News from the Centre – July 2018
“If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice” ~ Meister Eikhart Hello everyone, Summer at the centre is a busy time, with a growing residential community and programs in full swing. What have Read more >>>
Freedom from Worry
I am well qualified to talk about worry, having had years of training and practice. Worry is a habit cultivated over many generations that has coloured my response to life. Growing up, I wasn’t aware of this; it was in Read more >>>
from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass
(from a 1993 newsletter) Q: What is the best way to realize the illusionary nature of ego? B: Develop awareness. We act like we are intoxicated or in a dream. Things happen and we don’t know it is happening. By Read more >>>
Karma Yogi Ponderings
Here are the prompts people were given to stimulate some reflections about their lives at the Centre. You may want to consider these questions yourself (perhaps with a little revision to fit your life). What have been the highlights of Read more >>>
News from the Centre – June 2018
Hello everyone, Although summer doesn’t officially begin till June 21 – summer solstice, the longest day of the year – it’s been feeling like summer for quite a while. Very few people eat indoors on these warm, sunny days, light-filled Read more >>>
Yoga Diwali India Retreat 2018
Mount Madonna Center & Sri Ram Ashram invite you to join us as we practice Yoga and celebrate the light of India amid the joy of Sri Ram Ashram. Oct 29 – Nov 10, 2018 JOIN US where the Ganges Read more >>>
Making Space for Peace
sutra 33, book 1 of the Yoga Sutras The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are an ancient system of yoga, a map or set of guide-posts whose purpose is to help us navigate the mind, leading us from the restless and Read more >>>
Let There be Light by Cara Graci
“Let there be light and there was light…” Starting at a young age, I would often wonder: Why am I here? What is my purpose? Something, I later learned, yogis refer to as “Self-Inquiry.” The more questions I asked, and Read more >>>
Living your Dharma, Living your Life
Have you ever found yourself thinking that some people you know – maybe even many people – manage life so much better than you do, and that you’re not quite good enough? I remember thinking, years ago, that If I Read more >>>
Refuge
Our Centre Community: Ali Roux Hi, my name is Ali Roux and I live in Nelson BC, but my heart lives at the Salt Spring Centre. Over the last 14 years it seems like I can’t stay away. The magnetism Read more >>>