We are blessed with fertile grounds at Jiwa Damai. Basically, every time anyone takes a walk around the permaculture garden, there are fruits, herbs and veggies ripe and ready to be harvested.
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Abundance of nature
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, balinese basil, indonesia, jiwa damai, organic farm, organic garden, permaculture, retreat center, yoga retreat on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Balinese religious ceremony
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, Bali ceremony, Balinese ceremony, Balinese festivity, Balinese religion, ceremony Bali, jiwa damai, religious ceremony Bali, retreat center, temple ceremony Bali, temple visit Bali on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Balinese people are very religious and they regularly hold ceremonies and parades in their communities. They bring offerings to the Gods in order to ask for their good will and to appease them. Wira, the general manager at Jiwa Damai, invited us to join his familiy in one of the bigger ceremonies held in his [...]
Fruit from the organic garden
Posted in Volunteering, tagged agro-permaculture, bali, cacao fruit, fruit, jiwa damai, organic fruit Bali, organic garden, papaya, permaculture, retreat, retreat center on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here at Jiwa Damai we grow various fruit in the extensive permaculture garden. And this is how the ripe cacao fruit looks inside. We also have several papaya trees.
Dragonflies and Butterflies
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, butterfly, dragonfly, jiwa damai, organic garden, permaculture, retreat, retreat center Bali on July 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today we want to introduce you to some of the beautiful animals in our organic garden. This fantastic red dragonfly visited the garden. In fact, there are many dragonflies in many different colors, here at Jiwa Damai. What an amazingly beautiful creature ! We are lucky here to be blessed by beautiful butterfly visitors as [...]
Learn Legong, a traditional Balinese dance
Posted in Staff, Volunteering, tagged agro-permaculture, bali, Bali ceremony, Balinese dance, dance, dance class, jiwa damai, learn dance, Legong, Legong dance, organic garden, permaculture, privat dance class, retreat center on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the many activities you can take part in while visiting Jiwa Damai is being a guest at a local dance class for children right here in our local village! Our guests and wwoofers enjoy watching the talented children learn and perform traditional Balinese dance. Because the dance is beautiful and unique one of [...]
Coconut harvest on Bali
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, coconut, coconut grove, coconut harvest, Harvest coconuts, jiwa damai, organic garden, permaculture, retreat center on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Do you know how our coconuts are being harvested? Bringing down the nuts is not an easy task! Only few local men know how to climb the coconut tress and harvest the nuts. I’ve seen them climbing up the high trees, sometimes up to 30 m, without a rope, without a safety net, just the [...]
Cremation ceremony in Bali
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, Balinese ceremony, ceremony, cremation, cremation ceremony, hindu cremation, hindu funeral, jiwa damai, king, organic garden, retreat center on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This february 10th in Ubud we witnessed an important cremation ceremony. It was a king’s cremation. The body of each dead Balinese must be burned so that their souls can join the spirit’s world. This kind of event is very important for Balinese people . There are ceremonies for every stage of Balinese life but [...]
Two french wwoofers in Jiwa Damai
Posted in Volunteering, tagged agro-permaculture, bali, jiwa damai, organic farming, organic garden, permaculture, retreat center, volunteering, Wwoof on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Salut, Nous sommes Raphael et Audrey de France. Jiwa Damai est magnifique, tellement relaxant et idéal pour faire du wwoofing. Nous allons y rester un mois. Deux de nos projets sont : Le premier consiste à numéroter avec de la peinture tous les cocotiers de la propriété, et ce n’est pas une mince affaire, il y [...]
Labeling the ceremonial garden
Posted in Volunteering, tagged bali, Bali ceremony, Balinese herbs, Balinese plants, ceremonial garden, organic farm, retreat center on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, I am Julia from New Zealand. One of the jobs I had here at Jiwa Damai was to write the labels for the ceremonial garden. Everything for the garden is labelled in Latin, Indonesian and English so I got to learn a lot about the different plants, and Ketut Badung taught me lots about [...]
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