Devarshi Steven Hartman
Devarshi Steven Hartman, ERYT, is the founder of the Pranotthan Yoga School, the former dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, and the former director of Professional Trainings at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. He has been a yoga student and teacher for over 40 years and is a former longtime Kripalu Ashram resident where he lived for nearly a decade living, studying, and teaching yoga. Devarshi is the creator of two best-selling audio series, The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita and Satori – Simple Secrets to Inner Peace, produced by Nightingale-Conant. Devarshi leads workshops and retreats around the country, teaches Pranotthan Yoga Teacher Trainings at the 200-hour and 500-hour levels, and maintains a private practice in life counsel for individuals, couples, and families. He is the founder of The Acharya Intensive – a 12-person yearlong transformational program which he co-leads with Jovinna Chan. He is the creator of the PranaKosha Facilitation Methodology for personal transformation and trauma recovery. His past six years have been dedicated to bringing yoga and mindfulness tools to the realm of drug and alcohol addiction at the Bella Monte Recovery Center in Palm Springs. He recently moved from Palm Springs, CA. to Haiku, Maui.