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read moreThe Power and Depth of Kripalu Yoga
The Power and Depth of Kripalu Yoga was an unpublished article by Yoganand Michael Carroll. This article was written in 2004 to address differences Yoganand saw between Kripalu Yoga and the teachings of Swami Kripalu. The ideas expressed in this article led Yoganand...
read moreA Participant’s Perspective on the Swami Kripalu Lineage Tour 2017 by Lori J. Batcheller
“I want to go to India.” My friends heard me utter that phrase so many times over the years that, when I announced that one of my favorite yoga teachers, Yoganand Michael Carroll, was leading a Swami Kripalu Lineage Tour to India, they quickly replied “do it!” I...
read moreMeet our Newest Guest Writer – Mike Cardillo
Meet Mike Cardillo, a recent graduate from the Pranakriya 200-Hour YTT at Yoga 4 Everybody A) What brought you to the mat as a student and then as a teacher? In a previous life I worked from home, sitting in from of my laptop for what felt like 12 hours a day. Over...
read moreYoga Lessons from a Baby by Catherine Striegel
A few months ago, I joked in the marketing for a Mommy & Baby Yoga class that “the babies are already experts.” I was struck just the other day by how true the statement is: I was watching her try to lift a shampoo bottle that was too heavy out of a basket. I watched...
read moreHatha Yoga Pradipika [free download]
This is a 14th century text that is a foundation for Tantric Hatha Yoga. This is the translation I use in the Pranakriya 500 hour teacher training. I use it mostly because it is the translation Swami Kripalu based his commentary on. There are many ancient versions of...
read moreKeep Moving Forward by Lori Henry
It has been almost 4 years since I began a deep purge of my belongings. A significant life event and the necessity of moving spurred along something I had thought about for a while before it happened. When I was sorting through what would be donated or kept, I...
read moreRisk Taking: One of the Spices of Life by Amy Necci
Lately I have been reflecting on how my life in the kitchen compares to my life out in the world. I’m risky in the kitchen and throw out “the rules.” I allow myself to experiment and totally let go of things being perfect. I set free the need to do...
read moreTapas: The fire in your practice
This article was originally published in the Yoga Bulletin, the newsletter of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. In it Yoganand teaches about the Niyama called Tapas. He describes how Tapas has been practiced and understood in ancient times and how it may be used...
read moreMexico: A Culture that Journeys Inward by Yoganand
Recently I was in Sayulita, Mexico, scouting sites for a retreat I am leading there next spring. After touring several locations, my host presented me with a list of activities to choose from as afternoon integration experiences following mornings of yoga and...
read moreSanskrit Pronunciation [Guide Inside]
Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation There is an audio companion to this document, in which you can hear these words pronounced. It is available at AnandaYoga.org . Tips and Techniques When a Sanskrit word is written using English letters, it is called transliteration....
read moreDissolving into freedom: Swami Kripalu’s energetic posture series
This article by Yoganand Michael Carroll, was published in the Yoga Bulletin, newsletter of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. In it Yoganand describes the approach to asana taught by Swami Kripalu. This article was written as an introduction to the program Asanas...
read morePranayama, Energy, and Meditation
This article by Dean Hudson has been published in the Yoga Bulletin, the newsletter of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. In it he outlines the relationship between pranayama and meditation as they are understood in the Kripalu and Pranakriya traditions. Anyone...
read moreUsing Music as an Anchor by Amy Necci
Did you ever listen to a song and think, “Wow! This completely captures how I’m feeling right now in my life?” True, songs are often about love and about how two people relate to one another. For me, though, many times the words speak to me about how I interact with...
read moreThe Benefit of Boring by Catherine Striegel
I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for my nine-month-old daughter since the day she was born, and I can tell you that before she was born, I had a significant amount of fear surrounding this prospect. I was afraid of being bored, afraid that my mind would turn to mush,...
read moreSpontaneous Yoga – recorded by Yoganand and edited by Lily Gretz
When I was at Kripalu, I lived in a building back up on the hill, in the woods. Nearby, there dwelled a big, white, stray cat, and that cat would sometimes bring us presents. On one particular occasion, I found the cat wandering around inside the building with a...
read moreYoganand Michael Carroll – Posture Flow 1984
Dear friends, I recently rediscovered a short video of me demonstrating yoga postures that was recorded in 1984. I believe it was the only video ever recorded of me doing this. I fixed it up a little and put it on YouTube. Check it out and pass it on to anyone who...
read moreMy Journey to YTT by Amber Seale
It started with a maybe…maybe I will teach yoga after YTT. To be honest, I wasn’t certain if I would teach after my training. My original intent was a deeper dive for my personal practice, an exploration of my love of yoga to learn more about myself. It seems the...
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