Alice Coltrane with Swami Satchidananda on the new Benefit Concert merch. In March 2024, Impulse! Records (whose parent company is Universal Music Group), released the live recording of Alice Coltrane (Swamini A.C. Turiyasangitananda) that was part a benefit concert held in 1971 for the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. This new album release is part of the 2024 “Year of Alice,” conceived of by The John & Alice Coltrane Home and the Coltrane Family—in partnership with Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society, and ..read more

Integral Yoga Ministry is pleased to announce the continuation of its “Contemporary Mysticism: Paths to Awakening” program with Rev. Jaganath Carrera in conversation with Lama Konchog Pema, an American Tibetan Buddhist on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT. The program will take place online and registration is free. Paths to Awakening are as varied as the number of people on earth, each offering a unique perspective and journey. Reaching the depths of Realization is often described with heartfelt resonance and gratitude by practitioners of all Paths as we have been finding out in o ..read more

Durga Das (making a peace sign; Mira holding Tulsi) with participants of his Kirtan College at Yogaville, late-2010s. With heavy hearts and profound sorrow, we bid farewell to a luminary of spiritual music, David Newman, known fondly as Durga Das, who transitioned from this world into the eternal realm on April 18, 2024. He was diagnosed five weeks prior with Glioblastoma (brain cancer). His departure leaves a palpable void in the hearts of countless devotees, friends, and admirers worldwide. David Newman was much more than a musician, song-writer, author and spiritual teacher; he was a bea ..read more

Durga Das (making a peace sign; Mira holding Tulsi) with participants of his Kirtan College at Yogaville, late-2010s. With heavy hearts and profound sorrow, we bid farewell to a luminary of spiritual music, David Neuman, known fondly as Durga Das, who transitioned from this world into the eternal realm on April 18, 2024. He was diagnosed five weeks prior with Glioblastoma (brain cancer). His departure leaves a palpable void in the hearts of countless devotees, friends, and admirers worldwide. David Newman was much more than a musician, song-writer, author and spiritual teacher; he was a bea ..read more

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Photo by Greg Rakozy via Unsplash. Healing from addiction or any other unhealthy habit is a spiritual practice. It’s impossible simply to say, “Oh, I don’t want to indulge in this or I have to get rid of that.” We cannot. The more we try to push it away and get rid of it, the more we wind up suppressing it, not releasing it. If you don’t want to release it, to really heal from it, nobody is going to force you. But you will be forced by the problem itself. It will teach you very soon. That’s what the Mother Nature does.  Whenever we develop an addiction or attachment toward anything it v ..read more

Photo by: Antoni Shkraba via Pexels. The Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco will host a Yoga Immersion Program online in several modules from April 23 through June 23, 2024 led by Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500, Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 & Mia Velez, E-RYT 500. This comprehensive 9-week course will offer a chance to take your own practice to a deeper level, experience Yoga as a way of life and receive well-rounded Yoga studies founded in the teachings of Integral Yoga, a classical Yoga tradition. All levels of practice are welcome and some prior experience is required ..read more

Integral Yoga® Publications is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Practicing the Yoga Sutras: A Personal Study Guide & Journal, a faithful companion to the profound teachings found in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Yoga has long been recognized as a powerful tool for personal growth and well-being. Author Carroll Ann Friedmann takes readers on a deep exploration of the core principles of Yoga as elucidated by Patanjali in an accessible way that helps unlock the secrets to inner peace. With insightful commentary, thought-provoking exercises, and reflectiv ..read more

Photo: Swami Satchidananda offering camphor arati to Lord Ganesha, India, early 1990s. Devotion and worship were part and parcel of Ramu’s (Swami Satchidananda’s birthname was Ramaswamy, Ramu for short) upbringing and shaped him, his daily life and worldview. His parents were extremely devout and raised Ramu to participate fully in traditional spiritual practices. Ramu’s childhood was filled with devotional rituals. He would walk before dawn each to a farm one and a half miles from the house. An acre of land there was set aside for use as a flower garden. Brightly colored flowers of particul ..read more

New Alice Coltrane album from the 1971 Carnegie Hall benefit concert. In March 2024, Impulse! Records (whose parent company is Universal Music Group), released the live recording of Alice Coltrane (Swamini A.C. Turiyasangitananda) that was part a benefit concert held in 1971 for the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. This new album release is part of the 2024 “Year of Alice,” conceived of by The John & Alice Coltrane Home and the Coltrane Family—in partnership with Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society, and man ..read more