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Creating a Just World: A Spiritual Perspective
Avi Gordon (Integral Yoga Teachers Association director) is joined by Rev. Kamala Itzel Hayward (Integral Yoga teacher, Yoga therapist, Integral Yoga minister) for this conversation on spirituality and social justice. For 13 years, Rev. Kamala practiced law full time,...
Watch Replay of: LIVE “Responding to Racism: A Spiritual Perspective”
Watch this replay from the LIVE "Responding to Racism: A Spiritual Perspective" panel on June 14th, 2020 with Integral Yoga minister Rev. Kamala Itzel Hayward and Mazin Jamal Mahgoub, moderated by Swami Ramananda. The discussion includes how—from a spiritual vantage...
Racism: As Yogis How Do We Respond?
We are living through a time of unprecedented upheaval and suffering. How do we respond? Our “Yoga” response to suffering is often to meditate, pray, do our Yoga practices. We do our spiritual practice to see our own blind spots more clearly. We meditate to open our...
SPECIAL EVENT: Responding to Racism: June 14 Integral Yoga Webinar
Integral Yoga stands in solidarity with the voices of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) that systematic racism and injustice due to police violence must end. We will not stand by and watch the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the...
My Journey with Dr. King and the Spirit of Ahimsa
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, had he lived, would have turned 91 this year. He did not call himself a yogi but he lived his life and led the civil rights movement with a deep dedication to the spirit of ahimsa, or nonviolence. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the son of...