Chandrakant Hiester
Chandrakant Hiester is a senior teacher and seminar leader at the Amrit Yoga Institute in Salt Springs, Florida. He prepares, presents and leads professional trainings both nationally and overseas in Amrit Yoga and Amrit Yoga Nidra, as well as a variety of other yoga and stress-reduction based programs.
For the last seven years, Chandrakant has been instrumental in developing and presenting programs for the Amrit Yoga Institute. As a student and practitioner of yoga and meditation with Yogi Amrit Desai for over thirty years, his experience has given him a solid foundation for implementing programs that nurture and encourage positive changes in behavior, understanding and practice.
For over two decades, Chandrakant served in various capacities at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Among them was his service as executive chef, supervising the preparation of tasty vegetarian meals for 500-700 guests daily. He also served as Yogi Desai's personal valet and chef for twelve years, where he learned authentic Indian cooking from Yogi Desai's beloved wife Mataji.
Chandrakant is a preacher's son, a Vietnam era veteran, a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in psychology and a longtime practitioner of the martial arts. He brings a unique blend of street-level experience, understanding and practical psychology to all his seminars and workshops, conducting programs for educational organizations, recovery groups, community service agencies, hospital staff and large corporations, as well as yoga and meditation groups.
Classes and Workshops for the 2011 Cruise
Workshop: Amrit Method Integrative Relazation
Integrative Relaxation creates a state of complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This restful state breaks the momentum of stress, helps manage pain and will begin to release patterns causing stress, anxiety and tension.
Integrative Relaxation combines physical relaxation with breath awareness and the use of intention. It is a guided series of simple techniques that can be practiced lying on the floor or sitting comfortably in a chair.
The profound benefit of this simple technique provides immediate access to:
- Deep relaxation
- Release from mental patterns that causes stress and anxiety
- Pain management
- Profound sense of wellbeing
Class: Daily Morning Amrit Yoga Asana Sequence
The Amrit Yoga Asana Sequence is a powerful yoga practice that teaches the practitioner how to connect, step by step, with the original source and purpose of yoga - which is to use physical yoga postures as a vehicle for entering the timeless state of being. The practice combines dynamic postures that fully engage body and mind with deep, meditative stillness - bringing the active and receptive energies in the body into balance. In this class, we will experience the level I Amrit Sequence which is specifically designed to raise the energy level in the body, to develop one-pointedness, and begin the practice of entering the deepest states of meditation while in yoga practice.