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United Nations Declares December 21st as “World Meditation Day”

The United Nations General Assembly has set a powerful intention for global harmony by unanimously declaring December 21st as World Meditation Day. This landmark resolution on December 6, 2024, invites the world to pause, reflect, and embrace the transformative...

Yogic End-of-Life

The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project and its website offers a free resource filled with profound guidance inspired by the teachings of Integral Yoga. The Project blends timeless spiritual principles with practical approaches. Central to this initiative is a...

Healing Arts Yantra Workshop: Feb. 28 – March 2, 2025

Join Yoga teacher Padme for a weekend Yantra Workshop at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. Yantras are an ancient geometrical technology that have existed for thousands of years, dating back to ancient India. They are tools for meditation, healing, and Self-realization....
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New Year’s Silent Retreat: December 28th–January 1, 2024

New Year’s Silent Retreat: December 28th–January 1, 2024

Reflect deeply, renew your inspiration, and restore yourself in the sanctuary and solace of the Integral Yoga community during the annual New Year’s Silent Retreat. Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville is a perfect setting for an inner journey. The retreat takes place from...

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The Broken Christmas Tree: How Love Saved Its Light

The Broken Christmas Tree: How Love Saved Its Light

My dad ascended the rickety ladder, thus launching our family’s annual quest to decorate our Christmas tree. Ours was no snowy trek to an idyllic woodland. Instead it was an ascension up the world’s oldest wooden ladder to a high and bafflingly small closet where our...

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Seeing Through the Illusion of “Normal”

Seeing Through the Illusion of “Normal”

Do we still believe that the sun travels across the sky while we stand stationary on a flat piece of earth? No, these once held beliefs were dispelled long ago. But how many other things do we accept as true simply because our limited senses tell us so, or that is...

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How to Face Feelings of Being Overwhelmed and Win

How to Face Feelings of Being Overwhelmed and Win

In today’s world we seem to be moving faster and faster, while taking on more and more. There are only so many hours in the day, and we’re expected to do a lot in those hours. Errands Work a job Care for kids Attend to relationships Clean the house Socialize Self-care...

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The Light that Shines Through the Ages

The Light that Shines Through the Ages

We all need teachers in life; not everything can be learned from a book. According to Hindu tradition, there are four main teachers: Mata, Pita, Guru, Deva: Mother, Father, Guru and God. The mother is the baby’s first guru; she is everything to the baby: unconditional...

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Living Medicine

Living Medicine

Affectionately known around the world as the “Mother of Holistic Medicine,” Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey is a medical pioneer and visionary. Born to medical missionary parents in the jungles of India a century ago, in a place and time that filled her childhood...

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Yoga Immersion Program – Spring 2024 Online

Yoga Immersion Program – Spring 2024 Online

The Integral Yoga Immersion Program will run from April 23–June 23, 2024. The program provides a strong foundation from which one can choose to become a Yoga teacher. This is regarded as a Module 1 of the Integral Yoga 2-part format of 200-hour teacher training....

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Celebrating Greenwich Village, Including Integral Yoga! 

Celebrating Greenwich Village, Including Integral Yoga! 

Village Preservation (the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) recently celebrated 100 shops and centers in the Village, including the Integral Yoga Institute of New York (on 13th Street). Enjoy this video which features a fun look at the colorful...

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