I am delighted to co-host this episode with my dear friend Danielle Matthews from The Single Truth podcast. We are very privileged to welcome the wonderful Yogi Amrit Desai, also known to his followers as Gurudev, to discuss the ego mind and how we can manage it to live happier, more authentic lives.

Key Takeaways:

• Life is not the sum of what we think of ourselves or others - it happens on a whole other level than the ego mind
• There is no past, only your perception of the past
• If we remove expectation, we remove disappointment and frustration
• New opportunities will present themselves when you let go of the ego mind
• What you resist, persists!
• Managing your expectations of yourself is the first step to letting go of your expectations of others

So sit back, enjoy with an open mind - Stay Curious, and Stay Free and, very importantly, please do let us know what you think in the comments or the reviews. Thank you.

Episode Guest:

Gurudev Shri Amritji is one of a handful of Gurus who came to America in the early 1960's, pioneering a Yoga craze that has grown into the massive worldwide yoga practices we know today. He is the last living Guru from this initial wave.

Over the past 57 years, Amritji has founded some of the largest not-for-profit yoga centers in North America. The seeds of yoga he has planted have since grown into the Yoga Society of Pennsylvania, (founded in 1966), which became the largest of its kind by 1970. From the time he first began training yoga teachers in the early 1960s, today there are a total of more than 10,000 certified Yoga and Yoga Nidra teachers in more than 40 countries around the world.

Amritji founded two not-for-profit Kripalu Yoga Ashrams and program centers, one in Sumneytown, PA, in 1971 (with a resident staff of 50) that quickly expanded into a second center at Summit Station, PA, in 1976.  This new center grew to a resident staff size of 150. By 1983,  the Kripalu Yoga Centre (founded in Massachusetts) proved to be the largest  Yoga and Health Centre in North America. A thriving international Yoga Center with 350 full-time resident and volunteer staff, this center accommodated more than 300 guests.

Under Amritji’s guidance, those disciples committed to the lineage and its teachings and became his acharyas - qualified to lead his programmes and yoga teacher training, not only at Kripalu but internationally.

In 2001, Amritji founded the Amrit Yoga Institute (AYI) in Salt Springs, Florida which has become a thriving international yoga and ayurveda center, where he presently resides and teaches.

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Episode Guest:

Danielle Matthews: In June of 2012 Danielle was hit by a drunk driver and sustained a traumatic brain injury, setting her life on a different course. Her inspiring story and perspective has touched thousands around the world. Her intention is to use what she learned to impact the lives of others by educating on mindsets, technologies, and techniques that can empower them to get the most out of life.

Danielle is the co-founder of The Single Truth Podcast - with some great content coming soon!

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