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In the stillness of the quiet, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fears, hope to despair. ~ Dr. Howard Thurman Hello everyone, Welcome to fall!. Summer was very hot and dry on  Read more >>>

If you work on yoga, yoga will work on you. ~ Baba Hari Dass Hello everyone, We’re halfway through summer, in the midst of our busiest season. Life at the Centre is filled with the daily tasks of supporting programs  Read more >>>

“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 >>>

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 >>>

Don’t think that you are carrying the whole world. Make it easy. Make it play. Make it a prayer. Hello everyone, and happy spring. (If you live in the southern hemisphere, happy autumn.) At the Centre, the annual cycle of  Read more >>>

Even after all this time The sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. —Hafiz Hello everyone, Winter at the Centre has been fairly quiet, but  Read more >>>

Hello everyone, and happy new year, While we have much to be grateful for, we know these are challenging times for many people all over the world. As we watch the news it’s easy to be pulled into disturbing stories  Read more >>>

Hello everyone,  December is here: the time of winter solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, and other seasonal celebrations of light; and, here in the Pacific Northwest, rain – lots of rain (except for one day of snow in early November that was  Read more >>>

Hello everyone, At this chilly time of year we are still being treated to sunny days (alternating with rain). Here are some photos of apples just before harvesting and flowers still abloom – but not for long. While we’re on  Read more >>>

“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 Hello everyone,  Read more >>>