Integral Yoga Podcast

What is the Self beyond identity, and how can yoga and meditation help us experience greater inner freedom?

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, Avi Gordon speaks with Kriya Yoga teacher and author Ryan Kurczak about the deeper teachings of Yoga, meditation, awareness, and spiritual freedom. They explore how meditation helps us step back from conditioned identities without disconnecting from everyday life, and how the Y...

Can conscious breathing help us heal, find inner peace, and reconnect with our true selves?

In this episode, host Avi Gordon speaks with Heike Amma Farkas about breathwork, self-healing, and spiritual growth. Heike shares her personal journey with pranayama and conscious connected breathing, and how it has deepened her sense of peace, gratitude, and connection to her higher self.

Avi and Heike explore why running from uncomfo...

Yoga, Meditation, Arthritis & Chronic Pain Relief with Steffany Moonaz

What if changing your relationship with pain could change the way you experience it?

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon sits down with research scientist and yoga therapist Steffany Moonaz for an insightful conversation about yoga, meditation, mindfulness, movement, and living with chronic pain and arthritis. Steffany shares ...

What if yoga is more than a physical practice? What if it can become a pathway to deeper self-awareness, spiritual awakening, healing, and discovering the divine within?

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon welcomes Sita Severson, Director of Soul of Yoga, for a thoughtful conversation about yoga, spirituality, consciousness, meditation, identity, self-love, addiction recovery, and personal transformatio...

What does it truly mean to live with greater awareness, compassion, and presence?

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, host Avi Gordon sits down with renowned spiritual teacher and kirtan artist Krishna Das for a heartfelt conversation about the inner journey of awakening. Drawing on decades of spiritual practice and the teachings of Maharaji (Neem Karoli Baba) and Ram Dass, Krishna Das shares practical wisdom for navig...

In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast (Ep. 152), we sit down with master percussionist and sound healer Arjun Bruggeman. Known extensively for his decades of touring and playing the tabla alongside kirtan wallah Krishna Das, Arjun shares his profound evolutionary journey from a young punk-rock-loving drummer to a devotional musician and sound journey guide.

Arjun opens up about his early life, the hilarious story of how h...

EP-151 | Muktan Pappalardo: Meditation, Mindfulness & Spiritual Growth | Integral Yoga Podcast – In this powerful episode, Muktan Pappalardo shares profound insights on spirituality, mindfulness, meditation, self-discovery, and living a conscious life.

Welcome to another inspiring episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast. In this deep and thought-provoking conversation, we sit down with Muktan Pappalardo to explore the jou...

What if your brilliance isn't something you become — but something you reveal?

Diana Esther is a Transformational Teacher, International Speaker, and creator of the Diamond Within Method — a framework that uses the Diamond Clarity Grading system as a model for human transformation. Just as a diamond's inclusions obscure its natural clarity, our limiting beliefs, emotional patterns, and stored experiences keep us disc...

Most of us are holding on — in our bodies, our identities, our relationships — without even knowing it. This conversation is about learning to let go.

"We're really good at holding on — to our material things, our identity, our grudges, our correctness. But letting go, that muscle is a little weak in us." — Leslie Howard

Leslie is a yoga teacher, pelvic health specialist, death doula, and author of Pel...

Eddie joins us to talk about why he built an all-in-one platform for yoga and wellness teachers — and what it really means to earn a living doing what you love. We explore the tension between spiritual identity and running a business, the role of AI (including their new tool Sprout), mindful tech use, and why human connection matters more than ever. 

Eddie has been helping people achieve their goals through technology...

"When people meet you and they can see that you're comfortable moving through all the different parts of your personality — that's actually when you're a really impressive person." ~ Richard Brook

In this conversation, Avi sits down with Richard Brook — wellness facilitator, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and author of Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide to Life — for a deep and honest exploration of what ...

Dr. Mala Cunningham (PhD in Counseling Psychology, senior disciple of Swami Satchidananda, and founder of Neuroscience and Yoga TT, Cardiac Medical Yoga TT, and Mental Health, Neuroscience and Yoga TT) joins us to explore the powerful intersection of ancient yoga practices and modern neuroscience.

Learn how yoga and meditation actually change your brain, stimulates your vagus nerve for instant calm, and why giving your brain con...

In this conversation, Akiva shares what Torah actually teaches about animal welfare, environmental stewardship, and our responsibility to all living beings. We explore the Kabbalistic understanding of food and spiritual elevation, why so many rabbis who are vegetarian or vegan keep it to themselves, and what conscious eating has to do with the soul.

We also talk about the relationship between inner work and outer activism, the p...

What happens to the mind when the brain begins to fail? After a traumatic brain injury changed her own pace of life, Kirana Stover found herself bedside with her dying mother—an experience that transformed from a season of grief into a surreal, poetic masterclass in presence.

In this episode, Kirana Stover, a long-time Integral Yoga teacher and center head in Barcelona discusses her moving new book documenting her mother&...

"Health is very simple. It's disease that's complicated."

Join Dr. Michael Muktan Sullivan as he shares his incredible spiritual journey from backpacking across Europe and India in the 1970s to becoming a devoted disciple of Swami Satchidananda. Discover how yoga, Buddhism, and Ayurveda transformed his life, including firsthand stories of selfless service, karma yoga, and the power of a true guru. Perfect for anyone seeking insp...

In this powerful conversation, Sigmar Berg, founder of Lovetuner, shares his mission to reconnect hearts through the 528 Hz "love frequency" — known as the miracle tone for DNA repair and healing. We explore moving from mind to heart, achieving true presence, overcoming societal disconnection, the science and spirituality of vibration, and how simple breathwork with the Lovetuner can shortcut meditation and raise your frequen...

In this enlightening podcast episode, renowned yoga therapist and physician Dr. Loren Fishman joins Avi to discuss achieving world peace in our modern era. We explore how advanced surveillance, technology, and AI could end wars forever, the yogic philosophy of nonviolence and union, the pitfalls of "us vs. them" thinking, and the role of gratitude and service in personal and global harmony. Dr. Fishman shares his vision for unifyin...

"It’s much easier not to do this work and to remain in ignorance. Our job is to help people see: it’s not easy, but it’s worth it."

~ Maya Bamford

In this episode Avi sits down with Maya Bamford, the director of a long-running Integral Yoga center in Spain, to explore the true meaning of healing, self-responsibility, and the powerful role of practices like Hatha Yoga and Reiki.

Maya shares her holistic approa...

"If you start the day embodying, 'hey, I have more than enough time for everything,' I often find I get more done in less time and still have time left over to enjoy it"

~ K. Margaret Solorio

Discover how to reclaim your energy, rethink time as a "squishy" ally, and transform your home into a sanctuary that supports your highest vibe. In this heartfelt conversation, Avi chats with K. Margaret Solorio, an intuitive guide, ener...