Today the Mayor of Burlington signed the Proclamation for Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day
On May 20th, 2025, right after the Victoria Day Weekend we have Joyous News!
Our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network team of volunteers based in the Halton region of Ontario, has breaking news: today, on May 20, 2025 the Burlington Mayor signed the Proclamation for Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day!
Also our Press Release announcing the three-day celebration of the annual FREE Festival of New Beginnings – its 10th edition – was shared with the Burlington Community during the Victoria Day weekend, which is again, quite a joyous occasion! We invite everyone to book the following events in your Calendar, try to attend any or all of them!
Make sure to check our Webpage dedicated to the 3-day Celebration in June 2025!
We are providing many details on the webpage and more will come!
In fact, there are more free events that our 100 Seeds of Joy team of volunteers is offering in our great community, but some of them are private, offered to various groups or organizations, at their own location, therefore those will not be mentioned on our poster, nor listed in our Calendar of Events.
Also, stay tuned, it seems there is a great chance to extend the duration to five days as we are currently in discussions with other community partners interested to host a “New Beginnings – Wellness & Musical Concert” event for their customers or members.
We are inviting Everyone to our beloved Burlington City to Celebrate Together!
Sahaja Yoga Meditation DAY – A Burlington City’s Proclamation in 2025 honoring the 20th Anniversary from the Burlington volunteers from Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network
Something personal, today on May 20th, 2001, our little family took the airplane from Europe and immigrated to Canada.
Also today is the birthday of one of our family members, who, very humbly supported from the very beginning, since we moved to Burlington 20 years ago, the opening of the first Sahaja Yoga Meditation class in Burlington, which was also the first one across all Halton region.
At that time there was No free meditation, yoga and no wellness related community services being provided for free; no volunteers in the Halton region were ready nor inclined to help in the area of the mental health (awareness), so the first sahaja yogis (of Romanian origin) that moved to Burlington opened the first free weekly classes at the Brant Hills Community center the same year, in 2005.
Let us share a few snippets from our Beginnings about 20 years ago in Burlington
Here there is the Proclamation for Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day celebrating our 20th Anniversary
Connections to our Roots: Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation – and Joseph Brant – the Mohawk leader raised at Canajoharie and founder of Burlington
All images above are from Burlington with snippets from some of the major events announced in the local news and media, as well some images showcasing the Beautiful Burlington (Ioana’s photos)
There is too much to share, images, articles, there is so much beautiful history that the dynamic group of volunteers from Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network – known now as the 100 Seeds of Joy team – built in the last twenty years with much love, genuine selflessness intertwined with endless Joy of Giving and Being Together in our beautiful Halton region.
We met amazing people that share our love for the Burlington community and also many passionate volunteers from other organizations. Burlington is an amazingly vibrant city, blessed with beautiful nature and heroic history, with rich indigenous roots and new additions from immigrants joining from all corners of the world and finding their new home here.
Everything started here in Burlington, exactly on the Lakeshore, in the area known as the Spencer Smith Park, where a family of Romanian immigrants enjoyed their evenings taking a walk, talking about their future and at times meditating.
Enjoy a Screenshot from Today’s CHAT – Feedback from our FREE Lunch Recharge Meditation:
Also a recent Note received from Marg that joined our weekly Burlington Sahaja Yoga Classes
Enjoy this Bouquet of Photos from previous 100 Seeds of Joy Events offered by our volunteers
We hope you Enjoyed the Breaking News and you are eager to join us for the Exciting Marathon of New Beginnings Events in the Weekend of June 20, June 21 and June 22 HERE in Burlington
Enjoy also a collection of video-clips that will showcase the beautiful Burlington people and the events we enjoy here.
You can also find out more about how Sahaja Yoga Meditation changed the life for many people that came to our free classes and events along the years.
Our 10th Anniversary with Impressions from a Highschool Principal, the former Mayor of Burlington and FEEL the Atmosphere of General Celebration
Burlington has so much to offer wherever you are, the Sunsets are also breathtaking!
You can dance now, with some of us, enjoy this Azheri Hora and Get ready to Join our Celebrations in June!
(must explore) The Best Ten Things I Like About the SAHAJA Experience
(should explore) Today Meditation is Top News in Burlington!
We are so proud of our Burlington Mayor, Marianne Meed, for supporting and acknowledging the volunteers from Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network. The events and classes run by the group of volunteers have positive effects in the community and it fills our hearts with joy when we have some support from the leadership. Thank you. This article is already emitting positive vibs and I am definitely looking forward to the events with my family. As I say to my kids, it’s important to keep our spiritual health in check as it’s the first pillar for happiness.
Really so happy to see this news and the article. Thank you! to our Mayor Marianne Meed for supporting this wellness initiative. We feel blessed and invite all the community to take part in the events planned. Great musicians and lots of love and yoga to share.
See you there
This is why I’m so proud to be a part of the wonderful community of Burlington that welcomes people from all over the world. such events have inspired proclamations and recognition of positive, inclusive change for the better. Such participation has changed my life’s perspective and helped me to access ways to navigate life in harmony with self and others. Together, we are building a better Burlington that is a total shareable. Welcome everyone from everywhere
Congratulations to us!!!not only to 100 seeds of joy team but to Burlingtonians who recognize and value such authentic work that would make the founder Joseph Brant feel proud that such high thinking souls are looking after his precious and promising city by supporting such incredible initiatives that make Burlington as beautiful as it is in its character.
Felicitari!
With this there is hope for the future. How Beautiful.
With this there is hope for the future.
Congratulations 100Seedsof joy!!!It is amazing that the Mayor recognized our work!!!Keep up TEAM!!Looking forward for The 3Days Event!!20,21,22 June.
First of all congratulations for this proclamation signed by the mayor of Burlington. Thanks for establishing the roots of sahajyoga meditation by the efforts of one Romanian family who after arriving here in this country did not think about themselves but they embrace this new country and its people and open this free meditation for the benevolence of the society, hatts off for this Pious cause and your selflessness which has completed 20 years and lots of people getting benefits with this simple and spontaneous meditation technique. Thanks for your efforts dear Ioana and family also the Burlington mayor for your kind recognition for their work for the community.
From Vancouver posted on whatsup(G. joins us online/classes & loves this blog):
Congratulations! Amazing work, so impressive 🙂 I wish I could be part of your community 🙂
Continued blessings!
Congratulations Halton Sahaja Yoga family – Yes, Cultivators of Joy ! Even more appreciate Mayor Marianne Meed visionary programme 100 seeds of Joy and recognizing Sahaja Yoga meditation work as one of powerful tool to bring community together and build everlasting harmonious multicultural blissful society.
Even being in India l can feel excitement and see forthcoming event from 21 to 23 June as most amazing and loaded with joyful vibrations.
Beautiful Congratulations to Sahaja Yoga Meditation Proclamation to the open hearted Community in Burlington,Canada. It takes a beautiful empowered Heart to
Recognize the Majestic Trees of benevolence that nourish the Spirit of Oneness in Canada and beyond..
May this fertile move reaches each country that has worldwide representative/residents in Canadian Nation.
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That’s an amazing news !! Congratulations 100 seeds of joy!! Keep up Sahaj Yoga Network team ! I feel so blessed and proud to be part of this wonderful team
Looking forward to all of June events
That’s an amazing news! Congratulations and keep up Sahaj Yoga Network Team I feel so blessed and proud to part of this great and wonderful team
Looking forward to the June events
Congratulations! So wonderful, so heart warming!!
Fantastic!!!! WOW!!!
Amazing news! Congratulations to all volunteers of Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network for your hard work and dedication! A beautiful recognition of the values SYMN brought to the community, with long lasting impact on our society!
Lots of love from beautiful British Columbia