Swami Lalitananda—one of Swami Satchidananda's senior swamis and who was instrumental in the founding of the Integral Yoga Institute of Coimbatore, India—was recently interviewed (see video around the 3 minute mark) about the Camford International School. This English...
In 1972, the Integral Yoga Institute of New York was growing rapidly under Sri Swami Satchidananda's guidance. Many people had become students of Hatha Yoga and, with so much interest in following a vegetarian diet, there came a real need for a store that would,...
2019 has already been full of inspiration and blessings inside Yogaville. The New Year's Silent Retreat was beautiful and full to capacity, like last year. Just following the retreat there was a special visit by Sri Swami Marudachalam Adigalar, the spiritual head of...
It's late December 2018 and Sigora Solar (the same company that installed the solar panels on Sivananda Hall) finished the installation of the new LOTUS solar system. It sure looks beautiful and best of all it's helping Yogaville go green! (report and photo by Bill...
We love when our readers share their interests and passions with us and how Yoga figures into these! One Integral Yogi and car enthusiast, Jay Gillotti, has written a new coffee table book, Gulf 917. And, he's featured on the podcast "Cars Yeah," where in the opening...
Sarah and Peter Petronio have a long storied history with Integral Yoga. Sarah was born in India, studied and taught Yoga and, with Peter, raised their children under the guidance of Swami Satchidananda, who was their frequent guest in Paris—where the family...
The real way to celebrate the happy New Year is not to run after happiness outside of you. Try to find that hiding happiness within you. How can you find happiness if you don’t have peace? Can you buy peace somewhere? Can you find it in the alcohol bottle—spirt-ual...
December 2019: The Lotus Center for All Faiths (LCAF) is pleased to announce two new members have joined the LCAF Honorary Advisory Council: Dr. Arun Gandhi and Dr. Kusumita Pedersen. The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi and Swami Satchidananda's association...
Integral Yoga Finland proudly announces the first Integral Yoga Basic Teacher Training in the Helsinki area of Finland. It starts on February 16th with teachers Nalanie Harilela Chellaram, Shanti Alman, and Sari Sharmini Penttilä. Find more information here.
When Integral Yoga Natural Foods (IYNF) opened in New York City in 1972, few people knew what Yoga was let alone “natural” foods. IYNF was New York’s only 100% vegetarian health food store for years. When it opened, there were a few stores selling natural foods, but...
December 2018: It was the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20) world leaders and the first G20 summit to be hosted in South America. But there was something else notable about this summit: In the middle of the summit, a "Yoga for Peace" mass rally was held at...
From its opening in 1893, the Parliament of the World's Religions has been recognized as the birth of formal interreligious dialogue worldwide. During this Parliament, Swami Vivekananda addressed 5,000 assembled delegates, greeting them with the words, “Sisters and...
Integral Yoga teacher, India Henson's new book Surfing with a Rookie Yogi has just been published. Here, she gives an overview of it. Congratulations India! "My new book is both a memoir and informational resource for readers that will deepen their understanding of...
Sonia Sivakami Sumar — Integral Yoga teacher and founder of Yoga for the Special Child® (multi-level comprehensive program of Yoga techniques designed to enhance the natural development of children and adults with special needs) is just finishing a training program in...
Yogaville's Lotus Center for All Faiths (LCAF) team returned this week from Toronto where they took part in the Parliament of the World's Religions. For its 2018 theme, the Parliament drew from movements of goodwill and cross-cultural respect that are embodied in the...
In 1977, Integral Yogi and music icon Carole Karuna King released a song titled “One”. Taken from her Simple Things album, the track encouraged people to unify and band together to fight social injustice. With the fate of the US government now again on the line, King...