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Dr Dean Ornish: Yoga and Medicine
Sample from the Spring 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine In the early 1970s, Dean Ornish was a medical student who was stressed out, depressed, suffering from mononucleosis and about to make a really bad decision. Then, he had a life-altering encounter. In a newly...
Prison Yoga: We’re All Doing Time
Sample from the Spring 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Bo Lozoff Bo and Sita Lozoff founded, with Ram Dass, the largest prison interfaith ministry in the world. It is now in 60 countries with 50,000 prisoners on the mailing list. Bo’s book,...
Really Living Yoga
Sample from the Spring 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Swami Karunananda When I think of what it means to really live Yoga, I recall a very special visit in late December, about thirty years ago. I was serving as director of the San Francisco IYI, and Sri...
Beyond Asana
Sample from the Spring 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Sri Dharma Mittra In 1984, Sri Dharma Mittra completed the now famous “Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures,” an offering to his Guru, Sri Swami Kailashananda, that can be found hanging in many...
The Breath of Bhakti
Sample from the Summer 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Catherine Ghosh Ancient sages inform us that breath is the mirror of our ever flowing emotions. It reflects the way we each perceive and process external stimuli, and how we position our consciousness in...
“Crazy Sexy Cancer” Survivor
Sample from the Summer 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine “Crazy Sexy Cancer” Survivor An Interview with Kris Carr In 2003, 31-year-old actress and photographer Kris Carr was diagnosed with a rare and incurable stage four cancer. When the doctors told her that there...
The Dark Night of the Soul
Sample from the Summer 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Mirabai Starr Since the passing of her daughter, Jenny, in 2001, Mirabai has dedicated her time to working with other people who are interested in using their experiences of grief and loss...
Yoga, Grief Recovery and Hospice Care
Sample from the Summer 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Molly Lannon Kenny, MS-CCC Molly Lannon Kenny has developed classes, workshops and training programs in supporting illness, disease and life challenges in a holistic manner that encourages...
Healing Through Inner Medicine
Sample from the Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. An Interview with Swamini Mayatitananda Through her relationship with cancer, Swamini Mayatitanandaji (formerly known as Maya Tiwari) discovered that profound results could be achieved from intensive inner...
Yoga-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Sample from the Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. An Interview with Boris Bhagavan Pisman, MS, NCC Based on his personal experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic attacks and anxiety, Boris developed a Yoga-based approach to recovery. He...
Yoga Therapy as a Profession
Sample from the Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazin An Interview with Kelly McGonigal, PhD As editor of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy (published by the International Association of Yoga Therapists or IAYT), Kelly McGonigal is on the cutting edge of...
Healing is Divine
Sample from the Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Swami Karunananda Sri Gurudev used to say that God laughs on two occasions. The first is when two neighbors erect a fence and declare, “This is mine, and that is yours.” The second time is when a patient...
Kirtan and the Inner Muse
Sample from the Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Jeff Davis As a professional writer and Yoga teacher, Jeff Davis has taken The Journey from the Center to the Page, the book he wrote that explores paying attention to the soul of the...
Kirtan: Singing to the Inner Vastness of the Heart
Sample from the Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Jai Uttal Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community. His eclectic east meets west sound has put his music at the forefront of the world fusion movement. Jai’s musical roots embrace...
The Vibrational Science of Mantra
Sample from the Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Jonathan Goldman An internationally acknowledged master teacher, Jonathan Goldman has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai...
The Sonic Technology of Yoga
Sample from the Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Russill Paul Largely unknown in the West, yet developing alongside Hatha Yoga, Nada Yoga is a 2000-year-old spiritual system. The Yoga of Sound, Russill Paul’s comprehensive book on the...
Purrfect Cuisine: The Ethics of Feeding Our Pets
Sample from the Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. By Jennifer Sokolov My then suitor, now husband announced during the first phone call of our courtship. He was referring to his two cats, Booger and Spudd, a pair of rescued mixed breeds from the same litter...
Yoga and Nutrition
Sample from the Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. An Interview with David Wolfe One of the world’s leading authorities on nutrition answers our questions about how increasing alkalinity, eating superfoods (raw organic foods that have health benefits because...
Spiritual Nutrition: Diet for Enlightenment
Sample from the Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine.. An Interview with Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, MD Gabriel Cousens is considered a physician of the soul. His book, Conscious Eating, has been referred to as the “bible of vegetarians.” His background as a...
Vegetarianism and the Yoga Sutras
Sample from the Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. By Sharon Gannon In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lays out an eight-limbed plan for liberation called Raja Yoga. The first limb is called yama, which means restraint and includes five ethical restrictions:...
By the Time I Got to Woodstock…with Swami Satchidananda
Sample from the Summer 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. By the Time I Got to Woodstock...with Swami Satchidananda By Victor Arjuna Zurbel On July 14, 1969, I found myself in a chauffeured limousine, escorting Swami Satchidananda to the Woodstock Music Festival to...
Yoga, Psychology and Nondualism
An Interview with Richard Miller, PhD Richard Miller’s deep integration of Yoga and western psychotherapy offer a unique glimpse into the process of emotional healing. Dr. Miller describes emotional wellness as, “Our ability to welcome everything, reject nothing and...
Emotional Regulation in the Yoga Sutras
Sample from the Summer 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Emotional Regulation in the Yoga Sutras By Richard Panico, MD Although Yoga is formally a system of liberation, it can be employed to teach skills of emotional regulation. Dr. Panico bridges the gap between...
Spirituality and Culture in Higher Education
Sample from the Fall 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Spirituality and Culture in Higher Education An Interview with Elizabeth Tisdell, EdD Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, is a former campus minister, and currently a Professor of Adult Education at Penn State Harrisburg....
Love, Serve, Remember God
Sample from the Fall 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Love, Serve, Remember God An Interview with Mirabai Bush In 1970, Mirabai Bush met her guru, Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji). His inspiration and emphasis on seva (service) led her to co-found, in 1996, the...