Practice meditation and be part of our non-profit community in the Dordogne, France

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  Description

  A former mill set in very beautiful surroundings with bamboo groves, a river running through the property, fantastic organic vegetarian food, and connection with interesting people from around the world constantly passing through.
  
  Open from the springtime to early autumn (please check calendar for availability ) A community set in the South West France, we hosts various retreats and courses mostly centred around Meditation and Yoga, plus other various forms of personal development.
  
  The "retreatant volunteer" positions are designed for those who want to integrate their meditation practice with daily life within a supportive and friendly environment. Applicants need to have an established meditation practice and retreat experience, or an interest in developing one.
  
  We are very happy to welcome workaways with previous retreat experience and with an established meditation practice. We expect volunteers to understand and respect the quiet atmosphere we are offering to the many visitors who pass through here. Most of the retreats have silent periods in them, either mornings or afternoons or both, depending which group, so it is important to be able to live and work in silence and in solitude and to have the capacity to work independently (with instruction from the residential staff).
  
  Although situated in France, and we do have some French people passing though, we are very cosmopolitan, international community, and English will be heard as much as the French language and sometimes even more so! So keep that in mind if you are wanting to practice French.
  
  At the moment we are looking for people who have experience working in household and gardening. If you have experiences in these areas, please contact us. You may be helping out in one of them, depending on the team we have at the time.
  
  The work is also very varied, it can change everyday, it also involves a lot of general maintenance as it's a big place. Schedules are put up weekly in order to organise the weeks.
  
  Sorry we do not accept people travelling with pets.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  You will be in a mediative environment, and will be expected to come and join in with the team/staff daily meditation sittings.
  
  There maybe also the opportunity to participate in some of the events/retreats taking place. It is not possible for all events, so you will be told when you arrive.
  
  You will be part of a community who are interested in self development and have travelled and experience a lot, in their inner and outer life. Work aways have really benefited from sharing and speaking about their own experiences and hearing about others unique life style choices.
  
  You can enjoy the quiet countryside environment and as well go the the bigger town to experience the french way of life.

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  Association caritative

  Cet hôte est une association caritative déclarée dans son pays et recherche des bénévoles pour l'aider dans ses projets.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We are looking for support in the main house, preparing for the different retreats and courses we offer here. Help will include household chores, laundry, cleaning , always lots of washing up.
  
  Some gardening may be needed, although less often, which involves, cutting down bamboo, weeding, watering, making bouquet of flowers, moving/cutting wood and other.
  There's always some DIY needed if you have any building, DIY skills.
  
  You will be helping in a friendly and supportive environment with residents and other visitors to the the community, with more or less people here according to the time of year.
  
  Maximum stay is of one week.
  
  Bellow are some suggested periods for 2025, contact us to see our availability.
  Think of arriving one day before and leaving one day after the dates below:
  
  – 14-19 April
  – 21-27 April
  – 28 April – 3 May
  – 4-10 May
  – 12-18 May
  – 19-25 May
  – 26-31 May
  – 2-7 June
  – 9-22 June
  – 23-29 June
  – 30 June – 5 July
  – 7-13 July
  – 14-20 July
  – 21-27 July
  – 28 July – 1 August
  – 2-8 August
  – 9-15 August
  – 16-23 August
  – 25-31 August
  – 22-28 September
  – 29 September – 5 October
  – 6-11 October
  – 13-19 October
  – 20-26 October
  – 27 October – 2 November
  
   

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant

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  Hébergement

  There are beds for about 40 people here, but when our courses and workshops are full then volunteers will need to camp. If that is the case we can provide you with a tent and sleeping bag. Rooms are in the main building or in cabins in the bamboo groves, camping is in the shade of large trees by the river.
  Swimming, kayaking, cycling is all available at the nearby campsite. There is a bakery and a couple of cafés in the nearby village, 5 minutes away.

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  Autres infos...

  We ask that all those arriving take a self-test the day of their arrival.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Cet hôte fait payer des frais

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