Better Living through Ayurveda
You have made a decision to live better and be healthier, but how will you get there? There are so many options. “What do I choose? What is going to work for me?” What typically happens is that we try…
Serendipity
In November, the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga hosted the Ayurveda & Yoga “I Want More from Life” Retreat with Natasha (Jyoti) Samson. One of the retreat attendees, Shelley Robinson, was kind enough to share her musings about her experience…
Bija: Planting Seeds For the New Year
Do you find yourself losing touch with your yoga or meditation practice over the busy holiday season? Do you start the new year feeling off-kilter, drained, or needing another break? The frenzy of the winter holiday season can leave…
Harnessing Vata Energy for Positive Change
The fall season often brings a flurry of activity – whether sending kids back to school, settling back into a post-summer routine, or getting the garden ready for winter. Ayurveda defines autumn as “Vata” season – and Vata is all…
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…
Caring for the Caregivers – A talk with Corrine McKell
By Courtenay Cullen And, just like that, spring has arrived on Salt Spring. If you’re like us here at the Centre, then it’s hard to overstate just how much of a relief it is to see life begin anew this…
Connecting While Apart: The Home Yoga Retreat
It’s hard to know what to expect from an online yoga retreat. As a person who has lived and worked for some time here at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, I know the special energy, or container, that is…
Who are these kids?
These kids are awesome! Meet Sierra, Noah, Jack, and Diego, a few of the kids at ACYR who agreed to answer some questions for the newsletter, about their experiences at ACYR and what they love about coming here. Sierra has…
Yoga Diwali India
In celebrating the connection among the centres begun by Babaji – Mount Madonna Center, the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, and Sri Ram Ashram – we are delighted to share an invitation to join Mount Madonna Center for Yoga Diwali…