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There is Nothing Wrong With You
Sample from the Spring 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine There is Nothing Wrong With You An Interview with Cheri Huber Cheri Huber is a student and teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She has devoted 30 years to helping people free themselves from suffering so they...
Music of the Soul Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison
Sample from the Spring 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Music of the Soul Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison An Interview with Joshua M. Greene (Yogesvara Dasa) In the early ’70s, Joshua Greene spent time with George Harrison...
Shedding Light on the Gospel of Judas
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Shedding Light on the Gospel of Judas An Interview with Marvin Meyer, Ph.D. After 1,700 years, the Gospel of Judas, an early Christian papyrus manuscript discovered in the Egyptian desert more than thirty...
The Gospel of Inclusion
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Gospel of Inclusion An Interview with Bishop Carlton Pearson Bishop Carlton Pearson was a Pentecostal evangelist and former host on the “Praise the Lord” (PTL) television program, when he had an awakening...
Yoga Prayer: An Embodied Christian Spiritual Practice
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Yoga Prayer: An Embodied Christian Spiritual Practice An Interview with Father Thomas Ryan, CSP As many as half of America’s estimated 15 million Yoga practitioners come from a Christian background. Catholic...
LOTUS: A Universal Meditation Shrine
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine LOTUS: A Universal Meditation Shrine An Interview With Sri Gurudev by Seshagiri Rao, Ph.D. In March of 1988, Dr. Seshagiri Rao interviewed Sri Gurudev for a journal article about the development of his...
Make Your Life An Ongoing Yoga Retreat
Sample from the Fall 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Make Your Life An Ongoing Yoga Retreat By Meenakshi Angel Honig In a tribute to Sri Gurudev, one of his senior students and a respected Yoga teacher selects her top 10 jewels of his teachings. With quotes from...
Beyond “Instant” Yoga
Sample from the Fall 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Beyond “Instant” Yoga By Prudence B. Kestner Prue Kestner first met Sri Gurudev in England in 1976. This began a long association during which she invited Sri Gurudev to become an advisor to the Mid-Atlantic...
A Being of Love
Sample from the Fall 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine A Being of Love A Tribute by Dr. Wayne Dyer ... I was fortunate to meet Swami Satchidananda five or six times over the years and to spend some very beautiful, comfortable, joyful, peaceful loving moments with...
When Hatha Meets Raja
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Michael Rhadeya Plasha Michael Plasha has spent nearly a decade refining his practice and teaching of Hatha Yoga while integrating Raja Yoga into the class. In this article he shares what inspired this...
The Eight Limbs of Yoga in Ayurvedic and Yogic Therapy
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Dr. David Frawley is regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedic Studies. This article offers a preview of an exciting new...
The Psychology of the Yoga Sutras
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Stephen Cope, M.S.W. According to psychotherapist and senior Kripalu Yoga teacher Stephen Cope, the mind is profoundly undervalued in our American Yoga tradition. Cope’s view is that the yogis of yore saw...
The Yoga Sutras Unveiled
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Yoga Sutras Unveiled With Swami Karunananda, Rev. Jaganath Carrera and Rev. Paraman Barsel Integral Yoga Magazine asked three of Integral Yoga’s most senior Raja Yoga teacher trainers (each with over...
Music of the Soul: Remembrances of Swami Turiyasangitananda (Alice Coltrane)
Sample from the Spring 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Music of the Soul: Remembrances of Swami Turiyasangitananda (Alice Coltrane) By Gopala Pozzi On December 31st, 2006, just two weeks before she left the body, Gopala Pozzi visited Swami Turiyasangitanandaji at...
Spirituality and Psychotherapy—The Great Heart Way: A Zen Approach to Well-Being
Sample from the Spring 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Gerry Shishin Wick, PhD and Ilia Shinko Perez By Padma Wick Padma Wick, an Integral Yoga teacher and Zen practitioner, interviews Shishin Roshi and Shinko Sensei about their new book, The...
Transforming Life with the Bhagavad Gita
Sample from the Spring 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Rev. Stephanie Rutt For the past nine years, Stephanie Rutt has been facilitating study groups on the Bhagavad Gita with participants from all religions and walks of life. She has utilized Sri Gurudev’s...
Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord’s Secret Love Song
Sample from the Spring 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Graham M Schweig, PhD Dr. Schweig’s brand new book, Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord’s Secret Love Song is described by Huston Smith (the internationally recognized authority on world...
Vedanta and Psychotherapy
Sample from the Fall 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Swami Tadatmananda Vedanta and Psychotherapy would seem at opposite ends of the spectrum. Vedanta asserts that all is Brahman and psychotherapy has the psyche as its focus. But as Swami...
The Enlightenment Experience of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Sample from the Fall 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Jean Dunn Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is considered one of the twentieth century’s great Jnana Yogis. He was regarded as a Jivanmukta (living liberated soul) and as such, he was surrounded by many sincere...
Be As You Are—The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Sample from the Fall 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with David Godman David Godman (his family’s actual surname) read a book in 1974 about the great sage and jnani, Sri Ramana Maharshi, and two years later traveled to his ashram in India. Since...
Yoga Vedanta
Sample from the Fall 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), a regular contributor to Integral Yoga Magazine, is one of the few westerners recognized in India as a...
Around the Globe with Integral Yoga: San Francisco
Sample from the Winter 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Around the Globe with Integral Yoga: San Francisco The First Accessible Integral Yoga Teacher Training Program An Interview with Rev. Jivana Heyman The Integral Yoga ® Institute of San Francisco launched a...
The Yoga of Divine Emotions
Sample from the Winter 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with David L. Haberman, Ph.D. Dr. David Haberman is an expert in Indic studies, and he credits Sri Gurudev as being one of the inspirations for his fascination with India. Even though Dr....
The Yoga of Nine Emotions
Sample from the Winter 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Peter Marchand Author and teacher Peter Marchand gives us an overview of Rasa Sadhana, an ancient practice of gaining mastery over the emotions that originated in India and that he learned...
The Integral Yoga Approach to Balancing the Emotions
Sample from the Winter 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Swami Vidyananda Swami Vidyananda’s workshops on Yoga and the emotions explore Integral Yoga techniques that bring greater harmony within oneself and to one’s relationships. These workshops...