You’ll enjoy watching video-clips and photos as well Read the Beautiful Articles shared by Burlington Reporters about the 10th FREE Festival of Inner Lights. Do not miss our Burlington Mayor’s Special Address congratulating this Amazing event that reached its 10th Annual Edition
Our organizing team was grateful to welcome three wonderful local journalists from various Local News joining our annual event and witness their talented reporting about The Free Festival of Inner Lights to the Burlington community
The SYMN Team or Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of Halton volunteers worked very hard to bring this annual event to Burlington community once again, especially by inviting a very special artist: Rachelle Jeanty, who came from Montreal and performed for the first time ever in Burlington. We will not ‘talk to you’ much in this article as we want to let the real journalists and writers to share their beautiful description of our event.
Down below we are posting fragments from their articles as well references to the original source.
Make sure that you do not miss the official address from the Mayor of Burlington for our 10th Festival of Inner Lights.
We are guessing that the Title of the posting about our event in Burlington Today News, was inspired by the following slide that we presented during the Festival with Wisdom Quotes from Carl Gustav Jung and from the Founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation – Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi.
Indeed, it seems that Everyone paid attention to the Lights of Wisdom that we shared!
In Burlington Today the title of the article speaks volumes about the essence of our event and the reporter also captured such beautiful photos, thank you!
We received such beautiful photos from the Reporters that we respect as they often join and cover our major events; they know the work done by our team of volunteers for free meditation and cultural community events
We feel like we are all part of the large and much beloved Burlington Family that became so enriched with cultural diversity in the last years; Burlington is indeed a City with a Beaming Inner Light
The moments of observing one’s own Energy flow was beautifully captured!
Also, the humble posture when Everyone as One, tried to forgive and release the mental and emotional blockages, overcoming any internal darkness
The Burlington media posting captured several other significant moments from the first part of the event and we share the photos for You to Enjoy and Be there with us!
We brought also the Attention on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls; Then, we came up with Her 16 E.M.POWERS initiative as a Solution from within that is for Everyone, not only for Women
Did You Know? Please Let’s Become Aware of the World Problems and Address them!
Did you know? Even Women who are Elected Officials, even as a Country’s Elected President can be subject to abuse in Public
Did You Know? Our Burlington Mayor launched ‘HER – Halton Respect Elect’ initiative and pledge that started Helping the Canadian Society to behave better. This Year on December 4, 2025 she received the “Mayor of the Year” Award from the Municipal World and two Cultivators of Joy (SYMN volunteers) had the honour to witness in-person this heart warming ceremony at the City Hall.
We share below some slides presented during our Inner Lights Festival that were focused on HER 16 E.M.Powers and HER -Halton Elect Respect initiatives stemmed from Burlington, yet independently from each other; Both serving on awakening the respect and awareness:
This is How WE do it! Join the 16 Empowerment Sessions (HER 16 E.M.POWERS):
For 16 Evenings in a row, You and Everyone (not only Women) can join to empower yourself from within, listen to other’s experiences and learn useful tips here: the FREE Online Enlightened Meditations (1 hr)
What’s Next? There is a beautiful Article in the Art and Culture Section of the Local News from a journalist who also interviewed Rachelle Jeanty and who provided a lot of insight into our Event
Read the fragments from the original article by the Local news journalist and Discover Rachelle Jeanty in her own words, as shared during her Interview with the Burlington Reporter
We hope you’ve enjoyed this beautiful article by Kezia who also interviewed and wrote about our Volunteers’ first roots in Burlington and about other great visiting artists that performed in June during our Annual Festival of New Beginnings when we also had much Joy and Meditated Together in Burlington!
We want to also Thank to the amazing volunteers, Cristina and Sushmit, who filmed and photographed the entire event! We are sharing some of their photos and video-clips further below
While we were Dancing all around having so much Joy, we had our film-makers dancing on the spot but never letting go of their camera-rolling! We have Not even asked them so! Thank You!
We have the Proof that Burlington’s FREE Festival of Inner Lights was enjoyed by People of All Ages
The Mayor of Burlington could not attend in person the Festival of Inner Lights 2025 but made a great effort to send us her official remarks that were read and shared with everyone. You can watch the video-clip and Read the Official Address. Enjoy!
The Following Video-clip contains The Mayor’s Address also Rachelle Jeanty’s and Michael’s Recognition as Cultivators of Joy! Listen to Michael’s Live Testimonial about Sahaja Yoga Meditation Benefits (aligned with Movember theme too!)
We need to share with you in another Article the Amazing Feedback received from Everyone, also the Other Great Special Moments we Enjoyed during the Festival
By Now, You should be Smiling and Trusting Your Inner Light and the Inner Lights in Others
Are you ready to Join the Dancing Spirals of Inner Lights? We found a spot for You: Join the Dance, then Drop a Comment!
You can also join Rachelle’s Empowerment Singing Session! Try it and see how you feel!
Did You know that this year we also celebrated our 20th anniversary of Sahaja Yoga Meditation active presence in the Burlington community?! Thank You Rachelle for making our last annual event in 2025 such an amazing Collective Celebration!
This article emanates joy! The photos are a real treat! Enjoyed every moment of the festival and all the amazing feedback from the audience. Under Ioana’s guidance, the festival of inner lights became a happy joyous powerful congregation of pure hearts! The guided meditation followed by the divine tunes of the flute was another amazing part of the event.
Rachelle Jeanty was every bit the Diva, taking soul music to an entire new height that touched our hearts deep within!
It felt like the world danced in a sense of collective joy…and 100 Seeds of Joy took a powerful, meaningful, and impactful step towards eliminating violence against women!
The photos and the details are bringing back many happy memories of the event. It was wonderful to see many new seekers join the event and be part of this amazing program. The feedback was great.
I’m boarding a plane in Montreal and remembering the feeling I had participating in this epic celebration. I will comment more later, but it always gives such a beautiful feeling that covers me with joy!
So many moving parts flowing in harmony!
Love it!
This article with beautiful photos proves that every moment of the inert lights festival was enjoyable! The program was amazing. We could feel pure love and joy everywhere! The feedback was great!
Rachelle’s incredible music and songs touched everyone’s heart ❤️
I can’t say enough about how enriching the Festival of Inner lights was (and still is!) to my heart and soul. Everyone was emanating pure lightness of Be-ing. Rachelle Jeanty was such an instrument for peace and joy with her heartfelt voice and connection to a higher plane of existence that was literally a good kind of contagious. so many details were pouring a pure love into the room, for humans, world peace, inner peace.
The creative and charming pine cone decorations which were made with love and passed on to as many participants as possible, each person choosing what creation spoke to them and will hang either on a Christmas tree, or simply fill a room with the memory of a special awakening of one’s inner light.
My dear friends from high school were thanking me for the invitation and danced with joy in the “Conga” line to upbeat music by the end. Almost everyone was up and circling in unity with shiny faces.
So many “elves” helping from the 100 Seeds of Joy team that made every detail, presentation and recital a special part of the specialness that radiated. Such hope becomes reality the more we meditate and gravitate towards our thoughtless awareness state with that extra spark ⚡️ ignited that connects us to our higher being, our essence, our reason and our portal to superpowers and a higher consciousness.
Shivangna welcoming us with her flute was ethereal and can be re-enjoyed through special events at the Burlington and Oakville libraries and by invitation to meditate and feel the music that resonates and stirs our souls to new heights.
Ioana, Rachelle and others with their vibration filled meditations given in lots of heart opening ways.
The benefit is infinite and in our journey towards inner connection, being guided to the yoga state, we can really gain a new perspective and pure love for ourselves, as well as a oneness and compassion for the world’s societies that aim for harmony. And a desire to spread peace throughout the entire universe until no one is left behind. It starts with “us”, with me, my community, to be the change, to radiate to reach out and touch the heart of someone through a simple, method of meditation, Sahaja Yoga, the 100 seeds of Joy team, and awaken hearts, open minds and experience inner transformation.
I speak from personal experience. Of searching and finding access to a new map of myself and others. A GPS that serves humanity for the better. See you at the classes in Oakville and Burlington, the online classes at 12.30 to recharge at lunch, the E.M. Her Powers programs, festivals and celebrations, multiple Sundays at The Orchard Hub to craft through inspiration and meditate other interesting themes and presentations, and definitely the Festival of New Beginnings. So many easy ways to spark a change in one’s self and the world any group seeking yoga connection to their higher selves can invite the team to spread positivity and awareness and connection. Namaste to all. Be the light.