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”
Find Your Middle Ground 
Beautiful, Val 🌻 Thanks for sharing…and welcome home 😉 I can only imagine that your retreat was WONDERFUL! 💜
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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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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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💛🙏💛
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Welcome home, Val! What a wonderful retreat that must have been.
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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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I’ve never heard of Kripalu yoga, what is it that makes it different to other forms? Thanks 😊
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Thank you for your curiosity David. You may like to visit http://www.kripalu.org
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Thank you for getting back to me, I’ll have a look at it soon!
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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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Thank you so much Mary. It is a place so tuned into nature with such a loving energy. 💕
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I have heard nothing but good things about it.
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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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Thank you Linda 💕 It was a wonderful experience!
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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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It is. Thank you Eliza 🙏
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I look forward to learning more about your retreat, Val. Out with the old . . . in with the NOW!
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In with the now. Love it! Move that energy and the body and then release into bliss 💛
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Love these words Val! Sounds like an amazing experience. 💚🌈
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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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Welcome back, Val. Your retreat sounds like amazing experiences, so great for you to get these ❤
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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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Glad to see you back, Val! Sounds like you had a rejuvenating time.
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It was 💛 Thank you Betty!
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Scrolled through your blogs. Amazing title and theame. Looking forward to reserve some time and go through each of them!
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Thank you for your time and presence 💛
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Love this poem, Val ❤ So much to internalize.
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I hear you my friend 💕 thank you.
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“Be the ecstasy.” ❤
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We are. We just forget. 💫
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