Courses from the Living Deeply Institute

Living Deeply Institute

Spirituality, Surrender & Science

Bhakti Yoga | The Yoga of Surrender

Bhakti Yoga is The Yoga of Surrender. Path of bhakti means love, devotion, faith, and that which belongs to or is contained in anything else. Ishvar Pranidhan – Surrender to God; with devotion to liberation.

Karma Yoga | The Yoga of Action

Karma Yoga - The Yoga of Action approaches the goal of self-realization or liberation through actions that can transcend the individual ego and merge with the Universal Self. But what actions, and to what end?

Abhyasa | The Daily Practice

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. This is a detailed course, working at the granular level as well as the broadest view of life's aims.

12 Days of Meditation for Professionals

Form a habit of Meditation with practical tips from Ekras Gorakh. Designed for professionals that need to be calm and stress-free.

21 Days of Dhyan | Habit Builder

Building a habit can be easy, but keeping it can be hard. Research suggests that doing an activity continuously for 21 days can help create a lasting habit.

30 Reflections

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About Your Instructor

Ekras Gorakh teaches the Yoga of Living Deeply®, an authentic yoga system designed for the modern world. He has founded two learning non-profit organizations.

As a professional, Gaurav Rastogi (his business name) has led executive roles at large companies and has also founded (and sold) an AI startup. As a Board Mentor, Gaurav Rastogi works closely with business leaders that are driving business reinvention and sales transformation. Mr. Rastogi holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad (India’s #1 program) and a Mechanical Engineering undergrad from Delhi Technological University (DCE). He is the author of three business books and several podcast episodes on the future of work.

Ekras Gorakh is a Dhyana meditation and yoga teacher (ERYT 500) and has been teaching for ten years in Silicon Valley. He is also an interfaith Hindu speaker who writes and talks about Hindu scriptures such as The Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta philosophy, bringing the ancient wisdom into practical language. He has studied various other traditions, such as Christianity, Taoist QiGong, Tibetan Bon, India’s syncretic Sufi traditions, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. He loves to create, teach, and write. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, son, and daughter.