Raghunath is…Ex-punk, ex-monk, husband, father of five,
inversion ambassador, bent on Bhakti, detox junkie, evolution
assistant, coalesced by kirtan, cacao consumer, puranic story
teller, reciter of Gita, potential excavator, beyond birth and
death. He is prana hunter, animal friendly, transcendence in
training, born to give - to live today; full contact fighter,
devours durians, loves to chant, likes a challenge, servant of the
servants, harmonium hugger, conscious of Krishna. Raghunath born
Ray Cappo was a Lower East Side hardcore-punk singer songwriter
icon, touring the globe in his teens. In a decadent music scene
infested with hard drugs, negativity and intoxication he was an
anomaly and a light propounding clean living, positive attitude and
vegetarian lifestyle, inspiring tens of thousands of fans
internationally. Since his youth he was fascinated with Eastern
thought and took his inspiration from Emerson, Ghandi, Thoreau, The
Buddhist Sutras, The Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. He started
practicing yoga in NYC in 1987 with the esteemed Sri Dharma Mittra
as well as Shivananada Yoga. The pettiness of the business of music
and the untimely death of his father led him to India in 1988 where
he dove deeper into the lifestyle and spirituality of India. He
became a celibate monk at a Krishna Bhakti Ashram for 6 years where
he intensely studied, meditated and lived the ancient yogic texts.
In 1991 in the sacred village of Vrindavan he was awarded the name
Raghunath and two years later in that same holy town awarded diksha
or the sacred thread, for his study. Now, 23 years later, he's an
accomplished yogi in many styles, and married with five children.
He leads retreats, workshops and yoga teacher trainings around the
world. He is an expert at taking the esoteric yoga philosophy and
making it understandable and practical for the contemporary
world.