Meet our YTT Grads: Laura Harris
Laura has generously made available excerpts from the diary she kept while attending the 2012 sessions of YTT. Part 1 is published below, and you can read Part 2 here. Diary of a yogi in training – Part 1 July…
Founding Member Feature: Rajani Rock
My grandmother was a full-blood Apache Indian. Although I knew little about her, I deeply appreciated her ritual ways and the love she showed my own mother. Our home in Ottawa included my parents, 3 brothers, 1 sister and myself…
Continuing Beginners
Yoga programs at the Centre are designed for anyone who wants to learn and practice, at whatever level. Some people are new to yoga and others have been practicing for years. Many are in the middle: They started practicing years…
Office Holiday Hours
Dear Friends, The office will soon be closing for winter holidays. After December 19th, the office will be open on December 27 to 29th only, and will then reopen on January 2nd. Please note that yoga@saltspringcentre.com and telephone messages will…
Sharada’s December update
The days are growing shorter and the nights colder, but our resident community of seven people and the many people in the community who don’t live at the Centre continue to keep the light burning in the heart of the…
Greetings from the Board
The Dharma Sara Board (Lakshmi, Chandra, Jules and Divakar) with the support of the Panchayat (Sharada, Kalpana, Sri Nivas, Laskhmi, Chandra and Divakar) want to thank Shankar for his significant contribution as Centre Director over the past 4 years. The…
Accepting the Present is Happiness
What would it take for you to be happy? What do you think you need? Living in this culture, it’s very easy to get caught in thinking, “I need…” or “if only I had…, then I’d be content”. We get…
Founding Member Feature: Ramanand Chlopan
I grew up in a family of nine – my parents and six kids, 4 girls, two boys. I was third in the lineup. We were raised in a Roman Catholic family (although my father was Eastern Orthodox and had…
Sharada’s November Update
The water is rushing in the creek and the pond is very full. The deer are eating the last of the windfall pears that lie outside the farm fence – and occasionally managing to get into the garden; the farm…
Greetings from the New Centre Director, Paramita Meredith Knox
I feel so very honoured to be offered the position of Centre Director, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to serve in this capacity. My connection to the Centre began shortly after I moved to Salt Spring Island…