BOOK: Surfing with a Rookie Yogi

Integral Yoga teacher, India Henson’s new book Surfing with a Rookie Yogi has just been published. Here, she gives an overview of it. Congratulations India! “My new book is both a memoir and informational resource for readers that will deepen their...

Teaching Yoga: Moving Toward Enlightenment

In this interview, we talk to two of the leading teacher trainers—the founders of the Jivamukti Yoga Method—Sharon Gannon and David Life. They discuss the role of the Yoga teacher and the special qualities needed to be a modern day Yoga teacher. Integral Yoga Magazine...

The Future of Teaching Yoga

Integral Yoga Magazine (IYM): You’ve been training Yoga teachers for fifty years now. What type of evolution have you seen over the years? Rama Jyoti Vernon (RJV): Many years ago, Nancy Ford-Kohne, Nischala Devi, and I met with Swami Satchidananda (Gurudev) to talk to...

The Yoga of Teaching

Beginning in the 1960s, there was a tremendous wave of enlightened masters who came to the West to impart the teachings of Yoga. Their coming was heralded by singular great souls who taught in the early 1900s, like Paramahansa Yogananda and Swami Vivekananda. Most of...