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Tour the Ashram With Us
Anna Marie Wasylenki, a 2021 Yoga Development graduate, takes you on a tour of some of the many special places on the Ashram grounds and its surrounding beauty. Experience the sacred land upon which we live and plan your visit … Read more » Read more »
A Celebration of Life for Swami Radhananda
A Celebration of Life for Swami Radhananda (1941-2021) Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Every year, September 8th is the day we honour our lineage. This year, we dedicated this day to Swami Radhananda. Here at the Ashram, a limited gathering of … Read more » Read more »
Grandmother Pahan Pte San Win – Reflects on the Children Who Died at Indian Residential School.
Grandmother Pahan Pte San Win (“Grey Swan Buffalo Woman”) has been coming to Yasodhara Ashram for many years, most often with her husband, Grandfather Wanbdi Wakita (“Looking Eagle”). Together they have generously offered their love and knowledge from their traditions. … Read more » Read more »
Join our 2022 Yoga Development Course
What we have heard again and again from our YDC participants is that it has been the greatest gift that they have given themselves. We love to listen to people’s accounts of what the three-month intensive journey has brought them. … Read more » Read more »
Read our 2020 Annual Review: Year of Resilience.
2020 was a year like no other for the whole world, including Yasodhara Ashram. Being a small and nimble organization, we were able to ride the waves of uncertainty —observing, listening and adapting as best we could. Read more… Read more »
“Whole” by Melanie Erin
Melanie is a songwriter and singer from Toronto who is influenced by the present moment. She takes inspiration from her day or an interaction and symbolically works with what her muse brings to her through dreams, thought and feelings. She … Read more » Read more »
Paintings By Myca Palmer
“I started painting about 3 years ago, drawn to it by a deep yearning to explore myself more deeply. Self put down thoughts such as ‘I can’t draw’ ‘I’m useless’, ‘I’m past it’ became… ‘who says so’? This opened a … Read more » Read more »
The Lost Things by Daniel Crough
Daniel Crough is a writer, a storyteller, a technology leader, a yogi and a humble traveller on the spiritual path. When he’s not building websites or strategizing for businesses of all sizes, you can find him in nature or writing in his home by... Read more »
Drawing from Swami Matananda
Two of my favorite things came together in a new and organic way, which is what I think creativity often is for me. I drew the image of Swami Sukhananda's hands a long time ago. We have been on this path together now for... Read more »
Map of Every Series – Paintings by Garry Sly
I started painting when I was 24 years old. I had never been involved with art before but suddenly I began painting. I took a painting course at the Ottawa School of Art and soon after transferred to the University of Victoria and completed... Read more »
