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Yogaville Celebrates International Yoga Day – June 21, 2025

Join Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in celebrating the annual International Yoga Day on June 21, 2025. Yogaville will be hosting the day with Hatha Yoga, meditation, kirtan, a vegetarian meal! Free! (please register in advance here.) Free International Yoga Day Event...

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training – Part 1: September 2025

Learn to teach Restorative Yoga through the Integral Yoga Restorative Yoga Teacher Training. Part 1 will be held September 18 - 23, 2025 at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, Virginia. The training will be taught by Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT.  Restorative Yoga...

200-Hour Teacher Training, Module 1 – July 2025

Integral Yoga Institute of New York is offering a 200-hour Teacher Training program this summer. Module 1 begins July 7, 2025. Join our internationally respected training program and learn essential skills for teaching Yoga. This training is also suitable for those...

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Start Your Day Right with a Sip of Inspiration!

Start Your Day Right with a Sip of Inspiration!

These beautifully designed mugs feature inspiring quotes: from the altars of the Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS) or from Swami Satchidananda. Some of our mugs feature illustrations by the iconic artist Peter Max. Whether you’re welcoming the day with a warm...

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Integral Yoga Global Reunion:  August 21 – 25, 2025

Integral Yoga Global Reunion: August 21 – 25, 2025

Inspired by Integral Yoga Europe's reunions, the Integral Yoga Global Network is in the process of organizing an Integral Yoga Global Reunion in the USA. The reunion will take place from August 21 – 25, 2025 at Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville. This reunion is sure to...

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Our Real Nature

Our Real Nature

In this talk, Swami Sarvapriyananda (senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order, and spiritual director of the Vedanta Center of New York) shares the teachings of the great Jnana Yogi Swami Vivekananda on the true nature of the Self. The talk is based on the Vijnana Vedanta...

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Planting New Seeds for Spiritual Growth

Planting New Seeds for Spiritual Growth

As the first signs of spring emerged, I invited a group of sincere seekers to embark on a journey of inner cultivation through a 3-part series called Keys to Sustainable Growth. Just as the earth awakens in spring, offering fertile ground for new life, I encouraged...

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The Path to Spiritual Ripening

The Path to Spiritual Ripening

Everything takes its own time to mature, including one’s spiritual maturity. Just because you pray a raw fruit will ripen, it won’t ripen overnight. Imagine that you plant a seed and you just sit there and pray, “Please seed, I have planted you and I hope you will be...

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Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty: April 18–20, 2025

Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty: April 18–20, 2025

Swami Ramananda, director of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, will be presenting a weekend program at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville "Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty" from April 18 – 20, 2025. We live in an age characterized by an increasing sense of...

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Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – June 2025

Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – June 2025

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will offer Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT from June 19 - 29, 2025. This ten-day course teaches you to adapt the Integral Yoga® practices to meet the needs of any individual. You will explore...

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Is Vedanta Hindu?

Is Vedanta Hindu?

In this talk, Swami Medhananda, a scholar-practitioner, answers the question "Is Vedanta Hindu?" Sri Swamiji explores this thought-provoking subject, examining the historical, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions of Vedanta. Is it exclusively tied to Hinduism, or...

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A Spiritual Response to a Troubled World

A Spiritual Response to a Troubled World

Many people I know are searching for ways to actively respond to the chaotic events unfolding in the U.S. and a world filled with violence, suffering, and injustice. We don’t want to see our Yoga practice as a retreat from the world, nor do we want to simply shake our...

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From Do-er to Be-er: A Supreme Form of Yoga

From Do-er to Be-er: A Supreme Form of Yoga

Karma Yoga transforms karma into Yoga. Karma Yoga never binds you to good or bad results, whereas karma ensures that you must experience the consequences of your actions, whether pleasant or painful. If your actions are good, then you face that in the form of...

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Service and Self–Care

Service and Self–Care

We all probably struggle sometimes to make wise choices when deciding between taking care of others and taking care of ourselves. Many of us were raised with a strong work ethic that is reinforced by the “gotta get ahead” mentality of American culture, the value...

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Shivoham!

Shivoham!

The great Indian sage and proponent of Advaita Vedanta, Adi Shankara, realized his true nature and wrote the “Nirvana Shatakam,” with six Sanskrit verses that describe his experience. Gaiea, a Western yogini, Sanskrit scholar and teacher both sings and composed music...

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How to Control Thoughts and Stop Vasanas?

How to Control Thoughts and Stop Vasanas?

In this short video, Swami Ramanacharana Tirtha answers this question. Sri Swamiji is an Acharya of Vedānta sampradāya. His discourses and writings are filled with the power of Atmajñāna and the fragrance of bhakti and one gets an intimation of one’s spiritual essence...

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NEW in the Integral Yoga Etsy Shop!

NEW in the Integral Yoga Etsy Shop!

Looking for some inspiration? The Integral Yoga Etsy Shop has you covered! Our new "Inspiring Quotes" collection offers timeless wisdom for daily life with these simple yet beautiful t-shirt designs featuring Yoga's wisdom. Explore all of our Integral Yoga-inspired...

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