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A Life in Service: Remembering Fr. Christie A. Joachimpillai, OMI (1931–2025)

On August 30, 2025, the world lost a devoted priest, scholar, and bridge-builder between faiths. Fr. Christie A. Joachimpillai, OMI—affectionately known as Fr. Pillai to many in the Integral Yoga community—passed away peacefully in Toronto, surrounded by loved ones....

Swami Sivananda’s Sampoorna Yoga for Modern Seekers

If you asked Sri Swami Sivananda what a busy person in the West should actually do each day to grow spiritually, he would likely point you to a deceptively simple framework: do a little meditation, a little prayer, a little study, a little service—every day—with...

The Greatest Victory

Gurudev Sivanandaji used to say that we should watch our thoughts because they create habits. Once you develop a habit, it becomes your character. And then your character becomes your destiny. So, it all originates with your thinking. That is why it is so important to...
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Complaint-Free Living

Complaint-Free Living

Negativity is insidious. I had been slipping imperceptibly into a ruder kind of communication. I grew tense and snapped at loved ones. I caught myself up in the world’s failings, my own shortcomings and powerlessness to change anything, and the small, daily annoyances...

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The Recognition Sutras

The Recognition Sutras

The Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam is one of the most profound sacred texts that illuminates a tradition that teaches that every human being is lacking nothing but the recognition of their Divine essence-nature. Christopher Hareesh Wallis, PhD, one of the foremost...

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Grateful Living

Grateful Living

Grateful Living is the new online home for what was formerly gratefulness.org. The new link is: grateful.org. The upleveled website will serve as your new sanctuary and support for living life more gratefully. We are eager to welcome you into this sacred online space....

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200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Summer 2023

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Summer 2023

Gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own Yoga practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Integral Yoga teacher. The training will be led by Integral Yoga master trainer Satya Greenstone, E-RYT...

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Taking Refuge from the Storms of Life: Saturday May 20, 2023

Taking Refuge from the Storms of Life: Saturday May 20, 2023

Integral Yoga master teachers Swami Ramananda and Swami Asokananda will be leading an inspiring satsang on the theme:"Taking Refuge from the Storms of Life" on May 20th, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12 noon (Pacific; 2 – 3 pm Eastern). They will present the distilled wisdom...

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Live in the Golden Present

Live in the Golden Present

Live in the golden present, then you won’t have any anxiety or any fear of losing anything. Look at the sparrows, they just fly around. If they are hungry they just go and pick up a grain from anywhere. They are not constantly worried about what will happen tomorrow,...

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Only Consciousness

Only Consciousness

The question that scientists ask is how matter becomes conscious. The new idea is that everything has a “degree” of Consciousness. It’s called panpsychism. The conclusion of this way of thinking is that the universe is conscious. And this is considered to be...

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