Lineage of Light

Blessing Retreat with Gurudev Shri Amritji and Kamini Desai, Ph.D.

This retreat offers the opportunity to awaken the presence of the God.

It is designed to provide you the experience of a profound internal shift, bringing you closer to the Light of Consciousness within.

Initiations include:
• Mantra: Passed down from Gurudev Shri Amritji’s lineage of teachers, Swami Kripalu and Maha Avatar Lord Lakulish
• Name: This program optionally offers the opportunity to receive a Sanskrit name from Gurudev. This is an opportunity to experience a new way of seeing yourself and the world around you.

Prerequisite: Any one of the following: I AM Yoga Nidra™ Professional Training, I AM Yoga® Body Psychology Training, I AM Yoga ® Meditation in Motion Training or I AM Yoga® Principles of Meditation in Motion.

Guru Disciple Relationship:
The source of love comes from the Guru within. When you seek love from an external resources, you move away from the source. The external Guru points you toward your own inner knowing and source and provides you the map of the journey within. The external Guru can show you how you can navigate through the karmic barriers and boundaries you encounter in your love life, family life, work life and social life.

You will be given tools to work through such fears and difficulties. You will know the secret of how to stay deeply connected to the protection, guidance and support of the Guru.

This initiation focuses on changing your life from within. You are taking back the charge of your life.

When you initiate the inner journey of unifying experience of God, Guru, Love, you experience freedom from the karmic wounds you experienced in the past. The reason I teach is to empower disciples by showing them how to encounter their karma consciously as they journey to the inner Guru.

A Lineage of Light
I AM Yoga® practices are the natural evolution of ancient yogic techiques passed down from the ancient Lord Lakulish (Shiva) lineage to Swami Kripalu, and to Gurudev Shri Amritji. The practices of I AM Yoga® developed by Gurudev Shri Amritji and Kamini Devi are based on the ancient secrets of yoga, which they received directly from Swami Shri Kripalvanandji (Kripalu).

Dr. David Frawley, (Padma Bhushan) author of 30 books on Yoga, Ayurveda and Indian culture stated: “Yogi Desai revived the ancient teachings of the millennial old Shaivite Yoga, rooted in the Lakulish tradition…(He) made these secret teachings once more alive and relevant to the entire world. He has left an indelible influence on modern Yoga. . . .”

Swami Kripalu, lovingly known as Bapuji, was one of the rare realized, Indian Saints of the 20th Century. Bapuji’s life is an amazing story of unwavering devotion, marked by 12 years of silence and seclusion, 30 years of meditation for 10 hours a day.

Gurudev Shri Amritji was just 16 years old when he first met Bapuji and has followed his teachings ever since. Although Amritji moved to the U.S. in 1960, he and his beloved Gurudev Bapuji stayed in touch through a series of letters (published in the book Letters from Swami Kripalu). The special bond of love they shared brought Bapuji to America in the mid-1970s. For over four years, Bapuji blessed thousands in the U.S. with his loving presence.

Schedule:

Saturday

• 10:00am-12:00pm Darshan with Gurudev
• 2:00pm-4:00pm Darshan with Kamini

Sunday

• 10:00am-1:00pm Blessing & Naming Ceremony with Gurudev