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Hey ! Last year I bought an old farm in Jura, France, a nice and preserved region, famous for cheese. I'm turning it into a place for mindfulness and nature retreats. For the incoming months, there will be a lot to do here with renovation and gardening (building timberframe walls, isolating with natural materials, building a mass rocket stove, woodworking,...).
The place is really quiet here, in French countryside. If you're looking for city life, that's definitely not the place for you ! ;-) But if you're looking for calm, regenerating and authentic French experience, you're more than welcome.
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
I already received several helpers and most of them told me how they felt regenerated and anchored after their stay here. I offer to share moments of meditation, silent working, going down to the river for bathing, mindful hiking. The place here is also about experimenting lots of unconventionnal things with a fresh mind, in construction, gardening, creative cooking,..
I traveled quite a bit and already had several work exchange and volunteer experiences, so I know what a traveler might expect and how to run things smoothly. I'll do my best to make your stay as nice as possible.
I don't expect you to provide a big load of work and you don't need to be a Rambo or a renovation professional. I'm looking for folks with a positive energy, autonomous and a bit handy with basic tools. Just do things as well as you can, mindfully, taking care of your body, as a responsible and grown-up person and we'll get along really well !
I need help renovating an old farm, so it will be a lot of woodworking, fixing / moving things, painting, cleaning and also gardening. Nothing really technical but you have to be in good basic shape. We'll "work" on a "5 hours a day, 5 days a week" basis.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Japanese: Beginner
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I already renovated a cosy room for cooking and laundry with electricity and hot water but for sleeping I can only provide a standard tent on wooden platform for now. I'll get a big comfy tent with comfy beds in a few months. For food, I provide veggie lunch and diner with mostly organic and local food, everything home cooked.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
More than two
4/5 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.
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