Gurudev Shri Amritji (Gurudev) is an internationally renowned yoga master. For more than 40 years, he has offered the authentic teachings of yoga and Vedic culture from the ancient tradition of India to the West. One of the earliest pioneers of yoga in the United States, in 1970, he experienced a spontaneous Kundalini awakening by the grace of his guru, Swami Kripalvanandji. The yoga society Yogi Desai founded grew to become Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, one of the largest centers of its kind in America. His books include Kripalu Yoga: Book I and II, A Yogic Perspective on the 12 Steps,
and Amrit Yoga.
