…the first time completely silenced me. My mind stopped asking questions and abandoned its search for spiritual information. It wasn’t that I had found a new set of ideas to…
Rethinking Spiritual Practice: Do We Walk the Inner or Outer Path?
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…the Madrasa (a person from Madras). Madrasa, ah. Vanga, vanga, vanga, come, come, come. Ah, you have come to see me? Aha, okay, have some coffee, we’ll talk afterwards.” He…
This Is What We Call Integral Yoga
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Q & A with Swami Satchidananda: How to Make Changes?
…good company. One way to put yourself in the right company is by coming to a spiritual community. If you can’t do that, then surround yourself with spiritual books. Then…
How to Cultivate Healthy Ambitions
…is a true renunciate—a truly dedicated person—then the learning and earning comes to them. In the Hindu scriptures, it says that all learning comes from the Goddess Saraswati, Goddess of…
Spiritual Partnership
…your coming together is only a temporary agreement, “Come on, let us be together for a while. You keep what you want from me, and I’ll hold back some things…
The Heart of Healing
…low-fat, whole foods vegetarian diet, Yoga and meditation, moderate exercise, quitting smoking, and enhancing love and intimacy (including community, support groups, altruism, compassion, and forgiveness). When we began conducting research…
Take Care of Your Heart
…comes crying. But, we are very happy. We have one more addition to our insane asylum! The baby comes crying, we are happy. After living a long time the baby…
What Yoga Teaches Us About Emotional Pain
…is, “the company made a big mistake.” Well, not according to the company. And a classic response, “You’ll find another job in no time.” Who knows when anyone will find…
Yoga Alliance Welcomes Three New Members to Its Volunteer Board of Directors
…bringing the gifts of yoga to individuals and communities. “Our organization is transforming to better serve the yoga community and is evolving with great care and a commitment to living…
Re-enchantment: Gaining the Wonder of our Practice Again—2019 Integral Yoga European Reunion
…beings to thrive they need community. And, a community that reciprocates in kindness, gentleness, and compassion is the best kind of community there is. This is what heals us and…
Music of the Universe: Our Relationship with Sacred Sound
…individual members of the collective community of yogis and yoginis who mutually strive to become intimate with the divine. This spiritual community is called sangha and is meant to enliven…
Meditative Intimacy
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Kidding Around Yoga
…died, we talk about another key: compassion. So, I remind them about the locks and keys and demonstrate how we have an opportunity to practice compassion. Teaching mindfulness is another…
Yoga Therapy: A Holistic Approach
…for Yoga Journal, and author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing. For further information about him and his programs, please visit: www.drmccall.com. …
Be Love Now
…be peace and we be compassion. IYM: Someone, commenting on your new book, said that it seems to be a coming full circle for you. It’s been 40 years since…
Moving Toward Expansion, Integration and Freedom
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The Science of Yoga, Part 6: Bringing It All Together
…conclusion. Let’s come back to Kriya Yoga to pull this all together. The components of Kriya Yoga, as mentioned earlier, are tapas, svadhyaya and Ishvara pranidhana. Tapas Swami Hariharananda Aranya,…
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