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The Tiny Chef Full of Yogic Spirit

Sometimes, the light of Yoga shines through in the most unexpected places. Meet The Tiny Chef—a hand-crafted, herbivore chef with a big heart, a love for nature, and an infectious giggle that has captured the hearts of millions. Though just a few inches tall, Cheffy...

The Guru’s Gift: Awakening the Light of Truth Within

Each year on Guru Poornima, we turn our hearts in deep gratitude to the Guru—the one who awakens the Light of Truth within us. It is a time of honoring not only our own teacher, but the entire lineage of saints, sages, and realized beings who have guided humanity from...

See and Emulate: The Power of a Living Master

Throughout history, seekers have turned to spiritual masters for guidance. While scriptures and saints of the past offer enduring wisdom, there is something uniquely powerful about the presence of a living master—a person who embodies spiritual truth in the here and...

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Gratefully Navigating the Holidays

Gratefully Navigating the Holidays

Holidays symbolize significance. They are markers for human history, our shared values and beliefs, and a time of remembrance. Holidays can elicit awe, joy, connection, hope, and memories. However, their nourishment can also be a source of pain. I like to think of...

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Santosha – Making Peace with the Present

Santosha – Making Peace with the Present

Contentment is a deceptively simple concept that offers tremendous benefit if we fully embrace its practice. It is referred to as santosha in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and is not so easy to master because the habit of wanting and achieving is so deeply ingrained in...

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Seeking the Kingdom Within: A Journey to True Contentment

Seeking the Kingdom Within: A Journey to True Contentment

We try to use our limited, finite intelligence to understand, grasp things, and make our lives happy, aiming to achieve and acquire this or that. Yet, in the end, nothing seems to truly help. Sometimes, it may feel like we’re finding peace or happiness, but all these...

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Honoring Alan Asangan Binstock: An Integral Yoga Luminary

Honoring Alan Asangan Binstock: An Integral Yoga Luminary

Alan Asangan Binstock was born in 1948 and raised in Bronx, New York. His formal fine arts education began in New York’s High School of Music and Art, followed by undergraduate studies at Hunter College. He moved to Boulder, Colorado and began developing sculpture and...

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Iria Leino: A Life of Art, Spirituality, and Yoga

Iria Leino: A Life of Art, Spirituality, and Yoga

The Finnish-born artist Iria Leino is known not only for her expansive body of abstract work but also for her deep spiritual devotion, which played a central role in her artistic development. Throughout her life, she found inspiration in a rich spiritual practice and,...

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The Essential Quality for Spiritual Growth

The Essential Quality for Spiritual Growth

A few years ago, I read an article titled “Humility, The Virtue No One Wants.” It was a good title, I thought, because humility is maybe just a little too close to the word humiliation for comfort, a bit like shame, the sort of thing we think we’d like to get away...

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The Antidote to Fear

The Antidote to Fear

The only way to deal with fear is to face it. The more you try to run, the more it will haunt you. Face it and ask yourself questions: “Who are you? Where are you coming from?  Why are you coming to me? What am I afraid of?” When you ask these questions, you will find...

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Free Online Yoga for First Responders Starting October 14

Free Online Yoga for First Responders Starting October 14

FireFlex Yoga, an online donation-based Yoga class designed for First Responders (anyone is welcome to register/attend), is happy to announce a new initiative. All proceeds go toward supporting a nonprofit that serves First Responders. The class will be LIVE and...

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Integral Yoga Virtual Memorial Service: Nov. 3, 2024

Integral Yoga Virtual Memorial Service: Nov. 3, 2024

The Integral Yoga Ministry welcomes you join the Annual Integral Yoga Virtual Memorial Service Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1pm - 3pm Eastern. We know that the loss of a loved one is difficult and can't be easily adjusted to no matter how long ago they passed. We also...

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Integral Psychology of Yoga

Integral Psychology of Yoga

Introduction The art and science of Yoga, one of the greatest treasures of India's unique cultural heritage, has much to offer in terms of understanding the human mind. Yoga treats the human being as a multi-layered conscious being, possessing three bodies (sthula,...

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Humility: Access to Deeper Wisdom

Humility: Access to Deeper Wisdom

While humility is the hallmark of a sincere spiritual aspirant, we may rarely think of practicing it. In an age where self-empowerment is synonymous with personal growth, the idea of humbling oneself is decidedly unpopular. It can easily be dismissed as a sign of...

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How God Came Into My Life

How God Came Into My Life

It would be easy to dismiss the question by saying: "Yes, after a prolonged period of intense austerities and meditation while I was living in Swarg Ashram, during which I had the darshan of a number of maharishis and their blessings, the Lord appeared before me in...

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The Grateful Life Is a Liberated Life

The Grateful Life Is a Liberated Life

When I feel defeated by all of the distractions and information I consume on a daily basis, I go to the river near my home. On the shore, my senses are inundated with beauty — the light in the trees, a heron passing by, the roar of water over stones that drowns out...

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Relax into the Holidays with Restorative Yoga

Relax into the Holidays with Restorative Yoga

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host "Relax into the Holidays with Restorative Yoga" with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT from November 29 - December 1, 2024. In this workshop, experience deep relaxation and rejuvenation during a time period when it’s needed...

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Experiential Raja Yoga Retreat

Experiential Raja Yoga Retreat

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host an "Experiential Raja Yoga Retreat" with Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500 from November 1 - 3, 2024. Daily sessions for meditation, Hatha Yoga and pranayama will energize and relax you. Guided experiential exercises will help you...

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What It Really Means to “Practice” The Yoga Sutras

What It Really Means to “Practice” The Yoga Sutras

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) is in conversation with Carroll Ann (Prashanti) Friedmann. She shares her personal journey with the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the sankalpa (vow or...

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Documentary: “Divine Harmony”

Documentary: “Divine Harmony”

On August 27, 2024 a special kirtan service in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Swamini Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda was held at the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. Special highlights of the program included special guest, Sita Michelle...

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Meditation Teacher Training – November 2024 Online

Meditation Teacher Training – November 2024 Online

The Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco is offering a Meditation Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance Hours: 105 and Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program) starting November 14, 2024 taught by Swami Ramananda and Diana Meltsner and guest teacher Rich Panico M.D. The IYI is...

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VedantaWorks: The Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

VedantaWorks: The Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

VedantaWorks recently released their third podcast series: The Raja Yoga classes of Swami Vivekananda. VedantaWorks is dedicated to the teachings of Vedanta, the basic philosophy of Hinduism as expressed through Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was an...

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