Youth Services – Youth Quest Program’s THANK YOU LETTER for “Inner Peace” Workshop versus “Restlessness” (YMCA Barrie/Muskoka)

"The first and foremost thing, the essence of that, is peace. The peace has to be within, to begin with. You have to be peaceful within yourself. If you are not peaceful, if you are playing tricks with your ego, if you are just satisfying yourself, saying that you are peaceful, you are sadly mistaken. Peace is to be enjoyed within yourself. It is to be felt within yourself. So do not give wrong satisfactions to yourself. Do not give false notions to yourself. Don’t cheat yourself.Peace has to be felt within yourself and if you are not…

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Rainbow Brings Great Feedback from Youth Housing, Young Parent, Infant and Children’s Centre: Appreciation Lettter for Inner Peace meditation workshop!

Excerpt from the original letter received for the Inner Peace workshop offered by Halton Sahaja Yoga Meditation team.Our team of 5 volunteers: Cherry, Cherise, Holly, Emma and Ioana had been invited by the Catholic Family Services of Hamilton to offer an intro to meditation and yoga to very young moms.It was "meant" to be on Tuesday, that in subtle system of yoga is associated with the Root Chakra -> responsible for maintaining  the inner child within.  Tuesday is Shri Ganesha's Day - quite auspicious and same morning,  first thing, I had seen a beautiful rainbow - I took…

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My First Ever Sahaja Yoga WEEKEND Meditation Seminar ****

My First Ever Sahaja Yoga WEEKEND Meditation SeminarLetter from Miranda (Barrie Class)"Two weeks ago I was welcomed by the Halton/Niagara Yogis to take part in a seminar. This was my first chance to go past the time limited meditation classes and learn more about Sahaja and what it means for me.  It was an absolutely amazing experience, and difficult to describe. I will, however, do my best! Being part of a collective group of yogis immediately put my heart at ease. I was able to, for the first time in my life, meet with a group of people and…

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Celebrate World’s Inner Peace Day in Burlington – Free Public Program (March 19, 2014)

Everyone is welcome; starting with March we are offering everywhere possible free "inner peace" workshops that are part and parcel of the on going initiative coming from our not for profit organization in making a real change in this world and in celebrating the life and the message of the founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation: Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (1923-2011), born on March 21st 1923 - at the Equinox in the middle of Maharashtra, the centre of India; truly Shri Mataji was destined to bring peace and balance in the world. Please  join us on March 19th…

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Brenda: Connecting with Sahaja Yoga – Powers of Healing, Creativity and Giving Life to Bees (!)

Connecting with Sahaja Yoga - (October 18, 2013)Initially, I found it very difficult to be open to new concepts of spirituality since I came from a strict Catholic up-bringing. I was curious to try meditation however as I had researched the benefits and I figured I had everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying it.I also had two specific goals; first, I wanted to see if it was possible to heal myself physically since I had been dealing with back pain and second, to explore the concept of making positive change in this crazy world.…

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Howard Swinson from Oshawa’s Walk of Fame on his Love for Sahaja Yoga Meditation

"Where do I begin when discussing my love affair with SAHAJA YOGA?! Well I first heard about Sahaja Yoga maybe 15 years or so ago..I was in Toronto and my wife Joyce was in England…It was 6 p.m. my time and 11 p.m. in the U.K.  I got this phone call …it was Joyce,..and she immediately started to rant on about having just come back from attending this wonderful class.  She said “Howard, I’ve just discovered something I’ve been looking for all my life!  It’s called Sahaja Yoga and you’ll just love it too”. “Wait a minute…

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