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The Sevadhari program is a residential curriculum in which serious seekers of Self-realization are invited to dive fully into our ashram energy field, classes, and community work projects for a period of six months or longer.
A Precious Opportunity for Personal Transformation, and Self-realization
We are looking for psychologically mature, humble, and generous souls devoted to attaining the highest level of consciousness and willing to serve cheerfully in any capacity that is needed. Sevadharis become fully integrated into the Sat Yoga tribe, enjoying the esprit de corps, cultivating uplifting friendships, participating in meditation gatherings and theory classes, seminars and retreats, and all the many aspects of our unique community life. Most will be assigned to help in our kitchen, food processing department, organic food gardens, and housekeeping.
To apply for this program, you must have a sincere yearning for Liberation, be familiar with our core teachings, and participate in our online events and/or our Members Section.
Being a Sevadhari requires silence, solitude, serious study, deep meditation, inner work, one-to-one transformational sessions, and the moral strength necessary to uphold the Ashram Guidelines and the Yogic Vows. We are looking for individuated beings with the capacity and desire to learn, to grow, to follow instructions happily, yet to think independently and critically, always seeking to improve, and to work with care, attention to detail, and joyful participation.
What Will Qualify You to be a Sevadhari?
General requirements for prospective applicants:
Study: A strong appreciation for the teachings and philosophy of Sat Yoga and an ability to internalize the information and actualize it in your life. We trust that you are already regularly engaging with the teachings, participating in online retreats, and have joined our Members Section. If your application is approved, we ask that you read Shunyamurti’s book, “The Transformational Imperative” before arriving. Please also listen to as many online teachings as possible.
Meditation: A sincere interest in meditation and a genuine yearning to transcend the ego.
Service: A readiness to work zealously in whatever department you are needed, for 3 – 4 hours a day, with care and dedication to excellence.
Inner Work: A deep yearning for self-understanding and transformation that is accelerated by participating in one-to-one Atmanology sessions. Sessions may include free association, healing dialogue, symptom analysis, dreamwork, guided meditations, and other approaches to working through unresolved emotional issues. Individual Darshan meetings with Shunyamurti may also be scheduled from time to time.
Dharma: A commitment to uphold our Ashram Guidelines.
Finances: Access to sufficient financial resources to cover the cost of the program and to purchase your personal needs (including insurance, coverage of medical emergencies, transportation, immigration and visa costs, etc.) for the duration of your stay.
Diet: An ability to adapt to our current vegetarian/vegan diet, and to changes in the diet that may occur as we prepare to be ready to go off-grid, either during temporary emergency periods or eventually permanently, if world conditions make that necessary.
An ability to adapt to living in our remote location: we are a 45-minute drive from clinics, shops, and other services. We generally only encourage visits to town for urgent matters and emergencies.
Become a Greenhouse Sevadhari
Take a glimpse inside our ashram greenhouses where yogis are participating in the daily tasks of bed and plant care, watering, weeding, seeding, transplanting, planting, and harvesting.
We’re looking for highly skilled applicants!
The majority of our service opportunities are in our gardens, greenhouses, and kitchen helping to maintain the daily cycle of abundance from farm to table. Most of our sevadharis will be doing hands-on physical work that may require, in some instances, endurance and strong physical fitness. We also offer a very few select opportunities for highly skilled applicants in the areas of media/outreach and healthcare.
If you have professional experience and/or degrees in these fields, we encourage you to apply today!
Sample Daily Schedule
A typical workday for a Sevadhari is between 3.5 – 4.5 hours, 6 days per week, from the second month onwards. There is a lighter schedule in the first month. Start and finish times are specific to each department.
4:00 – 4:45 am | Morning Meditation |
6:30 – 8:00 am | Personal Time / Seva |
8:00 – 8:35 am | Breakfast |
8:45 – 11:45 am | Seva |
12:15 – 12:50 pm | Midday Meditation |
1:00 – 1:45 pm | Lunch |
1:45 – 2:30 pm | Clean up and chores |
2:30 – 5:30 pm | Personal Time |
5:30 – 7:00 pm | Evening Class / Meditation |
7:00 – 7:30 pm | Evening Meal |
How Will the Application Process Flow?
After our admissions committee reviews your application, if it is determined that you qualify, that there is a strong resonance, and that you would likely be happy here in this environment, we will set up a phone interview as soon as possible to get to know you better, and to discuss the program and ashram life in depth. We will try to answer all your questions and make sure you know the kind of lifestyle you are committing to, and that you understand about our rainy climate, our diet, our Dharma, our schedule (especially the early morning meditation), and our remote location. If you still want to come, the admissions committee will consider your application and make a decision as rapidly as we can. Because of potential travel difficulties, including vaccine passports, we do consider that time is of the essence. We hope you are not in denial of the gravity of the world situation.
What Happens If I Am Accepted?
If you are accepted, we will work out a date of arrival and help you with travel arrangements from the airport to the ashram.We consider the first month here to be a trial period in which you will decide if you enjoy being here and we will decide if you are a good fit as well. During this month, you will get to know the community, and especially those who will supervise your seva, and we will learn about your skills, attitude, and energy. At the end of the first month, we will sit together and assess how things are going and make any necessary adjustments.
Contribution
$2100 for the first month: This is a four-week introductory program that includes a 3 or 5-day retreat led by Shunyamurti plus a program of wisdom classes in the fundamental teachings of Sat Yoga to get you oriented to our way of life and approach to transformation. You will be immersed into our sangha’s daily activities including meals and seva in our clean-ups as well as other daily tasks as we get to know you. You will be staying in a private room with a shared or private bath in one of our charming cabins.
$1400 each additional month: Includes all Shunyamurti retreats and seminars, community classes and meditations, meals and accommodations in our cabins, plus a full seva schedule.
Sevadhari Program Start Dates: September 14, 2021; October 5, 2021; November 16, 2021; December 13, 2021
Sevadhari Program Start Dates:
May 30, 2023
September 5, 2023
December 12, 2023
July 11, 2023
November 7, 2023
December 12, 2023
Before proceeding to fill in the application form please make sure that you have read the Ashram Guidelines and the Yogic Vows and are fully in resonance with them.
July 26, 2022
September 6, 2022
November 8, 2022
December 16, 2022
January 31, 2023
March 28, 2023
November 8, 2022
December 16, 2022
January 31, 2023
March 28, 2023
