As the sun is at its brightest best the Sadhana family is experiencing the quiet and warmth of the low season. With less than 50 people residing in Sadhana the community feels more quiet and compact, little unusual for those that experienced the high season with a group of over 160 people and the activity […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Jon, Laura and Joachim on the melody of “Banana Boat Song” from Harry Belafonte The Sadhana Boat Song Work all day on a drop of love Daylight come and me wanna plant trees Sweat like a pig and elbow grease Daylight come and me wanna plant trees Hey you kitchen team Cook me something […]
CONTINUE READINGApril 21, 2010 May 6, 2010
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, April 23rd: A Lawyer Walks into a Bar Genre: Documentary. Director: Eric Chaikin, USA, 2007. 92 minutes Winner of the grand jury prize at the 2007 AFI Dallas International Film Festival A lurid tale of lawyers and lawsuits and Americas fascination with both. This documentary explores the influence of law […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Nico The Ecodome is a structure built to use as a place for meditation and silence, set in the midst of Sadhana’s forest, next to the back mud pool. The past weeks we have been working on removing the old plaster, and since one month we are giving the dome a new cover. This […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, April 16th: Alone in the Wilderness Genre: Documentary. Director: Bob Swerer. USA, 2004. 57 Minutes. Imagine… a life in a pristine land unchanged by man, roaming a wilderness through which few other humans have passed. Choosing an idyllic site, cutting trees and building a log cabin. Being a self-sufficient craftsman, not at […]
CONTINUE READINGYeah ! The new huts are now happy homes ! Construction of individual huts for long term volunteers has been happening over the past few weeks. With the help of Manu, our good friend and architect, and a hard working team of Tamil builders, five huts are now fully complete. These huts are being built […]
CONTINUE READINGMarch 24, 2010
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, April 9th: Manda Bala Winner of 4 awards at the Sundance, Rome and Durban International film festivals. Genre: Documentary. Director: Jason Kohn. Brazil, 2007. 85 minutes. Manda Bala, meaning ‘Send a Bullet’ is a strikingly beautiful and well-constructed documentary about cycles of violence and how it affects both victims and […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Nico The ECO dome is an earthen dome that will be used as a place for silent contemplation and meditation. The dome is located next to the back mud pool, in the midst of Sadhana’s forest. It was built in 2009, with plastic bags filled with earth and lime in the method of CalEarth.org (organisation […]
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