Amrit Desai
Amrit Desai | |
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Desai in 2016 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Amritlal C. Desai 16 October 1932 Halol, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | India, United States |
| Spouse | Urmila Shah (Mataji) |
| Children | Pragnesh, Kamini, Malay |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Founder of | Amrit Yoga Institute and Kripalu Center |
| Philosophy | Yoga |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Swami Kripalvananda |
Quotation
Your body is the most sacred place of pilgrimage you will ever come to.
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, published in 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."