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,...

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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...

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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...

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Featured Counselor

Featured Counselor

Allison Dessimone   Interview by Sarah McElwain What happens during a visit with an Ayurvedic Health Counselor?  During an initial consultation, we will go over an extensive health history from the time of conception to the present day. While many...

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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...

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Featured Teacher

Pune Dracker Interviewed by Sarah McElwain You manage the front desk at IYINY. What special skills and experience do you bring to this job? While I had never managed a customer service team, I did select and mentor a team of junior writers for a national nonprofit,...

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Holly (Lalita) Hoover

Holly (Lalita) Hoover

Interviewed by Sarah McElwain You teach Kids Yoga for 7 to 11 year olds. What inspired you to teach this class? As yoga instructors, I see it as our goal to share yoga with as many people as possible. After teaching adult students and young adult college students for...

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Brahmi Bergamini

Interviewed by Sarah McElwain What is Aura-Soma energy work?  Aura-Soma is a color care system created in England by Vicky Wall in 1983. After dedicating her life to the welfare of others as a surgical chiropodist, Vicky Wall retired due to clinical blindness....

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