Meet our YTT Grads: Kishori Hutchings
Where do you live? What do you do in your life apart from yoga? I live on Salt Spring and have for over 30 years. Apart from volunteering at the Centre and teaching aspects of yoga, I’m retired, now living…
Staying centred in the midst of life’s turmoil
We are all familiar with stress in its many manifestations. Why do we get so caught in the drama of life and in our habitual reactions? Sometimes life seems to flow along smoothly and we are calm, open, loving. Then…
Asana of the Month – Balakasana
The pose I commonly find myself in is Child’s Pose (Balakasana) and the many variations of having my knees pulled in close to my chest. Physically it does many things; however, I notice these qualities: It lengthens the lower lumbar…
Our Satsang Family – Chandrika Lajeunesse
I was born on February 12, 1950, the same day as Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Can you believe that those two were actually born in the very same year as each other? 1809, one in the USA and the…
Sharada’s March Update
Welcome to spring at the Centre – a typical west coast spring: weather a little warmer, green and wet, some spring bulbs popping up, and above all, longer hours of daylight. Time to wake up! Our program season begins this…
Founding Member Feature: Mamata Kreisler
This month’s Founding Member Feature is not a founding member, but is by the daughter of two longtime students of Babaji and former residents at the Centre – and the only child born on the land (at least while it’s been a…
Karma Yoga – a Practice for Daily Life
The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga is rooted in the practice of karma yoga, the practice of selfless service, or at least holding the intention of the practice of selfless service. Until we’re no longer identified with our own individual…
Meet our YTT Grads: Jessica Encell
Hello! My name is Jessica and I am a 22 year old graduate of the Summer 2012 YTT at the amazing Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. Where do you live? What do you do in your life apart from yoga?…
Asana of the month: Baddha Konasana
Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle – Butterfly) I find myself in this posture in almost every practice as I love the deep hip opening and the gentle elongation and release in the lower back and sacrum. I share it regularly with…
Offering to God
Offering to God: A tribute to Vishnu Ma and a teaching for all of us from Babaji A number of years ago, one of Mount Madonna Center’s senior residents, in fact the oldest resident in the community and a longtime student…