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Patanjali’s Words: The Four Keys
Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 33rd sutra of Chapter 1. This is a key sutra taught by Swami...
Why Do We Forget Who We Really Are?
Recently, someone asked a question: “If peace and unconditional love are our natural state, why is it that we have forgotten? We have forgotten because we’ve been given the free will to forget. You are free to choose either way. Peace is our nature no doubt, but we...
Yoga, Spiritual Love, Unity & the Bodhisattva Way – IY eMagazine 131
He Lost His Legs in Iraq—Now He’s a an International Yoga Instructor
An explosion in Iraq led to the amputation of both of his legs. Then Army veteran Dan Nevins faced 36 surgeries, a divorce and an emotional battle with the invisible wounds of war. The years after the 2004 attack left him anxious, restless and plagued with nightmares....
How a Yoga Teacher is Saving First Responders Across America from Depression
Police officers and firefighters across America are coping with the stress of life on the front lines by slipping into a downward dog. The nonprofit group Yoga For First Responders is teaching these emergency workers a better way to handle the demands of their...
The Dalai Lama Pens Op-Ed for The Washington Post
Recently, His Holiness the Dalaia Lama wrote an opinion editorial in The Washington Post, in collaboration with Arthur C. Brooks, Post columnist and president of the American Enterprise Institute. Here is an excerpt of this article on breaking the cycle of hatred in...
Patanjali’s Words: Recognizing and Clearing the Obstacles
Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 31st and 32nd sutras of Chapter 1 in which Patanjali further...
The Difference Between Spiritual Love and Personal Love
Divine love is the affection shown toward the spirit of the individual. Personal love is the love that is shown toward the body, or the mind and its characteristics, or, the person’s belongings; anything that is materially-based. Even though there is spirit in each...
Integral Yoga in the News: New York Magazine
February 2019: The popular magazine New York, contacted several Yoga studios in New York asking for their take for a feature they were doing on the best Yoga clothes for men. They also asked the Integral Yoga Institute of New York to weigh in. Here's what the magazine...
Integral Yoga Announces Launch of Ayurveda Academy
The Integral Yoga Institute of New York just announced the launch of a new offering: the Ayurveda Academy. The inspiring mission of the Academy is three-fold: teaching students to create and support a vibrant, balanced lifestyle for themselves; training students for a...