Enjoy life and explore your human and creative potentials in a Family atmosphere with children in Limousis, France

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  Description

  Enjoy life and explore your human and creative potentials! Vegetarian/vegan familial atmosphere with children.
  
  We are a family composed of Laële, 38 years old, Olivier, 56, our daughters Ielouane 5 years and Inaïa 20 months (in april 2021).
  
  Freshly arrived in the area, we are setteling on a 32 acres land made of 12 acres of crop field and 20 acres of forest. The vegetation is Mediterranean.
  
  3 other person have bought the place with us but won't live there constantly, and we are open to welcome more people to DREAM the place, PLAY, BUILD, CREATE with us this experimental place in the fields of human relations, environmental house building, land regeneration, education, co creation with all the life already here (vegetation, animals...).
  The project is to be 3 or 4 families living here and hosting workshops in various fields as bodywork, botanic, permaculture, energy and alternativ healing, human consciousness development, alternative education, sharing circles, new types of governance.
  
  For now, we have many various project for which we need a hand :
  - House working : making roof, opening walls to put windows, building new spaces in wood or other ecological materials, painting ruins
  - Preparing land for permacultural gardening : cuting and pulliing out trees, preparing earth to plant green fertilizers, building a key hole...
  - Dig a pond and irrigation channels
  - Build house trees, suspended bridges and games in the trees
  - planting trees and medicinal plants
  - Construction of a phytoepuration system (in self-construction)
  - Taking care and playing with Ielouane and Inaïa
  - Learning tinkering methods
  - Help creating a forest "school"
  
  So everyday can be very different in the rhythm of your inspiration, without forgetting the human/social part (sharing circles, music circles, free dance, shared meals, and all activities every of us will propose), your connection to your deeper being, and the discovering of this beautiful area with lots of old castles, wonderful caves, various nature from Montagne Noire, Pyrenees, Mediteranean See, the famous Carcassonne City, and local terroir with good wines, olive oil...
  
  Personal protective equipment : Take work-appropriate clothing, proper footwear, and gloves.
  If you have other equipment and tools take them, we will have something to complete case by case.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Discovering this varied area with lots of cultural and natural points of interest : old Cathar castles, very special caves, various nature from Montagne Noire, Pyrenees, Mediteranean See, the famous Carcassonne City.
  Local ''terroir'' with plenty of good wines, olive oil production...
  
  Sharing our experiences of travel and what we learn in fields of different cultures, ways of education, relations with nature, chamanism...
  We have also a good experience in living in community as for exemple Olivier was living 20 years in India in Auroville.
  
  We are free dancers, impro musicians/singers and we love to share artistic moments with our guests, going to many concerts or local festivities that happening around...
  
  We also practice massage and the wonderful taoist Chi Nei Tsang (Laële) that we can show you !

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  - House working : painting, opening walls to put windows, building new spaces, making roof
  - Preparing land for permacultural gardening : cuting and pulliing out trees, preparing earth to plant green fertilizers, building a key hole...
  - Dig a pond and irrigation channels
  - Opening new paths in the forest
  - Build house trees, suspended bridges and games in the trees
  - planting trees or medicinal plants
  - Construction of a phytoepuration system (in self-construction)
  - Taking care and playing with Ielouane and Inaïa
  - Creating a forest "school"
  
  Work for beginners to handy man or woman and Jack of all trades !

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  German: Beginner
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You would have choice between HOUSING IN A HOUSE (that can be shared if other visitors are here or where you could be alone, we just take our shower there and cook sometimes) nearby our mobile home or CAMPING.
  3 people max in the same time.
  We provide you matress and blankets if you need.
  Dry toilets.
  
  MEALS: we are mostly eating fruits and vegetables, with a raw tendency, and we adapt and love to discover specialities from all over the world. We can cook together or provide and you cook.. Everyone is free to eat with others or alone at is own rhythm during the day, and we appreciate to eat altogether for diner.
  
  One sharing circle will be propose every other day and we love when everyone can be present and express whatever about her/his experience.

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  What else ...

  We are in the nature and only 15 minutes drive from Carcassonne. You can use our car or bikes. We at least go once a week in Carcassonne and can offer you a lift there to visit the city, the market.
  
  Family spirit.
  We usually work separately during the day and join after Ielouane's nap to do activities together, to go for a walk, to explore a new path in the forest, to picnic at the river for diner the warm days...
  
  2 bikes can be used and 1 electrical there are several trecks to explore around.
  
  We have a direct access to the river to cool of during the warm days.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Good wifi connection around oue house. À shared space can be arranged, and we can also lend oue wifi box fort some time

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  Space for parking camper vans

  À place on oue 12 Ha open land...

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Have to be discuss before coming, but open to it

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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