At Jiwa Damai we place a high value on sustainable food practices and organically grown produce. We grow and eat a fair amount from our permaculture garden. Astri, our very talented Balinese cook, prepares food with great care and love. We eat mostly traditional Balinese dishes here. In this blog, we want to share some [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Organic Cooking: Balinese Sambal
Posted in Staff, tagged bali, Bali food, Bali recipe, Balinese sambal, organic cooking, organic food, permaculture, retreat, Sambal on April 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Cleaning the pool
Posted in Staff, tagged bali, jiwa damai, organic garden, permaculture, pool, pool cleaning, retreat center, spring water on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pool is one of our key features here at Jiwa Damai. Of course, such a pool requires a lot of dedicated maintenance. It needs to be cleaned daily – its mostly leaves, fallen from the trees, that have to be fished out of the water. Responsible for this task is Wira, our general coordinator. [...]
Tropical fauna on Bali
Posted in Staff, tagged agro-permaculture, animals, bali, fauna, jiwa damai, organic farm, organic garden, permaculture, retraet center, snail, spider, toke, tropical fauna on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Experiencing the tropical wildlife in our extensive permaculture garden is quite a spectacle. Jiwa Damai is inhabited by different animals crawling, flying and jumping around in the huge garden. Today we want to introduce you to some of the little creatures. The Tokes you’ll hear as soon as it gets dark. They like to crawl [...]
Jiwa Damai’s team
Posted in Staff, tagged bali, Bali organic, Balinse employment, jiwa damai, meditation, organic garden, permaculture, retreat center, staff, yoga, yoga retreat on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today we want to introduce you to our staff here at Jiwa Damai! All our employees live in near-by villages. In this way we want to contribute to the local communities by supplying employment. Jiwa Damai’s Balinese staff, from left to right and from top to bottom : Wayan, our night guard; Lana, responsible for all [...]


