So it began… The story of Lilleoru began in 1992 when Ingvar Villido started carrying out trainings of raja and buddhi yoga. The first group consisted of followers of yoga gymnastics. The trainings every week were intensive, 4-5 hours passed unnoticed when acquiring new knowledge and experience. The common experiences opened and joined people’s hearts. In the summer of 1993 we held a bee together on the lands of the former Lilleoru farm, where Ingvar planned to build his own farm. Only a pile of rocks and some beautiful primeval trees remained of the former farm house. While working together, the plan changed and the goal became the establishment of a common training place. Thus we began trimming the scrubby plot and digging ditches to drain the shallow land. The first gathering place and shelter became a cockloft covered with sheet metal, which the people then in Lilleoru still warmly recall. Below are the milestones of the following activities and development. 1993 We began collectively working in Lilleoru The first raja and buddhi yoga summer camp in Aegviidu forest 1994 We began with the construction of the first building. We earned the funds for that with collective construction works We built the first beds and tried to grow strawberries The digging of larger drain ditches The second raja and buddhi yoga summer camp in Aegviidu The first winter camp in Käsmu – raja and buddhi yoga and cognition exercises in nature 1995 The first resident Viivika moved in a house that had no floor or windows and started stoutly performing the duties of a landlady The construction of the driven well Building a new road to the house The site for the summer camp became Lilleoru, the theme of the summer camp – teachings of Carlos Castaneda A second summer camp in Kehtna. The theme – Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrasattva mantra). The camp was preceded by the Chetsang Rinpoche ritual of the Drikung Kagjü school in Viimsi 1996 The arrival of electricity to Lilleoru We built the water-tower and the greenhouse The grand opening of the house in autumn The theme of the summer camp – Dzogchen and Buddhist practices The site of the winter camp became Lilleoru. The theme – practices of elements 1997 A discussion on the topic of the economy of Lilleoru. As a result, we decided to bring into effect a voluntary monthly donation or the “tithe” system, which meant a contribution of 1/10 of the earnings The legendary “Camp of Sufferings” in the summer. The goal of the practices was ridding oneself of emotional obstacles by influencing the physique (emotional pressures store as physical pressures in the body). The usage of different physically difficult positions to bring out stored emotional pressures 1998 The siding house or “small house” was completed. Bees and first beehives arrived in Lilleoru Theme of the summer camp: Dzogchen practices – semzines 1999 Arizona Indians visited Lilleoru, we erected a teepee and sweat lodges We established a governing body called Assembly of Elders for a more efficient operation of Lilleoru 2000 Ingvar began weekly lectures in Järve, Tallinn 2001 We established a non-profit organization - NPO Lilleoru We began growing herbs in small amounts The first collective bigger foreign trip to India, Haidakhandi ashram (look Haidakhandi Babaji) 2002 The buildings and land of Lilleoru were made the property of the NPO We joined the family of maha-avatar Babaji centers The first Lilleoru tea blends were made The first Aruvalla village day was held The theme of the summer camp was karma yoga 2003 The first Children’s Day was held The construction of the bio purifier The first residential building for 10 inhabitants was finished 2004 We started constructing the park of the Way of Life into Lilleoru We started with composing a detailed plan of the territory The first book published by Lilleoru came out  – R. Venugopalan “Hinge uurijad. Kundalini varjatud müsteeriumid” (“Soul Searchers. The Hidden Mysteries of Kundalini”) The first Kriya Yoga courses, instructed by Durga Ahlund Govindan and Marshall Govindan Satchidananda 2005 We began planning the eco village (for over 20 households) on a neighboring lot Our project “Construction of an open eco village” got a benefit from the EL Phare CBC 2003 program The first schooling of Kriya Hatha Yoga teachers, 19 Estonians participated A group of 6 took part of a Kriya Yoga pilgrimage to North India and the Himalayas A room was completed for preserving Lilleoru herbs and making tea mixtures 2006 We published a DVD “Tervis ja teadvelolek – kriya hatha jooga 18 harjutust” (“Health and Awareness – 18 exercises of Kriya Hatha Yoga”). The second book published by Lilleoru came out – “Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth” by Peter Kelder. Our community became a member of Global Ecovillage Network (www.gen-europe.org). A new Lilleoru home page with a new design and more content opened. 2007 The founder and spiritual leader of our community Ingvar/Ishvarananda became an Acharya of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga in May. The project “Improvement and diversification of the visitation facilities of Lilleoru center” received 2007/2008 support from Enterprise Estonia’s (EE) for 2007/2008. Regular lectures were held already in 7 Estonian cities, classes of Kriya Hatha Yoga in 10 different locations across the country and courses of Five Tibetans in 3. First seminar took place abroad, in Helsinki, Finland. More foreign visitors came to visit Lilleoru, among them people from Latvia, Finland, Germany, Holland and Italy. Our community was presented as a special place in Estonia to a researcher of new religions from UK, to a shaman from Brazil and to a team of young Europeans as a case study of social innovation under British Council. ... and we completed the translation of our web page into in English!