Our Mission

Provide guidance and education to people who seek an open-minded, integrative and practical spiritual direction for changing their lives.

Create and demonstrate a new way of life (Tao Living) as a model for creating a balanced, sustainable, and peaceful culture on Earth.

A Brief History of Tao Fellowship

Tao Fellowship was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1998 to promote the spirit of Tao as a universal principle of harmony and peace. The tradition of Taoism that Tao Fellowship represents is a 10,000 year old Korean Taoist tradition, Sun Tao (仙道). Sun (仙) is the combination of human (人) and mountain (山), meaning a human being living in harmony with nature. Sedona Mago Retreat is its primary means of educating the public about the principles and practices of Sun Tao in the U.S.

After Tao Fellowship took over this place, 12 years has passed and a lot of work has been done: repairing of the facilities, creating the water system, creating the lake, building training rooms for spiritual practice and rituals, and building new casitas for rest and private meditation.

In 1999, Tao Fellowship hosted the first “Meeting with the Creator” event. This annual event continued for 4 years until 2003, featuring world famous spiritual leaders and lecturers such as Neale Donald Walsch, Jean Houston, David Hawkins, James Twyman and Ilchi Lee. This event contributed to creating and fostering a network of communication among diverse spiritual and religious disciplines.

In 2004, the first YEHA International Awakening Camp was held. Youths from America, Europe, and Asia joined to find their inner spiritual essence and share their passion for global peace and enlightenment. Spiritual training camps for the young future leaders continued for 4 years until 2007.

In order to share the awareness of the spiritual potential of the human brain, International Brain Respiration Conference was held in 2004. World-class brain scientists and spiritual leaders joined to discuss the power of the human brain for creating health, happiness and peace. This was especially meaningful because one of distinctive teaching of Sun Tao is that we have divinity already residing in our brain.

In 2004, Mago Chapel was built as the main hall for trainings and spiritual ceremonies. We have the Sunday Tao Service here in Mago Chapel every week.

In 2006, Mago Information House was opened and began to function for welcoming people and sharing information about Tao Fellowship and Sedona Mago Retreat.

In 2006, New casitas were built to accommodate increasing number of domestic and international participants and vistors for the training programs, ceremonies and events.

In 2008, we had a celebration for the 10th Birthday of Tao Fellowship. Masters, members, leaders and supporters from all over the world came to celebrate.

In 2009, the Mago Information House expanded its functions to become the Mago Earth Park as a place where anybody can come to learn about Mago and share their vision for a healthy and peaceful mother Earth. The statue of Mother Mago was erected to share this message and remind people of the oneness of the origin of their lives.

Due to a painful misunderstanding, Mother Mago had to come down. It was the most painful experience for Tao Fellowship in its 12-year history. But Mago’s dream for one harmonious peaceful world continues and Tao Fellowship will carry it over throughout its life.

In 2010, Tao Fellowship began to offer Sunday Tao Service and public lectures to the local communities. This is part of our effort to provide the opportunity for the public to learn about and experience the traditional practices of Sun Tao. In April 2010, Tao Fellowship invited Man-Wol, the Head Master of Korea Sun Tao, for a special Tao Service and a public lecture on “What is Tao?”.

Recently, Tao Fellowship is expanding its community activities. This includes participating in local events as proud community members, teaching classes in the public library and community colleges and supporting major projects of the local communities. Back to school, Police-Community partnerships and highway cleaning are the examples of community projects that we support.

These steps, even though small now, will bring us a firm ground for better communication, understanding and relationships with the community. We believe these steps will help us share the message of Tao with more people in multiple levels from the local to international communities.