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Inspiring stories of renewal, healing and transformation from Yasodhara Ashram guests.


Reflections of the 10 Days of Yoga
Participants in the 10 Days of Yoga, held in August 2018, reflect on their experience. Read more »

Help Us Win $100,000 for our Young Adult Program!
We have been selected to participate in a contest created by the Aviva Community Fund and are eligible to win $100,000 for our Young Adult Program and we need your help to win! Read more »

Twenty Years Later
Trine Mikkelsen (left) and Julia Hambleton first came to the Ashram when they were in their twenties. Back at the Ashram this summer, they reflect about the impact that time had on their lives. Read more »

The Heartbeat of the Columbia River
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. Read more »

Authentic Learning for Youth
Justin Wesenberg arrived at the Ashram this spring to participate in a three-month Learning Residency to gain new skills in gardening. He found the learning environment to be “really authentic” and recommends it for young people. Read more »

Yoga Development Course – Sandra
Yoga Development Course (YDC) participant Sandra Vandenhoff shares her of experience taking this transformative 3-month course. Read more »

10 Days of Yoga – Barbara
10 Days of Yoga participant Barbara Ritchie shares her experience of taking this life-changing course. Read more »

Swami Premananda Invites You!
View this video for a reminder of all the Ashram has to offer for your development. Read more »

The Symbol of a Talking Stick
Sandra Vandenhoff, an audiologist who wears a cochlear implant to assist with her hearing loss, reflects upon her time in the Yoga Development Course (YDC) using group microphones. She quickly learned how her technology became a positive symbol. Read more »

Pamela Boyd – Artist
I’ve come away with a new practice, a new way of ‘doing my own work’. Being at the ashram I’ve experienced not just a fresh hatha practice, but an all round yoga practice that speaks to my inner needs as well as my outer. Read more »