Community

The School of Life is a yoga-centered spiritual community created to foster ethical and healthy lifestyles to prepare us physically, mentally and spiritually to realize the Spirit that is within us and in the world. A small group of disciples share our lives with student residents in a small urban ashram of two family houses to practice yoga as a way of life under the teachings of our founder and Guru Victor (Vyasa) Landa and to share the teachings and lifestyle with the larger community.  

Yoga is experiential. We study, practice, observe and experiment. We strive for a balance between our spiritual and material lives. At the School of Life, students are encouraged to follow the path they are most suited for [see Paths of Yoga] and each person must decide to what extent and at what pace to participate. It is not important whether one is experimenting with a new way of life or feels ready for a lifetime commitment. What really matters is each individual‘s spiritual development and our purpose is simply to support this process.

All are welcome to attend classes, events and satsang (spiritual gatherings) and to participate in Spiritual Foods CSA and the Essene Church, two programs centered on sharing life-giving, farm-fresh foods, as well as service. They are a living manifestation of Guruji’s vision for a self-sufficient community. We feed the homeless every Sunday. Our motto is Preach by example, Worship through service.

Our spiritual community is one based on trust, honesty, love, compassion, understanding and care for each other as brothers and sisters striving to practice the virtues and spiritual laws in daily life. It does not expect members to be perfect, rather allows them “to evolve by learning to overlook their instinctive sympathies and antipathies,” as said by Omraam MIkhael Aivanhov, and instead focus on “methods and conditions that help us to grow and advance”. Our highest ideal is to love all and serve all, as said by great saints and masters of the various spiritual traditions, bringing us to the consciousness that we are One.

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