Bio
Salima Stanley-Bhanji
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Born and raised in Australia, to an Australian mother and Indian father, Salima was exposed to eastern spiritual perspectives at an early age and first practiced meditation at the age of 12. More than 15 years ago, she gained certification as an aerobics instructor, working in the fitness industry for sometime and then obtaining a degree in communication and kinesiology (Simon Fraser University), and later, in law (University of Calgary).
After working as a litigation lawyer at a law firm, in 2007, Salima resigned, went walking along Spain’s Camino de Santiago and signed up for a yoga teacher training program.
Since, she has run a yoga studio, was the Executive Director of a non-profit agency advocating for people living on low income and in poverty, spent a year traveling and teaching in South America and currently acts as General Counsel for a Canadian not for profit foundation.
Salima has presented at numerous conferences, been a media spokesperson, a freelance writer and has also taken mediation training with the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society. In her spare time, she has hiked Nepal’s Annapurna, Spain’s Camino de Santiago and Camino Portugues, Colombia’s Ciudad Perdida and Peru’s Machu Picchu. She was an avid runner for 10 years, and has finished several half marathons and a marathon.
Living in Canada for the past 13 years, Salima enjoys travel and has spent time in countries such as Thailand, Argentina, Mauritius, Indonesia, New Zealand, Perú, Croatia, Nepal and Ecuador.
In 2011, Salima released a CD, “Within the Real: Daily Meditations for Happiness”. She also travelled to India, spending three months immersed in teachings of yoga, meditation and advaita vedanta.
Salima enjoys sharing her ‘learning’ or ‘unlearning’, but believes that each person has their own trail, though ultimately that trail leads us all back to the same place, which is where we already are.
“After so much ‘doing’, a time seems to have come for more ‘being’. There seems like much less that needs to be done, except for allowing the true nature of all that is to shine so bright that it can no longer remain hidden.”
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