Feel the Undeniable Joyful Buzz manifested around our SYMN booth at the Oak Park Fest 2024
Let’s explore the Joyful Buzz with Earth Meditation and Organic Henna brought by Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network volunteers at Oak Park Fall Fest 2024 on Ganesha Chathurthi Day
As always with our articles, you will also learn New Things and Uncover Connections
Be prepared to be amazed! Some of the connections that we will be sharing about this special day are new to us as well. For instance, have you heard about ST. Cloud?! What about Ganesha Chaturthi?!
Both were celebrated on September 7th when we had the joy of actively contributing to one of Oakville’s most beloved festivals. Take a closer look to the photos, you might be asked to find what we call “sahaj clues” or subtle connections.
Let’s dive in! That means dive into the clouds as well. 🙂
A White Elephant and Saint Cloud were blessing the Joyful Buzz with Earth Meditation and Organic Henna Workshops at Oak Park Fall Fest 2024 on Ganesha Chathurthi Day
Did you know? September 7 happens to be a Day celebrated in many religions for Good reasons
As always, we in Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network enjoy bringing people together and realize our oneness in goodness.
Who is Saint Cloud? On September 7th, the Catholic Church honors the memory of Saint Clodoald, popularly known in France as Saint Cloud, who escaped from violent political intrigue to pursue holiness as a hermit. He was known as a healer, leaving in the forest, loving God and completely devoted to the poor people even though was born a prince.The images below offer other “sahaj connections” related to the day, one of them is the number 108 that happened to be in the vicinity of our team’s participation in providing gifts meant to bring the joy of inner peace and wellness in our community.
Paula, Kruti, Kathleen and Shivangna from SYMN were spreading all day long the joy of meditation and their love for Mother Earth and for her earthlings 🙂 that participated in this FUN-full community event on September 7th in Oakville, Halton.
It’s a Promise to You: by the end of the article You can say “I’ve Been There too!”
Check this video-clip and make a quick tour of our tent filled with joy, meditation and colour-painting artistry:
Let’s continue:
Our SYMN team participates every year to this great community event. We are invested (heart & mind) to contribute in making it a success! The OPNC organizing team was once again amazing! Mother Nature was a bit moody, asking the Sun to Play “hide and seek”, and allowed the Wind to rule the entire event while the Rain took only was jogging for a short while through the Oak Park Fest, checking relatively gently on our determination to hold the fort no matter what!
Which we did!
We had a chance to meet and discuss the important “Inner Lights” subject with Halton officials
Another achievement of the heart and mind: the New Sahaja Yogis – Beginner Meditators from our Halton’s FREE Meditation & Chakra Energy Classes had a chance to Learn and Enjoy how to Distribute Light and Joy into the Community
We are taking you for a ride with this article: get ready to explore Photos and Crumbs of Wisdom
Enjoy Quotes of Wisdom as we Navigate through the Oak Park Festival experience:
First quote is about Innocence:
“First and foremost thing that is to be understood,
that the Innocence should be respected, looked after, nourished and protected.
That’s why I’m very particular about the children.”
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi — the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation (public lecture in Italy at Cabella Ligure on Sept 19, 1993)
The second Quote of wisdom is about the Powers of Innocence:
“This innocence also gives you a power of self-understanding. You know where you stand. A person who is innocent knows very well that he is standing on the pedestal of virtues. He should not give in to all kinds of nonsensical things which are very popular, may be fashionable, may be accepted. For what? For what are we going to sacrifice our innocence? What is our gain? ” (Sept 19, 1993, Cabella, Italy)
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi — the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation (public lecture in Italy – Cabella Ligure on Sept 19, 1993)
We received Great Feedback from Everyone that tried our Earth Energy Meditation!
Some stats from SYMN team of volunteers:
Last year we counted about 250 people joining our booth at the Oak Park Fest as we started earlier and stayed later until 8pm. This year, despite very moody weather, and shorter timeframe of the event, around 100+ people took the time to meditate with us!! Which is amazing!! Kudos to our Halton’s beautiful community!
Our artistic hand-decorations received praised from everyone and We received Invitations to offer our Cool Kids Meditation with Creative workshops (our “brand” since long) to a Parents’s club in the future!
Big Thanks to Kruti, Shivangna and Kathleen for volunteering with their talents as they multi tasked between leading meditation sessions and beautifully decorating hands
We had students that came by to try our meditation and returned with their friends. Mothers with their children; entrie families trying our Earth meditation together; People from all walk of life. Some that asked us to use a hearing app, they found peace within. From “Awaesome”, “I cannot believe how peaceful I feel”, “Oh, I needed this, my friends needed it”, “Can you come to my school?!”, “I’ll talk to the women group I’m in, you guys must come”; children forgot about the “promised fun”, and some did not open their eyes until we told them to. They felt peaceful and relaxed; enjoyed feeling Mother Earth’s energy.
Watch this video-clip to Feel the Undeniable Joyful Buzz manifested around our SYMN booth at the Oak Park Fest 2024
Connections: Did you know? Today is also Ganesha Chathurti! Let’s Find the White Ganesha!
Today is a special day! For once because on Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated the birth of Lord Ganesha when millions of people sing and meditate on Shri Ganesha – not only Hindus but also Buddhist and Jainists revere this extremely popular spiritual symbol as the remover of obstacles, supporter of fresh beginnings, and the patron of arts and sciences and the divine principle of intellect, innocence and wisdom.
For later: two articles you might want to explore after you’ve completed the journey with this one:
Clay Artwork Meditation on GANESHA
Carol – My Experience with Root Chakra Meditation
Let’s continue with our “Today’s Connections” section, we can enjoy and learn from it:
In Sahaja Yoga Meditation we also embrace the universal truth and is enjoying these universal connections; for instance the image of Lord Ganesha is of child with a head of an elephant. Its essential qualities (innocence, purity, the joy of a child, spontaneity and wisdom) are considered to be manifested through the Root Chakra (subtle energy center) which is tuned to the Earth element.
In perfect serendipity, on this day our team of volunteers offered Earth Meditation during our outdoors wellness sessions and the vast majority of those attending our sessions were children and young people, joining with their families, and even with their pets. Actually we had a few doggies that loved the energy and were really good during our Earth meditation classes!
Enjoy the Echoes of our Presence in the Local Media:
Take in the Last bits of sharing from a mountain of Joyful Evidence about “How was it?”:
We are saying Good Bye until we meet again SOON!
There are two other Festivals this September in Halton region and we will be there! Check our Calendar of Events:
Last note on “sahaj connections”: we also enjoyed seeing the great joy of a lady who tried the henna painting for her first time ever and she was wearing a necklace with a a white elephant pendant. How cool is that? In the morning we noticed a big white cloud above the building during the officials’ welcoming speech for the opening of the event. You’ve seen those?!
We hope that we were able to make you travel in time and space and BE with us at the amazing Oak Park Fest 2024.
Drop a comment in reply, if you want to let us know :-).
If you’re ready for more of Halton’s Inner and Outer Beauty, click on these links:
(a feast for heart and eye) Canadians do Meditate during Summer Time
(did you know it?!) Oakville’s Casa Romana Sweets offered “Intro to Family Chakras”
Completely packed with open hearts yet not crowded! There was a settling down and sweetness that emerged from my he mini meditation sessions with kids and adults. We shared mini moments that were received with such a brightness of heart. I can’t wait to meet you all again in the classes and at the next festivals. The Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network team was joyful and selfless and integrating our community in a subtle and powerful way…together we are one with the universe! Yoga simply put, means connecting all of us and we raise each other up to that higher state together.
Thank you to all the joyous beaming faces that are 100 seeds of Joy!
We were all spreading beams! The swishes of light were no match for raindrops that fell elsewhere.
You made my day–So joyful, such happiness and fun.
A sheer deLight–am smiling from ear to ear.
Beyond words!!! Sheer joy!!
It was a fun family festival and we had many who wanted to try out meditation even with some distraction around us. Despite the cool weather, seekers experienced some warm or hot breeze on top of their head and they shared their appreciation for this opportunity to be thoughtless. All the volunteers of SYMN team were super happy by the end, for connecting so well with the community.
It was amazing to see children, youth and adults interested to try the earth meditation. The feedbacks I heard after the meditation:
“it was different, i liked it”
“I feel good”
“I’ll definitely check you guys out”
“This is wonderful”
“Makes me happy”
Many more feedbacks…all good with smiles leaving the booth
Just looking at the pictures I feel the joy and happiness of the participants. Bravo team Burlington for being part of such a beautiful event.
Just looking at the pictures I feel the joy and happiness of the participants. Bravissimo Burlington team for your participation to such a beautiful event.
Happy Saint Cloud’s day! The Oakville falls fest is looking full of joy and happy memories.
It was amazing!! You guys are all so kind :))
It was amazing! You guys are such nice people 🙂
It brings me such joy just to see these events online. I know what it feels like to participate in these events and I must say it’s not only rewarding, but you grow so much spiritually and really feel such a peace and pure joy from the heart! Way to go team. It made my heart shine thank you!
I saw in all the pictures all the volunteers and participants all are shining like a Lusture of millions of splendid Sun.The 100 seeds of joy is getting the reward of sowing the seeds of meditation among all the people,establishing the real joy of the spirit in their lives.Innoccence is the most joyful and the strongest and the basis of everything. Thanks for spreading this knowledge with all your efforts.
Looks like a great event – all the photos and videos taken that day spread a joyful, innocent energy. And it’s amazing to witness the many little miracles that happened during the day, which seemed to be meant to mark two totally different celebrations. Kudos to the SYMN volunteers who put their heart and soul in these events, like always!