3 Doshas Taiwan

Taipei 3 Doshas Body Mind Spirit Development Association

Background Information:

In recent years, the global economy has gone through rapid changes that affect our family structure and our society. Due to these changes, the government has introduced a number of policies to protect and safeguard the wellbeing of people. Replacing earlier traditional systems of relief, welfare associations and civil societies have flourished, providing new, more active and more diversified ways to help the people in need. For the past 20 years, our founding chairwoman, Miss Wendy Lin, has engaged in the promotion of Yoga for physical and spiritual development, traveling to Europe, America, Asia, and other places in world to improve her knowledge. Not only she has learned about new techniques and developed new courses of Yoga, she has also learned about how to provide better care and nursing for the elderly and the people in need… She has received inspired insights about the importance of developing body and mind, of social welfare, of businesses protection, and of long-term planning. She has particularly paid attention to the fact that people in society has lost touch with what’s really important in life, ignoring many common social problems.

For these reasons, after a long time of reflection, she brought together multiple resources, and with the support and recognition from the community, she has created a network for helping, taking care, and bring happiness to the less fortunate ones. On November 3^rd 1997, the Taipei 3 Doshas Body Mind Spirit Development Association was officially established in Taiwan. The purpose of the association is through the sharing of “knowledge, energy and health” bring love and social cohesion to help and enhance the body, spirit, and quality of life in general of people in disadvantage situations and the elderly. The association members come from all different walks of life: businessmen, students, workers, researchers, etc. They are professors, lawyers, doctors, psychologist, counselors, business owners, etc. This group of volunteers puts all of their efforts into working hard as one to make a change in society. In addition to care for social injustice, they have a high sense of social responsibility and participate with enthusiasm in activities organized by the association to actively help the community. Combining the works of government agencies, independent social welfare groups, conservation associations, and industry leaders, they hope to play an important role in making our society better. The association is a network to promote reflection about social problems, to improve people’s well being, to have a balanced development of body and soul, and to organize advocacy activities that can bring the attention from the government and individual citizens’ to the problems faced by vulnerable groups in the society. You can, together with us, create a happy, healthy beautiful life for everyone in our society, just like the one you and your family enjoy.

Purpose of the association

Taipei 3 Doshas Body Mind Spirit Development Association believes in the connection between body and soul. The ancient knowledge of life that comes from the Indian medicine Ayurvedic (Ayurveda) combined with the ancient science and art of Yoga, allow us to find a balance between body and mind, to expand and free ourselves, and to achieve spiritual realm. The purpose of the association is to help people to understand better themselves and be more aware of their own learning process, which will ultimately allows them to create love and social cohesion to help their families, people in need, and the elderly.

Objectives of the association:

Be the first one in the community to combine the promotion of Yoga education to develop body and soul, and the caring for the more vulnerable ones in society.

Services:

1. Regularly held lectures for the body and the spirit, Yoga classes and workshops given by volunteer teachers
2. Free Yoga classes at nursing homes and clinics for the elderly.
3. Free Yoga classes outside our studio for people in need such as orphans, foreign brides, and people with mental and physical disabilities.
4. Promote in our members spiritual growth and develop their sense of altruism.
5. Ensure that everyone in our society has access to food, closing, housing, and transportation, recreational activities, etc. Organize and hold classes and activities to improve the physical and spiritual well-being.
6. Print and distribution of journals, magazines and books with relevant related subjects.
7. Education grants for children from low income circles