My discovery of Yoga and meditation when I was 18 and a college freshman began to change me from an angry and troubled teenager who hated Phys Ed. to a balanced adult comfortable in my body. It took years, of course, for the practices to take hold. But I stayed with...
It’s been a whirlwind of losses in the past year: from the several million deaths due to the pandemic and to the many luminaries who have left the earth, including most recently sports legends Hank Aaron and Kobe Bryant; actors Chadwick Boseman, Cloris Leachman; and...
In 2021, Integral Yoga International continues to deliver it's highly praised and comprehensive professional trainings online. Trainings are offered through most Integral Yoga centers globally. To find a 2021 training program, visit the Integral Yoga Virtual Studio...
In October 2020, Swami Karunananda gave the following talk—during the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute’s 50th anniversary celebration—on the future of the Integral Yoga teachings and organization. A reporter once asked me to describe Swami Satchidananda’s legacy,...
The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute (IYI). It is also a time to remember and honor all the IYIs that were founded and flourished in California in those early days, and all the pioneers, devotees and students that made...
Integral Yoga Media just released a new documentary, "The Launching of a Global Yoga Revolution," in honor of “Integral Yoga Day” 2020 and the 50th Anniversaries of the Integral Yoga Institute of New York (on 13th Street) and San Francisco (on Dolores Street). In...
Fifty years ago, in October of 1970, the Integral Yoga Institute of New York purchased a building at 227 West 13th Street that has become an oasis of peace and health for thousands of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. Similarly, in San Francisco, the...
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville's soft-reopening in September 2021 has been going well. With COVID protocols in place, weekend programs have resumed, though the ashram remains closed to day visitors. Integral Yoga International has embraced the "hybrid" model, offering...
Rev. Prakasha Shakti Capen, who had a background in radio and broadcasting prior to her years serving as director of the Washington, DC and Boston Integral Yoga Institutes, served as editor of Integral Yoga Magazine from 1979 to 1991, when she was then transferred to...
February 2019: The popular magazine New York, contacted several Yoga studios in New York asking for their take for a feature they were doing on the best Yoga clothes for men. They also asked the Integral Yoga Institute of New York to weigh in. Here's what the magazine...
The Integral Yoga Institute of New York just announced the launch of a new offering: the Ayurveda Academy. The inspiring mission of the Academy is three-fold: teaching students to create and support a vibrant, balanced lifestyle for themselves; training students for a...
Integral Yoga India has a beautiful, newly revised and designed website. With it's web address of yogaindia.org, the new website features the wonderful programs and facilities of the Integral Yoga Institute of Coimbatore (South India). Photos on the homepage gallery...
What did I do the summer of 2018? No, it wasn’t kayaking the Na Pali coast in Kauai. No, it wasn’t trekking to Machu Picchu in Peru. No, it wasn’t band camp in the Adirondacks. But, it was something just as adventurous, demanding, and engaging. First, a little...
In this interview, we talk with Chandra Jo Sgammato, the general manager of the Integral Yoga Institute of New York, which oversees the Yoga at Work™ program bringing Yoga into corporate settings. See more details at the end of this article on how you can have a Yoga...
It was in July 1966, that pop artist icon Peter Max (spiritual name, Atman) invited Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda (known as “Swamiji” at that time) to the United States. Sri Gurudev had been invited to Europe a few months earlier by filmmaker Conrad Rooks...