Rising Stars
Profiles of Conscious Creatives you may not yet have met ...
Yogi Amrit Desai is an internationally renowned
yoga master, and the founder of the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, the largest in the U.S., and
the creator of Kripalu Yoga. Currently he is the
spiritual director of the Amrit Yoga Institute in
Salt Springs, Florida, where, at 83 years young,
he continues to refine his unique methodology
of an integrated yoga practice as Amrit Yoga,
which combines the spiritual dimension of authentic yoga with the physical practice of asanas. The style of yoga he developed is now taught by thousands of teachers in 40 countries.
As a master in the holistic living, he is also the author of numerous books. His
latest, and very timely entry into the world of literature, is The Yoga of Relationships: A Practical Guide to Loving Yourself and Others, published in
July 2015. You can learn more at www.amrityoga.org
Capping a 50-year career in publishing, a new
edition of Toinette Lippe’s book, Nothing Left
Over: A Plain and Simple Life, has been released.
The book speaks of “interior housekeeping”
and illuminates the true measure of a life lived
in terms of usefulness and integrity rather than
accomplishment or possessions. With subtle
wit, wonderfully evocative language, and cleareyed wisdom gleaned from her own experience,
Toinette teaches us how to discern what is
essential and let go of what is not. This “primer in grateful living” (Brother
David Steindl-Rast, OSB) shows us how to move through the day with
integrity, elegant economy, and grace, and will be of particular interest to
female readers on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual seeking.
Toinette now devotes herself to practicing and teaching East Asian brush
painting, which she teaches on the Upper West Side of New York City. You
can view and purchase her paintings and cards at www.toinettelippe.com.
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