WITH HAPPY JACK

Saturday, August 29th, 2026

Bracebridge, Ontario

Happy Jack AKA Rasananda, is a yoga instructor who holds a Divinity Degree from Harvard. He is a local guy from the Muskoka area and has a good thing going. For the weekend he has conducted a yoga/kirtan session for yoga aspirants from Ontario, New York and Texas. They were a very welcoming bunch for Krishna Prema Rupa of Switzerland, Nityananda and myself and we did our own presentation on what is bhakti, destiny, and what is life. Because Happy Jack has this great gift for making people feel at home, his weekend crew was hospitable to us.

The sessions he held were outpourings of emotions coming from the participants who enjoyed themselves in the facility of Quality Inn. The group had lots of questions for myself and they partook well in the song and dance sessions we were scheduled to execute.

Being that we are in the Muskokas, a haven for trees, sweet water, ancient rock and magic, a few of us, including friends that Happy Jack grew up with, we took advantage of Kirby’s Beach. At the sandy shore we could see the fellow beach-goers were here to squeeze out the last days of summer pleasure before school and work related activities reconvene.

Partha and Tilak, owners of their own motel, hosted us before the drive back to Toronto for a fantastic meal. What a day! What a place!

Happy Jack is a great leader but he can’t claim to be the only cheerful person in Muskoka. We were all happy in the setting and company of bhakti yogis.

YOGA IN MUSKOKA.

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU

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