Yogi Desai

An internationally recognized authority, Yogi Desai's timeless yogic teachings are more applicable today than ever before. As we emerge into a new world order, the authentic voice of yoga he embodies enables each of us to live in harmony and joy with whatever life presents us. His teachings contain a powerful experiential component that creates profound shifts for those who are receptive and open. The innovative system he developed into the Amrit Method®, has integrated ancient wisdom into an impactful, practical methodology for dealing with the challenges of modern life.

Yogi Desai is the founder of the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, one of the largest holistic centers in North America. The approach he developed is practiced by thousands around the world, with certified teachers in 37 countries. A prolific author, his books include Kripalu Yoga: Book I and II, A Yogic Perspective on the 12 Steps, Amrit Yoga: Explore, Expand and Experience, and Amrit Yoga and the Yoga Sutras. His voice has been captured on numerous CDs, including guided meditation, Yoga Nidra experiences and high energy mantra chanting. He has been honored both in the United States and abroad with distinguished titles such as Doctor of Yoga, Jagadacharya (Universal Teacher) and the rare Vishwa Yoga Ratna, awarded by the President of India. Yogi Desai began teaching yoga in 1960, making him one of the earliest pioneers of yoga in the West. The unique feature of his methodology is that it is highly experiential, an element that is often missing from the conceptual approach taught today.

The following sessions will expand the inner depth and dimension of morning yoga with Chandrakant. Together they are designed to develop your ability to manage stressful situations and challenges. This combination provides you with a direct experience of how to deal with physical, mental and emotional reactions on the yoga mat that you can take into every expression and interaction in life.

Lectures, Workshops and Private Consultations for the 2010 Cruise

Keynote Lecture: Living in the Zero Stress Zone
Stress is the real epidemic we face today. It is the underlying cause of 80% of illness, disease, dysfunctional behavior and habits, anxiety, depression and insomnia. Stress arises out of your expectations of others as well as demands people place on you. When others fail to meet your expectations, you hold them responsible for your unhappiness. Demands from others are outside your circle of influence.

When you provide for yourself what you expect from others, a profound paradigm shift occurs for co-creating conscious relationships. To be at peace, you must learn to live consciously within your own circle of influence, focusing on inner transformation rather than changing others. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so are problems.

Instead of:

• Demanding love, be loving
• Looking for acceptance, be accepting
• Seeking to be understood, be understanding

Take control of the stress that is destroying your health and peace of mind. Learn to live life joyously as you master the art of entering the Zero Stress Zone.

Workshop 1: The Secret to Successful Relationships
The romantic love you seek from another is invariably burdened with silent demands and dependency. These unconscious conditions diminish your ability to truly give or receive love. Ultimately, the relationship you long for from another turns into conflict within.

You cannot find from another that which you have not discovered from within. This is the meaning of, "Love thy neighbor as thyself."

• Explore the yogic approach to the mysterious dimension of love.
• Practice the art of conscious communication for effortless conflict resolution.
• Learn a revolutionary approach that restores healing harmony within you and others.
• Focus on internal transformation and see it reflected in all of your relationships.
• Regain peace in your intimate relationships: love life, family life and professional life, everywhere and with everyone you encounter.
• Give yourself what you demand from others-if you seek love, give love first.

Workshop 2: The Power of Conscious Eating
Eating well is one of the most important elements in maintaining good health. The food you feed your body is often poisoned with emotions and fears. This, in turn, introduces more toxins than the body can clear. When the self-healing power of life energy is prevented from functioning optimally, you become the victim of premature aging.

Learn how to:

• Maintain radiant health and vitality.
• Prevent premature aging through the conscious practice of lifestyle changes in your diet and energy management.
• Face life's challenges in a non reactive way that will free you from the emotional component that creates dependency around food.

Workshop 3: Zero Stress Zone - The Mysterious Power of Yoga Nidra
This workshop corresponds to the experience offered on the last day.

Science proves that stress is at the core of most physical, mental and emotional health issues in today's world. Despite the causes, the ultimate solution to all stress-related conditions is learning how to restore the balance between the body, mind, heart and soul. This technique is available to everyone in the simple to practice yet profound impact of the Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra.

This innovative ancient technique of conscious breathwork and mindful meditative state extends relaxation to the deepest possible levels, penetrating and dissolving mental and emotional imbalances and blocks held unconsciously in the subtle energy levels. Trapped energies are then freed to carry out regenerative, self-healing processes of the body at their optimal levels.without you having to do anything!

Practice: Experience of the Dimension of Timelessness -The Zero Stress Zone - $50/person.
Enter an in depth experience of inner harmony, integration and balance. The zero stress zone is the master key that frees trapped healing forces in your muscular, neurological and glandular systems.

Yoga Nidra takes you effortlessly into deeper states of relaxation than most people are able to achieve after long years of meditation. Submerged in the slower alpha brain waves, your entire body and being merge into tranquility and stillness. This creates an opening for you to tap into the source of all restorative, regenerative and healing life force that eliminates stress and self defeating habit patterns undermining your health and peace of mind.

In Yoga Nidra you:

• Connect with your higher self where all prayers and affirmations are actualized with effortless ease. Healing that happens on this level is often perceived as miraculous.
• Stimulate the hormone melatonin which is known to:
  • Reduce stress and induce restful sleep.
  • Accelerate healing and prevent premature aging.
  • Strengthen immune system.
  • Decrease high blood pressure.

Personal Lifestyle Counseling and Coaching - $250/person.
Learn simple new techniques to handle stress-in conflicting relationships in your business life, personal life and family life.

• Discover the power of your untapped bio-spiritual healing dimension and apply it to any crisis you encounter.
• Receive personal counseling from a world-renowned yoga master whose teachings have transformed the lives of thousands since the 1960s.
• Bring the secrets of the ancient teachings of yoga to your life in a practical, applicable way.

Yogi Desai sheds new light and psycho-spiritual insights that are unique to his methodology and far from conventional approaches to today's problems, particularly in areas of personal health and intimate relationships. His counseling can help turn difficult transition times into personal transformation that will impact all areas of your life.