Chronic overthinking survives as identification with thought. Five days at Kripalu, Stockbridge. Direct experience, not more concepts. Apply for a place.
December 6–11, 2026 · Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health · Stockbridge, MA · Eastern Time
Tuition $460 · Stay from $109 a night, meals included
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Two-time graduate of Eckhart Tolle’s School of Awakening
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Author of five books on practical presence
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Featured on 50+ podcasts, including Mindvalley
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Invited to teach at world-renowned centers including Omega, Kripalu, and Menla
What people say after a retreat with Cirak
My first retreat with Cirak was really, really magical. The workshops, the meditations, the food, the hospitality. And the people I met.
I was trying many things, yet I was not able to put them practically. This retreat gave me much-needed structure, a daily practice.
Feeling accepted was really powerful. Cirak’s mindfulness teachings will help me a lot in daily life.
Cirak’s teachings are thought-changing. He gives you a new perspective and shows you how to live without the old beliefs running you.
This was my first-ever retreat. We became a family. All the workshops, meditations. I’m really grateful for this experience.
Cirak’s talks help you understand meditation in simple terms. It takes away the complications so you can focus on the practice.
Hear Cirak, then decide
What you leave with
See identification as it arises
Chronic overthinking is sustained by a subtle merger with thought. Insight about that is not enough. You learn to notice it in real time.
Stabilize attention in the body
When attention is in sensation, the mind has less room to loop. The week trains that return, again and again.
Interrupt rumination
Tools for nervous system literacy, cleaner decisions, and less reactive action at work and at home.
Leave with a practice
Vipassana-informed sitting, sensation-based inquiry, breath-informed movement. Beginners welcome. Not more concepts.
Five days at Kripalu
Arrive Sunday. Four teaching days inside Kripalu’s daily rhythm. Leave Friday after lunch.
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Sun Dec 6
Arrive
Check-in from 2pm. Rooms are typically ready from 4pm. Optional yoga, dinner, then Cirak’s opening session 7:30–9pm. All times Eastern.
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Mon Dec 7 – Thu Dec 10
Four teaching days
Morning and afternoon program sessions with Cirak. Silent breakfast. Kripalu yoga around the edges if you want it. Optional evening session.
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Fri Dec 11
Depart
Checkout by 10am. A last morning session, then lunch and leave. You may stay on campus until 2pm.
A typical teaching day
Monday to Thursday follow this clock. Sunday and Friday are shorter. Meals and rest sit between the teaching blocks.
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6:30–7:45am
Optional yoga
A Kripalu yoga class if you want movement before the day’s work. Not required.
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7:30–9am
Silent breakfast
Eat without conversation. Let the nervous system stay settled before the first session.
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9–11:30am
Morning program
Meditation, somatic awareness, and structured inquiry. See identification with thought as it arises, and return to the body.
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11:30am–1:30pm
Lunch
Three meals a day are included with your stay. Time on the grounds if you want it.
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1:30–4pm
Afternoon program
Sensation-based inquiry and emotional integration. Progressive, not a hunt for peak states.
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4:45–6pm
Optional yoga
Another Kripalu class if the body wants movement after sitting.
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5:30–7:30pm
Dinner
Eat together. Let the afternoon land.
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7:30–9pm
Optional evening session
Further inquiry when it is offered. How this lives in decisions, work, and relationships.
The grounds
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Meet Cirak
- Two-time graduate of Eckhart Tolle’s School of Awakening, and six years volunteering alongside him
- Taught user experience at UCLA
- Worked with Google, Nike, Adobe, Disney, and Mercedes
- Author of End of Illusion, Be You, and The Five Levels of Awareness
- Featured on 50+ podcasts, including Mindvalley
- Invited to teach at world-renowned centers including Omega, Kripalu, and Menla
- Beginners might read Be You. People who already practice might read The Five Levels of Awareness
- Retreats in Bali, India, Europe, and the United States
Kripalu invited Cirak to teach
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health sits on more than 100 acres above Lake Mahkeenac in the Berkshires. Stay includes three meals a day and access to daily yoga classes and the grounds. Cirak teaches Direct Experience here, over five days. Kripalu handles rooms and checkout.
You apply here so Cirak’s team can see if this week is a good fit. If it is, they write to you about next steps. Tuition $460. Stay from $109 a night, meals included.
Questions before you apply
No. Openness is enough. Beginners might read Cirak’s book Be You. People who already practice might read The Five Levels of Awareness. Neither is required.
Apply for a place
This is an application, not a ticket purchase. Cirak’s team reads your responses to see if this week is a good fit. If it is, they write to you about next steps.