“And love says, ‘I will take care of you,’ to everything that is near.” ~ Hafiz Dear friends, May this new year, this new decade, bring peace to your heart. Whatever is going on in your life, my wish for you is that you will remember the goodness in your own heart. As Ram Dass, […]
Posted on December 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Reconnecting with the Sacredness of Life As we move into a new year and a new decade, it’s helpful to reflect on where we’ve been and how we want to move forward. New Year’s resolutions may be useful, but we don’t always follow them. Sometimes they’re not realistic, but it’s also possible that what we […]
Posted on December 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Om Namah Shivaya “To Shiva, I bow.” Salutations unto Thee, thou All-pervading and great Lord. Thou art Liberation itself, and the revealed scripture is Thy embodied form. I worship Thee, the unborn, attribute-less and unconditioned One. Thou are without any desire. Intelligence itself is Thy nature and the sky Thy garment.” Tulsidas: Ramayana, Shivashtaka (Meditation on […]
Posted on December 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
My story begins here, in the present. I am a new member of the Dharma Sara Satsang Society and honoured that Sharada has offered me this opportunity to share my story. I’m excited to publicly declare my commitment to you and this community in our shared love for Babaji. I’m in that place in my […]
Posted on December 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
For love and compassion, how much time do you need? ~ Baba Hari Dass Dear friends, This month marks the official beginning of winter – the month of Christmas, Chanukah, and other winter celebrations. It’s also the time, at least in this part of the world, of shorter days and longer nights – a perfect […]
Posted on November 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Prologue – Becoming Aware of the Play, the Pavement, and the Playground This story begins in the early seventies in Port Credit, Ontario. A little brown boy, maybe seven or eight, sitting alone in the grass at the edge of a field in his schoolyard. He observes his fellow students play on the pavement beside […]
Posted on November 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
gather me now gather me nowfriendsmay we break breadwith our palmsscattering sacred crumbs likesnow across the landscapeof our shared heartsbeatmay we gatherin sacred unityunder sacred Babajishare our meal& spreadacross the landscape of our collectivehungermay we gather now& be fedunder the swinging maple treespreading deeplyour shared seeds thatflow beneath our soulssoilinto our shared horizongather me nowwith […]
Posted on November 29th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. Dear friends, We are in full autumn mode; the days are a mix of sun, wind, rain, fog and mist. The days are getting shorter and the […]
Posted on October 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
As we make our way through this strange adventure called life, hoping things will turn out well for us, we don’t really know what will happen. We want all the things we think will make us happy and sometimes that works for a while. The problem is we get other things too – all those […]
Posted on October 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
“The more we accept living with nature, the more peace we attain.” My favorite Babaji saying and how it all began: One of my first memories was lying in my crib watching the tops of the trees blowing in the wind. When you just ‘see’ and your mind doesn’t have the conditioning to label what […]
Posted on October 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
As a bee gathering nectar does not disturb the colour and fragrance of the flower, so too do the wise move through the world. ~ Buddha Dear Friends, As we move through the fall, into the season of Thanksgiving, it is a good practice to focus on all that we have to be thankful for. […]
Posted on October 1st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga is looking for a General Manager for its facility in the BC Gulf Islands. We are the oldest yoga centre on the Northwest Coast, having been established by students of Baba Hari Dass in 1981. We are located on 70 acres of Salt Spring Island woodland and meadow. The […]
Posted on October 1st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
I haven’t always been a seeker. In fact, “runner” would have been a more accurate description. I started running as early as I can remember. When I was young, there wasn’t really any place I could run to, so I ran within. As a kid, I was a daydreamer. A hibernator. A compulsive reader. A […]
Posted on September 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
One early morning in the not too distant future, you’ll stumble into the bathroom and catch a glance of someone in the mirror who looks somewhat like yourself, but older. Even OLD! And on second glance, you’ll realize it’s your reflection – what a surprise! Or perhaps you’ll be walking downtown, past the huge plate […]
Posted on September 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
When real love is understood, the heart will open like a lotus when the sun rises. Let love develop inside your heart. The purer the heart becomes, the more love will come out, and one day you and love will become one. ~ Baba Hari Dass Dear friends, What a summer it’s been! I hope […]
Posted on August 28th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.