freedom Techniques HEALING TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH, Gary Strauss and Tracy Griffiths GROWTH, AND AWAKENING FOR everyone. CE credits. LEVEL 2 Ann Marie Chiasson FOR everyone, including bodyworkers. CE credits. Jan L. Watkins Stillness Touch uses hands-on contact to Explore the energy field, the basics of restore the body’s natural state of wisdom Take an empowering journey into the essence of FOR everyone who has completed energy medicine, and the fundamentals and harmony. Based on Biodynamic Cranial the polarity method and how it works with the Level 1. CE credits. of vitality and energy flow with medical Touch, as outlined in Charles Ridley’s book body’s subtle energy systems. In this intensive doctor Ann Marie Chiasson. This program Stillness, this practice allows you to realize hands-on training, you gain a deep understand- Level 2 EFT training moves you addresses specific health issues, chronic the trust, safety, and freedom needed to be ing of the chakras and elements, including through supervised practice to illness, and chronic pain states, according your illuminated self. • How to process energy deeply explore the possibilities of MAY 15–18 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY to the individual needs of program partici- In this program, you learn • Specific bodywork techniques for EFT and sharpen your practitioner pants. Ann Marie has studied with healers, • Inner-body stillness meditations balancing the five elements (ether, air, fire, skills. This training is comprised of teachers, and shamans from multiple Emotional eight learning modules that build on MAY 8–13 SUNDAY–FRIDAY • How to connect to your core midline water, and earth) modalities and traditions, and blends con- the EFT skills you learned in Level 1, • Protocols for each ’s element and Freedom Techniques ventional health care with energy medicine • Whole-body breathing going further into key methods of Cherokee Bodywork when and how to apply them and other traditional healing modalities. • How to feel nuances of inner flow as states LEVEL 1 clinical EFT. Using hands-on demon- Using movement and self-healing exer- Lewis Mehl-Madrona of consciousness unfold • Exercises for working with key energetic Jan L. Watkins strations, supervised exercises, and cises, you points guidance and feedback from a certi- FOR massage therapists and bodyworkers as well • Ways to inhabit your inner centers: head, • How to integrate craniosacral techniques FOR everyone. CE credits. fied expert trainer, you learn how to • Examine the health of the body’s energy as those without prior bodywork experience. heart, and belly. with energy medicine principles. utilize the full potential of EFT. field, remove blocks, and increase energy CE credits. The body is meant to be a sacred vessel of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) flow Topics to be covered include love, and Stillness Touch connects you to Enhance your healing skills as you immerse is a powerful, clinically proven self-help • Develop a deeper relationship with states Almost all indigenous cultures had direct, conscious, radiant love. yourself in this powerfully effective modality. method for reducing the emotional • Essential EFT principles of awareness housed within the body to hands-on methods of healing. Learn the The emphasis of this training is on under- impact of memories and incidents that NOTE See this program on the Kripalu web- • Gentle methods to facilitate easy, augment vitality and healing rare Cherokee art of healing touch in a site for additional information. standing the activity of elemental energies in trigger emotional distress. This work- natural processing of emotions workshop that includes your own life so that you can work with these shop builds your skills step by step, so • Explore awakening through the body, a • Identifying and clearing core life radically different approach from techniques • Supervised practice of Cherokee bodywork REQUIRED READING Charles Ridley, energies in others. you can apply EFT effectively, whether events that cause patterns to that emphasize mind and consciousness • Cherokee breathwork techniques designed Stillness Touch (e-book), available at you wish to integrate it into your profes- repeat TUITION $545, plus room & meals; see page sional practice, bring it to the classroom, • Create a plan for working with the energy to restore spirit to the entire body dynamicstillness.com. • The “writing on your walls” (the 104. (web code EOP-161) or simply unlock its full power for your- body when you return home. • The incorporation of imagery and TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page attitudes, opinions, and beliefs self and your friends. dialogue into bodywork 104. (web code STTL-161) you’ve accumulated over the years) TUITION $276, plus room & meals; see page GARY STRAUSS, MS, RPP, This training offers and how it affects your life • The importance of ceremony, ritual, and 104. (web code DIB-161) PWE, a master practitioner and • Essential EFT principles intent in bodywork CHAR LES RIDLEY is the • The scope of EFT practice and world-renowned polarity ther- • Osteopathic or “manipulative” medicine author of Stillness: Biody- • Stress-reduction techniques that can advanced techniques. apy and CranioSacral Unwinding ANN MARIE CHIASSON, MD, clinical assis- as a means of dialogue with the body namic Cranial Practice and be easily incorporated with other instructor, is founder and direc- tant professor of medicine at the University the Evolution of Conscious- modalities NOTE See this program on the • Cherokee use of acupressure, energy tor of Life Energy Institute. of Arizona, is coauthor with Dr. Andrew ness. He is a practitioner, • Tools for dealing with negative Kripalu website for recommended meridians, crystals, and energy medicine lifeenergyinstitute.net Weil of Self-Healing with Energy Medicine. teacher, and founder of the emotions, limiting beliefs, and the reading and information about • A fire ceremony (weather permitting). annmariechiassonmd.com Dynamic Stillness school. TRACY GRIFFITHS, BCPP, is a emotional roots of pain certification. We’ll complete our time together with a dynamicstillness.com healing arts professional spe- • Hands-on instruction and TUITION $325, plus room & meals; prayer ritual, and ask for a blessing on the cializing in polarity therapy and demonstrations see page 104. (web code EFTT-2161) healing work we have done and the continu- aromatherapy, and a Certified ing journey that lies before us. This program • Supervised exercises Trauma Release Exercise facilita- is for those who want to practice giving body- • Indispensable tools for professional, tor. lifeenergyinstitute.net work and for those who wish to receive it. personal, and family life. JAN L. WATKINS, JD, MSW, is a coach and RECOMMENDED READING Lewis Mehl- NOTE See this program on the Kripalu psychotherapist who has Madrona, Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, website for recommended reading and used EFT and other Coyote Wisdom, and Narrative Medicine. information about certification. energy modalities in her TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see practice for more than page 104 (web page CKBW-161) page 104. (web code EFTT-1161) 15 years. janwatkins.com

LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA, MD, a graduate of School of Medicine, trained in family medicine, ⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a 10 percent tuition discount for each program. psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He is of Cherokee and Lakota heritage.

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MARCH 6–11 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 11–13 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 20–25 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Jump-Start Your Memoir Drumming and Yoga Harmonica-Based Mindfulness Deep Writing Workshop Creative WRITE IT FROM THE HEART A RHYTHMIC REJUVENATION RETREAT REDUCE STRESS AND PLAY BLUES, ROCK, AND FOLK INSTANTLY! Eric Maisel Nancy Slonim Aronie with Frannie Faith Shaun LaFramboise and Allison Gemmel David Harp Expression LaFramboise Give yourself the gift of a week in the embrace of your writing. Eric Maisel’s Deep FOR everyone. FOR everyone; no experience needed. Writing program is simple in structure and FOR everyone; no experience needed. Tell your story, honoring your voice Could you benefit from a unique and joyful way powerful in effect. Eric creates a genuinely and writing in your own rhythm. Nancy Revitalize your body and spirit in a dynamic, fun to begin or deepen a mindfulness or yoga prac- safe environment in which your writing is Slonim Aronie says, “I don’t think anyone weekend of Kripalu Yoga and African-influenced tice? What better way to focus on breathing— neither shared nor critiqued. Instead, you can teach writing. What I can do is make hand drumming led by Shaun LaFramboise and a basic element of yoga, mindfulness, and many receive permission to spend time connect- it safe. When you feel safe, you can do Allison Gemmel LaFramboise, members of KDZ: stress-reduction methods—than with the inhala- ing with, and falling back in love with, your anything.” The Kripalu Drummers. Come expand aware- tions and exhalations of a catchy rhythm on a own writing as you This program focuses on personal narra- ness, access energy, cultivate transformation, harmonica? • Make real progress on your chosen tive, but if you want to write the begin- and have a really good time. In this program, you learn to project ning of your screenplay, the poetry Your day begins with a rhythm-filled yoga prac- • Play in duets and small groups to build musi- • Explore the unique challenges that NOTE collection that has been marinating in tice to reconnect with the inner pulse of your cal, interpersonal, and communication skills Tuition includes two harmonicas, writers face you for years, song lyrics, a monologue, body, breath, and energy. Then make the shift to David Harp’s workbook, and a CD. • Integrate harmonica-based breath focus • Resolve long-standing issues around or stories for your grandkids, this is creative expression by exploring TUITION with asana to enhance vinyasa and create a $330, plus room & meals; see commitment, generating mental the place to begin. Make the leap from • African-influenced rhythms (djembe- and personalized mindfulness practice page 104. (web code AHM-161) energy, achieving a centered presence, yearning to writing! Ashiko-style drumming) mastering anxiety, upholding your • Use a HarMantra to short-circuit stress. Within the warm, inspiring, and empow- dream, and maintaining the writing life. • Proper body mechanics and drumming technique DAVID HARP, MA, has ering environment that Nancy creates, Within minutes, you’ll be improvising simple • Drum circles taught more than This program is ideal for writers at every it’s easier to silence the inner critic and blues and rock. By Friday, you’ll be playing 100,000 people to medi- level of experience, whether you’re hop- explore a realm of authenticity. Reassur- • Basic and intermediate solo technique everything from Amazing Grace to amplified tate and a million more ing to get back to a beloved project, ing for the beginning writer and refresh- • Take-home practice rhythms jam sessions as you gain accessible and effec- to play harmonica immersed in a current project, or looking ing for the burned-out professional, this tive mindfulness skills that can be applied any- • Intentions and the power to manifest the life through his workshops to discover your subject. program is a chance to take yourself and where, anytime—with or without a harmonica. you want. and his many books. your writing seriously. You also have the option to move to live harmonicayoga.com TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see drumming by KDZ during a Kripalu YogaDance® page 104. (web code DWW-161) TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see session. Come unearth your inner beat! page 104. (web code WFH-161) ERIC MAISEL, PHD, is the author of NOTE Bring a drum if you have one. If not, let us MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY 40 books, founder of the profession of NANCY SLONIM ARONIE, know when you register that you need a drum creativity coaching, and developer of a commentator for National so we can reserve one for you. Bring an audio Vibrant Visionary Collage natural psychology, the new psychology recorder if you’d like. Public Radio, is author of AWAKEN SHAKTI FOR CREATIVITY of meaning. ericmaisel.com Writing from the Heart and TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see page 104. Karen Arp-Sandel founder of the Chilmark (web code RRYD-161) Writing Workshop. ⊕⊕COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with Life Purpose FOR all women. Boot Camp, March 25–27, for a 10 percent chilmarkwritingworkshop.com SHAUN LAFRAMBOISE AND ALLISON tuition discount for each program; see page 61. Tap into your imagination and your highest FRANNIE FAITH, singer- GEMMEL LAFRAMBOISE are cofounders of creative and spiritual potential. Welcome Shakti, songwriter and certified KDZ: The Kripalu Drummers and Handsdown the divine feminine power at the center of vision- yoga nidra teacher, brings Productions. They lead ary creativity, in this retreat packed with playful NOTE Tuition includes materials. You meditation, mindfulness, retreats, drum circles, mixed-media art, ritual, poetry, and dharma talks. are encouraged to bring personal and music together to heal and workshops collage inspirations and favorite others and open hearts. throughout Commune with other women seeking the poetry to share. franniefaith.com the Northeast. heartbeat of creativity as you drummingandyoga.com • Experience yoga as a path to your deepest TUITION $400, plus room & meals; purpose see page 104. (web code VVC-161) • Discover the power in the sacred symbols of collage KAREN ARP-SANDEL, • Open the portal to yoga and Shakti using BA, KYT, KYIS, artist, daily practices educator, and spiritual activist, awakens the • Encircle your inner artist with permission transformational power of • Connect with nature through earth mandala creativity by teaching art meditations as a spiritual practice. • Cultivate your Collage-A-Day practice to karenarpsandel.com empower your soul’s journey • Awaken the dreams and visions already within you.

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MARCH 27–APRIL 1 MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK APRIL 24–29 SUNDAY–FRIDAY SUNDAY–FRIDAY The Natural Singer APRIL 5–7 TUESDAY–THURSDAY The Writer’s Journey Unlock Your Potential FIND YOUR TRUE VOICE CRAFTING COMPELLING Coby Kozlowski Creating Miracles PERSONAL STORIES Claude Stein with Malas FOR everyone. Laura Davis FOR everyone. Satya Scainetti FOR all levels; both new and seasoned writers Reignite your inner spark and come Come celebrate the magnificent healing power welcome. home to the self you’ve been wait- FOR everyone. of your voice. Whether you already sing, or have ing for. Spring is the time to shed always wished you could, this program provides a If you dream of writing but haven’t been able the heaviness of winter, release Create a piece of jewelry that showcases remarkably safe environment to finally find your to find the right time, space, or circumstances what no longer serves you, and your unique sense of style, helps to true voice and sing your heart open. TUITION $315, plus room & meals; to do so, here’s your opportunity. Come write plant the seeds of intention for the center you, and acts as an amulet for all see page 104. (web code NS-162) in a vibrant, supportive community. Write so season ahead. Learn exercises to relax the throat, increase that you want to manifest in your life. breathing and range, sing in key, and project fear- The mala is a traditional garland of 108 you can understand yourself more deeply, so What do you want to cultivate in lessly. Then, using our favorite songs and authen- prayer beads. Each bead represents a you can be seen more clearly, and because your life? What can you unlock to CLAUDE STEIN has tic intention, we share stunning breakthroughs in truth, and meditating on the beads with you sense there are stories living inside you find the genius of imagination, free- coached artists on self-expression. an affirmation, or mantra, fosters greater that need to be told. dom, and ease within? Connect to every major record RECOMMENDED READING Natalie peace of mind. The Writer’s Journey alternates periods of your innate creative power through The results will amaze you as you triumph over the label; at Juilliard, the Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones. physical, emotional, and psychological issues that Actors Institute, and In this fun and creative program, the writing with listening to each other—not • Expressive movement (yoga, TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see silence or limit you. Whether you’re a total begin- NYU Music Therapy; cofounder of Satya Jewelry leads you in from a place of judgment or analysis, but dance, and Hula-Hooping) with focused attention and deep acceptance. page 104. (web code WJC-161) ner, or your goal is to take a public performance and for Fortune 200 • The sacred art of mala making • Reflection (joy-filled meditations, to the next level, you’ll find yourself singing like Learn to transform scraps of memory into a clients. naturalsinger.com • Using the mala to manifest miracles in writing, and storytelling) you’ve always wanted to and sharing your heart rich, written legacy through LAURA DAVIS is the best- your life • The cultivation of intention, ritual, more easily. Therapists, coaches, and workshop • Creative exercises selling author of The Courage • Viewing your mala as a metaphor and a and curiosity. leaders also find the techniques valuable. • Guided meditations to Heal and six other life- talisman for individual empowerment. changing books. She leads Find the inspiration you need to live • Evocative writing prompts. life to its fullest while relishing this Take this magical journey with Satya transformational writing Return home with a myriad of strategies for writ- fun and rejuvenating retreat. Scainetti and return home with a retreats in the CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK one-of-a-kind mala bead necklace. ing about the past with immediacy and insight. and abroad. lauradavis.net TUITION $399, plus room & meals; APRIL 3–5 SUNDAY–TUESDAY see page 104. (web code RRYP-161) TUITION $305, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code POI-161) Creating Yantras APRIL 17–22 SUNDAY–FRIDAY COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, E-RYT, HEALING WITH SACRED GEOMETRY SATYA SCAINETTI, is a faculty member for the Kripalu AND COLOR Sharing Your Life Story founder and designer of School of Yoga and founder of Sarah Tomlinson FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive™. Satya Jewelry, is a philan- thropist, yoga teacher, and Ann Randolph cobyk.com FOR everyone. Reiki healer dedicated to giving back to the world FOR everyone; no writing experience required. Immerse yourself in sacred geometry and color community. satyajewelry.com using the ancient healing practice of creating TUITION $305, plus room & meals; see Everything in your life, from the mundane to the extraordinary, is a story waiting to be told. yantras, or precise geometrical patterns. Choosing page 104. (web code CYSG-161) This program is an invitation for you to discover your unique and powerful story. Michel from specific yantras for emotional, mental, and ⊕⊕COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with Creating de Montaigne, the great personal essayist, said, “Every man has within himself the entire spiritual healing, you color pre-drawn outlines of Yantras: Healing with Sacred Geometry and SARAH TOMLINSON is a human condition.” yantra forms or create your own outline using a Color for a 10 percent tuition discount for certified Writing from your deepest source, you gain insight and self-understanding that can bring compass, ruler, and pencil, following Sarah Tomlin- each program; see page 30. teacher and author of Nine peace and healing. You then make the leap from page to stage, sharing your words orally son’s step-by-step method. Designs for Inner Peace: The and uncovering the power of story to transform your life and your listeners. Explore coloring with mantras as meditation, Ultimate Guide to Meditat- Through improvisation, writing exercises, and group discussion, you find your authentic employing an array of brushes, gouache ing with Color, Shape, and voice and deeply explore your personal narrative, within a supportive, fun, and dynamic paint, colored pencils, or pens. In this fun pro- Sound. yantrabliss.com creative environment. Experiment with personal essay, memoir, solo performance, and/ gram, you learn to or the practice of journaling. All levels are welcome. • Connect with your calm center as you become absorbed in coloring RECOMMENDED READING Deena Metzger, Writing for Your Life and Steven Pressfield, • Feel the healing quality of your chosen yantra make palpable shifts in your body, mind, The War of Art. and creative life TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SYLS-161) • Tap into wholeness, peace, and creativity. Depart with a beautiful yantra to uplift the energy of your home, office, or altar space. ANN RANDOLPH is a gifted and innovative writer-performer who has been hailed by critics as “revolutionary, Whitmanesque, and a tour de ⊕⊕COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with Creating Miracles with Malas for a 10 force.” annrandolph.com percent tuition discount for each program; see page 31.

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MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY Crafting Watercolor Handmade Books A NEW BEGINNING Valerie Carrigan Ann K. Lindsay

FOR everyone; children 10 and older are FOR everyone; no prior experience required. welcome with an adult. Explore the lively, transparent medium of watercolor, Make time for a meditative experience even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush before. MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY of creativity, and take a collection of In a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere, learn about beautiful handmade objects home with your materials and then let yourself go, enjoying Tangle to Tangle you. In the first part of this inspired how colors move on wet paper. By focusing weekend, you make experimental on the creative process as a playful adventure DEEPEN YOUR ZENTANGLE PRACTICE watercolors with pigment, salt, and rather than aiming for a perfect final product, you AND MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY stencils to use on the covers of your transform trepidation into excitement, tap into and MARIA THOMAS TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see books. Once your covers are done, you strengthen your artistic self, and engage more deeply page 104. (web code CHB-161) RICK ROBERTS Creative Myths sew a variety of handmade books that in the creative process. FOR people with previous Zentangle experience and Monsters can function as journals, sketchbooks, Artist Ann K. Lindsay gives you a thorough under- or gifts for friends. By the end of the VALERIE CARRIGAN is an or general knowledge of the Zentangle method. A WORKSHOP ON THE ARTIST’S WAY standing of how to mix colors for your painting program, you have a set of colorful artist and educator whose endeavors, and we’ll use our newfound tools to create Allow each pen stroke to guide you toward and uniquely bound books—and the work explores the intersec- JULIA CAMERON a small painting of the Kripalu landscape. When you the next on this Zentangle journey beyond know-how to make more. No experi- tion of the natural world enjoy painting without the judgments of your inner the basics. FOR everyone. ence necessary, just an open mind and and the human spirit. critic, it becomes a meditation, a prayer of grati- Using the fundamental steps of the Zentan- the willingness to explore your own valeriecarrigan.com tude, and an expression of your soul. Discover and recover creativity. gle method, explore tangles you may already be familiar with, discover new ones, and take your creative self NOTE See this program on the Kripalu website for a list of required materials your creations to a new level of fluidity. with Julia Cameron, and other important information. author of the This class unveils simple tricks and tools that TUITION $375, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WA-161) groundbreaking play with linking tangles to one another and book The Artist’s Way. includes MAY 1–6 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Now is the time to • Ways to start one tangle from the end of release your dreams MAY 30–JUNE 3 MONDAY–FRIDAY another and launch a more Soul Motion • Techniques to enjoy the process of creative life, simply by doing something Vinn Arjuna Martí Painting Flowers in Watercolor Zentangle and its in-the-moment creativity you love. Ann K. Lindsay FOR everyone. • The making of beautiful, free-flowing, Experience a lively mix of lecture, Q&A, Zentangle art. and creative clusters (success occurs in FOR everyone; no prior experience required. Come join the dance! Soul Motion is a conscious clusters and is born in generosity). Come Designed for everyone already enjoying this dance practice that embodies the joyful knowledge As spiritual beings in physical form, we have the natural yearning to create into an intensive, guided encounter with meditative form of artistic expression, this that we are all part of a dynamic, moving, and and connect with the world, both inner and outer. Painting with watercolor your own creativity, including your private program lets your Zentangle practice flour- changing world. No dance expertise or proficiency is one way to know the soul in a sacred world and the perfect medium for villains, champions, wishes, fears, dreams, ish and go even deeper, one tangle at a time. is required. depicting the beautiful transparency of flowers. Designed for beginning and hopes, and triumphs. In this program, you learn interior dance and intermediate painting students who love and enjoy flowers, this intensive TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page First published in 1992, The Artist’s Way is movement inquiry as you immerse your- offers a number of ways to draw flowers. 104. (web code AZWF-161) credited with helping millions of people self in the somatic fields of body, energy, Through a unique combination of blind contour, contour, and gesture draw- find and express authentic creativity in force, and time, showing up in your own ing, you experience increased perception and facility in flower drawing. their lives and work. Find out how in this MARIA THOMAS unique way. These somatic inquiries present After transferring the drawings to watercolor paper, you go on to invent unique weekend with Julia, designed to worked as a lettering a canvas for creative expression, a place where you and explore different painting possibilities. Come see what happens set you free. artist and operated a can run, walk, shape-shift, and dance the sounds of when you unleash your creative spirit and let the paint flow in an atmo- stationery design and music, breath, heartbeat, and the space inside the sphere of fun and exploration. RECOMMENDED READING Julia Cameron, room. production company The Artist’s Way. before cofounding This is dance that resounds with the vibrations of a NOTE See this program on the Kripalu website for a list of required materials. NOTE Bring a notebook and pen. Zentangle. zentangle.com living world to awaken you to your nature and con- TUITION $460, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BFW-161) TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see nect you to the whole. RICK ROBERTS was page 104. (web code WAW-161) a musician, photog- TUITION $345, plus room & meals; see page 104. ANN K. LINDSAY is an award-winning artist who has been rapher, and printer (web code GIBJ-161) teaching watercolor since 1989. She is the author of Water- author of 31 books, is before cofounding JULIA CAMERON, color: A New Beginning. annlindsay.org a songwriter, memoirist, novelist, award- Zentangle with Maria Thomas. He lived as winning playwright, and poet with exten- VINN ARJUNA MARTÍ has been teaching dance a monk for 17 years. sive credits in film, television, and theater. and movement for more than 40 years, delighting in zentangle.com juliacameronlive.com opening bodies and minds to dance and the divine. ⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a 10 percent tuition discount for each program. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 33 MAY 16–20 MONDAY–FRIDAY MAY 30–JUNE 2 MONDAY–THURSDAY Unmasking Your Soul Story Alchemy RENEW YOURSELF THROUGH TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE PAINTING AND COLLAGE THROUGH LOVING QUESTIONS Linda Novick Rachel Schaeffer

FOR everyone. FOR everyone.

Come back to the delight you knew as a child Reclaim your role as the hero or when you expressed yourself with abandon heroine of your life story using Story using color, paint, scissors, paste, and paper. Alchemy and the process of asking In the sacred, safe space of Linda Novick’s loving questions. In Rachel Schaeffer’s classroom, you learn to experience, stories are powerful, • Let go of self-judgment and allow your especially the ones we tell ourselves. by Janet Arnold-Grych energy to flow Our true story is one of self-love, but Creativity as a Path to too often we become the villain or • Release expectations of how things antagonist of our own stories, grind- “should” be MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY ing out tales of self-doubt, judgment, • Use yogic breathing to calm the nervous or self-hatred. system WAVES Through creative writing, group and A 5RHYTHMS MOVING • Practice simple yoga stretches partner exercises, visualization, and MEDITATION • Discover and embrace your innate creativity movement, you learn to Jonathan Horan • Answer your soul’s calling and unleash your • Cultivate healthy self-love Self-DiscoveryTAPPING INTO OUR CREATIVITY YIELDS FAR MORE THAN IS DISPLAYED ON A CANVAS. inner artist. • Access the knowledge, creativity, FOR all levels; no prior dance experience Shed self-imposed limitations using the and confidence you need to write a Years ago, I took a class in the fundamentals of artistic Mihály Csíkszentmihályi called “flow”: being completely required. tools of gentle yoga, conscious breathing, new life story design at a local art school. Each week, a new student involved in an activity for its own sake. watercolor painting, and collage. No previ- • Disconnect from stress, pressure, Explore the intuitive world within an ous experience with yoga or art is required and information overload exhibition was installed in the second-floor hallway. One Sarah Tomlinson, author and artist, uses yantras, or exquisite, wild kingdom hidden in the to find your deepest wisdom, see the beauty • Reconnect with your values and true week, it might be photography; the next, charcoal sketching geometric designs, to find that flow. “Rather than purely hands and hips, roots and limbs, bones and perfection of your life, and take home nature. and breath, spirit and flesh. This is wonderful works of art that you created. or studies in typography. There was a wonderful freedom ‘coloring for calm,’” says Sarah, “the yantra is designed to movement as spiritual practice, a danc- to that hallway, an unencumbered exploration of a new positively influence your mental and emotional state, and ing, kinetic prayer of connection to the TUITION $305, plus room & meals; see NOTE See this program on the Kripalu web- language. I felt vicariously creative while there, and it made [to help] you remember your creative and mystical self.” unpredictable mystery of it all. page 104. (web code SATL-161) site for recommended reading and a list of me want to integrate more creativity into my everyday Sarah says that once students open that doorway, Discover the 5Rhythms® practice of what to bring. flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and experiences. it leads to more. “From this rediscovered place within TUITION $355, plus room & meals; see page RACHEL SCHAEFFER is stillness. This moving meditation opens Studies show that creativity increases happiness levels themselves, I often hear about their next creative venture— 104. (web code UYS-161) host of the talk show The you to the dynamic flow of energy that Red Couch and author of and decreases anger, fear, and anxiety. There’s something the next poem they will write, the next story, the new continuously creates your inner and the award-winning book about creativity that feeds a larger definition of ourselves. series of paintings or sketches. Creating yantras removes outer worlds. Learning to be centered LINDA NOVICK, MFA, is an Yoga for Your Spiritual While the pull to create is indigenous to human obstacles to the creative flow.” in this flow of energy is your greatest artist, author, art educator, and Muscles and the forth- freedom and catalyzes your most Kripalu Yoga teacher who has coming Story Alchemy. experience, we sometimes thwart our own creative pursuits Harnessing the power of creativity has parallels to authentic and powerful self. taught hundreds of people to ontheredcouch.com by confusing intent with outcome. “Often people want , dharana, and dhyana as described in the Yoga Practice the 5Rhythm wave to help you paint. yogapaint.com to make something like someone else made, or paint a Sutras—increasing states of concentration whose purpose is ground when you are in chaos, flow duck that looks like a duck,” say Rick Roberts and Maria to help still the mind in order to open to a greater wisdom. when you feel frozen, and surrender to your natural state of being. Thomas, cocreators of Zentangle, a technique for drawing “Creativity serves as a doorway to personal discovery flowing images using structured patterns. “When their because it gives voice to the inner world,” says Karen Arp- RECOMMENDED READING Gabrielle Roth, early attempts don’t match their expectations, they stop Sandel, founder of Vibrant Visionary Collage. “Collage and Sweat Your Prayers (Tarcher). trying. But when that creative energy flows unimpeded all creative processes are really a metaphor for life. Art is NOTE Wear clothes you feel good mov- by judgment or expectation, it can provide life-changing not separate. Every daily experience opens the portal to our ing in and bring a water bottle. benefits.” creative channel.” TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code REFR-161) Odds are, I will never be able to emulate what I saw on Dive into your own creativity, and you might find that a the art school’s walls—but can I define my attempts as new picture emerges, one that can no longer be contained JONATHAN HORAN has been teach- creative? Like yoga, creativity is first about intention, and, on the current canvas. ing 5Rhythms® movement practice for like yoga, it can bring us into the present moment and into 16 years at Gabrielle Roth’s The Moving greater states of self-understanding and what psychologist Janet Arnold-Grych is a writer and yoga teacher. Center. He is Gabrielle’s son and was her closest collaborator. 5rhythms.com

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APRIL 10–15 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 24–29 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Fitness Fit Body, Focused Mind A Walk in the Forest Sarajean Rudman AN INTRODUCTION TO FOREST BATHING and the Lisa B. Nelson and Mark Roule FOR all levels. Outdoors FOR everyone. Want to build lean muscle while boosting your brain power? This program is a fresh Connect with the healing presence of the approach to fitness that incorporates yoga, forest and witness your body, mind, and spirit interval training, hiking, and other activi- blossom with serenity. Join Lisa B. Nelson, ties that together create a practice that is Kripalu’s Director of Medical Education, and challenging, satisfying, and—most impor- Mark Roule, seasoned nature guide, to tantly—fun! Immerse yourself in daily sweat • Discuss the latest research that reveals the sessions that balance invigorating workouts health benefits of forest immersions and fitness-infused yoga, and build the skills TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see • Experience Earthing and Shinrin Yoku you need to establish lasting habits that page 104. (web code RRFB-161) increase your strength and energy levels. Forest Bathing techniques that rebalance the body and senses Come explore SARAJEAN RUDMAN • Enjoy moving meditations in nature to • Daily fitness and sculpting classes holds a bachelor’s in quiet the mind, soothe the nervous system, • Yoga sessions geared toward strength health and wellness and and foster gratitude for the beauty of the and recovery sports management, and a natural world. master’s in integrative • Practical ways to integrate these new With Kripalu’s gorgeous grounds as your clinical nutrition. She has MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY RANDAL WILLIAMS, activities into your life. backyard, experience the nourishment of more than 10 years of Randal Williams and Mark Roule E-RYT, Curriculum Man- Get ready to become more fit, more nature’s stimulus, designed to root you in the experience in personal ager for the Kripalu focused, and more vibrant! present moment and help you branch out of training and group fitness. APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Schools of Yoga and the ordinary into the truly magnificent. Ayurveda, is known for his Randal Williams and Jess Frey  inspiring teaching and TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page MAY 13–15 FRIDAY–SUNDAY reverence for the natural 104. (web code RRIF-161) Randal Williams and Michelle Dalbec world. MAY 1–5 SUNDAY–THURSDAY MARK ROULE is a Swingolf LISA B. NELSON, MD, is Hiking and Yoga certified Kripalu Yoga Kripalu’s Director of Medical teacher and R&R Retreat DYNAMIC YOGA MOTION ON THE GOLF COURSE Education. She also serves as Get connected with the earth. outdoor guide who leads Les Bolland medical director of the non- Get connected with yourself. mindful and enriching profit Nutrition Center. FOR golfers of all ages and experience. CE credits. nature-centered adventure experiences. Welcome to a holistic golf approach that incorporates yoga, muscle-opening MARK ROULE is a certified Nature has the ability to inspire us and shiatsu massage, breathing, and an emphasis on mental and physical har- Kripalu Yoga teacher and R&R JESS FREY, E-RYT 500, is a help us gain clarity in our lives. Satisfy your mony. Coached by Swingolf creator and tournament-playing professional Retreat outdoor guide who Kripalu Yoga teacher and a inner longing for connection to nature as Les Bolland, you discover your own natural, dynamic, and flowing leads mindful and enriching former Intern for the Kri- you explore hiking trails of the Berkshires, swing. From the very first moment, you’re having fun and learning nature-centered adventure palu School of Yoga and right outside Kripalu’s back door. Join our how to play a better game with less effort. experiences. knowledgeable guides for multi-level hik- the Kripalu Institute for Swingolf is healthy for body and mind, and can lower blood pressure, ing and Kripalu Yoga. Extraordinary Living. jessfrey.com increase stamina, and improve flexibility. With Swingolf training, you’ll This weekend, you explore also experience • The winding trails of Yokun Ridge, with MICHELLE DALBEC, • Less practice with better results different levels of hiking offered each E-RYT 500, is a passionate • Increased consistency day to suit your needs Kripalu Yoga and Yoga • Mental, physical, and spiritual harmony. • Tranquil walking meditations in the forest Tune Up® teacher who This program covers putting, chipping, pitching, bunker shots, • Yoga classes to balance body and mind. offers workshops and iron and wood play, and golf-course strategy. Whether you are an experienced hiker directs Kripalu Yoga or an eager beginner, this program will Teacher Training pro- NOTE Greens fees (approximately $25) are payable at the golf delight and rejuvenate you. grams. myoga.com course each day. See this program on the Kripalu website for other important information. TUITION $249, plus room & meals; see TUITION $450, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code GMM-161) page 104. (web codes: March RRHY-161, April RRHY-162, May RRHY-163) LES BOLLAND, a member of the British Professional Golfers Asso- ciation and veteran of the European tournament player’s circuit, has studied yoga and shiatsu for more than 20 years. swingolf.net 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 37 MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Yoga and Walking A SOUL TO EARTH WEEKEND Patricia (Niti) Seip Martin

FOR all levels, including beginners. CE credits.

Discover how yoga and walking can be a lifetime path to empowerment, peace, and com- panionship. Yoga practice can complement a variety of walking experiences to create the perfect balance of challenge and ease. Rekindle your connection to nature in the pristine Berkshire hills, during this weekend that includes • Meditative movement, vigorous flowing yoga, and conscious breathing to energize and relax • Contemplative walking in the labyrinth and gardens, by the lake, ponds, and a brook with MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY ancient trees • Full-on trail walking in Gould Meadows, Bullard Woods, or along Yokun Ridge, with its ChiRunning breathtaking views A MINDFUL APPROACH TO AN • Keys to maintaining healthy weight, stress reduction, cardiovascular fitness, grounding, ANCIENT SPORT strength, stamina, balance, flexibility, and mental clarity. Danny Dreyer Gentle and vigorous options are offered for both yoga and walking.

FOR all levels. CE credits. NOTE See this program on the Kripalu website for a list of what to bring. Experience the sport TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YAW-161) of running as a mind- ful practice. In this PATRICIA (NITI) SEIP MARTIN, proprietor of Doing Well: Yoga and Wellness, immersion, you learn is a certified integrative yoga therapist and Kripalu Yoga teacher with 30 to listen to your body, years’ experience leading workshops. doingwellyoga.com breathe well, and make a moving medi- tation out of every stride. ChiRunning® integrates the inner focus of tai chi, putting the emphasis on body alignment and relaxation rather than MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY strength and power. Runners of all levels, from beginners Kripalu Outdoors to marathoners, are welcome. With the support of Danny Dreyer’s humorous and A YOGA, HIKING, AND KAYAKING RETREAT gentle teaching style, you discover how to Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec • Run with less effort than you ever Get outside and go with the flow—on the imagined water, on the earth, and on the mat! Satisfy • Take the struggle out of learning to run your longing for connection to nature as you with grace and ease explore hiking, kayaking, and yoga in the • Prevent injuries beauty of the Berkshires in spring. Tap into • Build a sustainable running and walking nature’s profound ability to inspire us and help practice that will be with you for the rest us gain clarity in our lives, as you of your life. • Follow the winding trails of Yokun Ridge, with different levels of hiking to suit your needs MARK ROULE is a certified RECOMMENDED READING Danny Dreyer and • Paddle on Lake Mahkeenac Kripalu Yoga teacher and Katherine Dreyer, ChiRunning. • Relax into tranquil walking and floating R&R Retreat outdoor guide TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see meditations who leads mindful and page 104. (web code CHAS-161) enriching nature-centered • Practice Kripalu Yoga to balance body and adventure experiences. mind. DANNY DREYER, the creator of Whether you’re an experienced hiker or kay- MICHELLE DALBEC, E-RYT ChiRunning® and ChiWalking®, has 33 aker, or an eager beginner, this nature immer- 500, is a passionate Kripalu years of experience running, racing sion will delight and rejuvenate you. Yoga and Yoga Tune Up® ultramarathons, and coaching thousands teacher who offers work- of people in intelligent movement. TUITION $299, plus room & meals; see page shops and directs Kripalu chirunning.com 104. (web code RRHK-161) Yoga Teacher Training pro- grams. myoga.com 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 39 Kripalu | HEALTH AND WELLNESS

MARCH 6–11 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 10–13 THURSDAY–SUNDAY JAMES S. GORDON, MD, a psychia- trist, is founder and director of the Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40 FOOD AS MEDICINE Center for Mind-Body Medicine and Health and Maria Sirois and Kripalu faculty former chair of the White House FOR MIND AND MOOD Commission on Complementary Wellness Craft a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. and Alternative Medicine. cmbm.org Midlife can be a challenging yet powerfully creative time to let go of old identities and James S. Gordon, Kathie Madonna Swift, Jay Lombard, Mark Pettus, KATHIE MADONNA SWIFT, MS, move into new territory. It’s a time of adventure and reinvention, when you have the ben- Drew Ramsey, Jeremy Rock Smith, and Maya Shetreat-Klein RDN, LDN, FAND, is an integrative efit of the experience, confidence, and wisdom acquired over the years. This program is clinical nutritionist, Food As Medi- FOR health-care professionals and interested nonprofessionals. CE credits. designed for everyone over 40 who wants to reinvigorate their lives with joy and health. cine educator, author of The Swift Diet, and nutrition blogger. Learn how to Medical doctor James S. Gordon teams up with four leading clinicians in • Enhance physical energy, mental clarity, and medical and culinary nutrition to share the latest science-based practices to kathieswift.com emotional balance TUITION $409, plus room & meals; see improve brain health. Designed for health professionals and nonprofessionals JAY LOMBARD, DO, chief scientific page 104. (web code RRMH-161) • Reduce the risk of the chronic diseases of alike, this practical seminar includes officer and medical director of aging, including heart disease, diabetes, • Using self-care to reduce stress and improve quality of life Genomind LLC, is a nationally recog- nized leader in neuropsychiatry cancer, and dementia MARIA SIROIS, PSYD, is an • Mind-body techniques that are refreshing to the brain and spirit inspirational speaker and practice, research, and thought. • Decrease stress and increase harmony • The landscape of the brain and up-to-date nutritional science for emotional, clinical psychologist who genomind.com • Make lifestyle changes to live more fully. cognitive, and behavioral disorders lectures internationally on MARK PETTUS, MD, a board- Led by an exceptional group of teachers— • Food, spices, and herbs that nourish the brain the study and application certified internist and nephrologist, including a psychologist, physician, nutrition- of Positive Psychology, • A glossary of supplements for optimal brain health is director of medical education, ist, and life coach—discover how to cultivate mind-body medicine, and • Repairing the traumatized, injured, and aging brain. wellness, and population health at health and well-being, enliven your mind and resilience. mariasirois.com Berkshire Health Systems. spirit, and rediscover the keys to happiness. This unique combination of science and nutritional wisdom allows you to custom-design Mind, Mood, and Food healing programs for yourself and for savvypatient.com your patients, clients, and families. This seminar is created by the Center for DREW RAMSEY, MD, a psychiatrist, Mind-Body Medicine, sponsor of Food As Medicine, the leading professional author, and farmer, is cofounder of nutrition training program in the United States. National Kale Day and author of 50 MARCH 3–6 THURSDAY–SUNDAY Shades of Kale and The Happiness TUITION $595, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FAM-161) Diet. drewramseymd.com Revitalizing Cleanse JEREMY ROCK SMITH, Kripalu’s NOURISHING BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT Copresented with Executive Chef, graduated from the Alison Shore Gaines Culinary Institute of America and began his career in classical French FOR everyone. CE credits. cuisine. He joined the Kripalu Revitalize with a nurturing cleanse that offers Kitchen in 2010. a balance of nutrition information, lifestyle MAYA SHETREAT-KLEIN, MD, a practices, and mindfulness as a foundation for pediatric neurologist, herbalist, urban your whole life. You experience nourishment, farmer, and author of The Dirt Cure, is not deprivation, in this whole-person approach a health pioneer working to trans- to detox, diet, and healthy living. form chronic illness. brainmending.com Key aspects of the retreat include • Organic juices, grains, and puréed vegetable NOTE A health intake form must be com- soup pleted and returned in advance of your • Green juice option (made from green arrival. The form will be included with vegetables) your confirmation materials and can be • Healing breathing practices and personal found on the Kripalu website. inquiry TUITION $370, plus room & meals; see • Yoga, movement, and walking page 104. (web code RJF-162) • Mindful eating and healing your relationship with food ALISON SHORE GAINES, a • Tapping into body wisdom as a guide for pioneer in the field of holis- what and when to eat tic cleansing, is trained in • Easing food and sugar cravings yoga, holistic nutrition, and • Jump-starting healthy weight loss body-centered counseling. sacrednourishment.com • Tools for creating a vibrant, healthy lifestyle, even in a busy life. Participants report a post-cleanse experience of deep and lasting change. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 41 Kripalu | HEALTH AND WELLNESS

MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 23–25 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 31–APRIL 3 THURSDAY–SUNDAY Breath~Body~Mind Skillfully Aware Radiant Health COME Teacher Training, Level 2 MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS A WEEKEND RETREAT FOR WOMEN Richard P. Brown, Patricia Gerbarg, FOR STRESS RELIEF Sudha Carolyn Lundeen HOME TO and Dehanna Rice-Inkles Mark Pirtle FOR women of all ages. FOR students who have completed FOR everyone. CE credits. YOURSELF. Breath~Body~Mind Teacher Training, Level 1. If you need to de-stress, rebalance, and CE credits. Explore how meditation and mindful- reclaim your vitality, this retreat is the per- MARCH 11–13 FRIDAY–SUNDAY ness can be used to reduce stress and fect getaway to nurture your body, mind, In this second part of a three-level teacher cultivate health and happiness. Under- and soul in a relaxing, fun, and informative Breath~Body~Mind training, you build on skills gained in Level standing the nature of your mind and environment. Through a blend of lecture 1 and learn to teach additional techniques how to influence it through meditation and experience with Kripalu Yoga teacher for Transformation and for stress, anxiety disorders, PTSD, military practice may provide as much, or more, trainer Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, you learn Well-Being trauma, post-disaster, depression, ADHD, therapeutic benefits as conventional • Tips for strengthening your immune Our signature R&R physical limitations, and stress-related medicine. system Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg medical conditions. Mark Pirtle is the developer of Skillfully • Techniques for stress reduction and ® Retreat program CE credits. Specific methods to be mastered in this Aware , an evidence-based program for relaxation training include stress relief that teaches • Yoga practices for women provides the ideal Learn breathing tech- • Resistance breathing • How the mind’s narrative affects • Ayurvedic principles to help you support niques proven to relieve emotions, health, and habits • Ha breath your individual constitution and needs opportunity to stress and improve • Insight meditation to monitor thoughts • Advanced breath moving • Mindfulness techniques, yogic breathing, mood, mental focus, and and sensations heart and lung function. • Qigong movements MARCH 11–13 FRIDAY–SUNDAY and healing meditations experience the best • The Five Mindful Awareness Functions These benefits have been • The Four Golden Wheels • Mindful eating practices in everyday life of Kripalu. With the enjoyed by health-care • The great harmonizer of the breath Calm Warrior • Tools for letting go of the small stuff and practitioners, yoga teach- • Ways to use insight meditation and • 4-4-6-2 breathing A STRESS MANAGEMENT enhancing your life and well-being. ers, military veterans, and mindfulness therapeutically to relieve AND RESILIENCE RETREAT We also take an indoor labyrinth walk for flexibility and freedom individuals with PTSD, anxiety, depression, • Guided meditation. stress and heal stress-related illnesses, wisdom and insight. Return home with a ADD, cancer, Lyme disease, and more. Many Increase your understanding of the Diane Kovanda including insomnia, depression, renewed sense of wellness and vitality, with to create a uniquely people who have practiced these tech- neurophysiological effects of voluntarily anxiety, addictions, and eating practices to keep health and balance alive niques say they have been transformed, regulated breathing practices on emo- FOR everyone. disorders. in your life. individual experience, and that they never would have imagined tion regulation, bonding, and cognitive Return home with a daily practice of Discover powerful, practical tools that help something so simple could be so powerful function. Practice teaching while faculty mindfulness and meditation that nurtures you effectively decompress, process, and TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page and helpful. observe and offer suggestions for improve- full, clear, and embodied awareness. it offers something for reengage with your life in a new way. 104. (web code RHW-161) Through movement, breathing, and relax- ment. Attention is given to tone of voice, In this informative and fun weekend, you everyone. ation techniques, you learn to pacing, accuracy of instruction, and trauma TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see sensitivity. Participants report on their learn how to • Bolster your stress resilience and renew page 104. (web code SAMM-161) SUDHA CAROLYN LUNDEEN, RN, E-RYT teaching experiences since Level 1 training. • Deal effectively with on-the-job stress and your energy 500, is a teacher at Kripalu, where she leads the stress you bring home trainings in the Kripalu Schools of Yoga and • Increase lung capacity, oxygenation, and MARK PIRTLE is at the kripalu.org/rr RECOMMENDED READING See this program • Slow down emotionally, physically, and Ayurveda. sudhalundeen.com cardiorespiratory health forefront of integral think- on the Kripalu website. mentally • Connect to your inner self and others ing in the mindfulness TUITION $668, plus room & meals; see page • Recharge body and mind using arena. He is a filmmaker, • Improve relationships and empathic 104. (web code BBMTT-2161) mindfulness, breath, and yoga author, public speaker, and abilities. • Weave practical relaxation techniques “innerpreneur.” Learn more about this groundbreaking RICHARD P. BROWN, MD, is an associate into your workday skillfullyaware.com work at breath-body-mind.com. clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia Take home mindful tools to revitalize and University and a teacher of aikido, qigong, serve you throughout your life. NOTE Tuition includes a manual and the yoga, and meditation. breath-body-mind.com Breath~Body~Mind Level-1 Practice CD. TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see page Prior to this workshop, we recommend PATRICIA GERBARG, MD, assistant clinical 104. (web code CWSM-161) daily practice of Coherent Breathing using professor of psychiatry at New York Medical Steve Elliot’s CD Respire-1 Coherence, avail- College, researches the efficacy of mind- able at coherence.com. body practices for post-traumatic stress DIANE KOVANDA, MED, RECOMMENDED READING AND LISTENING disorder and depression. E-RYT 500, holds a master’s degree in education with a Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg, The DEHANNA RICE-INKLES, Healing Power of the Breath book and CD. specialty in stress manage- RPP, CH, a registered polarity TUITION $247, plus room & meals; see page ment. She is a Kripalu Yoga practitioner and certified hyp- teacher and trained mediator. 104. (web code BBMTT-161) notherapist, has 20 years of kindyoga.com experience teaching energy- based modalities in the United  States and Europe. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 43 Kripalu | HEALTH AND WELLNESS

APRIL 10–13 SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Get Juicy Now Five Steps to a Vegetarian Express YOGA AND AYURVEDA FOR NOURISHING VITALITY Healthier Diet and Life LUSCIOUS MEALS IN MINUTES Maria Mendola Sara Snow and Amie Valpone Leslie Cerier

FOR women of all ages and abilities. CE credits. FOR everyone. CE credits. FOR everyone. CE credits.

Apply the wisdom of nature to find and maintain your inherent juiciness. Sensuous, Celebrate the healing power of In this hands-on vegetarian cooking practical, and revealing, this retreat guides you on a journey to uncover and fulfill your food and detox by learning how class, you prepare dishes by mixing and needs and regain life’s vital essence using to keep safe from the harmful matching fresh, seasonal vegetables • Ayurvedic techniques for deeper internal nourishment influences of toxins—in the foods with fruits, herbs, and proteins such we eat and the environments in as legumes, whole grains, nuts, seeds, • Therapeutic yoga practices to live more easily in your body which we live, work, and play. eggs, and cheese. • Mind-body methods that speak to new levels of self-concept and soul radiance. APRIL 17–22 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY This program teaches five steps you can take Discover time-saving strategies to man- No yoga or movement experience is necessary to benefit from these timeless prac- to live a healthier life through diet. You learn age every part of your cooking process tices, just a willingness to be present and open. The Mindful Table The Blood Sugar Solution • How to shop for toxic-free foods effectively and efficiently, including how to set up your kitchen, shop seasonally, A KRIPALU NUTRITION AND MARIA MENDOLA, • Healthy meal and snack preparation 10-Day Detox Diet RECOMMENDED READING Lorin Roche, and chop vegetables. You also learn COOKING IMMERSION Radiance Sutras and Claudia Welch, RN, MS, E-RYT 500, is • Food pairing to relieve indigestion and bloating • Leftover management, substituting LOSE WEIGHT, REVERSE DIABETES, Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life. both a structural yoga Annie B. Kay and Jeremy Rock Smith • Nutritional information for fighting inflammation ingredients, and using garnishes to AND FEEL GREAT therapist and an inte- NOTE Tuition includes a workbook. See this • How to remove hidden toxins from your body dress up the dining experience grative yoga therapist. CE credits. program on the Kripalu website for details. and get to the root cause of aches and pains MARK HYMAN She has practiced yoga • Cooking with healthy fats, such as Create health right in your kitchen. TUITION $310, plus room & meals; see page for more than 30 years. • What’s zapping your energy and how to avoid it. hemp, coconut, and olive oils FOR everyone. CE credits. 104. (web code GJN-161) Give yourself and your family the gift of health • Boosting omega-3 fatty acids Do you want to eat healthier and cook more of your own meals? Would you like to feel in this interactive program that will have you • Adding superfoods like goji berries, Take a fun, inspiring, and more comfortable in the kitchen? Kripalu enlightening journey into cooking, learning, and understanding health maca, and cacao. like never before. Lead Nutritionist Annie B. Kay and Kripalu vibrant well-being and hap- Come experience the bounty of deli- APRIL 15–22 FRIDAY–FRIDAY Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith share piness. If you are overweight, cious, nutritious, whole-foods meals that the latest nutritional research and the best RECOMMENDED READING Sara Snow, Sara struggle with your diet, have are quick and easy to prepare. ways to prepare food to ensure that you get The Yoga of Detox Snow’s Fresh Living. extra belly fat, are tired, or the most out of your meals. Come learn have diabetes, pre-diabetes, TUITION $275, plus room & meals; see page A WHOLE-PERSON APPROACH TUITION $255, plus room & meals; see • How to prepare healthy, whole-food meals or chronic health problems, Alison Shore Gaines and Evelyn Gonzalez 104. (web code SHDL-161) page 104. (web code VE-161) medical doctor Mark Hyman • The art of shopping with economics and invites you to explore how your body works, the planet in mind FOR everyone. CE credits. SARA SNOW, CHS, is a TV host, why it breaks down, and how to fix it using the LESLIE CERIER, “the • Which foods promote health and author, green expert, and health organic gourmet,” is an 21st-century science of functional medicine. A detox offers the opportunity not only to lose well-being specialist sharing a message of internationally recognized Come learn weight and rejuvenate, but to make profound • Why the way you cook your food is so simple, attainable, natural living. farm-to-table chef, recipe inner changes as well. See your life with new per- important • The seven myths that keep you overweight sarasnow.com developer, and author of spective in this whole-person approach, combin- and sick six cookbooks. She special- • Time-saving cooking tips and techniques. ing the transformational aspects of mindfulness • How to overcome food addiction and AMIE VALPONE, HHC, AADP, is izes in vegetarian, vegan, Return home with delicious new recipes and yogic principles with a cleanse that leaves you NOTE A health intake form, included change your relationship to food a culinary nutritionist, chef, and and gluten-free cooking. and the confidence you need to get in the vibrant and nourished, never hungry or deprived. with your confirmation materials, • The latest information on the power of blogger who healed herself from lesliecerier.com kitchen and start cooking. Along with cleansing practices and an explora- must be completed and returned in nutrition, exercise, mind-body medicine, a decade of Lyme disease tion of yogic principles, this retreat includes advance of your arrival. nutritional supplements, and detoxification through clean eating and detox. TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page to treat the underlying causes of weight • Organic soups, juices, mung dahl, and gluten- TUITION $770, plus room & meals; see 104. (web code RRMN-162) gain, diabetes, and chronic disease free grains (optional) page 104. (web code TYOD-161) • Ways to create groups, so you can get • Green juice option ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, LDN, healthy with the support of others. • Mindful eating and body attunement as to ALISON SHORE GAINES, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist at Kri- when and what to eat a pioneer in the field of palu, author of Every Bite Is RECOMMENDED READING Mark Hyman, The • Detoxifying yoga postures and breathing holistic cleansing, is Divine, and an important voice in Blood Sugar Solution and The Blood Sugar techniques trained in yoga, holistic whole-foods nutrition and yoga. Solution 10 Day Detox Diet. nutrition, and body- • Outdoor walks in Kripalu’s gorgeous everybiteisdivine.com centered counseling. TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page Berkshire setting JEREMY ROCK SMITH, Kripalu’s 104. (web code BSS-161) sacrednourishment.com • Mindfulness tools for easing stress and emotion Executive Chef, graduated from • Resolving food and sugar cravings EVELYN GONZALEZ the Culinary Institute of America has been on the yogic MARK HYMAN, MD, has dedicated his career • Jump-starting healthy weight loss and began his career in classical to identifying and addressing the root causes path for more than 20 French cuisine. He joined the • Tips for creating a vital, health-giving lifestyle. of chronic illness through a groundbreaking, years. She brings playful- Kripalu Kitchen in 2010. whole-systems approach known as functional Past participants report deep and lasting ness and ease to her medicine. drhyman.com changes after this retreat. teaching style. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 45 Kripalu | HEALTH AND WELLNESS

MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 25–27 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY Transformative Self-Care Detox for Health The Gokhale Method CONTINUUM MOVEMENT, and Healing THE POSTURE-DANCE CONNECTION On-site | Online Program MINDFULNESS, AND OSTEOPATHY Esther Gokhale Kathie Madonna Swift and Annie B. Kay Bonnie Gintis FOR everyone. CE credits. FOR people of all ages and abilities; no FOR all levels, including health-care dance experience required. professionals. CE credits. Your jump-start for renewal. Explore detox and experience a yoga- Get moving and get Discover the radical inspired approach to renewing your body, healthy with the possibilities for health mind, and spirit. Detoxification is a natural unique Gokhale and well-being avail- process supported by making choices to Method approach. able when you com- enhance your body’s resilience, while mini- Dance is an unusually bine the principles of mizing toxicity from stress, poor diet, and rich avenue for osteopathic treatment the environment. Learn a multidimensional improving strength, with the breath, sound, approach to cleansing through flexibility, circulation, meditation, and move- posture, mood, and • A simple, nutritionally balanced detox diet ment practices of Con- connection. In this tinuum Movement. • Recognizing and addressing common transformative and empowering pro- Osteopathic physician Bonnie Gintis has causes of toxic overload that can impact gram, you learn the Gokhale Method pos- survived and thrived for six years with digestion and vitality ture principles as you practice Brazilian, advanced-stage breast cancer and rheuma- • Clearing unhelpful mental patterns, Latin, and African dance moves. toid arthritis—by being curious, listening to realigning with the rhythms of nature, and The Gokhale Method is based on his- her body, and opening to life’s mysteries. conscious communication torical, anthropological, and medical MAY 2–JUNE 17 ON-SITE | ONLINE PROGRAM In this program, Bonnie shares • Creating a sustainable detox kitchen with research on populations who have virtu- • Inner resources for resilience, adaptability, culinary nutrition tips ally no musculoskeletal pain. Interweav- and change • Yoga on and off the mat to assist the ing visual, kinesthetic, intellectual, and aesthetic cues, the Gokhale Method offers • How to become comfortable with detox process THE KRIPALU APPROACH TO DIET a remarkably efficient and effective way uncertainty • Strategies and practices for emotional to reach a new level of wellness. AN INTEGRATIVE WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM • Resolving the past by attending to the detox Aruni Nan Futuronsky, Annie B. Kay, and Lisa B. Nelson ARUNI NAN FUTURONSKY present moment • Clarity on fasting, juicing, and more. TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, life • Our interconnectedness with each other Headaches, fatigue, cravings, digestive or page 104. (web code GMPD-161) coach, and faculty member for and the natural world skin problems, and aches and pains are Kripalu R&R Retreat Kripalu • The difference between discipline and often improved by an integrated detox ESTHER GOKHALE, creator CE credits faculty programs. devotion to self-care program. of the Gokhale Method, sees coacharuni.com • How to balance the beneficial aspects of her mission as providing Kripalu’s groundbreaking weight-loss program—only better. TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, LDN, inflammation and minimize its harm. posture and movement re- Our proven 5-day retreat is now enhanced with six weeks of online 104. (web code RRDT-162) RYT, is Lead Nutritionist at Reimagine how you care for yourself, and education to help people learning—continued support and motivation to keep you on the Kripalu, author of Every Bite Is learn how to integrate these practices into eradicate unnecessary pain. path to achieving your health and weight-loss goals. On-site, you Divine, and an important voice daily life. KATHIE MADONNA SWIFT, gokhalemethod.com discover how to shift into a balanced relationship with your body, led in whole-foods nutrition and MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, is an by our exceptional faculty—including a life coach, holistic physician, yoga. everybiteisdivine.com RECOMMENDED READING Bonnie Gintis, integrative clinical nutritionist, and nutritionist—who have years of experience guiding people into Engaging the Movement of Life. Food As Medicine educator, transformation. At home, you’re supported by faculty and peers online LISA B. NELSON, MD, is author of The Swift Diet, and a and in live group-share calls as you TUITION $495, plus room & meals; see page Director of Medical Education nutrition blogger. 104. (web page TOSC-161) • Learn how to naturally lose weight and keep it off for Kripalu faculty programs. kathieswift.com • Develop empowering life skills and a more positive body image She also serves as medical director of the Nutrition Center ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, • Enhance your nutrition and metabolism for weight management BONNIE GINTIS, DO, is an and is a practicing physician. osteopathic physician who LDN, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist • Plan strategies for your goals and lifestyle. teaches Continuum Move- at Kripalu, author of Every Bite ment and Mindfulness-Based Is Divine, and an important TUITION $799, plus $75 technology fee, plus room & meals; see page 104. Stress Reduction worldwide. voice in whole-foods nutrition (web code IWLB-162) She is the author of Engaging and yoga. everybiteisdivine.com SEVEN WEEKS OF BLENDED LEARNING the Movement of Life. bonniegintis.com ONE 5-DAY ON-SITE IMMERSION MAY 8–13 Changing lives for more than 10 years! SIX WEEKS OF ONLINE SUPPORT AT HOME Find out more kripalu.org/weightloss 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 47 Kripalu | NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY

MARCH 20–25 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 6–11 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 15–20 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Integrating Psychology Retrain Your Brain for The Neuroscience of Neuroscience and Shamanism Positivity and Success Buddhism and Yoga and Psychology A PROFOUND MODEL FOR HEALING Randy Kamen HARNESSING THE BRAIN FOR Monique Lang and Itzhak Beery HEALING AND HAPPINESS FOR everyone. CE credits. Jim Hopper and David Schouela FOR professionals, students of shamanism and APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Find greater meaning and joy in a retreat psychology, as well as all interested seekers. FOR everyone, including therapists, yoga that weaves together Positive Psychology, CE credits. Yoga and the Global instructors, and researchers. CE credits. mind-body practices, and practical self-care strategies for navigating life’s challenges. Dream Initiative Face and release your Cultivate mindful embodiment and learn deepest fears and Through talks, group discussion, and simple, DREAMING THE EARTH, to transform habitual thoughts, emotions, MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY unleash your inner wis- effective exercises, you learn how to TENDING THE DREAM and behaviors into openings for free- dom in a program that • Retrain your brain for greater positivity and Stephen Aizenstat with dom, love, and happiness. This program Brain Care Is Self-Care brings together two diminished negativity and explores Buddhist and yogic practices that THE NEUROSCIENCE OF WELL-BEING powerful disciplines: • Internalize positive experiences and Annie B. Kay harness and transform brain circuitries and Linda Graham Internal Family Systems effectively manage difficult emotions the relationships between them, including and ancient shamanic FOR everyone. CE credits. • Build self-compassion, gratitude, and • Concentration FOR everyone, including mental-health tradition. Explore the forgiveness as a way to liberate the mind • Mindfulness professionals. CE credits. conscious and uncon- Find your place in the web of and move forward life and join a global network of dream- • Loving-kindness scious beliefs you took on and the deci- Learn how to rewire healers. The Global Dream Initiative is sions you made in childhood as a result of • Develop greater resilience and energy • Transformative yoga practices. your brain to reduce through mindfulness practices a path of creative participation in the cultural frameworks or trauma. Drawing on contemporary neuroscience stress, regain equilib- earth’s—and humanity’s—collective healing. In addition to removing old beliefs that • Learn better communication skills for more and traditional Buddhist psychology, this rium, and restore resil- hold you back, this program helps you to fulfilling relationships Combining insights from yoga and Jungian program focuses on seven key dimensions ience and perspective. psychology, this program teaches you to • Learn the basics of Internal Family Systems • Explore breathwork, meditation, and self- of human experience and their correspond- Psychotherapist Linda hypnosis to remain present and focused • Remember dreams and examine ing brain circuitries: aversion, seeking, Graham applies neuro- • Discover the core shamanic worldview recurring themes satisfaction, bodily awareness, executive science to the process and journeying techniques • Track behaviors to create lasting change. functioning, relationships, and “default of personal healing This retreat offers valuable practices that • Interpret your living dream imagery • Identify and work with whatever prevents mode” processes. Jim Hopper and David and growth, and can be immediately integrated into your life, • Take dream awareness into waking life you from being the person you want to be Schouela interweave theory with practice teaches you techniques to avoid burnout; along with deeper insights about the connec- • Find a new, more positive, and fuller sense • Use the tools of yoga to explore how to promote an experiential understanding come to clarity in decision making; heal tion between mind and body. of yourself. nature and consciousness reside in the of these concepts, and provide handouts toxic shame and retire your inner critic; physical body Bring renewed focus, inspiration, clarity, and step-by-step instructions for medita- recover creativity and flow in your life; and TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page and purpose to your life, through a combi- • Dream a better world into being. tion and yoga practice. revive a sense of competency and connec- 104. (web code RBP-161) nation of didactic material, group discus- Enjoy master teachers from Eastern and tion with others. Through discussion and sion, experiential activities, meditations, Western perspectives, including the creator NOTE This program has an intensive format practice, you learn how to guided shamanic journeys, movement, RANDY KAMEN, EDD, is a psy- of Dream Tending, Stephen Aizenstat; Kri- with more learning hours than a typical • Create the shift that counterbalances ritual, and artwork. chologist, educator, pioneer in palu Scholar-in-Residence Stephen Cope; 5-day program. the brain’s negativity bias and installs mind-body medicine, and and Kripalu’s Lead Nutritionist, Annie B. Kay. TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page wholesome habits into implicit memory TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page author of Behind the Therapy 104. (web code BYN-161) • Strengthen the executive functioning of 104. (web code IPS-161) Door: Simple Strategies to Trans- TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page the prefrontal cortex to build resilience form Your Life. drrandykamen.com 104. (web code DTE-161) and coherence JIM HOPPER, PHD, an inde- MONIQUE LANG, LCSW, a pendent consultant and part- • Use self-directed neuroplasticity to rewire psychotherapist in private STEPHEN AIZENSTAT, PHD, is the author of time Harvard Medical School old response patterns and restore your practice since 1980, has Dream Tending, chancellor and founding pres- instructor, has intensively psychological equilibrium extensive training in psycho- ident of Pacifica Graduate Institute, and a pro- studied the psychological and • Harness mental play space to allow therapy and mindfulness fessor of depth psychology. dreamtending.com biological aspects of trauma insights and aha moments to break and is coauthor of and its treatment. jimhopper.com through. Journey to Wholeness. STEPHEN COPE, MSW, Scholar-in-Residence and Kri- DAVID SCHOUELA, RYT moniquelanglcsw.com TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page palu Ambassador, is the best- 500, Kripalu Yoga teacher and 104. (web code BCSC-161). ITZHAK BEERY, selling author of The Great Trauma Sensitive Yoga teacher an internationally Work of Your Life: A Guide for and trainer, teaches yoga and recognized shamanic the Journey to Your True Calling. meditation as scientifically LINDA GRAHAM, MFT, is a healer and teacher, is supported healing modalities psychotherapist, meditation author of The Gift of ANNIE B. KAY, MS, RDN, for stress-related conditions. teacher, and author of Bounc- Shamanism and Shamanic LDN, RYT, is Lead Nutritionist rightmindyoga.com ing Back: Rewiring Your Brain Transformations and the at Kripalu, author of Every Bite for Maximum Resilience and founder of shamanportal.org. Is Divine, and an important Well-Being. lindagraham-mft.net itzhakbeery.com voice in whole-foods nutrition and yoga. everybiteisdivine.com 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 49

APRIL 26–29 TUESDAY–FRIDAY

EMBODIED POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SUMMIT by Megan McDonough KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Barbara Fredrickson, Tal Ben-Shahar, Sharon Salzberg, Defining Embodied Megan McDonough, Neal Mayerson, Maria Sirois, James Pawelski, and Edi Pasalis WORKSHOP PRESENTERS: Caroline Miller, Louisa Jewell, Sam Chase, Margarita Tarragona, Elaine O’Brien, Dan Tomasulo, Janna Delgado, Megha Nancy Buttenheim, Karissa Thacker, and Deborah Cohen Positive Psychology is Positive Psychology FOR everyone. CE credits.

In this first-of-its-kind summit, learn research-based tools for cultivating happiness, the science of human Positive Psychology is the science of happiness—of In her book Love 2.0, researcher Barbara Fredrickson and practice those tools through movement, play, meditation, yoga, and more. With cultivating strengths, self-esteem, and optimism. Embodied elaborates on the embodiment of Positive Psychology, writing, keynotes by leading pioneers in the field and hands-on sessions that dive into action, this program is for everyone looking to live life more fully—including coaches, consultants, flourishing—and it’s a Positive Psychology engages the body in the kinesthetic “For just as neuroscientific studies show that positive emotions therapists, yoga teachers, and others who might want to use these tools professionally. experience of living the science of flourishing. There’s open your perceptual awareness, kinematic studies … show Engage brain, body, and heart with a powerful combination of intellectual rigor, full-body experience. an intellectual understanding of gratitude, for example. that they also open your torso, authentic connection, and physical expression—and find out what it’s like to have an Then there’s the full-body richness of what openhearted literally expanding the (rib) THERE’S AN INTIMATE embodied experience of whole-person well-being. appreciation feels like. Combine both an intellectual cage in which your heart sits. To explore specific topics more deeply, register for a pre-summit workshop. understanding with a mindful attention to the body, and you When your mind and body LINK BETWEEN THE have the recipe for embodied Positive Psychology. are infused with good feelings, TUITION $495, plus room and meals; see page 104. MOVEMENT OF THE BODY Engaging the whole—body and mind—integrates the those feelings lift and expand rigorous science of well-being with the lived experience. your chest, a subtle nonverbal AND THE THOUGHTS APRIL 24–26 SUNDAY–TUESDAY Embodied Positive Psychology recognizes that well-being gesture that makes you more OF THE MIND. Pre-Summit Workshop requires more than an intellectual understanding; it requires a inviting to others, more open Choose one of these three inspiring events: multidimensional view of wholeness (which we call wholebeing). for connection.” • Get inSPIREd: Let Your Yoga Dance with Positive Psychology, Cognitive understanding and knowing is not the same as There’s an intimate link between the movement of the body with Megha Nancy Buttenheim realizing, living, and experiencing. Embodiment physicalizes and the thoughts of the mind. You could say we can cultivate • Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice, with Ryan Neimiec an idea, making it concrete in the here and now. As the a thinking body and a feeling mind. • Group Contagion and Team Embodiment, with Phoebe Atkinson and Nancy Kirsner definition explains, embodiment gives visible form to an idea. Yoga practitioners live embodiment on the mat through the By embodying Positive Psychology, you become a walking awareness brought to each posture—giving intimate, detailed PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOP $225, plus room and meals; see page 104. expression of the idea. attention to the length of the arms all the way to fingertips, the grounding of our feet on the earth, the lift of the top of the head KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Embodied Positive Psychology is the experience of to the sky. Postures inform us about what it feels like to inhabit • Cultivating mindfulness through the body, by focusing every part of our physical being. We fill the container of our on the breath and anchoring our attention in the present own skin with our mind’s eye. The more we include the whole of • Engaging the body as part of the learning process— our body in the yoga experience, the richer the practice. physically moving in order to understand an intellectual Philosophers, psychologists, and even artificial-intelligence concept researchers who study the embodied mind contend that the body Barbara Tal Sharon Megan • Exploring and inquiring as much about our inner world Fredrickson Ben-Shahar Salzberg McDonough shapes cognition. Or, to put it more simply, the body shapes as our outer world what we think and how we feel—and, by extension, how we act. • Sharing, connecting, and networking, because the “we” helps provide context for the “me” Megan McDonough is cofounder and CEO of Wholebeing Institute, • Leveraging the body’s capacity to change the mind an educational organization committed to spreading ideas and (instead of enforcing the mind’s will upon the body). practices that help individuals and groups live life to its fullest.

Neal Maria Sirois James Edi Pasalis Mayerson Pawelski em·bod·y Presented in partnership with be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling)

Find out more about the event schedule, workshops, and presenters at kripalu.org/epps. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 51 Kripalu | RELATIONSHIPS

MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Secrets to Lasting Intimacy Creating Great Relationships Freddy Zental Weaver and Elsbeth Meuth Relationships Through FOR committed couples. Family Constellations Mark Wolynn Learn how to create and sustain connection and bliss—within yourself and in your relationship—through a process that includes meditation, conscious breathing, energy FOR everyone, including therapists. awareness, bodywork, and communication exercises. Take this opportunity to Whether you’re single or in a relationship, this program can help you get to the heart • Rediscover the source of creative energy of what separates you from the closeness • Let go of blocks and past conditioning you desire. Come experience Family • Create fulfillment and pleasure within yourself and with your partner. Constellations, a three-dimensional learn- Feel more passionate and fulfilled in life and love as you explore ways to expand joy, ing process designed to reveal the hidden intimacy, and creativity. dynamics and unconscious family loyalties that limit your ability to have successful relationships. Guided by the director of the TUITION $255 per person, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SLI-161) Family Constellation Institute, you learn • What influences relationship choices on FREDDY ZENTAL WEAVER, CBW, and ELSBETH MEUTH, EDD, are the a subconscious level coauthors of Sexual Enlightenment and founders of the TantraNova • 20 invisible dynamics that can erode Institute in Chicago. tantranova.com intimacy MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY • Three ways that relationships can be significantly damaged or strengthened Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend • How to balance hurt and maintain relationship equilibrium Sarahjoy Marsh MARCH 20–24 SUNDAY–THURSDAY • Ways to preserve aliveness and establish FOR women and their daughters (ages 13 and up) at all yoga levels, your full weight with a partner. including beginners. Wired for Relationship Family Constellations allows you to break Join Sarahjoy Marsh for a nourishing getaway that celebrates your innate Stan Tatkin and Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin destructive patterns so that you can live a more fulfilled life. capacities for connection, empathy, and camaraderie. Spend quality time together while doing something special for yourselves. FOR everyone interested in relationship success. CE credits. TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see Through yoga, meditation, and group experiences, we Why not use all the tools at your disposal to ensure the long-term hap- page 104. (web code HRIW-161) • Renew our capacity for playfulness and camaraderie piness and success of your relationship? This program draws from neuroscience theories • Experience insight, laughter, and nurturing and research models that can help you and your partner (present or future) operate as a MARK WOLYNN, director two-person psychological system that is truly mutual and collaborative. • Realize simple ways to bring greater vibrancy into our lives of the Family Constellation • Rediscover our innate capacity for self- Gain hands-on experience with techniques scientifically proven to create secure and high- Institute, conducts work- renewing love and wisdom. functioning relationships, so you can shops and trainings in family • See through the fog of infatuation therapy throughout the TUITION $210, plus room & meals; see page world. markwolynn.com • Understand the biological underpinnings of relationship connection 104. (web code MDYW-161) • Screen partners for a good match • Recognize your own and your partner’s relationship styles SARAHJOY MARSH, MA, RYT 500, • Move toward secure functioning with your partner is a pioneer of East/West integrated approaches for yoga therapy and founder • Play well and fight well together of the DAYA Foundation. sarahjoyyoga.com • Form mutually satisfying and lasting commitments.

RECOMMENDED READING Stan Tatkin, Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship.

TUITION $375, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WFR-161)

⊕⊕COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with STAN TATKIN, PSYD, MFT, TRACEY BOLDEMANN-TATKIN Hunger, Hope, and Healing: Reunion, author of Wired for Love, Your has served as the director of May 8–11, for a 10 percent tuition Brain on Love, and Love and various philanthropic family discount for each program. Visit the War in Intimate Relationships, foundations. Sensitivity to Kripalu website for more information. developed the Psychobiologi- family systems guides her work cal Approach to Couple Therapy® as co-executive of the PACT (PACT). stantatkin.com Institute. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 53 Kripalu | RELATIONSHIPS

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Making an Impact OUR MISSION IN ACTION

The true measure of our mission is the impact we have on people’s lives, at our retreat center and in the world.

• We welcome more than 50,000 guests An endodontist brings her yoga teacher annually for uplifting, empowering experiences.

training to Tufts Dental School. •  The Kripalu Scholarship Program awards approximately $500,000 each year. Five years ago, I came to Kripalu for an R&R Retreat to deepen my personal yoga practice. Little did I know that this one weekend would also deepen my life and open me up to a true understanding of yoga, both on and off the • The Kripalu Yoga in the Schools (KYIS) mat. I learned that yoga has the power not only to make a difference in an individual’s life, but also to make an program offers tools for resilience and impact on a bigger scale, influencing society in many different ways. well-being to thousands of students, and I am an endodontist in private practice and also teach clinical endodontics at Tufts University School of the KYIS Teacher Training certifies yoga Dental Medicine in Boston. I saw a need to help our students with the stresses they incur during their four-year instructors to teach in schools. training, and that inspired me to bring my passions of dentistry and yoga together. I attended Kripalu’s 200-hour • Our Teaching for Diversity fund supports yoga teacher training with the goal of teaching yoga and meditation to dental students. yoga teachers working with underserved I am now the director of mind-body wellness at Tufts Dental School, where I’ve initiated a yoga and populations. meditation curriculum that is now part of all our students’ dental training. This curriculum provides our students with healthy ways to handle the stress they experience during their training, and also grounds and centers them, so • The Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living they can deliver the best possible dental care to their patients. researches and develops yoga programs to I have always felt a need to give back, and I am a proud Kripalu donor because my experience at Kripalu, transform schools and health care. the people I met there, and my yoga teacher training have contributed to my ability to make a difference in my profession, in the lives of dental students, and in the future of dental health-care. Support our mission-driven initiatives —Christina P., Boston, Massachusetts, Kripalu Yoga teacher and Kripalu donor kripalu.org/makeagift

800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 55 Kripalu | RELATIONSHIPS g Brin the Kids MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 27–29 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 5–8 THURSDAY–SUNDAY CircusYoga Retreat Art-Making Retreat for Kids Healing Interpersonal Mothers, Daughters, Being Intimate A RETREAT FOR COUPLES THE HUMAN ART OF PLAY FREE YOUR CREATIVITY Wounds and the Heroic Journey Meg Agnew, Cindy L. Parrish, Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe Jennifer Burke A RADICAL APPROACH KATE AND JOEL FELDMAN Janis Abrahms Spring and SuEllen Hamkins FOR everyone ages 7 and up. FOR ages 6–13. FOR couples of any length of commitment and FOR mothers and their daughters ages 9–12. FOR everyone, including mental and spiritual- any sexual orientation. CircusYoga, a blend of interactive yoga, Making art is not only fun, it also enhances health professionals. Mothers, you can be a vital part of your circus arts, and transformational play, returns your understanding of yourself and the world. daughter’s coming-of-age journey. The Your intimate partnership has the poten- to Kripalu for its 15th year. This alchemy of This long weekend for kids is devoted to the We’re all struggling to creators of this weekend invite you and tial to make you stronger, happier, and connection and joyful fun results in a state exploration, evolution, and enjoyment of art- forgive someone—an healthier. Imagine being able to talk about JENNIFER BURKE is a your daughter to come deepen your con- of deep rejuvenation. Bring your friends and making. Through playing with line, form, value, unfaithful partner, an what you really need, feeling free to be teaching artist from nection with each other and gain resources family to experience this multigenerational and color, kids develop new ways of seeing addicted parent, a yourself—to dance easily together and Berkeley, California, where to foster closeness in the years ahead. retreat, which includes and channeling their creative impulses. thankless child or sib- experience the satisfaction of knowing your she offers a full range of Using theater games, visual arts, writing, • Mandala Yoga and collaborative group play With an emphasis on experimentation and ling. Relationship partner is really there with you. This retreat visual art instruction to and sharing, we wounds often leave us is about relational intimacy: what it is, how • Flying Partner Yoga and partner acrobatics curiosity, kids learn how to work with and children, teens, and adults. feeling emotionally • Explore what it means to thrive as an it works, and how you can have more. combine an intriguing collection of media, westsidestudio.squarespace.com • Basic circus skills: juggling, diabolo, devil raw. Using instruction adolescent girl, by looking back at who techniques, and materials. They get to develop Learn and experience sticks, spinning plates, and more and role-playing exer- you were at that time their ideas into a series of related pieces, and • A dialogue process to forever transform • Clowning and physical comedy cises, this program teaches you how to • Get to know ourselves better through the have the opportunity to exhibit their work at a DON’T MISS your communication • Balancing in asanas and on a tightwire group show on Sunday. Art-making is a won- Wisdom Rising: Mandala of the Sacred • De-shame the injury question: Who am I right now, and what is • The interpersonal neurobiology of human • Thai Yoga massage derful way to slow down the eyes, mind, and Feminine, May 5–8, with Lama Tsultrim • Release bitter preoccupation with its nurturing this vision of myself? loving hands, and find freedom in self-expression. • Creative movement and dance. Allione and , p. 89 injustice • Experience the power of invoking ancestral support • New ways to incorporate pleasurable touch. The CircusYoga community welcomes people • Forge an appropriate relationship with TUITION $215, plus room & meals; call for rates. • How talking about sex can be safe and fun of all ages and abilities who embrace the your offender (from cutting off to fully • Join in a mothers-only discussion group (web code CLFK-161) principles of inclusion, connection, coauthor- engaging with that person) while your daughters explore who they • Massage and gentle partner yoga ship, and empathy. Learn how to live from a • Restore a sense of dignity—with or might become in playful and meaningful • Dance, music, and laughter more playful, resilient, expressive place, and without forgiving. ways. • The art of attunement: How daily loving surprise yourself by what you can do! Those who have hurt others learn concrete can transform your relationship. MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY NOTE Children in this program must be acts of repair to earn forgiveness from Kate and Joel Feldman create a safe learn- accompanied by a parent or adult who is NOTE Children in this program must be those they’ve violated, and from them- ing environment for couples to open their Kundalini Playground registered for the program. accompanied by a parent or guardian who is selves. This includes offering non-defensive hearts and connect. also registered for this program. FUN WITH PEACE AND PRAYER apologies and taking a fair share of respon- TUITION Adults $225, plus room & meals; TUITION Adults $220, plus room & meals; see Jai Fuller sibility for what went wrong. see page 104. (web code MDH-161) Kids TUITION $325 per person, plus room & page 104. (web code CIRC-161) Kids $135, Come alone, with the person who hurt you, $195, plus children’s housing; call for rates. meals; see page 104. (web code BIRC-161) plus room & meals; call for rates. (web code FOR ages 5–12. or with a friend. You’re invited to participate (web code MDHK-161). CIRC-162) as much or as little as feels comfortable. Kundalini Playground is a place for kids to KATE FELDMAN, MSW, LCSW, is a psycho- MEG AGNEW, movement laugh, reflect, and discover the common therapist with a background in Gestalt, Imago, TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page theater artist and educator, ERIN MAILE O’KEEFE and threads that connect them to others. In this and Family Systems therapies, as well as EMDR, 104. (web code HCFY-161) leads transformative pro- KEVIN O’KEEFE developed program with Jai Fuller, children yoga, and meditation. consciousrelationships.com CircusYoga and Flying Part- JAI FULLER founded Khalsa grams for actors and movers • Practice fun Kundalini Yoga and meditation ner Yoga out of their love for Camp in 1999, a popular sum- JANIS ABRAHMS SPRING, of all ages. She has one step- JOEL FELDMAN, CPCC, certified coach, daughter and two grand- mediator, and consultant, has been working yoga, the circus, connection, • Learn self-awareness, sharing skills, and mer camp in New England for PHD, a nationally acclaimed daughters. heroicgirlz.com with couples, individuals, and work teams and play. circusyoga.org teamwork children ages 5–13. Her teach- expert on issues of trust, inti- ing style is bright, enthusias- for nearly 30 years. consciousrelationships.com • Connect to nature by spending as much macy, and forgiveness, is CINDY L. PARRISH, PHD, is a tic, and heart-centered. time as possible outside as a group author of the award-winning renowned educator, novelist, • Create a string of prayer flags using the How Can I Forgive You? playwright, and award- janisaspring.com personal prayers of each child DON’T MISS winning filmmaker. She has • Perform together to share what they’ve Original Light: Empowerment Through two daughters. heroicgirlz.com learned and created together. Daily Spiritual Practice, May 27–30, with Snatam Kaur and Sopurkh Singh, p. 96 With Jai’s joyful teaching style, this retreat is a SUELLEN HAMKINS, MD, is fun way for children to build inner peace, as mother to two daughters and well as explore and play outdoors. coauthor of The Mother- Daughter Project: How Moth- NOTE Children in this program must be accompanied at Kripalu by a parent or adult who ers and Daughters Can Band is registered for a program or an R&R Retreat. Kids meet for morning and afternoon Together, Beat the Odds and sessions while parents are in their programs. Families are together at mealtimes, in the Thrive Through Adolescence. evenings, and overnight. suellenhamkins.com TUITION $225, plus room & meals; call for rates. (web code KPFP-161)

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MARCH 10–13 THURSDAY–SUNDAY Live Boldly and Liberate Your Authentic Self Self-Discovery 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 MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY SUZI TUCKER is a leading we grow up, are often diminished by facilitator and teacher of fear, shame, anger, perfectionism, and Family Constellations and other self-defeating patterns. Using A Family Constellations author of Gather Enough exercises, visualizations, journaling, and Approach to Well-Being Fireflies. suzitucker.com MARCH 4–6 FRIDAY–SUNDAY short lectures, world-renowned coach Suzi Tucker, Dan Booth Cohen, and best-selling author Lauren Mackler Jamy Faust, Peter Faust, J. Edward Lynch, PROGRESSIVE WORKSHOP guides you in Bill Mannle, and Emily Blefeld Volden DAN BOOTH COHEN, PHD, • Unearthing and transforming self- is an internationally known ASCENDING YOUR ENERGY, TUNE INTO YOUR NEW DESTINY sabotaging patterns FOR everyone. psychologist, author, trainer, • Using your intuition as a practical life and Systemic Family Constella- JOE DISPENZA Family Constellations is a ground- barometer tions facilitator. breaking approach to becoming FOR everyone. CE credits. • Reconnecting to your passions, whole and reclaiming joy. Each strengths, and purpose teacher in this week of deep wellness JAMY FAUST, MA, a healer Spend a weekend in retreat, away from external reminders • Living boldly to achieve your dreams exploration has forged a unique path and psychotherapist in private of who you think you are, and learn about the new science of and goals. in Family Constellations through practice, completed her train- possibility. Joe Dispenza blends quantum physics, neurosci- years of study and experience. ing in Family Constellations ence, neuroplasticity, neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroim- RECOMMENDED READING Lauren Mackler, Together, they offer under Bert Hellinger in 2002. munology, and epigenetics to produce significant positive Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness change in people’s lives. • A dynamic understanding of and Transform Your Life. your personal and professional Using interactive exercises and intensive meditations, you learn to PETER FAUST, MAC, leads relationships and ways to enrich or TUITION $265, plus room & meals; see trainings in the Constellation • Find the sweet spot of the present moment where possibility exists complete them page 104. (web code LYAS-161) Approach nationally, and has • Change your beliefs and perceptions • Techniques for witnessing old practiced the healing arts for • Liberate emotional energy and use it to create a new destiny wounds, releasing burdens LAUREN MACKLER is a renowned more than 25 years. from the past, and letting go of • Reprogram your genes, energize your brain, and open your heart coach and teacher whose first book, resentment, pain, and sorrow • Recondition your body to a new mind Solemate: Master the J. EDWARD LYNCH, PHD, a Art of Aloneness and • Ways of shifting ingrained, • Use consciousness to command matter facilitator and trainer in the Transform Your seemingly intractable patterns • Develop attention as a skill Systemic Constellation Life, became an • Permission to thrive method, has been training • Experience profound and ongoing shifts inside and out. instant interna- • New insights from collaborative psychotherapists for 35 years. Many people report that they left this program a different person from when tional best-seller. mind-body intelligence they came. laurenmackler.com • Creative ways to incorporate a psy- this approach into personal or BILL MANNLE, LMFT, NOTE This program starts at 7:00 pm on Friday evening, has intensive hours, chotherapist and a Family Con- professional practice. and ends at 6:00 pm on Sunday. This may limit your availability for other Kripalu stellations facilitator and events and Healing Arts services. See the Kriaplu website for more information. Through small-group experiential trainer, has introduced Constel- work and large-group exchanges, PREREQUISITE See this program on the Kripalu website for required pre-program lations work in schools for both learn to foster connection and inclu- reading and viewing. adolescents and teachers. sion in your family and community. TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code BLOC-161) EMILY BLEFELD VOLDEN, TUITION $595, plus room & meals; LICSW, a psychotherapist, JOE DISPENZA, DC, is the best-selling author of Evolve Your Brain, Breaking the see page 104. (web code WPA-161) trainer, and Systemic Family Habit of Being Yourself, and his latest, You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Constellations facilitator, is the Matter. drjoedispenza.com cofounder of the Seeing with Your Heart Immersion Program.

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MARCH 20–25 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Kripalu Life Coaching Talking with Loved Ones Creating Transformational TOOLS FOR MINDFUL LIVING on the Other Side Workshops Aruni Nan Futuronsky and Izzy Lenihan EIGHT ESSENTIAL LEADING MIND-BODY EXPERIENCES STEPS TO HEAL Ken Nelson, Lesli Lang, and David Ronka FOR everyone, including yoga teachers, YOUR GRIEF Ayurvedic consultants, nurses, coaches, FOR everyone. CE credits. and therapists. Sue Frederick When you’re clear about your calling and Fuel authentic, sustainable change with FOR everyone. you have the right tools, you’re in a power- a true understanding of who you are and Experience a variety ful position to help others. Are you ready how you want to show up in the world. of unique approaches to bring your passion into group settings Based upon Kripalu’s core values of pres- to healing grief in this in ways that create synergy, original think- ence, integrity, inquiry, service, compassion, interactive program that includes ing, and breakthrough solutions? and practice, Kripalu Life Coaching guides you to act from your deepest wisdom in a • Sue Frederick’s Eight Essential Steps for Learn how to create a culture of coopera- way that joyfully serves your soul’s purpose. Shifting Grief tion based on insight, empathy, and inten- tional practices. Set the stage for creative MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY When you bring your actions and intentions • The Break Your Heart Wide Open into alignment, the way forward becomes meditation leaps, deep learning, and fun, drawing on both wisdom traditions and evidence- Life Purpose Boot Camp clear. • A reconnection ritual based science. Eric Maisel HUMAN NATURE, Find inspiration and clarity in a program • How pain and loss fuel your greatest that includes Take home work and most fulfilling life FOR everyone. DIVINE NATURE • Self-discovery tools that link the heart • Group coaching sessions with two • Sharing your stories THE SPIRITUAL PATH OF SACRED ECO-BIOLOGY expert Kripalu life coaches and plenty of and mind • Having a direct conversation with the Get ready to live a more passionate, community support from your peers • Keys to collective wisdom and ways to departed to help you move forward powerful, and purposeful life! Based on CAROLINE MYSS spark group creativity • Ways to identify and prioritize your with your life. the groundbreaking techniques in Eric goals and remove obstacles • Interactive techniques to energize, Maisel’s best-selling book, Life Purpose FOR everyone. Sue believes that everyone is capable connect, and empower people Boot Camp, this program guides you to a • Self-care and mindfulness techniques of lifting the veil, seeing, and talking to An organic spiritual path interweaves inquiry into the nature of the deep understanding of your life’s purpose to integrate relaxation and stillness into departed loved ones. Return home with • Marketing tips to champion your Divine with deep exploration of our own human nature and the nature and meaning. your days a fresh perspective on pain and loss, a workshops of life itself. In this program, Caroline Myss leads you in examining • Practical, usable, and sustainable tools meaningful plan for a brighter, happier • Accountability partners and a peer- Experience profound growth and change the powerful questions that naturally arise as you progress along this to enrich your life and/or help your future, and direct knowledge of the support network. as you path, such as, What is the nature of God? What do I believe? What is clients. presence of your departed loved ones. Group input and feedback help you discover • Discover your unique life purposes and belief all about, anyway? Several participants will receive a brief your strengths, sharpen your vision, unfold how to live them every day Caroline describes the soul as an expression of the sacred eco- NOTE Bring a journal, or plan to purchase personal reading from Sue. your ideas, and develop an action plan. • Overcome the natural obstacles to living biological system that makes up all life and all one at the Kripalu Shop. a purposeful life of the cosmos. When we look at our spiritual TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see NOTE Tuition includes a manual. See this • Learn how focusing on your purpose path through this lens, we gain an illuminating page 104. (web code RRLC-161) page 104. (web code TTLO-161) program on the Kripalu website for impor- creates more meaning in everything perspective that supports us in tant information, including a participant you do • Releasing dysfunctional religious myths survey to be completed and returned prior ARUNI NAN FUTURONSKY SUE FREDERICK has worked with thou- • Take all aspects of your personality • Healing old wounds to the program. is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, life sands of clients and is author of Bridges into account as you identify your life TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see • Finding spiritual answers coach, and faculty member to Heaven: True Stories of Loved Ones on purposes page 104. (web code CPE-161) • Opening to a mystical understanding for Kripalu R&R Retreat and the Other Side. • Practice simple techniques to keep your of the Divine Kripalu programs. life purposes vibrant and clearly in view. • Sustaining a personal spiritual practice. coacharuni.com KEN NELSON, PHD, a leader in mind-body practices and TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see IZZY LENIHAN is a certified TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see longtime Kripalu faculty mem- page 104. (web code LPBC-161) life, career, and wellness page 104. (web code ESD-161) ber, is dedicated to transform- coach who has helped thou- ing the ways we serve and sands of people make ERIC MAISEL is a world-renowned lead through yoga-inspired is an changes in all stages of their teacher of creativity, meaning, and life CAROLINE MYSS learning. powerfulworkshops.com internationally renowned lives for more than 20 years. purpose. His many books include Life pioneer in the field of LESLI LANG has a back- Purpose Boot Camp and Rethinking medical intuition and ground in theater and per- Depression. ericmaisel.com a New York Times best- forming arts, and two selling author. myss.com decades of experience assist- ⊕⊕COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with Deep ing Fortune 500 executives to Writing Workshop, March 20–25, for a 10 communicate their message percent tuition discount for each program; more effectively. see page 29. See this program on the Kripalu website for additional faculty bios. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 61 Kripalu | SELF-DISCOVERY

APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Now What? Animal Wisdom Second Journey FINDING CAREER CLARITY AND LIFE DIRECTION FROM CONNECTING WITH THE IT’S NEVER TOO LATE THE INSIDE OUT INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS TO RECLAIM YOUR LIFE Laura Berman Fortgang Linda Bender JOAN CE credits. FOR everyone. ANDERSON

Are you reevaluating your career or looking to do something radically different with Deepen your relationship with animals and FOR all women. your life? Join Laura Berman Fortgang, author of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life discover how they can connect you more pro- Direction, and discover who you really are and what you’re meant to do. foundly to all of life. Learn what your dog or Strength gained from adversity and This practical program leads you out of confusion or indecision to a clear direction cat is really trying to communicate to you, and conflict can move you forward into a for the future. Discover what’s next for you, and design a plan to get there as you whether they remain near you after death. new dimension of being. In this program Based on Linda Bender’s years of experience based on her new book, Stretch Marks, • Break down the barriers to clarity RECOMMENDED and personal practice, this program offers READING Linda Joan Anderson guides you in stilling APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY • Release limiting beliefs your mind and focusing on the quest for TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see • Practical tools and insights to effortlessly Bender, Animal • Learn how your past holds clues to your future solutions and resolutions, no matter what page 104. (web code CCLD-161) connect with animals and nature Wisdom: Learning Seven Pillars of decade of life you’re in. • Find a sense of purpose • Techniques for allowing animals to awaken from the Spiritual the Peaceful Warrior • Determine your criteria for happiness in work the wisdom inside you, giving you access Lives of Animals. The Latin definition of the word “inten- LAURA BERMAN tion” is “to stretch toward something.” Dan Millman • Face money obstacles head on to love, courage, peace, and better health TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see FORTGANG is author of This weekend, stretch toward accepting • Simple steps to integrate intuition into page 104. (web code AWLS-161) FOR everyone. • Honor and make sense of your intuition. Take Yourself to the Top, change, being real, letting go, making everyday life Answers to your questions about meaning, ful- Living Your Best Life, and time, forgiveness, reciprocity, ripening, Transform your daily life fillment, and satisfaction are available in this fun Now What? 90 Days to a • Chanting techniques, meditations, and LINDA BENDER, DVM, has devoted breaking rules, and affirmation. Joan into a meaningful path and interactive program. New Life Direction. practices to transform your relationship her life to the rescue, rehabilitation, believes every woman possesses what she of personal evolution, laurabermanfortgang.com with animals. and protection of wildlife. She is needs to navigate her future, and provides founded upon universal Come learn ways to heal from the loss of author of Animal Wisdom: Learning the structure to accomplish that goal. laws that are as consistent a beloved animal companion, explore from the Spiritual Lives of Animals. Each day of this retreat includes mind, as the law of gravity. The the unexplained powers of animals, and lindabender.org body, and soul work, with a schedule that better you understand expand your consciousness. allows you to take advantage of Kripalu’s these seven pillars, the wiser your decisions yoga classes and R&R Retreat workshops, and the more peaceful your life—in every as well as enjoy Healing Arts treatments. arena, including health, work, relationships, and finances. TUITION $280, plus room & meals; see The Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior are APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY page 104. (web code STSR-161) • Balance: Learn new skills while staying balanced Thriving! Awaken Your Divinity Within JOAN ANDERSON is a motivational • Choices: Make better decisions and REALIGN WITH YOUR TRUE NATURE A WORKSHOP IN SELF-MASTERY speaker, workshop leader, retreat empower your life Linda and Charlie Bloom Paul Selig facilitator, and author. She has appeared • Process: Approach your goals step by on Oprah, the Today show, and Good step, and enjoy the journey FOR everyone. FOR everyone. Morning America. joananderson.com • Presence: Transcend worry, anxiety, and regret, and simplify your life Each one of us is born pre-programmed to thrive Work directly with Paul Selig and his Guides to make transformative breakthroughs on • Action: Turn knowing into doing and flourish throughout life. But this natural your spiritual journey. In his widely read works of channeled material, Paul describes process can be interrupted by experiences and a program for personal and planetary evolution to awaken humankind to its divine • Surrender: Make a basic shift of beliefs that impair your ability to prosper and nature. This weekend, he introduces techniques to heal yourself and others, develop perspective that eliminates stress grow. Realign with your predisposition toward and sustain higher levels of consciousness, and release emotional blocks that keep you • Unity: Move from a competitive to a growth and awakening as you learn to from manifesting your higher nature. collaborative mindset. • Come to terms with your “shadow” TUITION $250, plus room & meals; In this program that includes channeled lectures, attunements, and energy activations, you Return home to a new world, filled with • Deepen your experience of self-trust see page 104. (web code THRV-161) • Receive individual instruction from Paul’s possibility. Guides • Discover the essential principles of mutually TUITION $265, plus room & meals; see fulfilling relationships • Attune to higher frequencies in a way that TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see LINDA BLOOM, LCSW, and page 104. (web code AYDS-161) you can trust and feel page 104. (web code SPPW-161) • Identify and strengthen the qualities that foster CHARLIE BLOOM, MSW, wholeness in your life are seminar leaders, authors, • Learn how to send and receive healing PAUL SELIG is an award- psychotherapists, and consultants. energies • Explore the art of responsible self-care. winning author, psychic, DAN MILLMAN, a former world-champion Married since 1972, they codirect Linda and Charlie Bloom create a “perfection-free • Develop your abilities as an empath and channel. paulselig.com athlete, coach, and college professor, Bloomwork in Santa Cruz, California, zone” that enables you to embody these practices, • Free yourself from limitation and fear has written 16 books published in 29 and are the authors of Secrets of ground yourself on a path of ever-deepening well- languages, including Way of the Peaceful Great Marriages. bloomwork.com • Gain tools to transform your life and Warrior. peacefulwarrior.com being, and have fun in the process. awaken to your divine nature.

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APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 1–6 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 8–13 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Emotional Mindfulness, Clearing the Clutter Seeing the Light Connection, and Healing MAKING SPACE FOR POSITIVE EXPLORING THE INTIMATE BEFRIENDING THE WISDOM AND CHANGE CONNECTION BETWEEN VISION POWER OF YOUR EMOTIONS Maria Sirois and Izzy Lenihan AND CONSCIOUSNESS Marc Grossman and Jacob Liberman Ronald J. Frederick and Tim Beyer FOR everyone. FOR everyone. FOR everyone. CE credits. Learn how to create a lighter, rejuvenated life in a program based on the principles of Stop looking and start seeing with two Emotions help you Positive Psychology and personal coaching. pioneers in the fields of light, vision, feel alive, meet life’s MARIA SIROIS, PSYD, is an Gain tools for clarity and change, and iden- and consciousness. Learn how to “see challenges, enrich inspirational speaker and tify the clutter you’re ready to let go of—not the light”—the guidance that leads you your relationships, clinical psychologist who just in your home but also in your relation- toward inner peace and fulfillment. and heal from emo- lectures internationally on the ships, at work, and in your mind and heart. Explore life’s most important questions as tional wounds. Learn study and application of Posi- you learn how to tap into and Clutter is more than what crowds your tive Psychology, mind-body get the most out of physical environment. It can be found in medicine, and resilience. • How light, vision, and consciousness are stress-based thoughts, confusing feelings, your emotions and be mariasirois.com related fully present with and unclear visions that weigh us down. • What it means to see and learn without yourself and others in this experiential What you choose to remove from your life IZZY LENIHAN is a certified effort is as important—if not more important— life, career, and wellness workshop grounded in contemporary • The physiological truth of the expression than what you choose to bring into it. coach who has helped thou- neuroscience and drawn from a variety of “It caught my eye” psychotherapeutic approaches. sands of people make changes in all stages of their • The reality underlying choice and free Ronald J. Frederick and Tim Beyer teach a TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page lives for more than 20 years. will proven four-step approach to cultivating 104. (web code RRCC-161) • Biochemical facts behind the true “law emotional mindfulness that helps you: of attraction.” • Recognize the ways you unknowingly Where is your vision guiding you? Come avoid or cut yourself off from your and see. APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY emotional power • Tame anxiety and fear and feel more in MAY 1–6 SUNDAY–FRIDAY TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see control MASTER THE POWER WITHIN! page 104. (web code STL-161) • Connect with your true emotions and Embodying the Intelligence of JAMES VAN PRAAGH make use of their inherent resources Your Heart and Soul MARC GROSSMAN, OC, • Authentically express yourself and feel FOR everyone. LAC, has spent the past 35 more connected and receptive to others. Terry Patten years as an optometrist and Take control of your life by learning to use your inner guidance and Return home with tools to break old FOR everyone. acupuncturist, helping thou- intuitive abilities. You can change your reality by altering your energetic patterns, open your heart, and transform sands of people connect imprint—the spiritually charged energy field responsible for attracting your your life. Reconnect with your source of embodied wisdom, power, and passion. This program is a their “insight” to their “eye- present circumstances. transformational journey that helps you join the ear of the heart to the voice of the soul, sight.” drgrossman2020.com James Van Praagh leads you through illuminating meditations and practical NOTE Clinicians are welcome and will learn fostering intimacy with yourself, others, and the unknowable source of it all. exercises that open you to the spiritual core of your being, teaching you to an approach to emotional mindfulness In a safe and nurturing space, begin to release the armoring around your heart as you JACOB LIBERMAN, OD, PHD, is a pioneer in the fields • See and feel the energy within and around you that can be integrated into work with engage in clients. of light, vision, and con- • Utilize thoughts to manifest the life you want • Embodied transformative work anchored in breath and somatic psychology sciousness, and author of TUITION $227, plus room & meals; see • Contact your spirit guides • Playful, fun, and interpersonal relating processes in twos, threes, and small groups Light: Medicine of the Future. page 104. (web code EMCH-161) • Initiate forgiveness and healing in all aspects of your life • Silent and guided meditation and prayer jacobliberman.org • Unhook from the energies that keep you bound in the past • Dance, conscious movement, and vocalizing RONALD J. FREDERICK, • Clear the emotions standing between you and love, happiness, and new PHD, is a psychologist, A clear inclusive context for understanding and anchoring your learning. opportunities. author of Living Like You Come enjoy an intelligent, integrated, heart-and-soul–centered into a life of Expect to receive life-changing messages from the spirit realm to assist you Mean It, and cofounder of practice that is both sustainable and transformative. on your journey. the Center for Courageous Living. NOTE See this program on the Kripalu website for online recommended reading. TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code MPW-161) TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EIYH-161) TIM BEYER, PHD, is co- founder of the Center for JAMES VAN PRAAGH is a New York Times best-selling author, former Courageous Living in Beverly TERRY PATTEN, coauthor of Integral Life Practice, is a key voice in host of the nationally syndicated show Beyond, and creator of The Ghost Hills, California. His passion evolutionary spirituality, leadership, and activism. terrypatten.com Whisperer. vanpraagh.com lies in helping others achieve their goals and realize their best life. cfcliving.com

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MAY 1–6 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 13–15 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 13–15 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY SomaSoul Facilitation Live the Life Your Shine Your Life Finding Your Playful Path Dan Leven with special guests Heather Soul Intended LOVE, MASTERY, AND THE Bernie DeKoven Bilotta and Sage Peeler TRUE SELF FINDING HAPPINESS, FOR everyone. FOR people who have attended at least one FULFILLMENT, AND Christine Warren other SomaSoul training module. CE credits. MEANING Become a guru of glee and a deacon of FOR everyone. Ainslie MacLeod delight with the guidance of Bernie DeKoven, SomaSoul® Soul-Centered Somatic Therapy author of A Playful Path. Bernie invites you Within you is a potent spiritual presence is a training program that aligns your per- FOR everyone. to join in running-around games, lying-down of infinite guidance, wisdom, and love. sonal growth with your professional devel- games, story-telling games, theater games, This presence is your own Higher Self opment. Experience somatic, soul-centered Discover the life plan your soul created before and laughing games. Each day, Bernie who grounds you in your inner mastery practices and open to the power of your you were even born. Ainslie MacLeod, psychic, introduces new ways to play and to get more and knowing, guiding all you are and heart and guts, compassion and intuition. award-winning author, and Oprah’s Soul Series creative, sensitive, spontaneous, and open. He NOTE Tuition includes A Playful Path (book) create. These programs can be taken individually guest, invites you to a weekend of profound teaches you how to and Recess for the Soul (CD). Living from your Higher Self, relation- for personal development or as part of spiritual insight. • Adapt games to different players and invite TUITION $396, plus room & meals; see ships are illuminated, problems are a larger training to become a Registered Every life has a purpose, and yours is no others in page 104. (web code FYP-161) more easily resolved and divine inspira- Somatic Movement Therapist. exception. Your life purpose is not a secret. TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see tion enlightens your life. You discover • Enjoy art, dance, and making music—all for fun This program deepens your explorations in Understanding why you are here begins with page 104. (web code LLYS-161) a deep trust in the living presence of • Create informal communities to help you BERNIE DEKOVEN, MA, is a contemplative practices and the expressive simply knowing who you are. In this experiential Spirit within you, directing all you do. play better leading fun theorist and the arts from previous modules. You learn the program, you learn to AINSLIE MACLEOD is an author of The Well-Played tools you need to guide others in SomaSoul In this program, you learn to • Build an inner playground and facilitate • Identify the soul types that make up your true internationally acclaimed Game, A Playful Path, and the processes that bring healing to body, mind, • Live in a high vibrational state play between heart and soul, mind and personality psychic and award-winning CD Recess for the Soul. and soul. body, thought and stillness. • Apply what you learn to create a happier and author of The Instruction • Identify as your Divine Self, the “I Am” aplayfulpath.com Discover what it means to be truly playful, how In this program, you more fulfilling life and The Transformation. presence you play best, and what you might do to make • Strengthen your facilitation skills and relax ainsliemacleod.com • Heal across time to uplevel the present • Live your destiny. life even more fun. into being with another person using Self-mastery is not some distant and elusive goal, • Use consciousness and thought to the power of your presence, your heart’s but something you can begin living here and now. reshape your outpictured life compassion, and your gut feelings • Attract vibrant relationships that • Learn how to talk to and listen to your resonate with who you truly are. client’s body, not just their mind MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Dynamic spiritual teaching, inspired • Discover how the body communicates MAY 13–15 FRIDAY–SUNDAY poetry, rich group experiences, and Manifest Your Soul’s Purpose Through what needs healing through physical deep community create an uplifting tensions and uncomfortable sensations. The Presence of Breath program experience. the Akashic Records The skills, principles, and core intentions Judith Kravitz Linda Howe presented here can be applied to bring TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see body-centered and creative-based process- CE credits. page 104. (web code LWVQ-161) FOR everyone. ing into a wide range of healing work. Breathe your way to a more healthy and joy- Envision your destiny, recognize your soul’s intentions, and bring your purpose to life. The CHRISTINE WARREN, a Akashic Records can serve as a doorway for awakening the magnificent possibilities and TUITION $450, plus room & meals; see page ful you in a weekend that opens the door to consciousness teacher, inspiration for your remarkable life. 104. (web code SCCC-4161) profound life changes and self-empowerment. Utilizing the tools of Transformational Breathing spiritual life coach, author Linda Howe expertly facilitates personal empowerment and transformation. As you learn and the Presence Process (the work of Michael and counselor, has been to access your Akashic Records, you also DAN LEVEN, RSMT, MPC, a Kripalu faculty presenting transforma- Brown), this program takes you on a journey • Activate unconditional love member for more than 35 years, trains from the transfixed physical state to the vibra- tional workshops nation- NOTE Please wear comfortable, lay- • Understand Akashic manifestation Registered Somatic Movement Thera- tional state of Presence. ally for 38 years. pists through his Shake Your Soul® and ered clothing suitable for movement christinewarrenworkshops.com • Gain clarity about your soul’s specific purposes in this life This weekend includes SomaSoul® programs. leveninstitute.com and bring a water bottle. See this • Identify and release patterns that interfere with your inner knowing and your ability to • Four full Transformational Breath® (TB) sessions program on the Kripalu website for See this program on the Kripalu website express those purposes led by Judith Kravitz, founder of TB recommended reading and listening for additional faculty bios. • Make conscious choices that allow you to experience deep personal satisfaction and • A deep exploration of Michael Brown’s and information about CE credits. contribute your best to humanity. insightful book and program, The Presence TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see Process page 104. (web code RCYB-161). REQUIRED READING Linda Howe, Discover Your Soul’s Path Through the Akashic Records: • Techniques to integrate emotions at the Take Your Life from Ordinary to ExtraOrdinary. causal level JUDITH KRAVITZ, DM, a TUITION $350, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DYSP-161) • Tips for correcting restrictive breath patterns. breathwork master, has Continue the journey back to your authentic self been facilitating breath- with awareness and breath. Learn how to work ing programs since the LINDA HOWE, a leading expert in accessing the Akashic Records for empow- with your breath for more effective respiration, 1970s and has taught in erment and transformation, is an award-winning author of How to Read the full emotional integration, and a deeper spiritual more than 20 countries. Akashic Records. akashicstudies.com connection. transformationalbreath.com

800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 67 MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Backbone What I Learned A MEN’S WEEKEND OF PURPOSE, PASSION, AND EMPOWERED LIVING We’re DAVID HARSHADA WAGNER at Kripalu on My investing FOR all men. Explore what it means to be a powerful, happy man in today’s world. Summer Vacation What does it take to know yourself better, find your mission in life, and live with strength, honor, and wisdom? Join David Harshada Wagner for a straight-talking, down-to-earth, A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE SHARES HER KRIPALU in positive fun weekend of profound self-examination. We’ll look at questions around male identity, spirituality, self-limitation, sexuality, relationships, fatherhood, and more. EXPERIENCE AND HOW IT’S CHANGED HER LIFE. This program combines no-nonsense wisdom with honest exercises to help you change. • Connect with your purpose in life What can I say about Kripalu? Before I attended the Kripalu Honestly, if it wasn’t for this tool, my relationships with • Hone your emotional intelligence Approach for Teens program last summer, I had no idea that family and friends wouldn’t be as healthy as they are now. • Escape unhelpful beliefs, patterns, and habits Kripalu even existed, or that there was a place where people What I didn’t know about yoga was that it revolves around • Live an amazing, passion-filled life. taught others how to practice yoga and what it brings to an breathing. I had no idea that breathing was the key to everything, You can help. Take a weekend to get to know yourself, individual’s life. I first heard about Kripalu from a close friend and it’s helped me relax and handle certain situations. After enhance your strengths, root out weaknesses, who was offered a scholarship to participate in the program, but Kripalu, breathing has had a major impact in my life. It helps and upgrade your entire experience of life. couldn’t attend, so she asked if I wanted to do it. I had always me relax when I’m stressing over homework wanted to try yoga, but didn’t know where to go or what to do. and exams, or when I catch myself having TUITION $265, plus room & meals; see page by Arianna Brito 104. (web code BBMW-161) So I agreed, not knowing what I was getting myself into. an anxiety attack. A few days ago, I took During my week at Kripalu, I met new friends and learned the PSAT and before I left school, I had five minutes to myself. In DAVID HARSHADA WAGNER is a meditation multiple tools that have been beneficial to my life. One of my those five minutes, I did the Three-Part Breath and relaxed. I was teacher, spiritual leader, and author of favorite tools for dealing with an intense situation is Riding the stressing because the PSAT ain’t no joke. Backbone: The Modern Man’s Ultimate Guide to Wave. It consists of breathing, relaxing, feeling, watching, and Saying yes to being at Kripalu was the best thing I’ve ever Purpose, Passion, and Power. davidhwagner.com allowing yourself to accept the situation. Before learning this done. Before Kripalu, I was a complete mess; my mind was tool, when I was in a all over the place and my relationships weren’t healthy. After challenging situation, Kripalu, my life is improving and progressing. My mind is still APRIL 14–17 THURSDAY–SUNDAY I would normally fight indeed all over the place but, little by little, it’s getting there. Mindful Recovery back or sometimes even Breathing and Riding the Wave have helped me in the process of block it out by taking a becoming a better person. Kripalu has completely changed my AWAKENING TO LOVE nap. Riding the Wave life and I honestly can’t wait to go back. Kevin Griffin and Bill Alexander has helped me improve Arianna Brito (pictured above and in center at left) is a sophomore at FOR everyone. my relationship with the Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists in New York City. my mother because Nurture and enrich the opening of the heart, what the Twelve Steps call “spiritual awak- sometimes reasoning To support our Scholarship ening,” through mindfulness, loving-kindness, and a range of contemplative practices. with your mother Blossom into your full capacity for love and service in a program that includes periods of Program, which enables meditation, lecture, discussion, and engaged interactive exercises. requires a great teens like Arianna to come Our Scholarship Program deal of energy and to Kripalu, visit Over the past decade, mindfulness teach- patience (which I ings and practices have transformed the TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page give.kripalu.org awards $500,000 each landscape of the recovery world. Guided 104. (web code MRBA-161). don’t always have). year to yoga teachers and by two of the seminal figures in the mindful Instead of fighting To find out more about recovery movement, come experience KEVIN GRIFFIN trained as a back, I breathe and allow myself to relax. how the Kripalu Institute practitioners who take the • Skillful meditation instruction Community Dharma Leader at Riding the Wave also helped my relationship with friends. A few for Extraordinary Living tools of yoga and skillfull • Storytelling Spirit Rock Meditation Center. weeks ago, one of my close friends told me something that made is sharing yoga-based • Twelve Step teachings He is author of One Breath at living to others. a Time: Buddhism and the me extremely uncomfortable and furious. I was so full of rage, I tools for health and well- • A diverse array of insights from the Twelve Steps. kevingriffin.net wanted to fight back, but just as I was about to, I stopped myself being with individuals and Buddhist tradition. and realized what I was doing. I took a deep breath and talked it organizations, visit kripalu.org/makeagift BILL ALEXANDER, storyteller Don’t miss this opportunity to spend a few and writer, is ordained in the out instead. Riding the Wave has had a huge impact on my life. kripalu.org/iel days with Bill Alexander and Kevin Griffin lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. His in a unique mindful recovery program. book, Ordinary Recovery, has been called a “recovery classic.” 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 69 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

MARCH 4–6 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MARCH 6–8 SUNDAY–TUESDAY Creating Ease Strong Core, Yoga and YOGA AND PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR BACK AND NECK PAIN Open Heart Meditation Vandita Kate Marchesiello and Dominick Marchesiello FINDING BALANCE WITH EMBODYOGA FOR people who are in pain, medical professionals who treat pain, and yoga teachers. CE credits. Patty Townsend Experience a holistic approach to creating ease in mind, body, and spirit with Vandita Kate FOR all levels. CE credits. Marchesiello, yoga educator and relaxation specialist, and Dominick Marchesiello, a doctor of physical therapy. The therapeutic benefits of physical therapy, combined with stress- Embodyoga is a radical and inclusive relieving yoga practices, help you approach to developing personal • Understand basic elements of arthritis, degenerative and herniated disc disease, and strength and resilience. It supports other ailments that may cause chronic back and neck pain entering the bodymind fully, with clar- • Work with yoga poses, gentle stretching, and core-strengthening exercises specific to the spine ity, self-acceptance, compassion, and • Practice therapy techniques and experience treatments to ease pain, such as electrical awe. It teaches us how to increase our MARCH 9–11 WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY stimulation, traction, physioball exercises, mobilization techniques, and more individual and universal connection to core, the essence of our true nature— • Incorporate breathing exercises, relaxation, and meditation techniques to cope with pain. deepening our relationships to loved YOGA IN THE SCHOOLS SYMPOSIUM ones, our community, and the world. TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code CE-161) Linda Dusenbury, Catherine Cook-Cottone, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Anne Buckley-Reen, With clarity, wisdom, and humor, Mayuri Gonzalez, Louise Goldberg, Andres Gonzalez, Iona M. Smith, Joanne Spence, master yoga instructor Patty Townsend   Michelle Kelsey Mitchell, Carla Tantillo, and more VANDITA KATE MARCHESIELLO, DOMINICK MARCHESIELLO, teaches E-RYT 500, is a Kripalu faculty PT, DPT, is a clinical • Core strength development member and creator of the best- rehabilitation specialist, senior Together, we’re building CE credits. selling CDs Transform, Relax, and physical therapist, and clinic • Techniques for deepening core Rejuvenate; Yoga with Vandita; leader for Saratoga Hospital’s awareness and stabilizing body and a strong foundation Join us at the Yoga in the Schools Symposium to build and Vandita Chants. Regional Therapy Center. mind inspiration, understanding, and collaboration as we work yoganowandthen.com • How to embody softness and from which to grow this toward the shared goal of bringing the life-enhancing receptivity to support strength practice of yoga to as many young people as possible. without hardening powerful work, with Yoga empowers children and adolescents with tools • A soothing slow-flow practice that for self-regulation, self-awareness, and self-care. The enlivens the whole being. the ultimate goals of most reliable way to ensure that kids have access to Gain more vitality and satisfaction in these transformative tools is to integrate it into their MARCH 4–6 FRIDAY–SUNDAY your yoga practice and in all that you do. empowering young school day. Keynote speaker Linda Dusenbury, PhD, of the Collab- Yoga, Life, and Happiness TUITION $210, plus room & meals; see people and creating orative on Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Rina Jakubowicz page 104. (web code EAHP-161) links yoga to the broader movement and deepens the thriving schools and relevance of yoga in schools. FOR all levels. CE credits. PATTY TOWNSEND, Engaging and interactive sessions from leaders in the communities. The field introduce educators to the immediately usable director of Yoga Center According to Rina Jakubowicz, we each hold the what, why, and how of yoga in schools, including formula to a successful, joy-filled life—we just need Amherst and developer of Kripalu Institute for ® • Tools to use in the school and classroom to learn how to access it. The ancient teachings of Embodyoga in-depth yoga can help you tap into that lasting happiness. study and teacher training Extraordinary Living • Implementation success stories This dynamic program presents programs, has more than • Positive yoga-in-the-schools research outcomes. 35 years of yoga teaching • Practical tools you can use on a daily basis to has been pioneering experience. embodyoga.com combat difficult moments MARCH 8–9 Preconference Summit yoga-in-the-schools • Ways to increase your energy and sense of purpose Yoga in the Schools: Research Summit • Yoga poses practiced in a whole new light, with an research and curriculum awareness to keeps you inspired and practicing Observe a discussion between leading researchers even after you return home development for eight in the field of yoga in the schools. Get a behind-the- • Easy yoga terminology to make life clearer and simpler scenes look as they share their challenges, opportuni- • The power of community and friendship. years, partnering with ties, and experiences. Return home with a personal plan for living the life you’ve always imagined. Sat Bir S. Khalsa, PhD, of TUITION Preconference and symposium: $425, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YISSPC-161) TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YLH-161) Harvard Medical School. Symposium only: $325, plus room and meals; see page 104. (web code YISS-161) RINA JAKUBOWICZ, founder of Rina Yoga, is a bilingual yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner, motivational speaker, author, and television host. rinajakubowicz.com See this program on the Kripalu website for presenter bios.

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MARCH 11–13 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MARCH 20–23 MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY SUNDAY–WEDNESDAY The Elemental Flow of Shakti Shadow Yoga Basics A WEEKEND OF ANUSARA YOGA Philosophy in Flow Matt Pesendian Peter Goodman and Jane Norton YOGIC WISDOM AND VINYASA PRACTICE FOR all levels. CE credits. FOR students with min. 1 year of yoga experience (any style) Aimée Senise Bohn Experience the art of harmonizing the five layers or six months of regular Anusara classes. CE credits. of our being: the physical, energetic, emotional, FOR all levels. CE credits. wisdom, and spirit bodies. Shadow Yoga, founded Prepare for spring’s return in this delightful Anusara by Shandor Remete, is a unique hatha yoga system Yoga weekend. Peter Goodman and Jane Norton An understanding of yoga philos- that utilizes three Standing Prelude Forms, rhythmic weave the elements of nature with Anusara’s Universal ophy can enrich every aspect of breathing, bandhas (energetic locks), and the system Principles of Alignment™ for an uplifting and transformative experience. your practice and your life. Delve of marma (trigger points). Learn to access the energy of shakti, the divine power of creative expansion, as you into the elegant tantric teachings that underlie hatha yoga while This weekend intensive introduces the basic practices, • Move and feel the beauty of being fully open to the vastness of akasha (space) deepening your exploration of principles, and philosophy of Shadow Yoga, including RECOMMENDED READING Shandor • Build earthy stability, add in water’s flowing dance, and combine fire’s potency with the vinyasa. • Energetic anatomy expansive freedom of air Remete, Shadow Yoga, Chaya Yoga: Expect to encounter • Dasa Chalana (joint warm-ups) The Principles of Hatha Yoga. • Practice standing and seated poses, backbends, hip openers, twists, inversions, arm MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY • The ancient scriptural texts that • Jiva Chalana (churning of the inner self) balances, and pranayama. TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see inform hatha yoga, including the • Basic Shadow Yoga standing postures page 104. (web code SYB-161) Kundalini Yoga for Modifications, props, and adjustments are offered to make poses more accessible. Expect Yoga Sutras, , and • Uddiyana bandha (navel lock) to bring awareness to to learn about your body, go deep, and have fun. Shiva Sutras Mastering Your Life the core, train breath control, promote blood/lymph MATT PESENDIAN is a licensed acu- • Engaging discussions of tantric Guru Singh TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code EFS-161) circulation, build inner heat, and tone the organs puncturist who has been practicing philosophy and brain. the art of hatha yoga for 25 years and FOR all levels. CE credits. • Practical ways to integrate the Shadow Yoga is designed to tend your inner fire for qigong for 15 years. mattpesendian.com PETER GOODMAN, E-RYT JANE NORTON, founding principles of yoga philosophy meditation, healing, and living your path. Awaken to your highest potential using 500, is a certified Anusara Yoga member of the Anusara School into your existing vinyasa the practical technologies of Kundalini teacher whose passion is offer- of Hatha Yoga and a certified practice, on and off the mat. ing students a journey filled Anusara Yoga teacher, lives and Yoga in this joy-filled, inspiring week- Aimée believes that the skillful with stability, freedom, and teaches yoga year-round on end with master teacher Guru Singh. use of yoga tools and philosophy integrity of alignment. Martha’s Vineyard. Practice Kundalini Yoga asanas, kriyas, can help everyone successfully blissbrothersyoga.com janenortonyoga.com breathwork, meditation, and chanting, navigate whatever life brings. MARCH 24–27 THURSDAY–SUNDAY designed to foster • Physical, emotional, and mental TUITION $265, plus room & meals; Energy Intensive flexibility MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY see page 104. (web code PFYW-161) MEDITATION, YOGA, AND BREATHWORK • Tolerance, compassion, and Divine Play Vinyasa Immersion Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) and forgiveness to release the past AIMÉE SENISE BOHN uses Richard Faulds (Shobhan) • Techniques to overcome disruptive Jess Frey and Sara Clark inspiring teachings from life, habits and replace them with positive yoga, and yoga philosophy to FOR everyone; no previous yoga or meditation FOR all levels. CE credits. alternatives. guide students deeper experience necessary. CE credits. within themselves. Discover the real meaning of yoga— Explore a deeper relationship with yourself—both on and off the —through the creating union between the physical aimeebohn.com Experience Kripalu Yoga’s unique approach to per- playful, creative, and empowering journey of vinyasa. Daily practices of mindful, breath- NOTE This program is intensive in world and the spiritual realms to pro- sonal transformation in a program that’s practical, based sequences allow you to awaken inner wisdom, passion, and possibility as you con- nature and includes early-morning duce change and growth. integrative, and fun. Two of Kripalu’s outstanding nect to a heightened level of flow. teachers lead this exploration of the profound and afternoon yoga practice and an Through guided yoga practice, lecture, and discussion, you relationship between energy and consciousness, evening session on Friday. TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see which is the essence of yoga and the foundation of page 104. (web code RYDI-161) • Tap into your center of pleasure, joy, and happiness TUITION $270, plus room & meals; see all mind-body approaches. • Cultivate self-awareness and compassion through breathing and meditation page 104. (web code TEI-161) Your exploration includes • Practice being in the present moment with slow-flow yoga to reset and restore GURU SINGH is a master spiritual • Exercises to build energy and awareness teacher, author, and musician. He • Increase strength and flexibility with fluid yoga sequences that honor the unique way that JONATHAN FOUST (SUDHIR), teaches conscious living through the your body moves. • Guided experiences in both sitting and moving MA, cofounder of the Meditation meditation tools of Kundalini Yoga. gurusingh.com Learn to live from your fullest potential, and return home feeling refreshed, fearless, and inspired. Teacher Training Institute and former • Integrative breathwork, a technique that provides President of Kripalu, has been lead- deep insight and release ing retreats and training teachers for EVENING EVENT TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code DPVI-161) • Journal writing to access intuition more than 25 years. jonathanfoust.com Concert with Guru Singh JESS FREY, E-RYT 500, is a SARA CLARK is known for her • Small-group work that enhances self-awareness RICHARD FAULDS (SHOBHAN), SATURDAY, MARCH 19 7:30 PM Kripalu Yoga teacher and a compassionate teaching style, • Guided massage and bodywork MA, JD, author of Kripalu Yoga: A Free for in-house guests; no general former Intern for the Kripalu calming presence, and • All three stages of Kripalu Yoga Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat, public tickets available. School of Yoga and the Kripalu empowering vinyasa is a former Kripalu President, CEO, • Social silence (speaking only when necessary) Institute for Extraordinary Living. sequencing. saraclarkyoga.com and Board Chair. outside of sessions. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 73 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

MARCH 18–20 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Align Your Body, Awaken Your Heart MARCH 27–APRIL 1 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Todd Norian Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Loving Presence A WORKSHOP FOR YOGA TEACHERS INHABITING AND EXPRESSING FOR all levels. CE credits. David Emerson and Jenn Turner YOUR TRUE NATURE The true path of yoga leads you back home to your heart—where you FOR yoga teachers. CE credits. TARA BRACH discover you are already whole and FOR everyone. CE credits. complete. All you need to do is gain The yoga program run access to that innate perfection. Todd by the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Realizing your full potential for wis- Norian masterfully guides you into your dom and love is the fruit of every heart this weekend, teaching Institute has helped thousands of people spiritual path. This program brings • Precise, safe, and therapeutic dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), from mindfulness, radical acceptance, alignment that promotes healing survivors of chronic abuse to war veterans. Research done and compassion to the fears and • A wide range of postures, including by the Trauma Center showed that the Trauma Center challenges that arise in your life, standing poses, hip openers, MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MARCH 25–27 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) model significantly so you can heal and awaken your backbends, arm balances, inversions, reduced symptoms of PTSD. The founder of the program, naturally wise heart. forward bends, and twists Finding Calm in a Meditation and Mysticism David Emerson, and his senior colleague, Jenn Turner, offer a 40-hour workshop Tara Brach guides meditations, • The revelatory philosophy of the Chaotic World KABBALAH RETREAT FOR EASE for yoga teachers who wish to bring trauma-sensitive yoga to their students or reflections, and journaling, and invites you to enjoy periods of tantric tradition A YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT AND CONTENTMENT clients. You learn silence as well as interpersonal • How to release accumulated tensions Rabbi Sigal Brier • The latest trauma theories and neurophysiology sharing. Come experience the and limiting beliefs that bind the • Theoretical underpinnings and methodology of TCTSY power of meditation to relieve heart. FOR people of all spiritual, religious, and FOR all levels. CE credits. • The tools you need to make your yoga teaching more trauma-informed. emotional suffering and help you nonreligious orientations. CE credits. Deepen your process and integration find happiness, openheartedness, Discover how you can experience greater through partner work, chanting, medi- NOTE This program is solely for professional development and is not intended and spiritual freedom. peace of mind and a deeper sense of joy Kabbalah—mindful mysticism for soul- tation, and group sharing. as an intervention for those who have experienced trauma. Talking about and happiness, through the practice of centered living—is a holistic and direct trauma, even in the context of a professional training, can be triggering TUITION $295 plus room & meals; TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see yoga and meditation. Yoga practice teaches approach to living fully and cultivating REQUIRED READING AND WRITING See this program on the Kripalu website. see page 104. (web code LPTN-161) page 104. (web code IANY-161) us that each moment is sacred. Using happiness. It aims to nurture your authentic simple yoga breathing techniques, pos- nature and supporting you in joyfully TUITION $680, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code TSYT-161) tures, meditation, and yoga nidra, you turn connecting to yourself and the world with TARA BRACH, PHD, author of TODD NORIAN, E-RYT 500, founder inward, relieving anxiety and depression in expanded consciousness. Radical Acceptance and True of Ashaya Yoga®, teaches with the DAVID EMERSON is coauthor of Overcoming Trauma through Yoga and Refuge, is a clinical psychologist just a few minutes a day. You learn to Explore the landscape of the soul with heartfelt intention to awaken oth- director of yoga services at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. who leads Buddhist meditation • Be content with what is meditation, deep relaxation, self-inquiry, ers to their inherent potential for retreats and workshops on and breath, as you JENN TURNER, RYT, MA, is a Kripalu Yoga teacher who code- • Find joy in the present moment emotional healing and spiritual unlimited joy, vitality, and fulfillment. signed the protocol for a National Institutes of Health study at the ashayayoga.com • Bring mind and body into joyful union • Learn to sustain a deep connection to awakening. tarabrach.com your heart’s desire and purpose Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. • Cultivate gratitude, compassion, and connection. • Release stress, discontent, and dissatisfaction Many scientists and physicians are investi- gating yoga and meditation to see how it • Practice healing and restorative can prevent the negative effects of chronic techniques that lead to more ease, stress and help people cope with depres- freedom, and contentment. sion and anxiety disorders. Find serenity Real change is possible when you listen in the midst of everyday stresses, starting deeply and incorporate methods of self- today. attunement into daily life.

TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code FCCW-161) 104. (web code MMK-161)

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MARCH 27–APRIL 1 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Yoga within The Eight Movements of Calming the Mind Deep Stretching for Tight Yantra Yoga JOY OF LIVING MEDITATION WORKSHOP Bodies and Active Minds reach. TEACHER TRAINING PART I Kell Julliard Mimi Solaire Fabio Andrico FOR all levels. CE credits. FOR all levels. CE credits. FOR certified yoga teachers of any tradition. CE credits. Created by Tibetan meditation expert Learn how to let go of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Joy of Liv- stress, release the Learn to purify, coordinate, and strengthen all ing meditation practice helps you create a issues in your tissues, aspects of your energy with Yantra Yoga, one peaceful mind and a joyful heart. Kell Jul- and open your energy of the oldest systems of yoga in the world. The NOTE liard blends guided meditation, discussion, centers. Mimi Solaire’s eight fundamental aspects of breath in Yantra A certificate of attendance will be and presentations with video teachings by approach to deep Yoga (inhaling slowly, holding open, directing given to all who complete the course. Rinpoche to help you to explore these won- stretching combines the hold, fast exhalation, fast inhalation, clos- Final teacher authorization is depen- derfully fresh and accessible practices. principles ing the hold, holding with contraction, and dent upon completion of both parts (holding gentle poses), Western stretch- exhaling slowly) are a unique set of exercises of the course, teacher assessment, and In this retreat, you learn how to APRIL 1–3 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Fabio’s approval. ing methods, breathing techniques, and that apply movement and breath in a precise, • Rest in open awareness, a state of meditation to reengage muscles and coordinated, and conscious way. TUITION $345, plus room & meals; see spacious and alert presence Kula Flow page 104. (web code YYCT-161) disengage unhelpful thoughts. You work Discover the essence of this potent and trans- • Transform everything that you encounter VINYASA FOR STRENGTH, with both physical and energetic anat- DETOXIFICATION, AND LEVITATION formative practice, and receive instruction on daily—sights, sounds, tastes, and sensations— omy, and explore trauma-release pos- practice and teaching as you learn to FABIO ANDRICO is an into a perfect support for meditation tures helpful in relieving tension. Schuyler Grant internationally recognized • Harmonize and reshape the entire • Work skillfully with physical pain, difficult In this program, you functioning of your breathing system, expert on the unique emotions, and destructive thought patterns FOR students who have practiced asana for at • Learn to observe thoughts and least 1 year and have some experience with including four different ways of inhaling, tradition of Tibetan yoga • Use meditation as the basis for a lifelong emotions that create tension vinyasa. CE credits. exhaling, and holding the breath known as Yantra Yoga, path of awakening. from the lineage of • Gain meditative insights into your • Make your body more flexible and fit These techniques are a perfect accompani- Dzogchen master issues This program offers a chance to detox, • Improve overall strength and health. ment to yoga practice and training. energize, and become centered in your Vairocana. yantrayoga.org • Open doorways to deeper levels of yoga practice by uniting vinyasa with Special attention is given to assure precise awareness. execution and understanding of the material. TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page uddiyana bandha (the abdominal lock). Kripalu’s impact 104. (web code JLM-161) Mimi guides you in practicing “the law Strengthening and opening the belly of least effort,” working at 80 percent through active uddiyana bandha practice capacity so that everyone is safe. Her is also a powerful tool for back care and reaches beyond our KELL JULLIARD has taught MARCH 27–31 SUNDAY–THURSDAY gentle, rhythmic practice stimulates mus- digestive health. Joy of Living programs cular, circulatory, and nervous systems, Schuyler Grant developed Kula Flow, a vin- walls to bring healing throughout the country as a providing a balanced approach to align- Yoga and the yasa style that integrates the breath-based facilitator for the Tergar Medi- ing body, mind, and breath. Alexander Technique tation Community and also flow of Ashtanga and the precision of Iyen- and transformation to gar into a deep, sweaty, and transformative teaches mindfulness medita- TUITION $210, plus room & meals; see Joan Arnold mind-body experience. In this program, tion to health professionals. page 104. (web code DS-161) those in need across you explore FOR all levels. CE credits. • Uddiyana bandha and pranayama the country and Expand into a joyful and powerful yoga prac- MIMI SOLAIRE, E-RYT 500, (breathing) techniques tice with new ways to improve your posture, TRE, presents at national • Inversions and arm balances initiated around the globe. Our free your breath, and imbue your activities yoga conferences and is the from the “flying up” lock with grace and lightness. The Alexander producer of three • Twisting and backbending at a new level Technique can help you ease chronic pain and RECOMMENDED READING Richard Bren- acclaimed DVDs. Teaching for Diversity of depth and support unravel deeply held patterns of muscle and nan, Back in Balance: Use the Alexander mimisolaire.com program supports mind at the root of common back, hip, and Technique to Combat Neck, Shoulder • Moving from flow to flight in your vinyasa shoulder symptoms. and Back Pain. practice. In this program, you learn how to NOTE Two evening sessions will focus Schuyler also encourages participation in a teachers who bring gentle dietary cleanse through simply pre- • Recognize habits and practice balancing on helping yoga teachers guide stu- pared options from the Kripalu Kitchen. yoga to underserved effort and ease dents with a light touch. TUITION $290, plus room & meals; see • Enliven sensory awareness TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see page page 104. (web code EYP-161) populations. You can • Relieve spinal compression 104. (web code KFVS-161) • Awaken your capacity for effortless postural JOAN ARNOLD, MAMSAT, help make a difference. alignment SCHUYLER GRANT, developer of Kula RYT, is a yoga and Alexander • Undo the tension habits you bring to the mat, Flow, is cocreator of the Wanderlust Festival Technique instructor who kripalu.org/makeagift and allow the body’s natural integration to and director of Kula Yoga Project in New helps people learn to walk emerge. York City. kulayoga.com more gracefully, sit more comfortably, and breathe more fully. joanarnold.com 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 77 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY

APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Relieving Back and Hip Pain with Yoga Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Allen Wilkins and Terry Roth Schaff Jennifer Reis FOR yoga, physical, and occupational therapists; yoga practitioners, and FOR yoga teachers, therapists, counselors, health professionals, and anyone experiencing pain. CE credits. everyone interested in guiding others to relax and heal. CE credits. Learn how to use yoga to treat low- Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra is the antidote back and hip pain with medical doctor for modern life, a practice that heals and Allen Wilkins and yoga therapist Terry transforms on all levels—the physical, NOTE Tuition includes a train- Roth Schaff. At Manhattan Physical energetic, mental, emotional, witness, ing manual. This program is Medicine and Rehabilitation, where and bliss bodies. Gain the skills you need approved by Yoga Alliance Allen and Terry work, yoga is an inte- to lead others into deeper levels of free- for 40 CE credits. Participants gral part of the patient treatment plan. dom and health than they ever imagined will receive a certificate upon Become familiar with medical condi- possible. Jennifer Reis, the creator of Divine Sleep Yoga completion of the training. tions that lead to back and hip pain, and explore how yoga postures can be Nidra and Five Element Yoga, guides you in TUITION $395, plus room & used to address these conditions. • Learning how to nourish yourself and others meals; see page 104. (web Using discussion and practice acces- • Exploring yoga nidra within the yoga tradition and code YNTT-161) sible to everyone, Allen and Terry give Western science you the opportunity to see firsthand • Discovering how to craft effective and comprehensive JENNIFER REIS, E-RYT 500, how a yoga treatment plan is created, classes and workshops LMT, creator of Five Element by adapting specific yoga postures ® • Cultivating your voice, and using music, postures, and props. Yoga and Divine Sleep Yoga and sequences to each person’s needs Nidra®, is a teacher trainer for Return home with the confidence you need to offer others and physical abilities. They believe Kripalu and Integrative Yoga the gift of yoga nidra. there is no one-size-fits-all approach to CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK Therapy. jenniferreisyoga.com this practice, so individual responses and feedback are central to their work. APRIL 3–8 SUNDAY–FRIDAY

TUITION $260, plus room & meals; see THE WISE AND LOVING HEART page 104. (web code RBHP-161) MEDITATION FOR FREEDOM AND COMPASSION APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Mindful Self-Compassion ALLEN WILKINS, MD, is a JACK KORNFIELD physiatrist at Manhattan with Winnie Nazarko and Alex Haley CORE SKILLS TRAINING Physical Medicine and Christopher Germer Rehabilitation, where he FOR all levels. collaborates with Loren Fishman, MD, and yoga FOR everyone. CE credits. In the words of the Buddha, “The capacity to live with dignity and compassion is therapist Terry Schaff in your birthright.” Come deepen your experience of well-being, compassion, and Self-compassion is an emotional skill that can be learned by using yoga to treat patients. freedom in this very special meditation retreat with Jack Kornfield, author of the everyone. It means being warm and understanding toward national best-seller A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of yourself when you suffer, fail, or feel inadequate. Recent TERRY ROTH SCHAFF, Spiritual Life, and one of the most well-known teachers of Buddhism in the West. research shows that self-compassion greatly enhances E-RYT, has been teaching emotional well-being, reduces anxiety and depression, and yoga for 10 years, focus- Join a group of fellow seekers for a deep retreat experience in which you help ing on its therapeutic ben- promotes healthy lifestyle habits. RECOMMENDED READING See create a community of practice and share meditation, nourishing teachings, efits for people recovering In this program, you learn this program on the Kripalu and heartfelt conversation. These practices can transform your life. In Jack’s from injuries and living website. words, “It is possible to be free and loving no matter what your circumstances.” • What self-compassion is and isn’t with physical challenges. TUITION $225, plus room & • How to enhance mindfulness with self-compassion medicalyogatherapy.com TUITION $550, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code AHLE-161) meals; see page 104. (web • The art of loving-kindness meditation code MPSC-161) • Ways to motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism • Techniques for handling difficult emotions with greater ease CHRISTOPHER GERMER, • How to transform challenging relationships and fully enjoy your life. PHD, is a clinical instructor JACK KORNFIELD, PHD, one of the WINNIE NAZARKO started ALEX HALEY, JD, MBA, is a Christopher Germer presents the theory and core practices in psychology at Harvard leading Buddhist teachers in the West, dharma practice 30 years faculty member at the Uni- of the empirically supported, eight-week Mindful Self- Medical School and is author of 12 books and a founding ago. She teaches to help versity of Minnesota, where Compassion training, a program designed to help partici- author of The Mindful teacher at Insight Meditation Society individuals realize their full he teaches academic, online, pants become more self-compassionate using meditation, Path to Self-Compassion. and Spirit Rock Center. jackkornfield.com potential for clarity, balance, and corporate mindfulness exercises, and group discussion. Come join this journey of mindfulselfcompassion.org kindness and wisdom. courses. self-discovery and self-kindness. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 79 by Jack Kornfield In the Temple of Forgiveness

No matter what happens, we can he pressed the check into her hand. way out. No matter what he had done, had committed homicide. For eight months he lived there, ate her always return to the greatness of the heart. The next week he was having lunch in a if he could get himself inside the lava One 14-year-old boy in his program had food, and worked at the job. Then one We have all heard stories about the country club when a PGA official came rock walls of Pu’uhonua, the ocean-side shot and killed an innocent teenager evening she called him into the living room mysterious power of compassion and to his table. “Some of the guys in the Temple of Refuge, the priests would offer a to prove himself to his gang. At the to talk. She sat down opposite him and forgiveness in the lives of others. Each time parking lot last week told me you met a ritual of purification and forgiveness. Then trial, the victim’s mother sat impassively waited. Then she started, we are inspired by those accounts, we young woman there after you won the he was allowed to return home unharmed. silent until the end, when the youth was “Do you remember in the courtroom when remember that we, too, can forgive. tournament.” De Vicenzo nodded. “Well,” In the temple of forgiveness, we are convicted of the killing. After the verdict I said I was going to kill you?” Roberto De Vicenzo, the famous said the official, “I have news for you. She’s reminded of our own goodness. If only we was announced, she stood up slowly and “I sure do, ma’am,” he replied. Argentine golfer, once won a tournament, a phony. She’s not married. She has no could help each other build temples of stared directly at him and stated, “I’m sick baby. She fleeced you, my friend.” forgiveness instead of prisons. going to kill you.” Then the youth was “Well, I did,” she went on. “I did not and after receiving the check and smiling want the boy who could kill my son for for the cameras, he went to the clubhouse “You mean there is no baby who is We can, in our own hearts. No matter taken away to serve several years in the juvenile facility. no reason to remain alive on this earth. I and prepared to leave. Sometime later he dying?” asked De Vicenzo. how extreme the circumstances, a wanted him to die. That’s why I started to walked alone to his car in the parking lot After the first half year, the mother of the “That’s right.” transformation of the heart is possible. visit you and bring you things. That’s why I and was approached by a young woman. slain child went to visit his killer. He had Once, on the train from Washington got you the job and let you live here in my Jack Kornfield, PhD, holds a doctorate in She congratulated him on his victory and “That’s the best news I’ve heard all week,” been living on the streets before the killing, to Philadelphia, I found myself seated house. That’s how I set about changing clinical psychology; has trained as a Buddhist then told him that her child was seriously said De Vicenzo. and she was the only visitor he’d had. For next to an African-American man who you. And that old boy, he’s gone. So now I monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, ill and near death. a time they talked, and when she left, she The heart is released whenever we forgive had worked for the State Department in want to ask you, since my son is gone, and and Burma; and is a founding teacher of the gave him some money for cigarettes. Then De Vicenzo was touched by her story and or are forgiven, even in the most painful India but had quit to run a rehabilitation that killer is gone, if you’ll stay here, I’ve Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massa- she started step-by-step to visit him more took out a pen and endorsed his winning circumstances. In ancient , if a program for juvenile offenders in the got room, and I’d like to adopt you if you chusetts, and Spirit Rock Center in California. regularly, bringing food and small gifts. check for payment to the woman. “Make person had broken a terrible taboo or was District of Columbia. Most of the youths let me.” And she became the mother of This article is excerpted with permission from Near the end of this three-year sentence, some good days for the baby,” he said as accused of a crime, there was always a he worked with were gang members who her son’s killer, the mother he never had. his book Bringing Home the Dharma: she asked him what he would be doing Awakening Right Where You Are. when he got out. He was confused and Our own story may not be so dramatic, very uncertain, so she offered to set him yet we have all been betrayed. In the temple of forgiveness, we are up with a job at a friend’s company. Then We must each start where we are. In large she inquired about where he would live, and small ways, in our own family and reminded of our own goodness. If only and since he had no family to return to, community, we will be offered the dignity Don’t miss Jack Kornfield at Kripalu she offered him temporary use of the and freedom that learns to patiently The Wise and Loving Heart: spare room in her home. forgive over and over. Meditation for Freedom we could help each other build temples and Compassion of forgiveness instead of prisons. April 3–8; see page 79.

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APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 10–15 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 10–15 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Illuminating Yoga Practice Meditation Made Possible Self-Inquiry Through Mantra and Movement with the Wisdom of the Bhavani Lorraine Nelson Erica Taxin Bleznak and Brenda McMorrow

Bhagavad Gita FOR all levels. CE credits. FOR all levels.

YOGANAND Take the opportunity to get to know Wake up to your true nature in a program that includes mantra, kirtan, asana and vinyasa MICHAEL CARROLL yourself in a whole new way through the flow, pranayama, and meditation. Create space for the truth to arise as you develop ancient technique of meditation. Whether • Self-inquiry and reflection skills FOR all levels; min. 6 months yoga experience you’re new to these practices or a long- • A personal mantra practice recommended; for guests 18 and older. time meditator, the community and sup- CE credits. port of fellow practitioners enables you • Awareness and insight of blockages and holding patterns in the body to dive deeply into the embrace of your • Self-awareness and connection with others to support your ongoing practice of The Bhagavad Gita offers the metaphor of mind and your life, exactly as they are. internal reflection and self-discovery. the “spiritual battle,” and presents the yoga This retreat includes a variety of Erica Taxin Bleznak and Brenda McMorrow utilize journaling, as well as dyads and expe- path as having three aspects that must be APRIL 8–10 FRIDAY–SUNDAY concentration techniques, including riential exercises, in this potent self-inquiry retreat. balanced: action, knowledge, and devotion. APRIL 10–15 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Swami Kripalu also believed that the Gita • Breath focus and pranayama (yogic TriYoga TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SITM-161) detailed both the willful and surrendering breathing) as meditation Yogic Prosperity paths of hatha yoga. He wrote that every THE -INSPIRED FLOW OF • Walking meditation Technologies YOGASANA, PRANAYAMA, AND sincere practitioner would someday need • Loving-kindness ERICA TAXIN BLEZNAK, BRENDA MCMORROW, RYT, MUDRA Guru Jagat to ask a teacher the same questions Arjuna • Mantra CYT, MSW, has been teaching BED, is a Canadian devotional asks Krishna on the mythological battle- Kaliji (Kali Ray) • Tratak (gazing) private yoga for more than kirtan artist who travels world- FOR everyone. CE credits. field. eight years. In 2005 she com- wide, sharing her unique FOR all levels. CE credits. • Chanting as meditation. Each session of this retreat includes a pleted the Pranakryia Yoga blend of original folk-inspired Take a quantum leap into true human teaching from the Gita that adds insight to Some traditions teach that it takes three teacher training and in 2011, melodies, world beats, and fulfillment with Kundalini Yoga and medi- Experience the joy of TriYoga! Create a asana and pranayama. The daily schedule days to settle into meditation during a received her training in foot sacred Indian devotional tation in this training for entrepreneurs, greater flow of prana with this seamless, includes retreat. This retreat is long enough for you reflexology. chants. brendamcmorrow.com visionaries, corporate leaders—anyone fluid yogaflow® of dynamic, sustained • Early-morning internal practices to experience the transformation of your who wants to activate real-life change. asana unified with pranayama and mudra. practice. You’ll leave refreshed, renewed, Shift your belief system to reveal more • Late-morning pranayama and energy- Awaken the spine, feel the energy flow, and established in practices that you can capacity to lead, clearer vision, and new raising practices and create heat in the body to release continue on your own for greater clarity, perspectives on your potential. • An integrative afternoon practice. deep patterns of tension. Yogini Kaliji resourcefulness, and peace. APRIL 10–15 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Using the business, prosperity, and cre- weaves together yogaflow and prana Learn to use an active practice that raises ativity teachings of Bhajan, coupled vidya—breathing practices, concentra- the questions, allows you to apply the RECOMMENDED LISTENING Bhavani Five-Day Spring Detox with real-world applications, Guru Jagat tion techniques, and meditation—with teaching, and helps you move beyond the Lorraine Nelson, Meditation Made teaches obstacles of fear and doubt. jnana, the timeless truth inherent in yoga Possible Volume 1: Meditation on the and Meditation Retreat • Practical tools that bring dynamic philosophy. Kaliji will be assisted by senior Breath; Amba Bhavani: Meditations in Emilie Perz teachers with music by Mercury Max. energy into daily life TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page Chant; and Soulflight: Chanted Mantras FOR all levels; some experience with vinyasa • How to change your subconscious 104. (web code BG-161) Kaliji is an internationally renowned yogini for Healing and Illumination, available at and founder of TriYoga, which is taught bhavanilorrainenelson.com. yoga recommended. CE credits. success/failure programming in more than 40 countries by more than TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see • Practices for meditative clarity and YOGANAND 1,500 certified teachers. Kaliji’s pres- Get set to live a vibrant life in this program vision activation MICHAEL page 104. (web code MMP-161) designed to detoxify body, mind, and spirit. ence, her mastery of the flow, and the • Action steps to develop the neurology CARROLL, E-RYT If you’re ready to shed the layers that weigh ageless wisdom inherent in TriYoga have of new experience in your life, 500, Dean of the you down, join Emilie Perz to enjoy inspired and transformed countless lives. BHAVANI LORRAINE business, relationships, and art. Kripalu School NELSON is a Kripalu Yoga • Two hours of daily vinyasa yoga for Mediocrity is no longer an option on this of Yoga, has a TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see teacher who leads workshops detoxification planet. Ignite the holistic experience in profound ability to page 104. (web code STSR-161) in meditation and • Myofascial release to unravel tension and this whole new way to engage in fulfill- distill and interpret mindfulness, stress reduction, clear out toxins in the tissues ment as a human. esoteric yoga texts and the power of the voice. • Nutritional information and whole-foods TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see and techniques. YOGINI KALIJI (KALI RAY) is bhavanilorrainenelson.com supplements to aid detoxification pranakriya.com internationally renowned as a page 104. (web code FDSD-161) TUITION $425, plus room & meals; see yogini, founder of TriYoga®, • Pranayama and meditation to release page 104. (web code YPT-161) and co-founder of Chant mental toxins EMILIE PERZ is a Senior Club®. She presents at yoga • Afternoon workshops on detox, Yoga Medicine teacher GURU JAGAT, a senior teacher of conferences and other ven- meditation, restorative yoga, and more. under the direction of Kundalini Yoga with more than a dozen ues. triyoga.com Explore how body image and self-concept visionary Tiffany Cruikshank. years of experience, founded RA MA can be the biggest limiting factors to Voted one of Los Angeles’ Institute for Applied Yogic Science and optimal health. Newly revitalized, you can best yoga instructors, her Technology. gurujagat.com approach the world with a healthier body focus is on integrating yoga and a fresh perspective. to create equanimity in the body. emilieperzyoga.com 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 83 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 17–22 SUNDAY–FRIDAY APRIL 17–22 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Cultivating Loving-Kindness The Bridge iRest Yoga Nidra Level 2 Groundation Celebration A YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT MERGING YOGA AND QIGONG THE ART AND SCIENCE OF IGNITE SELF-REALIZATION Kevin Courtney and Thomas Droge INTEGRATIVE RESTORATION THROUGH YOGA, WRITING, AND STEPHEN COPE Anne Douglas RITUAL FOR people with min. 1 year experience in yoga FOR everyone with min. 1 year of yoga practice Sienna Creasy and Nadine McNeil and/or meditation. CE credits. FOR graduates of iRest Level I. CE credits. in any tradition; no meditation experience FOR all levels. CE credits. required. CE credits. Explore essential teachings from the Taoist and This iRest Level II training provides a yogic traditions in this innovative program that deeper understanding of the core prin- Celebrate “groundation”—a potent Slow down. Breathe. Dive deep and rediscover TUITION $340, plus room & meals; merges the linear structure of yoga postures with ciples underlying the theory, practice, Jamaican way of life that involves being the core of loving-kindness that exists within. see page 104. (web code TBYQ-161) the spiraling movement of qigong. In Founda- research, teaching issues, and delivery of balanced, grounded, and centered within The emphasis of this weekend is on the devel- tions, the first stage of The Bridge practice, you iRest yoga nidra meditation to individuals your dharma. Experience a practice that opment of self-compassion and the simple learn to embody a grounded state of being. Expe- KEVIN COURTNEY is and specific populations in a variety of supports self-realization and weaves a power of the practice of being present. rience firsthand how the stabilizing earth element an acclaimed teacher- settings. foundation of depth and ritual through- Author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self; awakens a rooted connection to your center and trainer for Wanderlust, This training covers out the fabric of this week and beyond. The Wisdom of Yoga; and The Great Work of helps to cultivate vitality, clarity, and calm. Kula Yoga Project, and APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY • The path of nondual meditation in which Revolutionize your self-inquiry in a pro- Your Life, Stephen Cope offers a retreat that Boston Yoga School, This powerful practice includes iRest is embedded gram that includes weaves together and also serves as a • Foundational yoga postures • A nurturing, restorative yoga practice Power Yoga Immersion • Classic Kripalu Yoga Fortune 500 executive • Eastern and Western psychospiritual and an intentional writing exercise that • Elemental qigong practices wellness consultant. perspectives • Sitting and walking meditation creates space for transformation BRYAN KEST • Meditation • Core principles of Samkhya, Patanjali, • Loving-kindness meditation THOMAS DROGE is a • Daily Prana Vinyasa Flow blended with • Pranayama Advaita, and Kashmir nondualism FOR all levels. CE credits. • Chanting classically trained acu- the alchemy of the elements • In-depth exploration of the 10 stages of • Dialogue and self-reflective journaling. puncturist, herbalist, Bryan Kest, a leading yoga teacher and • Short dharma talks based on the wisdom of iRest • Integrative and therapeutic movement With more than four decades of teaching teacher, and author the Buddhist and yoga traditions. that combines trance dance, kriyas, longtime practitioner, offers programs experience between them, Kevin Courtney who is dedicated to • Completed, current, and proposed iRest that are a full immersion in the practice Join Stephen for a spring weekend of delight- drumming, and self-expression and Thomas Droge were inspired to create this integrating qi practices research of yoga. Each of the four yoga sessions ful contemplative practice—a time of coming • A container of empowerment in which to program by their own transformative process of into Western culture. • iRest personal practice this weekend includes a practice that home to yourself. consciously see and be seen unifying the practices of qigong and yoga. • Delivery to individuals and specific strengthens not just the body, but also • Native American and Jamaican populations the qualities of mind that have the great- RECOMMENDED READING See this program on Rastafarian cultural rituals and a closing est impact on well-being. the Kripalu website. • Teacher-student relationships, teaching ceremony. APRIL 15–17 FRIDAY–SUNDAY issues, and ethical considerations. Bryan leads you through a strong, well- TUITION $295, plus room & meals; see page Surrender into community, cultivate cour- rounded, yet accessible physical practice Don’t miss this opportunity to take your 104. (web code AKCL-161) age, and ignite an intention to carry with that leaves your body vibrating with Finding Your Passion practice and teaching to a new level! you back into your everyday life. vitality, while simultaneously challenging A UNIQUE YOGA-INSPIRED RETREAT your mind. He teaches that because the STEPHEN COPE, MSW, NOTE Tuition includes a manual and audio Penni Feiner and Geri Topfer NOTE See this program on the Kripalu physical practice of yoga is such a fertile Scholar-in-Residence downloads. See this program on the Kri- website for recommended reading and environment for various mind states and Kripalu Ambas- palu website for recommended reading FOR all levels; no previous yoga experience information about what to bring. to arise, it offers a unique opportunity sador, is the best-selling and additional information on prepara- required. CE credits. TUITION $220, plus room & meals; see to strengthen the characteristics you author of The Great tion and certification. Work of Your Life: A page 104. (web code RTR-161) want, including calmness, patience, Open the door to your passion and renew your TUITION $1,495, plus room & meals; see Guide for the Journey to focus, gentleness, gratitude, humility, sense of purpose and connection. This yoga- page 104. (web code YNIT-161) Your True Calling. TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see and acceptance, and weaken those that inspired retreat integrates postures, journaling, SIENNA CREASY, certified page 104. (web code KFK-161) are harmful and stress-inducing, such as chanting, and breathwork to help you discover Prana Vinyasa Flow instructor ANNE DOUGLAS, E-RYT judgment, competitiveness, distraction, how to live with clear intention and make and founder of Root2Rise 500, is a certified iRest® reaction, and criticism. choices that really serve you. PENNI FEINER is a Conscious Retreats, works teacher and teacher trainer certified Kundalini, with Island Outpost Hotels in Get ready to craft a life filled with purpose, for the Integrative Restora- NOTE Bryan tends to use humor and restorative, and LifeForce Jamaica. siennayoga.com excitement, and imagination, as you tion Institute, where she has explicit language in his programs. Yoga® teacher. Her • Cultivate witness mind through the studied and cotaught with NADINE MCNEIL, MA, TUITION $250, plus room & meals; see classes integrate exploration of meditation and yoga iRest founder Richard Miller. served the United Nations page 104. (web code PYFE-161) movement and sacred irest.us for more than 20 years. She • Practice a chakra-clearing sequence to sound. kulaforkarma.org currently lives in Bali, where release trapped emotions from the body BRYAN KEST, developer of the Original  blends the she teaches full-time at the • Nurture equanimity and self-awareness GERI TOPFER Power Yoga, has been teaching yoga teachings of Kundalini Yoga Barn. • Use journaling to explore what keeps you since 1985 and spent a year in India with Yoga and LifeForce Yoga® universalempress.com from living in your perfect truth K. Pattabhi Jois. poweryoga.com with the alignment prin- • Dive into yoga nidra (a deep relaxation practice) ciples of Anusara Yoga®. • Experience Kirtan Kriya (chanting) and its kulaforkarma.org power to focus the mind • Remove the obstacles that prevent you from awakening. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 85

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APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Yogini Workshop The Art and Science APRIL 24–MAY 1 SUNDAY–SUNDAY MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION FOR of Meditation Yoga Therapy Applied in Medical Settings CALMING DOWN AND TUNING IN Kelly Morris MODULE 4 Ellen Barrett FOR all levels. CE credits. JOSEPH LE PAGE FOR women at all levels of fitness; no yoga, Pilates, or meditation experience required. Learn the latest science behind medita- Debra Jensen, and Karen O’Donnell Clarke with special guests Allen Wilkins, Terry Roth Schaff, CE credits. tion and how it can bring you courage, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Susi Amendola, Robert Saper, and Sudha Carolyn Lundeen strength, and hope. Through a combina- APRIL 22–24 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Raise your vibration, tion of active and restorative asanas, FOR medical professionals with min. 1 year of yoga experience, students of any yoga therapy tradition, reduce your anxiety, meditation practice, a slide show, and students who have completed Integrative Yoga Therapy Foundations of Yoga Therapy: Module 1. Afro Flow Yoga and empower yourself engaging group discussion, lecture, and CE credits. with two of the great- Q&A, Kelly Morris shares FLOW INTO FREEDOM Module 4 of Integrative Yoga Therapy training presents yoga therapy applications for medical est self-help tools— • Evidence-based research on conditions. Each day focuses on a system of the body, the most common medical conditions Leslie Salmon Jones with movement and medi- meditation special guests Jeff W. Jones and Morley tation. Each session of affecting that system, and specific therapeutic yoga approaches to support healing. Joseph Le • Powerful methods of connection, this dynamic weekend Page, founder and director of Integrative Yoga Therapy, introduces a detailed protocol for a including mindfulness meditation FOR all levels. CE credits. blends workout, lecture, and medita- condition being highlighted that day, and leads a practice based on that protocol. tion, inviting you to • How to build a home altar JOSEPH LE PAGE, founder and Important facets of this training include Let go and flow in this unique and creative director of Integrative Yoga • Calm down with restorative yoga • Easy ways of immediately attuning • Half- and full-day workshops offered by leaders in the field who have in-depth experience in fusion of yoga, dance, movement, live drum- to Source, and feeling, thinking, and Therapy, has trained more than • Ground yourself with a barefoot treating specific conditions with yoga ming, and singing to soothe the soul. Afro acting from that powerful union. 3,000 teachers and therapists Flow Yoga® founder Leslie Salmon Jones; her workout combining yoga and ballet throughout the world. He has a • Contraindications for yoga therapy treatment of these conditions The success of our species and our husband, cofounder and multi-instrumentalist • Find your center with seated meditation, background in Kripalu Yoga and • Daily morning asana classes concentrating on one of the conditions being covered that day planet depends on our ability to learn Jeff Jones; and singer/songwriter Morley come Breath of Fire, and core-centric work Tibetan Buddhism. iytyogatherapy.com new ways of being, relating, and effect- • Yoga nidra and meditation techniques appropriate for each condition. together to create a powerful program that that fuses Pilates and vinyasa ing change. Come tap into Source DEBRA JENSEN, PTA, marks the convergence of Earth Day, the full • Soften your heart with guided NOTE energy—something that the newest E-RYT 500, CHC, is an See this program on the Kripalu website for required and recommended reading, moon, and the beginning of Passover. meditation, front-body extension beginner can do right along with the integrative yoga thera- teaching format, and contact hours. Tap into the energy of collective consciousness (heart opening), and an up-tempo most advanced practitioner. pist with 15 years of TUITION $995, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YTAS-4161) to transform lives and communities in a week- dance incorporating standing Pilates experience as a physi- end journey that includes and Anusara Yoga. NOTE Bring a notebook and pen. cal therapist assistant. • Dances, songs, and stories of the African diaspora Come master the paradox of ease and TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see She brings a love and MAY 1–8 SUNDAY–SUNDAY • Yoga, breathwork, and meditation effort by putting it all together in a mov- page 104. (web code TAAS-161) enthusiasm for yoga to • Vocal release exercises ing meditation. her hospital work and Yoga Therapy Applications Within the Mental-Health Field teaching positions. • Story sharing, reflection, and group dialogue MODULE 5 TUITION $215, plus room & meals; see KELLY MORRIS, named by • Rituals of celebration and healing. page 104. (web code YWMM-161) the New York Times and ELLEN SCHAEFFER, JOSEPH LE PAGE These sessions open up and reinforce path- as one of director of Integrative ways to effective self-expression, and recon- New York City’s foremost Yoga Therapy’s 200- ELLEN BARRETT, MS, has and Ellen Schaeffer with special guests Bessel van der Kolk, Tommy Rosen, Richard P. Brown, nect you to your innermost core. teachers, is known for hour affiliate program, Patricia Gerbarg, Sue Tebb, and Karen Soltes been touted as “America’s being direct, fearless, and is founder and owner top fitness instructor” by TUITION $220, plus room & meals; see page empowered. kellymorris.com of One Yoga Center in FOR mental-health professionals with min. 1 year of yoga experience, students of any yoga therapy Self magazine for her intel- 104. (web code AFYW-161) Foster, Rhode Island. tradition, and students who have completed Integrative Yoga Therapy Foundations of Yoga Therapy: ligent approach to wom- Module 1. CE credits. en’s wellness. ellenbarrett.com See this program on the Kripalu LESLIE SALMON JONES is a professional website for additional faculty bios. Explore yoga therapy’s applications in the mental-health field. Each day focuses on a different dancer, certified holistic personal trainer, well- facet of mental health, including depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, addiction recovery, and ness coach, yoga instructor, public speaker, and yoga in social work settings. Delivered by leaders in the field, each presentation outlines creator of Afro Flow Yoga™. lesliesalmonjones.com • How yoga can be used to support treatment JEFF W. JONES is a technologist • Specific applications that are most helpful and artist who began his career at • Contraindications. IBM while moonlighting as a musi- Enjoy daily morning asana classes that center on one of the conditions being covered that day. cian. Jeff plays bass and sings with Joseph Le Page, founder and director of Integrative Yoga Therapy, presents a detailed protocol jazz duos, gospel music ensembles, for one condition highlighted that day, and leads a practice based on that protocol. Participants and rock/pop/R&B quartets. also learn yoga nidra and meditation techniques appropriate for each mental-health condition. MORLEY is a critically acclaimed NOTE See this program on the Kripalu website for required and recommended reading, singer-songwriter voted Emerg- ⊕⊕COMBINE THESE PROGRAMS for a teaching format, and contact hours. ing Artist of the Year by the New 10 percent tuition discount for each York Times. She has recorded five program. TUITION $995, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code YTAS-5161) albums. morleymusic.org

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APRIL 28–MAY 1 THURSDAY–SUNDAY MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY Yoga for Wild, An Introduction to Bring the family! Wonderful, and PranaDandaYoga Art-Making Retreat for Kids: Free Your Creativity Wise Women NATURAL AND POWERFUL GRACE May 5–8 with Jennifer Burke, p. 56 Suzie Hurley and Betsey Downing Demetri Velisarius An Introduction to PranaDandaYoga: Natural and Powerful Grace FOR women over 45 with at least six months FOR all levels. CE credits. May 6–8 with Demetri Velisarius, p. 88 of yoga study. CE credits. Align with your source and connect to Get uplifted, empowered, and inspired to inner grace through PranaDandaYoga™, greatness and authenticity! Explore the a unique and powerful yoga training LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE, MA, spent years as challenges and triumphs of getting older method that invigorates the body, channels a Tibetan Buddhist monastic in the Himalayas, through the lens of yoga, meditation, energy, and fortifies the mind. The danda MAY 5–8 THURSDAY–SUNDAY the first American nun in the Tibetan tradition. pranayama, and discussion. Your yoga is a five-foot staff designed to support and She is the founder of Tara Mandala and author of practice can be a doorway to accessing guide you through the progressive series WISDOM RISING Women of Wisdom and Feeding Your Demons. In courage and enthusiasm and fostering of asanas and spiral movements in a Prana 2014, Lama Tsultrim founded the Wisdom Rising: new patterns of being—making this stage Vinyasa Flow sequence. MANDALA OF THE SACRED FEMININE Reawaken the Sacred Feminine movement to APRIL 29–MAY 1 FRIDAY–SUNDAY of your life vital and meaningful. Learn the philosophy and fundamentals of AND bring the voice of the Sacred Feminine to the Suzie Hurley and Betsey Downing teach PranaDandaYoga, which LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE SHIVA REA global crisis. taramandala.org Introduction to Yoga yoga with refined alignment cues, guid- • Cultivates mental stability, flexibility, and PLUS A SPECIAL EVENING WITH KRISHNA DAS SHIVA REA has been dedicated to the power of ing you to embrace your transformation coordination and Meditation collective flow since the first Yogini Conference at as you FOR women at all levels. CE credits. Megha Nancy Buttenheim • Stimulates both hemispheres of the brain Kripalu in 1994. She is the founder of Prana Vin- • Practice a full range of poses and balances the nervous system yasa Yoga and Samudra Global School of Living FOR all levels, including beginners. Calling all women for this life-changing Great Mother’s Day celebration retreat to • Try meditation techniques to calm the • Harnesses energy (prana) through yogic Yoga, as well as the author of Tending the Heart transform through the power of the mandala—a universal map for inner and outer CE credits. mind breathing coordinated with rhythmic Fire. Shiva is on Lama Tsultrim’s Wisdom Rising balance, wholeness, and practical awakening. • Learn to trust your intuition and wisdom movement Advisory Board. pranavinyasayoga.com Do you want to try yoga and meditation One of the most extraordinary female Buddhist teachers of our time, Lama • Opens the body’s energy channels, or but don’t know where to begin? Are you • Soak in rejuvenation and inspiration Tsultrim Allione, offers a rare experiential journey into the ancient meditation KRISHNA DAS has taken call-and- nadis looking for a safe and welcoming envi- from the group practice of Dakini Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine. Pioneering global Prana response chanting out of yoga cen- ronment in which to explore the basics? • Experience therapeutic applications of • Acts as an alignment tool supporting the Vinyasa teacher Shiva Rea shares the complementary movement meditation as ters and into concert halls, becom- Megha Nancy Buttenheim has created an yoga for physical issues. body in asana and meditation. Mandala Yoga. These accessible yet profound meditation and movement practices ing a worldwide icon. Krishna has accessible weekend immersion that offers PranaDandaYoga is a powerful antidote empower all women to embody the healing power of the mandala in their body been called the “rock star of yoga” the practical skills you need to make yoga TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see to lethargy, stress, discontentment, and and daily life in service to the world. and is the best-selling Western and meditation a part of your life. page 104. (web code YWWW-161) distraction. In this juicy weekend, you chant artist of all time. krishnadas.com Come experience the potent range of • Receive Lama Tsultrim’s transmission of the Five Wisdom Dakinis, midwives of the benefits that yoga and meditation have SUZIE HURLEY, E-RYT 500, TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page wild and wise feminine to offer in this relaxing, renewing, and 104. (web code PDY-161) draws from Anusara, Kripalu, • Learn to transform core emotional patterns affecting women today—anxiety, anger, inspiring weekend, that includes and to create a inadequacy, depression, grasping, and compulsive doing—into living wisdom • User-friendly yoga clear, precise teaching style DEMETRI VELISARIUS, BSW, • Experience a combination of healing prostrations, Prana Vinyasa, visualization, that empowers her students • Breathing techniques to calm the RYT 200, is the creator of seed syllables, mudra, and inner process for both beginners and advance to experience the joy within. nervous system and steady the mind PranaDandaYoga™ and practitioners with Mandala Yoga suziehurley.com devotes his life to teaching • A sampler of four meditation • Regenerate through daily-guided relaxation and women’s circles techniques: seated breath awareness, yoga and meditation. BETSEY DOWNING, PHD, • Enjoy a special Friday night Yoga Trance Dance. Celebrate in a special evening walking meditation, meditation in E-RYT 500, has practiced concert with Krishna Das, dedicated to The Return to the Sacred Feminine. motion, and loving-kindness meditation yoga and meditation for 40 Come solo and make new friends, or bring your family and register for • Daily immersion in deep relaxation years, with roots in Siv- complementary programs for men and children. Return home rejuvenated annda, Iyengar, and Anusara • A yoga-breathing-meditation practice to with the practical guidance to activate all aspects of your being, from Yoga. She guides students use at home, ranging from five minutes your body to your creative life and spiritual realization, and continue with to embrace their deepest to an hour. programs at Tara Mandala and Prana Vinyasa Online. essence. betseydowning.com

NOTE Tuition includes Megha’s Introduc- NOTE Tuition includes tickets for the Krishna Das event. tion to Yoga and Meditation DVD. TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code WRMS-161) TUITION $235, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code ITYM-161)

MEGHA NANCY BUTTENHEIM, MA, EVENING EVENT E-RYT 500, founding director of Let Your Kirtan with Krishna Das Yoga Dance® LLC, is a longtime yoga and meditation teacher. letyouryogadance.com SATURDAY, MAY 7 8:00 pm Free for program participants; $35 for in-house guests; no general public tickets available. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 89 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

APRIL 29–MAY 6 FRIDAY–FRIDAY MAY 6–8 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 8–13 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 15–20 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Yoga Tune Up Teacher Presence, Power, Pleasure Movement Medicine Yoga for the Rest of Us Training, Level 1 A CHAKRA YOGA, DANCE, DYNAMIC GENTLE YOGA FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING and Beyond Jill Miller and Amanda Tripp AND MEDITATION WEEKEND Rudy Peirce Peggy Cappy Jurian Hughes FOR movement educators in yoga, Pilates, FOR all levels. CE credits. FOR all levels, including yoga teachers who group fitness, personal training, manual FOR all levels. CE credits. want to lead adaptive yoga. CE credits. therapy, or clinical practice. CE credits. Unleash your body’s natural healing wisdom Nothing is better than feeling fully present, with a practice that meets you where you are. Study with master yoga Yoga Tune Up® is a potent style of move- connected to your power, able to enjoy Open the channels of your vitality, stimulate the teacher Peggy Cappy, ment education that strikes a balance yourself and your life, with your whole flow of energy, and bring your whole self into a host of the PBS series between yoga, fitness, and rehab, attract- being running at 100 percent. When your new sense of balance, strength, and resilience. Yoga for the Rest of MARCH 13–18 SUNDAY–FRIDAY ing students of all ages and body types. It chakras are charged, open, and in balance, Dynamic Gentle Yoga empowers you to explore Us. If you’re new to breaks down the nuts and bolts of human you feel like a million bucks. You have flowing movement and posture sequences as you yoga or have physical Sweat and Surrender movement by using a yogic lens of aware- access to your creativity as well as your discover your unique, pain-free range of motion. limitations, it’s easy to A HOT-YOGA AND RESTORATIVE ness, conscious relaxation, and proper capacity to manifest. Energy flows freely This approach can relieve low-back pain and begin right where you RETREAT breathing techniques. Yoga Tune Up helps and nothing holds you back. increase overall flexibility, focus, and steadiness. are with accessible yoga postures. In this Michelle Dalbec and Sarajean Rudman students develop anatomical fluency and In this fun and practical program, you You learn how to program, you learn an embodied understanding of their own • Learn yoga postures to support the health • Breathe deeply again TUITION $325, plus room & meals; • Warm-ups to ease the body into structure. motion FOR everyone. CE credits. of the chakras • Relieve chronic stress patterns see page 104. (web code APNM-161) This 40-hour training • Essential yoga poses and methods to • Dive into movement and dance to free • Calm anxiety Discover new ways to amp up your yoga • Prepares you to teach memorable, gradually increase a pose’s challenge stuck energy and cultivate balance RUDY PEIRCE, MA, E-RYT 500, a practice and cultivate tenacity in this well- accessible, and effective Yoga Tune Up • Brighten your mood and intensity balanced program. Each morning features • Practice breathing techniques to nurture Kripalu Yoga teacher since 1983, classes • Reestablish qualities of joy, trust, pure being, • Meditation practices and relaxation a fun, sweaty, hot-yoga session to get the whole-system wellness guides accessible, gentle yoga, • Develops proficiency with the and interconnectedness. techniques body moving and the heart pumping. In the • Explore the power of chakra visualization and is creator of a four-CD set, The fundamentals of anatomy, physiology, Developed by Rudy Peirce over his 30 years of afternoon, indulge in a restorative practice and meditation. Gentle Series. gentleyogi.com • Simple, powerful breathing exercises and biomechanics teaching gentle yoga, Movement Medicine sheds that helps rebuild and recover the body This Mother’s Day weekend, clean out your • A practice you can take home. • Refreshes your love of teaching and new light on what’s possible in your yoga practice. in preparation for another day of fitness- physical, mental, and emotional being and Peggy’s knowledgeable and inspired provides new classroom leadership skills. focused yoga. get ready to experience a more present, approach draws on her extensive experi- This program includes Discover a fresh approach to asana, going powerful, and pleasure-filled you! ence teaching students and training beyond formulaic instruction in order to MAY 16–20 MONDAY–FRIDAY • Athletic sessions to help sculpt and tone yoga teachers. think and teach more creatively. Inspire the body TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page Stories and Songs of Yoga your students to define and create a “path 104. (web code PPP-161) RECOMMENDED READING AND VIEWING • Insightful discussions on how to balance of purpose” and unlock their greatest ANCIENT MYTHS AND DYNAMIC VINYASA Peggy Cappy, Yoga for All of Us and any effort and ease potential. of the seven DVDs in Peggy’s Yoga for JURIAN HUGHES, E-RYT 500, MFA, a Raghunath and Brij Cappo • Practices designed to access your power. the Rest of Us series. faculty member at Kripalu, is also a yoga Nurture the energy you need to become RECOMMENDED READING See this program all levels. ® FOR TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see stronger, more stable, and more in tune on the Kripalu website. teacher trainer, Let Your Yoga Dance trainer, and voice coach. jurianhughes.com page 104. (web code YFRU-161) with your body and mind. NOTE Tuition includes a manual and Yoga Dive into the yogic tradition with its storehouse of wisdom and treasures. Raghunath, Tune Up therapy balls. Participants receive a master storyteller, teams up with his wife, Brij Cappo, an expert in yoga biomechanics NOTE Program room will be heated to 90 certification of completion of this Level and alignment, for a unique program that includes PEGGY CAPPY, author of degrees for hot-yoga sessions 1 training, which is part of a longer Yoga • Relevant, life-changing principles from the stories of ancient Indian gods and Yoga for All of Us, is known for her best-selling PBS TUITION $399, plus room & meals; see page Tune Up teacher training program. goddesses that established the fabric of yogic thought and lifestyle series Yoga for the Rest of Us. 104. (web code RRSS-161) TUITION $895, plus room & meals; see • Study of the Indian classics: the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavat Purana peggycappy.com page 104. (web code YTUTT-161) • Sacred songs, chanting, and movement MICHELLE DALBEC, E-RYT • Daily all-levels asana classes designed to upgrade your physical practice through 500, is a passionate Kripalu JILL MILLER, E-RYT, pain- form, technique, balance, and transition. ® Yoga and Yoga Tune Up relief and wellness expert, is This enlivening, enlightening program is ideal for both yoga novices and teacher who offers workshops author of The Roll Model and advanced practitioners. and directs Kripalu Yoga a contributing expert on the Teacher Training programs. Oprah Winfrey Network. TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SSOY-161) myoga.com yogatuneup.com

SARAJEAN RUDMAN AMANDA TRIPP is a Yoga RAGHUNATH started BRIJ CAPPO, E-RYT 500, received a bachelor’s in health Tune Up® teacher trainer and practicing yoga in 1987. He CMT, is a transformational and wellness and sports arts educator skilled at help- spent six years as a monk in life coach, IIN certified management, and a master’s ing teachers bring more con- India and excels at making health coach, and in integrative clinical nutrition. fidence, creativity, and clarity esoteric yoga philosophy cofounder of Supersoul She has more than 10 years of into the classroom. relevant to the Collective in Chatham, experience in personal amandatrippyoga.com contemporary world. New York. training and group fitness. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 91 Kripalu | YOGA AND MEDITATION

Faculty FOR 200-hour–certified yoga teachers of any tradition. ROD STRYKER is the founder of ParaYoga® and author of The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Yoga Journal Live! and Kripalu are proud to present a weekend Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom. of rich practice and empowering discoveries to infuse your MATY EZRATY, one of the first women teaching with renewed confidence and inspiration. to study Ashtanga Yoga intensively with Come expand your knowledge and experience extraordinary Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, was one of the original techniques at the nation’s yoga epicenter in Yoga in Depth, founders of YogaWorks, where she directed and shaped the YogaWorks teacher training a first-of-its-kind event that brings together a team of top program for more than 16 years. matyezraty.com teachers for a weekend exclusively curated for professional EDDIE MODESTINI, a yoga teacher since yoga teachers. at Kripalu 1985, is trained in both Iyengar and Ashtanga This gathering of great innovators and bright spirits offers Yoga. He brings to his teaching an in-depth specialized immersions and master classes designed study of anatomy. mayayogastudio.com specifically for yoga teachers. Dive even deeper into your NICKI DOANE, a yoga teacher since 1992, understanding of yoga’s multifaceted nuance to enrich your codirects Maya Yoga Studio in Maui, Hawaii, and is featured in a series of Maya Yoga DVDs. life and the lives of your students. mayayogastudio.com

ANA FORREST is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in yoga and emotional healing and MAY 13–15 FRIDAY–SUNDAY creator of ®. She is a contributing ROD STRYKER MATY EZRATY EDDIE MODESTINI NICKI DOANE ANA FORREST TODD NORIAN expert to Yoga Journal and other national Expand your teaching. wellness publications. forrestyoga.com Come for a weekend of workshops that include TODD NORIAN, E-RYT 500, founder of • Hands-on assist clinics focused on kinesthetic transmission Ashaya Yoga®, teaches with the heartfelt YOGA IN DEPTH: intention to awaken others to their inherent • Fresh perspectives on the Radiance Sutras and on purushartas, potential for unlimited joy, vitality, and A WEEKEND FOR the four aims of life fulfillment. ashayayoga.com • Yoga to develop and expand your life force energy and vital ERICA MATHER, MA, E-RYT, is a intelligence Forrest Yoga Guardian, lifelong teacher, and creator of the Adore TEACHERS • Therapeutic yoga for feet, knees, and hips Your Body System for ending • Ayurvedic self-care for yoga teachers, and so much more. body-image challenges. ericamather.com

KATIE SILCOX, CAS, RYT 500, FIND OUT MORE about the MAY 15–16 SUNDAY–MONDAY author of the book Healthy, conference schedule, Happy, Sexy: Ayurveda Wisdom Master classes. for Modern Women, is a nationally workshops, and presenters recognized yoga teacher, Extend your stay and go deeper in master classes that include at kripalu.org/yjlive Ayurvedic practitioner, and • Tantric hatha yoga with Rod Stryker health writer. katiesilcoxyoga.com • Backbends and Inversions with Maty Ezraty COBY KOZLOWSKI, MA, E-RYT, • Fundamentals of vinyasa flow with Eddie Modestini and Nicki Doane is a faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and • Focused practice with Ana Forrest founder of Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive™. cobyk.com • Tapping into with Todd Norian

LARISSA HALL CARLSON, E-RYT 500, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, guides retreats, directs trainings, and TUITION Friday–Sunday $395, workshops only; Friday–Monday $545, provides Ayurvedic consultations includes master classes; plus room & meals; see page 104. throughout the country. larissacarlson.com

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MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY MAY 22–27 SUNDAY–FRIDAY Yoga Nursing Chakra Yoga Fluid Mind and Spirit Let Your Yoga Dance A NEW MOVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE Teacher Training AN INTRODUCTION TO AWAKENED LIVING Teaching Training Annette Tersigni OPENING THE INNER TEMPLE Kevan Gale CHAKRA FUSION, MODULE 1

FOR nurse practitioners, RNs, and LPNs; no Anodea Judith FOR all levels. CE credits. Megha Nancy Buttenheim yoga experience required. CE credits. FOR yoga teachers and FOR all levels. CE credits. Bring clarity to your mind, openness to your students with min. 1 year of YogaNursing® is a revolutionary model heart, and contentment to your soul with Fluid™ yoga experience. CE credits. Dance your way toward teacher certifica- of care that unites the ancient wisdom of practice. Kevan Gale’s approach combines yoga, tion in the first chakra-yoga-dance training MAY 20–22 FRIDAY–SUNDAY yoga with the science of modern nurs- Tibetan mind training, and meditation into one Learn how to access of its kind—or come just to experience five ing. A nursing adjunct therapy, different grounded, soulful experience. the chakras—the seven glorious days of dancing. This transforma- than traditional yoga, this program is TUITION Five Element Yoga windows to the soul—in Starting with an overview of the foundational $325, plus room & meals; tional, compassionate training is based on practiced seated or standing, where get- REJUVENATION AND RELAXATION your own body, then Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the mind, this see page 104. (web code FMS-161) self-discovery and finding your strengths. ting on the floor is uncomfortable or is take that experience into your yoga program explores Module 1 lays down the foundation of Let Jennifer Reis not practical. teaching. Anodea Judith teaches you • Four preliminary techniques designed to elicit KEVAN GALE, Your Yoga Dance® with a daily dance of FOR all levels. CE credits. Explore a simple prescription to trans- posture flows, core-strengthening and deep reflection E-RYT 500, is co- yoga through each chakra. form stress, anxiety, pain, and suffering bioenergetic exercises, yoga philoso- • The science of meditation owner of Stil Studio Learn to Are you ready to into peace, health, and wisdom for nurse phy, pranayama, mantras, and guided • Specific meditation practices, including in greater Boston • Become an excellent instructor in this realign yourself with and patient. In this program, you learn meditation. You also learn how to and creator of Fluid how to shamata, maitri (loving-kindness), and tonglen “dance of yoga” the rhythms of • Sequence poses to focus on particular Yoga and EnLiving. • Ways to establish a regular meditation • Embody the chakras nature? Join Jennifer • Practice the Sacred Remedy—seven chakras kevangale.com Reis in Five Element essential postures, breathing exercises, practice at home • Rediscover the best of who you are • Vary the Sun Salutation flow to reflect Yoga®, a potent prac- and relaxation techniques • Yoga nidra (the yoga of relaxation) each chakra • Transform your relationship with music. tice that invites you to • Teach to a massive health-care market, • Tools for applying yoga and philosophy to everyday life. To become a certified Let Your Yoga Dance celebrate your body with yoga postures, • Read a student’s body to understand including cardiorespiratory, oncology, Come take a down-to-earth, contemporary look at classic topics like the Six Paramitas, instructor, take Module 1 first, followed by balance your energy with breathing and the functioning of the chakras within orthopedic, geriatric, women’s health, the Buddha’s discoveries under the Bodhi tree, the Four Noble Truths, and other Module 2, which offers expert guidance , detoxify with self-massage, and • Incorporate breath, mantra, and mental health, and in workplace building blocks of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. in the art of teaching. You can also attend find deep rest and inner peace with mudra into chakra practice wellness Module 1 simply to experience this vibrant Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra®. • Assess and identify clients’ goals to • Use language that’s simple enough for program, without pursuing certification. A vibrant and colorful flowing practice, create measurable results newcomers and elegant enough for Five Element Yoga draws from Eastern seasoned practitioners. • Plan and implement remedies and NOTE You do not have to be a yoga teacher traditions of yoga, Ayurveda, and tradi- evaluate outcomes Anodea sets aside time for practice to take this training. Tuition includes a tional Chinese medicine. The result both teaching, so you can experiment with MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY manual and a yoga CD. nourishes and balances your inner earth, • Market yourself with lucrative skills that these new skills right away. TUITION $575, plus room & meals; see page water, fire, air, and ether elements to health care wants now. The Spiritual Path and the Dynamics of Awakening 104. (web code DT-1161). cultivate harmony and improve health. RECOMMENDED READING Anodea Judith, NOTE Tuition includes teaching materials. Mark Griffin In this program, you Wheels of Life. TUITION $245, plus room & meals; see MEGHA NANCY BUTTENHEIM, MA, • Experience joyous yoga postures and NOTE Tuition includes a copy of Anodea FOR everyone. CE credits. page 104 (web code IYN-161). E-RYT 500, founding director of Let Your deep relaxation Judith’s Chakra Yoga. Bring a notebook Explore the answer to the eternal question, Who am I? in this discourse- and Yoga Dance® LLC, is a longtime yoga and • Transform tightness into flowing energy and stretchy clothes. meditation-based program. Discover for yourself that you are not simply a physical meditation teacher. letyouryogadance.com ANNETTE TERSIGNI, RN, TUITION $495, plus room • Find your natural rhythms as you body, but a composite of matter, energy, mind, and pure, infinite consciousness. The E-RYT, is a medical yoga & meals; see page balance your inner elements prana, or life force, that resides within the breath is the gateway to accessing these expert and the founder of 104. (web code • Learn powerful tools for ongoing subtle connections. YogaNursing. Her mission is rejuvenation and relaxation CYTT-161) to expand consciousness in Practice methods to strengthen prana as you learn • Connect with your true self. health care, helping thou- • The relationship between the physical, subtle, mental, and spiritual bodies ANODEA JUDITH, sands to relieve stress and • The mechanics of the subtle energy body, including the seven chakras and three RECOMMENDED LISTENING Jennifer Reis, PHD, E-RYT 500, is improve patient care. channels Five Element Yoga: All Levels Guided yoganurse.com director of Sacred Yoga Practice and Deep Relaxation: Centers, a teach- • Meditation practices, for all experience levels, designed to sustain the life force Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra. ing organization and integrate all aspects of the self for yoga, psychology, TUITION $210, plus room & meals; see • The meaning of the word “enlightenment,” and the dynamics of how it is achieved. and transformational page 104. (web code FEYR-161) wisdom, and the TUITION $240, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SPDA-161) best-selling author JENNIFER REIS, E-RYT 500, LMT, cre- of Wheels of Life. ator of Five Element Yoga® and Divine sacredcenters.com MARK GRIFFIN guides students beyond their human frailties to dis- Sleep Yoga Nidra®, is a teacher trainer cover the depths of their true nature. He is the author of six books. for Kripalu and Integrative Yoga Therapy. hardlight.org jenniferreisyoga.com

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MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY MAY 30–JUNE 3 MONDAY–FRIDAY Healing Anxiety with Getting Pain-Free LifeForce Yoga and with Internal Family Systems and Integrated Amy Weintraub, Laura Orth, and Liz Brenner Positional Therapy

FOR all levels. CE credits. Lakshmi Voelker and Lee Albert

FOR all levels. CE credits. Discover a gentle, evidence-based yoga pro- tocol to help you self-soothe, clear your mind, Are you searching for an alternative to and work with your anxiety from a place of drugs or surgery to relieve your chronic compassionate self-awareness. Amy Weintraub, pain? This program brings together the best-selling author of Yoga for Depression, and creators of two proven methods to lessen Internal Family Systems psychotherapists Laura or even eliminate muscular pain, Lakshmi Orth and Liz Brenner, guide you in practices that MAY 27–30 FRIDAY–MONDAY Voelker Chair YogaTM and Lee Albert’s access your natural compassion and wisdom. MAY 30–JUNE 3 MONDAY–FRIDAY Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT). Learn ORIGINAL LIGHT In this program, you learn how Chair Yoga modified with IPT can • Breathing and meditation to calm and lift the mood help you manage your individual pain YOGA, MEDITATION, AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DAILY • A chakra-clearing meditation for anxiety challenges and practice techniques that SPIRITUAL PRACTICE you can take home with you. RECOVERY CONFERENCE • Yoga nidra for self-soothing and insomnia SNATAM KAUR, sacred In this program for both abled and SNATAM KAUR • Accessible yoga postures chant artist and Kundalini disabled bodies, you learn how to Rolf Gates, Nikki Myers, Tommy Rosen, ROLF GATES, author of the and Sopurkh Singh • How to bring the energy of your higher Self to Yoga teacher, performs • Recognize and correct muscular Melody Moore, Tim Walsh, and acclaimed book Meditations all parts of your being. Aruni Nan Futuronsky from the Mat: Daily Reflections FOR all levels. CE credits live concerts and teaches imbalances workshops throughout Leave refreshed, revitalized, and excited about on the Path of Yoga, is a lead- • Apply the correct Chair Yoga postures FOR everyone, including healing the world. Her recordings your practice, with new tools for emotional and ing voice of contemporary Daily spiritual practice, or sadhana, is an for particular imbalances professionals. CE credits. yoga. rolfgates.com essential part of the Kundalini Yoga tradi- include Grace, Prem, physical balance. • Design your own personal Chair IPT tion. A consistent practice raises you up Liberation’s Door, and wellness plan. Tap into the ancient practices of yoga NIKKI MYERS, MBA, is a yoga Light of the Naam. RECOMMENDED READING/LISTENING/VIEWING and provides your highest source of guid- and meditation to deepen your explo- therapist, Somatic Experienc- ance. Join Snatam Kaur and her husband, snatamkaur.com See this program on the Kripalu website. Head home with your pain already reduced and practical, easy-to-follow ration of recovery from addiction. Led ing practitioner, certified Sopurkh Singh, for a special weekend of NOTE This program includes optional early- steps for continued pain relief. by teachers who represent a variety Addictions Recovery Special- Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and chanting morning practice and extended hours. of backgrounds and modalities, this ist, and founder of Y12SR, the to ignite the inner fire you need for a sus- TUITION $340, plus room & meals; see page 104. retreat connects your inner and outer Yoga of 12-Step Recovery. RECOMMENDED READING AND VIEWING tainable, deep, and joyful spiritual practice. (web code LYIFS-161) worlds, awakens joy and peace within, Lee Albert, Live Pain-Free without Drugs Come explore the five stages of Aquarian and brings recovery alive in your prac- TOMMY ROSEN, a vinyasa flow or Surgery and Lakshmi Voelker, Lakshmi Sadhana, including tice. When you are in touch with your and Kundalini Yoga teacher, is a Voelker Chair Yoga: Single Chair Yoga leading authority on addiction • A wake-up routine with yogic wholeness, you more easily recognize Volume 1 (DVD). and recovery, and founder of self-care techniques your addictive behaviors and find the TUITION $335, plus room & meals; see inner strength to move beyond them. the Recovery 2.0 online confer- • Sacred recitation page 104. (web code CIPT-161) ence. tommyrosen.com Offering something for everyone in • Yoga postures recovery, as well as family members MELODY MOORE, PHD, RYT, • Chanting LAKSHMI VOELKER, E-RYT and healing professionals, this confer- is a clinical psychologist, yoga • Worship to the Divine. SOPURKH SINGH 500, YA, IAYT, is creator of ence includes teacher, author, speaker, and studied and trained with You also receive tools to enhance daily Lakshmi Voelker Chair • Asana and meditation, embracing the founder of the Embody and Gurushabd practice, including Snatam Kaur’s new AMY WEINTRAUB, MFA, E-RYT 500, author Yoga™ and has certified concepts such as surrender, letting Love Movement, combining at Golden Bridge, the book and CD, Original Light, and an of Yoga Skills for Therapists and Yoga for more than 1,300 teachers go, acceptance, and gratitude yoga and the tools of psycho- premier Kundalini Yoga instructional manual featuring personal Depression, is the founder of the LifeForce nationally and internation- therapy. embodylovemovement.org center in the world. • Breathwork stories from practitioners. Yoga® Healing Institute. yogafordepression.com ally. getfitwhereyousit.com • The chakra system TIM WALSH is a certified life coach and addiction specialist TUITION $325, plus room & meals; see LAURA ORTH, LICSW, LFYP-2, is a LEE ALBERT, NMT, is a neu- • Innovations in holistic Twelve-Step who has been facilitating page 104. (web code AKCY-161) psychotherapist and Kripalu Yoga romuscular therapist and recovery. workshops for 20 years. teacher who integrates yoga strat- yoga instructor trained in Yoga means union, and yoga practice timwalshconsulting.com egies, LifeForce Yoga, and Internal orthopedic massage, posi- unifies the self, directly addressing the EVENING EVENT Family Systems into her work. tional therapy, and yoga range of issues caused by addiction. Concert with Snatam Kaur therapy. leealbert.com ARUNI NAN FUTURONSKY Bring the kids! TUITION $395, plus room & meals; see is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, life SATURDAY, MAY 28 7:30 PM LIZ BRENNER, LICSW, LFYP-2, page 104. (web code YMRC-161) coach, and program leader for Don’t miss Kundalini director of Therapy Training Bos- COMBINE THIS PROGRAM with either Free for program participants; ⊕⊕ Kripalu R&R Retreat and Kri- Playground: Fun with ton, is a Level 2 LifeForce Yoga, Lee Albert’s June 3–5 program or Lakshmi $25 for in-house guests; palu faculty programs. Peace and Prayer Internal Family Systems, and EMDR Voelker’s June 5–10 program for a 10 per- $35 for general public. coacharuni.com May 27–30 with Jai Fuller, p. 56 practitioner. therapytrainingboston.com cent tuition discount for each program. See the Kripalu website for more information. 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 97 Kripalu | SUMMER PREVIEWS

SPECIAL ONE-DAY EVENT MAY 30–JUNE 3 MONDAY–FRIDAY MAY 30–JUNE 3 MONDAY–FRIDAY Relax and Restore YogAlign GENTLE YOGA AND QIGONG CHANGE YOUR POSTURE, CHANGE 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Ken Nelson and Lesli Lang YOUR LIFE Start planning en Español, with Rina Jakubowicz Michaelle Edwards at Kripalu Center FOR all levels; no yoga or qigong experience necessary. CE credits. FOR all levels. CE credits. PART 1 Nourish your vital energy, calm your mind, Would you like a yoga your summer JULY 31–AUGUST 11 and practice living in the moment with practice that gives you PART 2 a wise and loving heart. In this program, great posture? How OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 11 enjoy the bliss of deep relaxation using about breathing tech- restorative yoga, guided imagery, and niques that can align getaway now… attention training and explore qigong as your spine and tone you learn to move with ease, grace, and your core? This pro- freedom while remaining rooted and gram offers Michaelle centered. Edwards’ revolutionary Come discover YogAlign techniques and deepens your understanding of the Guru Dev Singh Meggan Watterson MAY 2 MONDAY • How Yin Yoga relieves chronic tension in human body and its design. JUNE 10–12 the spine, hips, and low back, enhancing and Kyle Gray Aim True flexibility by rehabilitating fascia and Say goodbye to chronic pain as you learn to Heal and Be Healed JULY 10–15 Kathryn Budig lubricating joints • Correct postural misalignments by The Contemplative Art REVEAL • Four beginner-friendly ways to meditate: rewiring your nervous system of Sat Nam Rasayan Angels and the Goddess FOR all levels. standing, walking, sitting, and lying • Allow your body to heal through powerful down posture that supports body functions Infuse every breath, • A morning and evening qigong • Breathe your way to a pain-free life every practice, and sequence that improves posture, • Activate and extend your psoas Bruce Lipton Harville Hendrix every day with the balance, stamina, and longevity. power of your inten- • Free your fascia and Lisa Garr and Helen LaKelly Hunt Relaxation happens naturally when you tion. What does it • Avoid yoga and fitness injuries. JUNE 17–19 JULY 22–24 slow down and come back into balance. mean to aim true in Get energized and in the flow, with a daily The YogAlign methodology can enhance The Science and Practice of Getting the Love You Want your life? In this special practice you can sustain at home. your own practice or be taught to students Mind Over Matter A Workshop for Couples one-day event, Kathryn and clients. Michaelle invites you to take Budig offers a variety home the gift of the lift: your aligned, pain- of ways to TUITION $275, plus room & meals; see page 104. (web code SYQ-161). free posture and the ability to stay that way. • Find your inner archer and physically Yoga Summer Camp Gabrielle Bernstein manifest empowerment, awareness, NOTE See this program on the Kripalu web- JULY 29–31 and compassion through asana KEN NELSON, PHD, a leader site for important information. An Outdoor Adventure in mind-body practices and The Universe Has Your Back • Tackle poses you dread in order RECOMMENDED READING Michaelle Edwards, for Adults longtime Kripalu faculty to come out stronger and more YogAlign: Pain-Free Yoga from Your Inner Core. JUNE 19–24, JULY 24–29, AUGUST 14–19 courageous member, is dedicated to transforming the ways we TUITION $225, plus room & meals; see page Kripalu Faculty • Conquer fear to reach love. serve and lead through 104. (web code YAYP-161). In a program based on her newly yoga-inspired learning. released book, Aim True, Kathryn uses powerfulworkshops.com MICHAELLE EDWARDS, creative posture sequencing, lecture, Sharon Salzberg Shiva Rea E-RYT 500, LMT, creator of and flow to facilitate embodied authen- LESLI LANG has a back- YogAlign, is a massage JUNE 24–26 JULY 31–AUGUST 5 ticity and balance. ground in theater and per- therapist, musician, author, Real Love Rasa Vinyasa forming arts, and two and director of the Kauai Yoga NOTE Bring a journal and pen. Event decades of experience Bringing the Path to Your Real-World The Art of Flow Through Prana Vinyasa School. yogalign.com includes a book signing. See the Kripalu assisting Fortune 500 execu- Relationships AUGUST 5–7 website for progam schedule details. tives to communicate their Evolutionary Prana Vinyasa Immersion message more effectively. TUITION $145, includes breakfast and lunch; dinner can be purchased at addi- tional cost. (web code AT-161) Barbara De Angelis Yoga, Music, You might also JUNE 24–26 and Mindfulness KATHRYN BUDIG is an internationally Soul Shifts A Tanglewood Experience celebrated yoga teacher and author be interested in… Transforming Your Life from AUGUST 19–21 known for her accessibility, humor, and the Inside Out Larissa Hall Carlson and Marc Mandel ability to empower students through Introduction to Yoga and Ayurveda, p. 21 her message, “aim true.” kathrynbudig.com Yoga and the Global Dream Initiative, p. 49 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 99 Ayurveda Cooking Immersion Deep Writing Workshop MARCH 11 Kate O’Donnell p. 20 Eric Maisel p. 29 APRIL FRI The Elemental Flow of Shakti: A Kripalu Life Coaching: Find Your The Art of Reiki: Reiki Master Training Levels 1 Weekend of Anusara Yoga Tools for Mindful Living Calming the Mind: Joy of Living 1 and 2 Peter Goodman and Jane Norton p. 72 Aruni Nan Futuronsky and Izzy Lenihan p. 60 1 Meditation Workshop TUES FRI Libby Barnett p. 23 Breath~Body~Mind for Transformation Professional Level Foot Reflexology, Kell Julliard p. 77 and Well-Being Level 1 Seven Pillars of the Peaceful Warrior Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg p. 42 Eileen Donovan p. 23 Dan Millman p. 62 Program by Date Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, 3 and Spirit Calm Warrior: A Stress Management Wired for Relationship Talking with Loved Ones on the Other Side: THUR Alison Shore Gaines p. 40 and Resilience Retreat Stan Tatkin and Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin Eight Essential Steps to Heal Your Grief Diane Kovanda p. 43 p. 52 Here, our programs are listed by month, so you can find the program Sue Frederick p. 61 Drumming and Yoga: A Rhythmic Integrating Psychology and Shamanism: Ayurvedic Health Counselor that’s right for you, at the time that’s right for you. Whether you’re look- Progressive Workshop: Ascending Your Energy, Rejuvenation Retreat A Profound Model for Healing Certification: Clinical Assessment, Vata 4 Tune Into Your New Destiny ing for something vibrant or peaceful, energizing or simplifying, you’ll Allison Gemmel LaFramboise and Shaun Monique Lang and Itzhak Beery p. 48 Management, and Women’s Health FRI Joe Dispenza p. 58 find it this spring at Kripalu. LaFramboise p. 28 Larissa Hall Carlson, Rosy Mann, Claudia Welch, Yoga, Life, and Happiness Kimberly Larson, and Gerard C. Buffo p. 13 Rina Jakubowicz p. 70 Skillfully Aware: Meditation and Divine Play Vinyasa Immersion 23 Mindfulness for Stress Relief Deep Stretching for Tight Bodies and 300-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training: 13 Jess Frey and Sara Clark p. 72 WED Mark Pirtle p. 43 Active Minds Instructing Yoga for Special Populations SUN Mimi Solaire p. 77 Sudha Carolyn Lundeen p. 12 Sweat and Surrender: A and Restorative Retreat Creating Transformational Workshops: Energy Intensive: Meditation, Yoga, and Creating Ease: Yoga and Physical Therapy for Michelle Dalbec and Sarajean Rudman Leading Mind-Body Experiences 24 Breathwork Back and Neck Pain p. 90 THUR Ken Nelson and Leslie Lang p. 61 Vandita Kate Marchesiello and Dominick Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) and Richard Kula Flow: Vinyasa for Strength, Marchesiello p. 70 Vibrant Visionary Collage: Awaken Faulds (Shobhan) p. 73 Shakti for Creativity Detoxification, and Levitation Positional Therapy Level 1: An Experiential Karen Arp-Sandel p. 29 Schulyer Grant p. 77 Approach to Strain-Counterstrain and Muscle Life Purpose Boot Camp Harmonica-Based Mindfulness: Reduce Energy Technique 25 Eric Maisel p. 61 Lee Albert p. 22 Stress and Play Blues, Rock, and Folk FRI Instantly! Hiking and Yoga CONTEMPLATIVE WEEK David Harp p. 29 Randal Williams and Mark Roule p. 36 The Wise and Loving Heart: Meditation 6 Retrain Your Brain for Positivity and Success Breath~Body~Mind Teacher Training, Meditation and Mysticism: Kabbalah 3 for Freedom and Compassion Randy Kamen p. 48 Retreat for Ease and Contentment SUN SUN Level 2 Jack Kornfield with Winnie Nazarko and Jump-Start Your Memoir: Write It From the Richard P. Brown, Patricia Gerbarg, and Rabbi Sigal Brier p. 74 Alex Haley p. 79 Dehanna Rice-Inkles p. 42 Heart Loving Presence: Inhabiting and R&R Quiet Retreat Nancy Slonim Aronie with Frannie Faith p. 28 A Family Constellations Approach to Expressing Your True Nature R&R Retreat faculty p. 18 Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40 Well-Being Tara Brach p. 75 Suzi Tucker, Dan Booth Cohen, Emily Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Maria Sirois p. 40 CircusYoga Retreat: The Human Art of Play Jennifer Reis p. 78 Volden, Jamy Faust, Peter Faust, J. Edward Erin Maile O’Keefe and Kevin O’Keefe p. 56 Strong Core, Open Heart: Finding Balance with Lynch, and Bill Mannle p. 59 Ayurvedic Bodywork Training: Shirodhara Embodyoga Finding Calm in a Chaotic World and Marma-Balancing Treatment Patty Townsend p. 71 Beryl Bender Birch p. 74 Hilary Garivaltis p. 20 Secrets to Lasting Intimacy 18 Freddy Zental Weaver and Elsbeth Meuth p. 52 Creating Yantras: Healing with Sacred Positional Therapy Level 2: Strain- FRI The Eight Movements of Yantra Yoga: Geometry and Color 7 Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique Human Nature, Divine Nature: The 27 Teacher Training Part I Sarah Tomlinson p. 30 MON Lee Albert p. 22 Spiritual Path of Sacred Eco-Biology SUN Fabio Andrico p. 76 Caroline Myss p. 60 Traditional Japanese Reiki Level I and II: 5 Creating Miracles with Malas Tai Chi Alchemy: Get Out of Your Head Gendai Reiki Ho Shoden and Okuden Satya Scainetti p. 31 Yoga in the Schools Symposium and into the Game TUES 8 Linda Dusenbury, Catherine Cook-Cottone, James and Audrey Pearson Shihans p. 24 TUES Rick Barrett p. 23 Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Anne Buckley-Reen, Mayuri Unlock Your Potential Gonzalez, Louise Goldberg, Andres Gonzalez, The Natural Singer: Find Your True Voice Coby Kozlowski p. 30 Iona M. Smith, Joanne Spence, Michelle Kelsey Claude Stein p. 30 TriYoga: The Prana-Inspired Flow of Mitchell, Carla Tantillo, and more p. 71 Yoga and the Alexander Technique 8 Shadow Yoga Basics Joan Arnold p. 76 Yogasana, Pranayama, and Mudra Matt Pesendian p. 73 FRI Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) p. 82 Qigong Healer Professional Training Live Boldly and Liberate Your Authentic Self Align Your Body, Awaken Your Heart Robert Peng p. 24 Relieving Back and Hip Pain with Yoga 10 Lauren Mackler p. 59 Todd Norian p. 74 Allen Wilkins and Terry Roth Schaff p. 78 THUR Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: A Workshop for Food As Medicine for Mind and Mood Kundalini Yoga for Mastering Your Life Yoga Teachers Illuminating Yoga Practice with the James S. Gordon, Kathie Madonna Swift, Jay Guru Singh p. 72 David Emerson and Jenn Turner p. 75 Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita Lombard, Mark Pettus, Drew Ramsey, Jeremy Rock Yoganand Michael Carroll p. 82 Smith, and Maya Shetreat-Klein p. 41 Philosophy in Flow: Yogic Wisdom and Radiant Health: A Weekend Retreat for 20 Vinyasa Practice 31 SUN Women Aimée Senise Bohn p. 73 THUR Sudha Carolyn Lundeen p. 43  800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 101 The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox The Mindful Table: A Kripalu Nutrition Yoga for Wild, Wonderful, and Wise Women Vegetarian Express: Luscious Meals in Stories and Songs of Yoga: Ancient The Gokhale Method: The Posture- Diet: Lose Weight, Reverse Diabetes, 17 and Cooking Immersion 28 Suzie Hurley and Betsey Downing p. 88 6 Minutes 16 Myths and Dynamic Vinyasa 25 Dance Connection and Feel Great SUN Annie B. Kay and Jeremy Rock Smith p. 45 THUR FRI Leslie Cerier p. 45 MON Raghunath and Brij Cappo p. 91 WED Esther Gokhale p. 47 Mark Hyman p. 44 200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Yoga and the Global Dream Initiative: Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend Unmasking Your Soul: Renew Yourself Mindful Self-Compassion: Core Skills Training: Part 1 29 Dreaming the Earth, Tending the Dream Sarahjoy Marsh p. 53 Through Painting and Collage Training Rudy Peirce and Sudha Carolyn Lundeen p. 12 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FRI Stephen Aizenstat with Stephen Cope and Presence, Power, Pleasure: A Chakra Linda Novick p. 34 Christopher Germer p. 78 KYTT 2.0: The Kripalu Yoga Teacher Annie B. Kay p. 49 Yoga, Dance, and Meditation Weekend The Spiritual Path and the Dynamics of Second Journey: It’s Never Too Late to Training Refresher Course Jurian Hughes p. 90 Master the Power Within Emotional Freedom Techniques: Level 2 27 Awakening Reclaim Your Life Coby Kozlowski, Michelle Dalbec, and FRI James Van Praagh p. 64 Crafting Handmade Books 18 Jan L. Watkins p. 27 Mark Griffin p. 95 Joan Anderson p. 63 guest faculty p. 12 WED Yoga Tune Up Teacher Training, Level 1 Valerie Carrigan p. 32 Kripalu Outdoors: A Yoga, Hiking, and Groundation Celebration: Ignite Self- Jill Miller and Amanda Tripp p. 90 Healing Interpersonal Wounds: A Kayaking Retreat Realization Through Yoga, Writing, Backbone: A Men’s Weekend of Purpose, Self-Inquiry Through Mantra and Radical Approach Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec p. 38 and Ritual Emotional Mindfulness, Connection, 20 Passion, and Empowered Living 10 Movement Janis Abrahms Spring p. 57 Sienna Creasy and Nadine McNeil p. 85 and Healing: Befriending the Wisdom FRI David Harshada Wagner p. 68 Healing Anxiety with LifeForce Yoga SUN Erica Taxin Bleznak and Brenda and Power of Your Emotions An Introduction to PranaDandaYoga: and Internal Family Systems McMorrow p. 83 iRest Yoga Nidra Level 2: The Art and Yoga and Walking: A Soul to Earth Ronald J. Frederick and Tim Beyer p. 64 Natural and Powerful Grace Amy Weintraub, Laura Orth, and Science of Integrative Restoration Weekend Fit Body, Focused Mind Demetri Velisarius p. 88 Liz Brenner p. 96 Anne Douglas p. 85 Creating Great Relationships Through Patricia (Niti) Seip Martin p. 38 Sarajean Rudman p. 37 Family Constellations Being Intimate: A Retreat for Couples Sharing Your Life Story: From Page to Creative Myths and Monsters: A Stillness in Motion: Zen Practice and Mark Wolynn p. 53 Kate and Joel Feldman p. 57 the Stage Cherokee Bodywork Workshop on the Artist’s Way Wild Goose Qigong Ann Randolph p. 31 Stillness Touch: The Art of Transmitting Love 8 Lewis Mehl-Madrona p. 26 Julia Cameron p. 32 The Awakened Energy Field: Healing Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum p. 25 Charles Ridley p. 26 SUN Techniques for Health, Growth, and Elements of Polarity: Secrets of the WAVES: A 5Rhythms Moving Get Juicy Now: Yoga and Ayurveda for Awakening Introduction to Yoga and Meditation Human Energy System Meditation Nourishing Vitality Awaken Your Divinity Within: A Ann Marie Chiasson p. 27 22 Megha Nancy Buttenheim p. 88 Gary Strauss and Tracy Griffiths p. 26 Jonathan Horan p. 34 Maria Mendola p. 44 Workshop in Self-Mastery Original Light: Empowerment Through FRI Movement Medicine: Dynamic Gentle Tangle to Tangle: Deepen Your Five-Day Spring Detox and Meditation Paul Selig p. 63 Daily Spiritual Practice Yoga for Health and Well-Being Zentangle Practice Retreat The Art and Science of Meditation Snatam Kaur and Sopurkh Singh p. 96 Rudy Peirce p. 91 Maria Thomas Rick Roberts p. 33 Emilie Perz p. 83 Kelly Morris p. 86 MAY Kundalini Playground: Fun with Peace Seeing the Light: Exploring the Five Element Yoga: Rejuvenation and Yogic Prosperity Technologies Power Yoga Immersion and Prayer Intimate Connection Between Vision Relaxation Guru Jagat p. 83 Bryan Kest p. 85 Swingolf: Dynamic Yoga Motion on the Jai Fuller p. 56 and Consciousness Jennifer Reis p. 94 1 Golf Course Meditation Made Possible Hiking and Yoga Jason Leiberman and Marc Grossman p. 65 Mothers, Daughters, and the Heroic Journey SUN Les Bolland p. 37 Brain Care Is Self-Care: The Bhavani Lorraine Nelson p. 82 Randal Williams and Jess Frey p. 36 Meg Agnew, Cindy Parrish, SuEllen Hamkins Neuroscience of Well-Being Clearing the Clutter: Making Space for p. 57 Yogini Workshop: Movement and Linda Graham p. 49 Positive Change Live the Life Your Soul Intended: Finding Meditation for Calming Down and Watercolor: A New Beginning Mindful Recovery: Awakening to Love Maria Sirois and Izzy Lenihan p. 65 13 Happiness, Fulfillment, and Meaning Yoga Nursing: A New Movement in Tuning In Ann K. Lindsay p. 33 14 Kevin Griffin and Bill Alexander p. 68 FRI Ainslie MacLeod p. 66 Health Care Ellen Barrett p. 86 Yoga Therapy Applications Within the THUR Annette Tersigni p. 94 Mental-Health Field: Module 5 Hiking and Yoga Animal Wisdon: Connecting with the Joseph Le Page, Ellen Schaffer, and more p. 87 Randal Williams and Michelle Dalbec p. 36 Five Steps to a Healthier Diet and Life Intelligence of Animals 200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher 15 Sara Snow and Amie Valpone p. 45 Linda Bender p. 63 SomaSoul Facilitation Yoga Journal LIVE! at Kripalu Fluid Mind and Spirit: An Introduction to 29 FRI Training: Monthlong Intensive Dan Leven with special guests Heather Rod Stryker, Maty Ezraty, Eddie Modestini, 22 Awakened Living SUN Now What? Finding Career Clarity and Introduction to Yoga and Ayurveda: Brahmani Liebman and Jashoda Edmunds Bilotta and Sage Peeler p. 66 Nicki Doane, Ana Forrest, Todd Norian, SUN Kevan Gale p. 95 Life Direction From the Inside Out Radiant Health On and Off the Mat p. 12 and more p. 92 Laura Berman Fortgang p. 62 Micah Mortali and Larissa Hall Carlson p. 21 Embodying the Intelligence of Your ChiRunning: A Mindful Approach to an Heart and Soul Ayurvedic Health Counselor Ancient Sport Finding Your Passion: A Unique Yoga- Afro Flow Yoga: Flow into Freedom Terry Patten p. 65 Certification: Clinical Training, Ethics, Danny Dreyer p. 38 Yoga, Meditation, and Recovery Inspired Retreat Leslie Salmon Jones with special guests 30 and Working with Clients Conference Penni Feiner and Geri Topfer p. 84 Jeff W. Jones and Morley p. 86 Soul Motion Manifest Your Soul’s Purpose Through MON Gerard C. Buffo, Larissa Hall Carlson, Vasant Rolf Gates, Nikki Myers, Tommy Rosen, Vinn Arjuna Martí p. 32 the Akashic Records Tap into the Power of Clarity Using Lad, Rosy Mann, Margrit Mikulis, Satya and Melody Moore with Tim Walsh and Emotional Freedom Techniques Linda Howe p. 67 Aruni Nan Futuronsky p. 97 The Writer’s Journey: Crafting Narayana Dasa, and William Siff p. 13 Carol Look p. 25 Detox for Health and Healing 24 Compelling Personal Stories The Kripalu Approach to Diet: An The Presence of Breath Story Alchemy: Transform Your Life Annie B. Kay and Kathie Madonna Swift p. 47 Cultivating Loving-Kindness: A Yoga SUN Laura Davis p. 31 2 Integrative Weight-Loss Program Judith Kravitz p. 66 Through Loving Questions and Meditation Retreat MON Arnui Nan Futuronsky, Annie B. Kay, and Chakra Yoga Teacher Training: Rachel Schaeffer p. 34 A Walk in the Forest: An Introduction to Shine Your Life: Love, Mastery, and the Stephen Cope p. 84 Lisa B. Nelson p. 46 Opening the Inner Temple Forest Bathing True Self YogAlign: Change Your Posture, Anodea Judith p. 94 Thriving! Realign with Your Nature Lisa B. Nelson and Mark Roule p. 37 Aim True Christine Warren p. 67 Change Your Life Linda and Charlie Bloom p. 62 Kathryn Budig p. 98 Finding Your Playful Path Michaelle Edwards p. 98 Embodied Positive Psychology Summit Bernie DeKoven p. 67 The Yoga of Detox: A Whole-Person Barbara Fredrickson, Tal Ben-Shahar, Getting Pain-Free with Chair Yoga and Approach Yoga for the Rest of Us and Beyond Transformative Self-Care: Continuum Integrated Positional Therapy Sharon Salzberg, Megan McDonough, Wisdom Rising: Mandala of the Sacred 15 Alison Shore Gaines and Evelyn Gonzalez Peggy Cappy p. 91 Movement, Mindfulness, and Osteopathy Lakshmi Voelker and Lee Albert p. 97 and more p. 50 5 Feminine SUN p. 44 Emotional Freedom Techniques: Level 1 Bonnie Gintis p. 47 Yoga Therapy Applied in Medical THUR Lama Tsultrim Allione and Shiva Rea p. 89 Painting Flowers in Watercolor The Bridge: Merging Yoga and Qigong Jan L. Watkins p. 27 Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training: Ann K. Lindsay p. 33 Settings: Module 4 Art-Making Retreat for Kids: Free Your Kevin Courtney and Thomas Droge p. 84 The Neuroscience of Buddhism and Chakra Fusion, Module 1 Joseph Le Page, Debra Jensen, Karen Creativity Relax and Restore: Gentle Yoga Yoga: Harnessing the Brain for Healing Megha Nancy Buttenheim p. 95 O’Donnell Clarke, and more p. 87 Jennifer Burke p. 56 and Qigong and Happiness Ken Nelson and Lesli Lang p. 98 Jim Hopper and David Schouela p. 49 800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 103 Plan your stay INTEGRATE YOUR 1 2 3 4 5 EXPERIENCE CHOOSE AN EXPERIENCE CHOOSE YOUR ROOM TYPE WHAT’S INCLUDED REGISTER ARRIVAL, DEPARTURE, AND WHILE YOU’RE HERE Kripalu’s Healing Arts

For exact rates call Registrations at ROOM & MEALS AND MORE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE are a powerful addition ONLINE 24/7 kripalu.org 800.741.7353 or visit kripalu.org Cost per night includes Programs generally begin at 7:30 pm on to any program. Presenters and PAGE 14 BY PHONE 800.741.7353 the first date listed with your program DORMITORY •  Your choice of accommodations description and end by 11:30 am on the last Choose from bodywork, Programs 5–22 people per room; bunk beds. Shared •  Nutritious, all-natural meals day. We encourage you to arrive by 6:30 pm hall bath. Please choose another housing PAYMENT if you plan to join us for dinner. Take a program on a topic that •  Daily yoga, meditation, and Ayurvedic services, type if you cannot use an upper bunk. interests you. movement classes Full payment is due at time of registration and can be made with Visa, MasterCard, CHECK–IN Per-night housing cost ranges from •  Hiking trails, walking paths, and health and wellness American Express, Discover, or check. Check-in begins at 2:15 pm; however, $87–99.* lakefront area rooms are not guaranteed to be available consultations, facials, STANDARD •  Fitness room and sauna CANCELLATION POLICY until 4:00 pm. The first activity included in your stay is yoga at 4:15 pm. Arrival dinner Double or single occupancy; two platform •  Evening workshops and events Payments made will be refunded in full is included in overnight stays. There is a and more. twin beds or one queen bed, either (less a $50 processing fee) if you cancel 14 •  The best views in the Berkshires Welcome Session at 6:45 pm on Friday mountain side or lake side. Shared hall bath. or more days prior to your arrival date. If R&R Retreat PAGE 4 R&R Retreats include a full schedule of you cancel between 13 days and 1 day in and Sunday. Schedule your Healing Per-night housing cost ranges from workshops and outdoor activities taught advance, a nonrefundable credit (less a Your schedule is flexible—choose shared, $115–147, to private, $202–245.* by Kripalu faculty. $50 processing fee) will be held for one CHECKOUT Arts appointment today. what and how much to do each day. year from the date of issue. No credit or We kindly request that all departing guests STANDARD PLUS refund is available if you cancel on your be out of their rooms by noon so that we EVENING EVENTS Double or single occupancy; queen or twin arrival day, the day your program starts, if may prepare for our incoming guests. Please call 888.738.1822, beds. All rooms are on the lake side. Shared Kripalu’s evening programs are free to all you do not show up, or if you leave a Lunch on departure day is included in your seven days a week. hall bath. registered guests, except in the case of program or event early. stay. If you choose to spend the afternoon, special ticketed events. Limited general you may leave your bags in the Luggage Per-night housing cost ranges from public tickets might be available for FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Room. shared, $175–199, to private, $267–304.* evening programs and events; please call kripalu.org/healingarts We strive to make our programs available to Registrations at 800.741.7353 for more Kripalu Schools of PAGE 6 everyone, within the limits of our resources. MEDICAL CARE PRIVATE BATH, INCLUDES ANNEX information. For information and applications, visit our Kripalu does not offer on-site medical care, Yoga and Ayurveda Double or single occupancy; queen or twin website or call Registrations. supplies, emergency services, psychiatric beds; either lake side or mountain side; Deepen your practice and share care, or transport. Our campus is located private baths. your passion with the world. Register early to ensure your SENIOR DISCOUNT approximately 10 miles from the nearest

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800.741.7353 or kripalu.org | 107 Presenter Index A Dasa, Satya Narayana 13 Howe, Linda 67 Mehl-Madrona, Lewis 26 S Agnew, Meg 57 Davis, Laura 31 Hughes, Jurian 90 Mendola, Maria 44 Salzberg, Sharon 50 Aizenstat, Stephen 49 DeKoven, Bernie 67 Hurley, Suzie 88 Meuth, Elsbeth 52 Saper, Robert 87 Continuing Education Albert, Lee 22, 97 Delgado, Janna 50 Hyman, Mark 44 Mikulis, Margrit 13 Scainetti, Satya 31 More than 100 Alexander, Bill 68 Dispenza, Joe 58 Miller, Caroline 50 Schaeffer, Ellen 87 Allione, Lama Tsultrim 89 Doane, Nicki 92 J Miller, Jill 90 Schaeffer, Rachel 34 programs to Amendola, Susi 87 Donovan, Eileen 23 Jagat, Guru 83 Millman, Dan 62 Schaff, Terry Roth 78, 87 and Continuing Medical Anderson, Joan 63 Douglas, Anne 85 Jakubowicz, Rina 12, 70 Mitchell, Michelle Kelsey 71 Schouela, David 49 choose from. Andrico, Fabio 76 Downing, Betsey 88 Jensen, Debra 87 Modestini, Eddie 92 Selig, Paul 63 Arnold, Joan 76 Dreyer, Danny 38 Jewell, Louisa 50 Moore, Melody 97 Shetreat-Klein, Maya 41 Jones, Jeff W. 86 Education Credits Aronie, Nancy Slonim 28 Droge, Thomas 84 Morley 86 Siff, William 13 Arp-Sandel, Karen 29 Dusenbury, Linda 71 Jones, Leslie Salmon 86 Morris, Kelly 86 Silcox, Katie 92 Atkinson, Phoebe 50 Judith, Anodea 94 Mortali, Micah 21 Singh, Guru 72 E Julliard, Kell 77 Myers, Nikki 97 Singh, Sopurkh 96 B Edmunds, Jashoda 12 K Myss, Caroline 60 Sirois, Maria 40, 50, 65 Barnett, Libby 23 Edwards, Michaelle 98 Smith, Iona M. 71 Barrett, Ellen 86 Emerson, David 75 Kaliji (Kali Ray), Yogini 82 N Kamen, Randy 48 Smith, Jeremy Rock 41, 45 Continuing Education (CE) credits are available for Barrett, Rick 23 Ezraty, Maty 92 Nazarko, Winnie 79 Snow, Sara 45 Beery, Itzhak 48 Kaur, Snatam 96 Neimiec, Ryan 50 F Kay, Annie B. 45, 46, 47, 49 Solaire, Mimi 77 • Athletic Trainers (BOC) Bender, Linda 63 Nelson, Bhavani Lorraine 82 Soltes, Karen 87 Ben-Shahar, Tal 50 Faith, Frannie 28 Kest, Bryan 85 Nelson, Ken 61, 98 • Coaches (ICF) Faulds, Richard (Shobhan) 73 Khalsa, Sat Bir S. 71, 87 Spence, Joanne 71 Beyer, Tim 64 Nelson, Lisa B. 37, 46 Spring, Janis Abrahms 57 • Massage Therapists (NCBTMB) Bilotta, Heather 66 Faust, Jamy 59 Kirsner, Nancy 50 Norian, Todd 74, 92 Stein, Claude 30 Kripalu is not recognized by the state of New York to offer continuing education credits Birch, Beryl Bender 74 Faust, Peter 59 Kornfield, Jack 79, 81 Norton, Jane 72 Feiner, Penni 84 Kovanda, Diane 43 Strauss, Gary 26 to massage therapists through NCBTMB. Bleznak, Erica Taxin 83 Novick, Linda 34 Stryker, Rod 92 Bloom, Linda and Charlie 62 Feldman, Kate and Joel 57 Kozlowski, Coby 12, 30, 92 • Nurses (NURS) Forrest, Ana 92 Kravitz, Judith 66 O Swift, Kathie Madonna Bohn, Aimée Senise 73 Nursing continuing education credits are provided through Berkshire AHEC. Fortgang, Laura Berman 62 O’Brien, Elaine 50 41, 47 Boldemann-Tatkin, Tracey L 52 Foust, Jonathan (Sudhir) 73 O’Donnell, Kate 20 T • Psychologists (PSY) Frederick, Ronald J. 64 Lad, Vasant 13 O’Keefe, Erin Maile 56 Bolland, Les 37 LaFramboise, Allison Tatkin, Stan 52 • Registered Dietitians (RD) Brach, Tara 75 Frederick, Sue 61 O’Keefe, Kevin 56 Tantillo, Carla 71 Fredrickson, Barbara 50 Gemmel 28 Orth, Laura 96 Brenner, Liz 96 LaFramboise, Shaun 28 Tarragona, Margarita 50 • Social Workers (SW) Brier, Rabbi Sigal 74 Frey, Jess 36, 72 Tebb, Sue 87 Kripalu is not recognized by the state of New York to offer continuing education credits to Fuller, Jai 56 Lang, Lesli 61, 98 P Brown, Richard P. 42, 87 Tersigni, Annette 94 social workers through the Collaborative of NASW-MA Chapter and the Futuronsky, Aruni Nan 46, Lang, Monique 48 Parrish, Cindy L. 57 Buckley-Reen, Anne 71 Larson, Kimberly 13 Pasalis, Edi 50 Thacker, Karissa 50 Boston College and Simmons College Schools of Social Work. Budig, Kathryn 98 60, 97 Thomas, Maria 33 Lenihan, Izzy 60, 65 Patten, Terry 65 • Yoga Teachers (YA) Buffo, Gerard C. 13 G Le Page, Joseph 87 Pawelski, James 50 Tomasulo, Dan 50 Burke, Jennifer 56 Gaines, Alison Shore 40, 44 Leven, Dan 66 Pearson, James and Audrey 24 Tomlinson, Sarah 30 Buttenheim, Megha Nancy Gale, Kevan 95 Liberman, Jacob 65 Peeler, Sage 66 Topfer, Geri 84 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits Integrate your life, 50, 88, 95 Garivaltis, Hilary 20 Liebman, Brahmani 12 Peirce, Rudy 12, 91 Townsend, Patty 71 are available for Gates, Rolf 97 Lindsay, Ann K. 33 Peng, Robert 24 Tripp, Amanda 90 C Tucker, Suzi 59 your career, and your Cameron, Julia 32 Gerbarg, Patricia 42, 87 Lombard, Jay 41 Perz, Emilie 83 • Physicians (MD/DO) Turner, Jenn 75 Berkshire Health Systems is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society Cappo, Brij 91 Germer, Christopher 78 Look, Carol 25 Pesendian, Matt 73 practice with our many Cappy, Peggy 91 Gintis, Bonnie 47 Lundeen, Sudha Carolyn 12, Pettus, Mark 41 V to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Carlson, Larissa Hall 13, 21, 92 Gokhale, Esther 47 43, 87 Pirtle, Mark 43 Valpone, Amie 45 Carrigan, Valerie 32 Goldberg, Louise 71 Lynch, J. Edward 59 van der Kolk, Bessel 87 Please note CE eligibility is subject to change. Check your program on programs that offer CE Gonzalez, Andres 71 R Carroll, Yoganand Michael 82 M Raghunath 91 Van Praagh, James 64 the Kripalu website for the most accurate CE information. Cerier, Leslie 45 Gonzalez, Evelyn 44 Velisarius, Demetri 88 and CME credits. Gonzalez, Mayuri 71 Mackler, Lauren 59 Ramsey, Drew 41 Chase, Sam 50 MacLeod, Ainslie 66 Randolph, Ann 31 Voelker, Lakshmi 97 Chiasson, Ann Marie 27 Goodman, Peter 72 Volden, Emily Blefeld 59 Gordon, James S. 41 Maisel, Eric 29, 61 Rea, Shiva 89 Look for CE and CME credits Clarke, Karen O’Donnell 87 Mannle, Bill 59 Reis, Jennifer 78, 94 with program descriptions. Clark, Sara 72 Graham, Linda 49 W Grant, Schuyler 77 Mann, Rosy 13 Rice-Inkles, Dehanna 42 Wagner, David Harshada 68 Cohen, Dan Booth 59 Marchesiello, Dominick 70 Ridley, Charles 26 Cohen, Deborah 50 Griffin, Kevin 68 Walsh, Tim 97 Please note that credit fees Griffin, Mark 95 Marchesiello, Vandita Kate Roberts, Rick 33 Warren, Christine 67 are nonrefundable after the Cook-Cottone, Catherine 71 70 Ronka, David 61 Cope, Stephen 49, 84 Griffiths, Tracy 26 Watkins, Jan L. 27 last day of your stay. Grossman, Marc 65 Marsh, Sarahjoy 53 Rosenbaum, Robert Meikyo 25 Weaver, Freddy Zental 52 Courtney, Kevin 84 Martin, Patricia (Niti) Seip 38 Rosen, Tommy 87, 97 Creasy, Sienna 85 Weintraub, Amy 96 H Martí, Vinn Arjuna 32 Roule, Mark 36, 37, 38 Welch, Claudia 13 D Haley, Alex 79 Mather, Erica 92 Rudman, Sarajean 37, 90 Wilkins, Allen 78, 87 For more information, Dalbec, Michelle 12, 36, Hamkins, SuEllen 57 Mayerson, Neal 50 Williams, Randal 36 visit kripalu.org/cecredits 38, 90 Harp, David 29 McDonough, Megan 50 Wolynn, Mark 53 Das, Krishna 89 Hopper, Jim 49 McMorrow, Brenda 83 Horan, Jonathan 34 McNeil, Nadine 85 PO Box 309 Stockbridge, MA Non-Profit Org. 01262-0309 U.S. Postage kripalu.org PAID Kripalu Center for Find us on Yoga & Health key code account #

RETURNING FAVORITES R&R RETREAT

MARK HYMAN Discover the blood sugar solution p. 44 Kripalu R&R Retreats CAROLINE MYSS offer the ideal blend Forge new spiritual paths p. 60 of getaway, discovery, SNATAM KAUR and personal time. Explore the five stages of Aquarian Sadhana p. 96 Learn more on page 4. TARA BRACH Express your true nature p. 75

INSPIRING YOGIS TRY SOMETHING NEW

TODD NORIAN BONNIE GINTIS Align your body, awaken your heart p. 74 Continuum Movement for health and vitality p. 47 SCHUYLER GRANT CHRISTOPHER GERMER Strengthen your vinyasa practice p. 77 Enhance mindfulness with self-compassion p. 78 JOSEPH LE PAGE JAMES VAN PRAAGH Yoga therapy modules 4 and 5 p. 87 Learn to use your inner guidance p. 64 BRYAN KEST MARIA THOMAS and RICK ROBERTS Power Yoga immersion p. 85 Make Zentagle art to cultivate well-being p. 33 LESLIE SALMON JONES JOE DISPENZA Flow into freedom p. 86 Tune into your infinite potential p. 58 ANODEA JUDITH KRIPALU OUTDOORS Chakra Yoga Teacher Training p. 94 Mark Roule and Michelle Dalbec p. 38

SPECIAL EVENTS

YOGA JOURNAL LIVE! at KRIPALU Yoga in Depth: A Weekend for Teachers Rod Stryker, Ana Forrest, Eddie Modestini, Nicki Doane, Maty Ezraty, Todd Norian, and more Bringing together a team of top teachers for a weekend curated exclusively for the professional yoga teacher p. 92 EMBODIED POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SUMMIT Barbara Fredrickson, Tal Ben-Shahar, Sharon Salzberg, and more Experience the science of human flourishing p. 50

WISDOM RISING Lama Tsultrim Allione and Shiva Rea with special guest Krishna Das A life-changing Great Mother’s Day celebration retreat to transform through the power of the mandala p. 89