For Yoga and Health
I’m not sure, but I think, the first time I saw the building, there was a cross on the roof.
I kept going.
I recognized that it was the ugliest building in America.
I kept going.
There were a thousand cars in the parking lot.
I kept going.
I wasn’t sure what door to use—and I wanted to Do It right.
I kept going.
It made me super-anxious to walk in.
I kept going.
I cried and cried
Walking toward that door.
I kept going.
Things were
Ragingly
Heterosexual.
I kept going.
And for 31 years, no matter the blessing, the bitching, the upset, the downturn, the scandal, the possibility, the acknowledgment, the firing, the hopelessness, the hope, the corporate ridiculousness, the change of policy, the policy of change, the loss of energy, the loss of job:
I kept going.
And for 31 years,
I have been blessed
By
The heart
Of
Kripalu
Center
For
Yoga
And
Health.
How I found my way,
I’ll never know.
How I allowed
Myself
To learn,
I have no idea.
How I recovered
My voice
No—
How I created
My voice—
No—
How my voice
Was Created.
I don’t know.
I just—
Kept going.
I
Do
NOT
REGRET
A
NANOSECOND
Of
my
Kripalu
Career.
I have been
Blessed
And
Triply
Blessed
With
The
Lineage
Teachings.
And
It has been
My blessing
To offer them
To you.
And I will
Continue
To do
Exactly that,
Just not there,
Not in that
Odd
And
Wonderous
Building.
~~~
I am old now
And that is
A good
Thing.
I celebrate
CELEBRATE
Every
Single
One
Of
You.
Our guests.
You
Have been
So easy
To love.
Perhaps,
Unlike family members,
Because
You were leaving
In a few days?
Whatever the
Cosmic/karmic/reasons…..
You taught
Me
How
To
Love.
And
For that
And for
A thousand
Other
Kindnesses,
I will be
Forever
Grateful
To you.
OH,
How I will miss you
There.
I will miss you
There
In the Forest Room,
In the Dining Hall,
In the endless,
Snaking
Hallways.
Good news!
I got you here!
And I will learn
How to
Be
More
Here,
How
To be
With
You more
Here,
Right here,
Now,
Right
Now.
My heart is
So heavy,
So much loss
So much letting go,
So much unknown—
And
Everything
I need
Everything
We need
To get through
This time
Of uncertainty—
We have within us.
At the same time,
At
The same time,
My heart
Is so light!
Good news.
Kripalu will
Find its way.
It always does.
Kripalu will
Rebuild.
It always has.
What I am
Honoring,
Releasing,
Surrendering,
Acknowledging,
Is the end
Of the era.
The post-ashram,
Brilliant creation
That we
Legacy
Holders
Have
Woven
With
Our
Hearts.
The Path
Of Love,
Swami Kripalu
Called it.
Thanks
For walking
That path
With us.
Thanks
For walking
That path
With
Me.
~~~
I celebrate the lineage holders of Kripalu, those of us old now, those of us who have committed decades, those of us who have woven the work together, post-guru-pre-corporate.
Those of us who stayed.
Those of us who just kept going.
I celebrate our age, our wrinkles of wisdom, our brave, brave hearts:
https://m.facebook.com/519133409/posts/10158379479263410/?d=n
If interested, here is the link from the Berkshire Eagle, about Kripalu’s closing:
~~~
Dear Friends,
Endings, beginnings, fluidity, flow—what a time it is, what a time.
Please consider: did you have a glorious Kripalu moment, an experience, an opportunity for growth? Do you remember an image, a feeling, a learning? Consider. Write it out.
Claim it.
Own it.
Feel free to send it on to me, or not.
But remember—
It is yours.
Kripalu is yours.
All blessings,
Aruni
~~~
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