Create tiny, peaceful and sustainable yoga sanctuary in El Palmar de Vejer, Spain

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  Beschreibung

  Hi travelers,
  I´m Pia yoga instructor, Thai massage therapist, architect and lover of life from Germany, living in Spain, and in the middle of the creation of a beautiful tiny eco yoga sanctuary - land of peace.
  It is a very peaceful piece of land at the Atlantic Ocean in southwest Spain, in El Palmar de Vejer (one of the best surf spots at this coast! :). It is tiny, but has a lot of potential and was brought into being from my personal journey with yoga, nature, community and this beautiful part of Spain.
  
  Yoga retreats have been the most healing and transformational experiences in my life - in fact, yoga retreats opened my eyes to become the person I am now, living the life of my dream, a life with a purpose! - but I believe that they should NOT be an exclusive luxury. So my vision is to transform this land into an affordable, small but 100% sustainable yoga retreat, inspired by my love of nature, the priciples of permaculture, and of all human beings.
  I believe that with little effort we can live in harmony with nature and in human union.
  
  I have spent all my savings to buy this small (1000m2) off-grid piece of land hat came with two run-down containers and a big ugly metal porch, and almost 2 years of hard work making the place livable with my own hands. The project has come a long way since its humble beginnings - it had no water or electricity, no toilet or kitchen.
  Now I am happy to say that I can comfortably host friends, family and other guest here :)
  There is a hot shower, a big cozy container with extra beds, a beautiful compost toilet with a view over the neighbour´s cow field, a community fire place, and everything else you need to spend a good time here!
  
  Since the very beginning, the ONE thing I felt on this tiny land was PEACE. And everyone else who has ever spent some hours or days here, feels the same and doesnt want to leave anymore ;)
  
  Of course, there is always a lot to do - maintenance, constructions, gardening, applied permaculture, etc.... Since I can host people here, I love to open this space to share with others. To exchange the andalusian culture, the language (I speak spanish fluently), and all my knowledge about permaculture, architecture, and of course YOGA!. Also, I am always curious about exchanging your own experiences with traveling, alternative living, bio construction, cooking, creative ideas for the project, etc.
  
  As this belongs to my principles of living, of course all food and building materials are bought locally and as organic as possible.
  
  If you come to stay, you will experience a beautiful balance of helping effectivly (german efficiency, hahaha), living in harmony with nature, giving the body and mind rest through yoga (at the moment I only teach once a week!) or going surfing in your free time, and the pure peace of the land and the ocean with it´s endless beach (and of the company of my 5! cats :)
  
  Thank you for reading to the end :)
  Some days I don´t read my mails, so please forgive me if it takes 3-7 days until I write back :)
  
  looking forward to hearing from you anyways
  Pia

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  In your free time you can go surfing, swimming, walking on the beach or explore the area by bike. you can practice your spanish with us as me and my partner usually talk spanish.
  Monday evenings you can come to my communal yoga class and wednesday or thursday morning we do yoga on the land.

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  Arbeit

  The upcoming projects for this "winter" (for us here, the winter starts end of september, when the summer-holiday-tourists and the sometimes unbearable heat leave :) are to build a round bench around the central fire place (brick tasks! probably in November/December), and to finally dedicate some real attention to the outside spaces, plant new trees, try to grow the lawn, installing a watering system, etc. Until now I was so busy with creating a place to LIVE (from zero), that I didnt really have time for that.
  I won´t romantizise it (as some maybe come with different expectations): Helping on the outside areas ist getting your hand and pants dirty, digging holes, digging earth.. you don´t need to be a "strong man" for that, we women can perfectly do that, but you should love to dig your hands in the earth :) I LOVE IT!! it´s very grounding and satisfying :))
  
  The real next "construction" project (building the floor (wood) and the facades (in eco-construction with straw and clay!) for my yoga shala will only start in April 2025, as I have to save money for some months now to do so.
  
  So what I can offer from September until end of March is:
  2-3h hours of help (5 days), mainly helping with the garden / outside area, the house (cooking, cleaning the kitchen) and the cats. You would have to buy your own food. but we can share meals, cook together or seperate, needs to be flexible day be day (live with the flow of life ;) as I alsways have many things to do and can´t always commit to a fixed schedule :)
  
  Until the first rains fall (usually end of november, befor that we have 7 months of drought) the garden needs to be watered every 2nd evening (just around sunset time or very early in the morning). This would be one of your tasks, and you would have to commit to this time 3 evenings a week. its also the cat feeding time, so can be combined :)
  
  In the end we always have to go with the flow :) I always make plans (I LOVE making plans, hahaha), but then other things get in the way and suddenly become more important... so be flexible, be independent (I dont alsways have the time to be "social") and love to spend time with yourself and nature.
  
  All help is only for my private home, I only live here, hoping to build my dream in the next 2-3 years. There are no paying guests here, only friends and family and my cats :)
  
  I need a lot of peace around me, and I´m not a party person. And in general will only have 1 or 2 workawayers here. So if you look for party, this might not be your place :) I prefer nice talks, exchanges of travel and life stories at meal times and maybe a cup of tea or glass of wine or beer, sitting around the fire place :)
  
  As I only ask for 2-3h on max. 5 days you have a lot of free time at this very peacefull place. So it´s perfect for anyone needing a rest from the quick city life, for surfers for sure (winter is surfing time here!), oder for people wit remote jobs :)
  
  X-mas stay!
  oh, and I need someone to stay here and take care of the garden (only watering the plants) and feed the cats for the last 2 weeks of december when I usually go to Germany. you could be alone here or come with a friend. But to get into the rythm of what it means to live here, you would have to be here at least a week before, so beginning of december.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Deutsch: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Fließend

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  learn spanisch playfully with us. here we communicate in german, english and spanisch throughout the whole day!
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  Unterkunft

  I offer a cozy space inside the 12m container. your own room (1 or 2 people), including a working place (desk) if you are a digital nomad. The place here is very peacefull, perfect to disconnect or concentrate.
  
  5 lovely cats are living here with me (mainly outside, only in winter the will try to sneak in :), so you should not be allergic to cats...

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  Was noch ...

  El Palmar is a surf town with a unique vibe. You can go surfing, walk on the beach for hours.. Vejer and Conil are the closest towns, the so called andalusian white towns and very lovely to explore. You can go visit the hammam in Vejer in winter.
  
  NATURE is the one thing you find here. the ocean, a wide, long sand beach, pine tree forests... I have a bike here you can borrow as well to explore the area. There also is a beatiful light house your can walk to along the beach.
  there are surf schools down by the beach if you want to learn surf..
  
  If you work remotely, this is also a perfect place for you. As I dont need so many hours of help at the moment (and can´t offer meals), you have lots of free time. and there is a stable wifi.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  There are inside and outside working spaces and a stable WIFI (I work online / remote myself 5h a day)

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  if you leave the camper in one place for the time of your stay, than there is no size limit really, but should not be monster trucks :) if you want to move around with it, I prefer if it´s a camper van not longer than 6m

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  only with cats! As I have 5 cats, and they call this space their home and chill out a lot on the porche, unfortunately you can´t bring dogs, because then my cats will hide all the time.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  Maximum 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week

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