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Spring Silent Retreat: Reconnect, Renew, Restore: April 24 – 27, 2025
Satchidananda Ashram is offering a Spring Silent Retreat: Reconnect, Renew, Restore from April 24 –27, 2025 led by senior Integral Yoga teachers. As spring breathes new life into the world, embark on a journey of personal renewal at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville....
Manish Vyas’s “Vedic Invocations”: A Gateway to Sacred Sound
Throughout history, the Vedic tradition has preserved the most ancient wisdom of humanity, offering seekers a bridge to the divine through sacred sound. Manish Vyas, a revered musician and composer, now presents Vedic Invocations—a luminous album that carries the...
Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – June 2025
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will offer Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT from June 19 - 29, 2025. This ten-day course teaches you to adapt the Integral Yoga® practices to meet the needs of any individual. You will explore...
Is Vedanta Hindu?
In this talk, Swami Medhananda, a scholar-practitioner, answers the question "Is Vedanta Hindu?" Sri Swamiji explores this thought-provoking subject, examining the historical, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions of Vedanta. Is it exclusively tied to Hinduism, or...
Embarking on a Spiritual Odyssey, Part 14: Bhogar’s Mystical Legacy and a Sadhu’s Initiation
High above the verdant landscape of Tamil Nadu, atop the sacred Palani Hills, the echoes of devotion resound through the ages. The Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple—one of the six revered abodes of Lord Muruga—stands as both a beacon of spiritual transformation...
Yoga as a Holistic Approach for Healing from Adverse Childhood Experiences
A majority of U.S. adults experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which are potentially traumatic events taking place before the age of 18. These include forms of abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, community violence, and discrimination. Studies have...
A Spiritual Response to a Troubled World
Many people I know are searching for ways to actively respond to the chaotic events unfolding in the U.S. and a world filled with violence, suffering, and injustice. We don’t want to see our Yoga practice as a retreat from the world, nor do we want to simply shake our...
From Do-er to Be-er: A Supreme Form of Yoga
Karma Yoga transforms karma into Yoga. Karma Yoga never binds you to good or bad results, whereas karma ensures that you must experience the consequences of your actions, whether pleasant or painful. If your actions are good, then you face that in the form of...
Ahimsa in Action: Living in Alignment with the Ethical Foundations of Yoga
Veganism and the Yamas: A Yogic Call to Compassion Yoga is a path of transformation—one that extends far beyond the mat. It is a way of living that aligns our thoughts, words, and actions with our highest ideals. The eight limbs of Raja Yoga, as outlined by Patanjali,...
Healing, Karma, and Divine Grace: The Power of Prayer and Surrender
If you get divinely and miraculously healed, is this part of your karma? Yes. Miraculously you are healed. Maybe you deserved it. God helped you to heal. You have done some good karma to receive that kind of healing energy. But if you haven't healed and if you want to...