Showing Up
Wherever you are in your life and in your practice – whether you’re a beginner wanting to establish a practice or someone who’s been practicing intermittently over the years – you might need to give yourself a push. Whatever practice…
I heard the drumming
the drum beat the heart beat led me here a story in poetic verse by angelo rosso I heard the drumming the chanting calling me in…
News from the Centre – July 2018
“If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice” ~ Meister Eikhart Hello everyone, Summer at the centre is a busy time, with a growing residential community and programs in full swing. What have…
Freedom from Worry
I am well qualified to talk about worry, having had years of training and practice. Worry is a habit cultivated over many generations that has coloured my response to life. Growing up, I wasn’t aware of this; it was in…
from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass
(from a 1993 newsletter) Q: What is the best way to realize the illusionary nature of ego? B: Develop awareness. We act like we are intoxicated or in a dream. Things happen and we don’t know it is happening. By…
Karma Yogi Ponderings
Here are the prompts people were given to stimulate some reflections about their lives at the Centre. You may want to consider these questions yourself (perhaps with a little revision to fit your life). What have been the highlights of…
News from the Centre – June 2018
Hello everyone, Although summer doesn’t officially begin till June 21 – summer solstice, the longest day of the year – it’s been feeling like summer for quite a while. Very few people eat indoors on these warm, sunny days, light-filled…
Yoga Diwali India Retreat 2018
Mount Madonna Center & Sri Ram Ashram invite you to join us as we practice Yoga and celebrate the light of India amid the joy of Sri Ram Ashram. Oct 29 – Nov 10, 2018 JOIN US where the Ganges…
Making Space for Peace
sutra 33, book 1 of the Yoga Sutras The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are an ancient system of yoga, a map or set of guide-posts whose purpose is to help us navigate the mind, leading us from the restless and…
Let There be Light by Cara Graci
“Let there be light and there was light…” Starting at a young age, I would often wonder: Why am I here? What is my purpose? Something, I later learned, yogis refer to as “Self-Inquiry.” The more questions I asked, and…