Larissa Hall Carlson

02/27/2026

🌈✨ Chakra YTT – Live on Zoom! ✨🌈

Dive deep into the energy system and learn to teach chakra-enhancing yoga that harmonizes the pranic body, awakens awareness, and radiantly invigorates body, mind & spirit. 💙

📅 Chakra Fundamentals Class: March 8: 8–10:30am ET
📅 Immersion Weekend: March 21-22
🎧 Pre-training: 2.5-hr Pranayama for Restoring Vitality audio course included
💻 Can’t attend live? Recordings available for on-demand study
💳 Tuition: $500 | Register by March 1 & SAVE $100 with code CHAKRA100

What You’ll Learn:
❤️ Anatomy & physiology of the subtle body (chakras, nadis, marmas, vayus)
🧡 How prana moves through the body-mind
💛 Overview of 5 koshas (anna-, prana-, mano-, vijnana-, ananda-maya)
💚 Functions of the 5 vayus (prana, udana, samana, apana, vyana)
💙 Deep dive into 7 chakras—functions, elements, and qualities
💜 Chakra-specific asana & pranayama for activation & balance
❤️ Bija mantras (seed syllables) for chakra stimulation
🧡 Journaling exercises for personal reflection
💛 Colors & aromas for chakra alignment
💚 How to structure Chakra Yoga classes & workshops

🎓 CE Credits: 20 Yoga Alliance CEUs upon completion

✨ Whether you join live or study at your own pace, this immersive training will give you the tools to bring chakra balance and vitality to your practice and your students.

📌 Secure your spot now: link in bio

02/27/2026

Chakra YTT on Zoom (livestream & recorded for on demand)
March 21-22
Register by March 1st and SAVE $100 with code CHAKRA100

https://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/chakra-yoga-teacher-training2026

Learn to teach chakra-enhancing yoga classes to harmonize the energy system (pranamayakosha), boost internal awareness, and radiantly-invigorate the body-mind-spirit. Join this chakra-packed training of asana, pranayama, bija mantra, aromatherapy, and more.

Can't attend live? Study the chakras at your own pace with the recordings!

02/18/2026

Tired of diet trends? Try Ayurveda instead!

Come spend a nourishing week at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health discovering healthy living practices to last a lifetime.

March 22-27 | Stockbridge, MA

https://kripalu.org/experiences/ayurveda-and-yoga-healthy-weight-and-wellness?sku=18438814

02/17/2026

Mardi Gras looks very different for me at 50 than it did at 20. 🎭

Thirty-one years ago, I was a sophomore at LSU, fully immersed in the extended New Orleans celebrations—joyful, vibrant, and very rajasic in the Ayurvedic sense (swipe to see an old photo).

Today, I’m celebrating more quietly: organic tea, a date ball, a puzzle, a meditation podcast, and a nourishing cup of spiced milk with a decent portion of organic chocolate. 🍫 The energy is steadier, more sattvic, and guided by intention.

As Lent approaches, I’m reflecting on what I want to release and what I want to cultivate. This year, I’m committing to:
• Daily japa meditation 📿
• Not eating after 6pm 🌙
Simple practices, deep impact.

Different season of life, different kind of celebration—and honestly, it feels just right. 🌿

Reflection + Journal Prompt:
✨ What feels ready to be softened, simplified, or strengthened in your life this season?
✨ What gentle practice could support who you’re becoming?

Happy Mardi Gras! 🎭

02/16/2026

Yoga, Music, and Mindfulness
A Kripalu-Tanglewood summer experience
August 7–9, 2026

I'm SOOO excited to take Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health guests over to Tanglewood Music Center to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra! Join me for this wonderful, unique summer program!

https://kripalu.org/experiences/yoga-music-and-mindfulness-kripalu-tanglewood-summer-experience

A Harmonious BlendImmerse yourself in the transformative power of yoga and classical music during a weekend of deep nourishment and inspiration in the cultural heart of the Berkshires. This unique Kripalu-Tanglewood collaboration, led by renowned mindfulness and yoga educator Larissa Hall Carlson, o...

02/15/2026

Spring is quietly stirring beneath the surface—longer days, brighter light, and that gentle invitation to move, awaken, and build strength again. 💙🌱

This season, I’m teaching a 6-week Ayurvedic Yoga series for Spring Strength & Stability with Better Yoga—designed to help you feel strong, steady, and energized during kapha season.

Ayurvedic Yoga for Spring Strength & Stability
🗓 March 11, 18 & April 1, 8, 15, 22
🕘 9–10am ET on Zoom

Each week we’ll explore:
•Core-focused yoga for stability and confident movement
•Kapha-balancing asana to build muscular strength and vitality
•Gentle strength training with light weights for tone and resilience
•Purifying breathwork + heart-opening restorative poses for integration and ease

This is an intermediate-level series—perfect if you’re ready to feel grounded, empowered, and a little more radiant this spring. 🤍

Join here: https://betteryogastudio.net/checkout/new?o=224500

May this season be a gentle return to strength, steadiness, and embodied vitality.

02/14/2026

Today, I’m honoring love in all its forms—quiet, steady, expansive, and imperfectly beautiful. 💗

Valentine’s Day can be a reminder to turn toward the heart with gentleness and care.

Loving-kindness phrases for today:
💗 May I feel safe, steady, and deeply supported.
💗 May my friends feel cherished, connected, and uplifted.
💗 May all beings feel held in compassion and kindness.

Valentine’s Day journaling prompts:
💕 Where in my life do I already feel love and connection?
💕 How can I offer myself a little more tenderness this week?
💕 What does love feel like in my body, breath, and daily rituals?
💕 Who or what am I feeling grateful for right now?

May today be a soft opening—a remembering that love is both something we give and something we cultivate within.

Wishing you peace and harmony 💕

Happy Valentine’s Day 💗



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02/13/2026

An integrative, research-informed approach to weight loss, digestion, and whole-person wellness—through the lens of Ayurveda and modern physiology. 🍎

In this 5-day immersion, we’ll explore how circadian rhythms, the gut–brain axis, stress physiology, sleep, and daily habits shape metabolism, digestion, energy, and long-term wellbeing. 🍋

You’ll learn how gentle yoga, pranayama, mindful eating, and Ayurvedic daily rhythms can support digestive function, reduce stress-driven metabolic shifts, and build sustainable, compassionate patterns for health—without extremes or rigid rules. 🩵

We’ll bridge ancient Ayurvedic concepts like agni (digestive fire) and dinacharya (daily rhythm) with contemporary research on stress, sleep, and metabolic resilience—so you understand both the why and the how behind lasting change. 🍎

🧘‍♀️ Ayurveda and Yoga for Healthy Weight and Wellness
📅 March 22–27, 2026 | Kripalu Center, Massachusetts

Between classes, you’ll have spacious time to:
• Receive a massage or spa treatment 🍊
• Walk forest trails and enjoy nature
• Savor organic, nourishing meals 🥑
• Take yoga and dance classes
• Connect with a warm, like-minded community
• Rest with views of the lake and mountains

If you’re curious about blending ancient wisdom with modern science in a supportive retreat setting, we’d love to welcome you. 🍓

🔗 Link in bio to learn more and register

02/12/2026

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🌨️ Late-Winter Transitions & Tending Digestive Fire Late winter can feel like a strange in-between season—still wrapped in the cold, dry qualities of winter, yet slowly moving toward the heavier, wetter, more sluggish qualities of early spring. Here in New England, that often shows up as slee...

02/12/2026

NEW 6-week Yoga Program for Spring!

Ayurvedic Yoga for Spring Strength & Stability
with Larissa Hall Carlson
March 11, 18 & April 1, 8, 15, 22 from 9-10am ET
Live on Zoom via Better Yoga (all classes recorded)
https://betteryogastudio.net/checkout/new?o=224500

Reclaim your strength and vitality with this 6-week yoga series designed to build muscle, enhance stability, and awaken energy during kapha season. Each week focuses on strengthening the arms and core while supporting whole-body resilience and balanced movement. Perfect for springtime renewal, this intermediate-level class combines:

✨ Kapha-balancing yoga asanas to energize the body and build muscular strength.

✨ Lightweight strength training (2–3 lb weights) to enhance tone, endurance, and functional strength.

✨ Core-focused yoga sequences to support posture, stability, and confident movement.

✨ Purifying breathwork and heart-opening restorative poses to refresh the system and cultivate ease, openness, and integration.

Props Needed: 2 blocks, 2 free weights (2–3 lbs), cushion, blanket.

*Note: No class on March 25 (enjoy a short pre-recorded practice instead)

Rediscover your strength, stability, and springtime vitality—inside and out!

02/11/2026

Ayurveda & Yoga for Healthy Weight Loss & Wellness Retreat
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA
Larissa Hall Carlson & Kari Harendorf
March 22-27

Whether you consider yourself underweight, overweight, or a yo-yo dieter, Ayurveda's wholesome, harmonizing approach to diet and lifestyle for the doshas will help you find a more comfortable balance.

Come discover strategies for a lifetime of healthy living:
https://kripalu.org/experiences/ayurveda-and-yoga-healthy-weight-and-wellness?sku=18438814

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health