Larissa Hall Carlson

Larissa Hall Carlson M.A. Mindfulness Studies, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Yoga Teacher, and End-of-Life Doula. Founder and Director of Vermont Vedic Arts LLC.

Larissa Hall Carlson, M.A. in Mindfulness Studies, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, E-RYT 500, and End-of-Life Doula. As Senior Faculty at Kripalu Center for 20 years, she's spent the past 18 years teaching 200-hr and 300-hr yoga teacher trainings--specializing in pranayama, advanced asana, philosophy, and the Ayurvedic approach to yoga. Larissa has been with the School of Ayurveda (KSA) for 17 years (as student, intern, assistant dean, dean, and current faculty). She is the former KSA Dean, and currently teaches clinicals, pulse assessment, mentoring, dosha-balancing yoga, history, and philosophy. Larissa is passionate about empowering and encouraging people to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature through the time-honored teachings of yoga, Ayurveda, and Mindfulness. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, MindBodyGreen, Shape, Men’s Journal, InStyle, More, Elephant Journal, Spirituality & Health, Origins, NY Yoga + Life Magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health, Yoganonymous, The Kitchn, and Dr. Oz: The Good Life. For over a decade, Larissa taught yoga to elite musicians, performers, and students across the country, including those at the Tanglewood Music Center, Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Emma Willard, Nashville Ballet, Juilliard School, Harvard, and Princeton. As Founder and Director of Vermont Vedic Arts LLC, Larissa guides retreats, directs trainings, and provides Ayurvedic consultations across the country. She is the creator of numerous yoga, mindfulness, and Ayurveda programs. Find her on Insight Timer. Instagram:

As I look back on 2025, what stands out most isn’t just where I went or what I taught — it’s who I shared it with. 💙This...
12/30/2025

As I look back on 2025, what stands out most isn’t just where I went or what I taught — it’s who I shared it with. 💙

This was a year of meaningful moments woven together: learning and teaching mindfulness, yoga, and Ayurveda, study 📚, travel ✈️, exploration 🌲🌴, laughter and tenderness, deep conversations, shared practices, and time spent in community 🐶. A year where showing up — imperfectly and honestly — mattered more than doing everything perfectly.

From retreats and trainings, to consultations and quiet check-ins, to friendships nurtured along the way, I’m so grateful for the people who made this year feel rich and alive. Thank you to every student, colleague, friend, and loved one who practiced, learned, reflected, and walked alongside me in 2025 🧁🎂.

These moments — captured and uncaptured — remind me that this work has always been about connection. About meeting real life with presence, compassion, and care 🪐.

As we move toward 2026, I’m carrying forward a simple intention: to keep creating spaces that feel grounded, supportive, and human — where wisdom is shared, nervous systems can soften, and growth happens at a sustainable pace.

✨ If you’d like to stay connected through reflections, practices, retreats, and teachings in the year ahead, you’re warmly invited to join my newsletter (link in bio). It’s where I share what’s unfolding, thoughtfully and intentionally.

With appreciation,
Larissa 💙

Kick off 2026 with a Mindfulness Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, MA.Details in today's newsl...
12/30/2025

Kick off 2026 with a Mindfulness Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, MA.

Details in today's newsletter:

The beginning of a new year is a powerful time to pause, reset, and intentionally nourish yourself—and this long winter weekend at Kripalu is designed to do exactly that.

Begin the New Year Refreshed! 💙 January 16-19, 2026Kripalu Center, Stockbridge , MACultivate lasting feelings of joyful ...
12/30/2025

Begin the New Year Refreshed! 💙
January 16-19, 2026
Kripalu Center, Stockbridge , MA

Cultivate lasting feelings of joyful renewal, focused intention, and inner peace. Join meditation teacher and 20-year Kripalu faculty member, Larissa Hall Carlson, for a lighthearted mindfulness retreat that supports you in delving inward and refreshing your perspective.

Larissa will guide you through a variety of inspiriting mindfulness techniques to enhance clarity and tranquility, including:
❄️ Relaxing meditations for deep rejuvenation, self-care, and compassion.
❄️ Mindful coloring for inner quietness and radiant self-expression.
❄️ Mindful jigsaw puzzles for reflection and contemplation.
❄️ A group sand mandala as a reminder of the interconnectedness of all beings.
❄️ Meditative techniques to access limitless insight, contentment, and clarity.

Access happiness, ease, and resolve from one New Year to the next. Return home feeling joyful and inspired to weave mindfulness into your daily life.

NOTE This program is suitable for everyone from new to seasoned practitioners

Save your spot:
https://kripalu.org/experiences/mindfulness-retreat-new-year

2025 Year in Review: Turning 50, major surgery, teaching widely, and listening deeplyToday's Newsletter.  Not on the lis...
12/29/2025

2025 Year in Review: Turning 50, major surgery, teaching widely, and listening deeply

Today's Newsletter. Not on the list? Sign up!

This year asked a lot of me — physically, emotionally, spiritually — and it also offered profound moments of clarity, connection, and renewal. Before we step into 2026 together, I wanted to pause, reflect, and say a sincere thank you for being part of this journey.

💙 Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75Use code BOLSTERUPRESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING🗓 January 31 & February 1💻...
12/29/2025

💙 Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75
Use code BOLSTERUP
RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
🗓 January 31 & February 1
💻 Live on Zoom (all sessions recorded for on demand)
https://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/restorative-yoga-teacher-training

Teaching yoga is powerful. Teaching rest is profound. 🌙✨

If you’re a certified yoga teacher ready to expand your offerings, create safer spaces, and support true nervous system restoration, this training is for you.

Join me for a deeply nourishing and educational training. What you’ll explore:
🧘‍♀️ Deeply rejuvenating restorative postures
🪑 Skillful and supportive prop use
🫶 The art of holding grounded, compassionate space
🩵 How to feel genuinely rested yourself—yes, it’s a restful training
📘 Includes an audio course + live prep class

✨ Bonus Live Prep Class:
We begin with a 1-hour prep class on Tuesday, January 20 to help you feel confident and prepared. (Recorded if you can't attend live.)

This is an invitation to lead with more presence, steadiness, and peace—for yourself and your students.

💻 All sessions recorded
🎓 18 Yoga Alliance CE hours
✔️ 200-hour YTT required

📲 DM me with questions

As 2025 comes to a close, my heart feels full — and tender.This was a year of turning 50, slowing way down, and listenin...
12/29/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, my heart feels full — and tender.

This was a year of turning 50, slowing way down, and listening more deeply to what my body, heart, and spirit truly needed. A year shaped by major surgery and recovery, grief and replenishment, caregiving and letting go… alongside meaningful teaching, learning, writing, traveling, and supporting so many of you through yoga, mindfulness, and Ayurveda.

There were quiet seasons of rest, reading, puzzling, lake swims, and long walks — and expansive seasons of retreats, trainings, consultations, conversations, and community. Through it all, I was reminded (again and again) that presence is the practice — especially when life is complex.

I’m deeply grateful for every student, client, colleague, friend, and loved one who crossed my path this year. Thank you for practicing alongside me, for trusting this work, and for being part of this evolving journey.

As we turn toward 2026, my intention remains simple: to keep offering grounded, compassionate, practical wisdom for real life — one breath, one choice, one season at a time.

✨ If you’d like more reflections, practices, retreats, and teachings in the year ahead, I warmly invite you to join my newsletter (link in bio). It’s where I share what’s unfolding — thoughtfully and intentionally.

With gratitude for 2025 and excitement for 2026,
Larissa 💙

#2025

Start your new year feeling refreshed, grounded, and clear with our New Year’s Yoga & Ayurveda Reset Cleanse from Jan. 2...
12/28/2025

Start your new year feeling refreshed, grounded, and clear with our New Year’s Yoga & Ayurveda Reset Cleanse from Jan. 2-5 on Zoom via Better Yoga. 🌟

This transformative 4-day virtual retreat offers a blend of gentle cleansing, revitalizing yoga, and vision work to align your body, mind, and spirit as you step confidently into 2026. Through a nurturing Ayurvedic approach, you’ll experience the benefits of detox-supportive meals, daily movement, and mindful reflection — leaving you inspired and motivated to begin the year with intention.

What you’ll experience:
💙 Gentle Ayurvedic cleansing to reset and rebalance
🧘‍♀️ Daily yoga & breathwork designed to support detox and vitality
✨ A guided visioning workshop to set intentions for the year ahead

👉 Learn more and register here: https://betteryogastudio.net/pages/new-year-reset-cleanse

*All sessions recorded for on demand.


Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75Use code BOLSTERUPhttps://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/res...
12/23/2025

Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75
Use code BOLSTERUP
https://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/restorative-yoga-teacher-training

Teaching yoga is powerful. Teaching rest is profound. 🌙✨

If you’re a certified yoga teacher ready to expand your offerings, create safer spaces, and support true nervous system restoration, this training is for you.

Join me for a deeply nourishing and educational
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
🗓 January 31 & February 1
💻 Live on Zoom

What you’ll explore:
🧘‍♀️ Deeply rejuvenating restorative postures
🪑 Skillful and supportive prop use
🫶 The art of holding grounded, compassionate space
🩵 How to feel genuinely rested yourself—yes, it’s a restful training
📘 Includes an audio course + live prep class

✨ Bonus Live Prep Class:
We begin with a 1-hour prep class on Tuesday, January 20 to help you feel confident and prepared.

This is an invitation to lead with more presence, steadiness, and peace—for yourself and your students.

💻 All sessions recorded
🎓 18 Yoga Alliance CE hours
✔️ 200-hour YTT required

Equip yourself with the skills to guide students into profound relaxation and rejuvenation with our 16-hour training course. Join now!

💙 Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75Use code BOLSTERUPhttps://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/r...
12/22/2025

💙 Early Bird through December 31 — SAVE $75
Use code BOLSTERUP
https://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/restorative-yoga-teacher-training

Teaching yoga is powerful. Teaching rest is profound. 🌙✨

If you’re a certified yoga teacher ready to expand your offerings, create safer spaces, and support true nervous system restoration, this training is for you.

Join me for a deeply nourishing and educational
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
🗓 January 31 & February 1
💻 Live on Zoom

What you’ll explore:
🧘‍♀️ Deeply rejuvenating restorative postures
🪑 Skillful and supportive prop use
🫶 The art of holding grounded, compassionate space
🩵 How to feel genuinely rested yourself—yes, it’s a restful training
📘 Includes an audio course + live prep class

✨ Bonus Live Prep Class:
We begin with a 1-hour prep class on Tuesday, January 20 to help you feel confident and prepared.

This is an invitation to lead with more presence, steadiness, and peace—for yourself and your students.

💻 All sessions recorded
🎓 18 Yoga Alliance CE hours
✔️ 200-hour YTT required

📲 DM me with questions

Season’s Greetings, friends 🩵This time of year is often filled with lights, gatherings, and full calendars — and it can ...
12/20/2025

Season’s Greetings, friends 🩵

This time of year is often filled with lights, gatherings, and full calendars — and it can also be a powerful invitation to slow down, even briefly, and rest in what’s simple and nourishing. ❄️

After more than 25 years of teaching, I continue to feel genuinely moved by the people I meet through this work. Your curiosity, sincerity, and willingness to explore yoga, Ayurveda, and mindfulness make this path feel alive and meaningful. Being in community with fellow seekers is rare and precious, and I don’t take it for granted. 🤍

I’m deeply grateful to share these practices with you. May they continue to support steadiness in the nervous system, warmth in the heart, and clarity in daily life — for each of us, and for the wider world. 🕯️

For self-care support this season, here’s a simple metta (loving-kindness) practice you can return to anytime:

❄️ Take a slow, steady breath and offer yourself these phrases:
• May I be safe
• May I be well
• May I be at ease

Then gently extend them outward:
• May all beings be safe
• May all beings be well
• May all beings live with ease

May this season bring quiet joy, meaningful connection, and a sense of inner harmony that carries you into the year ahead. ✨

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