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Sustainable organic building and Art in a Shamanic Healing Center

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The experience

We are a tiny family of 3 engaged in integral living and eco experiments in a holistic center. Our center connects ancestral wisdom and ecotherapies amid the Atlantic Rainforest, alongside herbalism, agroforestry, ecobuilding and spiritual retreats. We are in search of people who want to dive into different building techniques to create housing and structures, and talented people who can create beautiful artwork!

What you offer

26 hours of help per week

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Between 26 and 65 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We welcome people with an open heart who want to participate in sustainable living experiments and learn to be caretakers of the earth. People with previous experience and knowledge in ecobuilding and practice in use of building tools are preferable.
WE OFFER: You will have the opportunity to rest in a magical place, dive into our amazing library with titles in sustainability spirituality, and others – (most titles in English) and to use our fully structured kitchen to cook your meals. 1 x week we will offer as a gift a meditation wiht healing instruments and a shamanic healing herbal bath (baños floridos).

Activities & Shift

OUR ACTIVITIES vary according to the needs of our buildings and projects happening during the dates you set up. Some examples are: refurbishing and restoring older buildings, creating different niches to meditate and natural playgrounds for children (bamboo, cob, sculpted walls..), decorating and painting parts of buildings. Sometimes we work with a mixture of conventional and sustainable techniques and materials.
HOURS/SHIFTS: We start work at 8am and go onto 1pm from monday to friday. On saturday we have a short shift on saturday (from 9:30am to 12:30noon). We are flexible and will arrange to find a balance between weather, the projects and your/our needs.

Rules

We are first and foremost a healing center.
* We ask that you DO NOT consume alcohol or any illicit chemicals in the premises during your stay. We also ask to refrain from using cannabis. We also don't allow smoking cigarretts, but welcome people who work with tobacco ceremonially.
* Our food is mainly vegetarian. We inspire you to eat healthy food, that are less processed our industrial.
* Loud music is also NOT part of our scenery. Here we prefer the music of birds and nature and we celebrate and nourish musical circles from all over the world.
* We do not allow worldpackers to bring visitors into the center without our permission.