AtmaYoga

Namaste, Welcome to AtmaYoga

A Compassionate Path to the Core Self

"Yoga is to be undertaken for the sake of Truth itself, for the sake of what the Buddha termed 'Unshakable Deliverance of Heart.'"
- Sri Krishna Prem, "Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita"

AtmaYoga is a contemplative, gentle, yet dynamic approach to the powerful intimacy of yoga. Created from compassionate self awareness, inner stillness, and core strength, the practice is a path returning to the true Self. My intention as a yoga teacher is to assist each practitioner to explore themselves, their own inner path, and the unlimited potential for healing and wholeness that lives in the reunion of mind, body, heart, and soul.

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Christopher Baxter (Devananda), founder and president of AtmaYoga Educational Services, is dedicated to using the philosophy, practices, energy, tradition, experiences and intelligence of yoga to awaken the unlimited potential within each of his students. Combining a thorough, well organized, and thoughtful learning process with 30 years of intuitive practice, he directs 200 and 500 hour AtmaYoga Teacher Certification Trainings, classes and workshops from his base at the Discovery Yoga Center in St. Augustine, Florida.

An architect since 1972, for 20 years he was also a founding member of the world renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga in Lenox, Ma. While Director of Teacher Training there, he assisted many thousands of teachers and students in understanding, strengthening and deepening their
practice through recognizing their inherent potential in yoga.

Christopher is the author of "Kripalu Hatha Yoga", was instrumental in the development of Kripalu Yoga, and was founding director of the international Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. During his 7 year leadership, it grew to over 1500 teachers in 30 countries. In 1997, he
spearheaded a series of national meetings among diverse yoga teacher training schools that resulted in the establishment of the Yoga Alliance, a non-profit affiliation that certifies 200 and 500 hour yoga teacher training schools throughout the U.S.