Join Rudy Peirce and other Gentle Yoga Teachers for breath-focused compassionate yoga – explore gentle practices that calm the nervous system and restore serenity
Enjoy increased resilience, calm, flexibility and strength.
Open to All. Beginners always welcome.
Gentle Strength
Improve Muscles, Bones & Balance
Breath Practice Chair Yoga
Change Your Life
Chair Yoga
Get Grounded and Relaxed
Mat Yoga
Soothe Your Soul
These longer themed classes on selected Saturdays are typically taught by Rudy. He offers a spacious experience of progressive slow movements into accessible yoga postures, gentle breathing practices, an extended time for relaxation, and meditation. The intention of each two-and-a-half hour class is to savor the subtleties of Dynamic Gentle Yoga.
Sometimes Rudy invites other teachers to offer an experience on a related themes, always in the gentle tradition.
4 Online Weekend Modules over Three Months
Learn to lead an accessible, inclusive and empowering gentle yoga practice and connect to a group of yoga teachers dedicated to the power of gentle practice.
*no DGYTT training in 2024; Rudy will be training new yoga teachers at the Kripalu Center
There are many kinds of meditation, but most begin with concentration practices that can still the mind so that its patterns are exposed. In turn, there are many concentration practices. Each leads to the same end, but some work better than others for different individuals. On six consecutive Thursday evenings, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and practice major concentration practices to see which one (or ones) resonate with your personality.
Patty attends Gentle Yogis classes regularly and often. She tends to keep her camera off, so we would like you to meet her in this video interview. Learn about Patty and why she is so dedicated to her practice of yoga and how Gentle Yogis classes support her.
Meet Jim and Marcia Kelly in Part 1 of 2. Learn how they got into the Gentle Yogis community and why they continue to join in regularly.
Dori attends Breath Practice regularly, but even if you are also a regular participant, you may never met her since she practices with her camera off (note that this is an option for you too). She also makes extensive use of the video library on days when the class schedule doesn’t work for her needs. Learn how Dori uses what she has learned
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“I am so grateful to be a part of the community that you have created! Each and everyone of your instructors have a gift they share with us.”
“It has been incredibly grounding for me to do the [breath] practice with you. It’s like being with a friend and feeling connected to myself at the same time. In a time when things feel uncertain, practices through the lens of Kripalu are deeply meaningful… I’m very grateful for the steadiness of the everyday practice.”
Thank you so much for giving so generously of your time and expertise during this most difficult and stressful time in all our lives. I have taken several of Rudy's classes during numerous visits to Kripalu. What a blessing you have been to my life and well being. I so enjoy your zoom practices. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. What a blessing you are to our entire online community.