Isha Foundation

Isha Foundation
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
FounderSadhguru
TypeNonprofit organization
FocusYoga, social upliftment, ecological conservation
Location
Area served
India, Lebanon, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore
MethodYoga programs, meditation, tree planting, rural upliftment
Revenue (2022)
$40m (US chapter)
Websiteisha.sadhguru.org

The Isha Foundation is a nonprofit, spiritual organisation that was founded in 1992 near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, by Sadhguru (Jagadish Vasudev).[1] It hosts the Isha Yoga Centre, which offers yoga programs under the name Isha Yoga. The foundation is run "almost entirely" by volunteers.[2][3][4] According to Sadhguru, the word isha means "the formless divine".[5][6]

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