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News
NEW in the Integral Yoga Etsy Shop!
Looking for some inspiration? The Integral Yoga Etsy Shop has you covered! Our new "Inspiring Quotes" collection offers timeless wisdom for daily life with these simple yet beautiful t-shirt designs featuring Yoga's wisdom. Explore all of our Integral Yoga-inspired...
Spend July 2025 in Norway with Integral Yoga!
Two special programs take place in Norway this July. Arjuna Gangdal (Integral Yoga Norway) will lead a meditation retreat at the beautiful Nøsen Yoga and Fjellhotell July 2–6, 2025. Register by FEB 21 to be able to join Swami Divyananda and Ram Wiener as they guide...
New Audiobook Release: To Know Your Self
Integral Yoga Media, in collaboration with Integral Yoga Publications is thrilled to announce the release of our latest audiobook: To Know Your Self by Sri Swami Satchidananda, read by Nathan Chatelier and released on Audible. To Know Your Self is based on the...
Practice
How to Control Thoughts and Stop Vasanas?
In this short video, Swami Ramanacharana Tirtha answers this question. Sri Swamiji is an Acharya of Vedānta sampradāya. His discourses and writings are filled with the power of Atmajñāna and the fragrance of bhakti and one gets an intimation of one’s spiritual essence...
Integral Yoga Hatha Explained by Its Founder
In the mid-1980s, Swami Satchidananda was interviewed by Meenakshi Angel Honig, one of his students, in Santa Barbara, California. Meenakshi asks him a series of questions about Integral Yoga and the practices of Integral Yoga, including Hatha, pranayama, and...
Resolutions That Last: The Art of Sustainable Spiritual Practice
For many years, I’ve given a talk on New Year’s resolutions at our annual Integral Yoga New Year’s Retreat. I focus mainly on setting achievable goals for a regular spiritual practice of poses, breathing, relaxation and meditation. Here’s a few suggestions from that...
Lifestyle
Learning How or Whether to Share About My Yoga Practice
My discovery of Yoga and meditation when I was 18 and a college freshman began to change me from an angry and troubled teenager who hated Phys Ed. to a balanced adult comfortable in my body. It took years, of course, for the practices to take hold. But I stayed with...
The Grateful Life Is a Liberated Life
When I feel defeated by all of the distractions and information I consume on a daily basis, I go to the river near my home. On the shore, my senses are inundated with beauty — the light in the trees, a heron passing by, the roar of water over stones that drowns out...
Using the Yoga Sutras in Daily Life
We all get those physical signs of stress and anxiety. We might feel tired or have random aches and pains and can’t pinpoint the source. We stretch, we breathe, and we feel rejuvenated right afterwards. But after a few days the same aches and pains are back, and...
Philosophy
“Nirvana Shatakam” : A Gateway to the Infinite
The profound Nirvana Shatakam stotra (hymn of praise) was composed by Adi Shankaracharya, the great 8th-century philosopher and sage, who stands as one of the most profound spiritual figures in India’s history. His teachings revitalized the understanding of Advaita...
Tasting the Spiritual Fruit
Every year on his birthday, as we gathered to honor Sri Swami Satchidananda, the tables would turn in the most profound way. Rather than our offerings of gratitude and celebration taking center stage, Gurudev would bless us with a birthday message brimming with wisdom...
Advaita Vedanta and the Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
This video features special guests Swami Sarvapriyananda (spiritual director, Vedanta Society of New York) and Michael James (a translator of Sri Ramana Tamil writings) as they discuss the essence of Advaita Vedanta and Sri Ramana's teachings. They also focus on how...
Education
Immersive Yoga Sutras Workshop: March 2025
Join Carroll Ann (Prashanti) Friedmann, E-RYT 500, for this "Immersive Yoga Sutras Workshop" from March 7 – 9, 2025 at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in Buckingham, Virginia. Discover the transformative power of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras in this intensive weekend...
200-hour BIPOC Yoga Teacher Training Starting April 12, 2025
The Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is pleased to announce the 3rd bi-annual scholarship based 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). We recognize structural and institutional racism that exists in wellness...
200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2025
The next 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training will take place from April 13 - May 11, 2025 and be led by Saci Murphy, E-RYT 500, Swami Priyaananda, E-RYT 500, Amy Daya Eberhardt and Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500 The Integral Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training is a...
Health
Ahimsa in Action: Living in Alignment with the Ethical Foundations of Yoga
Veganism and the Yamas: A Yogic Call to Compassion Yoga is a path of transformation—one that extends far beyond the mat. It is a way of living that aligns our thoughts, words, and actions with our highest ideals. The eight limbs of Raja Yoga, as outlined by Patanjali,...
Service and Self–Care
We all probably struggle sometimes to make wise choices when deciding between taking care of others and taking care of ourselves. Many of us were raised with a strong work ethic that is reinforced by the “gotta get ahead” mentality of American culture, the value...
Yogic End-of-Life
The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project and its website offers a free resource filled with profound guidance inspired by the teachings of Integral Yoga. The Project blends timeless spiritual principles with practical approaches. Central to this initiative is a...
