…we come together, our love and commitment to each other and the teachings can help us build and grow something beyond what we can do individually. We can harness our…
Our Responsibility to a World in Crisis
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AIDS Activist and Yoga Teacher Prema Pleva Celebrated for a “Lifetime of Service”
(Photo: Prema Pleva with Swami Asokananda.) In the 1980s, when the gay community in New York City was under siege, suffering and dying from a vicious plague yet to be…
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Sample from the Spring 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Music of the Soul Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison An Interview with Joshua…
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…want to achieve the same thing. If you have good company, even without your knowing, you will be able to achieve your goals. That’s what you call satsanga, good company….
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Swami Ramananda, president of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, will be teaching during the “Deep Rest & Timeless Teachings” retreat being held at the Commonweal Retreat Center in…
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…suggest you meditate on something higher, something holy, something that will release you from all your limitations, bondages, worries and anxieties. This is where prayer comes in, or a mantra—a…
Vedanta and Psychotherapy
…that comes kama (desire), from desire comes anger ( I want it but can’t have it) from anger comes samoha or delusion (I begin scheming about how to get it),…
Self-Realization: The Expansion or Contraction of the Ego
…I may say they are my enemy, and again it is my projection. So put yourself into everything, or take yourself completely out from everything. Either way, you come and…
Living a Liberated Life
…Often we think liberation comes only after death. Who said that you are liberated after death? No. Liberation comes from realization of the divine truth. And when you are realized…
Lessons from Raja Yoga: Viveka (Discrimination)
…things come and go like passing clouds. White clouds come, dark clouds come. But I am the sun. I always shine. Remembering and dinning this truth of your true nature…
Yoga and Menopause: An Interview with Suza Francina
…numerous websites. So in addition to my classes with women who were concerned about common menopausal symptoms I received questions and comments about Yoga and menopause from women all over…
How I Came to the West
…who walked that way used to come and stay. That’s another great benefit that I got. Any time someone walked into my childhood house, that person would always see some…
Yoga at Work
…company. IYM: How do you introduce this program to a company? CS: We hope to intrigue the human resources director with the idea but, just as often, it’s one employee…
The Most Important Goal in Life
…and no one stand in your way. But if they are helpful, it’s fine to have them around. Everything you come into contact with, all your associations, your friend, and…
Compassionate Activism: March 19, 2022 Online
…Satsang, a special time for us to come together as a community. In Sanskrit, Sat means truth and Sangha means community. Satsang offers an opportunity to come together to share…
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Our Workplaces
…high vata the organization experiences a shift away from creativity and high engagement. As vata persists in the community, restlessness, worry, gossip, and complaining emerge to try and handle uncertainty…
The Meaning of Sivaratri
…and he ran, got tired, climbed on a tree and the tiger was waiting for him to come down. He couldn’t come down and he couldn’t sleep there, and he…
Yoga for Wellness
…exactly like that. And that is why we practice the yamas and niyamas, which are very similar to the Ten Commandments. These commandments say to not do this and that…
Union Hill, Yogaville Happy with Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation!
…Buckingham say this was a story of two communities coming together with one common goal, to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. “It’s sort of been six years of constant, constant…
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…feeling of persistent sadness (mood component), a self-concept such as: “I am not good enough” (cognitive component), an unhealthy diet and progressive social withdraw (behavior component). When we use Yoga…