What is Kripalu Style Yoga and How Can It Help Your Riding?

Kripalu Yoga is a style of yoga class that empowers you and helps you integrate to full potential and discover how to nurture health, catalyze growth, and live with greater joy. When you can couple this integration to your Horsemanship, you can achieve so much more with your horse!

• For your body: Stretch and tone muscles, release tension, and connect to breath.

• For your mind: Explore meditation, cultivate concentration, and enhance focus.

• For your spirit: Encourage nonjudgmental self-observation, attune to inner wisdom, and invite deep stillness.

Everyone Can Do This Yoga!

All Shapes, sizes and degrees of flexibility are welcome. Kripalu yoga prides itself on its accessibility!

Kripalu Yoga classes range from gentle to vigorous at participant’s request, and classes begin with warm-ups and breathing techniques that prepare the body for postures. Each class offers a unique sequence that allows introspection, breathwork, strengthens, lengthens, and balances the entire being, and ends with deep relaxation and meditation.

Horseback Riding of all disciplines and levels requires acute body awareness and balance. Yoga is a fun, practical way to get into better shape for all your equestrian endeavors.

Check out the Laurelin Farm YouTube Channel for lots of great videos!

Traditional Yoga Classes Offered

Caroline offers group yoga classes at the farm or at other locations throughout Western New York. Classes usually run between an hour and 90 minutes. Participants just need to bring a exercise mat and a blanket. Pricing is dependent on location. She often teaches at the LK Painter Center in Collins on Thursday mornings for a very low fee. Contact Caroline for a list of current classes!

You can also schedule your own private yoga class via Zoom with Caroline! She will assist you with your key areas of concern and custom tailor your yoga experience to your needs for a 1 hour session in the comfort of your home! For more details go to Zoom Class here.

Yoga at Your Barn!

Yoga Classes that can integrate with your riding discipline and build a better partnership!

Caroline will travel to your Barn to lead you and your group in a Equestrian themed Yoga Class!

Traditional Group Kripalu Yoga Classes available for up to 20 people—these 60 to 90 min. classes are the best option for a barn group, as Caroline can come to you.  Any arena fees are responsibility of the group. Indoor arenas or open shop spaces are great for a class.

• Fees depend on drive time from zip code 14034

• 20 min. drive or less: $80 Group fee up to 8 people

• 40 min. or less: $100 Group fee up to 8 people

• 60 min. or less: $120 Group fee up to 8 people

• Group fees are a flat rate designed to be split up between up to 8 participants, but you do not need 8 people. (example for a $80 flat fee, if there is 6 participants it’s $13/person, if there is 8 then it’s $10/person, etc.

Private Yoga and Riding Combo Lessons available— this 90 min. total lesson is 45 min. of Yoga and 45 min. of Horsemanship/Riding

           At Laurelin Farm $75 private or $45 each semi-private, if I travel to you price is dependent on location/availability.

Yoga and Horses Retreats: Caroline offers 1/2 day Yoga retreats as well for you to really delve in deep into your physical, mental and spiritual relationship with horses. Retreats involve on the mat yoga practice, yoga with your horse groundwork session, journaling exercises, moving meditations, riding yoga lessons, and more. Contact Caroline to organize a Retreat with your group or barn.

See the Clinics and Events page for the current dates and descriptions.