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Share your talents in a real community near São Paulo (15h/week)

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The experience

This is a place for presence, not performance.
Live Brazil from the inside: yoga practice, community life, meals, conversations, and Sunday street market — 1h from São Paulo. Refúgio Urbano is calm, organized and intentional. We welcome volunteers with strong exchange value: teach yoga/body practices, offer a workshop, and share your culture. Light hours, high standards, deep experience.
Também falamos português e espanhol no dia a dia.

What you offer

3 hours of help per day

Tour Guide: Organize and lead tours around the city.

Party Promoter: Help organise and promote parties and social activities.

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

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

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.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker

Be from outside Brazil

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

You’ll be guided, supported, and clearly oriented — we value responsibility, not pressure.

You’ll join Refúgio Urbano, a small yoga community near São Paulo (Ribeirão Pires).
This is not a “busy hostel job”. It’s a life exchange: practice, culture, and real presence.

2026 priority (in this order):
Teach regular classes (and substitute the host when needed)
Offer 1–2 workshops during your stay
Host a light cultural sharing: “My country in 45 minutes”

You’ll have access to all classes (like our scholarship students) + a private room.
Light hours. Real responsibility. Real community.

Instagram: @refugiourbano.rp

Activities & Shift

We care more about presence, consistency, and communication than perfection.

Time commitment: 15h/week (3h/day, 5 days) + 2 days off.

Teaching (Priority #1)
Lead regular yoga/body practice classes
Substitute the host when needed
Before confirmation: share a link/video of you teaching + your background.

Workshops (Priority #2)
Offer 1–2 workshops (dance, mobility, breathwork, meditation, cooking, music, etc.)
Before arrival: send title + duration + learning outcome + best day/time.

Studio support (simple but serious)
When scheduled for support:
Arrive 20 minutes early (open, water, fresh air, welcome people)
After class: organize + vacuum when needed

Content (we need real life)
Per class you attend: 3–5 good photos OR a 20–30s video.

Home rhythm (light)
Keep room/bathroom/kitchen clean + twice a week a light common-area task (e.g., vacuum).

Schedule note: most activities happen in the evenings.
We also connect in the mornings sometimes (breakfast) + Sunday street market.

Rules

These agreements exist to protect the experience — for you, for us, and for the community.

Non-negotiable: if you are scheduled for support, be 20 minutes early.

Quiet environment:
Quiet hours 22:00–06:00
No loud music, no loud TV, no loud phone calls / speakerphone
No shoes inside the house

Lifestyle & safety:
No smoking / no drugs
Alcohol is tolerated outside the house, in moderation (not inside)
No meat or fish in the house (vegetarian home)

Shared living:
Respect shared spaces; keep things clean and organized
Visitors only if aligned and respectful (“friends of the host/community”)

The rule behind all rules:
Presence, respect, and community.