The Swami & The Rabbi: Jewish Mysticism Meets Integral Yoga

Hosted by the Integral Yoga Ministry and inspired by the annual “Swami & Rabbi” programs with Swami Satchidananda and Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, now Swami Ramananda, a senior monastic student of Swami Satchidananda, and Rabbi David Igber, a senior student...

Yoga’s First Interfaith Ministry

The first thoughts of proposing some type of ministry for the Integral Yoga organization occurred in the winter of 1980.  My mother had been a member of the Third Order of St. Francis when she was young. This order was established by St. Francis in response to a...

Integral Yoga Welcomes a New Monastic

At the end of May 2018, James Kovalenko became the first of his generation to answer the most profound summons of the heart: to dive without reservation into the bliss of renunciation and dedication in the form of pre-sannyas (pre-monastic) initiation. He woke up...