Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 37, spring 2008. As an ecological epidemic sweeps through the mountains of British Columbia, is anyone speaking the truth? Eileen Delehanty Pearkes listens to the trees in the 7th of a 10-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 36, winter 2007. Eileen Delehanty Pearkes hikes into the fire zone & fights the urge to quit with tapas, self-discipline & purification in the 6th of a 10-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 35, autumn 2007. Does spiritual development require celibacy? Eileen Delehanty Pearkes looks at the nuances of brahmacarya in the 5th of a 10-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 34, summer 2007. In the unglamorous underbelly of the garden, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes examines sauca: inner & outer cleanliness.

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 33, spring 2007. Smelly neighbours test Eileen Delehanty Pearkes’ concept of aparigraha: taking what is necessary. Tthe third in a ten-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.

Originally published in ascent magazine, issue 32, winter 2006. Eileen Delehanty Pearkes digs through piles of laundry & finds bliss. The second in a ten-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.