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Gentle Somatic Yoga® Level 1 Training October 10 – 15, 2025

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville will host a Gentle Somatic Yoga® Level 1 Training with James Knight, E-RYT 200, CHSE from October 10 - 15, 2025. Gentle Somatic Yoga® (GSY) is a simple, practical, and effective form of brain-to-muscle re-education that goes to the root...

Krishna Das: Presence, Practice, and Letting Go of Ego

In this profound podcast episode, Krishna Das, the renowned kirtan singer, sits down with Integral Yoga Teachers Association director Avi Gordon to share insights on navigating the subjective nature of reality, the power of spiritual practice, and the art of letting...

Yoga Adventures for Little Explorers

In their new book Yoga Adventures for Little Explorers, author Megan McDougall and illustrator Hayley Lowe share their love of teaching Yoga to young ones! This little book will bring children on a journey with meditation, breath, work and flow. Yoga Adventures sets...

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A Yoga Nidra Experience

A Yoga Nidra Experience

A beautiful relaxation experience led by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Yoga Nidra is a classical Yoga practice for de-stressing the body and mind that leads the practitioner toward the recognition of one's essence-nature. The practice enables you to let go of body-mind-ego...

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How a Catbird Taught Me to Meditate

How a Catbird Taught Me to Meditate

Meditation practice at Yogaville was life-changing. But here’s the story of what happened when I took the meditation back home and practiced on my own. Luckily for me, I had a great combination of Integral Yoga and a catbird to help me go deeper!

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Yoga at Home vs. In-Person?

Yoga at Home vs. In-Person?

What’s better: Yoga at home or in-person class? I think they both work. It’s lovely to follow the teacher’s sequences and be with your Yoga friends—but an integral part of developing understanding of yourself and of Yoga is establishing a home practice, tailor made...

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Self-Effort and Grace

Self-Effort and Grace

You begin the spiritual path with self-effort. You begin with your own force, with your own will. As you begin to practice concentration and meditation, the mind becomes more one-pointed; it comes to a very calm condition. In that calmness, you are able to perceive...

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Pranayama & Meditation to the Rescue!

Pranayama & Meditation to the Rescue!

In 2017, CNN's Anderson Cooper interviewed former First Lady Hillary Clinton about her new book and her mention of her Yoga practice in the book. It was Dr. Dean Ornish (a senior student of Swami Satchidananda and pioneering lifestyle medicine researcher), who first...

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Deepening Your Hatha Yoga Practice

Deepening Your Hatha Yoga Practice

With his unique humor and enormous depth of wisdom, Swami Asokananda is a master in presenting the great teachings of Yoga in ways that are deeply relevant to key issues in modern life. In this article, he shares the benefit of his experience from his personal journey...

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Six Qualities to Cultivate in Sadhana

Six Qualities to Cultivate in Sadhana

It may seem that some people are natural born yogis and that spiritual practice comes easily to them. Are there certain qualities that we see in people who have a well-grounded sadhana? The answer is yes, but they rarely appear full blown in anyone. They need to be...

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Exploring Inner and Outer Space

Exploring Inner and Outer Space

During the Apollo 13 space mission to the moon, I was asked what I thought about going to the moon and the significance of such a mission. My immediate response was: I would like to go if they would take me! These explorations signify the restlessness and curiosity of...

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