How yoga came to America

(WTNH) - Author Douglas Veenhoff shares the story of how yoga was brought to America.

"White Lama" is the biography of Theos Bernard, the man responsible for bringing Yoga and Tibetan Buddhist culture to America.

The story goes that after years of forcibly stopping foreigners at the borders, the leaders of Tibet opened the doors to their kingdom in 1937 for Theos Bernard. He was the third American to set foot in Tibet and the first American ever initiated into Tantric practices by the highest lama in Tibet.

Bernard brought his experiences to America, where he achieved celebrity as a spiritual master.

In an amazing twist, Veenhof believes he is the reincarnation of Bernard.

Meet Veenhof in person at the following events:
Feb 4-5, Karmic Makeover Workshop at Yoga For Everybody in Fairfield, CT
March 1, Introduction to the Tibetan Laws of Karma at Kaia Yoga in Westport, CT
March 3-4, Happiness Revealed Workshop at Yoga For Everybody in Fairfield, CT