Mattéo Needham

Mattéo is vice president of The Sri Aurobindo Association of America, which is a California nonprofit organization whose mission is to be of service to groups and individuals devoted to realizing the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Integral Yoga entered Mattéo’s field and aspiration with force in 2003. He organizes the Santa Cruz Savitri circle and the annual four-day vernal equinox Savitri immersion at Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham in Lodi, CA. He also created Auropods, rotating circles of Integral Yoga aspirants devoted to developing our gnostic community, deepening our individual and collective practice, and creating potential for spontaneous co-creation. Mattéo lived and worked in Auroville/Pondicherry in the summer of 2006. Additionally, he serves on the boards of the Foundation for World Education and the For All / Pour Tous Foundation. Professionally, he consults with biopharmaceutical and biotechnology start-up companies and manages property. He currently lives in the Santa Cruz mountain coastal redwood forest.