Inspiring stories of renewal, healing and transformation from Yasodhara Ashram guests.
Learning Through Letting Go Caroline Noga
In the Life Seals workshop I did in 2010, my drawings opened the door to a significant insight. Doing Karma Yoga in the garden, I saw how this insight could manifest in my work. The outcome was the creation of the Clubhouse Farm- a... Read more »
Climate Change and The West Kootenays
On Friday, March 7th, over 100 people gathered at Yasodhara Ashram for a presentation by conservation ecologist, Greg Utzig. Greg presented root causes and implications of climate change, and then focused on the vulnerability to the changing climate of ecosystems … Read more » Read more »
Spiraling Up Rachelle Premack
wenty-two year old Rachelle successfully applied for a Food Flow Internship and has been at the Ashram since June 2013. During a teacher’s strike at the University of Brandon, I made an important decision to apply to Katimavik’s “Eco-Citizenship and Active Living” program for... Read more »
Guide to Eastshore Energy Sources
Following the publication of the Rural Alternative Energy & Resiliency Report, Fall 2013, Eva Snyder, a long time karma yogi, 2012 YDC graduate, prepared the Guide to Eastshore Energy Sources. The report and the guide are the outcome of … Read more » Read more »
Yogic Decision-Making at the Ashram
In our ongoing effort to move towards greater transparency and awareness, the Ashram has embraced a group of indicators to guide our planning and decision-making process. We're calling these the 5 P's: People (social), Purpose (why), Process (how), Planet (environmental) and Profit (economic). Read more »
Mona Afary, Professional Renewal Retreat
Mona Afary is the Executive Director of a California-based non-profit center providing social services to refugee families dealing with trauma and exposure to violence.“Your light is out.” When Mona heard this message from the chair of her board, she knew it was time to... Read more »
Cathy Hamilton & Shelley Suzuki – Writer/Illustrator Team
This writer/illustrator team came to the Ashram to create a series of children’s books based on their years of counseling children and families. Their children stories also encourage adults to be loving, caring and attentive. Cathy describes their experience. Read more »
Hosting Groups from Different Spiritual Traditions
This fall the Ashram provided the ground for several different spiritual traditions to gather. In September, we hosted the Venerable Losang Samten in a Tibetan Buddhist healing initiation into Green Tara and Medicine Buddha. We also participated in a ceremony led by First Nations... Read more »
Rural Alternative Energy & Resiliency Report
Energy resilience and renewable energy alternatives continue to be a primary concern on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake – a remote area vulnerable to frequent power outages and on the far end of a single line power grid. Eva … Read more » Read more »
Mantra at School Ali Morham, Whitehorse, Yukon
Ali Morham is a Yoga Development Course (2010) graduate who has been an elementary school teacher in the Yukon Territory for the past twenty-two years. Ali recently spent a week offering Karma Yoga at the Ashram. Read more »