The Ojai Foundation is pleased to present our

Winter Work Retreat

A Two Week Immersion in Mindful Service and Ceremonial Practices

Step out of time for a moment to experience earth-centered, heartfelt community living

 

February 14th through February 29 th, 2008

 

Includes:

Natural Building Workshops

and

Personal Vision Quest

and Sweat Lodge Ceremony

 

Facilitators:

Rachel Dawson and Judy Piazza

with Paul Perrota

 

$250 with 40 hours of service work

 

Be of service to our 40 acres of beautiful semi-wilderness land and live close to nature as you experience the ceremonial practices and philosophies on which The Ojai Foundation bases its work.

 

Also includes: Hands-on Projects such as Garden and Trail Maintenance, Land Walk and Orientation to The Ojai Foundation, The Way of Council, Medicine Wheel Teachings, Mindfulness Practices, Daily Meditation, Co-Created Community Meals, Arts Evening, and Rustic Shared Accommodations

 

First trained in the Yaqui way, Paul has been guiding Sweat Lodge ceremonies for over 15 years to help others develop and nurture an intimate relationship with nature and with self.

 

Judy is well known for her work in deep ecology, music, rhythm, sound and ceremonial practices to connect us with the sacred elements.   www.resonanceandrhythms.com

 

Rachel is The Ojai Foundation's Path of Service and Gardens Coordinator.   She comes to us from TreePeople in Los Angeles where she worked with thousands of volunteers throughout the city, incorporating right planting techniques and permaculture principles.

 

To apply, please contact

Rachel at pathofservice@ojaifoundation.org,

or call (805) 646-8343 x134

or visit our website: www.ojaifoundation.org 

Space is limited. Please apply before February 5 th

 

 

Other volunteer opportunities available are:

Days of Service:

January 12, 13

March 22, 23

April 19, 20

9-2 each day: hands-on service work with potluck lunch

 

Work Exchange:

On-going (except during Work Retreat months)

20 hours of service per week in exchange for tent space on The Ojai Foundation land.

 

Please visit our website or call for more information.

 

The Ojai Foundation

9739 Ojai- Santa Paula Rd

Ojai, CA 93023

www.ojaifoundation.org

(805) 646-8343



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"If there is any positive side to stark changes coming our way, it may be in the benefits of close communal relations, of having to really work intimately (and physically) with our neighbors, to be part of an enterprise that really matters and to be fully engaged in meaningful social enactments instead of being merely entertained to avoid boredom.

Years from now, when we hear singing at all, we will hear ourselves, and we will sing with our whole hearts."

"The Long Emergency", 2005, by James Howard Kunstler, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., publisher.