Essays and Lectures

Essays and lectures by Salvatore Zambito.

Audio Meditations

Salvatore has several audio meditations available online:

  • Intro to Meditation
  • Letting Go of Your Thoughts
  • Living in the Present Moment
  • Ripples of Relaxtion

Please visit yogadownloads.com to preview or purchase these meditations.

Dr. Pat Show Interviews

Salvatore Zambito has been interviewed on the Dr. Pat Show on several occasions.

Listen to the interviews:

“Beyond Hatha Yoga - What is Yoga Really and Why Should We Care?”

Over the past 40 years, Western cultures have eagerly embraced the physical practices of Hatha Yoga. For many of the 15 million yoga practitioners in America, the time has come to deepen their practices into the foundation of the mental, philosophical, and spiritual areas of this ancient tradition.
  Jun 26, 2007   Listen
  Aug 30, 2007   Listen

“A Breath of the Himalayan Tradition”

Mehrad Nazari and Salvatore Zambito talk about “A Breath of the Himalayan Tradition”, a month-long series of classes with Swami Veda at the beautiful Rancho La Puerta spa resort in Mexico taking place August 2008.
  Apr 24, 2008   Listen

What is Yoga?

Despite many misconceptions, Yoga is a meta-psychological process, not a religion or a system of physical fitness per se. Yoga is an ancient system of personal discipline that integrates physical, psychological, and spiritual practices.

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Who was Patañjali?

One of the tasty mysteries so often served up by scholars of Indian literary and philosophical history is: how many Patañjalis were there: one, two—or more? Was Patanjali a surname?

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