Meet our Karma Yogis: Jeff Fisher
I was looking for an experience in which I would have an opportunity to live and work in the same place with people who were also interested in living and working together. Before I came here, I was working in…
Annual Retreat this weekend: Drop-in info and Office closure
Annual Community Yoga Retreat August 1-5, 2013 Dear Members and Friends of Dharma Sara Satsang Society, We would love to have you attend the Annual Community Yoga Retreat! On-site registration is open: Thursday, August 1: 2pm-7pm Friday, August 2: 9am-7pm…
Summer on the Farm
This month our farm blog is from our newest farm yogi, Leah! As the newest karma yogi on the farm, I’ve been lucky enough to dive headfirst into the abundance of summer. I arrived at the centre in the first…
Sharada’s August update
Hello everyone, I hope you’re enjoying summer wherever you are. We are in the midst of our annual hot, dry summer on Salt Spring Island. We wait all year for the sun and heat, and then suddenly, it arrives. The…
It’s not what’s happening, it’s how you respond
Babaji has written, “Accepting the present is happiness.” Although we may understand this on some level, some of the time, very often we want things to be different from how they are right now. If it’s unpleasant, we want it…
Meet our YTT Grads: Sarah Crawford Russell
With her encouraging and positive personality, Sarah Crawford Russell, E-RYT 200, inspires others on their journey, both on and off the mat. Sarah reminds her students to take their yoga practice one breath at a time, to let go of…
Our Centre Community: Mark Om Prakash Classen
The first time I saw Babaji, I was seventeen years old. I was in high school, eating from the Hare Krsna Cookbook, doing hatha yoga using Richard Hittleman’s books, and reading Autobiography of a Yogi and Be Here Now. I…
Asana of the Month: Sunbird Pose
I absolutely love this pose! I offer it to my students in almost every hatha and flow class I teach. Sunbird is a great pose for beginners as it builds core strength and helps improve balance and co-ordination. For intermediate…
Sharada’s July Update
Hello everyone, Happy Canada Day – and Fourth of July if you’re American – and happy summer, everyone. The sun is shining (on some days), the grass is still green and the sky is light into the late evening. We…
Regular Sadhana (Spiritual Practice)
Over the course of many years Babaji has often responded to students’ anxious questions with the recommendation to do regular sadhana, later shortened on his chalkboard to RS. Sadhana, or spiritual practice, comes in many forms. Many people have a…