Contemplative Carpentry 2: Slate Roofing Workshop
A two-week residential carpentry workshop, aimed to explore the intersection of contemplative practice, craft and sustainability through hands-on work doing roofing with slate, a natural material used traditionally in this region of the Himalayas.
Volunteer Work Period April - June 2024
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Harmony in Motion: Contemplative Creation & Collaboration
A two-week contemplative workshop-retreat exploring foundational practices for manifesting creativity and accomplishment from a place of profound ease and inspiration, both as an individual and in collaboration with others.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Permaculture & Organic Garden Design
A four-week immersive service-learning programme providing opportunities to explore natural garden design and permaculture principles and practices, primarily through hands-on work in Dharmalaya Institute’s beautiful organic gardens.
Compassionate Living Workshop
The Compassionate Living Workshop is a hybrid of a contemplative retreat and a training workshop. We explore the core principles and practices of a life of informed and engaged compassion: to understand, to care, and to act. This includes both the inner and outer aspects, providing a broad conceptual overview and deeper topical explorations supported by hands-on practice.
Organic Gardening & Natural Landscaping - Volunteer Work Period
A volunteer work period providing a precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living — with a specific focus on permaculture landscaping, and building and maintaining our organic gardens — all in a supportive community atmosphere.
Carpentry: A Contemplative Approach to Craft
A four-week residential carpentry workshop, aimed to explore the intersection of contemplative practice, craft and sustainability. The programme is structured as a two-week intensive period, followed by a two-week practicum, with an option to stay on longer to refine your skills.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Carpentry: A Contemplative Approach to Craft
A six-week residential carpentry workshop, aimed to explore the intersection of contemplative practice, craft and sustainability. The programme is structured as a three-week intensive period, followed by a three-week practicum, with an option to stay on longer to refine your skills.
Permaculture & Organic Garden Design
A four-week immersive service-learning programme providing opportunities to explore natural garden design and permaculture principles and practices, primarily through hands-on work in Dharmalaya Institute’s beautiful organic gardens.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Permaculture & Organic Garden Design
A four-week immersive service-learning programme providing opportunities to explore natural garden design and permaculture principles and practices, primarily through hands-on work in Dharmalaya Institute’s beautiful organic gardens.
Volunteer Work Period
A precious opportunity to offer service to the common good while practicing some of the foundational skills of sustainable and compassionate living, including organic gardening, natural building and permaculture landscaping.
Compassion, Community & Creativity
An eight-week immersive service-learning programme providing a unique opportunity to offer service while exploring practices of compassionate living — all in an environment carefully designed for safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compassion, Creativity & Community
A four-month immersive service-learning programme providing a unique opportunity to offer service while exploring practices of compassionate living — all in an environment carefully designed for safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compassion, Creativity & Community
A four-month immersive service-learning programme providing a unique opportunity to offer service while exploring practices of compassionate living — all in an environment carefully designed for safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compassionate Living Intensive
The Compassionate Living Intensive is a hybrid of a contemplative retreat and a training workshop. We explore the core principles and practices of a life of informed and engaged compassion: to understand, to care, and to act. This includes both the inner and outer aspects, providing a broad conceptual overview and deeper topical explorations supported by hands-on practice.
Compassionate Living Intensive
The Compassionate Living Intensive is a hybrid of a contemplative retreat and a training workshop. We explore the core principles and practices of a life of informed and engaged compassion: to understand, to care, and to act. This includes both the inner and outer aspects, providing a broad conceptual overview and deeper topical explorations supported by hands-on practice.