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60th year reflection
i have vivid and fond memories of my 2 weeks at the ashram, May, 2022. Today  i started a bead chain to which i will add one bead for every consistent attendance to my home yoga practice.  Yesterday, the first … Read more » Read more »

A Place Where I Meet Myself Again, and Again and Again
The Ashram is a centre of Light where healing, growth and discovering our inner wisdom is possible and encouraged. Within a day of my arrival I am home. A spiritual community where we support the highest in each other, where … Read more » Read more »

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Chanting Mantra Together
Shambala House in Calgary was opened by Swami Radha in 1982. Some of us have been a part of the Calgary Yasodhara Community right from the beginning, some have joined within a few year, others later. We felt blessed to … Read more » Read more »

Special practise for the 60th year
The way I stay positive in a challenging world is by my morning practise. This year I plan on creating something unique for my morning practise. The theme for my project is movement. My idea is to take movement learned … Read more » Read more »

Community Inspiration
Looking over the posts so far I felt the calling to join more in this community. Having just come back from a month sojourn at the Ashram I have been feeling gratitude for the grounded peaceful space that has returned … Read more » Read more »

Fire me up!
When I think about all the things I’ve learned during my time at the ashram, what stands out the most is how I’m learning to keep challenging myself – beliefs I have about myself, about how “the world works”, about … Read more » Read more »

Divine Light Invocation and Dream Analysis
The Divine Light Invocation was one of the first things I learned when I did my yoga teacher training. My teacher came from the Ashram lineage and passed it along to me. I’ve done it in many situations where I … Read more » Read more »

Recommitting to the practices
I got to spend some time at the Ashram this past summer and recertify for the Kundalini and Dreams Teacher Training. During this course, I got to connect with many friends–some were already close, and I got to know others … Read more » Read more »

Mantras
My experience of the YDC 2022 is “beyond words”. It cannot be described, it has to be lived…. Such a privileged moment to spend some introspective time with my self, to reveal more clearly myself to myself. I have learned … Read more » Read more »

Meeting Myself
I did the YDC in 2018 and seeds planted then have continued to sprout and unfold over the last 5 years. During and since my YDC I have been continually meeting myself in a new way, most recently, with a … Read more » Read more »