Yogacharya Michael Deslippe is a yoga teacher in the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga lineage of Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Gurumaharaj, of Pondicherry, India. He is the Founder of International Yogalayam and Editor of The Yoga News. Yogacharya Michael also authored "The Yoga Master's Course," a comprehensive one-year yoga training program, as well as "The Basic Yoga Trainer," and hundreds of feature articles on various aspects of yoga. For more information, visit International Yogalayam's Web Site at http: //www.discover-yoga-online.com