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Place of Birth: Halol, Gujarat, India
About Amrit Desai
- Amrit Desai is a pioneer of yoga in the West, and one of the few remaining living yoga masters 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."
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