Inspiring stories of renewal, healing and transformation from Yasodhara Ashram guests.
Life-long Lessons
For the Mackin family of Calgary, the Ashram serves as “a reminder and a learning” of what is important in life. Read more »
Grounded and Balanced
Two months after joining the Ashram Internship program, Natalie Wall readily lists the advantages she’s discovered to living in spiritual community. Read more »
Choosing the Light
Chuck (Charlie) McNab recognizes the power of choice that led him out of darkness to a new life path. Living at the Ashram for more than a year as a karma yogi, he seamlessly integrates Yasodhara Yoga practices with renewed practice of his aboriginal... Read more »
Dayna Davis – Poet
Poet Dayna Davis from Cortez Island, was asked an intriguing question while she was at the Ashram for an Artist Retreat— Read more »
Circle of Generosity: A Donor Profile
Marlene Roza of Calgary donates monthly to the Ashram’s Circle of Sustainability and made an additional donation to the Temple Rebuild last year. She reflects on her approach to giving back. Read more »
YDC Before & After Portraits
During the Yoga Development Course (YDC), participants spend three months working on themselves. As someone who has both participated and taught in this course, I know that change occurs on multiple levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. As a photographer I was curious:... Read more »
The Camera Speaks
A new program addition to the YDC this year revealed the transformative power of the course in a unique way. The Ashram’s photographer-communicator Amy Allcock captured participants in before-and-after photographs that speak for themselves. Read more »
Partners Embrace the YDC
What happens when your partner decides to take the Yoga Development Course (YDC)? Sean Britt shares his recent experience when his wife, Nicole, came to the Ashram for three months. Read more »
Turning Symbols Upside Down
Life Seals, one of Swami Radha’s original self-development courses, is offered twice this year, May 8 and July 27. Clare Bateson describes how one of the 27 symbols she drew in her Life Seals course in the Yoga Development Course (YDC) started to come... Read more »
A Catholic Yogini
Near the end of her Yoga Development Course in 2013, Sheila Thomsen asked herself in the Little Bridge pose, “What am I bridging?” To her surprise, the answer was a clear “Yoga and Catholicism.” Since then, she uniquely combines the two through teaching Yasodhara... Read more »