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A Life Given to God: A Tribute to Amma Marta Debayle Kidd

Born in 1938 into a distinguished Nicaraguan diplomatic family, Amma's life crossed continents, cultures, and social worlds long before it crossed paths with her Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Yet from her earliest years, the inner thread of her spiritual search was...

Return to Yourself: An Integral Yoga Renewal Retreat

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville just announced "Return to Yourself : An Integral Yoga Renewal Retreat" with Saci Murphy, E-RYT 500 and senior staff from January 29 - February 1, 2026. Discover the perfect opportunity to refresh your spirit and deepen your practice at...

What Does it Mean to be a Yogi?

What does it mean to be a yogi? You can find out when you spend four weeks immersed in the Living Yoga Training program and discover a newfound peace. The Living Yoga Training (LYT) program offers a transformative experience for those seeking spiritual growth. In the...
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Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training – May 2024

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training – May 2024

Lara Kohn Thompson, LMT, E-RYT 500, RPYT and Beth Donnelly Cabán, RN, E-RYT 500 will conduct a hybrid Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training from May 3 – June 2, 2024, hosted by the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. This training prepares Yoga teachers to teach classes in...

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Take the 21-Day Meditation Challenge: Online

Take the 21-Day Meditation Challenge: Online

Join Swami Divyananda for a 21-day meditation challenge, noon – 1 PM (ET) daily from March 3 - March 24, 2024. Starting with ten minutes, the sessions of meditation will gradually increase to one full hour. On each day except the last one, insights, guidance and new...

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Calling All Farm Yogis!

Calling All Farm Yogis!

Are you interested in learning how to grow organic vegetables? We want you to come play in the dirt and help us grow the yummy food that we get to eat here at Yogaville! When you join the Ashram Yogi Farm Program you will learn the art of organic farming, including...

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200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2024

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2024

Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500 (Integral Yoga Master Teacher Trainer) will teach this 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training (April 14 – May 12, 2024) at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. Trainees will gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a...

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Book: Bhagavad Gita Concordance

Book: Bhagavad Gita Concordance

Dr. Graham Schweig's new book, Bhagavad Gītā Concordance: A Comprehensive Word Reference with English and Sanskrit Indexes is a masterpiece by one of the leading modern-day scholars of the Gita. Not only does Dr. Schweig present the first comprehensive and accessible...

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Frozen Meltdown: Showing Up On the Path of Yoga

Frozen Meltdown: Showing Up On the Path of Yoga

Huddled inside my heaviest winter coat at the edge of a pond, I watched as my coffee steam merged with misty clouds of my breath. At dawn the cranberry bog in coastal Massachusetts was an expanse of frozen sand and wiry tangles of russet vines; old snow scudded across...

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A Deep Dive into Fullness

A Deep Dive into Fullness

This shloka is a Shanti mantra from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Ishavasya Upanishad. This is an innocuous looking verse: one noun, two pronouns, three verbs and a participle for emphasis. Yet, someone once said: “Let all the Upanishads disappear from the face of the...

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We Are All Parts of a Whole

We Are All Parts of a Whole

In the last ten years my work has been made much easier by the progress made in the fields of Neuroscience and Epigenetics. Following a great deal of scientific experimentation, significant evidence has materialized to show how the brain works and how meditation...

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