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Sitting Like Nandi: A Lesson in Steady Devotion
In the courtyard of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, a great golden image of Nandi, the sacred bull associated with Lord Shiva, sits facing the main shrine. Visitors who cannot enter the temple courtyard may glimpse him from outside the walls. Evening after evening,...
The Deathless Self, the Fearless Heart
What is it that we call “death?” Death is only a change of form, a change of name. In a way, everything is immortal. Everything is filled with life. There’s no dead matter in the entire universe. God created everything. And God created everything in God’s image. So,...
Integral Yoga 60th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet – free!
Integral Yoga Magazine is pleased to present a special Integral Yoga 60th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet available online and for free. The more than 90-page flipbook is the expanded version of the recent anniversary issue eMagazine. This publication celebrates...
Understanding the Guru Principle (Guru-tattva)
One of the central teachings of the Integral Yoga Tradition is also one that can be difficult to understand in the modern West: the principle of Guru. In the traditions of Yoga and Vedanta, Guru means more than an individual spiritual teacher. Behind the human teacher...
Coming Home: Reweaving Integral Yoga and Ayurveda
There are moments along our path when something new enters our lives and, strangely, feels less like a discovery than a remembering. That is how Ayurveda came to me. My formal path into Yoga began at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in 2009, where I completed my...
The Global Legacy of Integral Yoga
By the time Swami Satchidananda arrived in New York in 1966, he was no newcomer to the work of transformation. He had already spent more than a decade in Sri Lanka, where he transformed the lives of all who came within his orbit — opening Divine Life Society branches...
Meditation Teacher Training in India – January 2027
Join Integral Yoga's Meditation Teacher Training In India with Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT and Ram Wiener, E-RYT 500 from January 10 - 24, 2027. Travel to the birthplace of Yoga and earn your certification as an Integral Yoga Meditation Teacher. In the...
How to Navigate Pain and Other Challenges
In this short video teaching from Integral Yoga Teacher, therapist, and center head Nalanie Chellaram, she gives practical strategies for those going through painful times, relationship problems and living in gratitude. She shares inspiration from Yoga and the...
Embarking on a Spiritual Journey, Part 31 – Thirumular: Yoga, Love and the Divine
In the previous installment of the Spiritual Odyssey series, we paused after Ramaswamy’s time at Sri Ramanasramam to explore another voice from the Tamil spiritual world that had helped form him: the beloved poet-sage Avvaiyar. Before following Ramaswamy on his...
The Gateway and the Mountain: How the Yoga Sutras and the Nondual Vision Fit Together in Integral Yoga
The Recipe Swami Satchidananda once explained Raja Yoga with a recipe. In New York in September 1966, in his first conversation with a young student named Sadasivam Greenstone, he asked whether Sadasivam could cook. You get a recipe from a trusted source, Sadasivam...