Lena and Joel are homesteading yogis living a wholesome life.
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Lena is a homesteader and spends much of her time in the garden. Her earthy voice and sincere presence create a warm safe place to enter stillness and go inward. Complimenting her peaceful, yet active lifestyle is her love for working with cacao, which she imports directly from Colombia, where much of her familía reside. She offers cacao journeys (one to one, groups and events), pouring the divine essence of cacao as a medicine to support awakening.
“If your body is a temple, who lives in that temple?”
Lena’s work and practice nourish the understanding that our bodies are fine instruments, or vehicles, for expressing life.
As a yogi and long time student of Eihei Peter Levitt in the Soto Zen tradition Lena offers a vibrant tapestry of down to earth wisdom drawn from the deep wells of practice. Lena has well over 1000 hours of formal study in yoga and meditation disciplines and has hosted a multitude of international retreats, intensives and specialty workshops.
You can practice with Lena by joining her in person classes on Salt Spring Island at the Wellness Centre, Wednesdays 9:30-10:45am.
Joel Laforet
“ I want to promote a culture of health. My expression of meaningful life is a homestead that reflects the understanding that the wellbeing of the land is reflected in the wellbeing of its inhabitants.”
Joel heads The Peace Farm, a 1.5 acre permaculture inspired homestead and orchard on Salt Spring Island.
Joel's passion and vigor is contagious, in a yoga class or training session you’ll end up trying something you never thought you could do while laughing at the same time. He's known to be always sipping on some strange but healthy drink and making functional beauty from scrap wood piles. Joel is certified in the instruction of Ashtanga (200 hours), Moksha/Modo Level 1 & 2 (700 hours) and Vinyasa (200 hours). He is a health nut proper and continues to expand his expression of yoga and fitness with innovative approaches to functional movement.
Joel has a diploma in Permaculture Design and has a conviction that permaculture is synonymous with common sense. Working with natural systems not only makes sense, but makes for less work. In the future Joel and Lena intend to offer in-person opportunities to learn more about homesteading and harmonizing with the land to create vibrant and self sustaining systems. Joel expresses his yoga and meditation through his lifestyle, he lights up in conversation about chickens, handstands and herbology.