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Healing Arts. The Kripalu yoga center's main red-brick building, originally a Jesuit seminary built in the '50s, may not be gorgeous, but its setting overlooking Stockbridge Bowl is one of the best views of the Berkshires. Kripalu (57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA; 800-741-7353) offers renowned yoga and meditation classes, as well as kayaking, cycling and guided meditation walks. Healthy meals are included in your stay, but if you prefer to venture into nearby Lenox, check out the sushi at Fin (27 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA; 413-637-9171), whose Japanese fare is as good or better...
...difficult for a yoga teacher today to withstand student pressure to shorten or skip the warm-up sequence. Often students just want to "get on with it." Your article validates the pace of a traditional class that prepares properly for practice. Abby Lentz, Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher Austin, Texas...
Held in the University Lutheran Church, Yoga in Harvard Square has only a limited selection of classes. The Kripalu-influenced studio concentrates on the holistic, meditative benefits of yoga in order to bring the body and the mind together. Perfect for a less physically strenuous workout, with a calming atmosphere—large windows during the day and a candlelit room in the evening...
...think you should reject something just because it's trendy." Bloodgood had the bright idea to commandeer part of the lobby in the office building where she works for a Monday-evening yoga class. Yogis can spend a weekend at (or devote their lives to) such retreats as Kripalu, where each year 20,000 visitors take part in programs ranging from "The Science of Pranayama and Bandha" to African-drum workshops and singles weekends. In L.A. they can mingle with the glamourati at Maha Yoga (where students bend to the strains of the Beatles' Baby You're a Rich...
...Yoga relaxes you and, by relaxing, heals. At least that's the theory. "The autonomic nervous system," explains Kripalu's Faulds, "is divided into the sympathetic system, which is often identified with the fight-or-flight response, and the parasympathetic, which is identified with what's been called the Relaxation Response. When you do yoga?the deep breathing, the stretching, the movements that release muscle tension, the relaxed focus on being present in your body?you initiate a process that turns the fight-or-flight system off and the Relaxation Response on. That has a dramatic effect on the body...