Woodstock 50 may be over, but Elliott Landy—the only official Festival photographer permitted on the stage—has a treasure trove of memories from 1969 that he recently shared with the TODAY show. In this delightful stroll down memory lane, Landy shares some stories...
October 2019: Celebrate Integral Yoga Day and San Francisco IYI’s 50th
Each year, since Integral Yoga International's 50th anniversary in 2016, we celebrate annual Integral Yoga Day on October 7th. This is the date the first Integral Yoga Institute was founded (New York, 1966). While we celebrate Integral Yoga Day worldwide, 2019 also...
On the Woodstock Anniversary, a Robust Namaste to “The Woodstock Guru”
In case it somehow escaped you, we’re in the midst of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the event that came to define the 1960s counterculture, the Woodstock Festival. Watch for aging hippies waxing nostalgic about those three magical days, whether they were there...
New Website Launches in Honor of The Woodstock Guru
Integral Yoga Media is pleased to announce the relaunch of the website dedicated to the life, teachings, and service of Sri Swami Satchidananda, founder of Integral Yoga. The new website features a special tribute in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock...
Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga Featured in UK’s “Yoga Magazine”
Yoga Magazine, the leading Yoga monthly published in the UK, featured a 10-page spread in their May 2019 issue on the "Timeless wisdom and legacy of Swami Satchidananda." The feature in the magazine, which is also published in the USA, included a beautifully...
“The Woodstock Guru” — New Film Release!
On August 15, 1969, Swami Satchidananda was asked to give an opening address at the famed Woodstock Music Festival to set a tone of peace and harmony for what became one of the largest gatherings in festival history. This new short film is the story of his arrival and...
“Back to the Garden”: Swami Satchidananda Featured on New Massive Boxed Set of Woodstock 1969 Audio
"As the cliché goes: 'If you can remember the 1960s, you weren't there.' BACK TO THE GARDEN provides a way for people who weren't there to remember them. And for anyone who was there, perhaps this will jog their memory," according to Rhino Entertainment, who just...
Integral Yoga Institute of New Jersey to Celebrate 50th Anniversary!
2019 is heralding in several important 50-year anniversaries and milestones in Integral Yoga history including: Swami Satchidananda's sold-out Carnegie Hall "concert," (January 1969, which featured his talk, a Yoga demo, and music), his opening of the famed Woodstock...
A Journey to Humility
A journey to humility: That turns out to be a fair description of documentary filmmaking in Yogaville, according to Jeff Ananda Kamen, who just premiered his latest documentary, "Mataji: The Devoted Life of Swami Gurucharanananda." Mataji is the seniormost Integral...
“The Golden Present” Website Re-Launches
Swami Satchidananda's book, The Golden Present, has been one of Integral Yoga's most read publications. It contains inspiration and guidance from Swami Satchidananda in the form of a reading a day for a year. The website (thegoldenpresent.org) devoted to this book has...
The Dalai Lama Pens Op-Ed for The Washington Post
Recently, His Holiness the Dalaia Lama wrote an opinion editorial in The Washington Post, in collaboration with Arthur C. Brooks, Post columnist and president of the American Enterprise Institute. Here is an excerpt of this article on breaking the cycle of hatred in...
How a Yoga Teacher is Saving First Responders Across America from Depression
Police officers and firefighters across America are coping with the stress of life on the front lines by slipping into a downward dog. The nonprofit group Yoga For First Responders is teaching these emergency workers a better way to handle the demands of their...
Integral Yoga Announces Launch of Ayurveda Academy
The Integral Yoga Institute of New York just announced the launch of a new offering: the Ayurveda Academy. The inspiring mission of the Academy is three-fold: teaching students to create and support a vibrant, balanced lifestyle for themselves; training students for a...
Creating Good Citizens
The Yogaville Vidyalayam–Integral Yoga School will reopen Fall 2019! Approximately 5 years ago, the Yoga-based elementary school went dormant, due to low enrollment. Most of the elementary-aged children that had been attending the school had aged out. They had moved...
Swami Down Under
There were countless gems of wisdom shared by Integral Yoga master teacher, Swami Asokananda on his first visit to Australia in January 2019 (sponsored by the Integral Yoga Centre of Melbourne). Swami Asokananda's visit is the subject of Caroline Giles recent blog in...
“Architects of Change:” Maria Shriver Interviews Dr. Dean Ornish
Journalist Maria Shriver has created an important interview series she's calling: "Architects of Change." In this episode, she sits down with Dr. Dean Ornish, author of Undo It! to discuss his new book and what he learned from his teacher, Swami Satchidananda, who...