Meditation, biodiversity and tame chickens at our quinta near Tavira, Portugal

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  Description

  At our ancient site where both the Romans and the Celts have lived, you find our Quinta. We created an outside gym, a yoga platform, an art room, and a yoga deck on top of the hill with a view of the sea.
  
  We have a number of topics, a fruit forest, and permaculture, and we strive to optimize biodiversity and ecological landscaping—both Jan and Jeroen are biologists. Jan is also a certified MD and a yoga/qigong & meditation teacher.
  
  We approach life as a small family, between 3 and 8 people. Mostly 4-6. And with our special tame 21 chickens, check out our chicken project on our YouTube.
  
  We have created the most unique rainwater-collecting system in the ALgarve of 600.000 liters of water- so we are self-sufficient. We have also been self-sufficient in energy via our solar-battery system. Off-grid for that, but we have WIFI...and a library.
  
  The essence for us is to teach you how to be present as a steward for our planet. That has something to do with awareness. The Quinta offers a laboratory for that: can you spot what is needed to do? And walk your talk - be conscious and watch - act without orders...but based on the flow!
  
  Farming as meditation: Our key-project is 'Farming as Meditation,' which focuses on implementing permaculture—eco-landscaping and meditation in everyday farming life. Every day there is something to do in the vegetable garden or on the land, as you can see hereunder! it is important for us that everyone brings awareness into working on the land, in the workshop, and in the kitchen so that we can maintain our feng shui/zen structure... Clean Kitchen Policy, for instance. Can you see what is needed to stay in the Feng Shui flow?
  
  Everyone helping in the quinta is also able and willing to cook and manage the kitchen. Some topics:
  
  1. Manage the vegetable beds -getting weeds out- cleaning the beds, and banana circle.
  2.. Eco-landscaping: Creating a flow of paths through the entire property. Get Creepers out of the trees.
  3. Get rid of dead wood and trees to protect the area against flames.
  4. Clean the ancient celtic tomb and the paleolithic stone circle from weeds
  5. Enhance biodiversity by eradicating step by step the Cistus ladanifer and yellow prickles.
  
  Daily Flow at the Quinta
  
  If you like to can join at 7-8.30 am for one hour of qigong/yoga/musculation* and various meditative techniques. Sometimes people from outside join us at the Magick circle in the hill, facing the rising sun or at the new yoga deck facing the ocean. Jan is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and sometimes leads sessions. We also sometimes have shamanic music) rituals.
  
  At around 8-9 we have joint breakfast, and then we start. There is no fixed time schedule, most helpers work for ca 4-6 hours a day, but if you have an off day you work less, and on an 'on' day you may work more. We go with the flow. Around 1 PM we have lunch and after chill time. Around 3-4 we start again. Joint diner around 7-ish.
  
  If you have a driving license, you can make use of our old car to drive around. In the evening we might have sound-healing, shamanic singing, voice liberation workshop, or just chillin at the bigroom with some YinYoga or qigong. We have a separate library with a desk and WIFI for those in need to contact with the external world.
  
  Location
  
  The Quinta is located very much in nature, no neighbors, and many sacred places can be found on the property, including old trees and old rock circles. In the hill, one very special circle is used for group meditations. Olive, carob, and pine trees, as well as stone and cork oaks, are the dominant trees. Meanwhile, 20 tame chickens are happy roaming around.
  
  How to come here? Best is via an Ueber, they are so cheap nowadays, and busses go really slow.
  
  Site and housing
  
  The property is located near Santa Catharine da Fonte do Bispo, in the Hills of Pocilgais at a dirt road - via a small path you can walk to the village in ca 20 minutes.There is a nice bakery, a money machine, and 2 little supermarkets.
  
  You will be housed in one of the 2 nice, fresh, upgraded stable rooms, with drinking water available and an organic simple toilet and an outside shower. O You can chill on a big terrace looking upon the vegetable garden. And you also have access to all facilities in the Quinta itself, for warm showering and all.
  If we have more volunteers, we have a second, cozy room, the 'adega.' An old stone building from 1800, primitive but sufficient and quite romantic...
  
  An art studio is part of the remodeled stable complex, just as a field kitchen and a bedroom are.
  
  The Geodome is where I do my bodymind work, trauma release work, shamanistic healing sessions, acupuncture. So it is a private space. Just as the eastside of the quinta building, the deck and parasol area. For the rest all is available.
  
  Our Aim and Focus
  
  We strive to act as a commune and improve the entire biotope here at our Quinta to improve the biodiversity. Organic farming is not the only thing we do. We improve the landscape by removing uncontrolled bush growth and take care of fire-risk situations. The premises are quite diverse: hills and valleys and creeks. Biotope with oak trees, olive trees, and fields.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Ferme

  

  Culture

  

  LGBT+

  

  Musique

  

  Écriture

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Blogs

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Fitness

  

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

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We have yoga and qigong and meditation and shamanic singing. activities, as well as sitting with our very tame chickens...

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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

  Everyone helping in the quinta is also able and willing to cook and manage the kitchen. We live in a chill community flow.
  
  Some topics:
  
  1. Manage the vegetable beds -getting weeds out- cleaning the beds, and banana circle.
  2.. Eco-landscaping: Creating a flow of paths through the entire property. Get Creepers out of the trees.
  3. Get rid of dead wood and trees to protect the area against flames.
  4. Clean the ancient celtic tomb and the paleolithic stone circle from weeds
  5. Enhance biodiversity by eradicating step by step the Cistus ladanifer and yellow prickles.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Français: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  we have in the quinta a double bedroom, in an adjacent adega one bedroom, in the modernized stable complexes 2 bedrooms. And one triangular cabbin on the land, campers can stay and tents are possibloe too.
  
  We start yoga between 7 and 8, then we have a breakfast together; around 12-1 we cook together or make a salad and bake bread before joining lunch, and around 7 we have a meal together.

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  Autres infos...

  We care for doing tasks together, for fun, we cook together and eat together and mostly there are 2-6 external friends/wwoofers.

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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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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  we have fiberglass and a computer room/library with a desk

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  we do not have neighbors and lots of nature, and space for a campervan.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

  Chickens

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