In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, yoga teacher Ray Crist, a longtime student of shamanism, discusses how shamanic tools and principles can infuse greater meaning into both your yoga practice and your life.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Yoga and meditation are not restricted to the mat and cushion. In this edition of the Kripalu Perspectives podcast, Kripalu Yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, and wellness coach Sarajean Rudman talks about how you can cultivate deeply meditative experiences while enjoying vigorous outdoor activities such as running.…

Science is discovering that mind-body practices are extremely effective when it comes to treating PTSD and other forms of trauma. In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, clinical psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk defines trauma and discusses how yoga and other mindfulness practices can foster compassionate self-observation in those healing from tra…

Martha Huggins and Molly Hollibaugh discuss how you can uncover your creativity through the hugely popular Zentangle method—also known as yoga with a pen.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Megha Nancy Buttenheim, founding director of Let Your Yoga Dance® LLC, discusses the exuberance of letting the dance floor be your yoga mat.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Yoga teacher Sam Chase tackles the topic of happiness and explains how yoga and meditation can encourage transformative, positive shifts in your life.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Megan McDonough, CEO of Wholebeing Institute, discusses how the principles of Positive Psychology can expand our definition of human flourishing.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Yoga can be safe, accessible, and empowering for anyone and everyone. Peggy Cappy discusses yoga’s potential to redefine aging in our culture.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Best-selling author Dan Millman discusses ways to develop your talent for living and defines what it means to be a peaceful warrior.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Stanislav Grof delves into his discoveries on non-ordinary states of conciousness and talks about the healing potential of Holotropic Breathwork.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Ayurvedic doctor and educator Claudia Welch discusses how tools from Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine can have a positive impact on women’s health.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Yoga teacher and author Sarahjoy Marsh discusses how yoga can be an incredibly bonding experience between mothers and daughters.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Qigong master Yang Yang discusses how low-impact qigong can yield high results for your health and well-being.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Micah Mortali, Director of the Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda, talks about the journey that led him to becoming a Kripalu Yoga teacher.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Kripalu faculty member Cristie Newhart offers insights on how to feel confident as you begin to do yoga at home, or in a class.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Karen Maezen Miller, a Zen priest, teacher, and parent, discusses how to incorporate the straightforward wisdom of Zen into everyday life.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith discusses how food nourishes us not just physically but also emotionally and spiritually.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In our latest podcast, Kripalu Yoga teacher Jennifer Reis discusses how tools such as yoga nidra can nourish the whole being through slowing down, letting go, and tuning in.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this month’s podcast, Kia Miller discusses heart connection and self-realization through Kundalini Yoga and meditation.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Power Yoga innovator Bryan Kest discusses how a physically potent yoga practice is not just a great workout but also a profound mind-body experience.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Teacher Kofi Busia shares his insights on how the alignment-driven practice of Iyengar Yoga can help us to develop more skillfulness on the mat and deeper awareness in our lives—by uncovering our individual voice and the essence of who we truly are.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

What do neuroscience and meditation have in common? In this podcast, neuroscientist and author Rick Hanson discusses powerful healing methods that combine the latest brain science with the wisdom of contemplative practice, and how they can foster greater happiness in our lives.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

What is your authentic voice, and how can yoga help you uncover it? Kripalu Yoga teacher Jurian Hughes describes how, through postures, affirmations, chanting, and simply breathing, we can unlock the freedom that allows us to create more joy, ease, expression, and authenticity in our lives.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this podcast, Rachel Schaeffer, a Kripalu Yoga teacher and author of Yoga for Your Spiritual Muscles, describes the 12 spiritual “muscles” and how to tone and strengthen them to experience your yoga practice in powerful new ways.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this latest edition of Kripalu Perspectives, Rolf Gates, a yoga teacher and former social worker trained in the field of addiction, tells us how the practices of yoga and meditation can help those in recovery reclaim and trust themselves again.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Best-selling chant artist and Kundalini Yoga teacher Snatam Kaur reveals how chanting can help us listen more deeply—to our inner voice and to those around us.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Core strength is about more than just having firm abs. In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives,Sadie Nardini, founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, shares her insights on how connecting to our core—both physically and emotionally—can help guide us into a life of authentic self-expression.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

How can you become a catalyst for your own vibrational transformation? In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, spiritual teacher Panache Desai defines vibrational transformation, and explains why we’re all infinite beings with infinite possibilities.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, Kathie Madonna Swift, a registered dietitian and senior Kripalu Healthy Living faculty member, discusses how nutrition can influence our genetic makeup, the ways food affects mood, and the satisfaction that comes from cooking at home. She also shares some ideas for quick, healthful meals that are low on prep…

Lisa B. Nelson, Director of Medical Education for Kripalu’s Healthy Living immersion programs, names the three biggest risk factors for heart disease, and addresses techniques that can prevent—and even reverse—the effects of heart disease and other chronic conditions.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Kate and Joel Feldman discuss the intricacies of building love and trust in relationships, offer insight as to how yoga practices can help couples grow, and give tips for resolving conflict.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

David Nichtern, senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and director of Buddhist Studies and Practice at OM Yoga Center, discusses the principles of mindfulness meditation, or shamatha.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Senior Kripalu Yoga teacher Sudha Carolyn Lundeen addresses some of the key health issues affecting women today, and how the self-nurturing practices of Ayurveda and yoga can help women of all ages cultivate a more radiant, balanced, and nourished life.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Master yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch is living proof that youthfulness is a quality that one can cultivate at any age. In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, the impressive nonagenarian discusses her lifelong passion for yoga and shares her timeless tips on aging well.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Psychotherapist and Kripalu Yoga teacher Dana Moore discusses the neuroscience behind trauma and how mindfulness practices and body-centered modalites, such as yoga, are playing a powerful role in trauma recovery.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Nutritionist John Bagnulo sheds some light on the components of an effective detox, discusses its immediate and long-term health benefits, identifies the three most toxic foods to avoid, and more.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Author, speaker, and spiritual luminary Deepak Chopra talks about his latest work and upcoming program in this installment of Kripalu Perspectives, offering tools for deep, embodied transformation.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

From building flexibility and balance to sharpening mental focus, clarity, and breath awareness, yoga has become an instrumental component of many athletes’ training regimens. Endurance sports coach and yoga teacher Sage Rountree discusses these benefits and more.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, acupuncturist, qigong instructor, and medical intuitive Deborah Davis discusses qigong, an ancient holistic system that blends Chinese medicine, deep breathing, stretching, self-massage, and sound to enhance vitality.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this edition of Kripalu Perspectives, writer and creativity consultant Jeffrey Davis describes how tracking wonder is a practice, much like yoga and meditation, and how curiosity, joy, and compassion can be cultivated in even the most mundane experiences.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

In this month’s podcast, Mark Hyman, medical director of the UltraWellness Center, discusses how treating the system and not just the symptom can help heal chronic conditions and bring fulfillment to our lives.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Host Portland Helmich talks with author and creativity coach Eric Maisel about how we all have the ability to manifest our potential through self-expression.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Host Portland Helmich talks with Hilary Garivaltis, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, about Ayurveda and how this powerful and proven holistic health system is gaining attention in the West. She also offers easy and effective Ayurvedic tips to add to your daily routine.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with Psychotherapist, senior Kripalu Yoga teacher, and author Stephen Cope who discusses how yoga practice goes beyond physical gain to create states of well-being, happiness, and generosity.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with Kripalu Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Larissa Hall Carlson about pranayama and its numerous physical and emotional benefits.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with Sarah Susanka who shares her wisdom on the connection between home design and life design. Her advice? Build better, not bigger.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with Jason Crandell who offers fresh insights on enlivening and invigorating your vinyasa practice.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with Dan Leven who discusses how dance engages the brain, opens the heart, and fosters vitality in people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with poet and spiritual teacher Kim Rosen about how the words, rhythms, and images that make poetry a vital, immediate art form can also sustain the soul throughout life’s many challenges.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

This month, host Portland Helmich talks with actress and author Marilu Henner about her passion for health and wellness and on how to “change your normal” to create the best possible life for yourself.Oleh Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health