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.
Happy New Year to you. May this year bring you health and well-being, inner strength and wisdom, and peace always. From Vinaya Chalisa, a book of forty prayers by Baba Hari Dass… O Gracious God, you are the embodiment of supreme wisdom. By your grace, may I be able to be friendly to all, may […]
Posted on December 31st, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Hello everyone, Welcome to December and the official beginning of winter. In the past couple of months, we’ve shared information about Babaji’s passing and the rituals that followed, as well as a beautiful piece by Yogeshwar about the guru. The last ritual was the immersion of Babaji’s ashes in the Ganges River in India. Many […]
Posted on November 30th, 2018 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.