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Preparation and helper on holistic and yoga retreats

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The experience

Preparing rooms, yoga equipment, lovingly helping prepare food and serving to guests, general kitchen assistance.

This is a chance to learn about healthy food and presentation, whilst having fun! Creative input is welcome. You will also learn about holistic practices we host here. Sometimes there is an opportunity to join some yoga classes. Suited to people interested in sustainability, wellness, being close to nature and conscious living.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Spanish

Between 18 and 50 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

If you are here before the retreats start it will be maintenance and cleaning, painting etc.
For retreats it will be prepping day ,cleaning and preparing rooms and areas. During retreat, mostly helping in the kitchen, preparing food and washing up and general assistant to chef. Helping guests making sure they are happy.
When the retreat finishes you will be helping with washing through the day and clearing up.

Activities & Shift

We work on shift basis shared with another volunteer so most days you may have to work 4- hours in the kitchen and 1 hour of random jobs during the day of retreats (5 days)and also on the day before the retreat and the day it ends total of 7 days, we give you get 3 days free after to stay and use our facilities and we provide food for you to prepare.
The prepping day can be 5 hours and clearing up day can be just a few hours few hours when guests leave, then helping with the washing through the day. When the guests are not here you can use all the facilities, yoga spaces, swimming pool, hammocks.
When retreats are running and you are on free time you have a chill out area by the caravan with a hammock and sun bed and a fly free zone with wifi for remote working! There are bikes also to use, and walks surrounding the Mill and at siesta time you can swim in the fresh water balsa.

Rules

No smoking or drinking in the public retreat areas or when you are working .loud music is not allowed when retreats are running. We have set meal times when retreats are running and when we finish a retreat for a few days the volunteers will be provided food to prepare in their own area. Volunteers are not allowed to go into the main kitchen fridge and help themselves to food. There is a fridge in your own area if you want to buy extra provisions and store etc.