Here is my interview with Michelle Dalbec about Kripalu Yoga:
Here are some links if you want to check out more:
- Michelle’s website
- Link to Kripalu Yoga Centre’s official website
- There are some really wonderful books written by the team at Kripalu. Some popular ones include:
- The writings of Swami Kripalu
- Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat by Richard Faulds
- Anything by Stephen Cope (he’s one of Mona’s favourite authors!)
If you’re in YTT, please remember to leave your A-HA in the comments below!
A yoga of compassion. Beautiful. I love that the practice is “a deep intimate inquiry”, an awareness of one’s internal state of being, not just a “Simon says” or “Monkey see, Monkey do”. I like that teachers have the freedom to bring their own flavour to the mix and that it isn’t a “cookie cutter method”. Loved the quote: “The highest form of spiritual practice is self observation without judgement” Thank you for sharing, I have never taken a Kripalu class but am very much looking forward to it!
Love the reference to Simon Says…..this practice encourages each particpant to express themselves and truly honour where they are on any given day. I really like the practice of honouring safety…..it can release the participant from feeling pressure to have a posture look exactly like the teacher. For the teacher it allows the teacher to bring their own story/experience to the class. Cool!!
This interview is a great introduction to Kripalu yoga. The unique part for me is that it is not a set sequence practice and that the meditation is a part of it. Another interesting part is that Kripalu had real human challenges and he was a scholar.