Easton Kripalu Yoga
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About Paul
Paul Gilmore, PhD, retired to Easton in 2015 after careers in industrial research and teaching high school and college. He began his yoga practice six years ago and became intrigued with its effects on his health and sense of well-being. That led him to pursue further study into that practice.
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He received his 200 hour and 500 hour yoga teacher certifications at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, MA. There, he aligned himself with Swami Kripalu’s philosophy of inclusiveness regardless of abilities. Paul’s knowledge of health and wellness helps students listen to their bodies, practicing yoga with the Kripalu philosophy of practice without judgment. He experienced both a spiritual and physical transformation through yoga and would like to help others gain the clarity to discover their authentic selves, finding peace and well-being.
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Paul teaches yoga with the knowledge that yoga is for everybody and every body. In his practice and his teaching, he knows that age and/or physical limitation are not hindrances but, rather, part of being who we are at a moment in time. Poor flexibility and various aches and pains can be perceived as deterrents. Yoga can be practiced accounting for those issues and turn what appear to be negatives into opportunities.
About Kripalu Yoga
SELF-OBSERVATION WITHOUT JUDGMENT
Swami Kripalu said “The highest spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment.” At times he used the phrase “self-observation with love”. This is the essence of self-acceptance. Seeing oneself as one truly is allows the first steps to a path of personal growth. Accepting limitations without judgment allows practitioners to make yoga, in all its aspects, a personal journey, available to everybody and every body.
A BALANCE OF MIND AND BODY
The practice of Kripalu Yoga centers around integration of asanas (postures), pranayama (breath) and the mind (meditation). Bringing these together increases internal harmony and balance. Unifying movement, breath and mind is the basis of profound practice, regardless of flexibility and strength. The most inflexible who balance the mind and body can have a deeper practice that fosters personal growth than the most flexible who only strive for perfection in the physical expression of the asanas.
RIDING THE WAVE
The practice of Kripalu Yoga can be transformative as one learns both on and off the mat to ride the wave of personal challenge. Through yoga, we learn to first breathe and relax, and then access our feelings, watch, and finally allow ourselves to react in a way that best serves us. Negative judgments soon give way to positive affirmations. This path towards self-love leads to gratitude. Once one is grateful for life's blessings, love and compassion follow. Soon, yoga becomes a way of life.