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Luckshmi Cannon: Helping Eliminate Hunger in the Algarve
REFOOD Almancil is an organization in the Algarve area of Portugal whose mission is to eliminate hunger, food waste and strengthen the bonds of the local community. Integral Yoga Teacher Trainer Luckshmi Cannon (SIS website developer & fundraiser), joined by a...
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...
Seva – Dedication and Devotion in Action
The saints and sages of many faiths are dynamic examples of how spiritual awakening is accompanied by a natural impulse to serve humanity. After experiencing the interconnection of all of life, many of these great beings were moved by a profound compassion to dedicate...
Yoga’s First Interfaith Ministry
The first thoughts of proposing some type of ministry for the Integral Yoga organization occurred in the winter of 1980. My mother had been a member of the Third Order of St. Francis when she was young. This order was established by St. Francis in response to a...
Spiritual Activism in a Violent World
In the wake of yet another gross example of racism and another senseless murder in the USA, many people are searching for some way to actively respond to a world that has given birth to so much violence and injustice. In Integral Yoga, we often speak about how we can...
Helping, Fixing, or Serving
Karma Yoga, the path of selfless service, is a main branch of the classical Integral Yoga system. Integral Yoga founder, Swami Satchidananda, considered the spirit of Karma Yoga as foundational to the practice of Yoga. In this article, Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, captures...
Integral Yoga Teacher Heads Initiative to Support Local San Francisco Charities
A San Francisco Yoga studio is now offering a donation-based class to support local Castro charities. All teachers are donating their time. "Karma Yoga, the path of selfless service, is one of the significant paths in Yoga that brings benefit to all," Marc (Mukunda)...
Service in Satchidananda: Buckingham, Virginia
Christmas 2018: For over 30 years, "Christmas in Buckingham" has brought holiday cheer to Yogaville's neighbors. And, now again this year, "Christmas in Buckingham" has been underway. What a joy those who are participating are! How sweetly they manifest Swami...
Service in Satchidananda: Sri Lanka
December 2018: Jayan Johnson and myself are in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka doing seva on behalf of Service in Satchidananda (SIS). We are buying food, washing machines, and beds and taking them to hospitals and homes that are still affected by the 2004 tsunami. We are so...
Families for Children: Falling in Love with Children in Need
Bhakti Foster-Purvine, an Integral Yoga teacher who lives in Portland, Oregon, was introduced to Families for Children (FFC) by Swami Divyananda 15 years ago. Located in Coimbatore, South India, FFC is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that exists to fulfill...