Institute
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
The community around Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, devoted to Integral Yoga and conscious evolution.
Institute · Founded 1,926 · Pondicherry, India · Active today
Founded by Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa (The Mother)
What it was
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram took shape in Pondicherry in 1926 around the poet-philosopher Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa, known as The Mother, who organised and led it.
It practises Integral Yoga — the deliberate evolution of consciousness toward a divine life on earth — and later inspired the experimental township of Auroville.
Its place in the lineage
The institutional home of Integral Yoga, the most ambitious modern Eastern vision of conscious evolution.
Founders & leaders
Its tradition
Connected orders
The circle · 2 in the Atlas
Each star is a teacher; colour marks how they were tied to the order. Tap a star to open them.
