About: Amrit Desai

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Amrit Desai is a pioneer of yoga in the West, and one of the few remaining living yoga gurus who originally brought over the authentic teachings of yoga in the early 1960s. He is the creator of two brands of yoga, Kripalu Yoga and I AM Yoga, and is the founder of five yoga and health centers in the US. His yoga training programs have reached more than 40 countries worldwide and over 8,000 teachers have been certified.

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  • Amrit Desai is a pioneer of yoga in the West, and one of the few remaining living yoga gurus who originally brought over the authentic teachings of yoga in the early 1960s. He is the creator of two brands of yoga, Kripalu Yoga and I AM Yoga, and is the founder of five yoga and health centers in the US. His yoga training programs have reached more than 40 countries worldwide and over 8,000 teachers have been certified. Homegrown Gurus (2013) states: "Although Desai has not received scholarly attention, he has arguably been one of the most influential and sought-after figures in the development of Hatha Yoga in America over the last 40 years." (en)
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  • 1932-10-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Amritlal C. Desai (en)
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  • 1932-10-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Amritlal C. Desai (en)
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  • Halol, Gujarat, India (en)
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  • In 2016 (en)
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  • Pragnesh, Kamini, Malay (en)
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  • Amrit Yoga Institute and Kripalu Center (en)
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  • Swami Kripalvananda (en)
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  • Yoga of Relationships, Love and Bliss, Amrit Yoga and the Yoga Sutras (en)
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  • Amrit Desai (en)
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  • India, USA (en)
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  • Your body is the most sacred place of pilgrimage you will ever come to. (en)
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  • Urmila Shah (en)
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  • Quotation (en)
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  • Amrit Desai is a pioneer of yoga in the West, and one of the few remaining living yoga gurus who originally brought over the authentic teachings of yoga in the early 1960s. He is the creator of two brands of yoga, Kripalu Yoga and I AM Yoga, and is the founder of five yoga and health centers in the US. His yoga training programs have reached more than 40 countries worldwide and over 8,000 teachers have been certified. (en)
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