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Table of Contents

Section 1. Who we are

Section 2. What personal information we may hold about you

Section 3. Where we obtain your personal information

Section 4. How we use your data

Section 5. Our lawful bases

Section 6. Direct marketing

Section 7. Retaining your personal information

Section 8. How we share your personal information

Section 9. International data transfers

Section 10. How we keep your personal information safe

Section 11. Your rights

Section 12. Other websites

Section 13. Cookies

Section 14. Updates to this Notice

Section 15. Contact us

Isha Foundation Privacy Policy

Last updated: 21 July 2025

Isha Foundation in the UK, Isha Foundation, Inc. Isha Foundation India and our affiliated organisations (collectively, “Isha Foundation“, “we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to keeping your personal information safe and meeting our responsibilities under privacy law. Given that this is information that can be used to identify you, we want you to be confident that we are using it responsibly.

This Privacy Policy applies to our handling of personal information to the extent that we are subject to EU and/or UK data protection legislation (including the EU and UK GDPR), i.e. where you interact with Isha Foundation UK, or where you interact with an Isha Foundation organisation that is based outside the UK, but you are located in the UK or EEA. The Policy gives you detailed information on why and when we collect your personal information when you use our websites (including https://isha.sadhguru.org/uk/en/ and any other websites that reference this Privacy Notice), apps (including the Miracle of Mind App) and other services that we provide, how we use your personal information, how we keep it secure, and how you can let us know if you would like us to change how we manage it.

1. Who we are

Isha Foundation is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 07259502) and a charity incorporated in England (with charity number 1152417). Our registered address is Isha Foundation UK, 49-153 Farnham Road, Slough, Berkshire, Greater London, United Kingdom, SL1 4XP.

Isha Foundation, Inc. (trading as Isha Institute of Inner Sciences) is a company formed in the state of Tennessee, United States, whose principal office is located at 951 Isha Ln, McMinnville, TN, 37110-627 with control number 0361102 and Tax ID 62-1794866

Isha Foundation India has its registered address is 15 Govindasamy Naidu Layout, Singanallur, Coimbatore – 641 005, India.

We work to advance human consciousness, at an individual level, through the education of the public in the art and practice of yoga and meditation (for example in Kriya Yoga, Pranayama and Hatha Yoga), and to help people reach the peak of their potential. We also seek to advance such consciousness at a community level through our advancement of ecological causes, for example by working on strategies to advance healthy soils globally and combat soil degradation.

If you have questions regarding your personal information or its use, please contact us using the details set out in the ‘Contact us’ section below.

2. What personal information we may hold about you

Personal information is any information that relates to an individual. It does not include information where the identity of the individual has been fully and effectively removed (anonymous data).

We collect the following personal information about you:

  • Identification information, such as your name, date of birth and gender;

  • Contact information, such as your email address, telephone/mobile number, country of residence and/or home address;

  • Account information, such as your username and password;

  • Financial information, such as payment card details and billing address;

  • Health information, including details about your mental and physical health, food allergies and dietary requirements.

If you contact us, for example to provide your feedback, we may keep a record of that feedback and correspondence, as well as your name and contact details.

When you access our websites, we also collect information about your computer (“Technical Information“), including, where available, your IP address, operating system, and browser type. We do this for system administration purposes, including to analyse trends and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use so that we can improve the site, and deliver customised, personalised content.

Sensitive Personal information

Under data protection legislation, certain personal information is considered more ‘sensitive’ (e.g., information relating to race, religion, political affiliation and health). This is also known as ‘special category data’. As noted above, we may collect your health information to the extent necessary to be able to provide you with the services or programmes that you have enrolled for and/or to ensure that you are able to take part in particular programmes safely.

3. Where we obtain your personal information

We collect and retain personal information about you that you have given us in different ways, for example where you:

  • Create an account with us;

  • Make a donation;

  • Use our websites;

  • Apply to or enrol on one of our courses;

  • Attend one of our events or otherwise use our services;

  • Complete one of our online forms (including call back requests), take part in surveys, post on our message boards, post any blogs, enter any competitions or prize draws, download information such as videos or other publications or participate in any other interactive areas that appear on our website or within our services;

  • Subscribe to our mailing lists;

  • Engage with us via social media platforms;

  • Contact us via email, phone, in person or by post;

We may collect personal information about you from third parties, including:

  • where you have told a third party you are happy to share your data (including where, for example, an individual makes a booking for a group that you are part of); or

  • from publicly available and privately subscribed sources as part of our fundraising process. This may include obtaining information from individuals working on our behalf such as our Board and from other organisations (e.g. credit reference agencies or search information providers) so that we can conduct appropriate customer due diligence where required.

Personal information we are collecting Why we use the personal informationPersonal information we are collecting
Identification Information, Contact Information, Account Information, Financial Information, Health InformationAllow you to use our website, app(s), and/or provide any other information and services that you have requested or any applications or services that you have orderedLegitimate interests, Processing necessary for performance of a contract & To the extent that the information you provide is special category data, we collect and use this on the basis of your explicit consent or because it is necessary to perform a contract with you
Identification Information, Contact InformationCompare information for accuracy and to verify it with third partiesLegitimate interests
Identification Information, Contact Information, Account Information, Financial Information, FeedbackProvide, maintain, monitor, protect, measure and improve any applications, products, services and information that you have requested from us, including so that we can provide an enhanced, personal, user experience for youLegitimate interests
Identification Information, Contact InformationSend you our newsletter where you have subscribed to thisExplicit Consent
Identification Information, FeedbackManage our relationship with you (for example, customer services and support activities)Legitimate interests
Technical InformationUndertake internal testing of our website, applications, systems and services to test and improve their security, provision and performanceConsent
All Information TypesProvide you with any information that we are required to send you to comply with our regulatory or legal obligationsProcessing necessary for a legal obligation
All Information TypesDetect, prevent, investigate or remediate, crime, illegal or prohibited activities or to otherwise protect our legal rightsLegitimate Interests
Identification Information, Contact InformationContact you to check you would like to take part in our customer researchLegitimate Interests
Technical InformationMonitor, carry out statistical analysis and benchmarking, provided that in such circumstances it is on an aggregated basisExplicit Consent
Identification Information, Technical Information, Contact Information, FeedbackDeliver targeted advertising, marketing or information to you which may be useful to you, based on your use of our applications and servicesExplicit Consent
All Information TypesDeliver joint content and services with third parties with whom you have a separate relationshipLegitimate Interests
Technical InformationProvide you with location-based services, where we collect geo-location dataExplicit Consent
Identification Information, Contact Information, FeedbackCarry out research and development to improve our services, products and applicationsLegitimate Interests
Identification Information, Contact Information, FeedbackDevelop and provide new and existing functionality and servicesLegitimate Interests
Identification Information, Contact Information, Health InformationTo protect you or someone else’s life in an emergencyVital Interests

5. Our lawful bases

We will only use personal information when the law allows us to (i.e., where we have a ‘lawful basis’). Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. For example, we have a legitimate interest in improving and developing our services and ensuring the information we have is accurate;

  • Where it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (for example where we need your information to be able to provide you with a service that you have signed up for, or to enable you to create an account with us);

  • Where it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation on us (for example, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs, Companies House or the Charity Commission);

  • In more limited, emergency situations, to protect your or someone else’s life.

In some circumstances, we may ask for your consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose. In particular, we may obtain your consent before we send you any email marketing, newsletters or other communications about topics and events which we think might interest you, or to collect your health information in some circumstances.

We do not carry out any automated decision-making using personal information which produces legal effects or otherwise significantly affects individuals.

6. Direct Marketing

Where you have provided us with your consent, we will contact you by e-mail and text message to keep you updated on Isha Foundation’s work, products, services, campaigning, volunteering and fundraising activities and other information that we think you may be interested in. We may also contact you by post or by phone about the same or similar kinds of things unless you have indicated that you would not like to receive any marketing from us by post or phone.

You can opt-out from receiving marketing communications or update your contact preferences at any time by emailing us using the details set out in the ‘Contacting us’ section below.

Please note that where you have opted-out of receiving marketing communications from us we may still need to contact you for administrative purposes, for example, if there is a problem with a payment or in relation to your gift aid declaration.

Social Media

We use social media to promote our work. We have accounts on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. Where members of the public engage with our posts or publish content relevant to our work, we may like the posts, follow them, reply or write to them. We conduct research on what people say on public social media platforms to better understand how people feel about our sector and to improve our work.

If you are a social media user, we may use social media tools as part of our relationship with you. These tools include Meta Custom and Lookalike audiences. Through using these tools, we may provide some of your data to the social media platform to allow them to identify your social media profile. You will then be shown advertising relating to Isha Foundation which we think you will be interested in seeing. The social media platform will also use your profile to identify those with similar characteristics to you who we think may also be interested in finding out more about the work we do. These individuals will then be shown advertising about Isha Foundation.

You can manage your social media ad preferences via the relevant social media platform:

When we engage with Meta to identify you on their platform and provide you with our adverts we are joint controllers of your personal information with Meta. Our agreement with Meta sets out our responsibilities to you — for example, we are responsible for informing you about this activity. Both we and Meta are responsible for keeping your information secure. You can exercise your privacy rights against each of us individually.

If you do not want us to use your data for social media advertising, you can opt-out by contacting us using the contact information in the ‘Contacting us’ section below. Please note that even if you opt-out you may still see adverts related to us. This is because the social media platform may receive information about you (such as the websites you have visited) that was not provided by us.

Data collected from our website may also be shared with Meta via our use of Meta Pixels. Meta uses this information to display our ads on your social media page and to create ‘lookalike’ audiences as detailed above. For more information about Meta Pixels and how you can opt in or out please see our Cookie Notice.

7. Retaining your personal information

We will not keep personal information for longer than necessary, and the appropriate retention period will vary according to the intended purpose for which we collected the personal information.

The criteria we use to determine the retention period of personal information are: (i) the respective statutory retention period; (ii) our contractual and/or business relationships with you; (iii) (potential) disputes; and (iv) any guidelines issued by relevant regulators. After expiration of that period, the relevant information is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, the initiation of a contract or to protect or defend our position or that of a third party. If you have any questions about our retention periods, please contact us at uk@ishafoundation.org.

8. How we share your personal information

We may share your personal information with third parties, including the following:

  • with other organisations in the Isha Foundation Group, around the world, to the extent necessary to develop our services and/or provide you with the services, information applications, products or services that you have requested;

  • with contractors, suppliers, or other third parties that process personal information on our behalf as part of the services that they provide to us (such as website host/app providers and developers);

  • with other third parties that we work with to deliver advertising in accordance with this Privacy Policy (including social media providers);

  • as part of a sale, merger or acquisition, or other transfer of all or part of our assets including as part of a bankruptcy proceeding;

  • pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process or as otherwise required or requested by law, regulation, or government authority programs, or to protect our rights or the rights or safety of third parties;

  • with our professional advisors, lawyers, accountants and auditors;

  • with credit reference agencies and/or fraud prevention agencies; or

  • with your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection or sharing.

9. International data transfers

We may transfer your personal data outside of the UK and/or the EEA in some circumstances, including where we share it with Isha Foundation Group organisations in other jurisdictions, or use service providers who store data on servers outside of the UK/EEA. Where we transfer your personal data out of the UK/EEA, we will take steps to ensure that your personal information is protected in accordance with appropriate safeguards, especially where the recipient country is not considered to be adequate under EU or UK law (as appropriate). In particular, we will rely on the appropriate safeguards under data protection legislation, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and/or UK Government to protect your personal information.

10. How we keep your personal information safe

To protect your privacy we will make sure your personal information is kept securely and disclosed only to relevant organisations or representatives who need to access it to perform their roles. While we seek to use appropriate organisational, technical and administrative measures to protect personal information within our organisation, unfortunately no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contact us” section below.

11. Your rights

Under certain privacy laws, you have rights relating to your personal information. You may have a right to the following:

  • to request access to the personal information we hold about you;

  • to request that we rectify or erase your personal information;

  • to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information;

  • to object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances;

  • under certain circumstances, to ask us to port personal information about you that you have provided to us to you or to a third party; and

  • where we previously obtained your consent, to withdraw consent to processing your personal information.

To exercise these rights, contact us via the “Contact us” section below. Please be aware that we may be unable to provide these rights to you under certain circumstances, for example if we are legally prevented from doing so or can rely on exemptions.

Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint against us, which you can do by contacting the supervisory authority in your country of residence. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk/concerns, while details of the appropriate authorities in other EU Member States can be found here.

12. Other websites

Our websites contain links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which we have no responsibility (even if you access the website via a link to one of our websites). We encourage you to read the privacy notices on all such websites.

13. Cookies

Our websites and apps use cookies to enhance your experience while using those sites. Cookies are pieces of information that some websites transfer to the computer or device that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many websites. For further details about our use of cookies, please visit our Cookie Notice here.

14. Updates

This Notice may change from time to time — for example, to take into account changes at Isha Foundation or to reflect changes in regulation or legislation. It was last updated on 21 July 2025.

Updates to this Notice will be posted on this page — please check back from time to time. We will also use reasonable efforts to inform you of any significant changes by email where appropriate.

15. Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice or the way in which we handle your personal information, please email us at uk@ishafoundation.org.

You can also contact us at the following address:

49-153 Farnham Road, Slough, Berkshire, Greater London, Berkshire, United Kingdom, SL1 4XP.

Terms & Conditions

Disclaimer

I, the undersigned, release the instructor from all liability for any claim or demand or damage or personal injury or illness sustained by me; (a) arising from or in respect of my participation in any class or other activity arranged by or on behalf of the instructor, whether or not the injury is caused by the instructor or any other person participating in the class or activity wherever the class or activity is held or while practicing anything presented therein; (b) whether or not the damage, personal injury or illness arises from the negligence or breach of any statutory duty of the instructor or any other member of the class or activity.

 GDPR Consent

The security and privacy of your personal information are very important to Isha Foundation. Your data will not be sold to any third party.

By submitting this form to us, you consent to your data being stored permanently in our database (in the countries where we operate) and to be used by us solely for the purpose of communicating information that supports you with the yogic practices learned from us, any upcoming events in Isha and special offers—if any, on our programs.

You have the right to have your details removed from our database at any point.

Refund and cancellation policy for Europe & Israel

Non-Residential Programmes

Inner Engineering Online

  • No program refunds. With advance notice, transfer may be available to the next program. For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable.

Inner Engineering Completion Online

  • Programme cancellations and refunds will be subject to a 30% admin fee.

  • No refunds will be allowed once the programme has started. Cancellation requests submitted after attending one session will not be honoured.

  • Transfer to a future programme can be availed within 12 months and will be subject to 15% admin fee. Transfers can be made only towards Inner Engineering Completion Online programmes. For all transfers, the programme is to be taken within the next 12 months from the date of transfer and will be subject to 15% admin fee. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

Inner Engineering Online and Completion Online Package (Inner Engineering Inclusive)

  • Inner Engineering Online is non-refundable. You will continue to have access to the Inner Engineering Online programme even after cancellation.

  • 30% will be deducted from your refund from the total package fee paid while refunding. Refunds must be requested within 1 year from purchase date.

  • Transfers can be made towards another Inner Engineering Completion Online programme only. For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

Inner Engineering Total

  • 90% will be refunded if cancellation occurs 14 days or more before the programme. 10% is deducted for Programme Processing fee. (Or transfer to another of same programme within the next 1 year for no additional fee).

  • 50% will be refunded if cancellation occurs within 13 days or less of programme start date. (Or transfer to another of the same program with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.)

  • 25% will be refunded, if on day of programme or after programme start time. (Or transfer to another of same programme with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.

  • For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

Inner Engineering Completion

  • 90% will be refunded if cancellation occurs 14 days or more before the programme. 10% is deducted for Programme Processing fee. (Or transfer to another of same programme within the next 1 year for no additional fee).

  • 50% will be refunded if cancellation occurs within 13 days or less of programme start date. (Or transfer to another of the same programme with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.)

  • 25% will be refunded, if on day of program or after programme start time. (Or transfer to another of same programme with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.

  • For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

Yogasanas

Programme cancellations and refunds will be subject to a 30% admin fee. No refunds will be allowed once the programme has started. Transfer to a future programme can be availed in the same country within 12 months and will be subject to 15% admin fee.

Surya Kriya

Programme cancellations and refunds will be subject to a 30% admin fee. No refunds will be allowed once the programme has started. Transfer to a future programme can be availed in the same country within 12 months and will be subject to 15% admin fee.

Angamardana

Programme cancellations and refunds will be subject to a 30% admin fee. No refunds will be allowed once the programme has started. Transfer to a future programme can be availed in the same country within 12 months and will be subject to 15% admin fee.

Bhuta Shuddhi

Programme cancellations and refunds will be subject to a 30% admin fee. No refunds will be allowed once the programme has started. Transfer to a future programme can be availed in the same country within 12 months and will be subject to 15% admin fee.

In the Grace of Yoga Program

  • 70% will be refunded if cancellation occurs 14 days or more before the programme start date. 30% is deducted as a Programme Processing fee. 

  • No refunds will be allowed 13 days or less of the programme start date. 

There are no transfer options available for this programme. Registration for the programme is non-transferable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks. 

Project Samskriti Online Program

  • 100% will be refunded if cancellation occurs 28 days or more before the programme.

  • 85% will be refunded if cancellation occurs between 14 to 27 days before the program. 15% is deducted for Programme Processing fee. (Or transfer to another of the same programme with a 15% admin fee.)

  • No refunds will be allowed 13 days or less of the programme start date. Cancellation requests submitted after attending one session will not be honoured. Transfer to a future programme can be availed within 12 months from the original date of the programme and will be subject to 15% admin fee. Transfers can be made only towards the same programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks. Registration for the programme is non-transferable.

Bhairavi Sadhana and Shivanga Sadhana

There are no refunds or transfers for the Bhairavi Sadhana or Shivanga Sadhana programmes. If you wish to cancel your participation in the programme, you can do so by informing us – however, no refund will be provided.

Residential Programmes

 Bhava Spandana

  • 90% will be refunded if cancellation occurs within 30 days or more before the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha Program in Europe within the next 1 year for no additional fee).

  • 50% will be refunded if cancellation occurs between 14 days and 29 days of the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha Program in Europe with 50% credit towards that program registration fee.)

  • 25% will be refunded, if on the day of programme or after program start time. (Or transfer to an Isha Program in Europe with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.)

For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

 Shoonya Program

  • 90% will be refunded if cancellation occurs within 30 days or more before the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha programme in Europe within the next 1 year for no additional fee).

  • 50% will be refunded if cancellation occurs between 14 days and 29 days of the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha Program in Europe with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.)

  • 25% will be refunded, if on the day of programme or after program start time. (Or transfer to an Isha programme in Europe with 50% credit towards that program registration fee.)

For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.

 Guru Pooja Training

  • 90% will be refunded if cancellation occurs within 30 days or more before the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha programme in Europe within the next 1 year for no additional fee).

  • 50% will be refunded if cancellation occurs between 14 days and 29 days of the programme start date. (Or transfer to an Isha Program in Europe with 50% credit towards that programme registration fee.)

  • 25% will be refunded, if on the day of programme or after program start time. (Or transfer to an Isha programme in Europe with 50% credit towards that program registration fee.)

For all transfers, programme to be taken within the next 1 year from the original date of the programme. Transfer credit is non-refundable. Refund processing time is 3-4 weeks.