Riverwest's Jewel of India Yoga offers Amrit Yoga classes and personal consultations in Ayurveda (science of self-healing) and Vedic Astrology (East Indian Astrology).  Amrit Yoga is a meditative form of Hatha and Kundalini Yoga created by Yoga Master Amrit Desai. Promoting the deepest levels of health and spiritual well-being, Amrit Yoga is beneficial and accessible to all levels of practitioners.

“Yoga is the experience of moving from doing to being, from the future to the present, from the time-bound state of body-mind, to the timeless state of soul-being.”  

~Yogi Amrit Desai

The word "Yoga” in the ancient Sanskrit language means "to integrate” or "to yoke” together and make whole that which is separate. Hatha Yoga is one of many approaches to yoga that seeks to integrate body, mind and spiritual awareness through the practice of physical postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), concentration, relaxation and meditation. Consistent practice reduces stress, increases self-awareness, and promotes physical and mental health and overall well-being. Practitioners frequently experience profound levels of deep relaxation and inner peace. 

Amrit Yoga is a spiritualized form of both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga created by yoga master Amrit Desai, who is considered a pioneer of Yoga in the West. In the 1960's he founded Kripalu Yoga and has received many honors, including Jagadacharya, World Teacher, by the World Religious Parliament in India. It was through his teacher Swami Kripalvanandji that he received the ancient teachings of yoga through the Shaktipat Kundalini Yoga path. Amrit Yoga is not a religion, but a physical and spiritual practice, not just an exercise class for your body. Each class is a discipline for the body and mind that is not just about performing postures, but about the consciousness with which they are performed.

Amrit Yoga has its roots in Patanjali's Ashtanga (eight-limbs) yoga, which is thought to be a complete system of yoga, addressing all levels of being, from the physical, mental and emotional, to the energetic (pranic) and spiritual.

In The Yoga Sutras , Patanjali outlines his eight-fold method for practice to awaken transcendent awareness and unveil spirit through deepening integrative states of unity consciousness. The eight-limbs are thought of as a universal scientific method that can be practiced by anyone from any religious background. The eight-limbs are....