Hindu Ashrams and Hindu Organizations

Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville

Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville® is a vibrant spiritual center founded by Sri Swami Satchidananda. A unique Yoga community, it serves as an oasis for spiritual unfoldment, benefiting residents and guests alike. Situated on the banks of the James River in Buckingham, Virginia with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop, it encompasses over 600 acres of serene, wooded landscape. Five sacred sites, including LOTUS, provide a variety of options for meditation, prayer and spiritual gatherings. Our members have come together from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities to live the simple yet profound teachings of Integral Yoga®, based on maintaining our natural condition of an easeful body, peaceful mind and useful life. Our mission is to practice, live, and impart the Integral Yoga teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda to experience Supreme Peace and Joy, and to share that with one and all.

Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville serves as the headquarters of Integral Yoga International, which is the worldwide network of Integral Yoga Institutes and Centers. Beginning in 1966 with a handful of friends sitting in the living room of a New York apartment and asking Swami Satchidananda questions, Integral Yoga has grown into an international organization renowned for its teacher training programs and for making Yoga accessible to everyone.  For more information on Integral Yoga International please visit www.iyiva.org.

Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville®, located in Buckingham County, Virginia. Yogaville, a non-profit organization, is a spiritual center founded by Swami Satchidananda. A unique living Yoga community, it consists of some of the most loving and diverse people you could ever meet. Situated on the banks of the James River in Virginia with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a majestic backdrop, it encompasses over 700 acres of serene, wooded landscape. Our members have come together from a wide range of different faiths, backgrounds and nationalities to live the simple yet profound teachings of Integral Yoga®. Our goal is to realize the spiritual unity behind all the differences in the world and to live harmoniously as one universal family while enjoying and honoring the diversity.

Yogaville is the home to and international headquarters of Integral Yoga International, which is the global organization of Integral Yoga. Beginning in 1966 with a handful of friends sitting in the living room of a New York apartment and asking Swami Satchidananda questions, Integral Yoga has grown into an international organization renowned for its teacher training programs and for making Yoga accessible to everyone. There are Integral Yoga Institutes, centers and teachers around the world. The mission of Integral Yoga International is to share the teachings of His Holiness Sri Swami Satchidananda and the principles of peace, selfless service and healthful and balanced living. For more information on Integral Yoga International please visit www.iyiva.org.

Contact Information :

Main mailing address when writing any individual or department:

Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville
108 Yogaville Way
Buckingham, VA 23921

To call a guest or program participant, the Reception desk is manned during the following hours:

  • 9:00 am to 11:45 am
  • 12:45 pm to 5:45 pm
  • 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm

Reception phone number: (434) 969-3121 ext. 108
Main Fax
: (434) 969-1303

 

       

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