Her Grace Gopimata dasi grew up in the midwestern US. In 1977 she traveled to London where she met Srila Prabhupada.
She stayed for ten years in the ashrams there, mostly doing sankirtan. She also served as a pujari and cook as well as performing with the Vaikuntha Players. Later, she married His Grace Ankottha Das and moved back to the U.S. where she and her husband raised 3 sons.
Her Grace Gopimata has been teaching Yoga for over 30 years in Kansas and created the “Yoga with Heart” teacher training school with a view to introducing yoga students to Bhakti.
She lives on a forty acre farm called Bhaktivana. Along with her friends and family there, she hosts regular programs to celebrate Krsna Consciousness with Kirtan, Prasadam, and philosophy. She hosts online classes and reading groups on Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and other Bhakti philosophy studies.
