The story of Self-Awakening Yoga unfolds from our 40-year-old love affair with yoga during which we, Don (Brahmanand) and Amba have been engaged in the study, practice and teaching of what we love most in life—Yoga. From the depths of our own personal inquiries into how we learn to learn from our own, authentic experiences in life, we have been inventing and refining ways that stimulate self-development and creative fulfillment. Twenty years ago, we began to combine our efforts into founding the Nosara Yoga Institute as a place to guide others in discovering their own way of practicing and teaching yoga with skillfulness and satisfaction.

Before founding the Nosara Yoga Institute in 1994 with Amba, Don was the CEO and Dean of Yoga Education at the largest residential yoga center in the United States, Kripalu Center founded by Yogi Amrit Desai. As yoga students, both of us lived an ashram lifestyle for many years. From our own immersion in Hatha Yoga practices, and lifelong dedication to the service of teaching, we provide a depth of knowledge drawn from personal experience.

For 22 years, we poured our love, energy and resources into generating the vision and manifestation of Nosara Yoga Institute.
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