Rooted in Lineage, Serving the World
Who We Are
Founded in 2007 by Acharya Shunya, Vedika Global is a California-based religious nonprofit created to carry forward the living wisdom of the Sarayu Parampara.
Rooted in Advaita Vedanta and the four classical yogas, the work supports seekers drawn to clarity, discernment, and freedom through sustained Vedic study and lived practice, rather than inspiration alone.
Our Three Pronged Focus
Vedika Global is rooted in three integrated streams of Vedic wisdom. These are not separate offerings, but mutually supporting dimensions of one lived path.
Ayurveda: Stability of Body and Mind
Daily living that supports clarity, discernment, and steadiness.
Yoga: The Path of Integration
Bhakti, Karma, Upasana, and Jnana taught as a complete, lived path.
Advaita Vedanta: The Path of Liberation
Scriptural inquiry oriented toward freedom, not belief.
Our Vision
Awakening Health and Consciousness
सर्वारोग्यं सर्वमुक्तिः
Promoting a life of wholeness and freedom.
The Vedika Global lotus symbolizes a grounded, protected awakening lived fully in the world. It reflects a path where wisdom opens gradually, guided by tradition and inner discernment.
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WORLDWIDE
Rooted in Parampara
Vedika Global is rooted in the Sarayu Parampara of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, North India, a living householder lineage transmitted through discipline, study, and daily responsibility.
Acharya Shunya received this teaching through her Guru, Acharya Ayodhya Nath, who was guided by Acharya Shanti Prakash. This continuity of transmission affirms that the teachings offered here do not arise from personal philosophy but from a received tradition carried forward with ethical accountability and care.
Stewardship in Practice
From its founding to the present day, the organization has served as a careful steward of Vedic transmission, offering study and practice through donation-supported participation that honors accessibility while safeguarding the tradition's integrity, continuity, and ethical responsibility.
This mode of work is not new. It carries forward a long-standing Indian ethos of seva, in which wisdom is sustained not through ownership or commercialization, but through responsibility, relationship, and collective care. For centuries, teachings in the Sarayu Parampara and related householder lineages have been preserved in this way—through disciplined study, lived practice, and voluntary support—allowing knowledge to remain living, relational, and accountable rather than institutionalized or diluted.
How the Work Has Unfolded Over Time
The work of Vedika Global has not progressed through programs or strategies alone, but through the continuity of purpose expressed in different forms as time, circumstance, and readiness require. What follows is not a record of expansion, but of stewardship: how one body of teaching, rooted in lineage and disciplined study, has been carried forward across changing conditions while remaining faithful to its original orientation.
Modes of Teaching and Transmission
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2008 to2018:
The Physical Ground
Vedika Gurukulam, Emeryville, California
A decade of in-person teaching housed in a dedicated space, focused primarily on Ayurveda education while remaining integrative from its inception. This period emphasized embodied learning, daily discipline, faculty drawn from India, and shared community life. Yoga and Advaita Vedanta informed the educational environment as complementary supports, shaping ethics, self-inquiry, and responsibility in daily living, with satsangs and sanghas offered locally and shared publicly.
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2019 to 2023:
Early Digital Exploration
Awakend Self Foundation,
Online Extension
As teaching moved primarily online, Vedika Global established its first sustained membership-based offerings, including The Vedic Way. This phase extended the same threefold integration through digital means, alongside weekly public-service Ayurveda radio programs and global satsangs, preserving rigor and lineage accountability while reaching a wider, international audience with sustained continuity and ethical responsibility.
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2024 to Present
Mature Global Stewardship
Vedic Study Circle,
reaching Over 21 Nations
The work matured into the Vedic Study Circle and the complementary Ayurveda Study Circle, now serving seekers across more than twenty-one countries. The Vedic Study Circle alone offers ten foundational programs entirely at no cost, ensuring open access to serious, structured study. Deeper pathways are supported through donation-based and sliding-scale participation, allowing the work to remain accessible while preserving rigor, continuity, and integrity.
Teaching, Care, and Service in Practice
Sustaining Rigorous Ayurveda Education
From 2008 to 2018, Vedika Global sustained a traditional gurukulam-based Ayurveda school offering up to five years of rigorous study. Faculty were drawn directly from India, carrying classical training and lived practice into the learning environment. The education was intentionally kept affordable, allowing serious students to undertake long-term study without the financial barriers common to comparable institutions.
During this period, the school and its leadership received formal recognition for educational excellence, ethical leadership, and contribution to the field of Ayurveda and Vedic studies. These included the Nalanda Award for Excellence in Ayurvedic Education from the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America (AAPNA) and the Chaudhary Award for Distinguished Service in Vedic Science conferred by the California Institute of Integral Studies. Acharya Shunya was also recognized among the Top 100 Ayurveda and Yoga Trailblazers by Spirituality & Health.
In addition to academic honors, Acharya Shunya was appointed Advisor to the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, on international yoga and Ayurveda affairs, and served as President of the Board of Directors of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. She also served on the advisory board and governing council of Yoga Unify, contributing to conversations on ethics, education, and responsibility in global yoga culture.
Many students educated within this gurukulam model continue to serve as practitioners, teachers, and caretakers of Ayurvedic wisdom in their communities, carrying forward an approach grounded in discipline, accessibility, and fidelity to tradition rather than trend or personality.
Lifestyle-Based Ayurveda Care in Service
From 2008 to 2018, Vedika Global sustained a traditional gurukulam-based Ayurveda school offering up to five years of rigorous study. Faculty were drawn directly from India, carrying classical training and lived practice into the learning environment.
The education was intentionally kept affordable, allowing serious students to undertake long-term study without the financial barriers common to comparable institutions.
Over the years, thousands were educated within this model, many of whom continue to serve as practitioners, teachers, and caretakers of Ayurvedic wisdom in their communities.
Sustaining Community Wellness Through Sangha
For ten years, Vedika Global hosted monthly in-person Community Sanghas, open to all and offered without fees. These gatherings shared practical Vedic wellness wisdom through teaching, conversation, freshly prepared food, and fellowship.
The Sanghas were rooted in lived care, not theory, and emphasized how everyday choices shape health and clarity of mind. Each year, the Sanghas explored themes such as Ayurvedic care for families and children, women’s health, digestion and gut balance, sleep and stress, seasonal living, and daily routines aligned with nature.
Cooking demonstrations and shared meals were central, allowing participants to experience the principles directly through taste, nourishment, and rhythm. These gatherings were sustained as an act of generosity and community care, serving many over the years with consistency, warmth, and integrity.
Deep Study for Liberation and Wellbeing
Launched in early 2024, the Vedic Study Circle is Vedika Global’s most comprehensive offering, created to support deep spiritual study oriented toward liberation, discernment, and sustained wellbeing. Rooted in classical Vedic wisdom, it emphasizes Advaita Vedanta, supported by Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, and related disciplines that guide seekers toward clarity in inner life and daily living.
Through the Vedic Study Circle and the Ayurveda Study Circle, Vedika Global offers a wide range of programs, many available at no cost or on a sliding scale. This approach is intentional: to remove financial barriers while preserving seriousness, structure, and integrity of teaching. Where extended training or facilitation is required, participation is offered on a sliding-scale basis, ensuring access without diluting responsibility.
Together, these circles reflect a conscious opening of the gates to Vedic study. Foundational offerings remain freely accessible, while deeper study unfolds through care and discernment. Wisdom here is not commodified, but stewarded, allowing it to remain both accessible and transformative for those ready to engage.
Tool-Based Global Satsang and Scriptural Study
From 2008 to 2018, Vedika Global sustained regular community Sanghas and satsangs that were shared publicly through online video platforms. These gatherings extended in-person teaching into the digital space, allowing seekers beyond geographic proximity to participate in collective study and inquiry. The emphasis remained on shared learning and practical integration, not personality or performance.
From 2019 to 2020, Vedika Global offered a weekly Ayurveda-based radio program as a form of public service. The program focused on lifestyle guidance and classical Ayurvedic principles and carried no advertising or commercial sponsorship. It was created solely to support public understanding of health, balance, and daily care.
Between 2021 and 2023, digital outreach expanded further through work carried out with the Awakened Self Foundation. During this period, contemporary digital tools were used to disseminate awareness-based teachings across twenty-one countries, with an emphasis on accessibility, clarity, and ethical sharing rather than scale or monetization.
From 2024 onward, this work consolidated into the Vedic Study Circle, an ongoing platform for structured study. Through this circle, Vedika Global continues to develop and release teaching assets through open access and donation-supported participation. This phase represents the maturation of earlier digital efforts into a coherent and sustained field of study.
Care for Elders and Children in Ayodhya
In 2015, Vedika Global established the MAA Project in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, as an expression of ongoing responsibility toward vulnerable elders and children. Rooted in local relationships and grassroots networks, the project continues to provide warm blankets, food, and basic medicines to those living with limited means, especially during the colder months when need becomes acute. This work has never been episodic or event-based. It has been sustained through personal presence, trust, and continuity of care. The photograph shown reflects this spirit: Acharya Shunya’s father, acting on her behalf and in alignment with the values of their lineage, offers blankets directly to an elderly woman in need. The gesture represents not charity, but shared humanity and duty carried across generations.
The MAA Project continues quietly, guided by dignity, respect, and long-term commitment rather than visibility or scale. It stands as a reminder that spiritual study and social responsibility are not separate paths, but expressions of the same ethical ground.
A Practice of Quiet Giving
Since its inception, Vedika Global, Inc. has consistently directed a portion of its resources toward charitable giving, supporting organizations that serve vulnerable populations, rescue and protect abused animals, and offer relief to communities affected by natural disasters. This giving has been carried out quietly and steadily, guided by responsiveness to need rather than visibility or recognition.
Over the years, Vedika Global has gifted forward significant financial support to relief efforts responding to events such as tsunamis, earthquakes, and the global COVID crisis. These contributions were made in alignment with the organization’s understanding that spiritual study and ethical responsibility cannot be separated, and that care for life, in all its forms, is an essential expression of dharma.
This ongoing commitment to giving reflects a view of resources as a trust rather than an entitlement, to be shared in service of alleviating suffering wherever it arises. It stands as part of Vedika Global’s long-held practice of integrating contemplation, learning, and compassionate action into a single, coherent path.
Support this Work
Vedika Global’s work is sustained through voluntary contributions from those who feel called to support the preservation and living transmission of Vedic wisdom. Such support helps ensure that core programs remain freely accessible, that teachers and learning environments are cared for responsibly, and that the work continues with integrity and discernment. Giving here is not understood as a fee, but as conscious participation in stewardship.
Vedika Global, Inc. is a California registered “501(c)(3)