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Online Interfaith Meditation Conference June 10-12, 2022
Join faith leaders and spiritual teachers from various traditions in this online interfaith meditation conference from June 10 – 12, 2022. Meditation is one of the most widely used forms of spiritual practice that enables us to connect to the Divine. This timeless...
Weeds are a Gardener’s Best Friend
One fine spring morning I stood on the deck as the sun crested the trees. Tucked into the raised beds, cabbages, and leaf lettuce glittered with dew. As if on cue a Mourning Dove landed on the topmost barn gable. I half expected a butterfly to land on my shoulder and...
The Fruit of Practice
A meditation teacher of mine once quoted a Burmese teacher as saying “When everything that can go is gone, what’s left is the truth.” That sentence resonated with me. I heard it maybe 20 years ago and I still reference it and repeat it a lot. And I think that’s...
The Science of Sound
In any Sanskrit mantra, one of the letters will be a sound that is considered a “seed” sound or a bija. The various bijas each have a different effect on our bodies and minds, and even on plant life. Mantra Shastra, is the science of sound. In Yoga, we have the...
Can the Yoga Sutras Bestow Power?
Observing how Yoga has changed the world, I cannot help but wonder how the world has changed Yoga. As the plethora of Yoga studios and communities formed, they focused mainly on serving the physical body. The calling was great; strengthen and balance the body—that is...
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Yoga for Strong Bones-Part 1: May 14-15 Online
Discover how Yoga asana (posture) can help to build and maintain strong bones. Join Integral Yoga master teacher Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT for the Yoga for Strong Bones Part 1 online workshop, May 14 – 15, 2022. A 10-year study by Dr. Loren Fishman...
Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Certification July 2022
The Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Certification program will be held in person at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville from July 14 to 18, 2022. The training is led by M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT, an educator and leader in the field of Medical Yoga. This...
200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Summer 2022
The next 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training to be held at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in central Virginia is from July 11 - August 7, 2022. This in-person training will be led by Integral Yoga master teacher Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT. Gain a strong...
Integral Yoga Therapy Virtual Open House: May 14, 2022
The Integral Yoga Therapy Certification Program is excited to announce their annual Virtual Open House on Saturday, May 14th from 12–1:30pm EST. The open house is a chance for all who are interested in better understanding what it takes to become an Integral Yoga...
A Short Guided Meditation/Relaxation Experience
Integral Yoga teacher Zac Parker leads a short meditative and relaxing experience that you can do to begin or end your day. It's also the perfect length to take a moment out of a stressful day or utilize during a work break, to drop into essence-nature and the peace...
A Tribute to Sylta Divyajyoti Kalmbach (1936 – 2022)
It was in 1991 that Yoga teacher Sylta Divyajyoti Kalmbach invited Swami Satchidananda to southern Portugal in 1991 to conduct an Integral Yoga retreat at her center, Quinta de Calma. This was the beginning of what would become a beautiful relationship between...
My Restless Savasana
My time on the mat began with a few sporadic classes to balance out a new fitness regime. I was in my early thirties and began noticing my high metabolism was not all I could rely on to stay healthy. Group classes motivated me to go to the gym, and I mixed up my...
Seeking Something like Faith
The howl of a nor’easter blew against my house and rattled the windows. A rifle-like crack, roaring whoosh, and an earth-shaking thud shocked me fully awake. I assumed another tree had fallen. Finally, night gave way to grey dawn and I huddled around my coffee mug in...
Compassionate Communication
If we pay attention to the world news, I think we can agree that our world is in dire need of more mindfulness, justice, and compassion. On an individual level, a deeply- entrenched sense of separation—and the resulting insecurity—has given rise to so much mistrust...
Living a Liberated Life
To understand a jivanmukta you have to become a jivanmukta. Jivanmukta means one who is alive and liberated. There is still karma but probably not their own karma. They perform actions for the sake of others. That’s also a karma. They are liberated souls, but not...
Sandee N. Harilela Premchand: In Memoriam
Sandee N. Harilela Premchand (1948-2022), the managing editor of BR International magazine and a lifelong beloved devotee of Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda, passed away after a valiant battle with cancer. Sri Gurudev is the Guru of the Harilela family and he...
The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project
Integral Yoga International just announced the launch of this new project and website. The website offers resources and the project also consists of a series of monthly workshops led by senior Integral Yoga teachers with expertise in various areas relating to...
Nalanie Chellaram Honored with Gibraltar “Mayor’s Award”
Nalanie Chellaram, Integral Yoga master teacher and Integral Yoga Centre head, was recently honored with the "Mayor's Award" in Gibraltar. The Mayor’s Awards scheme is given to members of the public, either individuals or groups, who had served Gibraltar in...
Intermediate Teacher Training – June 2022
Yoga teachers and health professionals: enrich your understanding and practice of Integral Yoga with the Intermediate Teacher Training (ITT). Dive deeply into the subtle aspects of Yoga and acquire the skills needed to teach safely and effectively. Learn additional...
Yoga Vacation in Lesvos, Greece – June 2022
Travel to the beautiful Greek island of Lesvos to enjoy a Yoga vacation from June 8 - 15, 2022, with like-minded spiritual seekers and guided Yoga practices with two of Integral Yoga's master teachers Ram Wiener, E-RYT 500 and Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500. At the...
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training – Starts May 6, 2022
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training 85-Hour Yoga Alliance RPYT Certification taught in New York by Beth Donnelly Cabán, Lara Kohn Thompson and Jenna "JB" Brown begins May 6, 2022. This training is sponsored by the Integral Yoga Institute of New York and prepares Yoga...
Yoga Teaching Essentials Online – Starts April 24, 2022
The Yoga Teaching Essentials course is being offered by the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco starting April 24, 2022. This online course provides a thorough training in developing the skills necessary to become a confident, knowledgeable Yoga instructor....
Keeping Your Peace in a Changing World
Swami Karunananda, one of Integral Yoga's master teachers, answered questions during a recent Q&A session on the theme of how to keep one's inner compass on the balance point amid so many challenges in our world. Her sage wisdom and practical advice has provided a...
BOOK: The Be-Attitudes
New from Integral Yoga Publications: The Be-Attitudes In this new book, Swami Satchidananda unpacks each of the Beatitudes from the "Sermon on the Mount" from a yogic perspective. With a foreword by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB, this new addition to the "Peter Max...