Kripalu Yoga

Kripalu's approach to Yoga practice is unique, integrating the rigor of traditional yoga with advances in contemporary health science, growth psychology, and the work of today's pioneers in the study of consciousness.

Kripalu Yoga provides people with tools for optimal living and ample opportunities to cultivate vibrant physical health, nurture emotional wellness and draw spiritual sustenance from within and without.

Another important aspect of Kripalu yoga practice is breathing (Pranayama). Most of us do basic survival breathing. Yoga emphasizes how to breathe correctly. Research confirms that conscious, directed breathing can have the following benefits: reduced stress, sound sleep, clear sinuses,  emotional calmness and many other [physical  benefits.

Relaxation helps release physical and emotional tension in the body. We relax both while we are holding the posture and after the posture. Relaxation is crucial for our well being as well as an important tool for pain relief and rest.

Just about all medical programs for healing include rest. Rest is also a wonderful preventive tool, yet most of us don’t know how to relax, or feel guilty when we do. Rest and relaxation improves the quality of your life.

Lastly, Kripalu yoga includes mediation, which to some may seem mysterious. But another word for meditation is simply “awareness:. It’s about paying attention to the only time you actually have to live, this present moment.

Does your mind ever wander? Worrying about the future or regretting the past? Through focusing on sensation, mediation quiets the chatter of the mind.  And when the mind is quiet, we are not angry, worried or anxious.

The practice of Kripalu yoga brings not only physical health, but also mental health. Medical research has recently shown that the regular practice of yoga can relieve many physical and psychological conditions. It is both curative and preventative.

The best reason of all to practice yoga is feeling good about the body you live in.