Salt Spring Centre

Specialties

Events, retreats, and classes incorporating skills and concepts related to yoga, personal development, and the creative arts.

Health services based on the principles of natural healing, yoga, and a vegetarian diet.

Intentional spiritual community living according to Classical Ashtanga Yoga principles.

Organic farming and environmental sustainability.

History

Established in 1981.

Inspired by Baba Hari Dass (affectionately known as Babaji), the Salt Spring Centre was established in 1981 by the Dharma Sara Satsang Society. Under Babaji’s direction the members bought 69 acres of cedar forest and wild meadows, along with a run-​down turn of the century farm house. Over the decades, the house and land have been lovingly renovated and cultivated by thousands of volunteers.

Today, the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga is a thriving spiritual retreat centre with a large organic garden that supplies most of the produce for the Centre’s delicious vegetarian meals. We offer our own yoga-​related programs and also rent the Centre facilities to other like-​minded groups for their own retreats. We teach Classical Ashtanga Yoga, the traditional eight-​limbed system of yoga as taught by Babaji, as well as Karma Yoga, the path of selfless service.