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Yoga for Hormonal Balance: Poses to Support Women’s Health

Hormonal balance is essential for every woman’s physical, emotional, and mental well-being. From managing menstrual cycles to easing the symptoms of menopause, hormones regulate almost every aspect of women’s health. However, lifestyle stress, poor diet, and lack of...

Sri Sivagurunathapillai (1942–2025): Luminary of Tamil Culture

Sivagurunathapillai—known to many simply as Siva Pillai—lived a life that radiated devotion, scholarship, service, and cultural stewardship. Born in 1942 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he emerged from Sri Lanka’s great center of Tamil culture, carrying its beauty, precision,...

Sally Satya Kirkland: A Life on Stage, Screen, and the Spirit

Sally Kirkland, the Golden Globe–winning actress, Oscar nominee, and radiant spiritual seeker known to the Integral Yoga community as Satya passed away on November 11, 2025, at age 84. Though acclaimed for her magnetic presence on stage and screen, those who knew her...
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BOOK: The Be-Attitudes

BOOK: The Be-Attitudes

New from Integral Yoga Publications: The Be-Attitudes   In this new book, Swami Satchidananda unpacks each of the Beatitudes from the "Sermon on the Mount" from a yogic perspective. With a foreword by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB, this new addition to the "Peter Max...

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Pine Bows: How a Blizzard Taught Me to Let Go

Pine Bows: How a Blizzard Taught Me to Let Go

The path was obscured with pine trees that bowed under heavy snow and ice. We could push forward and risk damaging them, or we could turn back. For the past two days a blizzard had clenched Three Dog Farm in an icy fist. My dog, Ranger, and I had headed out to take...

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A Nondual Approach to the Niyamas

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”...

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Unearthing the Roots of Suffering

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...

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The Art of Yoga

The Art of Yoga

God created this world with the good intention of making all living beings lead a happy and peaceful life. All living beings seem to have the same intention. We don’t see any living being who doesn’t want to be happy. People work hard to have a long life of good...

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Compassionate Activism: March 19, 2022 Online

Compassionate Activism: March 19, 2022 Online

On March 19, 2022, the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco will host a satsang from 5 – 6 pm Pacific (8 – 9 pm Eastern) on the topic: Compassionate Activism. Encountering others who have perspectives on racial or social justice that are very different from our...

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“The Bhagavad Gita: A Study” – New Video Series

“The Bhagavad Gita: A Study” – New Video Series

"The Bhagavad Gita: A Study" is a series of weekly free talks given by Nalanie Harilela Chellaram in which she takes an in-depth look at this ancient Hindu scripture and its application and relevance to the world of today. Utilizing the book, The Living Gita: The...

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