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Stephen Ishwara Futral: Don’t Die Wondering

Stephen Ishwara Futral belonged to that rare first generation of Western seekers who encountered Sri Swami Satchidananda not as an established global teacher, but as a living mystery—one whose presence quietly rearranged the inner lives of those who crossed his path....

Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host a Yoga Nidra Teacher Training with Chitra Sukhu from April 15 - 19, 2026. In this transformative Yoga Nidra Training for Yoga Teachers, participants will delve into the profound art of Yoga Nidra, a practice renowned for its...

The Timeless Wisdom of the Thirukkural

For more than 2,000 years, the Thirukkural has stood as one of the crown jewels of Tamil literature—a concise yet profound spiritual guide composed of 1,330 couplets, each offering deep insight into virtue, ethical living, love, and the art of creating a harmonious...
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Working with Our Fears

Working with Our Fears

In this inspirational as well as practical advice video from 2020, Integral Yoga master teacher and center director, Nalanie Chellaram talks about how Yoga and meditation can help us to overcome the fears and anxieties we deal with in our daily lives and also the ones...

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Halloween Hatha

Halloween Hatha

Last Halloween, one of the teachers here at OM Yoga Center began his evening class by inviting the students to request the Yoga poses they found scary. He was not surprised by fancy suggestions such as bending backward to touch the head to the floor, handstands,...

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Constant Cravings

Constant Cravings

Cravings for pleasure are never ending. Every time you try to fulfill a craving, it’s like adding more gasoline to a fire that is already burning. We can’t eliminate desires completely and we don’t need to. Desires naturally arise in the mind. They only become...

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The Science of Yoga, Part 4: Yoga and Brain Functions

The Science of Yoga, Part 4: Yoga and Brain Functions

I wondered if I could look to Western neuroscience for clues on how, by working directly with the nervous system, we could pave a pathway to samadhi. I had an inkling through my studies of the autonomic nervous system—and in particular of homeostasis (the body’s...

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Light on the Yamas & Niyamas: Awakening to Ahimsa

Light on the Yamas & Niyamas: Awakening to Ahimsa

In this column, Rev. Dale Ann Gray offers reflections on the yamas and niyamas of the Yoga Sutras, incorporating insights from classical Nondual Yoga. In this article, she unpacks the first yama, ahimsa (non-violence, non-harming). In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,...

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How Yoga Can Help Back Pain, Osteoporosis and More

How Yoga Can Help Back Pain, Osteoporosis and More

In this podcast/webinar, Avi Gordon (director of Integral Yoga Teachers Association) talks with Dr. Loren M. Fishman about how Yoga can help with various health challenges like back pain, osteoporosis and injuries. Dr. Fishman is Medical Director of Manhattan Physical...

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Yoga for Low Back Pain

Yoga for Low Back Pain

In this online workshop (starts Nov. 5, 2021 over 2 consecutive weekends), Dr. Loren M. Fishman will explain seven basic causes of low back pain and teach you how to identify the proper one, relieve the pain it produces, and how to avoid the causes of pain in the...

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Books on Yoga for Specialized Applications: 2021

Books on Yoga for Specialized Applications: 2021

As Yoga therapy and Yoga for specialized applications becomes more widely accepted in the United States and western world, more and more books are being published on these subjects.This is just a small sampling of some of the books that have been published in 2021....

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