Devarshi Steven Hartman, ERYT, is the founder of Pranotthan Yoga School and former Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga and Director of Professional Trainings at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. A practitioner and teacher for over five decades, Devarshi lived for nearly ten years as a resident of the Kripalu Ashram, immersed in the study, practice, and teaching of yoga as a path of awakening.

He is the creator of the best-selling audio programs The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita and Satori – Simple Secrets to Inner Peace, produced by Nightingale-Conant, and is the author of the forthcoming book, The Three Essentials: Timeless Yogic Principles for Self-Transformation (Fall 2026). Devarshi has studied and collaborated with many of the world’s leading yoga teachers and spiritual pioneers through his decades of leadership at Kripalu.

He is the founder of The Acharya Intensive, a yearlong transformational program and the creator of the PranaKosha Facilitation Methodology for trauma recovery and embodied personal transformation.

In recent years, Devarshi has focused on bringing yogic and mindfulness-based tools to individuals in drug and alcohol recovery. A student and teacher of A Course in Miracles since 1976, he currently resides in Hawaii and teaches at Ram Dass’s former residence, Hanuman Maui.