The Altar of My Heart
A small bundle sits beside me at the river, tucked tightly in a woven cloth; from above, you can see the geometric shapes and bands of colour that cross the …
Education
Holding the Paradox: Bringing Yoga to Forgotten Places Full of Forgotten People
*This story contains disturbing images, topics of mass incarceration, harm, and, violence. As I lie in crocodile pose, I feel my belly is cold from the concrete gym floor. As …
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Making to Know
In my current GDE course at SFU, Holistic Approaches to Teaching and Learning, our term focus was on Self-study. We were asked to inquire about the “ecology of our being” …
Wayfinding the Soul
“What is the Soul, Christine asks?” We sit together in the abnormally warm October sun. Some of us tuck away into pockets of shade, bolstered up by the driftwood that …
The Visionary
In each direction of the Medicine Wheel, we encounter and learn from an archetypal guide. These aspects of consciousness act as mirrors of our own gifts, showing us the power …
Non-Dual Tantra and Pañca-kṛtya: the Five Acts of the Divine
Salutations to Lord Shiva, who eternally (through his Shakti) brings about the five processes (of manifestation, maintenance, re-absorption, concealment and self-revelation or grace); who gives the supreme knowledge that the …
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Bhakti: Building a Bridge to the Divine
After months, even years of restrictions, we gathered once more for an evening of kirtan. On nights such as this, the community floods the cozy four walls of the Yoga …
When We Call on the Lineage
By definition, lineage is an unbroken line of descendants that trace their origin from a common ancestor or founder. In the context of mystery schools, this refers to a sacred …
The Nature of Shamanic Yoga – A Practice
It snowed continuously for two nights and the powder covering the trails of Legacy Park are well-passed my knees. By the early morning light of an equinox sunrise, I roll …
Envelopes of Dreams – The Art of the Earthkeeper
The light carriers, medicine people, mystics and artists who find their way into our community self-select as stewards of the more-than-human world. They yearn, consciously or unconsciously, to experience an …
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