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 JiwaDamai, morning sessions with the organizer Karene and afternoons with Margret for introduction to permaculture and much hands on work.
Guests at Jiwa Damai
Guests at Jiwa Damai
Guests at Jiwa Damai
Join us in October for a complete Permaculture Design Course Through the Heart!
Jiwa Damai was awarded the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence 2015 as a direct result of its consistently great reviews from its guests, being one of the 9% places in Indonesia receiving this award in a highly competitive market.
Jiwa Damai Organic Garden & Retreat is more than a hospitality business. It offers sanctuary in an idyllic, powerful environment, in the heart of Bali where the guests can reconnect to the life-giving qualities of the earth. Travelers can experience tranquility by taking part in yoga classes in the morning and evening meditation.
Jiwa Damai is also a place of personal development and of learning by doing. The garden is opened for the Permaculture Design Courses through the Heart which are organized in October. Through the Lagu Damai Bali Foundation, Jiwa Damai hosts interns who develop personalized projects in various fields under academically qualified supervision.
TripAdvisor used a complex algorithm in order to determine the Certificate of Excellence winners, taking into account the quality, quantity and recency of the reviews offered by the travelers, as well as their rating. The aim of the Certificate of Excellence is to reveal exceptional spots of happiness as recognized by travelers.
Sadhana Yoga teacher training
is into its first week at
Jiwa Damai
garden and retreat center. A lovely group of young men and women, deeply interested in learning and practicing. Their day begins at
6 am
with meditation and ends at
8 pm
in the evening.
Having welcomed already several times their wonderful teachers,
Mindi and Anita
, who are facilitating the group, here are some of the photos during morning class.
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Here is our Karma yoga team from Sadhana Yoga teacher training group getting actively involved in the garden and with garbage clean up. We truly appreciate this very much… Thanks!
Find out more about our activities at Jiwa Damai here! Have also a look at our internship programhere!
The Rhinoceros Beetles are a problem all over the world because these beautiful beetles attack the coconut trees. They have already devastated entire coconut cultures in Spain, Mallorca, Hawaii and Asia. No solution was found so far for fighting them.
At Jiwa Damai we are trying several approaches in order to strengthen the coconut trees. After thoroughly cleaning the leaves, a deep trench is made to uncover the feeder roots of the trees. We use our best compost for the roots and afterwards we cover it with earth. The following day we water the trench with our compost tea.
feeding the roots with best compost
We also tried to place bamboo sticks about 30 cm upright into the grounds. We fill them with compost and water them with our compost tea.
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During the Permaculture Design Course Through the Heart we discuss with our students different ways of taking care of the plants and supporting their growth. Join us in October to find out more!
One of the basic things we learn in permaculture is to be self-sustainable. Therefore, finding out how to make a compost is a must. This way one can reduce waste and create a nutritional soil for plants.
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The compost is created layering carbon, our dried leaves, nitrogen, green grass and ash and fruit scraps several times. It has to be turned every two days. Take care, it develops a great heat! On the 18th day the compost is done and exudes a pleasant soil like odor, ready to be used.
Compost at Jiwa Damai
Join us on the October 2015, Permaculture Design Course Through the Heart in order to learn by doing!
Jiwa Damaiis a learning space. We bring knowledge from all the corners of the world and share it with people who in turn will spread it to all the corners of the world. During our Permaculture Design Course Through the Heart in February, we have an international team of experts: Neil Willmann, Daruma eco farm founder in Thailand; Margret Rueffler, founder of Jiwa Damai permaculture center Bali and Lagu Damai foundation and Johanes Wibowo, head of Green School Bali gardens.
In this article we will tell you more about Johanes Wibowo. You can read more about our facilitators here. And you can find more information about the course here.
It wouldn’t have been right to do a permaculture design course in Indonesia without accessing the local knowledge. Johanes Wibowo is a certified Permaculture Designer with years of experience teaching locals on the islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan and East Java (Indonesia) in the transition from conventional to organic farming. He received his training in traditional Javanese farming methods at KPTT Salatiga in central Java as a designer and planer.
We asked him why people should study permaculture and who should attend this kind of course. His answers came from the heart showing how much he loves nature.
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Why permaculture?
Permaculture reminds me of the time when I was a kid. In my village we were growing so many trees, there was a huge variety. Permaculture talks about the diversity of plants or animals. In my village they were following the traditional calendar: the wind season, the rain season, the dry season, the breeding season and so on. They were following the rhythm of nature so they were using in a sense Permaculture principles.
Permaculture means learning from the nature. And there are so many new things to discover every day. This is how permaculture design works. Therefore, it is a life long learning process and no matter how many permaculture courses one had before, each course brings something new. One can read a book on Permaculture design but the reality is always different because every experience is different.
Jiwa Damai is following the permaculture standard so it is a great place to learn about the permaculture principles here. The garden is very generous and one can experience a lot and explore different possibilities.
Who should attend the course?
I think everybody should attend this course. People have to learn what nature needs. It isn’t only farmers or permaculture designers, or only for students or trainers. Everybody could come and should come. Because nature is not a place out there somewhere. It is everything that surrounds us: sun, energy, plants, animals. And everyday we should get closer to nature.
When I give trainings I am really happy if people tell me afterwards that they applied what they learned from me in their own gardens, in their own offices, in their own schools or in their own beautiful spaces.
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Fire ceremony
The final day of the 24 day #yoga teacher training, the completion as well as now receiving the certificate , was celebrated with chants, dance and music around a fire at our #JiwaDamai fireplace in the middle of the jungle.
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Our 7 day introduction to #Permaculture through the Heart in October began its third day hands on with a close encounter with our compost production, the heart of our #permaculture garden.
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Yoga 2015
Yoga 2015
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We just completed a 24 day long Sadhana #Yoga teacher training at #JiwaDamai. The 28 participants underwent a wonderful to observe growth process during this time. It is quite an intensive training, beginning at 6 am in the morning and ending at 8 pm in the evening. It is such a pleasure to see the changes happening over a period of 24 days.
Jiwa Damai is a hands-on, socially responsible organic garden and retreat center.
We are located amidst lush tropical vegetation in the heart of Bali (20 mins from Ubud).
