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The Science of Pranayama: How Breath Transforms Mind and Body

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon welcomes Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian to explore the connection between breath, mind, body, and the ancient wisdom of Yoga through a modern scientific perspective. Dr. Sundar shares insights into prana,...

A Pilgrim’s Guide to a Day at Yogaville

A first day at an ashram is best approached the way one approaches a yatra, a pilgrimage. The word matters. A visit is something you do to a place. A pilgrimage is something a place is permitted to do to you, and the difference lies almost entirely in the preparation....

The Integral Yoga Dharma Sutras

A spiritual tradition lives not only through its teachings and practices, but through the way those teachings are embodied. Integral Yoga asks us to bring spiritual life into every dimension of our lives. This includes the way we speak and act, respond to...
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Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita is a foundational Yoga text. Integral Yoga Master Teacher Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 will explore "Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita" with participants from May 3 - 5, 2024 during this weekend immersion into this sacred text. The program takes place in...

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Raja Yoga Teacher Training – June 2024 Online

Hosted by the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Swami Ramananda, Swami Divyananda, Kealoha DeLuz, and guest teacher Swami Vidyananda will teach the Integral Yoga® 300-hour Raja Yoga Teacher Training program. The program will be online and run in two parts from...

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The Health Benefits of Yoga with the Yoga MD

In this inspiring and informative video, Integral Yoga's renowned Yoga MD, Dr. Sandra Amrita McLanahan, gives an overview of the health benefits of Yoga. She goes through each of the body's physiological systems to highlight these benefits. Citing the latest research,...

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Using the Yoga Sutras in Daily Life

We all get those physical signs of stress and anxiety. We might feel tired or have random aches and pains and can’t pinpoint the source. We stretch, we breathe, and we feel rejuvenated right afterwards. But after a few days the same aches and pains are back, and...

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Reflections on Prayer

It takes a long time to learn how to pray just for the sake of praying and not for anything else, not for our own selfish desires. The reason that we obtain little satisfaction from our prayers is that they are not really sincere attempts to touch God. When we begin...

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Living the Yoga of Sound

In 1971, Michael Grosso had an extraordinary experience in Greenwich Village, New York, that led him to realize he needed to balance his overly intellectual life with music. Michael had just spent the last several years obtaining a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia...

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