Creating on Purpose: The Chakras as a Map for Bringing Your Dreams to Reality

Creating on Purpose is a chakra retreat at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, for anyone who has a dream or a project they want to bring into the world and would like a clear process for doing it. Anodea Judith, an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, guides the program through the seven-chakra system, using it as a map for turning vision into action. It suits newcomers and experienced practitioners alike.

What to Expect

The program draws on Anodea Judith's book Creating on Purpose: The Spiritual Technology of Manifesting Through the Chakras. Over four nights you move step by step through each chakra, working with hands-on exercises and supportive guidance. The themes are practical: releasing limiting beliefs, clearing what blocks your sense of purpose, connecting with your source and your sense of meaning, opening the heart, and building the willpower and passion to take inspired action. The aim is that you go home with a process you can apply to any dream, at any stage of life, whether the goal is personal or something that serves the wider good.

Days follow a steady rhythm. Kripalu Yoga begins at 6:30 am, followed by a silent breakfast, then a program session from 9:00 am to noon. After lunch there is a second session from 1:45 to 4:45 pm, another yoga class at 4:45, and dinner from 5:30 to 7:30. The quiet morning meal and daily movement give the contemplative work a grounded setting.

On opening day, check-in begins at 2:00 pm, with yoga at 4:45, dinner, and a first program session from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. On the closing day the morning follows the usual pattern, and the program ends with lunch and departure. Actual times may vary, and the schedule given at check-in has the details and room locations.

About Anodea Judith

Anodea Judith is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher and the author of Creating on Purpose, the book that inspires this program. She is known for her teaching on the chakra system as a practical framework for personal growth and for creating change in the world. Gabriel Giron also shares the program sessions.

The Setting

Kripalu is a center for yoga and health in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, near Stockbridge. Its accommodations are intentionally simple, designed to help you unplug and feel grounded. Options include private rooms, with a private or shared bath depending on your selection, and shared dormitories with community-style, multi-bed rooms and shared facilities. Rooms are ready by 4:00 pm, and a luggage room is available if you arrive earlier. On the day of departure, room check-out is at 10:00 am, and you may stay on campus and take part in workshops until 2:00 pm.

Before You Go

No prior experience with chakra work or yoga is required. The program is taught in English.

Your stay includes:

- four days of on-campus accommodation
- three meals a day
- more than ten yoga classes daily
- all program sessions with Anodea Judith and Gabriel Giron
- access to the Kripalu grounds
- a complimentary copy of Creating on Purpose

Healing Arts sessions, items from the Kripalu Shop and Cafe, and additional workshops outside the main program are not included. If the program is full, you can join a waitlist and will be contacted in the order requests were received.