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Do You Believe in Free Will?
Sam Harris is a bestselling author, neuroscientist and host of the "Waking Up" app and podcast. In this talk, he demonstrates—with scientific rigor and humor—that free will is an inherently flawed and incoherent concept, even in subjective terms. If he is right, this...
Early Days at Yogaville West: Adventures in “Rubbing & Scrubbing”
In the early 1970s, Seigler Hot Springs, California was the site of the first Integral Yoga Ashram. It was called Yogaville West and it was inhabited by a ragtag motley group—including me—who became the first ashram residents there. Some folks were pretty grounded...
The Integral Yoga Anti-Racism Task Force
The Integral Yoga Anti-Racism Task Force took shape in July of 2020. It is made up of a group of Integral Yogis from the New York and San Francisco Integral Yoga Institutes, as well as Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville (Integral Yoga Global headquarters) who came...
Do Not Depend on Anything
Happiness is not something that can come from the outside. One of the things we seem to depend upon for our happiness is physical beauty. We don’t want to accept the fact that we will get old and our bodies will change. When we see others getting old we may think to...
Falling in Love with Yoga (and out of love with Hot Yoga)
You know that time in your life when you find the one you want to spend the rest of your days with...your soulmate? And you start to lose sight of things you once cared about, like personal hygiene, fitness? When I fell in love with Seth I lost sight of some of my...
Real Tranquility, Yoga Nidra, Holistic Health – IY eMagazine 239
Service from the Heart!
Ulla Rapazote, director of Service in Satchidananda (SIS) Portugal was recently featured in the news! Swedish-born Ulla is a grandmother has lived and worked in Portugal for more than 50 years. She loves the country and for the past 10 years has been determined to...
What’s Your Motivation?
What motivates you to get out of bed? What do you aspire to in your life? How do you live your Yoga? These are some of the questions our two yogis will consider in Episode 23 of the "Two Old Fogey Yogis" podcast. This topic also leads them into a deep discussion about...
Mind the Gap! A Teaching from Deepak Chopra
In this short video, Dr. Deepak Chopra (doctor, spiritual teacher and author) summarizes the teachings of the nondual traditions with this explanation of one's true essence-nature. He says, "The knowing secret is in the gap between every thought, every sensation,...
A Yoga Nidra Experience
A beautiful relaxation experience led by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Yoga Nidra is a classical Yoga practice for de-stressing the body and mind that leads the practitioner toward the recognition of one's essence-nature. The practice enables you to let go of body-mind-ego...