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. LOS ANGELES
Paramahansa Yogananda, one of the fi rst Indian spiritual teachers to make his home
in the West, called Los Angeles “the Benares of America” (Benares is another name
for the Indian city of Varanasi) when he arrived in the 1920s. After setting up the
Self-Realization Fellowship’s international headquarters atop Mount Washington,
he opened a clifftop compound in Encinitas and a waterfall and shrine-studded
campus on Sunset Boulevard where a portion of the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi are
laid to rest. Today, the Lake Shrine—with its waterfront meditation garden and gold
lotus–topped temple where resident monks hold services and give lectures—remains
an oasis for contemplation. LA’s robust Kundalini scene (Golden Bridge Yoga Studio,
RA MA Institute in Venice) traces its roots back to 1969, when Yogi Bhajan started
teaching the distinctive style on Melrose Avenue. Wanderlust headquarters in
Hollywood is LA’s latest yoga hub, hosting fusion classes and workshops by wellness
gurus such as Taryn Toomey and senior yoga teacher Annie Carpenter.
. SALT SPRING CENTRE OF
YOGA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
In 1981, members of the Dharma Sara
Satsang Society, a yoga community
inspired by the teachings of Indian
Ashtangi master and silent monk Baba
Hari Dass, purchased a 27-hectare patch
of cedar forest and meadows
on Salt Spring Island. Today, the
property’s restored turn-of-the-century
farmhouse is the longest-running yoga
retreat centre on Canada’s West Coast.
Public offerings include monthly full-
moon pujas (spiritual cleansings), while
10-week residential programs combine
service (tending the on-site farm, pre-
paring vegetarian meals) with asana and
theory classes covering classic yoga texts. . OJAI, CALIFORNIA
A bustling hub of ashrams, yoga
centres, and spiritual retreats—and
dubbed Shangri-La by locals (a nod
to the surrounding valley’s cameo as
the fi ctional utopia in the classic fi lm
Lost Horizon)—Ojai’s surrounding
Topatopa and Sulphur mountains are
what attracted Indian philosopher J.
Krishnamurti in the 1920s. Today, his
teachings continue via programs at the
Krishnamurti Educational Centre.7