Community Life in Photos – May 2023
A snapshot of life at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in May.
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…
What’s Happening at the Centre and Beyond (Sri Ram Ashram) – February 2023
“The spirit of Karma Yoga is performing duty with love, compassion, and enthusiasm. There is no end to selfless service, the more you give the more you want to give….How you do makes it Karma Yoga and not what you…
Shiva Ratri: the Destruction of Ignorance
Initially published March 1, 2016 Shiva Ratri is the Night of Shiva, and for those immersed in the Hindu tradition it is an important part of the year, the one night Shiva ‘sleeps’ while people keep vigil. Please read more…
Winter Wellness Routine
Originally published on Dec 31, 2013 The Vedic sages understood that the great rhythms and forces of nature—the alternation of day and night, the rhythmic cycle of the seasons — affect our wellness, as do the seasons and cycles of…
Turning Inward
Originally posted: November 29, 2014 Each season (of nature, of life) brings its own beauty. Later this month marks the official beginning of winter, although we’ve been moving toward winter for several weeks. In this part of the world, the…
Meet our Farm Coordinator
Photo by: Fernando García Vicario What do you get when you cross a farmer and a dancer? At the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, you get the Centre’s Farm Coordinator, Mélisanne Loiselle-Gascon! This fall, Mélisanne will be offering the…
December Newsletter, 2021
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. ~ The Talmud Dear…
A Conversation with Amita
by Courtenay Cullen Amita Kuttner DISCLAIMER: The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga has no official political affiliations. The views expressed in the interview below are those of the author. The aim is to inform our readership of something incredible that…
BOOK REVIEW: Yoke – My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamin Stanley
Reviewed by Kenzie Pattillo In Yoke, Jessamyn Stanley offers us a lens through which to view Yoga in a way rarely made available by mainstream means. This book has served to remind me that I teach Yoga with plenty of…