Julian spent the summer of ’72 in upstate New York with Auroville pioneers Robert and Deborah Lawlor, Prof. Robert McDermott, Adm. Rutledge Tompkins, Prof. Jehangir Chubb and others learning about Auroville and Integral Yoga. He has been volunteering in one capacity or another ever since. He served on the Board of the Foundation for World Education, as Executive Director of Auroville International and from 2009-2017 he was appointed to the Auroville International Advisory Council by the Government of India.

He and his wife, Wendy, who was accepted by Mother as an ashramite and pioneered in Auroville, are trustees of Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center near Woodstock, NY. They completed a two story super-insulated building called “Auroville House” where they hold yoga and movement classes, concerts and “Awareness Through the Body” trainings. Books and handicrafts from the Ashram and Auroville are for sale as well.