I'm Hari-kirtana das
Yoga teacher, author, and spiritual mentor
I help yoga teachers and practitioners discover the timeless wisdom of yoga and apply it with clarity and confidence.
You probably didn't come to yoga looking for a philosophy.
But somewhere along the way, you realized there was something deeper waiting to be discovered.
Maybe that realization came after years of practice. Or maybe it happened during teacher training. Either way, it led you to questions that couldn't be answered by sequencing, anatomy, or alignment alone.
What do yoga's ancient teachings actually say about the mind, happiness, purpose, and the human condition?
How do the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita fit together?
How do you share that wisdom with your students in a way that's authentic, accurate, and genuinely helpful?
Those are the questions that have guided my own life's work.
For more than forty years, I've studied, practiced, and taught the yoga wisdom tradition.
Not as a collection of isolated teachings, but as an integrated system whose insights are just as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago.
Along the way, I've lived in yoga ashrams and intentional spiritual communities, worked for Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startups, earned an 800-hour certification from the Jivamukti Yoga School, taught yoga and meditation classes for more than sixteen years, served on the faculty of numerous Yoga Teacher Training programs, and written extensively about the enduring relevance of yoga's ancient wisdom to modern life.
Here's what those experiences have taught me.
The teachers who leave the deepest impression on their students aren't necessarily the ones who know the most. They're the ones who understand the tradition well enough to make it accessible, relevant, and alive.
That's the kind of teacher I help others become.
Whether we're exploring the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras, meditation, ethics, or the practical challenges of teaching yoga, my goal is always the same:
To help you develop the kind of understanding that gives rise to confidence.
Not because you’ve memorized more information, but because you finally see the bigger picture—and can connect timeless teachings to the questions your students are asking today.
For more than forty years, I've studied, practiced, and taught the yoga wisdom tradition.
Not as a collection of isolated teachings, but as an integrated system whose insights are just as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago.
Along the way, I've lived in yoga ashrams and intentional spiritual communities, worked for Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startups, earned an 800-hour certification from the Jivamukti Yoga School, taught yoga and meditation classes for more than sixteen years, served on the faculty of numerous Yoga Teacher Training programs, and written extensively about the enduring relevance of yoga's ancient wisdom to modern life.
Here's what those experiences have taught me.
The teachers who leave the deepest impression on their students aren't necessarily the ones who know the most. They're the ones who understand the tradition well enough to make it accessible, relevant, and alive.
That's the kind of teacher I help others become.
Whether we're exploring the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras, meditation, ethics, or the practical challenges of teaching yoga, my goal is always the same:
To help you develop the kind of understanding that gives rise to confidence.
Not because you’ve memorized more information, but because you finally see the bigger picture—and can connect timeless teachings to the questions your students are asking today.