Lessons of Yoga & the Two Plagues
Our Current Challenge: Reflecting on Applying the Lessons of Yoga to the Events of 2020 To say the least, 2020 has been a roller coaster. The global pandemic was unexpected. It brought our country, and our world to a screeching pause. In the blink of an eye, our...
Voting as an Antidote to Despair
Sharon Salzberg, the popular meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, recently wrote an article for Tricycle magazine on voting, meditation, and how to counteract despair through changing the system. During these challenging times, Tricycle...
Accessible Yoga Association Community Forum
This month, in honor of Pride, Accessible Yoga is celebrating the work of Queer and Trans Yoga teachers who are creating accessible and affirming spaces among the LGBTQ+ Yoga community. On June 28, join host M Camellia, Zel Amanzi and Puja Singh Titchkosky of the...
How to Be an Effective Ally: Beyond the Book Group
Integral Yoga minister, Rev. Kamala Itzel Hayward is joined by Kathy Simon to host the series "Beyond the Book Group: How To Be An Effective Ally & Advocate For Racial Justice." This will be a four-session series on Tuesdays, from Nov. 17 to Dec. 8, 3:00 PM -...
Martin Luther King Jr. Online Event: Non-Violence as an Act of Courage
The Integral Yoga Institute of New York (NYIYI) is hosting a special online event on Saturday, January 16, 2021, from 5:30–7:00 p.m. ET. The IYI has a new entity called The Committee for Racial Diversity and Anti- Discrimniation (RDAD). Members of this committee will...
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...