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SWAR ASHRAM is offering an inter-generational mentorship. Learn from a Senior Yoga Teacher with over 50 years experience while you bring her teachings into the global scale with your skills.

: Join us as a Karma Yogi with a special mission & incentive :

Digital Freelancers skilled in securing a literary deal (for a 3 book bundle), WP website improvements, POD online shop, online marketing, social media marketing are urgently needed here. If you have an interest in Yoga for healing, deepening or starting your Yoga practice and Yoga philosophy, this opportunity is for you. The commitment is for only 2 hours per day for 2 weeks minimum work commitment. You will receive an equal 2 hours per day in exchange from our very highly regarded senior Yoga Teacher whom you will be skill-exhanging with. Timings will be worked out on an individual basis.

This is a skills exchange and you will receive individual sessions in : Yoga chikitsa, Yoga philosophy, working with your energy body, deepening or starting your Yoga practice.

The key to a successful volunteer experience is consistent communication. Start with this simple application form. first priority will be given to those who take the time to email a CV or Resume with samples of your work and tell me about yourself with a cover letter. A work agreement will include a non-disclosure contract.

NEEDED NOW: book proposal preparation, WP website monetization & improvements, canva, photoshop, illustrator, POD online shop, branding, online marketing, social media content & marketing

Karma Yoga is part of every Ashram routine. This is an experiencial opportunity in burning Karma which one takes on as part of deepening their Yoga practice. Doing something with no expectation of money is an energy exchange that teaches the egoic-nature to to recognize our True Nature as One with All That Is. It is commonly agreed in the Yogic scriptures that the most direct path to enlightenment is to serve others. in 2027 we will offer on site Karma Yoga. At this time we will do our exchange online.

_{Karma Yoga – the right-actions of a Yogi is the work of recognizing that there are no ‘others’, that as we serve each other, so we serve ourself.}

CONTACT US TODAY… to get the skills exchange offer.

: in 2027 we hope to offer on-site Karma Yoga :

WE ARE AWAITING THE OPENING OF OUR ASHRAM CAMPUS GUEST ROOMS & OFF-CAMPUS AFFILIATE ROOMS, ALL ROOM STAYS INCLUDE AGNIHOTRA, YOGA & BREAKFAST, ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES INCLUDING GARDEN AND VEDANTIC LIBRARY WITH WIFI. additional teachings & meal packages available.

The fastest track of innerEvolution towards Self-Realization / Enlightenment is to serve others. When you open your heart by giving your time to someone in need, who is unable to offer you anything but gratitude in return, particularly in an environment that is under-served and under-developed as a whole, the expansion of your soul-consciousness is immense.

Please NOTE: We do not own the rooms on our campus though they are adjacent to the Ashram Garden. It is necessary to make previous arrangements with us, so that we can prepare this and arrange a car to meet you at the airport (2.5 hours drive). The work period is only 2 hours per day, 5 days per week so the expense & complications of a volunteer work visa is not required. You are classified as ‘tourist’. Karma Yoga is by definition not compensated. Our normal room rates include the daily Yoga program, Agnihotra, Guru Puja, breakfast & Library access. Your accommodation and all meals are at a non-profit rate and subsidized by Amma teaching you freely because she really needs specialized help in these areas.  for the full 28 days it comes to only RS 14.500./- ($194 US). We will, joyfully plan accordingly for you, if you reach out and communicate. The above rooming offer may begin in 2027. Until this, we will work online with you, so please do reach out today.

If you are an Indian national or expat in India working entirely online right now on a valid longer-term visa (such as your own business visa) and can offer the above Karma Yoga priorities, this is a great opportunity to reduce your living expenses, get full Ashram Yoga access and still have plenty of time to do your own online business. This arrangement can be longer than 28 days as your visa situation allows and as long as this arrangement is valuable to both you and our Ashram.

Does this sound like YOU or anyone you know who is either in India now or who can travel as soon as borders open? Please share this page with anyone who would find this useful.

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Karma Yogi-s : do you wish to study / practice Yoga at SwAr Ashram for a short time, while taking an interest in our social work?  Experience an Ashram Yogic Lifestyle authentic to the ancient days while you are here in our heritage facilities.

The very low cost of a stay with includes Agnihotra, Guru Puja, Yoga & Meditation and 3 healthy Indian pure veg (vegan) meals per day as well as access to our library for self-study. a 28 day stay is only RS 18,100./- ($251./- USD). this is the Ashram room rate in which you can contribute an hour or less time per day, informally on a daily sign up sheet, of pitching in wherever help is needed (kitchen prep, assisting the English teacher or Yoga teacher, taking candid photos for the website or social media, sweeping, gardening, running errands, organizing the library or yoga equipment, etc).

Karma Yogi-s with certain skills working only 2 hours per day can apply for a subsidized 28 day rate of RS 14.500./- ($194 USD)

All Karma Yogi-s on the special terms above will access Daily Ashram Yoga & Yajnya, Aarti & Puja, have time for self-study, as well as perform the duties of a pre-agreed Seva / Karma Yoga assignment. We will arrange a comfortable room adjacent to the teaching facilities at the Ashram and serve 3 healthy delicious Indian vegetarian / vegan meals per day for you. You can freely use the Ashram premises & front Ghat, Library, wi-fi and private garden. We thank you for taking the opportunity to serve our developing Community. We are very grateful for you & the skills you bring.

Our Yogacharini, Amma Niradhara is a Karma Yogi herself. She also pays her own way living here while working full time in full time service over the past 14 years. She makes it her priority to assist and guide you, as she really understands and appreciates your commitment.

Optional private Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Vedanta & personalized spiritual guidance or for your sadhana. Additional teachings can be added for example: Sanskrit to English Vedantic study at the rate of RS 500./- (less than $7) per hour with Amma as well as any innerYatra Yogic Retreat experiencial spiritual touring package.

Optional Local Nimari Massage, Ayurvedic Facials, Yoga Therapy, Sound Therapy & Reiki are available all are at very low cost right on campus.

_{Some people ask why they have to ‘pay to volunteer‘.  This is an excellent opportunity to explain how finances work in undeveloped countries, as well as what Seva/ Karma Yoga from a Yogic perspective really means.}

If you are living in your own home, volunteering for any charity within your home-town, will they pay for your meals & housing while you volunteer there?  As it is here, you are not paying to volunteer, you are paying for your own living expenses as well as in this case some expenses incurred by us because of your visit such as airport car pickups. Is it reasonable to ask a struggling charity to pay for your holiday vacation in exchange for 2 hours per day voluntary work? A small grassroots NGO in an under-developed country can not afford to pay for your hotel room and meals while you volunteer. We do not even have funds to pay a salary to a local person for the job that you are volunteering to do. The Voluntourist’s stay costs are 10-20 times what it would cost us to hire local people to do the same jobs. 

_{If we paid for your housing & meals, we would be doing a dis-service to the poor community that we serve by cutting out an available job for them, as well as the cost of housing a volunteer for a week is equivalent to an average of 2.5 months local wages. It is just not possible to treat our foreign guests as if you are the charity cases – as well as it is illogical.  We do not even own guest rooms or any property or a public kitchen or staff to attend to you.  We are the local poor helping the local poorer — with our own free labor! Our Amma herself works over full time 365 days per year in her 14th year directing this Ashram and she pays for all of her own expenses and many of the Ashram extras too when she is able. For even just the upkeep of the roof over our Ashram, we need income for regular Yoga Tourists, and we need your help, particularly if you have certain skills not found here.}

You are considering what do do with your expendable income on your vacation and there is enough blessing to buy an airline ticket.  The cost of that ticket alone would pay a local salary for 6 to 10 months or fund our textbook program for a year or 2-3 of our Yoga Camps.  Factor in the cost of our Guest Relations Team – contracted time spent arranging airport pickups, prepping the room and meals for you and the supervision and co-ordination of the work you will be doing for us and translate in order to manage the fact that we would have a volunteer on site.  So we actually incur costs by inviting volunteers – over and above the cost of your room and meals.

We do not own guest rooms. _{We have our Ashram’s Teaching Facilities and we have adjacent home-stay arrangements on campus which include meals. These rooms and meals prepared just for you are billed to us at a rate comparable to a no-frills backpacker hostel, but are more attractive, hygenic & safe in all regards. The home-stay rooms do not allow tourists unless they are registered by us as Yoga Students. They are adjacent to our garden. If you prefer to stay at our Heritage Gatehouse Lodging affiliate, that may also be arranged by us for its additional cost.}

We do not own a car.  _{We hire independent drivers and pay the same as you do, however, we can arrange it on our end for less than you would pay on the Indore side.  It is a 2.5 hour drive or 3 – 4 hours by bus. Experienced travellers may opt for the bus to reduce your costs, this is not recommended for the inexperienced. For this reason, we ask for your arrival and departure time in Indore but calculate the car costs separately. You pay this direct to the independent driver we send for you.}

Factor in the cost _{of our time spent arranging rooms, meals and airport transfers, supervision and co-ordination of the work you will be doing for us and translators need to be hired to manage the fact that we would have a volunteer on site.  So we actually incur costs of ad hoc staff by inviting volunteers – over and above the cost of our normal operations and of course, your room and meals. All this is factored in to the rates we require for your time with us.}

Please consider that we DO have Yoga facilities & Teachings as well as a Sattvic lifestyle to offer you and we Love and Appreciate YOU.

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_{Karma Yoga – the right-actions of a Yogi is the work of recognizing that there are no ‘others’, that as we serve each other, so we serve ourself.}

The fastest track of innerEvolution towards Self-Realization / Enlightenment is to serve others. When you open your heart by giving your time to someone in need, particularly in an environment that is under-served and under-developed as a whole, the expansion of your soul-consciousness is immense.

We regret that we can not pay your expenses to volunteer here, but in fact, Amma Niradhara herself is unpaid and has been spending her modest life savings to pay her Ashram’s rent, utilities and her own meals to live here for the last 14 years.  This is the definition of a Karma Yogi or Sevaka.  Seva (self-less service) aka Karma Yoga. By definition, this means to give your time without expectation of anything in return.  Out of your recognition that you are blessed with more than needed for basic survival while others struggle to survive, you become grateful enough to give that time or that extra few dollars. You give out of that gratitude simply because you have it available to give. This is service that is truly Blessed.

If you want the marvelous & rewarding experience of immersion in the daily life of rustic, rural, real India while volunteering for an Ashram that gives 100% of its income to its poor & needy community – and you want a meaningful and economical use of your vacation time & money with all the perks of living like a Yogi in Ashram environment, this is your place! CONTACT US TODAY….

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