Dear Friends, Students, Supporters,

White Lotus is proud and honored to announce two milestones...
the 35th anniversary of the founding of our organization, and the 20th anniversary of our Santa Barbara retreat. During our 35 years we have been blessed in more ways than we can count. White Lotus has consistently innovated, discovered and been amongst the leaders in the field of Yoga. We have seen the White Lotus have considerable influence worldwide, have been able to receive, share and re-envision Yoga traditions, and have had the privilege of working with and learning from great people.

Last month White Lotus conducted its annual August Yoga teacher training. Thirty students attended from around the country to receive their yoga certification. If you are interested in finding out more about yoga teaacher training, click Yoga Certification. Our courses are renowned around the world for their comprehensive content, individual attention and for the wonderful transformational experience of studying with yoga pioneers and best selling authors, Ganga White and Tracey Rich. White Lotus offered the first yoga teacher training and certification in America in 1968.

We want to thank our friends, students and staff members for their support over the years. We hope to see more of you again in the near future at the Center. You might also want to check our calendar.

With Salutations and Appreciation,

Namaste!

--Tracey, Ganga and the White Lotus Staff

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White Lotus Foundation is dedicated to the development of the total human being and in 2003, continues to fulfill its mission in service to the physical, mental and spiritual well being of all people and the Earth. The Foundation trains some of the finest Yoga teachers in the world. We offer classes, yoga teacher training and certification, yoga retreats and workshops, and publish yoga videos, yoga books and yoga CD’s. White Lotus seeks to create a free and open environment for research, dialogue, discovery and innovation. We are known for our free thinking, non-dogmatic approach and have been at the forefront of the new wave of evolutionary Yoga sweeping the planet. Our unique retreat in Santa Barbara California, situated in a magical canyon with year ‘round flowing waters, old growth forest, and many natural wonders, provides the ideal environment conducive to Yoga, to the discovery of self and the relationship of all things.

1967: Opened first Hatha Yoga center in Los Angeles, which later became the first eclectic Hatha Yoga center and was emulated around the world.
1968: June, White Lotus incorporates and receives 501(c)3 nonprofit status.
1968: Ganga leads (probably) the first ever yoga teacher training course in America.
1967-75: Hosted first visits to L.A. of many leading yogis and swamis, including Venkatesa, Vishnu, Chidananda, Satchidananda, Muktananda, Kalu Rimpoche, Yogeshwara, BKS Iyengar, and many others. Ganga opens centers and retreats in San Francisco, Grass Valley, Washington D.C., Chicago, Toronto, and Nassau Bahamas.
1970: Coordinated Yoga Peace and Music Festival and first firewalk in North America.
1976: Began developing Flow Yoga, now one of the most popular forms worldwide.
1978: Double Yoga (new Partner Yoga system) created and introduced. Published by Viking-Penguin in 1980, now popular around the world.
1982: The Flow Series practice introduced, the first combining our Flow Yoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar alignment.
1983: February, Tracey Rich joins organization. November 3, White Lotus acquires Santa Barbara Retreat.
1985-89: Hosted K Pattabhi Jois in L.A. and for two one-month residential programs in Santa Barbara.
1990: Painted Cave fire burns 600 homes and reaches the edge of two White Lotus property lines.
1990: Flow Series video, the first yoga workout/practice video released.
1990: Ganga and Tracey are delegates and speakers at the 1st International Yoga and Peace Conference in Moscow, Russia
1994: Total Yoga I video released.
2000: Tracey and Ganga featured on cover of Healing Retreats Magazine.
2001-03: The videos Earth, Water, and Fire released by Warner Home Video. Receive critical acclaim.
2002-03: Total Yoga I is the number one selling yoga video in USA and Worldwide with sales over 1,200,000 (Soon to reach 1.5 mil)!
2002: Tracey Rich featured on cover of Yoga Journal.
2003: Conjunct 35th and 20th anniversaries celebrated in Santa Barbara. Yoga Anywhere class on CD released by Allegro Music.

History of the White Lotus Foundation with Photos

Calendar of Events

Board of Trustees and Advisors