IT manager & Support Specialist
Yasodhara Ashram is seeking an IT savvy generalist to grow into managing our small and multifaceted IT department including business systems, network and infrastructure maintenance and upgrades,...
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We are excited to launch our new Yasodhara Ashram Podcast for our 60th year! Today we hear from Swami Jyotihananda discuss her time with a great woman – Swami Radha. We have been considering this idea...
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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,...
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Our second podcast is another wonderful conversation hosted by Katie Taher, this time with senior Ashram teacher Swami Satyananda. They discuss Swami Satyananda’s beginnings at the Ashram and her...
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Deconstructing and Rebuilding Inner and Outer Worlds
The snow capped mountains greet me today, inviting a call to stillness. As I look upwards to the peaks, I have a sense of lifting above the day-to-day of Ashram life—to a place that brings a bigger...
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One Woman’s Vision
60 years ago, one woman with a determination to follow through on her promise to her teacher, found the property that was to become Yasodhara Ashram. She and a group of young men settled into the...
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Our third podcast is an insightful conversation hosted by Katie Taher, this time with long time Yasodhara Yoga teacher Tara Huston. In the 70s, Tara and several other women (names you will know)...
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The Trampled Flower Resurrection: A Story of Healing
Prologue Once upon a time there was a gentle flower who came to be in an endless green meadow by a shimmering river between two majestic mountains. Though the flower was very beautiful, it had...
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Katie Taher sits down with Devi and discusses her time with Swami Radha and the theme of commitment. Devi reflects on how Swami Radha challenged her and was able to break down her defenses – knowing...
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Bridging Traditions—First Nations Meets Yoga
I have been thinking about the question of who am I? When I first came to the Ashram, I was looking for something better. I didn’t know anything about yoga. I began to relearn a lot of things and this...
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Welcome to our new podcast series hosted by Swami Lalitananda, Meaningful Lives. Over the next months, she will be talking with people from diverse backgrounds who are driven by an inner calling and...
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Assistant Cook – Casual Employment
Yasodhara Ashram Assistant Cook – Casual Employment July, 2023 Summary This position is staffed by an experienced and creative whole foods-oriented cook, to assist the Ashram’s Lead Cooks and Kitchen...
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Feather from Sue – Lightening the Weight of Grief
Surprises come in many guises. Sometimes even shocking the nervous system with disbelief — no this can’t be true, I only saw her 3 months ago and she was fine then…. Reality takes many different forms....
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In this episode Katie Taher interviews Swami Sivananda, long-time Ashram teacher and Swami Radha’s personal driver, student and friend. He talks about searching for a teacher to clarify the teachings...
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Animation & Salvation – Ego Reconstitution & Redemption
While weeding the carrots last week I was amazed at the tenacity of hoary alyssum, and yet I am equally as perplexed by the intricate layers of my ego, after some serious dismantling. When I awoke...
View ArticleMeaningful Lives Episode 2
In this episode Swami Lalitananda interviews Candace Batycki, a conservation advocate for more than 30 years, specializing in protecting ecosystems for threatened and endangered wildlife, and caribou...
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