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Welcome to Paradise Found Yoga Retreats we specialize in Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan) and offer Private and Scheduled Yoga Retreats on Salt Spring Island (the largest of the Gulf Islands in BC Canada) as well as select locals worldwide.
We provide Yoga Classes, Yoga Workshops, Workplace Yoga and Yoga Parties.We are also a Green Accommodation. We have many green practices and lifestyle choices implemented already and we continually strive to become even better than we were last year. Being a Green Accommodation we support our local and global communities see our links page for more details.
Our mission is to provide a safe and enchanting space where the guest/student can quickly and effectively experience a shift toward the life they seek; where they can refresh and rejuvenate or simply get away from the daily grind.

None of us can escape the fast-pace and stress of 21st Century living. In this increasingly tumultuous world-- the Aquarian Age, many people are becoming mentally and physically imbalanced. Habitual ways of handling stress don't serve their health and well being.

Research proves stress can be highly toxic, the accumulation of which can lead to illness, injury, depression, debilitation as well as premature ageing.

These affects can cast a shadow over what should be even the most fulfilling life. As our nervous systems are overloaded, we feel unhappy, overwhelmed or even fearful.

However, the more we can release harmful toxins (environmental or emotional) from our bodies and minds the healthier and happier we, and those around us, will be. If you're feeling the need – the screaming urgency even – to retreat into a world of healing, you are not alone.

Why Choose Paradise Found Yoga Retreats?

Using the time-honored science of Kundalini Yoga, along with healing foods, revitalizing surroundings and fun, creative and recreational activities, Paradise Found offers an opportunity to give yourself (and those you love) the gift of your balanced health.

At Paradise Found, we offer both private and scheduled retreats. And, our small groups ensure our commitment to individualized attention. Our scheduled retreats whether they be on Salt Spring or elsewhere have many different focuses such as Cleansing and Silent Retreats on Salt Spring or Yatras (spiritual journeys) to India and even Los Angeles.

Our private retreats give you an opportunity to fashion a getaway that will meet your specific needs. Your unique retreat experience is created in an elegantly cozy cottage on the shoreline of pristine Cusheon Lake. Outside a toasty warm hot-tub, secluded garden and private dock await. Breathtaking views and delightful wildlife busy-ness abound -- as do activities offered during your stay.

So abandon all the typical stresses in your daily life and embark on what could truly be a memorable, healing and/or life changing experience.

“It is your birthright to be happy, healthy and holy”
~ Yogi Bhajan

 

What Kundalini Yoga Isn’t

• It’s not a religion but it’s definitely spiritual and is practiced by people of many different religions. Mostly done with your eyes closed, it allows you to quiet the mind so that the still voice within, your higher knowledge, awareness, consciousness – whatever you want to call it – can be accessed and utilized to help you get the most out of your life

• It’s not about perfect alignment though posture is important. A yoga for the householder, any one can do it. You go at your own pace and use modifications where necessary. You do what you can do. Challenge yourself but don’t kill yourself

• It’s not about being able to hold your breath forever but it does give easy fast acting tools you can use anywhere. Driving, on the phone, in a line up. Breathwork/pranayam plays a huge role in KY. You simply use the breath to move the stagnant unhealthy energy out of your physical body.

• It’s not about being a saint. It is about accepting where you are on your path and utilizing your unique human talents of intuition, creativity, compassion, awareness, grace, and commitment to get back on your path whenever you find you’ve taken a detour.

• It’s not a cult. It is the use of ancient techniques to calm the mind and heal the body. These are techniques that are now being scientifically verified through quantum physics, MRIs, cat scans, and other modern medical technologies.

• It’s not every one’s cup of tea. But if you want to make some real changes in your life but have not had the flexibility, commitment, grit –whatever was lacking you CAN use this yoga to get you through it. You do not have to BELIEVE in it but IF you DO it. You WILL see positive changes. It may feel frustrating at first. Nothing worthwhile is easy.

The truth shall set you free. But first it will piss you off.
~ Gloria Steinem

 

LA Yoga Yatra
Tuesday April 22nd to
Saturday April 26th

Women's Retreats
May 16th to 19th
May 23rd to 26th
Aug 22nd to 25th

Silent Retreats
June 12th to 16th
July 17th to 21st
Aug 22nd to 25th

Mid Summer Sanctuary
July 10th to 14th



Chant for Peace:
Of Mind and Planet

Saturday April 19th

4-5:30 pm
Studio City, CA
By donation
All proceeds to HSUS.org
 

Mixed Kundalini/Hatha
Mon 5:45 – 7:15 pm
Starts July 7
Paradise Found Yoga SSI
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Mixed Kundalini/Hatha
Wed 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Starts July 9
West 2nd Ave
Vancouver
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Mixed Kundalini/Hatha

TUES
6:00-7:30 pm
Starts March 4th
Studio City, CA
By donation
All proceeds to HSUS.org

Email to register

 

Everything is a Mirror!

A Note from Nomi:

Brought up a Bahai, I was raised to honor and respect all belief systems – or lack thereof as in the case of my formerly, atheist husband. Visiting churches synagogues, mosques, temples and gurdwaras I came to believe
the Universal Source, God, Ultimate, Infinite Creative Consciousness, whatever inadequate term we might find, is completely unknowable. No matter how hard we try we’ll never truly comprehend. Though we all can experience It. I also believe no one group has all the right answers - we all have piece(s) of knowledge to share with each other. I feel we can create more glimpses of this Ultimate reality through the use of meditation, yoga, play, sharing, prayer, art therapy, chanting, music and pranayam and other tools. I learn and receive just as much healing as my guests. We are all each others’ teachers no matter what our earthly relationships.

“If you cannot see God in all you can not see God at all.”
~ Yogi Bhajan


“ If God is everywhere then there is nowhere God is not. Including inside of you.”
~ Wayne Dyer