Atma Jo Ann Levitt
Atma Jo Ann Levitt, MA, RN, is a Certified Healing Touch practitioner and has been a faculty member at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health for more than 30 years. She designed and taught many of Kripalu’s original personal growth programs, led the annual year-end chanting celebration (saptah) for more than 20 years, and studied with Swami Kripalu when he visited the United States. She compiled Swami Kripalu’s biography and teachings in the book Pilgrim of Love. A nurse and Healing Touch therapist, she currently teaches R&R retreat workshops and frequently offers kirtan, continuous chanting, and meditation at Kripalu. In addition to Pilgrim of Love, she has written the Kripalu Cookbook, Sounds of the Sacred: Chants of Love and Prayer, and with her brother and sister, Sibling Revelry: 8 Steps to Successful Adult Sibling Relationships.