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Carrying Inner Peace Out into the World
It is a tradition in Integral Yoga that after daily meditation we repeat Shanti mantras, or peace prayers. These prayers are a beautiful way to end one’s formal meditation sitting and are a spiritual support in that they are affirmations of peace. The Yoga tradition...
20th Mahasamadhi Anniversary – IY eMagazine 279
Integral Yoga Silent Retreats – Late Summer/Fall 2022
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville is offering in-person Integral Yoga Retreats during the late summer and fall. These retreats offer the opportunity for retreatants to observe the activity of the mind and develop an awareness of their thoughts and emotions. By practicing...
Meditation Teacher Training Online: Dec. 2022 – Jan. 2023
The Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is offering an online Meditation Teacher Training program that will enable you to go deeper in your own practice and guide your students to go deeper in theirs. The program will be taught by Swami Ramananda and Diana...
BOOK: The Stories Behind the Poses
Discover the traditional stories and wisdom behind your favorite Yoga poses in The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian Mythology that Inspired 50 Yoga Postures, the stunningly illustrated book of Indian mythology for yogis of all levels. A beautifully written...
Bhakti Love Reunion: Sept. 15 – 18, 2022
The Bhakti Love Reunion will be held September 16th - 18th, 2022 at Native Springs, Weldon, California (near Bakersfield and Lake Isabella). A life changing weekend of community, collaboration, harmonious energy, oneness, mindfulness, playfulness and joy. A sacred...
Raja Yoga Teacher Training Online with Swamis Ramananda, Divyananda, Vidyananda
Integral Yoga International is hosting an online Raja Yoga Teacher Training program from September 1 – November 21, 2022. The training is for Yoga teachers, Yoga Therapists and trainees, and health professionals. It will be taught by three of Integral Yoga's master...
Practical Spirituality & Current Climate Emergence: August 13th Event
The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI), an affiliate of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, is hosting an online event on Saturday, August 13, 2022. The program will run from 11:30 – 1:00 pm PDT. We live in times of tremendous transformation, and how things...
Yoga for the Special Child: Teaching Asanas, Adjustments & Sequences
The Integral Yoga Affiliate program "Yoga for the Special Child" is offering a continuing professional development workshop focusing on teaching asanas, adjustments, and sequences. The workshop will be taught by Renata Sumar Gaertner C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, RCYT from...
Healing the Dis-ease of Busyness
I know so many people, that when I ask how they are doing, respond with something about how busy they are. It has become the status quo for our lives to be filled to the maximum and beyond so that we’re not really aware of how driven we are, how stressed our lives...
The Sound of Yoga
High summer rang loud on garlic harvest day. I stuck my pitchfork into the soil as sun spilled down the hill and into the veggie garden. Goldfinches twittered as they climbed the swaying sunflowers. Warm and sweet air rose from the earth. Leaving the pitchfork speared...
A Tribute to Sri Swami Satchidananda on the 20th Mahasamadhi Anniversary
(Join the Integral Yoga sangha for the 20th Anniversary Mahasamadhi Memorial of Sri Swami Satchidananda in person and livestreamed from Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville on Saturday, August 20th, beginning at 9:30am EDT, with programs throughout the day. The evening...
Recognizing a Satguru
To know a Satguru you should know how a Satguru would be. That’s what Arjuna asked of Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita: “How am I to know a person of steady wisdom (sthitaprajna)?” Arjuna then asked Sri Krishna to describe how such a person would walk, how they would...
Integral Yoga Distribution Announces Closing August 2022
Integral Yoga Distribution announced its closing after 37 years in its Yogaville location. It closed on August 2, 2022. It first opened in the original brick house (now Lotus Conference Center) on the property. Then, it moved to the Yogaville Office Building for some...
Swami Ramananda at Commonweal Retreat Center: August 2022
Swami Ramananda, president of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, will be teaching during the "Deep Rest & Timeless Teachings" retreat being held at the Commonweal Retreat Center in Bolinas, California from August 5 – 7, 2022. This is a wonderful...
CNN Presents: Dr. Dean Ornish–”How a Swami Changed My Life”
Dean Ornish, MD was invited to give a talk at the "Life Itself" conference in June 2022. The conference was organized by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Deepak Chopra. To introduce his talk, Dr. Ornish said he was going to talk less about his lifestyle medicine...
H. H. the Dalai Lama’s 87th Birthday
The 87th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was celebrated on July 6, 2022 around the globe. On the occasion he inaugurated a library and museum in the hillside of his Indian headquarters in Dharamshala. The Washington Post reported that: "He was cheered by a...
Yogaville Affiliate Program Opportunity
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville recently announced a new Affiliate Program. The program was developed to enable Integral Yoga teachers and other organizations to provide links on their websites to Yogaville programs and receive referral fees. Participation in this...
Integral Yoga Therapy Wellness Weekend
Join the inaugural group of Integral Yoga Therapy students who are completing their extensive 800-hour coursework to be certified with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) for a Yoga Therapy Wellness Weekend! Drawing from the roots of classical...
A Weekend of Music, Mantra & Magic: August 2022
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host a special weekend of Music, Mantra, and Magic with Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band from August 12 - 14, 2022, in person. Join Seán Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band for a heart-opening weekend bhakti retreat that includes...
Raja Yoga Teacher Training Online Starts Sept. 2022
Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is hosting its 2022 Raja Yoga Teacher Training online starting September 1, 2022. The training will be taught by three of Integral Yoga International's senior monks and master teachers: Swami Ramananda, Swami Divyananda, and...
Karma Yoga: Yoga of Action
The Himalayas are indeed a crown and spread their victory flag in the sky. The Indian Ocean, in the south, acts as though it washes the feet of the emperor. In between, a thriving sun of culture has been shining for thousands of years over the waves of the Ganga and...
Guru Poornima 2022 and Spiritual Independence – IY eMagazine 278
Gurus and Spiritual Experiences
A questioner asks: Swamiji, what about Gurus like Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? We read that he touched his disciple Swami Vivekananda and Vivekananda had a spiritual experience. Was Vivekananda just opening up something from within himself or did Sri Ramakrishna...
Spiritual Independence
Independence implies a freedom from being controlled or unduly influenced by an outside source. Spiritual independence suggests the freedom to live in harmony with the spiritual truth at the heart of our being. It implies freedom from depending on any outside source...