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Hello people!
We are a group of around 10 people, building up a community that runs a non-profit retreat- & event-center to nourish and empower people through mindful, embodied and playful practices to contribute to a life-sustaining culture. We welcome you in our community, that works (voluntarily) and lives together in a former recreational center. We are located in a quiet village with beautiful landscape with hills and woods, near Pinkafeld 1,5 hours south of Vienna, Austria.
We share organic vegan meals and are on our way finding further common practices, where we are from time to time doing meditiation, yoga, qui-gong or fun fights and games together.
Furthermore we have practices of talking circles, where everyone can share how the feel and so on :-)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can join in meditating, games, campfire... learn about living in / building community, communication and personal development...
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Depending on what you like doing, your skills and what we are working on when you come, you can help us especially with:
-cooking
-cleaning
-gardening
Maybe also:
-repairing & renovating
-decorating & arranging rooms
-spending time with children
-preparing for events
If you have specific skills and knowledge, that might contribute to such a project, you might also do other stuff - if you have a thing in mind, just let us know so we can see if we might be a fit for you :-)
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Serbo-Croatian: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Italian: Intermediate
Accommodation
Depends on when you come and how many guests we have - often it will be possible to offer you a separate room, with your own shower, toilet, bed, blanket and everything. At other times you might share a room with another volunteer or sleep in the camper or a tent - just check with us :-)
Be aware that only one of the three mobile network providers has connection directly at our place (A1) and that we have limited internet access.
We are a space working for holistic health and sustainability, so please don't bring alcohol or drugs.
We have a sauna and a pool in our big garden, so sometimes there might be someone naked in the garden, especially after a sauna, which is quite normal in our culture and nothing about sexuality, but it might be good to know for you, in case seeing someone naked is triggering for you.
What else ...
In your free time you can enjoy our nice place, or go hiking, biking, or to a beautiful big thermal resort "Bad Tatzmannsdorf" about 15km from us.
We can pick you up from the bus from Pinkafeld which is a direct bus from Vienna, sometimes also from the train from Pinggau, which is further away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
You can have a room to work in. The internet is limited in a way, that we often have light difficulties with video calls, like having to put off the camera and sometimes we experience more difficulties, like losing the connection for some minutes, but basically it works - there are two of us often working through video calls and it's doable. More light internet use is possible in general.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a huge parking lot, where you can camp your van 50m from our building. If you need electricity or water connection to your camper, that is doable at another spot, where we have space for one, maybe two vehicles, so most of the time that's doable too.
Can possibly accept pets
since we have a seminar business dogs are unfortunately not welcome. Cats are very welcome :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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We would like to say thank you to everyone there, we could not have had a better first work away.
you always gave us the freedom to do what jobs felt best for us and to be creative in the work we did, there was always support from the group wherever we needed it.
We never… read more
We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your exceptional volunteer stay with us at Schreibersdorf from mid of March until mid of April 2023!
Throughout your time with us, you consistently displayed a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and a genuine eagerness to learn and contribute. Your… read more
we as the whole team from Schreibersdorf would like to take this opportunity to thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for your great contribution, which you let us share from September 2022 to January 2023.
Your honesty as well as your dedication and commitment to the tasks assigned to you have been exceptional, and we… read more
we would like to thank you very much for the support you gave us October and November 2022! Your commitment to our organization has been truly inspiring, and we are so grateful for everything that you have done.
From the moment that you arrived, you jumped right in with both feet, eager to learn and help in any way that you could.… read more
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We would like to say thank you to everyone there, we could not have had a better first work away.
you always gave us the freedom to do what jobs felt best for us and to be creative in the work we did, there was always support from the group wherever we needed it.
We never… read more
We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your exceptional volunteer stay with us at Schreibersdorf from mid of March until mid of April 2023!
Throughout your time with us, you consistently displayed a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and a genuine eagerness to learn and contribute. Your… read more
we as the whole team from Schreibersdorf would like to take this opportunity to thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for your great contribution, which you let us share from September 2022 to January 2023.
Your honesty as well as your dedication and commitment to the tasks assigned to you have been exceptional, and we… read more
we would like to thank you very much for the support you gave us October and November 2022! Your commitment to our organization has been truly inspiring, and we are so grateful for everything that you have done.
From the moment that you arrived, you jumped right in with both feet, eager to learn and help in any way that you could.… read more
I felt very grateful to be able to provide a… read more
we would like to thank you very much for the support you gave us in January and February 2023!
Your dedication and commitment to the tasks – especially with cooking, cleaning and kitchen work in general – was very helpful to us.
Your willingness to take on various responsibilities and your eagerness to learn new things have… read more
We all – on behalf of many who remain unmentioned – want to express our heartfelt appreciation for your invaluable contribution as a heartist and Workaway volunteer to our place.
In particular, your contribution as a heartist, like your very natural human being will remain unforgotten for us.
Your expertise, passion, and… read more
We want to express our deepest appreciation for all the hard work and dedication - especially with cooking and cleaning - you have put into volunteering at our place. We really enjoyed your meals! Your selflessness and commitment to making a positive impact on the lives of our guests and the community are truly admirable.
Your… read more
It was great exchanging🙏
Place where is retreat center is very quiet, beautiful, energizing and giving a chance to recharge your soul!
Awesome landscapes around the center and unity with nature give a lot of energy and enjoy 🪬
I lived in very cozy own room, with my own bathroom and I had… read more
You accompanied us 3 months from October 2022 to January 2023.
We want to take a moment to express our gratitude for your hard work and dedication during your time volunteering with us. Your efforts have made a significant impact on our project and have helped us to achieve our goals.
Your willingness to learn new… read more
We mainly worked in the kitchen, where we had the chance to cook for events but also only for us, the people living there. The fact that everybody is welcome to be creative and try out things is clearly something to be appreciated. We learned some… read more
El equipo es agradable y las tareas son basicamente limpiar, cocinar y ayudar en el jardin.
This is an old nursing home, so the rooms felt a bit like in a hospital for me.
Besides that the common areas are pleasant and diversed so everyone can find it's fit over there.
The nature and pines trees who… read more
