In the News: Burlington’s Beginnings with Sahaja Yoga Meditation 20 years ago!

Enjoy a Beautiful Article based on a recent interview requested by a Reporter interested in the Beginnings of Sahaja Yoga Meditation in Burlington and the Yoga Day Celebrations!

We celebrated Burlington’s 10 Years with Sahaja Yoga Meditation on Canada Culture Day!

But first, let’s go to our Roots in Burlington and later share with You the Events we prepared for our 20th Anniversary of Burlington’s Sahaja Yoga Meditation and International Yoga Day

Allow us to provide you with a few more details about our Beginnings that you cannot find in the Local News

We started the first Sahaja Yoga Meditation classes 20 years ago at the Brant Hills community center.

Our family just moved to Burlington in 2005, and only a few months later we decided to offer the first free meditation and yoga classes available in the city, by teaching Sahaja Yoga Meditation weekly, in the evening, at the Brant Hills Community center.

That Community center was opened in the same year! One can notice the synchronicity in the new beginnings for the City of Burlington and for our family of Romanian immigrants. Later, we found out that this Community center was bearing the name of Joseph Brant – the founder of Burlington (details here).

In May 2025, Anjali and Ioana – SYMN volunteers – met with the Mayor of Burlington to discuss our 5-day Marathon of Free Wellness Events with the occasion of the International Yoga Day 2025 and Burlington’s 20th Anniversary offering Sahaja Yoga Meditation

Watch Burlington Mayor’s beautiful VIDEO-Address for the 20-year milestone for Sahaja Yoga Meditation in Burlington, as well for the 55th anniversary of Sahaja Yoga Meditation around the World

I am grateful for the opportunity of getting to know a beautiful person and a talented journalist during this interview focused on the history (the beginnings and its 20th anniversary) of Sahaja Yoga Meditation in Burlington. It’s truly amazing to see how the essence of our one hour long conversation was so perfectly reflected in the title of the Article and in the quotes that were captured. Thank you Kezia and Burlington Local News for your interest and support for our Team of volunteers!

A Community United in Spirit: Burlington Celebrates 20 years of Sahaja Yoga and International Yoga

Nonetheless in the Canada News section!

In case you missed the News about Burlington City’s Proclamation for June 20, 2025 as “Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day“, make sure you’re taking a look at this article:

(click!) Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day: Burlington City Proclamation

If you’d like to know about and even join our 5-day Marathon of FREE EVENTS (some events are private though), please explore the dedicated web-page with the details.

We hope to see you soon! We don’t have photos with the entire Halton Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of volunteers, because we have often and many events in all the corners of our extended community therefore we operate with small and effective “Cultivators of Joy” teams. Visit us where we are offering free workshop regularly OR invite us at your place too!

Either way, you will not regret it! Quite the opposite, you might get a Seed of Joy!

We thank Shri Mataji for “Cooking with Love” and “delivering” Sahaja Yoga Meditation to the Mankind for Self-Realization leading to Inner Peace and Joy, and hopefully to Global Peace

A glimpse into our FREE Lunch Recharge Online meditations offered on the Weekdays.

Enjoy this recent Feedback Note:

Come and Celebrate with us this coming June 20-22 weekend, especially on Sunday June 22, 2025 join our Free Festival of New Beginnings – it 10th edition!

See you around this weekend. It’s time to rise with celebrations and workshops dedicated to the International Yoga Day 2025 that coincides with the National Indigenous Peoples Day on Saturday, June 21st. Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of volunteers are ready to welcome you and cultivate Joy all around, not only outdoors but also indoors!

Did you know? 2025 June is Recreation and Parks Month and Seniors Month!

Once again, our SYMN team of Cultivators of Joy are celebrating through actions of service towards our community. Come and Enjoy!

Explore the following three Articles from our Blog:

  1. Learn from Leaves and Trees about the New Type of Humanity – An Introspective Exercise by Running in the Way of the Roots

2. The Microscope of the Spirit & The Knowledge of the Roots – Inspirational Talk to Students & Graduates (Sussex University)

3. Burlington City appreciates our Cultivators of Joy as its own Inner Lights

Hope to see you soon. Drop a comment if you like.

This Post Has 3 Comments

  1. Kruti

    Going through this article reminded me of so many precious moments we spent together past years. May we continue to spread the light in the community and meet many new seekers. Looking forward to this beautiful celebration with family.

  2. helen

    Amazing and so joyful to read all that is presented here!. And to see the pictures, the togetherness feels my heart with love and joy.

    Congratulations for all you are doing, to bring deep peace and joy as you are.
    Fantastic, fantastic!

  3. Kathleen

    Thank You to Ioana and her family for planting the first seed of joy in Burlington through Sahaja Yoga 20 years ago. It’s amazing how that seed turned into many beautiful trees of volunteers and now reaching to the commumity like forest spreading coolness, comfort and love through meditation and mental wellness programs.

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