Join and help us create our yoga school in Varkala, India

Infos

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  Description

  We're Elizabeth and Rohan. I've been running Panchakarma and Ayurveda retreats in Rishikesh for years. Rohan was my yoga teacher there, guiding me and the groups I brought over.
  
  Somewhere along the way, we realised we were really working towards the same thing from two different directions — Ayurveda and yoga, meant to be lived together, not apart.
  
  Kerala is where that realisation found its home. This is the birthplace of Ayurveda, and its slow pace of life, its natural beauty, drew us both in. Rohan founded the school, and created Yoga on the Beach, his own way of teaching here in Varkala. I bring the Ayurveda side into our retreats, connecting Europe with well-known doctors from Kerala's tradition.
  
  We now have a house in Varkala, 10 minutes on foot from the beach — the school's future home — and this August, we're looking for real hands and real know-how: people who genuinely know gardening, painting, composting, carpentry, or social media, ready to help us build the space we've been dreaming of.
  
  In return, you'll practice yoga with Rohan, and live in a beach town that's hard to leave without wanting to come back.
  
  We speak English, Hindi, French and Spanish.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Aide à la maison

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Films et télé

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Culture

  

  Musique

  

  Langues

  

  Livres

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Nature

  

  Randonnée

  

  Plage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Here, we speak English, Hindi, French and Spanish — so conversations move naturally between languages and cultures, often in the same sentence.
  
  You'll be living inside a real cross-cultural project: Rohan grew up in India's yogic and spiritual traditions, while I bring a wider international perspective, having lived and worked between France, Spain, Japan and India. Volunteers become part of that mix — sharing meals, morning yoga, and everyday life with us and with local people from Varkala.
  
  Beyond the work, you'll get an inside view of South Indian daily life: local markets, Kerala's food, its backwaters and temples, and the rhythm of a place that still runs on its own time. We're always happy to point you towards what's worth seeing and doing around Varkala, and to connect you with the local Ayurvedic doctors we work with, if you're curious about that world.
  
  In return, we're genuinely curious about the people who come through — where you're from, how you see things, what you carry with you. This is a small, early-stage project, and the volunteers who join us now will help shape not just the house, but the spirit of what the school becomes.

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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're looking for people who genuinely know how to:
  • Garden
  • Paint, inside and out
  • Build and maintain a compost system
  • Work with wood — we're building a yogashala from scratch
  • Manage social media — help us grow the school's presence online
  
  We're looking for real, hands-on experience, sharing skills with us.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hindi: Courant
  Japonais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
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  Hébergement

  We have two bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom. Depending on the number of volonteers, you may have to share a room with another volunteer. This will be clarified during the preliminary interview. Breakfast will be served every day, and you will have access to the kitchen to prepare your own meals. Most of the days we will also share what we cook with the volunteers. In the house, only lacto-vegetarian food is accepted.
  
  Volunteers will be free to cook as they please. The kitchen is an open, welcoming space, and we'll be happy to share our supplies with them.

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  Autres infos...

  September will also be available for volonteers

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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

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Private parking

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

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