STOCKBRIDGE â Barbara Vacarr will step down as CEO of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health at the end of the month to become an independent consultant, the center has announced. Her departure is effective Jan. 31. Robert Mulhall, Kripaluâs vice president of programming and business strategy, will serve as acting CEO after Vacarrâs departure is official. Kripalu has yet to develop plans to find a permanent successor to Vaccar. Kripalu closed its onsite operations 10 months ago, and during the pandemic, Mulhall has worked with Vacarr and the rest of Kripaluâs leadership team to ...