Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness retreat returns to Kripalu this Spring!
April 14-18, 2013, $275 plus room, book online at www.kripalu.org
For millennia, philosophers and poets from every culture have been fascinated by the pursuit of happiness. Both Aristotle and the Dalai Lama have called happiness our most fundamental human desire, and its pursuit is written into the Declaration of Independence. Every day, millions of people step onto yoga mats or sit on meditation cushions hoping their practice will make them happier.
What exactly is happiness? How do we find it and why do we so often miss out? Can yoga help us discover a personal path that will guide us there? Delve into these essential questions in a yoga retreat that explores the pursuit of happiness, utilizing the Buddha’s wisdom, contemporary scientific research, and everything in between.
Through daily yoga, meditation, and mindfulness exercises, you will discover insights that lead to powerful and surprising implications for your life, and learn to use these discoveries to create a personalized practice dedicated to your unique pursuit of happiness. Step away to the Berkshires and rejuvenate your sense of well-being with this springtime retreat.
"Happy doesn't even come close to summing up my experience... the practices felt great, the teachings were fantastic, and at the end of each day I genuinely felt like a better person." --Nick, after Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness at Kripalu
For millennia, philosophers and poets from every culture have been fascinated by the pursuit of happiness. Both Aristotle and the Dalai Lama have called happiness our most fundamental human desire, and its pursuit is written into the Declaration of Independence. Every day, millions of people step onto yoga mats or sit on meditation cushions hoping their practice will make them happier.
What exactly is happiness? How do we find it and why do we so often miss out? Can yoga help us discover a personal path that will guide us there? Delve into these essential questions in a yoga retreat that explores the pursuit of happiness, utilizing the Buddha’s wisdom, contemporary scientific research, and everything in between.
Through daily yoga, meditation, and mindfulness exercises, you will discover insights that lead to powerful and surprising implications for your life, and learn to use these discoveries to create a personalized practice dedicated to your unique pursuit of happiness. Step away to the Berkshires and rejuvenate your sense of well-being with this springtime retreat.
"Happy doesn't even come close to summing up my experience... the practices felt great, the teachings were fantastic, and at the end of each day I genuinely felt like a better person." --Nick, after Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness at Kripalu
Welcome....
"I teach from the simple philosophy that a yoga practice should meet us where we are and help guide us toward what we desire to become. For me, a yoga practice is most powerful when it is most personal--when it becomes less about following instructions from without and more about finding physical and mental balance from within. As a teacher, I focus on sharing the knowledge and tools to create a personally transformative yoga practice by blending freedom and conscious choice into the structure of each session. It's been my experience that each of us takes a unique path to develop skillfulness in body and mind, and harness that skill in action. Whether working one-on-one or in a group, we should feel that our practice is a choice, a challenge that we can meet with skill, and because each of us is unique, that uniqueness should be reflected in the shape of our yoga practice. In that sense, my highest aim as a teacher is simply to assist people in finding the road into yoga that is right for them, and then encouraging them along the journey."
~Sam
~Sam
About Sam...
Sam holds the highest teaching certification offered by the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the largest yoga center in the nation, as well as a Masters Degree from Harvard University. He leads public classes, retreats and teacher trainings nationwide, blending Kripalu's unique methodology with an extensive background in vinyasa yoga, and guiding students toward a deepened understanding of yoga as a tool for the conscious transformation, personal growth and well-being.
In New York, Sam holds a private practice specializing creating unique and personal yoga programs based on the needs and intentions of his clients. His clients include Olympic athletes, rockstars, Fortune 500 CEOs, newlywed couples, and everyone in between.
He also leads corporate yoga programs for the United Nations, the National Guard, Rodale Publishing, and firms of all sizes throughout the city. His teaching and expertise have been featured in Yoga Journal and YogaLife magazines, as well as Runner’s World, Kripalu, and The Huffington Post.
Known for his humor and compassion as a guide on the journey of yoga in his workshops and teacher trainings nationwide, Sam teaches with the belief that a yoga practice does not change us so much as it helps uncover who we really are. He instills in students and clients a passionate connection to the innate teacher within each of us.
He lives in Brooklyn with two incredibly crazy cats named Oscar and Oliver, and a wife named Tara, who is just incredible.
In New York, Sam holds a private practice specializing creating unique and personal yoga programs based on the needs and intentions of his clients. His clients include Olympic athletes, rockstars, Fortune 500 CEOs, newlywed couples, and everyone in between.
He also leads corporate yoga programs for the United Nations, the National Guard, Rodale Publishing, and firms of all sizes throughout the city. His teaching and expertise have been featured in Yoga Journal and YogaLife magazines, as well as Runner’s World, Kripalu, and The Huffington Post.
Known for his humor and compassion as a guide on the journey of yoga in his workshops and teacher trainings nationwide, Sam teaches with the belief that a yoga practice does not change us so much as it helps uncover who we really are. He instills in students and clients a passionate connection to the innate teacher within each of us.
He lives in Brooklyn with two incredibly crazy cats named Oscar and Oliver, and a wife named Tara, who is just incredible.
