Amrita Karma Yoga Program

Amrita Karma Yoga is the path of selfless service: love in action. Experience helps, but the ability and willingness to learn are more valuable. This path of selfless service is based on the example provided by Amma, who has dedicated her life to humanitarian and spiritual work and is a living expression of this Karma Yoga.

Mata Amritanandamayi Center of Northern California is located on 165 acres in a secluded and naturally pristine valley just 45 minutes from downtown San Fransisco. The M A Center is one of three current ashram sites in the U.S. and the North American headquarters.

Current Karma Yoga Projects include:

Construction Sustainable building practices are being introduced into the property management. Karma yogis assist with essential maintenance and upgrades of the prayer hall and other buildings on the property. These projects can benefit from the skills of experienced professionals and provide opportunities to learn new skills. The key skill areas can include carpentry, electrical work, plumbing, interior and exterior painting, heavy equipment operation, tile-setting, masonry, roofing and general construction.

Healthcare Charities This group acquires free medical supplies and equipment from leading medical centers. These items are sorted, packed, and distributed to charitable hospitals and clinics in Southern India and to international healthcare organizations. Activities include sorting and inventorying medical supplies; maintaining computer records; pallet-building; forklift and pallet-jack operation; truck driving (25ft and smaller); loading ocean-bound containers.

Gardens and Grounds For karma yogis inclined to garden, some part time seva time can be scheduled in the organic gardens and orchards. Projects include organic orchard cultivation - planting, irrigation, maintenance, pruning, harvesting, preserving fruit; bee keeping; eco-friendly weed-control; organic gardening; reforestation; fence and gate-building

Introductory letter

To make an application for M.A. Center click here.

Video on Amma

Gujarat Video

AIMS Video

Humanitarian activities tour