Passages: John Welwood, Trailblazing Buddhist Psychologist

John Welwood, a pioneer in the field of East–West psychology, has died at age 75 on January 20, 2019. Lion’s Roar reported that: Welwood was the former director of the East–West Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco...

2018 G20 Summit and Yoga?

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...

In Memoriam: Bernie Glassman, Roshi

On November 4th, Zen master Bernie Glassman, Roshi, a great interfaith pioneer and humanitarian, passed away. Roshi Bernie was a longtime LOTUS Honorary Advisory Council member and one of Swami Satchidananda’s close interfaith collaborators—together they shared...

Cop To Yoga Peace Force

Tiffany Seybert founded Cop To Yoga Peace Force as a community-based peace initiative. Seybert’s program unites volunteer Yoga teachers with their local Chicago Police districts to provide evidence-based breath work meditation tools as a way to neutralize stress in...