Isha Foundation is a non-profit, spiritual organization founded in 1992 by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It is based at the Isha Yoga Center near Coimbatore, India. The foundation offers yoga programs under the name of Isha Yoga. It has over 5 million volunteers.
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Isha Yoga
Isha Yoga is the masthead under which the Isha Foundation offers yoga programs. The word isha means "the formless divine".
Yoga classes are also conducted for corporate leaders to introduce them to what Sadhguru calls "inclusive economics," to introduce a sense of compassion and inclusiveness into today's economic scenario.
A yoga course for the Indian national hockey team was conducted in 1996. Isha Foundation began conducting yoga programs in the United States in 1997 and, in 1998, yoga classes for life-term prisoners in Tamil Nadu prisons were initiated.
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Ashrams
The foundation has established two ashrams: the Isha Yoga Center at the Velliangiri Mountains near Coimbatore and at the Isha Institute of Inner Sciences at McMinnville, Tennessee.
Activities
The foundation regularly organises Mahasathsangs with Sadhguru in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka where he gives discourses, conducts meditations and indulges in question-answer session with the masses. It also organises annual yatras to Mount Kailash and the Himalayas under the banners Kailash Manasarovar Sojourn and Himalayan Dhyan Yatra. The Kailash Sojourn led by Sadhguru is among the largest groups to make the trip to Kailash with 514 pilgrims making the journey in 2010.
Social and environmental initiatives
Project GreenHands
Project GreenHands (PGH) is an initiative (established in 2004) that seeks to restore ecological balance and maintain proper environmental health in Tamil Nadu. PGH was felicitated by the government of India in June 2010 with the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar: the highest award bestowed on organizations and individuals for their contribution to restoring and protecting the environment.
Action for Rural Rejuvenation
Action for Rural Rejuvenation (ARR) is a multi-phase program aimed toward improving the overall health and quality of life of the rural poor. It was established by Sadhguru in 2003 . As of 2010, ARR has reached over 4,200 villages and a population of over 7 million people.
Isha Vidhya
Isha Vidhya, an education initiative, aims to raise the level of education and literacy in rural India by providing quality English-language-based, computer-aided education to rural children.There are seven Isha Vidhya Schools in operation which educate around 3000 students.
Rally for rivers
Rally For Rivers is a campaign launched by Isha Foundation in 2017 to tackle the scarcity of water across rivers in India and instill awareness about protecting rivers. Sadhguru launched the campaign on September 3 from Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore. The campaign included a month-long, nationwide campaign. On October 3, a river revitalization draft proposal was presented by Sadhguru to Narendra Modi. Six states signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Isha Foundation to plant trees along river banks. These states are Karnataka, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Water Resources have constituted committees to study the draft policy proposal. In November, at a conference in Germany, the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program, Erik Solheim discussed Rally for Rivers with Sadhguru, and how environmental programs around the world can emulate its success.
See also
- Adiyogi Shiva statue
- Jaggi Vasudev
- Dhyanalinga
- Project GreenHands
- Action for Rural Rejuvenation
- Isha Home School
References
http://isha.sadhguru.org/
External links
- Official Website of Isha Foundation
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