White Lotus Foundation

The White Lotus Foundation began with the opening of its first Center in Los Angeles in late September, 1967 at 5355 Sunset Boulevard. The impetus to start the Center came after Ganga had studied Yoga for a year and had just returned from intensive residential training at the Sivananda Ashram. Ganga, Billy Bahr and Radha McGowan were the original team assisted by Ganga's brother, Stan White. There were no start up funds so Ganga worked his old electronics job; and Radha her Union Bank job; in order to pay the bills. The first and second members of the Center were Yogi and Mrs. Ernst Haeckel, original builders of our present retreat in Santa Barbara.