Swami Satchidananda, the revered founder of Yogaville and a world-renowned spiritual teacher, presents a transformative vision in his book, Heaven on Earth: My Vision of Yogaville. This compelling vision encapsulates his dream of creating a haven of peace, love, and...
We all need teachers in life; not everything can be learned from a book. According to Hindu tradition, there are four main teachers: Mata, Pita, Guru, Deva: Mother, Father, Guru and God. The mother is the baby’s first guru; she is everything to the baby: unconditional...
For thirty-two years, I had the great good fortune to sit at the feet of Sri Swami Satchidananda (Gurudev). There were happy times and sad times, countless comings and goings, many ups and downs, but through it all, he remained the same: peaceful, patient, balanced,...
The annual Guru Poornima celebration is being hosted by Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville on July 9 – 10, 2022. The program will be both in-person (limited space, health protocols and registration required) and it will also be streamed. For in-person details and the...
Enjoy this beautiful overview of the shrines of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. The Ashram will begin a soft-reopen September 8, 2021, the birth anniversary of H. H. Sri Swami Sivananda, the Guru of Sri Swami Satchidananda. The video includes the three main shrines:...
In this video, Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) interviews Swami Jyotirmayananda, who was initiated as a sannyasin (monastic) in 1986. She has served at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in various capacities, including designing and...
In honor of Guru Poornima, the interfaith music that has been a part of the Light Of Truth Universal Service is now available for all to utilize during services you organize in your local areas. Also, many new interfaith tools and resources have been added to the...
Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, headquarters for Integral Yoga International, has been closed to the public since the beginning of the global pandemic. The Ashram is host to thousands of guests per year, who come to this peaceful abode in the beautiful countryside of...
Rev. Kumari de Sachy, Ed.D., served as editor of Integral Yoga Magazine for over a decade, beginning in 1991. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Integral Yoga Magazine (December 1969), we asked her to talk about how she became the editor and for...
"...and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden." —Joni Mitchell Talking About My Generation… 50 years. You get up every morning. What happens? A week goes by. A month goes by. A year goes by. You get up every morning for 18,274 days and 50 years have gone by....
The LOTUS has been under repair due to ongoing leakage issues. The Italian glass tiles that originally adorned the exterior petals had to be removed years ago due to adverse effects from the the freeze/thaw winter conditions that caused leaking. The original...
In youth, my earliest spiritual urges came in the form of Roman Catholic community. I was in awe of the church structures, the architecture, the liturgy, the mystery. I served as an altar boy and had imaginings of becoming a priest. I was pious and sincere. Yet,...
The Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS) was founded by Swami Satchidananda (Integral Yoga founder) and is dedicated to the Light of all faiths and to world peace. It is the first interfaith shrine to include altars for all faiths known and yet unknown. People...
It's late December 2018 and Sigora Solar (the same company that installed the solar panels on Sivananda Hall) finished the installation of the new LOTUS solar system. It sure looks beautiful and best of all it's helping Yogaville go green! (report and photo by Bill...
Yogaville's Lotus Center for All Faiths (LCAF) team returned this week from Toronto where they took part in the Parliament of the World's Religions. For its 2018 theme, the Parliament drew from movements of goodwill and cross-cultural respect that are embodied in the...
By Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz “Yit'gadal v'yit'kadash sh'mei raba . . .” As I realized that these words of the Mourner’s Kaddish were coming out of my mouth, my head dropped, my eyes closed and I heard wails of grief come from both me and my family. I could no longer...