Welcome!

(to find all projects in this blog, use the links on the left)

As a volunteer you will have the opportunity to experience a different culture and way of living. Volunteer positions include helping with and learning about vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture and nutrition, environmentally friendly construction/design projects, yoga, meditation, philosophy, and working with art and educational programs for the children living in and around the community. You can also bring your creative energies to our workshops, make new friends, and have the experience of a lifetime.

Our ashrams are trying to be self sufficiant centers of conscious art and environmentally constructive. All situations are depending on our friends and the volunteers. Expect the need of improvisation. You are responsible for yourself. If you are not healthy please report your condition. If you want to heal yourself from some addiction, inform us to recommend the best place for it. Right of volunteer service depends on local ashram directors acceptance and can be cancelled at any time. Usually one month is minimum, but shorter period is also possible.

While a volunteer in the ashram refrain from smoking, drugs and be a vegetarian. thanks :)

Scroll down to see all the different projects or use the links to the left...

Colombia - Varsana Yoga Monastary




1 hour outside of the city Bogota you find this beautiful Yoga Monastary. There are 10 hektars of the most wonderful water sanctuary where the river comes directly out of the mountain.



Work; preserving the watersourses, organic agriculture, community development, kitchen work, eco trailmaking, tourguiding, sleepingbeds (unlimited)

Contact: Nispapa

Tel. 0057-(9186)69028

Homepage: http://www.varsana.com/





This is a vegetarian restaurant on the land constructed from bambu.


A nun meditating in the morning...




Sculptures in the park...


Sometimes one have to watch out!

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Bolivia - Coroico Eco Bambu Mandal




Project location: Just outside the little town Coroico settled in the mountains of Yungas there is a small mountain that was sacred to the ayamara indians. Just on this mountain, some land is waiting for cultivation and eco-construction.



Facilities: 4 hektars of land, fully in development, very pioneering stage, intense.

Accomodation: there is a hostel just by the land where one can stay for approx 3 dollars/day, it´s a decent hotel.



The developement is: trailmaking, agriculture and construction.

Contact person: Nitaigour in La Paz

In charge on the farm: Dinabhandu (speaks little english) and he is protecting the water sources of the area.

Tel. to Coroico Farm. 00591-71551831
Tel. to center in La Paz. 00591-72570909


This is the old road to Coroico. It is no more used for busses, because it simply is the most deadly road in the world.
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Cusco - Pioneer project by the Inka "Apu" mountain




Welcome to "Shraddavan", so far consisting of 1 hektar uncultivated land. It has most amazing bathing facilities, it lays next to a river at the feet of one of the sacred mountains of the Incas called "Apu". It is close to san salvador, and you can go there by the arequipa road that goes through the sacred valley of the Incas.


Spectacular beauty, only for those who can stay in tents right now, facility under construction. Here we want to plant trees and many things.



In charge: Chaitanya nitai and Saranagati, they have a yogacenter in Sanblaz square in Cusco, from where they organize tours. This is a new project. You get there from the Yogacenter in Cusco.

Address: "La Casa de la Cultura" - Street Carmen Alto 111 San Blas, Cuzco, Peru.
Phone: 084-223846 móbil 9326175
Email:chaitanyand@gmail.com
Website: yogacusco.com

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Ecuador - Vrindavan Jardin Ecologico



Vrindavan Jardin Ecologico is located in beautiful subtropical jungle, 60 hektars of land (of which most is virgin forest), spectacular waterfalls for baths. This farm receives visitors from all over the world and has a nice vegetarian restaurant and has a steamy sweatlodge.





In the Ecological Corredor you can find more than 1000 species of the 3700 Orchids of Ecuador. Situated in the heart of this beautiful valley, you can appreciate these beautiful gifts of mother nature in our orchid farm.

There is no other place in Ecuador where you can eat great vegetarian food, play with a monkey, admire orchids, plant herbs and sweat out toxins in a temascal.











Your participation:
needs help in eco garden
orchid plantation
construction
kitchen
etc etc

How to get there:
Arrive in Quito, then you go to Esmeralda 853, where is our main center in an old style colonial monastary that is now a Yoga temple. From there we take a bus to Rio Negro via Baños. Vrindavan is situated 3 kms from Rio Negro, a town situated halfway between Baños and Puyo. From Rio Negro, cross the bridge over the Pastaza river and follow the road uphill until you arrive. In the town you can ask the local people for a camioneta (taxi) which will transport you to the farm for $ 2.

contact: Sukamrita, fincavrindavan@yahoo.com
Cel: (593) 86016152

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Brazil - Vrinda Bhumi farm












The farm is 4 hours from Sao Paulo, in Minister Reis. Its called the "water curcuit". 1 truly is there and one house. There is around 10 waterfalls in the area (with ofcourse swimming facilities). the climate is very nice and is perfect for living in tent. It´s a pioneer project of extraordinay beauty.

in charge of the farm: BV Puri Maharaj

Your participation: organic cultivation, forest maintainence, making ecotrails, helping with contruction and cooking.

Contact: Mohana Murti (speaks english), vrindabhumi@gmail.com.br
Tel.: (11)3567-9690 e (11)8119-0066

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Costa Rica - Shantivan farm










This farm is located close to the active volcano Arenal. It´s in a very beautiful area with alot of wildlife. In the farm is 5 cabins that can hold 8 people each. With its 10 hektars of land alot of help is needed :)








Your participation:
To help in the organic farming under the expert guidance of Vrajendra and Nandalal, help in the trekkingprograms, cooking, maintainance and gardening.

Contact:
cabanias@pocosol.co.cr

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Argentina - Eco Yoga Park






The Art Workshop

Experience a Sustainable Way of Life
Focus: A, Ed, M, SD

Description: Eco Yoga Park is a non-profit organization which is developing a life in balance with nature. The eco village is located in a beautiful rural environment just 60kms from Buenos Aires. Eco Yoga Park welcome vegetarians or those who like to experience a vegetarian lifestyle. Within this eco conscious community, you will learn about yoga, meditation, vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture, nutrition, different kinds of art and life philosophy. Volunteers work for 4 to 5 hours per day on sustainable activities in the park (i.e. organic gardening, eco building, teaching English, etc), and have the opportunity to participate in various workshops. They welcome anyone that wants to expand their horizons, be connected with nature and the inner self.

Listen, read and see the report from one of the volunteers...







Organization: Eco Yoga Park Address: Rute 24, km48, General Rodriguez, Buenos Aires Project

Location: General Rodriguez, 60km from Buenos Aires

Languages: English or Spanish

Who can volunteer? Teenagers, adults, seniors of both sexes

Cost: The project costs US$15 per day for stays of less than 2 week or $US12 per day for stays of more than 2 weeks. The fee includes accommodation in touristic cabin (bed, hot water, blanket, etc), organic vegetarian food, and various activities (hatha yoga classes, meditation, Spanish conversation, music-therapy with oriental instruments, Vedic philosophy study programmes, etc)

Commitment: 1 week minimum

Contact: Thakur Das
Email: elthakur@yahoo.com
Phone: 0054 11 49010744 or 0054 11 1565070577
Fax: None




Cooking course


The restaurant where all vegetarian food is served. (Meat is prohibitied)


Meditation with bells


Yoga training


Stevia - a very good and healthy substitute for sugar


Indian music






Chomp Chomp (the cat) likes volunteers


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