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...