
Recently, Owning Pink Bloggers Dana Theus and Laurie Erdman trekked to Kripalu where they participated in a weekend writing program led by Nancy Slonim Aronie, and then stayed a few extra days for “retreat and renewal.” For those of you who haven’t been to Kripalu (where Lissa is leading a workshop next month - details below!), we asked them to share their experience.
Let’s start with the official details. The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (as it is officially known) is located in the Berkshire mountains of Western Massachusetts. Suffice to say the setting is beautiful even when it is snowing and raining (which it was when we were there, but which it won’t be when Lissa is!). The physical location is a former Jesuit monastery turned ashram, turned 501(c)(3) educational institution over 30 years ago. Each year it hosts numerous programs on “wellness, Ayurveda, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, relationships, meditation, spiritual practice, professional training, and much more.” In addition to its programs, you can stay for retreat and renewal, taking advantage of the grounds, the amazing food, thrice daily yoga and other classes taught by staff, as well as the weekly Monday night drum circle.

I’m so excited to be leading a workshop at Kripalu, a gorgeous retreat center in the Berkshires in Massachusetts in June, and for those who are considering signing up -- or even for those who will miss it, I wanted to share with you some snippets of what I’ll be teaching.
Do you need a jump start in your life? Are you feeling disconnected, both spiritually and from other people? Are you ready to ramp up your mojo, find your life purpose, get healthy, light your creative spark, and hang with me in the flesh?
If so, GOOD NEWS! You can unite with other vital women, speak your truth, be UNAPOLOGETICALLY YOU, get personal coaching, and light your Inner Pilot Light in the gorgeous setting of Kripalu.
You could say that my workshop is a “health” workshop, but if you said that, you’d be putting this workshop in a box and making it way too small -- although I’m a physician, I don’t think of health the way most doctors do. Which is exactly why I started OwningPink.com, because my definition of health includes not just the body, but also mental/emotional health, work/life purpose, relationships, creativity, spirituality, sexuality, and a whole lot more! I call it “whole health," aka “mojo.” As in GET YOUR MOJO ON, baby!
So what are we going to be doing?
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Hiya Pinkies,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm heading to Big Sur this weekend for an internet-free, kid-free holiday weekend. Pink Goddesses Joy and Megan will be running the Pink show for me while I'm gone, and I know the rest of you will maintain the sacred space, as you always do.