Guru Purnima 2015
Join us for Guru Purnima on July 30th, 2015, at 8am, at Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. Through our ancient Vedic ceremony (yajna), we will honour Babaji and all spiritual teachers. May we renew and rededicate ourselves to all that…
News from the Centre – June 2015
Hello everyone, As I write this it’s almost June, but feels like July. Perhaps it will already have changed by the time this is posted, but right now it’s summer. Dharma Sara Satsang Society’s AGM took place earlier in May,…
Yoga and Living in the World
An ongoing theme that has come up regularly during yoga retreats over the years: How can I do all these practices I learned at the retreat when I go back to my regular life, usually called “the real world ”?…
Ayurveda, Yoga & You: Saving our Skin!
The warm summer months are coming soon, if not already here. The afternoon heat invites us to remove some clothing and allow our skin access to the healing rays of the sun. Water sports bring us into contact with wind,…
Book Review: The Gift, poems by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
A Book I Wish Were Found at the Library A book review by Kenzie Pattillo I offer this book for review not because I found it at the library, but because I wish it were found there. I read poems from…
News from the Centre – May 2015
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well, wherever you are. Here on Salt Spring Island, the Centre is once again in its expansive mode. Program season is here and our community has begun to grow. The air is…
Meet Sally Adnams Jones, our new Centre Director
I am delighted to be serving the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga as the new Director, and am grateful to the DS Board for giving me an opportunity to live, learn and grow alongside this special community. My hometown is…
Ayurveda, Yoga & You: The Hot Belly Diet book review
Ayurveda, Yoga and You: The Hot Belly Diet by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar Dr. Suhas (as he is called by his students and colleagues) has sub-titled his new book “A 30-day Ayurvedic Plan to Reset your Metabolism, Lose Weight, and Restore…
Sue Ann Hamsa Leavy’s “Community Journey”
From my earliest years, my parents encouraged me to follow my intuition and listen to my heart. My family and friends formed an extended community of love and mutual support which, by example, showed me the amazing support system that…
News from the Centre – April 2015
Hello everyone, Although eastern Canada is still snowed in, it is officially spring. With apologies to our friends on the east coast, here is a lovely photo of spring at the Centre. Program Season begins This month marks the beginning…