Integral yoga (Satchidananda) Satchidananda have developed successful applications of therapeutic Yoga based on the wellness foundations of Integral Yoga. One of the most well-researched applications is Dr. Dean Ornish's program for preventing and reversing heart disease. Programs such as Sonia Sumar's Yoga for the Special Child, Nischala Devi's Yoga for the Heart, Mala Cunningham's Cardiac Yoga, Jnani Chapman's Yoga Therapy in Cancer and Chronic Illness, and Jivana Heyman's Accessible Yoga are a few further examples of such therapeutic applications. Integral yoga (Satchidananda) Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma,
Kirtan Hindu scriptures such as the "Bhagavad-gita" where Krishna describes multiple paths to spiritual freedom, including karma marga (way of works), jnana marga (way of knowledge) and bhakti marga (way of loving devotion to god). "Kirtan" relates to the bhakti marga tradition of Hinduism. References to "Kirtan" as a musical recitation are also found in the Bhagavata Purana, an important Vaishnava text. Kirtan is often practiced as a kind of theatrical folk song with call-and-response chanting or antiphon. The ancient sage Narada revered as a musical genius, is called a "kirtankar" (singer of kirtan) in the Padma Purana. The famous story