The Yoga Shala

05/03/2025

🌿✨ Our new weekly yoga schedule is HERE! ✨🌿

Come breathe, move and connect consciously at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga 💛

We’ve expanded our offerings and we’re so excited to welcome you! All are welcome. Most classes are drop-in friendly, with options that are by donation, pay what you can, or pre-registered.

From outdoor eco-yoga to kirtan, satsang, silent meditation, yoga scripture study groups and various yoga asana styles, all in a beautiful, peaceful setting rooted in tradition.

📅 Check the full schedule 👉 Link in comment

11/14/2024

11/14/2024

Dear shalites
Here is a beautiful memorial tribute to Sharath. 3 pm PST. 6 pm EST. Zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83117059196?pwd=rEc2pznISLAta2zVC5uJN3NKzUK54l.1

07/20/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/zVoPdxhZgjSELk7S/?

🎊 Join Us for Drop-In Activities at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga's 50th Annual Community Yoga Retreat!

Even though registration for the retreat has closed, we warmly invite the local community to join us for some amazing drop-in activities. Some activities are free of charge, while others require a small contribution.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Free Activities ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✨ Arati - Devotional ceremony of offering Light to the Divine.
📅 Friday to Monday at 6:00 am, and Thursday to Sunday at 5:30 PM (before dinner)

✨ Philosophy Discussions – Bhagavad Gita
📅 Friday, 1 to 2:30 PM

✨ Philosophy Discussions – Yoga Sutra
📅 Saturday, 1 to 2:30 PM

✨ Ramayana - Theatrical version of the epic story
📅 Saturday, August 3 at 7:45 PM

✨ Satsang - Kirtan (chanting)
📅 Sunday, August 4 at 12:30 PM followed by Tea Time

✨ Yajña - Ancient Vedic ritual with offerings, prayers, and mantras for Universal Peace
📅 Monday, August 5 at 9:00 AM

✨ Latte Da Talent Show - Fun and eclectic open mic
📅 Monday, August 5 at 7:00 PM

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Activities with Contribution ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🍽️ Meal Tickets
Brunch: $26.25/person
Dinner: $31.50/person
(Limited meal tickets available. We recommend arriving 15-30 minutes before the meal starts.)

🎶 Classical Indian Concert with Rishima Bahadoorsingh
📅 Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $15.75/person in advance or $20/person at the door (cash only)
🎟️ https://saltspringcentre.com/events/classical-indian-concert-with-rishima-bahadoorsingh/

All other classes and events are limited to guests and volunteers who registered for the Annual Retreat (day pass or full retreat) prior to the registration deadline.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience the joy and community of our retreat, even if just for a few hours! We look forward to celebrating with you. 🥰 🙏☮

07/20/2024

🎊 Join Us for Drop-In Activities at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga's 50th Annual Community Yoga Retreat!

Even though registration for the retreat has closed, we warmly invite the local community to join us for some amazing drop-in activities. Some activities are free of charge, while others require a small contribution.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Free Activities ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✨ Arati - Devotional ceremony of offering Light to the Divine.
📅 Friday to Monday at 6:00 am, and Thursday to Sunday at 5:30 PM (before dinner)

✨ Philosophy Discussions – Bhagavad Gita
📅 Friday, 1 to 2:30 PM

✨ Philosophy Discussions – Yoga Sutra
📅 Saturday, 1 to 2:30 PM

✨ Ramayana - Theatrical version of the epic story
📅 Saturday, August 3 at 7:45 PM

✨ Satsang - Kirtan (chanting)
📅 Sunday, August 4 at 12:30 PM followed by Tea Time

✨ Yajña - Ancient Vedic ritual with offerings, prayers, and mantras for Universal Peace
📅 Monday, August 5 at 9:00 AM

✨ Latte Da Talent Show - Fun and eclectic open mic
📅 Monday, August 5 at 7:00 PM

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Activities with Contribution ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🍽️ Meal Tickets
Brunch: $26.25/person
Dinner: $31.50/person
(Limited meal tickets available. We recommend arriving 15-30 minutes before the meal starts.)

🎶 Classical Indian Concert with Rishima Bahadoorsingh
📅 Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $15.75/person in advance or $20/person at the door (cash only)
🎟️ https://saltspringcentre.com/events/classical-indian-concert-with-rishima-bahadoorsingh/

All other classes and events are limited to guests and volunteers who registered for the Annual Retreat (day pass or full retreat) prior to the registration deadline.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience the joy and community of our retreat, even if just for a few hours! We look forward to celebrating with you. 🥰 🙏☮

06/02/2024

Yoga continues... hope to hear from some of you and hear about your life journey

11/27/2022

Dear former Shalites, 2022 had always meant to include a RETREAT in India to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my first trip to Mysore and the year of opening Victoria's first Ashtanga-focused studio.

In 2023 look for great destination trips to engage in a heartfelt community of people curious about Yoga Asana (postures) & Yoga as consciousness studies. Including meditation, pranayama & Ayurvedic massage, and optional writing, kirtan, and drawing /painting workshops.

On the VISION BOARD for possible retreat's 2023:

Gorumara National Park West Bengal May 2023- The cooler hill stations of West Bengal are very lush and green. The retreat will include kirtan and trips to nearby Tea gardens. Optional to add on a meet-up/tour in Calcutta before the yoga retreat. The Gonumara region has been a reserve forest since 1895; Gorumara was declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1949.

Summer:
Burgundy, France Yoga & Plein Air painting, 2 hours yoga daily, 4 hours painting Plein Air painting; join Jenni (Suchi) and a guest painting teacher from NYC/ France (TBA). Evenings will offer optional kirtan, meditation, and Yoga Nidra (guided rest visualizations). Winery tours and beautiful scenery all around.

Possible locations between 2023/2024 might include:
Turkey
South India: Kerala, Ponidchery, and Thirvannamaial
Denman/ Hornby

On a personal note: I miss the Yoga Shala every day; it wasn't just yoga; it wasn't just a place; it was a vibe and a home for the heart space. Teaching Yoga and building a community was the most beautiful adventure from 2002-2014

Suchi

03/19/2020

A Triumph for the protection of animals and a call for more compassion

Jane would like to send a message to the people around the world who are now suffering so terribly from the current coronavirus outbreak. “It is a truly terr...

03/17/2020

In this time of crisis lets stay together in PRAYER

06/08/2017

Om Namah Shivaya, it was a most beautiful time to be with Amma and park cars for all her blessed devotees, now off to the Netherlands, headstands in airports and all