Tinuola Rose An interview with Kitchen Manager, Tinuola Rose Maybe it’s because I'm a first generation African Caribbean woman born in the U.K. that I consider myself somewhat of a trailblazer, a pioneer. I always seem to find my way to spaces that allow for...
The Lives of the Forcibly Displaced
By Laurie Stark A quarter of a billion people, globally, are classified as refugees or “forcibly displaced persons,” the highest level of displacement in history, forced from their homes and/or homelands due to war, natural disaster, persecution, violence,...
Featured Practitioner – Francesca Biryukov
Interviewed by Sarah McElwain Francesca Biryukov How did you become an acupuncture practitioner? I started as a bodyworker and went to the Swedish Institute to learn massage. While I was there, I was exposed to various teachers and more Eastern studies. And then...
Peter Karow
Interviewed by Sarah McElwain Peter Karow Of all the trainings and personal experience you've had with yoga, what led you to teach your Deep Relaxation class? Many years ago, I took other types of yoga but also just regular Integral Yoga Hatha classes. And I...
Leila Hegazy
Leila Hegazy What I love about Integral Yoga My favorite thing about Integral Yoga is how holistic it is. It truly takes into account the whole person, and all the ways that we need to be nourished for maximum physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Each branch...
November Yogic Teaching
By Diana Dhāraṇī Díaz Asteya, or non-stealing, is the third of the five yamas. Growing up Catholic and attending parochial school, we had a monthly practice of the sacrament of Reconciliation, more commonly known as “Confession”. My younger self struggled with...
An interview with Chuck Fishman
By Sarah McElwain Chuck Fishman, Photo Credit: Aleksander Prugar You recently visited Poland to photograph the Jewish community’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis occurring there now. My last trip was at the end of June and beginning of July. It was a...
Why I Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
by Ambā (Ann-Marie Everitt) Amba Do you remember the car game that begins with the question Who am I? The opponents always obliged with the follow-up, Am I an animal, vegetable, or mineral? Then the game took flight. Do I have four legs? Can I swim, can I see at...
Integral Yoga Friends and Family Interfaith Virtual Memorial Service: Remembering and Honoring Our Loved Ones
By Sarah McElwain Rev. Shankar Fern What is the Integral Yoga Ministry and how is it connected to Interfaith? Interfaith has always been a very important part of Integral Yoga. Our Interfaith work was introduced to us by Swami Satchidananda. He saw a demand and...
Integral Yoga Branches
By Swami Premananda At any moment, or stage of your life, take the pathway that feels the easiest and the most enjoyable. At one point, it might be the path of bhakti (devotion and surrender), which is all about sensing and feeling into the heart. At another...