Yoga and Unity: Ripples for Change

In life, many of us find ourselves navigating the world based on societal constructs and internalized beliefs. We may view ourselves as limited beings bound within the temporal and spatial confines of the body and mind. The passing of time may drive us, making us feel...

New Study Shows Vegan Diet to Be Better For Planet

Vegan diet has just 30 percent of the environmental impact of a high-meat diet, a major 2023 study found. Read a summary below and the original article here. We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally...

The Yoga of Giving Back

Sixteen years ago, I founded Yoga Gives Back (YGB). When anyone asks me, “What inspired you to found Yoga Gives Back,” I usually reply: “Hope for the future.”  I founded YGB out of a Yoga classroom in Los Angeles where, as a beginning Yoga student, I was getting so...

Integral Yoga & Kung Fu

In this Integral Yoga Podcast episode, Mia Velez and Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) discuss Yoga and Kung Fu, both of which are integrated into her daily life as a mother, preschool teacher, and advocate for gender, race and class...

Yogaville Environmental Activist Honored by Sierra Club

Yogaville community resident and environmental activist Heidi Dhivya Berthoud was honored with the 2023 Sierra Club’s Earth Flag, in recognition of the extraordinary work she has been doing to protect Yogaville and other communities from fracked gas pipelines...

The Meat & Dairy Farmers Going Vegan

Recently, BBC News reported that after one UK dairy farmer lost most of his dairy herd to bovine tuberculosis that he decided he would no longer send animals to the slaughterhouse. “It made me wonder if we can justify the industrial slaughter of sentient...