august 9-14, 2026 Renew Yourself with Trauma-Informed Yoga
At Kripalu center
for Yoga & Health
Whether you are a “newbie” or an experienced practitioner you will connect to your kundalini energy, within a trauma informed community, during this immersive experience.
Nurturing Belonging and Community
This summer, step into a gentle, empowering, trauma-informed retreat designed to reconnect you to yourself and to a community that feels like home.
Jeannie O’Neill of Yoga Farm Ithaca’s Kundalini Summer Camp brings a grounded, compassionate approach to Kundalini practices—honoring your nervous system, your pace, and your story. Through accessible movement, breathwork, meditation, and nature-based healing, you’ll rediscover ease, resilience, and inner belonging. This is an experience where you are met with deep care, where your body leads the way, and where community becomes a source of nourishment and joy.
Trauma-informed and accessible Kundalini yoga and meditation
Gentle somatic practices to release tension and restore balance
Breathwork for clarity and emotional ease
Restorative sessions that replenish your energy
Playful, joyful moments, because healing can be silly, too
Heart-opening community gatherings
Whether you’re new to Kundalini or a seasoned practitioner, this retreat welcomes your whole self. Leave with a calmer and more resilient nervous system, a sense of belonging that stays with you, and renewed vitality and inspiration.
Your Retreat Experience
This trauma-informed retreat offers:
Practices with choice, agency, and gentle guidance
A focus on nervous-system regulation, grounding, and emotional safety
Tending to the parts of ourselves that may have felt left out or alone in childhood group experiences
Modifications and options for every body and experience level
Slow, supportive guidance; never pushing, always inviting
Facilitators trained to create spaces of trust, permission, and compassion
Experience the power of being welcomed exactly as you are. Our circles, group practices, and shared moments are designed to cultivate genuine connection, authentic expression, and a sense of belonging as your fullest Self. Many participants say they leave not just refreshed, but truly seen.
DATES:
5 nights
August 9-14, 2026
Join experienced yoga teacher Jeannie O'Neill, for a week-long Kundalini experience on the Kripalu campus. In a trauma-informed space, you will ignite your potent energy and connect to your soul’s essence in a safe and welcoming environment. What if you could feel a deep sense of belonging with others who desire the same?
pricing:
Workshop Tuition
$425.00 plus accomodation
(see below for the housing options)
ABOUT Kripalu
As an educational nonprofit, Kripalu teaches skills for optimal living through experiential education for the whole person; body, mind, and spirit.
Kripalu means compassion. The practices and teachings offered at Kripalu are rooted in the wisdom tradition of yoga as taught by Swami Kripalu, the namesake of our retreat center. Compassion is where our approach begins.
For five decades, the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health has been a leader in yoga- and mindfulness-based education. More than just poses on a mat, they believe yoga is an accessible practice that inspires connection, compassion, and joy.
Like yoga itself, Kripalu is something much more than its physical manifestation. It is a way of life—a powerful source of transformative wisdom and practice for communities.
Purpose
To ignite personal and societal transformation.
Vision
A world united in service towards well-being, justice, and peace.
Mission
As a nonprofit educational organization, Kripalu is dedicated to serving people and communities in realizing their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga.
Inspired By Yoga. Made with Love.
Every meal at Kripalu is prepared by people who care deeply about the health of the planet and our bodies.
Quality. We begin with the most nutritious, least processed, freshest foods—local, seasonal, organic, and delicious.
Intention. Kripalu foods were meant to be eaten mindfully—each mouthful is to be savored.
Nourishment. Eating healthy is healing and nourishing for the body, mind, and spirit.
Love. Our food choices affect our relationships with the planet and with our fellow human beings. It’s all love, and it’s all yoga.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Loads of options to suit your budget and taste
To support your retreat experience, rooms at Kripalu offer a minimal, peaceful design without distraction (i.e. no televisions, telephones, etc.).
Annex Rooms
Situated in the Annex (a newer, eco-friendly building connected to the main building) these rooms are more recently renovated and feature some temperature regulation features. Every annex room has a private bathroom attached and an in-room safe.
Classic Rooms
Situated in Shadowbrook these rooms are steps away from the dining hall, shop and cafe, and program rooms. Every classic room has a private bathroom attached and an in-room safe.
Standard Rooms
Situated in Shadowbrook (the iconic main building) standard rooms aresteps away from the dining hall, shop and cafe, and program rooms. Every standard room has access to a shared hallway bathroom and an in-room safe.
Economy Rooms
Economy rooms are offered as a more affordable option. Economy rooms sell out quickly; please register early.
In Shadowbrook economy rooms are steps away from the dining hall, shop and cafe, and program rooms. Economy rooms have access to a shared hallway bathroom and an in-room safe.
Dormitory Housing
Staying in a dormitory while at Kripalu provides an opportunity to meet people from all over. The dorms allow for 5–22 people per room and offer simple bunk beds and access to shared hallway bathrooms. Each dorm bed comes with your own alarm clock, reading light, and a safe to store valuables. Dorm housing sells out quickly so please register early.
Commuting
This pass is designed for folks staying off campus to enhance your experience by covering the cost of meals and providing access to our amenities during your stay. It ensures that you can fully benefit from the nourishing meals and wellness resources Kripalu offers, even if you’re commuting.
Kripalu is located on more than 100 beautiful acres in Stockbridge, Massachusetts (part of the Berkshires).
Driving Times (in hours):
Albany 1.25
Hartford 1.5
Boston 2.5
New York City 3
Kripalu also offers a shuttle service from campus to and from downtown Lenox, MA on Fridays and Sundays for $10.00.
TRANSPORTATION
MEET Your RETREAT HOST
JEANNIE O'NEILL
M.ED, E-RYT500, YACEP:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT Yoga Farm Ithaca (YFI)
Jeannie has a masters degree in education specializing in contemplative pedagogy and transformative curriculum design.
She is a 500E-RYT Vinyasa and Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Mindfulness Meditation instructor, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider and an Ayurvedic health practitioner.
Jeannie has led thousands of students through Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) programs at the foundational and the Advanced level. She has created countless educational programs and CEUs for educators, as well as creating the ‘Radiant Warrior Yoga Teacher Training’, ‘Kundalini Warrior’ and ‘Spiritual Warrior 300YTT’. She also developed and guided a Kundalini Prenatal YTT and Rebirthing Certification Program.
Jeannie’s take on yoga is that there is a depth and breadth of information that can be experimented in order to find the perfect inner balance and alignment. Her teaching philosophy is based in experiential learning and teaching the path that you have walked.
Student Reviews
The Yoga Farm retreat I went on was a life changing experience. I felt loved, accepted, cared for, and inspired the entire time. For me, it was the culmination of years of practice in self-healing, awareness and growth. It was a time and place which gave me the space to explore that growth in a loving, supportive, safe and BEAUTIFUL environment. It cultivated and inspired the motivation I needed in order to make significant life changes. The lessons I learned there helped to guide me on my path towards chasing my joy and trusting my deepest intuitions. Yoga Farm is a family and community unlike any other. I cannot wait for the next retreat!
Heather G
On my retreat with YFI, everything that I needed to support my journey of healing and growth was available: delicious, nourishing meals, wise and generous teachers and compassionate community. I gained clarity of purpose and am now able to embrace ALL of who I am and the incredible opportunities that await.
Deborah D
What I learned on retreat with Yoga Farm
Chanting is now an act of time travel.
A space I re-enter any time I'm in need.
Where I feel each of you in my bones, in my cells, in my soul.
You inspire laughter and tears and remind me of the full spectrum of this existence.
And I remember all the pieces that make me whole.
The pieces that were reflected back to me, gifted to me.
And I return home.
Symphony H