It is absolutely amazing how people from all over the world are coming together at Jiwa Damai, in the heart of Bali!
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All our nations together
Posted in Guests, Volunteering, tagged bali, jiwa damai, nations, volunteers on December 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Lovely thoughts from Mindi
Posted in Guests, Workshop, tagged bali, jiwa damai, margret rueffler, self, yoga on November 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
At Jiwa Damai we are happy to host many yoga groups who are training in order to become yoga instructors. Here are the lovely thoughts of Mindi.
“Jiwa Damai is a place that contains so much radiant beauty. This mystical, magical place is where true transformation occurs. Margret Rueffler, the founder of Jiwa Damai, has dedicated the last 10 years of her life to preparing the land for guests who desire to do the deep internal work. I have witnessed countless people who visited and stayed on the land and who have healed in very powerful ways. I highly recommend a visit to Jiwa Damai for those who are looking for an exploration of the heart and of the Self“, Mindi, our lovely yoga trainer instructor
And this is a surprise song from our February’2015 group.
Balinese cooking class for your honeymoon
Posted in Guests, Local Produce, Workshop, tagged balinese cooking, cooking, honemoon, honeymoon in bali, jiwa damai on November 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Our honeymoon couple is taking a cooking class with our Balinese chef, Made. This is one of the programs Jiwa Damai is offering for its guests.
Preparing Balinese chicken, with many different spices, ginger, lemongrass, onion, hot peppers which is then mixed into the finely plugged apart chicken… Then they prepared tempeh with Balinese sambal (spicy tomato sauce). Have a look! (more…)
Guests on Kuningan
Posted in Guests, tagged bali, Balinese culture, kuningan on October 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In June, the Balinese people celebrate the Kuningan, one of the highest holidays in Balinese Hindu Religion. On this occasion, we received the visit of these four lovely youths. Three of them were the children of Wira, our external liaison person and one, the neighbors’ daughter. They looked so lovely all dressed up in their festive ceremonial clothes. The boys with their traditional head dresses and the girls in their little sarongs and blouses with a scarf wrapped around.
Balinese blessing ceremony
Posted in Guests, Staff, tagged bali, celebration, jiwa damai friends, jiwa Damai guests on September 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This Sunday brought a surprise to Jiwa Damai. Wira’s family came, mother, wife and brother to dedicate and bless the new car. Looking at all the various offerings which they had prepared and brought, it was still considered a small ceremony. The hood of the car was covered with special cloth and decorated with fresh flowers. Goods, fruits and other items were offered to the gods, on the left for the negative energies to leave and on the right for the positive to come in. It was all sprinkled with holy water and supported with incense smell. The lower part of the car was hung with elaborate bamboo creations and will remain on the car.
Preparing the Jiwa Damai Open House
Posted in Guests, Staff, Volunteering, tagged bali, baloon, jiwa damai, open house on September 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
During August we celebrated the Jiwa Damai Open House day and we are happy to share now some of those moments.
Early morning balloon blowing in preparation for our Open House at Jiwa Damai for our team and guests. They were given to the children of our local team members. It seems that the adults have much fun blowing them up as many were exploding as well 🙂
Guests celebrating 10 days of staying at Jiwa Damai
Posted in Guests, Workshop, tagged guest, jiwa Damai guests, permaculture on May 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last night prior to the departure of our lovely French – Swiss group celebrating in the Indus restaurant and dancing Salsa.
The group spent 10 days at Jiwa Damai, morning sessions with the organizer Karene and afternoons with Margret for introduction to permaculture and much hands on work.
Join us in October for a complete Permaculture Design Course Through the Heart!