On November 4th, Zen master Bernie Glassman, Roshi, a great interfaith pioneer and humanitarian, passed away. Roshi Bernie was a longtime LOTUS Honorary Advisory Council member and one of Swami Satchidananda's close interfaith collaborators—together they shared many...
If You are a Yogi, Should You Vote?
With the upcoming elections, we wanted to share Swami Satchidananda's views on Yoga and political involvement. Even from the earliest days of his arrival in America, he encouraged his students to be responsible citizens and to vote. For example, one new student asked...
Integral Yoga’s New Global Calendar of Trainings & Programs
Looking for an Integral Yoga program or training in India? How about Tuscany, Italy? Now, many Integral Yoga and Integral Yoga affiliated training programs, as well as special events, are featured on our global calendar. The home page of IntegralYoga.org is where both...
The Race Against Time: Help Preserve the Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga Archives
The Integral Yoga Archives preservation team is working hard to preserve, restore, and digitize the historical assets—about Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga International—stored at Satchidananda Ashram before they are lost to deterioration forever. The Archives...
The Yoga Way: Food for Body, Mind & Spirit
Recently, Integral Yoga teacher Carole Kalyani Baral was interviewed on Unity Online Radio's "Main Street Vegan" program by its host Victoria Moran. In this excerpt from the show, Kalyani talks about her Integral Yoga journey, becoming a vegetarian (and, later,...
The European Union of Yoga
The European Union of Yoga was founded in 1971, and in 1973 Swami Satchidananda was invited to be the special guest speaker during their first annual conference in Zinal, Switzerland. This tradition continued for 15 years, when each September, Swamiji would give many...
Yoga Therapy Today: Two Integral Yogis Featured
Integral Yoga teachers and therapists Taravati Tania Turcinovic and Srimati Nicole Leo-Randazzo, from the Integral Yoga Institute of New York and its Wellness Spa, are featured on the cover (front center) of the summer issue of Yoga Therapy Today, a publication of the...
Choosing Life: Suicide Prevention & Hope — Advice from Swami Satchidananda
Integral Yoga Publications is happy to announce the publication of a new pocket-sized booklet that offers advice from Swami Satchidananda on this important subject. The booklet, which first appeared here in Integral Yoga Magazine (and on our website) as an article, is...
Integral Yoga India — New Website!
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...
Integral Yoga Meditation Retreat in Thiruvannamalai, India: December 28, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Thiruvannamalai is where Sri Ramana Maharshi settled to do his sadhana and the ashram he founded was where Sri Swami Satchidananda sat at the holy feet of this great sage in the 1940s. In Thiruvannamalai, mantras vibrate subliminally in the air, and the spiritual...
The “Satchidananda Classroom” in Gambia (West Africa)
It was in 2005, that Mini Shakti first took Integral Teacher Training with Integral Yoga Barcelona center head, Kirana Stover. Mini Shakti and her husband Kalilu (originally from Gambia who came to Spain after a long arduous journey as a refugee) were inspired by...
New Integral Yoga Inspired Children’s Books in Italian
Alessandra Premashakti Zancocchia—an Integral Yoga teacher at the Integral Yoga Centre of Teramo, Italy—contributed to two children's Yoga books in Italian that bring out the teachings of Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga. The books' titles translated are: "A...
Yoga Environmental Solutions: National Solar Tour
Yogaville (Integral Yoga headquarters in Central Virginia) and Yogaville Environmental Solutions (the Integral Yoga environmental advocacy group) are honored to have been selected to be part of the 2018 National Solar Tour. Both Sivananda Hall (now fully solar) and...
Integral Yoga Publications Announces Release of Free eBooks!
Integral Yoga Publications is happy to announce the release of the following foreign language free eBooks: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Portuguese translation) and The Golden Present (German translation). And, these ebooks, in English: Swami Satchidananda: Apostle of...
Second Generation Integral Yogas Making Their Mark!
There are so many first generation Integral Yogis doing wonderful service all over the globe. For example, this week, Rev. Jivana Heyman (Accessible Yoga founder) was named by Yoga Journal as one of 10 leaders in Yoga service. Now, second generation kids are all grown...
Shakticom.org — New Website!
Shakticom is the audio/video department of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. It is owned and operated by Satchidananda Ashram, the headquarters of Integral Yoga International. Shakticom is also the retail hub of the Integral Yoga online store, with 100% of Shakticom...