09/10/2025
Gurudev Shri Amritji, Kamini Desai, PhD, Malay Desai, Nirali Lauren McCrea, and Hasu Marney Coulter will lead a rare pilgrimage into the heart of a living lineage, where mystical teachings become direct experience.
https://amrityoga.org/programs/2028/india-2026/
To enter the Kripalu Samadhi Mandir is to enter the living heart of a sacred tradition. Beneath this temple rests the body of Swami Kripalu, whose life was dedicated entirely to unbroken sadhana. The atmosphere is permeated with his presence, and the silence vibrates with devotion. Every stone carries the imprint of tapasya, and as you sit within this energy vortex you are drawn into a continuity of practice and realization that transcends time.
Morning and evening puja and aarti open the heart and connect you directly to the masters of the lineage, allowing their presence to be felt as a living force within you. Chanting and meditation within the Samadhi Mandir deepen this connection until you recognize yourself as part of the same stream of devotion that carried Bapuji into timeless awareness.
Through satsang with Gurudev, the clarity of Kamini’s teachings, and classes with Nirali and Hasu, the practices of I AM Yoga® and I AM Yoga Nidra™ become doorways into transformation. What begins in the stillness of practice extends into every part of daily life, so that the mystical becomes tangible, and the tangible becomes a pathway to the mystical.
Life at the ashram sustains this awakening through the rhythms of community: meals, chanting, kirtan, afternoon tea, and reflection in the natural beauty of the countryside. Visits to sacred sites, including the Kayavarohan Temple, the Krishna Cow Sanctuary where Gurudev first met Bapuji, and the childhood village of Pratappura, extend this immersion into the living story of the lineage.
This pilgrimage is more than travel to holy places, it is an initiation into a field of energy that shifts the trajectory of your spiritual life. Within the presence of the temples, teachers, and traditions of this lineage, you will discover the possibility of healing, transformation, and renewal at the deepest level of your being.
