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.
The night before Babaji left his body was the first time I was ever an offerer during a yajna. It felt special, and important, because we all knew that it could be any time that he passed. My heart reached out of my chest toward his beloved, lifelong students who were present – Sharada, Kaplana, […]
Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Who am I and how did I get here? These questions are always percolating with different answers arising in me all the time. My easy answer today is I am nothing and I am everything, and I got here by being here. Let’s see, there might be more to it than that. Over fifteen years […]
Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Accept yourself, accept others and accept the world. You will see everything is full of love and love is God. ~ Baba Hari Dass Dear friends, Salt Spring Island is beautiful and green, the garden is growing, and the centre community is in its expansive mode. This month we welcome a new group of karma […]
Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
I can perfectly recall the feeling I had when I found the Salt Spring Centre online. It was as though someone had slapped a neon sign on the screen in front of me, blinking “Hey you – this is the place! You MUST come.” I was sitting at the kitchen table of our tiny little […]
Posted on May 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
Fish Pose is a beautiful, soothing backbend pose, starting from reclining position. It can be done with a bolster, or a folded blanket, as a calming restorative pose. It is a pose that can help to refresh and renew your Mind-Heart-Body-Spirit interconnection. Fish Pose is one of my favourite Yoga postures because of its many […]
Posted on May 30th, 2019 by Salt Spring Centre of Yoga.
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.