Isha Foundation
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'''Isha Foundation''' is a non-profit organization based at Velliangiri mountains in [[South India| southern India]] and having registered office in [[Singanallur]] near [[Coimbatore]], [[India]]. The foundation was set up by [[Jaggi Vasudev|Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev]] in [[1992]] as a non-political, non-religious organization that does not promote any particular ideology, but with a mission to work towards the betterment of the individual, the society and the world. It has over 250,000 volunteers and works in tandem with international bodies like the [[UN]] through its various programmes and initiatives.
The Foundation runs several social, educational and ecological initiatives like Action for Rural Rejuvenation, Isha Vidhya, Project Green Hands, Vanashree Eco-Center, Isha Home School, Inner Freedom for the Imprisoned, Isha Craft and a multitude of offerings for inner well-being such as Isha [[Yoga]] Programs, Isha Rejuvenation and Sounds of Isha.
Isha Foundation's latest initiative [http://projectgreenhands.org/ Project Green Hands] aims to prevent and reverse environmental degradation and enable sustainable living by planting an estimated 114 million saplings across the South Indian State of [[Tamil Nadu]] in the next 10 years.
==External links==
*[http://www.ishafoundation.org/ Official Website of Isha Foundation]
*[http://www.ishayoga.org/ Isha Yoga]
*[http://www.sadhguru.org/ Sadhguru]
*[http://www.ruralrejuvenation.org/ Action for Rural Rejuvenation]
*[http://www.projectgreenhands.org/ Project Green Hands]
*[http://www.ishavidhya.org/ Isha Vidhya]
*[http://www.dhyanalinga.org/ Dhyanalinga Multi-Religious Meditation Shrine]
*[http://www.anandvyas.org.yoga.html A Primer on Yoga and Indian Spiritual Traditions]]
[[Category:Foundations based in India]]