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
Yoga for Strong Bones-Part 1: May 14-15 Online
Discover how Yoga asana (posture) can help to build and maintain strong bones. Join Integral Yoga master teacher Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT for the Yoga for Strong Bones Part 1 online workshop, May 14 – 15, 2022. A 10-year study by Dr. Loren Fishman...
Masters of Arts Degree in Yoga Studies
The Graduate Yoga Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University provides deep study of the Yoga tradition from multiple perspectives through a Master of Arts degree, offered both in residential and low-residency formats. The graduate program is designed to help...
Yoga Vacation in Lesvos, Greece – June 2022
Travel to the beautiful Greek island of Lesvos to enjoy a Yoga vacation from June 8 - 15, 2022, with like-minded spiritual seekers and guided Yoga practices with two of Integral Yoga's master teachers Ram Wiener, E-RYT 500 and Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500. At the...
A Short Guided Meditation/Relaxation Experience
Integral Yoga teacher Zac Parker leads a short meditative and relaxing experience that you can do to begin or end your day. It's also the perfect length to take a moment out of a stressful day or utilize during a work break, to drop into essence-nature and the peace...
My Restless Savasana
My time on the mat began with a few sporadic classes to balance out a new fitness regime. I was in my early thirties and began noticing my high metabolism was not all I could rely on to stay healthy. Group classes motivated me to go to the gym, and I mixed up my...
How Meditation Can Help in Times of Loss and Heartbreak
In grief and loss, the mind is powerfully affected. The way we think is changed. The content of our thoughts is altered. Particularly in early and traumatic grief, we forget things, we lose things, we are distracted and inattentive. Alternatively, we can be utterly...
Compassionate Communication
If we pay attention to the world news, I think we can agree that our world is in dire need of more mindfulness, justice, and compassion. On an individual level, a deeply- entrenched sense of separation—and the resulting insecurity—has given rise to so much mistrust...
The Impulse to Love and Serve
As we celebrate Black History Month in the U.S., and reflect on the actual meaning of Valentine’s Day, let us be inspired to answer the call to serve those in need. Saint Valentine’s life is just one enduring example of selfless service. Roses and chocolates aside,...
Life as Art
What do you want to create? If your goal is to be useful to humanity, then it’s a creative goal. In fact, simply by thinking, we’re always creating something. But, our creation, our goal, should be useful to people. With that type of goal, you can do anything you...
Be As You Are—The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
David Godman (his family’s actual surname!) read a book in 1974 about the great sage and jnani, Sri Ramana Maharshi, and two years later traveled to his ashram in India. Since then, he has lived almost continuously in Tiruvannamalai, the town where Sri Ramana spent...
Kundalini: A Dynamic Force
Yoga students should be very, very careful when it comes the kundalini. It is a dynamic force, part of the cosmic force, that is in everybody. It is something like a seed that is alive and has the quality to germinate into a big tree. But, if you break open the seed...
A Nondual Approach to the Niyamas
Retaining what we’ve learned about the yamas, we now train our attention on the niyamas which occur in sutra 2.32. When prefixed to a noun “ni” can be a negation. It also means “down, back, in, into, within.” Thus, niyama is traditionally rendered “observances”...
Integral Yoga Therapy Virtual Open House: May 14, 2022
The Integral Yoga Therapy Certification Program is excited to announce their annual Virtual Open House on Saturday, May 14th from 12–1:30pm EST. The open house is a chance for all who are interested in better understanding what it takes to become an Integral Yoga...
Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Certification July 2022
The Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Certification program will be held in person at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville from July 14 to 18, 2022. The training is led by M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT, an educator and leader in the field of Medical Yoga. This...
200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Summer 2022
The next 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training to be held at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in central Virginia is from July 11 - August 7, 2022. This in-person training will be led by Integral Yoga master teacher Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT. Gain a strong...
The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project
Integral Yoga International just announced the launch of this new project and website. The website offers resources and the project also consists of a series of monthly workshops led by senior Integral Yoga teachers with expertise in various areas relating to...
The Intersection of Medicine and Spirituality
In this video, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Dean Ornish, two longtime friends and medical doctors—who are also spiritual practitioners/teachers—discuss the intersection of medicine, Yoga, meditation, love and spirituality. They also explain how meditation and lifestyle...
Unearthing the Roots of Suffering
Many of us live in a culture that resists a quiet inward orientation. Our senses are constantly lured outward with flashy images, sound bites and all manner of entertainment, expressly designed to capture and keep our attention. It’s intoxicating and another example...