Eco Yoga Varsana Farm

  Colombia

Bogota

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months

Description: We welcome all who like to experience a vegetarian lifestyle. In our Eco conscious community, you will learn about hatha yoga, meditation, vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture, eco building, nutrition, spanish, different kinds of art and life philosophy or the Vedas. We welcome all people who want to expend their awareness. You can also participate to our workshops and so find back and use your creativity, know local people, as well as make new friends who speak different languages, and also you will have an experience of a lifetime. You can come here or you can visit similar successful projects in neighbouring countries such as Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia.

"Simple living, high thinking" It was what Gandhi said. You will live with beatifull cabins, organic vegetarian meals, educatives activities and we request a donation to cover the cost to host you like you deserve! We invite you to share an experience that will positive influence your life

Volunteer Program:

Activities you can volunteer (daily 5 hours):

Hatha yoga: You will see how this type of yoga sets the model of a healthy, relaxed and flexible body, living the experience of having both mind and senses in harmony connected. The natural space for you to practice Hatha Yoga is available and will help your body and soul, to be connected with your inner voice.

Agriculture and vegetarian food: Agriculture is a real responsibility, and here we are trying to implement it to perfection. The organic vegetable is part of a good nutrition, you will learn about its natural process, and then you can teach others how to do it, and how to protect environment. Agro conscience is fundamental to our team, because these foods are later used for cooking vegetarian food, in our restaurant and they taste great! The violence-free diet allows you to develop greater compassion for all living entity.

Life Philosophy: Vaisnava classes are taught daily. The main purpose of these classes is that it is possible to learn what you can do in order to perform a great service to humanity.

Conscious Art: Varsana offers you the opportunity of learning conscious art surrounded by one of the most incredible sights of Colombias, and if you want to learn more about conscious art, you can. In this Eco Farm you will learn music, painting, among others. Art aligned with the purpose of consciousness has tremendously beneficial cultural value.

Language classes: You can help our community with your knowledge of a L2

You can participate and learn from these activities (these are NOT included in the 5 volunteer hours)

- Yoga lessons
- Painting
- Screen
- Art lessons
- Indian instruments

Highlights: Important points to be considered:

* The food is lacto-vegetarian, and it consists of three meals per day, based on healthy lacteal-vegetarian products.
* Please note that we request our visitors and volunteers to abstain from intoxicants and extramarital relationships to preserve the sanctity of the project.
* The community has electrical light and also Internet.

What you need to bring:

* A sleeping bag and / or blankets, and also a camping mat if it is possible.
* Comfortable clothes and also warm clothes in order to keep you sheltered and wrap up well at night.
* Personal hygiene articles to wash yourself and toilet paper, too.

What you cannot bring:

* Any kind of drugs or hallucinogens, cigars or alcohol etc.
* Any kind of food that contains red meat, white meat, seafood or eggs.

Includes: Hatha yoga and other classes, meditation, Vedic philosophy study programmes, ecological paddles, accommodation and full meal (vegetarian).

Qualifications:
- The food is lacto-vegetarian, and it consists of three meals per day, based on healthy lacteal-vegetarian products.
- We request our visitors and volunteers to abstain from intoxicants and extramarital relationships to preserve the sanctity of the project.
- People who applied should be over 21 years old.

Cost in US$: 10 USD daily

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Eco Yoga Farms 's Mission Statement: We are in Cusco, Peru, working in an exemplary eco-yoga community called Sradhavan. There is so much to do and there are many wonderful opportunities to improve the service to our local community. The beautiful mountainous environment allows you to be connected with nature and your inner Self. We welcome all spiritual seekers and those who like to experience a spiritual lifestyle. In our eco-yoga community you will learn about yoga, meditation, vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture, eco-building, Spanish, different kinds of art and the life philosophy of the Vedas. You can come here or you can visit similar successful projects in neighboring countries such as Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia. We invite you to share an experience that will have a positive influence on your life. As Gandhi says, Simple living, high thinking".

Eco Yoga Farms is a Vaisnava based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.