# Spiritual Organisation for Merging into the Absolute  SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC046878
- **Known as:** SOMA
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 30, 2016
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC046878


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 Poplar Lane, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH6 7HD
- **Website:** www.somayogascotland.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We offer yoga teachings to advance public education in the teachings of Yoga and promote the therapeutic benefits of Yoga. We offer free classes to students, the unemployed and low income earners as well as the elderly.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** 4.1 To advance public education in the classical teachings of Yoga based on the highest standards of personal conduct and service to others  4.2 To promote and advance for the public benefit the study and practice of and research into the therapeutic effects of Yoga as a means of preserving, protecting and improving the mental, physical and spiritual health of the community





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






