A Living Ashram on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi
Pohoiki Ashram is a living spiritual community on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi where daily aarti, sacred fire, and service to the land shape a life of purpose and devotion.
Many people feel drawn toward a deeper spiritual life but struggle to find a place where that life is truly lived.
Modern life often leaves us feeling disconnected from the land, from community, and from a daily rhythm of purpose.
Pohoiki Ashram exists to create a place where spiritual practice becomes part of everyday life.
On the eastern edge of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, near the ocean at Pohoiki, a small spiritual community is taking root.
Pohoiki Ashram lives in the lineage of Shri Haidakhan Babaji and follows a daily rhythm of aarti, karma yoga, and communal service.
Each day begins before sunrise in prayer. The hours between are devoted to caring for the land, building structures, preparing meals, and supporting the life of the community.
In the evening everyone gathers again for aarti as the sun sets. Here, work is worship.
Days are shaped by the rhythm of prayer and service. Meals are shared. Work becomes meaningful. Community becomes real.
Spiritual practice is no longer something separate from life, it becomes life itself.
The ashram sits on eleven acres of land mostly spared during the 2018 eruption.
Dry lava lies across a corner of the property. The ocean is just two miles away. A road covered in mango trees leads us to the healing geothermal ponds.
Rather than imposing a design onto the land, we listen carefully and allow the natural contours of the place to guide what is built.
Paths appear where we walk.
Structures are oriented with the sun and wind.
Building materials are born from the land itself.
The ashram is not simply being constructed.
It is emerging.
Participation in both daily aarti services and communal seva sustains the spiritual life of the ashram. This rhythm forms the foundation of monastic life.
Pohoiki Ashram is still in its early chapter. The daily prayer is already here. The land is being cared for. Spaces are beginning to take shape. Visitors are welcome to join morning or evening aarti, share meals, and participate in the work of the land.
If you feel drawn to a life of prayer, service, and community, we invite you to experience this place.
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