Yoga and Living in the World
An ongoing theme that has come up regularly during yoga retreats over the years: How can I do all these practices I learned at the retreat when I go back to my regular life, usually called “the real world ”?…
Book Review: The Gift, poems by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
A Book I Wish Were Found at the Library A book review by Kenzie Pattillo I offer this book for review not because I found it at the library, but because I wish it were found there. I read poems from…
News from the Centre – May 2015
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well, wherever you are. Here on Salt Spring Island, the Centre is once again in its expansive mode. Program season is here and our community has begun to grow. The air is…
Meet Sally Adnams Jones, our new Centre Director
I am delighted to be serving the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga as the new Director, and am grateful to the DS Board for giving me an opportunity to live, learn and grow alongside this special community. My hometown is…
Ayurveda, Yoga & You: The Hot Belly Diet book review
Ayurveda, Yoga and You: The Hot Belly Diet by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar Dr. Suhas (as he is called by his students and colleagues) has sub-titled his new book “A 30-day Ayurvedic Plan to Reset your Metabolism, Lose Weight, and Restore…
Sue Ann Hamsa Leavy’s “Community Journey”
From my earliest years, my parents encouraged me to follow my intuition and listen to my heart. My family and friends formed an extended community of love and mutual support which, by example, showed me the amazing support system that…
News from the Centre – April 2015
Hello everyone, Although eastern Canada is still snowed in, it is officially spring. With apologies to our friends on the east coast, here is a lovely photo of spring at the Centre. Program Season begins This month marks the beginning…
Honouring the Return
After you have been away on an adventure, a yoga retreat, a course or even a holiday, how do you reconnect with your ‘village’ upon your return? Have you experienced in yourself or noticed in someone else the pain or…
Our Centre Community: Meera
Growing up at the Centre When I was six, we moved back from Seattle to our house on Salt Spring, about ten minutes away from the Centre, part way up Mount Maxwell. After our move back, the Centre became a…
Bring on the Yoga Fiction – Book Reviews by Kenzie
Continuing the theme of ‘yoga books not found in the ‘Yoga’ section of the library’, I present to you two works of ‘Yoga Fiction’. Though I read all sorts of books, I turn to fiction when I want to take…