Every year on his birthday, as we gathered to honor Sri Swami Satchidananda, the tables would turn in the most profound way. Rather than our offerings of gratitude and celebration taking center stage, Gurudev would bless us with a birthday message brimming with wisdom...
God or Infinite Consciousness is That through which our own egos move. Unfortunately, the ego tends to overlook the fact that its capacity to function is from that Source, and instead it comes up with the notion that I am doing everything by myself. But it would be a...
Ram Dass and Eckhart Tolle are two remarkable teachers who had never shared a stage prior to this 2011 conversation in Maui, Hawaii. These two luminaries engaged in an open conversation about spiritual awakening and the transformation of consciousness. The program was...
Happiness is not something that can come from the outside. One of the things we seem to depend upon for our happiness is physical beauty. We don’t want to accept the fact that we will get old and our bodies will change. When we see others getting old we may think to...
The main purpose of spiritual life is to recognize our spiritual oneness. Living a spiritual life means living in harmony; caring and sharing for one another. There’s no room for any exploitation or corruption in spirituality. This also means to feel and show...
In 2013, Integral Yoga Magazine’s editor, Reverend Prem Anjali, Ph.D., shared an in-depth conversation on enlightenment with renowned author and spiritual activist, Marianne Williamson. Williamson’s 1996 book, A Return to Love, is considered a must-read in the field...
Celebrated author and spiritual teacher Mark Nepo's new book, More Together Than Alone: Discovering the Power and Spirit of Community in Our Lives and in the World, is a reflection on, and inspiration for, who we can be as a world community when we discover "we are...
Sample from the Winter 2005 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Spirituality and Psychotherapy: Common Boundaries Phoenix Rising: An Interview with Michael Lee By Laura Sevika Douglass Michael Lee is the founder and director of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT). PRYT...
Sample from the Fall 2005 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Iyanla Vanzant A frequent guest on “Oprah,” a former host of “The Iyanla Vanzant Show,” and most recently a life coach on the Emmy-winning daytime show, Starting Over, Iyanla is a renowned...
Sample from the Fall 2005 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Alice Coltrane Alice Coltrane (Swami Turiyasangitananda) is the widow of jazz legend John Coltrane. After her husband’s passing she continued their shared exploration of Eastern music and...
Sample from the Spring 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Spirituality and Psychotherapy: The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga An Interview with Marvin Levine, Ph.D. For more than 40 years, Dr. Marvin Levine has been exploring the common boundaries between...
Sample from the Spring 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Gerry Shishin Wick, PhD and Ilia Shinko Perez By Padma Wick Padma Wick, an Integral Yoga teacher and Zen practitioner, interviews Shishin Roshi and Shinko Sensei about their new book, The...
Sample from the Fall 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Spirituality and Culture in Higher Education An Interview with Elizabeth Tisdell, EdD Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, is a former campus minister, and currently a Professor of Adult Education at Penn State Harrisburg....
An Interview with Elizabeth Tisdell, EdD Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, is a former campus minister, and currently a Professor of Adult Education at Penn State Harrisburg. She teaches a course that explores spirituality in adult and higher education. In this interview, she...