Joanne Taylor is a PhD Candidate, researcher and instructor in Community, Culture and Global Studies at UBC Okanagan. In July she came to the Ashram on a Professional Renewal Retreat to support her writing and discovered that the Ashram symbolizes the very heart of her research.
After getting a political science degree, I travelled the world and became interested in agrarian farming techniques in various cultures. In 2012 I entered into a PhD program and started doing research about how secure food is in the Creston Valley as it pertains to the Columbia River Treaty. (Read here about the Columbia River Treaty)
I came to the Ashram at this time because I needed a place that is spiritual, peaceful – a place for deep reflective thinking. I felt a synchronicity, deeply reflective of what my research is about. Where the Ashram is located feels like the heartbeat of the Columbia River. I am eating the food that has been grown by the waters I am studying, and I am embodying the very essence of my research.
This is a respectful, compassionate and safe community. I will take away the knowledge that spirituality is a lifelong journey, and I will definitely come back to learn more lessons.
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