Official Journal of Integral Yoga® International

Founded in December 1969, Integral Yoga Magazine is a free monthly eMagazine featuring “Weekly Words of Wisdom” and all the same great content

it has for over 50 years: inspiring articles, program info, the latest news—and videos

Introduction to Integral Yoga®

An inspiring introduction to Integral Yoga: the wisdom teachings, global community, and international organization

 

Featured Posts

The Light that Shines Through the Ages

We all need teachers in life; not everything can be learned from a book. According to Hindu tradition, there are four main teachers: Mata, Pita, Guru, Deva: Mother, Father, Guru and God. The mother is the baby’s first guru; she is everything to the baby: unconditional...

The Broken Christmas Tree: How Love Saved Its Light

My dad ascended the rickety ladder, thus launching our family’s annual quest to decorate our Christmas tree. Ours was no snowy trek to an idyllic woodland. Instead it was an ascension up the world’s oldest wooden ladder to a high and bafflingly small closet where our...

How to Face Feelings of Being Overwhelmed and Win

In today’s world we seem to be moving faster and faster, while taking on more and more. There are only so many hours in the day, and we’re expected to do a lot in those hours. Errands Work a job Care for kids Attend to relationships Clean the house Socialize Self-care...

Seeing Through the Illusion of “Normal”

Do we still believe that the sun travels across the sky while we stand stationary on a flat piece of earth? No, these once held beliefs were dispelled long ago. But how many other things do we accept as true simply because our limited senses tell us so, or that is...

Ask Undoism – A New Interactive Website

Have a spiritual question? Get clear answers to life's big questions via the new website: Undoism.com. Integral Yoga Media is pleased to announce the launch of Undoism.com, featuring "Ask Undoism" – a real-time question-and-answer option. "Undoism" (trademark pending)...

The True Spiritual Experience

People sometimes ask me, “What has been accomplished by my practice of Yoga all these years? I haven’t realized God. I haven’t had any noticeable spiritual experience.” I don’t know what experience they want. They haven’t levitated up from the floor at least a few...

Yoga and Unity: Ripples for Change

In life, many of us find ourselves navigating the world based on societal constructs and internalized beliefs. We may view ourselves as limited beings bound within the temporal and spatial confines of the body and mind. The passing of time may drive us, making us feel...
Featured News
New Year’s Silent Retreat: December 28th–January 1, 2024

New Year’s Silent Retreat: December 28th–January 1, 2024

Reflect deeply, renew your inspiration, and restore yourself in the sanctuary and solace of the Integral Yoga community during the annual New Year’s Silent Retreat. Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville is a perfect setting for an inner journey. The retreat takes place from...

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Yoga Immersion Program Announced for Jan. 2024

Yoga Immersion Program Announced for Jan. 2024

The Integral Yoga Institute of New York will be hosting their first Yoga Immersion Program. This is geared to those who are seeking a true classical Yoga immersion and/or those who will utilize this program as a pre-requisite for certification as a Yoga teacher. For...

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Explore Practice
Seeing Through the Illusion of “Normal”

Seeing Through the Illusion of “Normal”

Do we still believe that the sun travels across the sky while we stand stationary on a flat piece of earth? No, these once held beliefs were dispelled long ago. But how many other things do we accept as true simply because our limited senses tell us so, or that is...

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Savasana for the Yogis who Can’t Sit Still

Savasana for the Yogis who Can’t Sit Still

Savasana (or Corpse pose) is well-known for being the most important pose in our Yoga practice. It is the moment when all the physical hard work of class can seep into our muscles and bones, our body can melt into the floor, and we can finally do nothing but breathe....

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How to Make Your Formal Meditation Practice More Effective

How to Make Your Formal Meditation Practice More Effective

Meditation is something we should learn to practice, not just in formal meditation, but all the time. But, for our formal, sitting meditation practice, preparation is most important. Is there not a saying, “Well begun is half done?” We often don’t begin well. We don’t...

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Explore Lifestyle
How to Face Feelings of Being Overwhelmed and Win

How to Face Feelings of Being Overwhelmed and Win

In today’s world we seem to be moving faster and faster, while taking on more and more. There are only so many hours in the day, and we’re expected to do a lot in those hours. Errands Work a job Care for kids Attend to relationships Clean the house Socialize Self-care...

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Getting Disillusioned with Things That Don’t Last

Getting Disillusioned with Things That Don’t Last

In this open, honest and inspiring interview, Avi Gordon (director of Integral Yoga Teachers Assoc) and Tom Callahan (IYTA communications administrator) discuss what brought them to Yoga (and to living in Yogaville) and the questions that led to the recognition that...

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Finding Gold in Yoga Practice

Finding Gold in Yoga Practice

It has been easy for me to stay on the spiritual path for thirty-four years; but finding an attitude that sustains my joy and compassion is the challenge. A dogmatic seeker is dangerous. I could easily become rigid, controlling, or just an annoying know-it-all. It’s...

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Explore Philosophy
Self-Realization: The Expansion or Contraction of the Ego

Self-Realization: The Expansion or Contraction of the Ego

The ego should either become nothing or everything. When it comes to the ego, I don’t believe in the proverb that says that something is better than nothing. You should either become nothing or become everything, but not something. Nothing is better than something. We...

The Kleshas: Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness

The Kleshas: Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness

The kleshas are Yoga’s framework for understanding the discord between our desires and our lived experience. Deborah Adele’s new book, The Kleshas: Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness, lays open the insight and wisdom of the sage Patanjali, as described in the Yoga...

Light on the Yamas & Niyamas: Awakening to Ahimsa

Light on the Yamas & Niyamas: Awakening to Ahimsa

In this column, Rev. Dale Ann Gray offers reflections on the yamas and niyamas of the Yoga Sutras, incorporating insights from classical Nondual Yoga. In this article, she unpacks the first yama, ahimsa (non-violence, non-harming). In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,...

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200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2024

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2024

The 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training will take place from April 14 - May 12, 2024 at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville (Virginia) with Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500. Gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own...

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Yoga Immersion Program – Spring 2024 Online

Yoga Immersion Program – Spring 2024 Online

The Integral Yoga Immersion Program will run from April 23–June 23, 2024. The program provides a strong foundation from which one can choose to become a Yoga teacher. This is regarded as a Module 1 of the Integral Yoga 2-part format of 200-hour teacher training....

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Yoga and Unity: Ripples for Change

Yoga and Unity: Ripples for Change

In life, many of us find ourselves navigating the world based on societal constructs and internalized beliefs. We may view ourselves as limited beings bound within the temporal and spatial confines of the body and mind. The passing of time may drive us, making us feel...

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Explore Health
How Yoga Can Help Back Pain, Osteoporosis and More

How Yoga Can Help Back Pain, Osteoporosis and More

In this podcast/webinar, Avi Gordon (director of Integral Yoga Teachers Association) talks with Dr. Loren M. Fishman about how Yoga can help with various health challenges like back pain, osteoporosis and injuries. Dr. Fishman is Medical Director of Manhattan Physical...

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You are Not Broken: The Yoga of Anxiety

You are Not Broken: The Yoga of Anxiety

A few times a year anxiety sends my mind into a death spiral. I wake in the middle of the night with my stomach clenched like an angry fist. Thoughts race from zero to catastrophe and I am convinced that social interactions will only result in total alienation. By the...

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