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Materials to promote health and wellness at all dimensions of being through Yoga. Welcome to the future of Yoga!

As approaches to health continue to evolve, Yoga will be a primary vehicle for the wellness programs of the future because of its ability to promote health and healing at physical, emotional, and spiritual levels simultaneously. Yoga is already being accepted into mainstream wellness approaches at hospitals, businesses, schools and universities, summer camps for children, drug and alcohol rehabili

tation centers, and a variety of other settings. Offering one-on-one Yoga therapy sessions also offers a variety of career opportunities. All of these career avenues require specific training beyond the Yoga teacher level. Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) is a vehicle for bringing this new vision of wellness into your life and into your career. Come join us in expanding our vision into the world. Yoga is taking on a wider role in modern life; an expansion beyond the Yoga classroom into all areas of our community as a vehicle for wellness, healing and personal transformation. Integrative Yoga Therapy is a pioneer and leader for over 15 years in training Yoga professionals who can bring the ancient insights of Yoga into mainstream wellness programs. Our programs are based on a vision of health as a unity of body, mind and spirit. Yoga is a vehicle for deepening this experience of Unity and bringing it into the world as a resource for personal growth, healing and awakening. Our experiential approach to learning allows students to integrate in-depth information through a creative process resulting in a unique experience. We support IAYT's educational standards for yoga therapy and intend to apply for IAYT accreditation following implementation of the new process. IYT training programs give students the skills, insights and practice to bring Yoga into mainstream life in ways that are inspiring, enjoyable, safe and easily accessible. Visit http://iytyogatherapy.com/training.php to learn more about our trainings!

07/24/2025

Annamaya Kosha, the physical body, is the foundation on which all other facets of the self rest. It is through this body—made of food and sustained by the elements of nature—that we experience the world and begin the journey of self-knowledge.

In Integrative Yoga, we honor the body as a sacred temple, recognizing that physical health and balance are fundamental for overall well-being. Practices such as asana, postural alignment, and bodily awareness allow us to fully inhabit our bodies, developing strength, flexibility, and vitality.

By caring for the Annamaya Kosha, we lay the groundwork for exploring the subtler layers of our being, such as Pranamaya Kosha (energy body) and Manomaya Kosha (psycho-emotional body). This integration leads us toward a more conscious life, where body, mind, and spirit are aligned in harmony.

Thus, by honoring and caring for our physical body, we open the door to a journey of transformation and wholeness, where every movement and every breath connects us to the essence of our being.

When this layer is healthy, the others—energetic, mental, intellectual, and spiritual—can fully blossom.

To keep Annamaya Kosha in balance, it is essential to adopt practices that promote physical health and well-being:
🧘🏼‍♂️ Mindful nutrition: Choose fresh, natural, and nutritious foods, preferably plant-based, that sustain the body and promote mental clarity.
🧘🏼‍♂️ Regular asana practice: Practice yoga postures that strengthen, stretch, and balance the body, cultivating greater bodily awareness.
🧘🏼‍♂️ Adequate rest: Ensure periods of restorative sleep and moments of relaxation, giving the body time to recover and regenerate.
🧘🏼‍♂️ Self-care: Incorporate practices such as massage, relaxing baths, and moments of leisure that nourish both body and mind.

By integrating these practices into daily life, we strengthen Annamaya Kosha, creating a solid foundation for the development of the subtler layers of being. In this way, the physical body becomes not only a vehicle for experience, but a sacred temple that houses and supports our inner journey.

07/22/2025

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07/16/2025

An image that beautifully expresses the path of Yoga Therapy is that of a bird whose two wings must beat in harmony so that the flight of healing can truly take place.

One wing is the deep knowledge of Yoga’s tools, techniques, and methodologies. The other is the understanding of Yoga Therapy as a continuous journey of healing—both for the one offering care and for the one receiving it.

This second wing is sustained by the cultivation of essential qualities of the heart, such as attentive and compassionate listening.

It is the living integration of these heart qualities with technical knowledge that enables the Yoga therapist to work with authenticity, presence, and wholeness.

07/09/2025

Experiences lived beyond the Yoga mat are fundamental for the integration of all human dimensions: physical, energetic, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

For Joseph, the chance to be in many places—encountering different cultures and traditions—is essential for expanding his understanding of the world, allowing him to integrate everything he experiences into his own practice.

This year’s journey was to Peru—a destination filled with energy and rich in history—an incredible opportunity for deep spiritual exploration.

06/25/2025

“Through heartfelt acceptance, I open to receive all of life as a learning and a blessing..”

Kshanti is wholehearted acceptance of all that life brings as a learning and a blessing. When we embrace life unconditionally, we come to see that even the most challenging experiences are an important part of our learning. These challenges and difficulties reveal the limiting beliefs that need to be released in order to proceed toward awakening.

Avahana is an “invocation,” seeking the blessing of a deity. Avahana mudra directs breath, awareness and energy upward from the solar plexus, our center of personal power, to the chest, our center of unconditional love and compassion.

As we welcome life more completely, we move from a focus on our personal needs to a wider perspective in which every step of our journey is embraced as a process of learning.

Avahana mudra cultivates the equanimity, optimism and energy that allow us to receive challenges as opportunities for learning.

06/16/2025

In this sutra, Patanjali is teaching us how to let go of the past.

The essence of this sutra is that memories themselves are not an obstacle for the spiritual journey, but our tendency to identify with them as who we are is what makes them difficult to release. When the memories are negative, we tend to see our whole life story as tinged with negativity, often related to guilt, shame, depression and or anxiety. Even when memories are positive, there can be a tendency to idealize them and escape from the present by living in a past that is, at least, partly fantasy.

This fixation on the past keeps us from living in the present moment which, from the Yoga perspective, is the only place we find genuine happiness and peace through spiritual awakening. In Yoga, we work with memories by recognizing that they don’t actually exist in the past but in the present moment as patterns of belief and psycho-emotional tendencies called vasanas that color and, to a certain extent, determine our thoughts, feelings and subsequent actions.

Once seen as conditioning, our memories, even painful ones, can become our allies along the spiritual journey. We do this by allowing them to surface freely, feeling our emotions and then stepping back to see that our memories actually form a pattern and all of these patterns are reflections of deeper core beliefs, the way we see ourselves, others and life as a whole.

By using our memories as vehicles to examine our history, we reveal and gradually release the core beliefs and tendencies that lead to suffering. Memories may remain, but they naturally lose their painful sting, for the past only continues to hold power, energy and meaning as long as the conditioned beliefs that sustain them are seen as reality.

06/11/2025

These materials are not simply studied —they are lived.
Within each card, within each page, lives an invitation to return to yourself.

For Teachers, these publications offer:
✨ Clear, detailed presentation of information: The Toolbox, the Asana and Mudra card decks help design sequences that go beyond the physical, allowing you to embrace the subtle, psycho-emotional and spiritual realms in your teaching and practice.
✨ Engaging educational designs: The decks and kits provide interactive ways to introduce complex concepts, making them easier for students to experience and understand.
✨ Continuous inspiration: With content ranging from subtle anatomy to philosophical reflections, these materials keep your teaching fresh and aligned with the deeper principles of Yoga.

For Practitioners, the benefits include:
✨ Open to all the dimensions of Asana: Resources like the Yoga Toolbox and card sets open you to a world of Yoga practice that both encompasses and transcends the physical.
✨ Practice more consciously: The asana and mudra decks allow for a more intuitive, connected practice, responsive to your needs in the present moment.
✨ Understand and integrate the benefits: By exploring the benefits of Yoga’s many dimensions, practitioners develop a more holistic and integrated understanding of their practice.

05/28/2025

Engage Mula and Uddiyana bandhas. Inhale naturally through both nostrils.

Pause naturally.

Exhale in three stages: first, releasing air from the upper lungs, then the middle lungs and
finally the lower lungs; followed by a pause and repeat.

Especially helpful for
✨Brings awareness to each area of the lungs, cultivating fuller breathing.
✨Activates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing alertness and energy.
✨Massages the heart muscle and the pericardium.

05/22/2025

With time, we come to recognize that each practice is an opportunity to plant intentions that blossom into the positive qualities of transformation.

Sankalpa, is a deep and conscious intention; it is the seed we plant in the fertile soil of our awareness, nourished by practice and presence.

When we formulate a Sankalpa, we are not simply wishing for change; we are affirming a truth that already lives within us waiting to be seen clearly and unfold positively. It is a positive statement, expressed in the present tense, that aligns our personal intention with universal wisdom.

The practice of Sankalpa invites us to live with purpose, guiding our actions and thoughts toward the realization of our highest potential.

Integrating Sankalpa into our practice—especially during Yoga Nidra—allows us to access deep states of receptivity, where this intention can take root and flourish. Sankalpa can also be used at the beginning of every Asana practice so that each practice is directed toward a specific intention.

Within Yoga Nidra, the stillness created is the ideal space in which Sankalpa becomes a powerful tool of transformation, connecting us to our essence and inspiring changes that extend well beyond the Yoga Nidra experience, positively influencing every aspect of our lives.

In this way, Sankalpa is not merely an intention; it is a commitment to our own growth, an expression of our dharma, and a bridge between who we are and what we are meant to be.

05/15/2025

“Resting in the serenity of my inner being, I experience complete relaxation and healing..”

✨ Core Quality: Serene Inner Being

✨ Doshas - Benefits & Adjustments
Vata - benefits from the support of the earth and comforting the inner child.
Pitta - benefits from surrendering into the pose and relaxing all effort.
Kapha - use Variation (B) to cultivate lightness and energy.

04/30/2025

To teach from the Koshas is to remember that each human being is a living tapestry of body, energy, mind, wisdom, and essence. When we touch each of these layers with intention and presence, we are not merely guiding postures—we are opening pathways for the student to recognize themselves as whole, in their deepest nature.

When a class is built from this place, it is transformed into a silent sanctuary where the being can truly rest. And it is in this space—where nothing needs to be achieved and everything can be felt—that bliss, Anandamaya, is revealed. Not as a state to be attained, but as what has always been there waiting to be seen.

With love and presence,
Joseph

04/24/2025

Embodying the sacred power of the Andes

Before my recent visit to Peru, I had read and heard about the power of the place and also of the Shamanic practices associated with it, and I certainly went there with an open mind, but with no expectation or objectives of any kind of spiritual or mystical union.

What I’ve experienced goes well beyond words and perhaps is the kind of experience that occurs when we have no specific objectives or intentions.

One of our adventures was to the Rainbow Mountain of Seven Colors. After a very cold windy, beautiful and exhilarating horseback ride and hike, we arrived at the peak of the view point for Rainbow Mountain and a sacred glacier.

Before the adventure, our guide, who has a Shamanic background, informed us that we would have a special meeting with the glacier as a spiritual being and should be prepared to communicate and make any special requests.

By the time we reached the peak at 5,000 meters, I was extremely short of breath and in the cold and biting wind, I could just barely hear the guide remind us to enter into communication with the glacier. Cleo, who was standing in front of me, turned her hands upward and began to pray. At that moment, we were transported to a separate reality where the cold, the wind and all the tourists around us disappeared.

There was only absolute silence and an experience of awe and reverence in the presence of this unfathomable power which I experienced as God. I vaguely remembered that we were to make a request and what arose within me spontaneously was the prayer of our Father who art in heaven… I had read once that the apostles asked Jesus how to communicate with the Father and it was then that he taught them this prayer.

Perhaps, in the presence of God, my own words would never be sufficient to describe the experience of being in the direct presence of the Divine.

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Integrative Yoga was founded by Joseph Le Page in 1993 with the intention to promote health and wellness at all dimensions of being through Yoga. The focus of Integrative Yoga is to create Yoga materials and methodologies that present this ancient science in a way that is clear and accessible so that the student experiences Yoga directly, rather than theoretically.

These materials and methodologies are oriented toward student-centered learning so that each individual is able to access the material in a way that is appropriate and optimal for their needs. This allows for the cultivation of health and healing in all dimensions of being - physical, energetic, psycho-emotional and spiritual. This allows students to deepen the journey of self-knowledge, which naturally contributes to the optimization of physical health and also a greater alignment with the true Self.

Integrative Yoga is based at the Enchanted Mountain Yoga Center in Garopaba, Santa Catarina (Brazil), one of the largest Yoga retreat centers in South America.