by Krishna Karl Spicer Krishna Karl Spicer The first thing I love is that it’s something you can DO when everything else out there is falling apart. I know this has brought many people to Yoga. It’s a way to assert your own power and control over...
Piping it in
by Anitra (Amrita) Frazier Anitra (Amrita) Frazier At first I resisted Yoga. My friends kept urging me to go IYI when it was at 500 West End Avenue. I’d walk past the tasteful brass plaque everyday but I wouldn’t go in. I was depressed, smoking marijuana, unsatisfied...
Reverend Laksmi Scalise
Understanding Sound Healing Interviewed by Amy Cho Rev. Laksmi Scalise Sound healing is a complementary therapy to heal mind, body, spirit, but how does it work? I had the opportunity to interview Reverend Laksmi Scalise, a gong master, Reiki master teacher,...
<strong>Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project – a Midterm Report</strong>
By Karuna Kreps & Chandra/Jo Sgammato During the dormancy of the pandemic a new branch of Integral Yoga was planted, has taken root, and is sprouting out with great promise. It is the Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project. Its purpose is to create a new Integral Yoga...
What is Practice?
By Dhāraṇī Diana D íaz In Sutra 1.13, Patanjali tells us that Practice is effort toward steadiness of mind. But before we get into Practice, let’s define effort. Translated by Swami Satchidananda, effort is a continuous practice. He goes on to interpret that...
An Interview with Maria Alfaro
Interviewed by Sarah McElwain Maria Alfaro What is TRE®? TRE stands for Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises. This simple set of exercises mildly fatigue and stretch the muscles in our legs to activate a natural tremoring response called Neurogenic Tremors. This...
Turning Your Back on the Chase
By Ambā Ann-Marie Everitt The woman’s world number one tennis player, Ash Barty, retired at twenty-five, with no reason other than being satisfied with her achievements. Many fans and fellow athletes found this startling, unsettling, unthinkable. And yet, this proud...
Why We Gather
By Laurie Stark According to Swami Satchidananda, a real spiritual experience means to see the unity in diversity. The practice of yoga teaches us to accept ourselves where we are, how we are and it’s then that we meet the truth of who we are. We say “yes” to all our...
Gabriella Girdevi Lamas
Interview by Dhāraṇī Diana Díaz Gabriella Girdevi Lamas Gabriella Girdevi Lamas, is a certified in Hatha I, Raga Yoga, and Therapeutic Yoga Levels I and II. She is on the path to receiving the 800-hour Integral Yoga Therapy program certification. Before 2020, she...
Aligning with the power of the solstice
Free Online Womxn’s Retreat! Join Integral Yoga teacher, Dharani Diaz at the Woman Unleashed Online Retreat. It runs from June 20-July 1 and recordings are open through July 4th. We’re about to enter the season of solstice, a time to pause and listen to the truth of...