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Our senior teaching team brings unparalleled expertise, compassion, and dedication to every program we offer. Learn more about the highly respected leaders whose knowledge and commitment have made the Amrit Yoga Institute a trusted source for authentic yogic education and spiritual growth.

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Nirali Lauren McCrea

Senior Faculty & Yogacharya Amrit Yoga Institute

Biography

Nirali began a consistent yoga practice when she was thirteen. She came to the feet of our lineage at the age of fifteen while taking classes from a Kripalu trained yoga teacher, which abruptly altered the trajectory of her life in a profound and enduring way. At eighteen, she devoted herself to yoga full-time, and at twenty, 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 twenty years of uninterrupted practice and mentorship. 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 recognition of her mastery in transmitting the subtle essence of the teachings.

Now serving as Senior Faculty and Administrative Director, she leads the I AM Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training. Her classes foster an environment where students can discover their own energetic essence, settle into inner stillness, and enter the living heart of yoga through direct experience.

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I AM Yoga® | Advanced I AM Yoga®  | I AM Yoga Nidra™ Training

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Gurudev Shri Amritji

Guru, Senior Training Faculty

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Chandrakant John Hiester

Senior Training Faculty, Yogacharya

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Indu Heather Arena

Senior Training Faculty

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

John Vosler

Senior Training Faculty, Acharya

Nirali Lauren McCrea

Nirali Lauren McCrea

Senior Faculty & Yogacharya

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Hasu Marney Coulter

Program Director, Senior Faculty & Acharya

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Ramdas Ormond

Senior Faculty & Acharya

I AM Yoga Teacher

Diane Renu Zagoria

Senior Faculty

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Veda Lewis

Senior Faculty

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Bhavaani Deanna Gray

RYT500, Program Faculty

Chandrakant John Hiester, Meditation in Motion

Bhairav Curt Gibson

RYT200, Program Faculty