Yoga, kirtan festival teaches sustainability

2018-08-21 Liz Draper 336 Views

Bhakti in the Woods returned to Thorne last weekend, for it’s sixth edition focusing on the theme of sustainability. Pictured, Naomi Elder leads her yoga class in nurturing oneself and embracing nature around participants.

Pictured, Briya Freeman leads a workshop on Ayurveda, looking at providing for yourself by examining the three energies guiding positive and negative aspects around people everyday.

Donald Teuma-Castelletti
THORNE Aug. 17-19, 2018
The sixth edition of an annual yoga and kirtan festival returned to Thorne last weekend, drawing hundreds to attend workshops, concerts and many more activities built around the theme of sustainability.
Bhakti in the Woods saw attendees travel in from across Canada, the United States and even across the pond from Belgium, to attend, seeking to join others in discussion and enlightenment on what it means to be ecologically-friendly.
“It’s a similar theme of people being aware of the environment, and their inner environment,” said festival organizer and host, Bermalva Porter. “It’s come in a different way than what we planned.”
Porter explained that herself and other organizers had pictured the theme of sustainability being discussed in more environmental and technological aspects. However, workshops soon became focused on spirituality, on looking inwards and into nature for personal preservation and renewal.

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