Reverend Jaganath Carrera is the author of Inside the Yoga Sutras: A Sourcebook for the Study and Practice of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Inside Patanjali’s Words: Explore the Heart of Yoga, and Awaken: Inside Yoga Meditation, the manual for this training.

Also known as Guruji, is the founder and spiritual head of Yoga Life Society and its first Yoga Life Center in Woodland Park, NJ. He is a direct disciple of world-renowned Yoga master and leader in the ecumenical movement, Sri Swami Satchidananda, the founder and spiritual guide for the Integral Yoga Institutes and Satchidananda Ashrams worldwide. Guruji has taught at universities, prisons, Yoga centers, and interfaith programs both here and abroad. He was a principle instructor of both Hatha and Raja Yoga for the Integral Yoga Teacher Training Certification Programs for over twenty years and co-wrote the training manual used for that course. He served for eight years as chief administrator of Satchidananda Ashram – Yogaville, founded the Integral Yoga Institute of New Brunswick, NJ, and established the Integral Yoga Ministry and developed the highly regarded Integral Yoga Meditation and Raja Yoga Teacher Training Certification programs. He currently presents ongoing courses in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and other sacred scriptures, presenting them all in the Light of Yoga.