Category: Hatha Yoga

Reducing Anxiety Amidst a Pandemic

Here we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and anxiety is through the roof! When we’re anxious, our breathing pattern changes. That’s why it’s good to take a break regularly and stretch your upper body. You don’t even need to get up from your chair.

IY Teacher Feature: Jayadeva Mandelkorn

With a distinguished career teaching Yoga since 1969, Jayadeva Mandelkorn speaks with an authority few other teachers can match. He knows not only the challenges of teaching…

Ahimsa and Environmentalism: Iana’s Solar Bus Story

Ahimsa is the Yogic principle of non-harm, from the Yoga Sutra’s Yamas and Niyamas. Essential for any Yogi, ahimsa applies to all our actions, not only with one another…

Yoga is for Everybody: Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate

Yoga is for Everybody As far back as the 1970s, Sri Swami Satchidananda, founder of Integral Yoga, emphasized this truth: “Be he young or old, weak or…

IY Teacher Feature: Rev. Manjula Spears

The Integral Yoga Teacher Feature is an exciting new blog series featuring monthly stories from graduates of Integral Yoga teacher trainings. This month’s installment features Rev. Manjula…

Living Yoga Training Program: Q&A with Alumni

The Living Yoga Training (LYT) program at Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville is a twenty-eight day residential program designed for conscientious seekers to establish or deepen their practice. Within this supportive…

Five Insights for New Yoga Teachers

For those of you who are newly certified Yoga instructors and pondering ‘what’s next’, read today’s article about Tara Echenroeder and her five insights for new yoga…

Release Into Restorative Yoga

Sometimes injury, stress, or the day’s wear can leave us exhausted and unwilling to step onto the mat. In these times, the healing qualities of Restorative Yoga…

8 Reasons to take Integral Yoga Teacher Training

8 Reasons to take Integral Yoga Teacher Training For over 50 years, the Integral Yoga Academy has transformed thousands of Yoga practitioners into accomplished Yoga instructors. Our…

Smart Glute, Dumb Glute: How Properly Functioning Glutes Stabilize the Body

Excerpted from Pelvic Liberation: Using Yoga, Self-Inquiry, and Breath Awareness for Pelvic Health, by Leslie Howard Vertical structures like skyscrapers need to move; they need to be…