Kripalu

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Kripalu is a former Jesuit retreat center, a respite spot from Alzheimer’s, for me - yoga and Ayurveda for most - nestled in nature in Stockbridge, Massachusetts - part of the Berkshires.

I was introduced to Kripalu when Bridget attended their Mindfulness Outdoor Leadership training. I thought this might be a great place to get away and do some nature image reflecting, eat some healthy food, try a little yoga, and have a couple massages. I went in October 2019. It rained quite a bit, but it was effective in meeting my expectations. The rain added an element of influence, that was actually photographicly challenging and fun to be in. I expect to experience Kripalu again, this October (2021), when my sister Rosie and brother John will sub in the ring with Patty.

Alzheimer’s is mean! It is probably playing a mind game with me, that unknowingly, Kripalu is the strsss relief needed - I seem oblivious to the big A’s meanness on me.

I can’t imagine having brain bllight. It’s a long wasting illness - a slow death - a slow grieving process, to be repeated again, after the inevitable . It’s like incremental worsening lobotomies that torture to the end, slow but sure. Where is the Patty I know?

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