Kripalu Center For Yoga & Health

Ben Jenkins

Spent a week here for some R&R, everything was absolutely fantastic. Great food every day, amazing classes and a relaxing environment all around. I will definitely be coming back.

Melissa Karl

Restorative, healing, delicious, beautiful!

Julie Becker

I recently spent 4 days doing the R&R retreat. I found that if you are an experienced/serious yoga practitioner, you probably aren’t going to learn anything new about yoga practices here, doing the R&R. And if you are a dabbler in yoga, your learning may not go very deep anyway. In the “intermediate” yoga class, no adjustments were given, verbally or physically, and some people were very out of alignment. The class itself was basic asana. There aren’t many different types of yoga taught here, not enough yoga class options, or classes that touch upon other aspects of yoga in any deep way. There was a Yin class that I enjoyed and it was led well, but only very beginner/basic information was conveyed, essentially for people doing yin yoga for the first time. In an hour long Ayurveda class, really it boiled down to “drink sleepytime tea before bed and don’t look at your phone so much”. I don’t need an hour long class to get that information. The guided meditations also seemed pretty surface level, and I had a better experience meditating in their peaceful, small meditation room. All in all you aren’t going to get very in depth instruction in any particular topic, probably unless you are taking a specific course there. The food was definitely fine. If you don’t like the main course there are many alternative options like the sandwich bar, other stuff on the side etc. I heard lots of people complaining about the food but I found it was flavorful enough, fresh, and varied. Unfortunately there were some people staying there who seemed to loudly complain about many things and disrespect the very reasonable rules of the place. The room was totally fine as well. I was not expecting luxury. Everything is very clean including the bathrooms and showers. There is a “library” there which has a small selection of donated books. I really wish there was a more curated book selection. But it was a quiet place to read. I had a very good massage there and I recommend the healing arts therapies. For me, I didn’t learn anything new about yoga, but it was a good place to relax, turn off my phone, meditate, do a little gentle movement, go on a hike. The kayaking and the archery were very nice. In fact the archery experience involved more detailed instruction than anything else there. It is what it is. I would probably only go back if I ever sign up for a specific program.

Margaret Bellerjeau

Absolutely amazing. The perfect place to reset, and relax.