My Nonprofit Reviews

We feel as though Isha Foundation is a guiding light for “lost travellers.” GPS = Guru Pathfinding Service as the founder of Isha, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says.

* Volunteers within the ashram whether full time or part time work around the clock with volunteers around the world to run the organization smoothly.

There are variety of projects running simultaneously both in rural and urban part of state of Tamil Nadu, all over India and around the world in many countries.

-Environmental project such as RallyForRivers - a work in progress to make water available for all in India.
-Education projects are many. One of them is “Isha Home School.” It is created to bring awareness of ancient culture and art back into practice for young people now and in future.
- Tree planting / forest creation in one’s back yard or community comes under “Project Greenland”
- Health care projects: volunteers educating and being available to treat those in need of assistance for variety of ailments.

The list goes on ....
these are few drops in the ocean (of Isha Foundation) that came to my attention.

• There are opportunities to be a volunteer/ donor in any way one can.
This is considered as most treasured chance as it gives a person more than what he/she expects.
When we volunteer it never feels like work rather feels like being part of a community.
The reason for this is the care, planning and amount of effort that goes behind each event / project.

For example : Mystic Eye Toronto and World Environment Day “BeatPlasticPollution” are recent ones that I had the pleasure to be part of. I have totally enjoyed these events .
During Mystic Eye. I learned lot of things ; how to handle public or learning product knowledge of items on display, be creative or be efficient and be respspectful while serving in Isha Shoppe from fellow volunteers.

• There are programs for career training as well for well being of people.

I had the chance to learn Well being program “Inner Engineering” and “Surya Kriya”.
During the IE program, the volunteers who organized were so caring, very approachable, welcoming and efficient. My 3 siblings and I and another family member attended.
Though we were students at the time - we didn’t feel alienated but rather felt we were part of it. Volunteers worked in amazing speed with their ever presence signature smile like “well oiled machine” the entire duration - which is a day and a quarter!
This is the atmosphere in every program or event consistently given by volunteers.
The experience was highly energetic, fun filled and fulfilling.

• The amount of material available for well being is so huge whether online or in print.

Online in the form of video / DVDs / Audio book / Apps. / blogs / news articles.

In print such as the most popular Isha Forest Flower monthly magazine in various languages / books that have collection of lectures and interviews of Sadhguru or excerpts from videos /articles .

• Many of the programs / meditation tools are in various languages as well as the media translated in multiple languages as per high demand.
We are thankful for the volunteers involved in providing these services.

• Isha events and happenings in our area and around the world are updated online and invites are sent out so effectively by volunteers. We appreciate this a lot. This is one way to get involved and connect with the community.

• Sadhguru App we find is a “Must Have” and very popular one for its user friendly interface design.

Sadhguru’s itinerary for upcoming events / Isha programs availability or practice sessions availability within our area / video interviews/ links of blogs & articles / daily Quote/ meditation link online & offline/ Yoga Tools - that is beginners’ yoga practices video instructions / Contact info for any questions and concerns ... all available at our fingertips because of the promt updates given by volunteers.

• We must mention that we receive responses to email or messages or phone calls and live chat support in a timely manner. They are always very prompt and ever so caring and very polite. Volunteers are very reliable in fulfilling our requests as quickly and effectively as possible.

What more one could ask for ....

We are very happy and very much appreciate the volunteers who work as one team.

•Two of our family members have been to Isha center in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in South India. They had a beautiful experience by visiting temple and ashram. Once again it is because of the volunteers they were able to enjoy the visit.
Thanks to Isha Foundation - Non Profit Volunteers run organization.

• Isha recently launched healthy food products in their shoppe.

The shoppe carries media / accessories/ clothes / prayer items / household items as well as health food products. This is an effort to bring Timeless yet ancient “Way of Life” into practice for current & future generations’ well being!

This shoppe gives opportunity for rural area people to show their creativity and at the same time gives job opportunities!

• Isha is unique because it strives to stand for inclusiveness for all beings in the planet.

Wishing the best for their effort.