Integral Yoga

Integral Yoga equips you with the right tools to handle life's uncertainties in a remarkably calm manner. It's nothing mystical - just a practical and scientific guide to an improved way of living.

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Integral Yoga was developed by Swami Satchidananda, a student of the famous Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India.
 
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Integral Yoga
Swami Satchidananda
Sri Swami Satchidananda described Integral Yoga as: "...a flexible combination of specific methods to develop every aspect of the individual: physical, intellectual, and spiritual.

Purna Yoga or integral yoga is said to be an improvisation over the traditional Yoga systems of India. It was thought that the traditional Yoga system revolved more around salvation and next life rather than the present one.

Integral Yoga
Integral yoga combines all the paths of yoga - asana (postures), pranayama (controlled breathing), selfless service, prayer, chanting, meditation and self-inquiry - into one approach.

Integral yoga. This yoga style places almost as much emphasis on pranayama (control of breath) and meditation as it does on postures. See article on Yoga Styles.
Ishvar-pranidhana. Center on the Divine (one of the niyamas).

Integral Yoga. Pranayama (control of breath) and meditation with asanas.
Ishvar-pranidhana. Center on the Divine (one of the niyamas).

[edit] Integral Yoga origins
Although Satchidananda is thought to have briefly met Sri Aurobindo, he viewed his brand of teaching as a unique entity. Swami Satchidananda characterized Integral Yoga as "...

Kriya Yoga is an integral Yoga, a union of Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga. Kriya Yoga is a scientific technique of meditation, which brings all-round development to a person.
This introduction on Kriya Yoga was provided by Christine Gruenwald.

In some popular schools of hatha yoga (Sivananda, Integral Yoga, etc.), there is often given a relaxation period in shavasana after each asana to allow the body and energy to adjust while in other popular schools such as Bikram, Kripalu, Power Yoga, ...

Integral Yoga, developed by Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Richard ("the Mother", born Mirra Alfassa) in the early 1900s, is a combination of Hatha, Tantra, Raja, Jnana, Karma and Bhakti Yoga.

* Integral Yoga - Sri Aurobindo
* Gitananda Yoga - Swami Gitananda Giri
* Iyengar Yoga - B.K.S. Iyengar
* Kripalu Yoga - Amrit Desai
* Kriya Yoga - Paramahansa Yogananda
* Sahaj Marg - Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari ...

This is where the complete integral yoga that we teach in Satyananda yoga covers all bases. It teaches us to deal with the physical and the vital energies. It also covers the mind and the psychic aspect.

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You may have heard of Sivananda yoga, Integral yoga, Kundalini yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Iyengar yoga, Power yoga and many more.

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Decide to go in for a much gentler form of yoga like, for instance, Kripalu Yoga, Viniyoga. Or also consider Integral Yoga. There are styles of yoga, which may be too dynamic for beginners and stiff people, such as Bikram, Ashtanga and Power Yoga.

Swami Satchidananda, who later founded the Integral Yoga Institute, was then living in Colombo. He welcomed his gurubhai and kindly arranged programs.

position, breath control, and relaxation come the more advanced stages of concentration, contemplation, and then ultimately absorption. But that does not mean that one must perfect any one stage before moving onto the next. The Integral yoga approach ...

See also: Integral, Yoga, Mind, Body, Spirit