The Satchidananda Effect: Post-Woodstock and Beyond

In the more than fifty years since Swami Satchidananda brought peace into the chaos of 450,000 young people at a massive rock concert, his Integral Yoga teachings continue to be shared around the world. Heart surgeons, construction workers, people with HIV/AIDS,...

“Beyond Asana”: Creating a Worldwide Accessible Yoga Community

The first thing Rev. Jivana Heyman (Integral Yoga Minister and founder of Accessible Yoga) does when he enters a Yoga studio, restaurant, store, or community space is scope out its accessibility. Are the hallways wide enough for wheelchairs? Are there ramps? Do the...

Accessible Yoga in Hong Kong

Hersha Chellaram, director of Integral Yoga Hong Kong, is a pioneering Yoga instructor and therapist who has been working to make the Yoga accessible to some of Hong Kong’s most disadvantaged people. In a recent interview, she spoke with the South China Morning...

Webinar: Rev. Jivana Heyman on Accessibility in Yoga

In this webinar, Avi Gordon, director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association, is in conversation with Rev. Jivana Heyman, an Integral Yoga teacher, minister, and founder of Accessible Yoga. They discuss a range of topics, including the challenge it is to change the...

BOOK: Yoga Rising

If you haven’t yet read Melanie C. Klein’s inspiring book, Yoga Rising, you might want to check it out. A beautiful compilation of personal essays by “Yoga renagades,” as she calls them, who are, as Dianne Bondy describes in her foreword, those...