In this podcast, Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) and Rev. Paraman Barsel discuss a range of inspiring spiritual topics. Rev. Paraman has been a student of Swami Satchidananda since 1970 and is a senior Integral Yoga teacher, renowned for his humor, storytelling and wisdom. Over the years, he served as president of various Integral Yoga centers. He currently serves, with his wife Lakshmi, on the Satchidananda Prison Project and they also lead a weekly Yoga Sutras study group.Pope Francis (1936–2025): A Beacon of Peace, Spirituality, and Compassion
Pope Francis — born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936 to Italian immigrant parents — made history as the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to ascend to the papacy in the Church’s two-millennia-long tradition. Upon his election, he chose the name...
