100 Seeds of joy
IN THE NEWS
MARCH 2025
Today is March 8 the International Women’s Day and we are celebrating our Women too 🙂
For our volunteers the whole last week was about our Women – we call them Shaktis, meaning Powers in the Sanksrit language – as they were busy Cultivating Joy in our Communities
MARCH 2025
Enjoy & Learn about Nowruz 2025 (Dances and Feedback)!
Enjoy Images, videos and Feedback from Burlington’s FREE Nowruz 2025 celebration as “Spring Vibrations” Event
FEBRUARY 2025
An Austrian Love Poem Completes the Creative Family Valentine’s Day Event in Burlington
We gathered together in this article some snippets from the Free Valentine’s Day event offered on Sunday, Feb 9th, 2025 in Burlington by SYMN – Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of Volunteers. It was another cold and snowy day, however, enough warm hearts ventured to participate in this community event, meant to bring inner peace and (re)-ignite the pure love that should bind people together.
FEBRUARY 2025
Oakville Seekers Enjoyed the Vasant Panchami Festival with Live Flute Music and Guided Meditation
Let’s See How the Oakville Community had the opportunity to Celebrate the Vasant Panchami Festival this year with Halton’s Sahaja Yoga Meditation and its 100 Seeds of Joy team
FEBRUARY 2025
Today in Ireland is The First Day of Spring and Brigid’s Day
We dedicate this article to Ireland’s culture and spirituality as well to the 100 Seeds of Joy volunteers who are offering two Free Public Wellness Events this weekend for the Halton Community, intertwining the practice of Meditation with different forms of arts and cultural elements.
JANUARY 2025
Burlington Seniors Meditate and Experience Inner Peace
We are glad to inform you that This Winter the Seniors in Burlington City tried our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Class and Experienced Inner Peace
Wonderful Energy and Learning Experience – “Experience India” Event celebrating India’s Republic Day in Burlington
Participants reported a ‘Wonderful Energy and Learning Experience‘ regarding our Free 100 Seeds of Joy ‘Experience India‘ wellness and cultural Event celebrating India’s Republic Day in Burlington
NOVEMBER 2024
Members of Parliament appreciate the 100 Seeds of Joy volunteers during the Festival of Inner Lights 2024
Enjoy this article that is sharing the various Appreciations received by our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network team of volunteers during the Festival of Inner Lights 2024
Burlington City appreciates our Cultivators of Joy as its own Inner Lights
Enjoy news highlights, photographs and videos from our Festival of Inner Lights in 2024.
AUGUST 2024
From Adam and Eve to Three Yoginis and One Interview at SUFI Adam’s Day
Click the link above to check out the interview and subtle connections between Sufism and Sahaja Yoga 🙂
JULY 2024
Sharing the Collective Joy with RUMI’s Sufi Poetry and Iranian Dance in Burlington Today’s News
We are Sharing the Collective Joy Experienced in Burlington with the Public Meditation Program based on Sufi Poetry, Life Flute Music and Iranian Dance offered by the 100 Seeds of Joy team
May 2024
Festival of New Beginnings 2024 is Top News in Burlington
The Festival of New Beginnings 2024 brought Spiritual Experiences offering Inner Peace through Meditation, Dance, Music and Collective Exercises of Connectivity....Explore the highlights in the local news.
MARCH 2024
This Free Children Meditation Workshop inspires Meditation-centered Creativity during the March break
Enjoy feedback from our March Break children's meditation Creative Clay Meditation workshop offered in partnership with The Burlington Public Library team.
February 2024
Valentine’s Day celebrated with Creative Meditations
Enjoy the Echoes from our Two Valentine’s Day events celebrated with Creative Meditations.
JANUARY 2024
Halton Sahaja Yoga group rings in 2024 with free workshops
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network with its free community workshops sowed beautiful January Seeds of Joy in Burlington Media 2024. We are sharing a few excerpts from the regional news that published a couple of supportive articles in their respective media outlets covering the popular and creative mental health and wellness events crafted by our volunteers for January 2024. Enjoy!
Burlington residents embrace sun earth powers with meditation
On Burlington Today: Several Burlington residents embraced the chance to learn more about Makar Sankranti yesterday at the Orchard Community Hub in The Orchards neighbourhood. 100 Seeds of Joy presented Earth and Sun Guided Meditation. The free event was inspired by Makar Sankranti, a cultural South Asian festival in January in which the Sun and the Earth play a very beautiful role. Guests learned about and enjoy the sun and earth's subtle powers within through Sahaja yoga meditation teachings and techniques.
DECEMBER 2023
“Incredible Work!” Felicitations from the Government of Canada and from around the World
Karina Gould – Member of Parliament and the Leader of Government in the House of Commons of Canada participated to The Festival of Inner Lights public program offered by Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of volunteers in December 2023.
A Peek into the Flames that Speak of Inner Lights
The Inner Flame project was born during the preparations for the Festival of Inner Lights 2023, that was celebrated in December, closer to the New Year. We wanted to collect everyone’s fresh and sincere feedback right after the guided collective meditation, making sure that one’s heart will speak the truth and be in a state of purity. Then we gathered together all these paper flames as One Fire, expressing our Togetherness and Oneness in spirit.
Beautiful Media Coverage for Burlington’s INNER LIGHTS Festival 2023 (Local News Articles)
Our Halton Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network team of volunteers was fortunate to have again the support from the local media, therefore the News about The Festival of Inner Lights, an annual free event in Burlington came through in a powerful way.
november 2023
Our Diwali Joy Becomes Local News
Catch a glimpse of how the traditional Diwali festival was shared with seekers of truth (and meditation) that discovered Diwali’s spiritual meaning (and Joy!) at our classes. Our Diwali programs were featured on Burlington Today!
Ekaterina received the ‘Heart in Action’ Award!
Learn more about how one of our esteemed artists who performed at The Festival of New Beginnings and The Festival of Inner Lights was recognized with the "Heart in Action" award presented by the City of St. Laurent, Quebec.
August 2023
Coffee, Meditation, and Henna: Sunday Night at Starbucks
Explore snapshots from an online Halton newspaper article about “Coffee, Meditation and Sahaja Yoga Meditation workshop” offered in August 2023
jULY 2023
Art and Meditation: 100 Seeds of Joy to hold another free “Cool Kids and Parents” event
By Burlington Local News, highlighting our successful Clay Meditation artwork event and talking about on upcoming Starbucks rock painting workshop hosted in July!
100 Seeds of Joy: Cultivating Community and Wellness
Honoring our Guru with 100 Seeds of Joy Cultivating Community and Wellness in Burlington.
June 2023
Rock painting, music and cool vibes at The Orchard Saturday morning
Free event part of Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network's Cool Kids series
Love and meditation a sweet recipe for World Children's Day
Cooking with Love at Burlington's Orchard Hub part of the free 100 Seeds of Joy program
May 2023
Plant a seed of joy with Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network
Free weekly meditations and chakra energy workshops are open to all, online and in person
March 2023
Sahaja Yoga group welcomed spring with a multi-faceted celebration
Festival of New Beginnings also launched 100 Seeds of Joy, which aims to organize 100 free mental wellness sessions in the community this year