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For Yoga and Health

05/24/2020 by Aruni

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:

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/kripalu-to-lay-off-450-shut-down-until-2021,605205?newsletter=605210

~~~

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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