Integral Yoga – An Introduction

In contrast to the traditional ascetic and contemplative Indian Yoga-traditions the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo includes the manyfold activities of life in the spiritual discipline.

The Integral Yoga aims at an inner self-development, by which one can become aware of the one Self in all and grow into a consciousness beyond the human mind. A spiritual and supramental consciousness, that ultimately transforms the human nature into the divine nature.

"This Yoga does not mean the rejection of the powers of life, but an inner transformation and a change of the spirit in the life and the use of the powers.
These powers are now used in egoistic spirit and for undivine ends; they have to be used in a spirit of surrender to the Divine and for the purposes of the divine Work."

– Sri Aurobindo, Practical Guide to Integral Yoga