Changed Address

Dear friends,

We have changed the address of our blog. You can read more updates from Jiwa Damai from now on here:

www.jiwadamai.net/blog/ 

We are looking forward to seeing you on our new website!

Internship Interview

Discover the uniqueness of the Internship Through the Heart at Jiwa Damai through this exclusive interview with our intern, Rene!

Find out more about our internship here!

New Backpackers Rooms

We are now building some new simple accommodation in our garden for interns and volunteers. The walls will be made from Bamboo and the outside will be decorated with recycled bottles. Here are two designs with glass bottles for one of the rooms. There will be four rooms made with natural and recycled materials.

Raw Vegan Cashew and Moringa cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw cashews (soaked for 4 hours)
• 1/4 cup filtered water
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 tbsp moringa powder
• Pinch of ground turmeric
• Pink Himalayan salt to taste

Edible Parts of Moringa

Many parts of the moringa are edible. Regional uses of the moringa as food vary widely, and include:

• The immature seed pods, called “drumsticks”, are popular in Asia and Africa.
• Leaves are eaten, particularly in Cambodia, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, and Africa.
• Mature seeds
• Flowers
• Oil pressed from the mature seeds
• Roots

Health Benefits of Moringa

Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. It has animpressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value.

Different parts of this plant contain a profile of important minerals, and are a good source of protein, vitamins, beta-carotene, amino acids and various phenolics. The Moringa plant provides a rich and rare combination of zeatin, quercetin, beta-sitosterol, caffeoylquinic acid and kaempferol. In addition to its compelling water purifying powers and high nutritional value, M. oleifera is very important for its medicinal value. Various parts of this plant such as the leaves, roots, seed, bark, fruit, flowers and immature pods act as cardiac and circulatory stimulants, possess antitumor, antipyretic, antiepileptic, antiinflammatory, antiulcer, antispasmodic, diuretic, antihypertensive, cholesterol lowering, antioxidant, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and antifungal activities, and are being employed for the treatment of different ailments in the indigenous system of medicine, particularly in South Asia.

Volunteers preparing the garden

At Jiwa Damai all plants, grow at an extraordinary speed. Kadek, our gardener and Mariano, our Spanish volunteer and Koko our Japanese volunteer are cleaning the area, to be mulched and prepared for ginger, garlic and other plants.

 

Bamboo lovely landscaping

We, here, at Jiwa Damai are very active, even though it is our quiet period after the Balinese new year.  Our parking and entrance is being rejuvenated through some lovely landscaping. All bamboo were collected on our land and then placed into the river for a period of 3 weeks to increase the life of the Bamboo without chemical preservation.

Garden Planer Needed

At Jiwa Damai we are looking for a flexible person with much heart, who wishes to do a  6 month  volunteership with possible long term job as a planer for our permaculture garden. 4 hectar, need to be able to plan timely for our needs, our kitchen and retreats and have experience in permaculture/organic farming.

Tropical experience desired, not a must. Needs to be able to lead a small team and work through empowerment, know about rotation of plants, companion planting, keeping our seed bank up to date . Our garden is created with much heart, and we do not keep livestock. We are organically certified and need an heart based person with experience. We expect the person to align with nature and our values and be de adaptable to the local culture. Please send resume to jiwadamaibali@gmail.com

You can find out more about our garden, on the Jiwa Damai website.

 

 

Deep relaxation

At Jiwa Damai we hosts groups which share their positive energy with us. This is a photo from the Sadhana Yoga Training deep relaxation. We were so greatful to have them training at Jiwa Damai.