Sadhguru, a
yogi and profound mystic of our times, is a visionary humanitarian and a
prominent spiritual leader. A contemporary Guru, rooted as strongly in mundane
and pragmatic matters as he is in inner experience and wisdom, Sadhguru works
tirelessly towards the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of all. His
mastery of the mechanisms of life, an outcome of his profound experience of the
Self, guides in exploring the subtler dimensions of life.
At home in
loincloth as much as he is in blue jeans, barefoot through the mighty
Himalayas, or straddling a BMW motorcycle on the expressway, Sadhguru is the
most unusual mystic that one can encounter. Marking a clear departure from mere
customs and rituals, Sadhguru's scientific methods for self-transformation are
both direct and powerful. Belonging to no particular tradition, Sadhguru
incorporates and presents what is most valid for the contemporary life from the
yogic sciences.
Sadhguru speaks
at some of the world's most prominent international leadership forums. In
January 2007, he participated in four panels at the World Economic Forum and
spoke on issues ranging from diplomacy and economic development, to education
and the environment. In 2006, he addressed the World Economic Forum, the
Tallberg Forum in Sweden, and the Australian Leadership Retreat. He has also
served as a delegate to the United Nations Millennium Peace Summit and the
World Peace Congress.
Sadhguru's
vision and understanding of modern social and economic issues have led to
interviews with BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNNfn, and Newsweek International. His
insights are regularly featured in India's leading national newspapers. A
well-known public figure, he regularly draws crowds of more than 300,000 people
for his public talks and "sathsangs" (group meditation).
Traversing
seamlessly from the ancient to the ultramodern, Sadhguru bridges the gap
between the known and the unknown, enabling all those who encounter him to
explore and experience the deepest dimensions of life.
Overview - Isha Foundation and Sadhguru |
Of all the human pursuits, striving to transform oneself into a higher possibility is considered the most sacred. It is this pursuit that fulfills the purpose of the human form and it is this pursuit that brings well-being to all life. The basic purpose of Isha Foundation is to inspire, to stoke, and to nurture this innate search in every being, helping them realize the ultimate potential within.
Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru, is a volunteer-run, international nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating human potential. The Foundation is a human service organization that recognizes the possibility of each person to empower another - restoring global community through inspiration and individual transformation.
Isha Foundation is operated by over 2 Million volunteers from more than
150 city-based centers spread worldwide. The Foundation is
headquartered at Isha Yoga Center, set in the lush rainforest at the
base of the Velliangiri Mountains in southern India, and at the Isha
Institute of Inner Sciences on the spectacular Cumberland Plateau in
middle Tennessee, USA.
At the core of the Foundation's activities is a
customized system of yoga called Isha Yoga. Isha Yoga distills
powerful, ancient yogic methods for a modern person, creating peak
physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. This basis of total
wellbeing accelerates inner growth, allowing each individual to tap the
wealth of vibrant life within oneself. Sadhguru's introductory
program, Inner Engineering, introduces Shambhavi Maha Mudra - a simple but powerful kriya (inner energy process) for deep inner transformation.
Isha Foundation, a vibrant spiritual moment also
implements several large-scale human service projects to support
individual growth, revitalize the human spirit, rebuild communities,
and restore the environment. These include:
- Action for Rural Rejuvenation ( www.ruralrejuvenation.org ), a rural revitalization program offering medical care, community rehabilitation, and human upliftment to more than 2,500 destitute villages in rural southern India.
- Project Green Hands ( www.projectgreenhands.org), a massive public reforestation effort aiming to plant 114 million trees, restoring 33% green cover in Tamil Nadu, India.
- Isha Vidhya ( www.ishavidhya.org), a pioneering quality English medium, computer friendly education for transforming tamilnadu rural scape.
Together with its active and dedicated volunteer
base, the Foundation's activities serve as a thriving model for human
empowerment and community revitalization throughout the world.
The word ‘Isha’
means the formless primordial source of creation
Isha Links
Isha Blog
www.blog.ishafoundation.org
The Isha Blog is the premier guide to health, wellbeing and spirituality, providing readers with a wide range of topics that can positively influence one’s life…
Also in: Tamil: www.AnandaAlai.com Hindi: www.anandlahar.com
www.blog.ishafoundation.org
The Isha Blog is the premier guide to health, wellbeing and spirituality, providing readers with a wide range of topics that can positively influence one’s life…
Also in: Tamil: www.AnandaAlai.com Hindi: www.anandlahar.com
Inner Engineering Online
www.innerengineering.com
Now you can take the Inner Engineering Course online. This online course works both as a self preparatory course towards learning the Shambavi Maha Mudra practice. It offers 7 one and half hour classes with Sadhguru, your personalized workbook for the course, and access to a treasure trove of video questions and answers addressing the topics covered in each class.
www.innerengineering.com
Now you can take the Inner Engineering Course online. This online course works both as a self preparatory course towards learning the Shambavi Maha Mudra practice. It offers 7 one and half hour classes with Sadhguru, your personalized workbook for the course, and access to a treasure trove of video questions and answers addressing the topics covered in each class.
Isha USA
www.ishausa.org
Nestled on a breathtaking mountain top in the beautiful Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Isha Institute of Inner-sciences is established as an infrastructure for raising human consciousness – fostering global harmony through individual transformation. The Institute offers a variety of programs that provide methods for anyone to attain physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. It is a unique space created for human beings to deepen their experience of life, and to reach their ultimate potential.
www.ishausa.org
Nestled on a breathtaking mountain top in the beautiful Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Isha Institute of Inner-sciences is established as an infrastructure for raising human consciousness – fostering global harmony through individual transformation. The Institute offers a variety of programs that provide methods for anyone to attain physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. It is a unique space created for human beings to deepen their experience of life, and to reach their ultimate potential.
Isha Shoppe
www.ishashoppe.com www.ishadownloads.com
Isha's very own online store - Isha Shoppe is open! Now, from the comfort of your own home (or office) you can select from over 200 Isha made products. Currently we're shipping to India & USA/Canada plus our downloads store is available from anywhere.
Isha Shoppe Features:
www.ishashoppe.com www.ishadownloads.com
Isha's very own online store - Isha Shoppe is open! Now, from the comfort of your own home (or office) you can select from over 200 Isha made products. Currently we're shipping to India & USA/Canada plus our downloads store is available from anywhere.
Isha Shoppe Features:
- Isha Publications - Sadhguru's wisdom through books, CDs, DVDs, audio casettes. In English, Tamil and other languages.
- Isha Crafts - Woodwork, bags, stone carvings, natural fiber baskets, trays, metalwork and more
- Isha Raiment - Our very own line of organic fiber clothes. T-shirts, tops and pants for both ladies and gents.
Isha Vidhya
www.ishavidhya.org
A pioneering English medium, computer-based education initiative to establish 206 new village schools in rural southern India by 2014. This will equip thousands of severely disadvantaged rural youth for skilled work opportunities in India s booming economy.
www.ishavidhya.org
A pioneering English medium, computer-based education initiative to establish 206 new village schools in rural southern India by 2014. This will equip thousands of severely disadvantaged rural youth for skilled work opportunities in India s booming economy.
Isha Sacred Walks
www.sacredwalks.org (formerly ishakailash.com)
Isha Sacred Walks are journeys to places of divine connection, where the veil between the physical and spiritual is thin. Many spiritual masters have illuminated these spaces with their grace, and over millenia, countless numbers of devotees have undertaken pilgrimages to these places to attain to their Ultimate nature. In an endeavor to share these mystical dimensions, Isha offers the rare privilege of exploring the beauty and sacredness of the most revered destinations of this land including, magnificent Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, the awe-inspiring Himalayas, beautiful Chamundi Hills and the Chamundeshwari Temple, and the legendary holy city of Varanasi.
www.sacredwalks.org (formerly ishakailash.com)
Isha Sacred Walks are journeys to places of divine connection, where the veil between the physical and spiritual is thin. Many spiritual masters have illuminated these spaces with their grace, and over millenia, countless numbers of devotees have undertaken pilgrimages to these places to attain to their Ultimate nature. In an endeavor to share these mystical dimensions, Isha offers the rare privilege of exploring the beauty and sacredness of the most revered destinations of this land including, magnificent Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, the awe-inspiring Himalayas, beautiful Chamundi Hills and the Chamundeshwari Temple, and the legendary holy city of Varanasi.
Isha School of Hata Yoga
www.ishahatayoga.com
The Isha Hata Yoga Teacher Training Program offers classical Hata Yoga in its full depth and dimension. The 21-week program, devised by Sadhguru, is a wonderful opportunity for one to receive training in classical Hata Yoga. Open to meditators and non-meditators, it is an unparalleled possibility to experience and acquire a profound understanding of the yogic system and also transmit it to others. Upon completion of training, students will be qualified to establish their own studio or teach private Hata Yoga lessons. Post-training support will be provided by Isha.
www.ishahatayoga.com
The Isha Hata Yoga Teacher Training Program offers classical Hata Yoga in its full depth and dimension. The 21-week program, devised by Sadhguru, is a wonderful opportunity for one to receive training in classical Hata Yoga. Open to meditators and non-meditators, it is an unparalleled possibility to experience and acquire a profound understanding of the yogic system and also transmit it to others. Upon completion of training, students will be qualified to establish their own studio or teach private Hata Yoga lessons. Post-training support will be provided by Isha.
Dhyanalinga
www.dhyanalinga.org
A dream of many enlightened beings - Dhyanalinga is a powerful space specially consecrated by Sadhguru to offer the highest possibility of the divine to one and all. The site offers an in-depth look at the making of this unique meditative space.
www.dhyanalinga.org
A dream of many enlightened beings - Dhyanalinga is a powerful space specially consecrated by Sadhguru to offer the highest possibility of the divine to one and all. The site offers an in-depth look at the making of this unique meditative space.
Linga Bhairavi
www.lingabhairavi.org
Seek her in Devotion
She is an ocean of Compassion
Seek her in Desperation
She is a steadfast Companion
Seek her in true Passion
You will be loved to Distraction
Just seek her in your Confusion
She will lead you to Fruition
Jai Bhairavi Devi
www.lingabhairavi.org
Seek her in Devotion
She is an ocean of Compassion
Seek her in Desperation
She is a steadfast Companion
Seek her in true Passion
You will be loved to Distraction
Just seek her in your Confusion
She will lead you to Fruition
Jai Bhairavi Devi
Isha Outreach
www.ishaoutreach.org
Isha Outreach is the social development branch of the Isha Foundation. Central to the initiative is a growing corps of thousands of volunteers, inspired to rouse the underserved sections of India toward improved health, education and environmental well being.
www.ishaoutreach.org
Isha Outreach is the social development branch of the Isha Foundation. Central to the initiative is a growing corps of thousands of volunteers, inspired to rouse the underserved sections of India toward improved health, education and environmental well being.
AYUSH-Isha
www.ishaoutreach.org/ayush
AYUSH-Isha Organic Health Systems is a primary health care model with enhanced focus on preventative aspects in addition to the curative. It innovatively and effectively combines Ayurveda, Siddha, Naturopathy, essential Allopathic treatments, yogic practices and physical fitness programs. This holistic health care model provides accessible, equitable and affordable health care for all, with significant implications for public health initiatives in India.
This pilot project, launched in October 2010, is implemented by Isha
Outreach – Isha Foundation’s social development wing, in collaboration
with Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India.
www.ishaoutreach.org/ayush
AYUSH-Isha Organic Health Systems is a primary health care model with enhanced focus on preventative aspects in addition to the curative. It innovatively and effectively combines Ayurveda, Siddha, Naturopathy, essential Allopathic treatments, yogic practices and physical fitness programs. This holistic health care model provides accessible, equitable and affordable health care for all, with significant implications for public health initiatives in India.
Project GreenHands
www.projectgreenhands.org
Project GreenHands (PGH), with the support of over a million volunteers, has planted 7.1 million indigenous trees in Tamil Nadu, South India within the last 4 years. Drawing extensively on community participation, the Project aims to plant 114 million trees in Tamil Nadu - providing an additional 10% to the existing tree coverage in the State. PGH is a direct response to increasing desertification due to over-industrialized farming, increasing climatic instability due to climate change, and the desperate living conditions of a poor and marginalized rural population. It offers the world a template for a pragmatic, targeted and workable solution to a complex set of issues.
www.projectgreenhands.org
Project GreenHands (PGH), with the support of over a million volunteers, has planted 7.1 million indigenous trees in Tamil Nadu, South India within the last 4 years. Drawing extensively on community participation, the Project aims to plant 114 million trees in Tamil Nadu - providing an additional 10% to the existing tree coverage in the State. PGH is a direct response to increasing desertification due to over-industrialized farming, increasing climatic instability due to climate change, and the desperate living conditions of a poor and marginalized rural population. It offers the world a template for a pragmatic, targeted and workable solution to a complex set of issues.
Action for Rural Rejuvenation
www.ruralrejuvenation.org
A pioneering rural revitalization program offering free medical care and community rehabilitation. Through Mobile Medical Units, agricultural support services for farmers, an AIDS Awareness program, yoga training, and the revival of indigenous sports, herbal gardens and local health remedies, the project touches more than 3000 destitute villages in rural southern India so far. This site showcases Isha s commitment to the rural Indian sector at all levels.
www.ruralrejuvenation.org
A pioneering rural revitalization program offering free medical care and community rehabilitation. Through Mobile Medical Units, agricultural support services for farmers, an AIDS Awareness program, yoga training, and the revival of indigenous sports, herbal gardens and local health remedies, the project touches more than 3000 destitute villages in rural southern India so far. This site showcases Isha s commitment to the rural Indian sector at all levels.
Isha Home School
www.ishahomeschool.org
Aiming to provide quality education in a home-like environment, Isha Home School kindles the innate urge within a child to learn and know, focusing on inculcating life values and living skills rather than exclusively emphasizing academic pursuits. Step into this world full of love, light and laughter.
www.ishahomeschool.org
Aiming to provide quality education in a home-like environment, Isha Home School kindles the innate urge within a child to learn and know, focusing on inculcating life values and living skills rather than exclusively emphasizing academic pursuits. Step into this world full of love, light and laughter.
In Conversation with the Mystic
inconversations.com
Several elite personalities like Anupam Kher, Shekhar Kapur, Chris Rado, Arundhathi Subramaniam from around the world had the opportunity to go one on one with Sadhguru. This site brings these conversations as they happen live and also their archives. Be updated on the upcoming conversation by following the registration.
inconversations.com
Several elite personalities like Anupam Kher, Shekhar Kapur, Chris Rado, Arundhathi Subramaniam from around the world had the opportunity to go one on one with Sadhguru. This site brings these conversations as they happen live and also their archives. Be updated on the upcoming conversation by following the registration.
Midnights with the Mystic
www.midnightswiththemystic.com
A series of intimate conversations with a wise guru is a compelling idea. How many times have each of us wished for answers to life's deep questions? In Midnights with the Mystic, Cheryl Simone relates her personal experience of learning at the feet of Sadhguru Vasudev, India's most sought-after mystic.
www.midnightswiththemystic.com
A series of intimate conversations with a wise guru is a compelling idea. How many times have each of us wished for answers to life's deep questions? In Midnights with the Mystic, Cheryl Simone relates her personal experience of learning at the feet of Sadhguru Vasudev, India's most sought-after mystic.
Yaksha
yaksha.info
The Yaksha festival has been created with a vision for people from across the world to get an opportunity to discover and bask in the depths of art and music hailing from this culture. This spectacular and colourful cultural event is celebrated annually and feature musical concerts and dance by eminent performing artist from around the country. This is a blog for the artists and their performances at the Yaksha and Mahashivarathri festivals each year.
yaksha.info
The Yaksha festival has been created with a vision for people from across the world to get an opportunity to discover and bask in the depths of art and music hailing from this culture. This spectacular and colourful cultural event is celebrated annually and feature musical concerts and dance by eminent performing artist from around the country. This is a blog for the artists and their performances at the Yaksha and Mahashivarathri festivals each year.
Sadhguru
www.sadhguru.org
Dedicated to Sadhguru's life and work - with exclusive photographs, articles and excerpts of discourses specially selected from Isha archives, this site offers deeper insights into the life and wisdom of this master, mystic and yogi with a difference.
www.sadhguru.org
Dedicated to Sadhguru's life and work - with exclusive photographs, articles and excerpts of discourses specially selected from Isha archives, this site offers deeper insights into the life and wisdom of this master, mystic and yogi with a difference.
