Coexistence
As a long-time nature lover and organic farmer, I can almost always be found a mere walk or a bike ride away from forests or protected areas that foster biodiversity. While working in the garden at the Salt Spring Centre…
Stoking The Fire: Spice Up Your Autumn Meals
Ayurveda places great emphasis on agni, the fire principle, which manifests in the body in overall warmth and in the power of digestion (physical, mental and emotional), as well as in our vision, in our blood and skin. When our…
October Newsletter, 2021
Inhaling Deeply & Embracing the Dark “This is life. It includes pleasure, pain, good, bad, happiness, depression, etc. There can’t be day without night. So don’t expect that you or anyone else will alway be happy. Stand in the world…
Low and Slow for Fall
As the expansive heat and light of summer ebbs to chill golden, the Fall rhythms of family and work life resume in equal measure. I imagine this transitional time like the opposing forces of a rising tide at a river’s…
Yoga, Forgiveness & Ego
by Tracy Chetna Boyd “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” One thing I can say with a high degree of certainty, is that human beings are complicated. The pairs of opposites are…
COVID-Update
The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga (SSCY) supports public classes, gatherings, workshops, and retreats and is a registered non-profit organization. We have been working to stay aligned with the protocols set out by the Island Health Authority (VIHA), WorkSafe BC…
News from the Centre – September 2021
Anuradha in the flowers “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because…
Stoking the Fire: Spice up your Autumn meals
Ayurveda places great emphasis on agni, the fire principle, which manifests in the body in overall warmth and in the power of digestion (physical, mental and emotional), as well as in our vision, in our blood and skin. When our…
A Magical Weekend
The 47th Annual Community Yoga Retreat (ACYR) came to a close on August 8th this year after a magical weekend filled with as much connection, peace and play as Zoom could handle! 84 Adults and 7 kids registered and attended…
Practices for Challenging Times
by Tanya Gita Roberts Photo taken from Baba Hari Dass Facebook Group (thank you, Sudha!) As I sit down to write out some musings for this month’s newsletter, I am filled with immense gratitude for this community and our beloved…