Larissa Hall Carlson

10/23/2025

✨ Week #4 is here—and I’m thrilled to be teaching the next two weeks of Seminars in Perimenopause: A PACE Program hosted by the Kripalu School of Ayurveda! 🌿

The first four classes have been amazingly informative—a must-attend series for anyone approaching or navigating perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause. This 6-week journey blends the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda with modern insights to help you navigate this phase with clarity, balance, and ease.

💫 What we explore together:
🌿 Integrating Ayurveda & peri/menopause care
🌿 Understanding menopause through doshas and ojas
🌿 Nutrition, lifestyle, and herbs to support energy, digestion, and libido
🌿 Restoring harmony in body, mind, and spirit

Presenter(s):
✨ Anusha Sehgal, Faculty
✨ Dr. Lisa B. Nelson, Faculty
✨ Larissa Hall Carlson, Faculty

Whether you’re an Ayurveda professional, yoga teacher, wellness coach, or simply curious about holistic approaches to women’s health, this series offers tools to support yourself and others with grace.

📅 Thursdays, 4–6 pm EST
💻 Access recordings for 30 days after each session

Let’s embrace this transition with vitality and wisdom—together!

10/20/2025

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

How can you 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


Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Begin the New Year RefreshedHow can you 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 p...

10/17/2025

🤍 Autumn Yoga & Mindfulness for Self-Kindness Retreat 🍃🧘‍♀️🌀

This week at Kripalu was pure autumn magic — crisp air, golden leaves, quiet mornings, and a wonderful community gathered in the spirit of mindfulness and self-kindness. Together, we slowed down, breathed deeply, and rediscovered the beauty of presence.

We walked the meditation garden, labyrinth, and forest trails, roasted mindful marshmallows by the fire, and created a luminous group sand mandala. Our days were filled with mindful walking, coloring, puzzling, journaling, yoga asana, gentle breathwork, restorative yoga, and loving-kindness meditation — simple, grounding practices that nourished us deeply.

We also enjoyed nourishing, organic Kripalu meals, shared meaningful conversations, and gave ourselves permission to rest and receive. (I even carved out time for a massage and facial — such a gift for body and spirit! 🤍)

I’m so grateful to teach in this peaceful place I’ve called home for over 20 years as Kripalu faculty — and to share it with such an openhearted group.

Thank you to everyone who joined, and to my wonderful assistant for her warmth, care, and steady support.

If your heart is craving rest and renewal, join me back at Kripalu January 16–19, 2026 for the Mindfulness Retreat for the New Year — a beautiful way to begin again with clarity, compassion, and calm.



🤍🍃🧘‍♀️🌀

10/16/2025

Having such a wonderful week leading my “Autumn Yoga & Mindfulness for Self Kindness Retreat” at Kripalu. 🍂🍁

10/16/2025

Begin the New Year Refreshed! 💙

January 16-19, 2026
Kripalu Center, Stockbridge , MA

How can you 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

10/12/2025

🎁 Give the gift of Ayurveda this holiday season! 🎁
Bring warmth, balance, and nourishment to yourself and your loved ones with organic, sustainably sourced Ayurveda essentials from 🌿

Use promo code LARISSAAUTUMN to save 20% on one order through 12/31/25 — perfect for holiday gifts, stocking stuffers, or your own winter wellness rituals! https://glnk.io/qy46/larissa

💚 Banyan’s pure, high-quality products are crafted with care — ideal for keeping your body grounded, cozy, and replenished during the colder months.

Perfect Ayurvedic gifts + stocking stuffers:
🌿 Warming cooking spices for healthy digestion
🫖 Calming teas to soothe Vata and support rest
💛 Luxurious self-massage oils for daily abhyanga
🥣 Kitchari kits for gentle post-holiday cleansing
🕯️ Herbal balms + body oils for everyday self-care

This year, wrap up a little Ayurvedic love — for yourself or someone special.

✨ Use my ambassador code LARISSAAUTUMN at checkout and celebrate the season the natural way. ✨

10/10/2025

🎁 Give the gift of Ayurveda this holiday season! 🎁

Bring warmth, balance, and nourishment to yourself and your loved ones with organic, sustainably sourced Ayurveda essentials from 🌿

Use promo code LARISSAAUTUMN to save 20% on one order through 12/31/25 — perfect for holiday gifts, stocking stuffers, or your own winter wellness rituals!

💚 Banyan’s pure, high-quality products are crafted with care — ideal for keeping your body grounded, cozy, and replenished during the colder months.

Perfect Ayurvedic gifts + stocking stuffers:
🌿 Warming cooking spices for healthy digestion
🫖 Calming teas to soothe Vata and support rest
💛 Luxurious self-massage oils for daily abhyanga
🥣 Kitchari kits for gentle post-holiday cleansing
🕯️ Herbal balms + body oils for everyday self-care

This year, wrap up a little Ayurvedic love — for yourself or someone special.

✨ Use my ambassador code LARISSAAUTUMN at checkout and celebrate the season the natural way. ✨

10/07/2025

Happy October! SAVE 20% on all your organic Ayurveda supplies for autumn with my new Banyan Botanicals ambassador discount code: LARISSAAUTUMN. https://glnk.io/qy46/larissa

All fall and winter, I abhyanga with Pitta Massage Oil and Face Oil--great for pitta! On colder days, I swap it for Daily Massage Oil--so nourishing! Sensitive skin? Try the new Neem+ Oil!

Not sure what to use? Set up a 1:1 Ayurveda Consultation with me via Zoom. Book right on my website Shop page: https://larissacarlson.com/shop

10/07/2025

Rough start to the day? Smooth everything out with 15 minutes of gentle yogic breathing.

Mindful Breathing: Pranayama For Tranquil Focus
by Larissa Hall Carlson
FREE on Insight Timer:
https://insig.ht/a4tGrnrUgXb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

Prepare for meditation with gentle, mindful breathing techniques which calm the mind and boost concentration. Explore grounding belly breaths, refreshing 3-part breaths, and the balancing alternate-nostril breathing technique to anchor the mind in the present moment. A mindful "bell curve" sequence to settle the mind for a more alert, steady meditation.

(*No meditation included. This is a stand-alone practice to prepare for the meditation of your choice--great for your 'playlist')

Prepare for meditation with gentle, mindful breathing techniques which calm the mind and boost concentration. Explore grounding belly breaths, refreshing 3-part breaths, and the balancing alternate-nostril breathing technique to anchor the mind in the present moment. A mindful "bell curve" sequence....