3HO® Foundation International’s Solstice Sadhana Celebrations wouldn’t happen without Service Exchange participants. The success of the event depends on their dedication and commitment to doing seva (selfless service), one of the most powerful limbs of yoga.
3HO’s Commitment to the Service Exchange Team
3HO supports you in a rewarding service experience and facilitates your participation in the Solstice program.
- 2-3 workshops per day
- 2–3 days of White Tantric Yoga®
- $208 reduced registration rate
Your Commitment to the Service Exchange Team, 3HO, and the Global Community
- As a Solstice Service Exchange Team member your principal commitment is to make your service area successful.
- As a member of the team, you will serve approximately 6 hours a day in your service area.
- Arrival, departure, and service dates vary depending on the service area.
- You must be available for the entire duration of the service dates.
- Details for specific areas are listed below.
Cancellation
You may receive a refund if you fill out a refund form by November 30th after this date there will be no refunds. Click Here for access to Refund Form.
Credits will be given from December 1 until December 12, if the participant contacts 3HO and their area manager and fills out the Credit form provided Click Here
Exceptions are that after the 18th:
If you have paid full price, were asked and agreed to serve on a Service Exchange Team on-site you may receive a refund. If this is the case you must fill out the Refund form on-line in the Registration Tent prior to leaving the event. Any forms sent after the end of the event will be credits only.
Parents:
- May serve on the Solstice Youth Co-op (SYC) Teams Only
- Other Service Exchange areas are not available unless the other parent is not working a Service Exchange and will be providing care for the child.
- If a guardian (25 and older) other than a parent will be responsible for a child, the child must be registered with the guardian who is providing care and the guardian has the same responsibilities as the parent for SYC.
- Siblings must be 18 and over in order to provide care for a younger sibling.
- You may not bring your child with you when you are serving unless you are on the SYC Team.
- Some individuals have served on other teams for many years prior to their having children and they are permitted to continue to serve, however, if you are serving on a team other than SYC you must fulfill the SYC responsibilities. Click Here for detailed information.
- If you are serving on a team other than SYC you must tell your area manager the Tantric Day you are serving at SYC since you will be unable to serve your team on that day.
Service Exchange Team Members are expected on-site by 6 pm on their team arrival date in order to acclimate and have ample time to set up their personal tents before it gets dark.
Please apply to no more than 2 service exchange areas!
Questions about Service Exchange positions? Contact Dharam Jot Singh at the 3HO Events Office: events@3ho.org
Service Exchange opportunities include:
AdministrationClosed Manager: Nirmal Kaur |
Description:The Admin Team weaves the web that holds Solstice together. You work closely with the 3HO Events Manager supporting all aspects of camp. We take care of all other service exchange teams. From handling logistics and managing vehicles to creating shopping lists and coordinating purchase runs we have a hand in it all. This is a fun and rewarding team to serve on.
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Green TeamClosed Manager: Gurumantra Kaur |
Description: It isn’t easy being green. Our green team takes the leadership role in educating our community in the consciousness of caring for the planet and mindfulness as to how we can all contribute toward a sustainable lifestyle.The primary work of the area is to collect the waste of the camp and process it as compost, recycling and landfill. This is hard work, but it is extremely rewarding. If you want to practice a balanced relationship with the planet, come be with our Green Yogis!
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GroundsClosed Manager: Bhagwant Singh |
Description:The Grounds Service Scholarship team takes care of the basic needs of the camp, cleaning cabins, stocking restrooms with toilet paper, replacing light bulbs, and a number of tasks that fit in the realm of handyman work. Keeping the many showers and toilets clean, presentable, and stocked with supplies is a central part of our job. Working on Grounds means being energetically available and effective at accomplishing the tasks required to set up the camp and to keep the camp moving in a smooth and healthy way. We keep the basics of camp up and running so that our community can have a “grounded” experience.
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GurdwaraClosed Manager: Swaran Kaur
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Description:Guru Nanak established the right of every human to be sovereign in spirit. Each person can become blissful, bountiful and beautiful regardless of his or her circumstances in life. Real freedom is freedom from the limitations of the mind. Serving in the Gurdwara is a special opportunity to practice Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion.
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KitchenClosed Managers: Jot Singh Sat Jagat Singh |
Description:The Solstice Kitchen is a wonderful place to serve all who come to Solstice. We are responsible for preparing the special Solstice Diet as given by Yogi Bhajan. It is quite busy at times, with a lot of activity and interaction. It is a special place to practice and learn service and grace.
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Luggage
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Description:The Luggage Shuttle team has the privilege of welcoming participants to Solstice. We receive all gracefully, give them some basic direction, and deliver their bags to their campground or cabin. We are busy on the first arrival days and again as camp closes. In between, it is a time to relax and enjoy the experience.
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Meal ServingClosed Manager: Nirmal Singh |
Description:If you believe that food is love–in a healthy way, share the love with our entire camp. Have fun blessing and serving and serving and blessing the food. Be loved and appreciated and have a good time doing it! Meals are served 3 times per day. This service requires that you participate in loading and unloading the food delivery truck to transport the food containers from the kitchen to the meal serving tent and back again after the meal. This service area requires lifting.
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Photography / Film & MediaClosed Manager: Guru Dev Kaur |
Description:The Photo/Film team’s commitment is to make your service area successful by providing inspirational, uplifting, quality images and video to 3HO Foundation and the Global Community. Equipment/Photo Requirements: Provide your own photography equipment. A the minimum you will need: a DSLR camera for the best image quality, speed, large ISO range, control, and optical quality. Attachable flash for indoor/evening shots is desired, but not required. Please bring an external hard drive to retain your images. Please shoot at minimum 300 DPI – JPEG format. By accepting this service exchange you will provide 3HO Foundation International all photos/film footage and permission to use at its discretion said photos/film footage in perpetuity.
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RegistrationClosed Manager: Hari Nam Simran Kaur Reg Director: Prabhu Prakash Kaur |
Description:Setting a friendly, inviting and calm tone for participants as they arrive at the Solstice site is the most important function of the Registration Team. Our work is detail oriented and requires patience and grace. We serve by helping participants check-in or register on-site. It is a great place to practice a humble, service-oriented attitude.
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Money TeamClosed Manager: Deva Kaur |
Description:Team members will work in the Registration Area, collecting money from people who have checks or credit cards that are not being accepted on-line. Must be good with numbers and have a friendly, patient demeanor.
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Set-Up / BreakdownClosed Manager: Anand Singh |
Description:The Solstice Setup Crew is responsible for setting the intention for a blessed, healing, inspiring experience at Solstice. We arrive early and stay late.The team needs strong souls who are comfortable with physical work. General tasks include unpacking storage items, weed whacking, painting signs, a degree of skilled carpentry and landscaping work, helping in the kitchen, and cleaning. It is a good mix of physical, creative, hard, fun, work.
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Security:Manager: Siri Simran Singh |
Description:The Security Service Team is responsible for the physical safety and well-being of the participants and the camp.The primary duty of the Security Team is to staff the camp entrance and monitor the flow of traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular, in the camp. Security Team members patrol the entire camp area–specifically the bazaar, venue tents, and camping/cabin areas to hold the space for a peaceful and joyous camp experience. If you are interested in being a member of the Security Team, you can expect to spend a fair amount of time seated at the front gate with a radio at your side. You will be the first person that participants see as they arrive on-site, so the priority is to be friendly and welcoming. At the same time, you must be able to give direction and hold boundaries about parking and other security concerns.
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Yogi Bhajan’s CabinClosed Manager: Sat Siri Kaur |
Description:During his lifetime, Yogi Bhajan received numerous guests and honored visitors at his cabin. In his name, we still receive guests who we serve and honor, including the facilitators of White Tantric Yoga®. Serving in the cabin is a special opportunity to practice Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion. Expect to clean, cook, and help to gracefully host our teacher guests.
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Solstice Youth Co-op Children’s ProgramClosed Director: |
Description:To be eligible for this scholarship, we prefer but do not require that you have attended at least one Solstice Sadhana Celebration. Solstice is a family-friendly environment and little people are everywhere. To support the parents, and to give the children an experience of their own identity, we have a variety of programs for children, youth and teens. If you have experience working with these groups and are prepared to serve during the White Tantric Yoga® days, this unique service opportunity is a wonderful option.
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Solstice Youth Co-op Children’s MealsClosed Manager: Patwinder Kaur |
Description:The Child, Youth and Teen Food team has the fun job of preparing food for all our young people. This is a very important service as our young folks need a bit of extra care in a camping environment. We prepare and serve two meals and a snack each day.
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Karma Yoga Support Team:Closed Manager: TBA |
Description:Karma Yoga is an integral part of solstice, as each of us creates a shared Solstice experience by contributing through service. Assist Karma Yogis and Service Exchange Teams with scheduling and process management. Need people who are inspired by and understand how to share the energy of giving. This team will work with area managers to support the morning Karma Yoga and Service Exchange meetings by handling the scheduling of both of these areas. Each morning check attendance and go over prior day discrepancies if any. Work a 2-3 hr. shift on the team you are providing support for. Check schedules to make sure karma yogis are showing up and check wih area managers to confirm that the schedule is meeting the needs of the area.
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Karma Yoga Registration TeamClosed Manager: Guruatma Kaur |
Description:This is where your cheer-leading experience will serve the Solstice Community! Looking for individuals who are able to share their enthusiasm for service. You’ll be at the Karma Yoga table in the Registration Tent signing up those who did not register on-line for their Karma Yoga team. Need to be able to remain calm during hectic times and learn about the various Karma Yoga teams so you can help guide people into a service that suits them.
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Outdoor Dish WashingClosed Manager: Siri Deva Singh and Harimander Singh |
Description:Dishwashing is an essential part of Solstice service. We help keep the camp healthy by setting up, staffing and cleaning up the self-service dishwashing and disinfecting area 3 times per day.
Requirements: Service completed by noon of December 25 |
Family RegistrationClosed Manager: TBA |
Description:Solstice is a family experience so we have created a special registration area for parents and their children. Here we check-in families who have registered on-line; hand out Solstice Youth Co-op manuals which provides info about schedules of activities that you will have to familiarize yourself with; check and make sure parents are signed up for their Solstice Youth Co-op service and help with questions about this; make sure they have filed out all the Release and Information sheets for their children, provide information as to the schedule of activities, and make sure parents know where to go.
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Sound CurrentCLOSED Manager: Harnam Singh |
Seeking applicants who have technical audio / video experience and first consideration will be given to those souls who have previously attended the Solstice Sadhana Celebration. The sacred sound current is one of the most critical aspects of a successful Solstice. From morning sadhana to the evening Yogi Tea Café, the community relies on the heroes of the Sound Team to manage all of our audio and video needs in a conscious and professional way.
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