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The Integral Yoga Teacher
An Interview with Swami Ramananda The focus of an Integral Yoga Hatha class isn’t on obtaining a buff body, but in some ways it can be a harder workout. Integral Yoga teachers aren’t interested in their students working up a sweat, but instead create an environment in...
Paramhansa Yogananda—Personal Reflections
An Interview with Swami Kriyananda In Paramhansa Yogananda: A Biography with Personal Reflections and Reminiscences by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s few remaining direct disciples, tells the untold story of this sublime master and world teacher—his teenage...
Impurities and Obstacles: Challenges in Yoga
By Christopher Chapple, Ph.D. In this article, Dr. Chapple gives our readers a concise and clear overview of the obstacles to the goal of Yoga that Sri Patanjali delineates in the Yoga Sutras. This overview includes the cause of the impurities and obstacles, the role...
Elevating Your Practice
An Interview with Charlotte Bell A longtime Yoga teacher and Buddhist meditation practitioner, Charlotte Bell has applied the teachings of the Yoga Sutras and the Buddha’s heed for mindfulness to her sadhana practice. In this interview, she discusses how the journey...
Elevating Your Practice
An Interview with Charlotte Bell A longtime Yoga teacher and Buddhist meditation practitioner, Charlotte Bell has applied the teachings of the Yoga Sutras and the Buddha’s heed for mindfulness to her sadhana practice. In this interview, she discusses how the journey...
What’s It Like When You Don’t Practice?
An interview with Rod Stryker | Rod Stryker’s book, The Four Desires, explores the four motivating forces in life and how a steady spiritual practice can bring those to fruition in a way that helps us live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. He believes that the aim...
Enlightenment: An Unlearning Process
Enlightenment: An Unlearning Process A Conversation with Marianne Williamson Recently, Integral Yoga Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Reverend Prem Anjali shared an in-depth conversation on enlightenment with renowned author and spiritual activist, Marianne Williamson....
Divine Grace: The Other Side of Enlightenment
Divine Grace: The Other Side of Enlightenment By Graham M. Schweig, Ph.D. In this article, Graham Schweig, an Indic studies and Sanskrit scholar, unpacks the subtle meanings behind a profoundly mystical teaching that lies within Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Professor...
The Art of Staying Awake
The Art of Staying Awake An Interview with Mark Nepo Mark Nepo has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for more than thirty-five years. In his most recent book, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, Mark offers ancient and contemporary practices to help us stay...
Demystifying Enlightenment
Demystifying Enlightenment An Interview with Stephen Cope In this fast-paced age, the often-overwhelming realities of daily life may leave us feeling uncertain about how to realize our life’s true purpose. Stephen Cope, a psychotherapist and senior Kripalu Yoga...
The Sutras and the Serenity Prayer in Special Education
Sample from the Summer 2005 Issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Swami Lalitananda The challenges of working with Special Ed kids often need creative approaches. Swami Lalitananda, a senior monastic disciple of Sri Gurudev, shares her work with her Special Ed students...
Message that Opened the Woodstock Festival, 1969
Sample from The Commemorative Issue - Boundless Giving of Integral Yoga Magazine "The spiritual teacher Swami Satchidananda was once asked, 'What's the difference between illness and wellness?' 'He walked over to a blackboard [during Grand Rounds at the University of...
A Revolution in Healthcare
Sample Article from The Commemorative Issue - Boundless Giving A Revolution in Healthcare "The spiritual teacher Swami Satchidananda was once asked, 'What's the difference between illness and wellness?' 'He walked over to a blackboard [during Grand Rounds at the...
In Love with the Mystery
Sample from the Winter 2012 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine In Love with the Mystery An Interview with Ann Mortifee and Paul Horn Ann Mortifee and Paul Horn got married in 2005, reconnecting nearly 40 years after first meeting through their distinctive musical...
A Natural Yogi
An Interview with Carole King Carole King, one of the most beloved, iconic singer-songwriters of our time, is also a yogi. Her generous heart and spirit helped transform Yogaville from a dream held by Sri Gurudev into a reality. Her first holiday album, A Holiday...
Pop Artist Yogi
Sample from the Winter 2012 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Pop Artist Yogi An Interview with Peter Max One of the most famous living artists, Peter Max is also a pop culture icon. His bold colors, uplifting images and uncommon artistic diversity have touched almost...
Yoga: The Art of Living
Sample from the Winter 2012 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Yoga: The Art of Living A 1971 Interview with Sri Gurudev, Alice Coltrane and Felix Cavaliere In the early 1970s, Sri Gurudev often was interviewed on New York radio shows. This transcript is from one such...
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Bringing the Swami to America
Sample Article from the Fall 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Bringing the Swami to America By Peter Max Since meeting Gurudev, the last 40 years have been the best years of my life. I’ve learned so much from Gurudev; even the way I met him was miraculous. It was...
Take Care of Your Heart!
Sample from the Winter 2004 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Lilias Folan Lilias Folan, known as the “First Lady of Yoga” since her groundbreaking 1972 Yoga series, Lilias! Yoga and You, has been regarded as America’s most knowledgeable and respected...
Trust in Yoga
Sample from the Winter 2004 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Rama Jyothi Vernon Rama Jyothi Vernon was instrumental in bringing some of the great Yoga Masters to America from India in the early 1960s. She helped found the first Yoga teachers...
The Highest Form of Love and Friendship
Sample from the Summer 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Taj Inayat Khan Murshida Taj Inayat Khan has a unique vantage point from which to offer her perspective on the teacher-student relationship in the Sufi tradition. As a modern western woman,...
The Fire of Wisdom in Native American and Tibetan Traditions
Sample from the Summer 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. The Fire of Wisdom in Native American and Tibetan Traditions An Interview with Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo The teachings of Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo incorporate the streams of three ancient spiritual lineages. In this...
Connecting to the Divine Within
Sample from the Summer 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB Br. David discusses the role of the spiritual guide in helping the seeker toward the authentic, dynamic connection with our deepest selves and with the God of...
Soul to Soul: The Guru-Disciple Relationship
Sample from the Summer 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Ram Dass Ram Dass (formerly Richard Alpert, Ph.D.) first went to India in 1967 and met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji. Everything changed then—his intense...