About Sharon Daly

Sharon’s BIO…

Sharon Daly is founder of ecoLife Solutions, a company passionate about guiding individuals to connect with a deeper, sacred sense of self in moving toward realizing inner harmony and more wholesome relationships with self, others and life.  She firmly believes that inner harmony plus consciously living our core values is the cornerstone for feeling vibrantly alive and flourishing, both on a personal and planetary level.

Sharon has spent many years exploring the body-mind-spirit connection and the importance of deep-self care to experiencing genuine wellbeing.  Some highlights include advanced certification as an experienced yoga teacher with the North American Yoga Alliance and advanced certification as a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practioner and group facilitator. She has also mentored students in the practitioner training program. 

Professional training in Integrated Yoga Therapy with Joseph LePage provided an in-depth study of yoga psychology and philosophy, as well as yoga techniques for self-healing.  Sharon holds a post-graduate degree in Environmental Studies and has worked for both the provincial government and the private sector. Foundation training in Psychosythesis (psycho-spiritual psychology) was recently completed and Sharon is currently training with coach, teacher and author Molly-Young Brown to become a certified Psychosynthesis Guide.  

Sharon offers yoga classes, group programs, workshops and individual sessions in Victoria and Courtenay BC. She is passionate about environmental issues, wellness and personal development and is an avid runner, cyclist, hiker and cross-country skier.

Sharon’s Story

What is my purpose and how do I create a fulfilling and balanced life?

For the past 15 years I have been bridging the gap I felt between who I had the full potential to be and how my life actually showed up.  I am grateful to have been able to study, see and work in the world from a holistic perspective.  I am a perennial student and have thoroughly enjoyed my education and training in environmental studies, yoga and conscious personal growth. 

Through my work as a professional in the environmental field and then as a yoga instructor and Guide, I have been able to explore what holism means from both an external and internal lens.  I have come to understand that in order for the world to be a healthier more balanced place to live, we need to cultivate internal cohesion within ourselves; from a deep awareness of our interconnection with the greater field of life.

Over the years, I have learned to cultivate balance on many levels – between mind, body and spirit; feminine and masculine energy; and inner being and outer action.  This journey has not always been pleasant or pretty but it has definitely been interesting and transformative.  My belief is that imbalance allows us to learn about ourselves and life, and that the process of conscious awareness can become a path to wholeness and self-realization.

I felt incredibly restless and didn’t know why.

Although I had achieved outward success in my mid-thirties I sensed a deeper longing for something else.  I had travelled all over the place, moved house many times, experienced amazing adventures, was fit and healthy, met interesting people, filled my mind with knowledge, yet I was still yearning.  What was wrong with me?  I had all this energy, talent, education and interpersonal skills but could not find a way to bring it into meaningful focus.  On top of that, I felt overwhelmed by the lack of care and reverence for  the planet and paralyzed by the immense task ahead to create a more balanced and harmonious world.

Why couldn’t I figure out what I was meant to be?

I began consuming self-help and spiritual books to help me figure out my higher purpose in life.  I would read about how other people discovered their true desires and transformed a ho-hum life into a fulfilling and joyful life.  I tried to apply some of what I learned to my own life but it often felt like I was trying to put a square peg into a round hole.  I also felt that an earth-shattering, spontaneous enlightenment was probably not in the cards for me either.  I’m still waiting…

After finally leaving an unfilling job, and through many synchronous events while backpacking around Central America, I ended up in a yoga teacher training program in Massachusetts.  I had never done yoga in my life!  It was here that I got my first real taste of introspective practice – turning inward to find the answers about my self and life.  I didn’t fully realize at the time what I was getting myself into, or that I was getting closer to my life’s calling.

I resonated with the kinaesthetic approach of yoga – using the body as a doorway to explore personal and universal truths rather than relying on external sources of knowledge.  My wanting to bring myself more into balance and clarify my vision required me to go beyond the distractions of my mind to a deeper wisdom within my own body.

It was here that I directly experienced an aspect of myself that I had not been able to fully connect with previously – the incredible intelligence of my own body.  It was an opening to a new way of knowing and being.  It was a relief to slow down, relax and be quiet.  I made a commitment right then to nurture my reflective yin nature so I could receive more clarity and wisdom about myself and life.

Intuitively I knew that I needed to more fully integrate my body, mind, heart and consciousness in order to flourish in my life.

Since then, the process of transformative education has captured my attention and become my life’s work.  I taught yoga for many years, educating others about the physical elements of yoga for transforming their bodies and lifestyles.  I eventually happened upon some truly life changing trainings which helped me tap into my vision in a powerful way.  These trainings unlocked the secrets for realizing my vision, integrating the known and hidden aspects of my self, and more importantly, addressing the limiting beliefs that were undermining my efforts to propel myself forward.

And, I also came to realize that ‘becoming’ is a life long process.

I am truly excited to share my experience of various transformational principles, practices and tools with dynamic and motivated individuals who are committed to making a real connection to their deeper, sense sacred of self for inner harmony and more caring, reverent relationships with self, others and life. My hope  is that individuals realize they are the sole authority for creating an authentic, joyful life.