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We will start the winter pruning operations in our vineyard in the first 3 weeks of February. We are looking for volunteers.
We are Lalitah and Utsav and our 2 cats. We are a Danish-Turkish couple involved in healing, meditation, breath, energy and consciousness. We are starting a mystery school online and in nature where we practice a new way of living as one with the nature and with ourselves.
We have started a pilot project in our vineyard where we will combine the following
activities :
- Cultivation and harvesting of grapes
- Wine-making
- Energy work, meditation and awareness - we will make a plant healing experiment.
- Mindful living and working in a community mindset
- Data collection and analysis for precision farming
Together we will take care of our local grapes and make a first-time wine production under the supervision of a professional expert who will join the project. This is a process with some peak periods with pruning, harvesting and wine making - but in between there will be daily plant care and hopefully also veggie garden has started. We wish to document and make great story telling around it. Part of the project is to develop better methods for wine growing here and teach to the local community as well as keeping the tradition alive around wine growing, since it begins to die out a bit here. It will also be a part of the project to use work as meditation concept and bring the power of energy work into the product and the daily work. For the project there will also be an IT part and data collection part with possibility of creating a commercial data product. The project is aimed for young people.
This profile is for any age. :)
The wine project is on voluntarily basis. We are not running a business. What we offer here is entirely for cultural and spiritual exchange.
As for the wine: We don't have a commercial alcohol production license as our wine production is very small and is for our own consumption.
We are open-minded people who have travelled quite a lot ourselves. Utsav lived and worked 14 years in Canada. We met in India and had plans to downsize and travel to different eco-spiritual communities for a while, but it changed with Covid. We instead unexpetedly found the spot where we feel at home and want to invite to community ourselves.
We are placed on a small Turkish island full of wineyards and with a clean clean air and great energy, lots of space around and we can see the sea almost from any spot on the island. There is wonderful pristine beaches and raw nature- There is one cute greek style town here, where everybody meets at market day once a week.
Lalitah is leading the Mystery School online as of now, plus she has experience with different art therapeutic disciplines. She loves to photograph and do create expressions of different kinds. Utsav is the owner of an IT company and leading the company remote. He loves to sing, create music and is often good for a guitar evening. His newest passion is composting.
We will need some time for our businesses and for withdrawal to aloneness, so we can not be with you all the time. Though we love to also hang out and get to know you.
Outside the summer season the there is not so many activities and entertainment on the island and in winter it can be quite windy, but still a good place for good walks and small hiking trips. In the summer season there is more beach life and town and restaurants and coffee shops opens.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We provide food, private room, meditations, wifi and occasional visits to surrounding areas if it fits in.
We practice holistic methods that keep us centered, grounded, aligned and connected, which we want to bring into all the work we do here as well. While you stay with us you will be able to live meditatively while exchanging work with us. We have experience from different backgrounds like Osho, Babaji, tantra, healing, reiki and more.
Help
We are in the very beginning phase of starting an innovative communal living project in
our 2-acres land, located in the gorgeous Turkish island Bozcaada in the Aegean sea. We are just getting used to live the island, digital nomad, growing garden lifestyle.
The wine project started in March 2021. Right now we are looking for people to help with following tasks (we do not expect it to be the same person to all the tasks of course :)):
- Practical help in the wine field and garden. There is some heavy work to do. We need help for pruning and maintenance, weeding, moving logs and rocks, vegetable sowing and maintenance.
- Video production, content creation for the wine project, SoMe maintenance. To create publicity around the project and attract funding and participants.
- Design and help us build Green house eventually
- Vegetarian healthy cooking in periods.
- Cat and house sitters in periods
We are looking for hosting people who are interested in living a meditative life in nature with us and who have education/experience in the areas mentioned above.
The pilot project is the first step of building a longer-term project that will involve year-round retreat/community living based on the same principles - which is our long-term dream. We plan on starting small with ourselves and the support we can get and let it grow with the right people, when they come.
As a co-living space we expect that anyone here take part in the daily task such as preparing food, cleaning etc. besides the daily work.
The wine project is on voluntarily basis. We are not running a business. What we offer here is entirely for cultural and spiritual exchange.
Even though we are in a vineyard, learning to produce wine we rarely consume alchohol on the premises and don´t eat meat in daily life either. We expect you to follow that as well when you are here. We don´t support alcohol when meditating.
No drugs of any kind and no smoking on the premises.
If you have music skills, art skills of any kind, bring your stuff and we can hopefully find time to do some of that together too.
Languages
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Lalitah want to learn Turkish from someone who knows about teaching
Accommodation
You will have your own private room inside our house. We eat very simple, vegetarian food. You can either join us or cook your own but no meat in our house - there are restaurants where you can get that if you need.
What else ...
The ferry trip to the island lasts 40 mins to the mainland.
You will also have plenty of time to discover the gorgeous island. Hike, bike, swim and travel around.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have functional wifi. We both work digitally. But we live on an island and due to weather conditions sometimes the wifi is a bit unstable. When there is open in town (outside of lockdown times) there are cafes with wifi as well.
Space for parking camper vans
Yes that would be great, then we can also host a couple/family.
Can possibly accept pets
No, because of our cats.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Our total stay was 7 weeks in Bozcaada in February-March… read more
Alyas personality was… read more
The best in my first five months of volunteering with Workavay.
In 1) because it was my dream to go to the retreat, and it came true!
B 2) I love meeting like-minded people, and there were 11 of them here at once.
It was a beautiful tantra retreat led by two wizards: healer Lalita and scientist Utsav. 9 interesting… read more
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Our total stay was 7 weeks in Bozcaada in February-March… read more
Alyas personality was… read more
The best in my first five months of volunteering with Workavay.
In 1) because it was my dream to go to the retreat, and it came true!
B 2) I love meeting like-minded people, and there were 11 of them here at once.
It was a beautiful tantra retreat led by two wizards: healer Lalita and scientist Utsav. 9 interesting… read more
She is a super helpful person and we enjoyed her company and work so much. She helped us planting vegetable garden, pruning grapes, making compost and cooking and more. All done with care and presence. We felt that Wonder wants to work and give her best where she is… read more
It was awesome to see this shift. She joined the daily meditations. Shared her own spiritual rituals and creativity – which we really enjoyed. Ella… read more
It was my first time on the magical island of Bozcaada as well, the people there are so kind, the land is beautiful and the water is lovely. The connection that all four of us… read more
Roberto is a calm and kind soul and very easy going guy. He has been melting in wherever needed, without us having to tell him too much about what we needed from him. He has taken care of our compost, helped us picking grapes and starting our first small wineproduce… read more
She is a very sweet and calm person and is was so easy to have her here, with likeminded mindset. She participated in meditations, heailng and she gave so much heavy work in the garden. And helped us also with ideas and overview for our Youtube Channel and marketing strategy.
The second week her BF joined… read more
Before coming we (me and my BF Safa) had skype meeting and great communication. We had a great room to our self and took turn cooking.
Every morning and most evenings we did a meditation. Utsav and Lalitah are great at guiding meditations and we tried many different kinds, which was so great for us, since… read more
I stayed with them for more than 3 weeks, also with another workawayer, Danni <3 and it was a really complete experience, as a designer, developing my lenguaje, and above all, reconnecting with my spirituality. We spend so good time in every food time and doing the daily task, sharing… read more
I stayed with them for more than 20 days and we prepared videos together for their projects. In addition, we carried out our daily business in the beautiful ambiance we created.
They are well versed in meditation. :) You will see it when you visit,… read more
