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Grateful in the Midst of It All
Kristi Nelson, Ambassador for Grateful Living and the author of Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted is clear about this: waking up grateful can admittedly be hard, and remaining grateful even harder. In this article, she...
Yoga on Safari in Kenya & Tanzania – October 2023
Join Ram Wiener, E-RYT 500 and Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT in Kenya and Tanzania for Yoga and meditation during a 12-day expedition. Explore the natural beauty and majestic views of Kenya and Tanzania with like-minded Yoga practitioners. The two countries offer...
Br. David Steindl-Rast Honored
Congratulations to Grateful.org founder, Br. David Steindl-Rast, on both his 97th birthday and for being awarded the Gold Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria. The award is given to select individuals by the Austrian government and was presented...
Advanced Integral Yoga Hatha Teacher Training – October 2023
Take your Yoga practice and teaching skills to the next level with the Advanced Integral Yoga Hatha Teacher Training. This training enables you to expand your teaching skills by learning how to instruct advanced classes and finding ways to take simple, basic asanas to...
Go Within
In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) discusses with Amma Kidd the significance of collective prayer, the transformative influence of a Guru, surrendering to God's will, and the...
“Bear Insult, Bear Injury, Highest Sadhana”
On September 8, 2023, we celebrate the 136th Jayanthi (Birth Anniversary) of Sri Swami Sivananda, the Guru of Sri Swami Satchidananda. In honor of this occasion, we offer this video during which Swami Satchidananda is asked to explain this well-known teaching of his...
Forgiveness: Freeing the Heart from the Past
The month of September contains two of the most important holy days in the Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah begins a 10 day period of introspection and repentance that culminates in Yom Kippur, known as the Day of Atonement. These holy...
Near Enemies of the Truth: Pitfalls on the Path
Have you ever been told, “You create your own reality?” Have you been encouraged to “follow your bliss?” Nowadays these slogans are everywhere, but what if they’re doing more harm than good? In his latest book, Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the...
Yoga to Support Immunity
Melanie Salvatore-August’s new book, Yoga to Support Immunity, is a clear, step-by-step whole-being Yoga at home program to help boost immune function and bring vitality to the mind and spirit. She includes in-depth instructions for specific Yoga poses and teaches you...
The Kleshas: Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness
The kleshas are Yoga’s framework for understanding the discord between our desires and our lived experience. Deborah Adele’s new book, The Kleshas: Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness, lays open the insight and wisdom of the sage Patanjali, as described in the Yoga...
Jnana Yoga’s Fourfold Sadhana
The Fourfold Sadhana of Jnana Yoga consists of viveka, vairagya, shadshampat or sixfold virtues and mumukshutva or strong yearning for liberation. Viveka dawns in one who, through the grace of God, has done virtuous actions in their previous births as offerings unto...
Integral Yoga Retreat: Uncovering Our Natural Wisdom & Joy — Sept 14-17 2023
The Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is hosting an in-person 4-Day Yoga Retreat: Uncovering Our Natural Wisdom & Joy from Thu. SEP 14 - Sun. SEP 17, 2023. This retreat will include various Yoga classes for all levels of practice, workshops, meditations,...
Remembering the True Self – IY eMagazine 291
Mahasamadhi Anniversary 2023
On August 19, 2023, Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will observe the 21st Mahasamadhi Anniversary of Sri Swami Satchidananda. Join us as we honor our Satguru. Our lineage and tradition tells us that after Mahasamadhi, the shakti of the Satguru continues to be...
Yoga and Van Life
Summer holidays and vacation time for many means getting on the road to visit family and friends, explore new places, and for Suzanne Borovcova and her photographer boyfriend Pierre Guilbaud it often means just living everyday life! Their van and life on the road...
The World is Like a Movie, a Dream, a Video Game
The celebrated book, Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda, is credited with changing the lives of tech genius Steve Jobs, musicians George Harrison and Elvis Presley, wellness guru Andrew Weill and actress Mariel Hemmingway, among many others. It also...
Remembering Dr. D. Thilagavathi
Integral Yoga International lost one of its most beloved and long-serving center heads, Dr. D. Thilagavathi who passed away from cancer. Dr. Thilagavathi was a Naturopath by profession. She graduated as a doctor in Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences from Gandhi...
“I Am Always I”
I Am Always I is a delightful new children’s book by the much-loved spiritual teacher Rupert Spira. The video that accompanies the book is read aloud by Rupert over a wonderful new animation for kids and adults of all ages. Rupert takes you on a journey of...
Who is the Sufferer?
I know it sounds hard, but we must remember that when we go through, or see, suffering it is not the Immortal Self that suffers. Who is the sufferer then? It is the mind that goes through all the changes—the little ego, guided by vasanas, wrong thinking, and...
Integral Yoga Program Calendar Launches
A new initiative from Integral Yoga Teachers Association is the Integral Yoga Live Calendar. Continually updated and with more and more centers listing their programs, you can subscribe to this calendar that shows various in-person, online and hybrid programs from our...
Remembering Sally Kempton 1943–2023
Sally Kempton, the much-beloved Yoga master and spiritual teacher, passed away on July 10, 2023. Sally was a shining light in the Yoga community and her loss is being mourned by so many. Sally's spiritual roots were in the Kashmiri Saivism tradition and she devoted...
You Are Light! – IY eMagazine 290
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training – Part 2
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, taught by Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT (Integral Yoga Master Teacher & Trainer), is for Yoga teachers and health professionals. In Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Part 2, you will explore the therapeutic applications of...
Integral Yoga Silent Retreat – August 2023
Are you ready to go deep into silence and reflection? Embark on a profound inner journey with the 8-Day Silent Retreat being held from August 9 – 16, 2023 at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. If you have taken a silent retreat before and feel eager to learn more and...
Bhakti Yoga Retreat September 2023
Join Swami Asokananda (senior monk and Integral Yoga master teacher) for a Bhakti Yoga Retreat from Sept. 1 – 4, 2023, to explore the devotional practices of Bhakti Yoga that will open and nourish your spiritual heart. Bhakti Yoga is a spiritual path within the yogic...