An Interview with Reverend Jaganath Carrera In this interview, Reverend Jaganath, an Integral Yoga master teacher and author of Inside the Yoga Sutras, explains how the heart of meditation can be understood through an unlocking of the term “nirodha,” which Patanjali...
Sample from the Spring 2011 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Inside the Yoga Sutras: The Subtle Mechanics of Meditation An Interview with Reverend Jaganath Carrera In this interview, Reverend Jaganath, an Integral Yoga master teacher and author of Inside the Yoga...
Sample from the Spring 2011 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Mantra Meditation An Interview with Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) According to Dr. Frawley, mantra is perhaps the main method of the Yoga of technique. He regards mantras as asanas for the...
Sample from the Fall 2005 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Inside the Yoga Sutras With Rev. Jaganath Carrera Vritti: The Mind's Incessant Whirling Rev. Jaganath Carrera author of the forthcoming book, Inside the Yoga Sutras, shares his reflections on specific sutras...
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine By Stephen Cope, M.S.W. According to psychotherapist and senior Kripalu Yoga teacher Stephen Cope, the mind is profoundly undervalued in our American Yoga tradition. Cope’s view is that the yogis of yore saw...
Sample from the Winter 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Yoga Sutras Unveiled With Swami Karunananda, Rev. Jaganath Carrera and Rev. Paraman Barsel Integral Yoga Magazine asked three of Integral Yoga’s most senior Raja Yoga teacher trainers (each with over...
Sample from the Fall 2007 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), a regular contributor to Integral Yoga Magazine, is one of the few westerners recognized in India as a...
Sample from the Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine An Interview with Russill Paul Largely unknown in the West, yet developing alongside Hatha Yoga, Nada Yoga is a 2000-year-old spiritual system. The Yoga of Sound, Russill Paul’s comprehensive book on the...
Sample from the Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. By Sharon Gannon In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lays out an eight-limbed plan for liberation called Raja Yoga. The first limb is called yama, which means restraint and includes five ethical restrictions:...
An Interview with Richard Miller, PhD Richard Miller’s deep integration of Yoga and western psychotherapy offer a unique glimpse into the process of emotional healing. Dr. Miller describes emotional wellness as, “Our ability to welcome everything, reject nothing and...
Sample from the Summer 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine. Emotional Regulation in the Yoga Sutras By Richard Panico, MD Although Yoga is formally a system of liberation, it can be employed to teach skills of emotional regulation. Dr. Panico bridges the gap between...
An Interview with M.A. Jayashree, PhD To hear Dr. Jayashree chant the Yoga Sutras in Sanskrit is to be transported to the time when this great text was transmitted in the oral tradition. Her melodious voice, flawless pronunciation and classical articulation of the...
By Michael Stone As a yogi, mainly in the Krishnamacharya lineage, and as a practitioner of Buddhist meditation for many years, Chip Hartranft’s work bridges the traditions of Yoga and Buddhism. His deep contemplation and study of the Yoga Sutras is evident in this...
By Ravi Ravindra, PhD Over a period of 20 years, Dr. Ravindra engaged in conversations with the famed philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. He kept notes of these conversations and later wrote several books about Krishnamurti. As he pondered Patanjali’s teachings, Dr....
An Interview with Mukunda Stiles As a practitioner and as a teacher of Yoga, Mukunda Stiles has pondered the Yoga Sutras for over three decades. He brings not just a philosophical understanding to the Sutras, but a deep personal experience that helps illuminate the...
The "certainty of freedom" is a striking concept. Although the concept of spiritual freedom expressed through a word such as "liberation" exists in the English language, the actual meaning as we hear it is quite abstract, somehow foreign to the reality of our day to...