Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. ~ A. A. Milne Dear friends, We’re happy to welcome you to life at the centre in the lovely month of May. The sun is shining and the sky is blue – although by the […]
Posted on April 30th, 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.
Periodically we like to share some of our popular recipes from both of the centre’s books: Salt Spring Island Cooking, published in 1989 and The Salt Spring Experience, published in 2001. Today’s focus is on sweet treats. I hope you enjoy them Janis’ Sour Cream Blackberry Pie Delicious made with either fresh or frozen blackberries. […]
Posted on April 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
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Posted on April 16th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
April 2019 “I thank you God for this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a beautiful blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” ~ e e cummings Dear friends, The snow has melted, the flowers are blossoming again, and the frogs have […]
Posted on March 31st, 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.
Learning that Babaji may have been right all along. by Sarah Archana Russell Using a small white board and dry erase maker he asks me to write down my date of birth. I write ‘June 27 1985’. He looks down at the paper, looks back up at me and writes “Name is: Archana अर्चना It […]
Posted on March 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Dear friends, This month marks the official beginning of spring. Looking outside my window, it’s hard to believe, but soon the melting snow will reveal green grass and flowers. If you live anywhere else in Canada – and a lot of places in the US – snow in February is the norm, but this is […]
Posted on February 28th, 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.
Hello everyone, Although we’re accustomed to winter storms, this year’s winter weather has been more extreme than usual (which seems to be an ongoing refrain). Here’s the story of the adventure: A huge, record-breaking windstorm on December 20 left hundreds of households on Salt Spring and parts of Vancouver Island without power for days (in […]
Posted on January 31st, 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.
This month I have chosen to highlight one of my favorite poses of all, one that I have included in my regular daily practice for over 15 years. It is a very warming and activating pose that is a part of the classical Surya Namaskara B or Sun Salutation B sequence. I love this pose […]
Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Finding Meaning in Service and Community, Crazy Pants and Allby Eduardo Sousa Clayoquot Sound. The Great Bear Rainforest. Growing up in inner city Toronto, I remember hearing about these far off places of beauty and wilderness in the 1990s – mostly because of the conflicts over unsustainable logging and the injustices perpetrated against Indigenous peoples […]
Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.