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Yogaville Affiliate Program Opportunity
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville recently announced a new Affiliate Program. The program was developed to enable Integral Yoga teachers and other organizations to provide links on their websites to Yogaville programs and receive referral fees. Participation in this...
Integral Yoga Therapy Wellness Weekend
Join the inaugural group of Integral Yoga Therapy students who are completing their extensive 800-hour coursework to be certified with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) for a Yoga Therapy Wellness Weekend! Drawing from the roots of classical...
A Weekend of Music, Mantra & Magic: August 2022
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host a special weekend of Music, Mantra, and Magic with Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band from August 12 - 14, 2022, in person. Join Seán Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band for a heart-opening weekend bhakti retreat that includes...
Raja Yoga Teacher Training Online Starts Sept. 2022
Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is hosting its 2022 Raja Yoga Teacher Training online starting September 1, 2022. The training will be taught by three of Integral Yoga International's senior monks and master teachers: Swami Ramananda, Swami Divyananda, and...
Karma Yoga: Yoga of Action
The Himalayas are indeed a crown and spread their victory flag in the sky. The Indian Ocean, in the south, acts as though it washes the feet of the emperor. In between, a thriving sun of culture has been shining for thousands of years over the waves of the Ganga and...
Guru Poornima 2022 and Spiritual Independence – IY eMagazine 278
Gurus and Spiritual Experiences
A questioner asks: Swamiji, what about Gurus like Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? We read that he touched his disciple Swami Vivekananda and Vivekananda had a spiritual experience. Was Vivekananda just opening up something from within himself or did Sri Ramakrishna...
Spiritual Independence
Independence implies a freedom from being controlled or unduly influenced by an outside source. Spiritual independence suggests the freedom to live in harmony with the spiritual truth at the heart of our being. It implies freedom from depending on any outside source...
A Brief History of Sri Guru Gita
Sri Guru Gita is a compilation of verses dedicated to the veneration of the Guru—both one’s embodied Guru, as well as the Guru-tattva or Guru Principle. Many devotees repeat the entire Gita daily, though some repeat it yearly during the annual Guru Poornima (July full...
Tender Recollections of My Guru
Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda came to the West in 1966. His presence was magnetic. He attracted people from all walks of life, from diverse backgrounds and faiths, with different temperaments, interests and capacities. The unifying factor amidst all the diversity...