Several months ago, AVI USA Director of Development, Binah Thillairajah, reached out to a sister nonprofit, IDRF, the India Development and Relief Fund, to jumpstart an AVI USA- IDRF collaboration in support of our Auroville partners. Learn about our first collaboration involving the support of Udavi School, the Ashram School Trip and Deepam School for … Read more
Doug Grimes, A Living Legacy of Gratitude By Binah Thillairajah Around a year ago Doug Grimes called me to discuss creating a bequest to support AVI USA’s work. He had been studying and teaching yoga since the 1970s. He had recently discovered the writings of Mother and Sri Aurobindo through the LA center where he … Read more
June Maher’s Legacy of Devotion Auroville International USA started through the passion and devotion of June Maher, an American seeker who discovered first the teaching of Mother and Sri Aurobindo and then Auroville, in the early 1970’s. After meeting Mother in Pondicherry, she was inspired to become involved in supporting Auroville and the dream of … Read more
This March, Amir, a certified Awareness Through the Body trainer, led workshops at the Delhi and Madhuban Sri Aurobindo Ashrams. AVI USA board member Julian Lines was there to bring us the story.
Awareness through the Body | ATB At Madhuban Ashram This March, as several members of AVI USA visited Auroville, AVI USA board member Julian Lines and his wife Wendy Lines, also travelled north to connect with beloved members of the Sri Aurobindo community at the Delhi and Madhuban Sri Aurobindo Ashrams. During their visit at … Read more
AVI USA’s Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Training Matthew Andrews, second from left, with Auroville partners and project leaders, at Matrimandir Gardens. photo by Alessandra Silver AVI USA’s annual trips to Auroville are an immersive experience. Working 10 months at a distance, connecting through virtual, electronic space with our Auroville friends and partners, we suddenly wake … Read more
June Maher’s Legacy of Devotion Part 2: From The Auroville Book Club to The Auroville Association to Auroville International USA Written and Compiled by Binah Thillairajah June Maher and lawyer Bruce Richardson signing the Auroville Association foundation documents in 1972. In the late 60’s, June Maher and Claire Worden, Dietra as Mother named her, formed … Read more
Around a year ago Doug Grimes called me to discuss creating a bequest to support AVI USA’s work. He had been studying and teaching yoga since the 1970s. He had recently discovered the writings of Mother and Sri Aurobindo through the LA center where he participated in Satsang and regularly volunteered.
