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The Isha Yoga Center situated at the foothills of Velliangiri, on the outskirts of Coimbatore, is the headquarters for Isha Foundation. Isha is a sacred space for self-transformation, where you can come dedicate time towards your inner growth. The center offers all four major paths of yoga – kriya (energy), gnana (knowledge), karma (action), and bhakti (devotion), drawing people from all over the world.
The Center is dedicated to fostering inner transformation and creating an established state of wellbeing in individuals. The large residential facility houses an active international community of brahmacharis, full-time volunteers and visitors. Isha Yoga Center provides a supportive environment for you to shift to healthier lifestyles, seek a higher level of self-fulfillment and realize your full potential.
How To Get There
The Isha Yoga Center is situated 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore, a major industrial city in southern India, is well connected by air, rail and road. Major airlines operate regular flights to Coimbatore from Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Train services are available from all major cities in India.
There are direct buses between Coimbatore and the Isha Yoga Center (view the timetable).
Taxis can be booked from the airport as well as the railway station. Alternatively, you can contact the Yoga Center’s travel desk to book a taxi to the center.
The desk is open 24 hours a day.
Visitors Information
Adiyogi is open from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Dhyanalinga premises are open from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
(Dhyanalinga premises are closed on every Shivratri.)
- Visitors should bring masks and hand sanitizers
- Entry to the premises is allowed only through the Malai Vasal entrance on Poondi Road near Muttathuvayal.
- Two-wheeler and car parking is available on the premises. Public transport is also accessible.
Entry is restricted for the following individuals:
- Visitors from Red Zones and Containment Areas
- Visitors below 10 years and above 65 years
- Pregnant women
- Persons with COVID-19 symptoms
Guidelines to be followed on the premises:
- Maintain 6-feet distance from others
- Wearing a face mask covering your nose and mouth at all times is mandatory
- Spitting is prohibited
- Disinfect your hands frequently by washing with soap and water or using a hand sanitizer
Medical screening including a temperature check will be done for all visitors. The premises will be sanitized every 3 hours.
We thank you for your cooperation in maintaining public health and safety.
Accommodation
Exuding a serene ambience, the accommodation at the Isha Yoga Center welcomes you into a relaxing space that blends rich, earth-tone hues within a simple yet elegant setting. A distinctive interior design and Isha's own furniture line underscore the rustic and cozy feel of the guest units, all while offering world-class facilities.
Accommodations at the center are available by prior booking only. Please contact ishastay@ishafoundation.org or 0422-2515470 / 71 to make booking.
Consecrated Space
Sadhguru is the author and designer of several unique buildings and consecrated spaces at the Isha Yoga Center, which have gained wide attention for their combination of intense sacred power with strikingly innovative eco-friendly aesthetics.
Linga Bhairavi
Those who earn the Grace of Bhairavi neither have to live in concern or fear of life or death, of poverty, or of failure. All that human beings consider as wellbeing will be theirs, if only they earn the Grace of Bhairavi.
– Sadhguru
Spanda Hall
As you go into higher levels of meditation, you come to a state of Spanda – intense, unmanifest energy – before you literally recreate yourself. – Sadhguru
Theerthakunds
Essentially, Suryakund and Chandrakund are energy pools that melt away karmic blocks, and that allow you to experience Dhyanalinga. – Sadhguru
112 Feet Adiyogi
Adiyogi is here to liberate you from disease, discomfort, and poverty – above all, from the very process of life and death. – Sadhguru
Adiyogi Alayam
The Adiyogi Alayam is specially consecrated to allow one to experience Hata Yoga and other yogic practices in their full depth and dimension. – Sadhguru
Dhyanalinga
Just sitting silently for a few minutes within the sphere of Dhyanalinga is enough to make even those unaware of meditation experience a state of deep meditativeness. – Sadhguru
Upcoming Programs
Isha's powerful yoga programs, made available across the world to people of all ages and cultures and from every walk of life, extend a rare opportunity for self-discovery and inner transformation, empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
Upcoming Event
Mahashivratri
11th March 2021
Mahashivratri is one of the largest and most significant among the sacred festival nights of India. This – the darkest night of the year – celebrates the Grace of Shiva, who is considered the Adi Guru or the First Guru, from whom the yogic tradition originates.
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Be A Volunteer
Isha Yoga Center provides numerous and varied volunteering opportunities of both short-term and long-term duration.
Linga Seva
Linga Seva is an opportunity for volunteers who wish to spend a dedicated amount of time in seva or service at the Dhyanalinga. It is comprised of one day in silence, followed by eight days of seva in the Dhyanalinga premises. Linga Seva is a powerful form of bhakti sadhana to make oneself more receptive to the Grace of Dhyanalinga.
Devi Seva
Devi Seva is an opportunity for volunteers to be in the presence of Devi and do seva or service at Linga Bhairavi.
Skill-based volunteering
Isha is growing rapidly and taking on an exciting array of projects. For volunteers, this means an unprecedented variety of opportunities to offer yourselves within your field of expertise or a specific interest. Anyone who has completed Inner Engineering is welcome to volunteer short or long term, at Isha Yoga Center or from home. We are looking for willing, qualified individuals, and the sheer volume of projects allows us to tailor activity to a person’s talents, time requirements, and other considerations.
Ashram Volunteering
Volunteering in the ashram is a unique opportunity to involve yourself in various activities while being soaked in the sacred space of the Isha Yoga Center.
Program / Event based Volunteering
Isha Yoga Center is a powerful and dynamic space that constantly pushes us forward, beyond the boundaries we have set for ourselves.
Overseas Visitors
(For Non-Indian Passport Holders / NRIs)
(For Non-Indian Passport Holders / NRIs)
Planning your visit to the ashram?
First step is to register and create a visit request on Overseas Online Portal
Make sure to have your recent passport size photo, passport and visa (if obtained) handy when registering.
To help you plan your visit, check out our Visitor's Guide which includes information on:
- What to Pack,
- Travel Tips,
- A Day at Isha Yoga Center,
- FAQs, and more!
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Contact Us
Contact Information:
Isha Yoga Center
Velliangiri Foothills, Ishana Vihar Post,
Coimbatore - 641 114, India
Telephone: 83000 83111, 0422 4283111, 0422 3583111
Email: info@ishafoundation.org
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Testimonials
I am just amazed how energetic and lively I feel when I visit the space. It has a different energy that has to be experienced. Most beautiful heavenly place. One should at least once visit here in lifetime. Full of grace. Offers yoga tools for human transformation. One of the most authentic yoga schools in world.
– Mihir S. M.
"The Isha Center is an amazing place to allow yourself to be open to the foundation of peace that is in a life of gratitude and no expectations. The volunteers have dedicated their lives to providing this experience for others. I am extremely grateful for the time and lessons I experience each visit."
– Mary Kraft
