As we celebrate sixty years of Integral Yoga, we also look back to the spiritual streams that helped shape the path Swami Satchidananda brought to the West. In 1949, Swami Satchidananda met his Guru, Sri Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, and received Sannyas initiation...
On September 8, 2026, we celebrate the 139th birth anniversary of Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, one of the great spiritual luminaries of modern India and the beloved Guru of Swami Satchidananda. We know Swami Sivananda as the sage of Rishikesh, founder of the Divine...
Deepening your meditation practice requires more than simply sitting for longer periods of time. A truly effective practice depends on cultivating a sufficient level of refined energy. This energy expresses itself as alertness, mental clarity, willpower, conviction,...
The majority of the suffering that you experience is caused not by something outside of yourself but by your internal reaction to things. And those reactions that bring pain are usually based on attachments and expectations that are unfulfilled. You make an...
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