Ascent (magazine)

ascent

ascent 's (Summer 2008)
Editor	Roseanne Harvey
Categories	yoga magazine
Frequency	Quarterly
First issue	September 1969
Final issue	2009
Company	Yasodhara Ashram Society
Country	Canada
Based in	Montreal
Language	English
Website	www.ascentmagazine.com
ISSN	0315-8179

ascent is an independent, not-for-profit magazine published quarterly that explores the intersection of spiritual values with social and political issues, art, culture and contemporary thought. ascent also publishes a website, a blog, books, and holds an annual retreat at Yasodhara Ashram. The tag line for the magazine is “Yoga for an inspired life”. Its offices are based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

"ascent" is no longer publishing per their web site.

ascent started as an in-house journal for Yasodhara Ashram in 1963. It was founded by Swami Sivananda Radha who started teaching yoga in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1956 when she returned from India where she was initiated into Sanyas by Swami Sivananda Saraswati of Rishikesh. In 1959 she moved to the West coast of Canada and established an ashram in Burnaby, British Columbia. She instructed people in Indian dance, hatha yoga, mantra, and meditation. Within a few years Swami Sivananda Radha began looking for land outside of the city. In 1963 she established Yasodhara Ashram, a spiritual retreat centre, on Kootenay Lake near Nelson, British Columbia.