At the Front Desk

At the Front Desk

An interview with Liz Sostre Liz Sostre What skills do you bring to your job at the front desk at Integral Yoga? The skills I bring to my workplace at the front desk are warmth, loving-kindness, and ahimsa (nonviolence), the first limb of Patanjali’s eightfold path,...

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

On May 11th, 2023, Shelly Lucky Stein, died at age 81. A quintessential Brooklyn boy, he was a devoted husband of 55 years, a salesman, spoken word poet, health food store owner, NYC tour guide, and beloved yoga teacher. In 1993, he opened "Lucky's Juice Joint" in...

The Upanishads

The Upanishads

And interview with Swami Chidananda, a monastic and longtime disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda, who leads study groups at the Integral Yoga Institute on the Upanishads.  Swami Chidananda You’ve devoted many years of study to these sacred texts. Why do you find the...

IYINY in the news

Radha Metro-Midkiff, Executive Director of Integral Yoga NYC, is featured in two videos. A look inside the second oldest yoga studio in Manhattan - Integral Yoga https://parkbench.com/blog/integral-yoga-yoga-west-village-new-york-city-radha-metro-midkiff Celebrating...

Ellis Island Building

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,...

Woman receiving facial rejuvenation acupuncture

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...

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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...

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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...