He broke from Divine Life, and on Oct. 7, 1966, founded his first Integral Yoga Institute in New York.

The Yoga Institute, near Santa Cruz station, has daily classes as well as weekend and weeklong programs.

May, who had been attending classes at the Integral Yoga Institute on 13th Street all along, said that yoga is the only thing that keeps her feeling normal.

The Yoga Institute is known as the oldest organized yoga center in the world.

They included representatives from the cathedral, the ashram and the Integral Yoga Institute, which Ms. Coltrane also helped establish.

Today the Yoga Institute serves more than a thousand people daily.

The Yoga Institute found a permanent base in Santacruz in 1948.

The following year, the government recognized the Yoga Institute as a special training institute of yoga and research.

Throughout the history of the Yoga Institute, scores of books have been published, as well as medical research projects, workshops, health camps and community outreach programs.

Next door, the Integral Yoga Institute offers classes in yoga and meditation.