Yasodhara Ashram – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode of My Time with Radha, Katie Taher dives into a conversation with Clea McDougall, daughter of Swami Radhananda, former editor of Ascent Magazine and now a freelance editor.

Growing up at the Ashram alongside Swami Radha, Clea offers a unique perspective on what it was like to be a child in such an extraordinary environment. Join us as she shares her intimate experiences of living at the Ashram, her memories of Swami Radha, the impact it all had on her life and what growth means to her.

In this satsang talk, Swami RadhaTarananda discusses learning the essence of selfless service. Swami Radha emphasized the importance of giving back to life, a challenging yet rewarding process when one lets go of the expectation of receiving something in return. With guidance from Swami Radhananda, she embraced selfless service, even during travel, fostering personal transformation and deeper self-reflection - discovering the gift and grace of heartfelt giving.

In this episode, Katie Taher interviews Swami Sukhananda, a long-time resident and teacher at the Ashram. She discusses what is to have peace of mind in turbulent times and how to develop self-mastery in order to achieve an inner world that matches the outer world you want to live in.

She reflects back on the unseen forces that guided her to come to Canada from England and eventually brought her to the Ashram where she met Swami Radha.

In this episode Katie Taher interviews Swami Samayananda on the theme of wisdom. She discusses the difference between knowledge and wisdom and how to cultivate our inner wisdom.

She reflects back on her relationship with Swami Radha and her implicit trust

she had in Swami Radha's wisdom - she knew what to nurture or challenge in her and in it she continually learned more about herself and to grow her own wisdom.

In this episode Swami Lalitananda interviews Candace Batycki, a conservation advocate for more than 30 years, specializing in protecting ecosystems for threatened and endangered wildlife, and caribou in particular. She served as the BC and Yukon Program Director for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y). She lives in Nelson, BC. and is now retired.

She reflects back on her work and where she is evolving in her environmentalism and discusses how she weaves buddhism and deep ecology together seeking justice for all beings - flora, fauna and human.

In this episode Katie Taher and guest, Swami Sivananda, long-time Ashram teacher and Swami Radha's personal driver and student, discuss how personal familial and societal expectations We discuss how personal familial and societal expectations are challenged on the path of yoga and the value of surrender during difficult times.

Welcome to our new podcast series hosted by Swami Lalitananda, Meaningful Lives. Over the next months, she will be talking with people from diverse backgrounds who are driven by an inner calling and give back to life in various rich ways.

In this episode, she is in conversation with Ksxan, also known as Stevey Seymour. She is a Sinixt poet and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington state. She has dedicated her life to the revitalization of the Sinixt language and culture. She participated in the 2022 Yoga Development Course.

Listen to her struggles and triumphs within this process and the evolution of her only spirituality and bringing meaning into her own life.

Katie Taher sits down with Devi and discusses her time with Swami Radha and the theme of commitment. Devi reflects on how Swami Radha challenged her and was able to break down her defences - knowing exactly what she needed. Even if it meant an emotionally difficult experience, Devi committed to learning and expanding through the practices. The commitment she made to herself during her time at the Ashram influenced the rest of her life.

“There is no life that does not include commitment in one way or another and we often don't really know what we are committed to. The commitment to your own development cannot be replaced by a commitment to another person and it cannot be imposed on you by someone else. You have to exercise your own free will about commitment and then put your will behind that commitment.” --Swami Radha, Time to Be Holy

In the 70s, Tara, a long-time Ashram teacher, and several other women (names you will know) started a women's centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. She was introduced to the Ashram through members of this group and embarked upon her spiritual journey with Swami Radha. Tara reflects on the difference between being nice and being compassionate. She relates accounts of Swami Radha's fierce compassion and her intuitive understanding of what each individual needs at any given moment to grow and expand.

Our second podcast is another wonderful conversation hosted by Katie Taher, this time with senior Ashram teacher Swami Satyananda.They discuss Swami Satyananda's beginnings at the Ashram and her interactions with Swami Radha who she remembers as a fierce yet compassionate teacher who guided her to contemplate her life deeply.The theme of harmony is reflected upon as Swami Satyananda reveals what harmony means in her life and how a state of balance can be achieved.