Sunburst Blog
All Clans Gathering at Sunburst
by Dawn King In mid-February, the Native American Flute Circles of California's south coast gathered at Sunburst Sanctuary for a potluck and jam session. Most often once a year Sunburst hosts this event, since Sunburst Lodge is the perfect meeting place. Participants...
Renounce Ego and Enjoy Life!
By Craig Hanson To renounce the ego is a little different than what we may think of as renunciation. The Upanishads say that letting go of ego is not a renunciation of life; it’s a renunciation of all those things that make us unhappy—anger, selfishness, and desires...
A Kriya Retreat and a New Year Treat!
By Ischa Beharry The first evening approached with participant’s rapt anticipation. A sumptuous light dinner, a social circle and welcoming of guests was to follow, culminating in gentle, relaxation yoga. Sunburst’s beautiful lodge was exquisitely decorated for the...
The Greatest Gift
By Dawn King This is the holiday season and filled with thinking about gifts, what to give and what we might receive. But you might reflect on “What is the greatest gift you already have?” You might be thankful for family, for home, for the long-needed sporadic, but...
Beginning With New Resolve
by Dawn King Indigenous peoples have always celebrated the winter solstice as a time of new beginnings. Each of us is then thought of as being a year older and hopefully wiser. It is a time for people to come together in observance of natural phenomenon, such as at...
On Being Thankful
By Ischa Beharry As humans, we have a tendency to take so much for granted that we forget that the very air we breathe, the sunlight that gives life to us and our planet, the food that magically grows from a tiny seed – all these are major things in our lives; yet do...