This is life. It includes pleasure, pain, good, bad, happiness, depression. There can’t be day without night. So don’t expect that you or anyone will always be happy. Stand in the world bravely and face good and bad equally. Life is for that. It takes effort and practice to accept all the faces of life. […]
Posted on July 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Interview with Alex Smith by Courtenay Cullen I’m sitting with Alex in the Nature Conservancy, in the fading golden light of a summer’s evening, at his favourite bench. He spends many quiet evenings at this place, and we all know he can often be found here after dinner, in quiet contemplation. I tell him it […]
Posted on July 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Guru Purnima is an opportunity to honour and celebrate all spiritual teachers. At the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga this is especially a time to honour Babaji and the many gifts and blessings he has given through his teachings, spiritual practices, and the inspiring example of his own life. We have many teachers throughout our […]
Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
by Yogeshwar Humphrey On Thursday, April 18th a small group of intrepid Hanumān bhaktas gathered at the Centre to celebrate Hanumān Jayantī, or Hanumān’s birthday. The date traditionally falls on the full moon of the lunar month of Chaitra in the Vedic calendar, which usually winds up being sometime between late March and late April […]
Posted on April 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
We live in uneasy times. Perhaps it has always been so, but with global news at our fingertips we’re aware of disturbing events as they happen. How can we live a balanced and peaceful life in the midst of the turmoil of the world? Whatever we do in the world, our primary job is our […]
Posted on March 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Q: Is there a way to see God in our emotions when the emotions are what is clouding our vision of God? B: God is not seen because God is not an object; it means experience. When one is restless, one can’t experience God or Pure Consciousness, unless the emotions are caused by devotion to […]
Posted on February 28th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
The warm days of summer are long past, like a distant, half-remembered dream. The crisp and golden days of autumn are also gone, and even the brightness and cheer of December and the holidays seem ages ago. Winter is here in all its fullness, and it stretches on and on through long, dark nights and […]
Posted on February 28th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
🎶When God is lovedand constantly rememberedThat is meditation 🎶 These words from Babaji repeat often in my mind as a result of the angelic musical prayer that Anand Brian Darsie poured out from his heart as we lay in shavasana pose in the soft candle light. This was one of the uncountable precious moments that […]
Posted on February 28th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
The world is not a burden. We make it a burden by our fears, responsibilities, duties, etc. We get pain, pleasure, sadness and happiness because in our mind there is separateness: my house, my wife, my religion, my country. When this ‘me’ and ‘mine’ drop out then there is only one reality, which is God, […]
Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Imagine what the world would be like if we could all see the best in each other. Seeing the best in others doesn’t mean we wouldn’t see their weaknesses and shortcomings, but we’d see them through the lens of compassion and love. When someone is stuck in a negative state, we’d understand that they’re suffering. […]
Posted on November 29th, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
March 21, 1959 – September 26, 2018 by Raven Hume A satsang brother – a great, great satsang brother – has left his body, and I find myself compelled to say a few words. Will Pegg and I met in the tomato patch at the centre when Dan, Su and I were busy planting […]
Posted on November 29th, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
By Yogeshwar Humphrey Over the past month or so, my thoughts have turned repeatedly to Babaji and to the idea of the guru. Following his passing, it felt like a tremendous wave of energy and emotion passed through me and many others here at the Centre. The tarpaṇam and śhrāddha rituals, along with other events […]
Posted on October 31st, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
In this season of Thanksgiving, what are you thankful for? Perhaps it’s easy for you to think of many things in your life you’re thankful for, but maybe not. Sometimes the challenges we face wear us down. It’s easy to be filled with gratitude when things are going well, not so easy when life is […]
Posted on September 30th, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Life certainly has a way of taking you on a journey you least expect. Of all the “who would have thunk its” in my life I didn’t ever think I’d train to teach anything much less train to be a yoga teacher. But, it’s happening, happened and I’m loving every minute of this experience. To […]
Posted on September 30th, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Question: How does one know if he or she is on the right spiritual path? Babaji: When the mind gets calmer and reduces its attachment to the world, that indicates that the path is right. Question: Seems my sadhana (spiritual practice) goes through times of being hot and cold. How can I keep it strong? […]
Posted on September 2nd, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.