A Long and Mindful Road
Q&A with Soorya Ray Resels Why did you choose Salt Spring for your yoga teacher training, having already spent 20 years in India with your teacher? You might find it interesting to hear how I came to yoga teacher…
The Road to Mount Madonna, Part 2
Babaji on teaching: “What are the most important elements of being a good teacher?”“Teach to learn. Don’t become a teacher to show your power.” “Are there specific skills that are important in teaching?”.“Compassion, self-less service, love and kindness.” For Part 1…
The Road to Mount Madonna, part 1
The Decision or How I Got Here I met Babaji in Ontario at a retreat in 2001. At the retreat I practiced karma yoga, learned about Sri Ram ashram, attended a fire yajna and got woken up by the angelic…
“Lyndsay… You just worry about Lyndsay”
by Lyndsay Savage I have had a repeated, and unwanted message from school teachers as a child… “Lyndsay, you just worry about Lyndsay”. What could possibly move them to say such oddly phrased and annoying words to a young me?!…
A Simple Teaching
It’s been one year since I completed the yoga teacher training (YTT) at Salt Spring in 2016. It was both a beautiful and challenging experience, however I walked away with no clear idea of whether or not I would start…
7 Ways to Prevent Yoga Teacher Burnout
One of the things in my life I’m most grateful for is that I get to teach yoga in exchange for money. This means that I have turned my deepest spiritual commitment into a livelihood. Yet, at times, my work…
Adam Burt’s YTT Reflections
Where do you live? What do you do in your life apart from yoga? My name is Adam Burt. I live in St. Albert, Alberta. I live a fairly active lifestyle. Apart from yoga, I enjoy cycling, hiking, climbing, longboarding,…
YTT Reflections: Linda Rogers
Where do you live? What do you do in your life apart from yoga? I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and I am an Office Manager of two dental offices. What motivated you to begin practicing yoga? How…
YTT Reflections: Craig Stewart
Where do you live? What do you do in your life apart from yoga? Since 1991 I have resided in Smithers, B.C. as a practicing geoscientist with the BC Ministry of Environment. I left that position in July 2015 and…
Reflections on the Centre’s Yoga Teacher Training Program: Ginny & Kim
Ginnys’s Reflections on the Centre’s YTT Program “I feel…” were the only words I could get out before the tears took over. Finally I managed to add “I can’t even get out the word ‘blessed’!” It was the closing circle at…