Here you can see a couple of dishes served in the vegan yoga class in Jiwa Damai.
Our garden is organically certified, so they are 95 percent organic.
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Our food comes from our garden, cooked with coconut oil made on the property, healthy food. Bon appétit!
We are working hard in the swamp at Jiwa Damai. Chinampas – floating gardens - our new project has been in progress since the beginning of January. The muddy tangle of weeds is becoming a nourishing garden, step by step. Mud, heavy coconut leafs and green cuttings are the basic layers of our new child. Once the layering is complete, the top of the chinampas will sit above the surface of the water, leaving an elevated platform on which to plant the garden. When the layers are complete, we will plant trees along the perimeter of each frame. As the roots grow they will secure the structure of the chinampas, supplanting the bamboo frames, which eventually will rot away. The whole project will be built using only materials sourced from our property, making it a zero-waste, 100% biomaterial structure. Check some pictures and follow the progress, it goes incredibly fast.
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This is our Christmas tree at the entrance of our dining area. Our guests from Germany and Switzerland helped decorate the tree. And to do that they had to move into the water. We still keep it, you can come and check it out by yourself
Chinampas project
We have just started our new project - chinampas. Our volunteers, Egle, Hannah and Chris are going to change this piece of wild jungle into the breathtaking floating garden. In couple of weeks.
*February 10-16, 2014 Unfolding the HeartSelf-Intelligence This seminar explores the personality as an interactive system constellated around the "Self" with its creative potential. You will become acquainted with your own inner dynamics and peace potential by allowing the qualities of the HeartSelf-Intelligence to unfold thorough various exercises. Thus a deep acceptance and change in attitude towards oneself and others emerges. Change begins within and by looking through the eyes of the heart. This, in turn, creates a different vibration of the energetic field within and surrounding us. The heart and brain can then align with each other. The seminar is based on The HeartSelf-Intelligence® method, a transpersonal psychological approach. We invite you to join our morning yoga lessons and evening heart meditation.
*April 28-30, 2014 Permaculture Gardening Basics; offered with daily yoga and meditation included. March Tai Chi Course Four day QiGong and Tai Chi course
*May 1 – 24, 2014 Yoga Teacher Training
*October 1 – 24, 2014 Internship: Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC) Permaculture through the Heart: Two weeks on location at Jiwa Damia, remainder online. This program is the first of its kind, working with the psychological framework of the mind, theoretical Permaculture principles, design and planning, planting, harvesting and food preparation - all in alignment with the heart energy. We invite you to join our morning yoga lessons and evening heart meditation. More information: (link to follow)
Guided garden tours You can join guided garden tours through our organic garden on Wednesdays and Sundays at 10am. Price: 30 000 Rp / person
Chinampas in January
Chinampas, the first in Bali, are 100% self-resourced biomaterial structures, realized by our enthusiastic volunteers from all corners of the earth.It’s been a very challenging project, to look at the muddy tangle of weeds that was the swamp and see a flourishing garden, but such is the creative nature of the permaculturist, who believes that every problem is also a solution. The swamp--part pond, part oversized mud puddle—was in its untouched state home to a thicket of water plants and tangled, vine-like weeds. The structure of a Chinampa begins with a rectangular frame, woven from flexible strips of bamboo and staked into the mud. The first layer of the chinampas is a bed of dry, brown material—fallen coconut palm leaves primarily. Next comes green material; we used the weeds, grass, and plants harvested from clearing the swamp. Next is a layer of the rich, clay-based mud from the swamp, which forms the third and final layer. When the layers are complete, we will plant the garden on the elevated platform and trees along the perimeter. As the roots grow they will secure the structure of the chinampas, supplanting the bamboo frames, which eventually will rot away. Chinampas, or “floating gardens,” are a subsistence agricultural technique designed by the Aztecs, originally constructed along the shallow lakebeds in the Valley of Mexico, as a resourceful way of turning stagnant wetlands into thriving agricultural gardens. This project is the brainchild of volunteer Stephanie Garvin, and has been executed by our international volunteers, Kris (Sweden), Hannah (Germany), Egle (Lithuania), Mika (Germany), Celsae (USA), Gloria (USA), Marina (Slovakia), and Luz (Argentina). We appreciate their hard work and commitment!
homemade-deodorantSMALL
homemade-deodorantSMALL
Luckily, you don´t have to rely on commercial deodorants and risk as serious damage to your health. There’s an amazingly effective deodorant that uses just a few natural ingredients and can easily be made in your own home. The main ingredient in this natural alternative is our virgin coconut oil, organically certified and made with love here at Jiwa Damai.This deodorant has a pleasurable scent, moisturizes the skin, and those who use it swear by it. Recipe Ingredients: 6-8 Tbsp Coconut oil (solid state) 1/4 cup baking soda 1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch (arrowroot is preferred) Directions: 1. Combine equal portions of baking soda & arrowroot powder/cornstarch. 2. Slowly add coconut oil and work it in with a spoon or hand blender until it forms a firm but pliable texture. It should be about the same texture as commercial deodorant, solid but able to be applied easily. If it too wet, add more arrowroot powder/cornstarch to thicken. 3. You can either scoop the mixture into your old deodorant dispenser or place in a small container with an airtight lid and apply by hand. Makes about 1 cup. This recipe lasts about 3 months for two people with regular daily use. About the Ingredients Baking soda absorbs odors, cornstarch absorbs wetness and coconut oil is an anti-oxidant and a moisturizer with anti-fungal/anti-bacterial properties. You can also add essential oils such as tea tree oil for its antibacterial, anti-fungal and antiseptic qualities.
Source: http://www.passionatehomemaking.com
We offer individual internships to national and international students and post graduates in various fields. We would like to invite passionate individuals to Jiwa Damai to develop their projects and to put theory into practice right here on our grounds.
“It was a very strong experience for me… it was quite an important and learning experience on many different levels”
Andreas, Former Intern
Gardener Jordi is one of our talented ´kids´
“I want to become a politician because I want to help people in my region.”--Jordi, 19 year-old participant in our work-study program The Lagu Damai Foundation, based in Bali, Indonesia, provides educational growth opportunities for local youths and adults. The foundation conceives and develops socially responsible projects based upon the core values of unfolding the HeartSelf–Intelligence, consciousness of joy, and personal empowerment leading to increased self-esteem and self reliance, all the while working in co-operation with the environment, community, earth, and humanity as a whole. Nineteen year-old Jordi has been working at our center for several months. You can find him working in our garden in the early morning hours, after which he rushes off to Denpasar city to attend Ngurah Ray University, where he studies social politics. Jordi is one of ten children from a very poor family. Because he is alone here—his family resides on Sumba Island—he sometimes is very homesick and he dreams about meeting with his family soon. He would like to become a politician to return to the Sumba region and help people.
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We hosted a 24 day yoga training retreat at Jiwa Damai organized by School Yoga Insitute, it was a most interesting and intense experience.
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About 30 young people training day after day, getting up at 6 am to Meditate, then doing their Yoga postures, getting lectures about anatomy and sutras and much more. Our kitchen was working high speed, providing the vegetarian cuisine and many smoothies and of course, fresh coconut juice.
It was a pleasure to see so many young people learning and exploring themselves through this training. They will be back next year and are very much welcome.
Jiwa Damai is a hands-on, socially responsible organic garden and retreat center.
We are located amidst lush tropical vegetation in the heart of Bali (20 mins from Ubud).
