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Transitioning Back from Kripalu

I have returned from a wonderful Energy Intensive Retreat at Kripalu. The experience is still settling deep into my bones and being. In the meantime …

Be the Energy

Trust the energy that courses
through you. Trust – then take
surrender even deeper.
Be the energy.

Don’t push anything away.
Follow each sensation back to
its source and focus your awareness
there. Be the ecstasy.

Be unafraid of consummate wonder.
Emerge so new, so vulnerable,
that you don’t know
who you are.

Be the energy, and paradoxically,
be at peace. Dare to be your own
illumination, and blaze a trail across
the clear night sky like lightning.

~ Richard Faulds –   from “Kripalu Yoga”

Val T Boyko
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31 responses to “Transitioning Back from Kripalu”

  1. lorriebowden Avatar
    lorriebowden

    Beautiful, Val 🌻 Thanks for sharing…and welcome home 😉 I can only imagine that your retreat was WONDERFUL! 💜

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Lorrie 💛 Traditional retreats are usually about silence and solitude. Connecting to stillness. This was so different. Bright, Alert. Funny. Dynamic movement. Letting go of inhibitions. Allowing the inner energy to move. Opening the Pandora’s box of containment. Full expression.Then quiet to absorb and reflect. Awesome and transformational.

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      1. lorriebowden Avatar
        lorriebowden

        It sounds like you had an amazing experience…and that makes me so happy for you! Im certain your posts will reflect this energy and i look forward to seeing them! 💛

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          💛🙏💛

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  2. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    Welcome home, Val! What a wonderful retreat that must have been.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Jill 💛 It really was a step into a new place of self expression and trust. Like clearing out the debris and old stuff, so the new can sow its seed.

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  3. David Robertson Avatar
    David Robertson

    I’ve never heard of Kripalu yoga, what is it that makes it different to other forms? Thanks 😊

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you for your curiosity David. You may like to visit http://www.kripalu.org

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      1. David Robertson Avatar
        David Robertson

        Thank you for getting back to me, I’ll have a look at it soon!

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  4. Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature Avatar
    Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature

    Beautiful, Val. I hope that wonderful energy from the retreat stays with you always. May your re-entry be smooth. So glad you had such a good time!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you so much Mary. It is a place so tuned into nature with such a loving energy. 💕

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      1. Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature Avatar
        Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature

        I have heard nothing but good things about it.

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  5. LInda Geraghty Avatar
    LInda Geraghty

    Welcome home my dear friend! I love this poem. It is so beautiful. As usual, you inspire on such a deep level. xo

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Linda 💕 It was a wonderful experience!

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  6. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Beautiful dawn photo of the valley and lake. I am glad you found your retreat rejuvenating… it is a wonderful place for renewal. ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      It is. Thank you Eliza 🙏

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  7. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    I look forward to learning more about your retreat, Val. Out with the old . . . in with the NOW!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      In with the now. Love it! Move that energy and the body and then release into bliss 💛

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  8. Healing Grief Avatar
    Healing Grief

    Love these words Val! Sounds like an amazing experience. 💚🌈

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Karen. It was very special. I did a similar program a few years ago. Then I found it so healing. Now it is inspiring and rejuvenating!

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  9. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
    IreneDesign2011

    Welcome back, Val. Your retreat sounds like amazing experiences, so great for you to get these ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Irene. I am grateful to be able to spend time their to nourish me and inspire my yoga and evolution 💕🙏💕

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  10. Betty Hayes Albright Avatar
    Betty Hayes Albright

    Glad to see you back, Val! Sounds like you had a rejuvenating time.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      It was 💛 Thank you Betty!

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  11. Prarthana Khot Avatar
    Prarthana Khot

    Scrolled through your blogs. Amazing title and theame. Looking forward to reserve some time and go through each of them!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you for your time and presence 💛

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  12. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    Love this poem, Val ❤ So much to internalize.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I hear you my friend 💕 thank you.

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  14. Jewels Avatar
    Jewels

    “Be the ecstasy.” ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      We are. We just forget. 💫

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