October Community Overnight Retreat
With Gurudev Shri Amritji, Chandrakant and Nirali Lauren McCrea
October 3 - 4, 2026
Community Overnight Retreat
October 3-4, 2026
Salt Springs, FL – Forest Side Campus
Includes all sessions, lodging, dinner and breakfast
Retreat Schedule:
Saturday
- 3:00pm-4:00pm Registration/check-in
- 5:00pm-6:00pm Satsang with Chandrakant
- 6:00pm-7:00pm Vegetarian Buffet Dinner
- 7:30pm-8:30pm Evening Session
Sunday
- 8:00am-9:00am Breakfast
- 9:10am-10:30am All Levels Meditative I AM Yoga Class with Nirali
- 11:00am-12:00pm Darshan with Gurudev
- 12:00pm-12:30pm Check-Out
Lead Teachers
Gurudev Shri Amritji
Gurudev Shri Amritji is the first disciple to bring the sacred teachings of the Lord Lakulish (Shiva) and Kripalu Lineage to the West in 1960. Gurudev was personally empowered to give shaktipat by his Guru Swami Shri Kripalvanada. In 1970 Gurudev experienced a spontaneous awakening of the Soul Being Presence that I AM. This was reinforced by a three month meditation retreat in silence and seclusion. He emerged as a spiritual master embodying the rare capacity to transmit profound healing and transformative prana Shakti through energetic transmission. He discovered the body is the book of secrets; it is the temple of prana Shakti, and heart is the center of Shiva consciousness. Gurudev is repeatedly honored by prestigious organizations and world-renowned authorities in the East and West. You can learn more about Gurudev Shri Amritji at https://amritji.org He comes from an ancient lineage of energetic transmission and his teachings have ignited the fire…
Learn more about Gurudev Shri Amritji
Gurudev Shri Amritji is the first disciple to bring the sacred teachings of the Lord Lakulish (Shiva) and Kripalu Lineage to the West in 1960. Gurudev was personally empowered to give shaktipat by his Guru Swami Shri Kripalvanada. In 1970 Gurudev experienced a spontaneous awakening of the Soul Being Presence that I AM. This was reinforced by a three month meditation retreat in silence and seclusion. He emerged as a spiritual master embodying the rare capacity to transmit profound healing and transformative prana Shakti through energetic transmission. He discovered the body is the book of secrets; it is the temple of prana Shakti, and heart is the center of Shiva consciousness. Gurudev is repeatedly honored by prestigious organizations and world-renowned authorities in the East and West. You can learn more about Gurudev Shri Amritji at https://amritji.org He comes from an ancient lineage of energetic transmission and his teachings have ignited the fire…
Learn more about Gurudev Shri Amritji
Chandrakant
Yogacharya, Meditation in Motion™ Lead Revealer Chandrakant is a senior teacher and seminar leader at the Amrit Yoga Institute in Salt Springs, Florida. He prepares, presents and leads professional trainings both nationally and overseas in the Integrated Amrit Method, Amrit Yoga, Amrit Yoga Nidra and the Quantum Breath Meditation, as well as a variety of other yoga and stress-reduction based programs. For the last eight years, Chandrakant has been instrumental in developing and presenting programs for the Amrit Yoga Institute. As a student and practitioner of yoga and meditation with Yogi Amrit Desai for almost forty years, his experience has given him a solid foundation for implementing programs that nurture and encourage positive changes in behavior and understanding through direct perception. In 2008, Yogi Desai bestowed upon Chandrakant the title of Yogacharya, preceptor of Yoga. This is the same title that Swami Shri Kripalunanda bestowed upon Yogi Desai in 1972. Chandrakant…
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Yogacharya, Meditation in Motion™ Lead Revealer Chandrakant is a senior teacher and seminar leader at the Amrit Yoga Institute in Salt Springs, Florida. He prepares, presents and leads professional trainings both nationally and overseas in the Integrated Amrit Method, Amrit Yoga, Amrit Yoga Nidra and the Quantum Breath Meditation, as well as a variety of other yoga and stress-reduction based programs. For the last eight years, Chandrakant has been instrumental in developing and presenting programs for the Amrit Yoga Institute. As a student and practitioner of yoga and meditation with Yogi Amrit Desai for almost forty years, his experience has given him a solid foundation for implementing programs that nurture and encourage positive changes in behavior and understanding through direct perception. In 2008, Yogi Desai bestowed upon Chandrakant the title of Yogacharya, preceptor of Yoga. This is the same title that Swami Shri Kripalunanda bestowed upon Yogi Desai in 1972. Chandrakant…
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Nirali Lauren McCrea
Nirali came to the feet of our lineage at the age of fifteen while taking classes from a Kripalu trained yoga teacher, which altered the trajectory of her life in a profound and enduring way. At eighteen she devoted herself to yoga full-time, and at twenty, she moved to the Amrit Yoga Institute, entering a period of immersive study and professional development that continues to shape her life’s work today. As a senior yoga educator, Nirali is known for connecting students to the energetic depths of yoga beyond technique, drawing from more than two decades of uninterrupted practice and training. Since 2009, she has trained daily with Gurudev Shri Amritji as one of his most advanced students, cultivating a rare and intimate understanding of the inner dimensions of yoga. She has led seminars throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and India, and in 2021 she was honored as Yogacharya in…
Learn more about Nirali Lauren McCrea
Nirali came to the feet of our lineage at the age of fifteen while taking classes from a Kripalu trained yoga teacher, which altered the trajectory of her life in a profound and enduring way. At eighteen she devoted herself to yoga full-time, and at twenty, she moved to the Amrit Yoga Institute, entering a period of immersive study and professional development that continues to shape her life’s work today. As a senior yoga educator, Nirali is known for connecting students to the energetic depths of yoga beyond technique, drawing from more than two decades of uninterrupted practice and training. Since 2009, she has trained daily with Gurudev Shri Amritji as one of his most advanced students, cultivating a rare and intimate understanding of the inner dimensions of yoga. She has led seminars throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and India, and in 2021 she was honored as Yogacharya in…
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