Yoga News
Integral Yoga Educator in the News
Swami Lalitananda—one of Swami Satchidananda's senior swamis and who was instrumental in the founding of the Integral Yoga Institute of Coimbatore, India—was recently interviewed (see video around the 3 minute mark) about the Camford International School. This English...
Patanjali’s Words: The Desire for Liberation
Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 21st sutra of Chapter 1 in which Patanjali defines the...
Can Integral Yoga Natural Foods NYC Be Saved? Sangha Natural Foods?
In 1972, the Integral Yoga Institute of New York was growing rapidly under Sri Swami Satchidananda's guidance. Many people had become students of Hatha Yoga and, with so much interest in following a vegetarian diet, there came a real need for a store that would,...
Running: A Moving Meditation
In March, I will be running a self-supported 108k trail “moving meditation” at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to honor Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda—the Woodstock Guru—during the 50th anniversary year of Woodstock. Although I have decades of experience running long...
How to Develop Your Willpower
The best thing to do to succeed in your spiritual practices is to develop your willpower. That is because everything begins in the mind. The practices that we do in the name of Yoga are to help us become masters of our own minds. Your mind should be your instrument;...
Yoga, Faith & the Science of Meditation – IY eMagazine 124
Patanjali’s Words: Samadhi and Sraddha (Faith)
Rev. Jaganath, Integral Yoga Minister and Raja Yoga master teacher, has spent a lifetime delving into the deepest layers of meaning in Patanjali’s words within the Yoga Sutras. Our series continues with the 20th sutra of Chapter 1 in which Patanjali further elaborates...
Woodstock Festival 50th Anniversary News!
News about plans for this year's 50th anniversary (August 16–18, 2019) of this legendary music and peace festival is starting to flow! There are two large events planned. One, near the original Bethel Woods site of 1969 festival and another in Watkins Glen, New York....
Passages: John Welwood, Trailblazing Buddhist Psychologist
John Welwood, a pioneer in the field of East–West psychology, has died at age 75 on January 20, 2019. Lion's Roar reported that: Welwood was the former director of the East–West Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and...