Nalanda Santuario de la Naturaleza

Nalansa is the perfect place for those seeking mountain tranquility, silence, studying, learning, and connecting with nature and with oneself, and mainly for those who have the desire and motivation to learn about spiritual development, life in nature, conscious eating, and medicinal plants.

At Akasha, we tread softly, close the doors, and speak gently. We host spiritual retreats and natural therapy programs, with the aim of helping people heal. If you have this profile, and you wish to do it with love and selfless dedication, you are very welcome to volunteer with us.

During Yoga retreat days, which we hold once a month, we ask volunteers to help us full-time. During these days, the work consists of doing everything as a team, helping wherever needed. They are work days where we need all of our active, motivated, and present collaborators, since the goal is to provide retreat participants with an unforgettable experience. It is an opportunity for volunteers to learn, enjoy the activities, share with people from all over the world, and be a great support with the logistics of the programs.

I am the founder of Nalanda, together with my partner. We are passionate about nature, spiritual development, and life in nature. We have collaborators who live and work with us at the Center. The volunteers are part of the Akasha family. They are essential for us to keep doing what we are passionate about: awakening people.
We love hosting volunteers who are calm, emotionally balanced, motivated, eager to learn, help and share their ideas, knowledge, and their cooking skills :)
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Reviews

3.5
(6 reviews)6

Staff & Host

3.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

3.0

Learning & Fun

3.5
About the experience in: Patate Canton, Ecuador

Argentina

4

El lugar es muy hermoso y tranquilo, ideal para descansar en paz y comodidad.. Decidí irme en el periodo de prueba porque si bien buscaba tranquilidad también era mi intención sociabilizar un poco y no había más voluntarios ni gente alrededor. Fue un placer mi corta visita por ahí!

over 3 years ago

About the experience in: Patate Canton, Ecuador

United States

1

I would NOT recommend this place!! These people will kick you out during a 5 day test period if they don't like you, you have to walk on eggshells. They have fired someone for as little as breaking a mug, kicked me out after two days because apparently I was closing doors and walking too loud. When they kicked me out, one of the workers took me to his families house bc I had nowhere to go, when he went back, they fired him for helping me. This is not a yoga center.. when you get there they have list of rules, they just want you to work for them and don't care about you, it's very controlling.

over 3 years ago


Nalanda replied

Danny, we are sorry our energies did not match. We do have rules, as we are responsible for the well-being of others, our family and ourselves. We kindly asked you to close doors softly as we were in a meeting and as we said we do in our program description. We do this because we are conscious of others. Someone could be meditating, sleeping or other activity that requires silence. You were very disrespectful afterwards with your aggressive attitude.

Furthermore, we DO NOT tolerate drug consumption in our center and you broke that rule. We kindly asked you to terminate your program when we found that out and saw that indeed our energies didn’t match.

We hope the best for you, and good luck finding another place that can meet your expectations.

About the experience in: Patate Canton, Ecuador

Brazil

5

El centro es un lugar increíble, rodeado de naturaleza y pasé hermosos días con la familia ... las tareas están bien organizadas... todas las comidas son vegetarianas y preparadas con mucho amor... también pude conectarme conmigo misma y aprender mucho sobre yoga y bienestar... gracias familia el centro por todos los momentos que compartimos juntos... Namastê 🙌🏻

over 3 years ago


Nalanda replied

Thank you as well, Géssica, for sharing your light with us and for all your love in helping us. A big hug of light. Tashi Delek

About the experience in: Patate Canton, Ecuador

Spain

4

Fue una experiencia muy agradable y sobretodo es un gran incentivo para conectar con tu esencia. Tanto Andrew como Malu te guían por las enseñanzas yoguicas para que recuerdes quién eres realmente. Es un lugar donde sin duda podrás conectar con tu centro si tú te lo permites. Aprenderás las prácticas yoguicas y ayudarás en los retiros. El resto del tiempo tendrás que hacer tareas que se requieran (cocina, limpieza, etc.), luego descanso. Sin embargo, la experiencia la hace uno mismo.

over 3 years ago

About the experience in: Patate Canton, Ecuador

Mexico

2

They cancelled on me last minute literally one day before due to personal issues which I understand. The only reason why I'm sharing this is because we are travelers, and something like this could be devastating for someone from another country. I applied with months of anticipation, I thought everything was fine until I received that they forgot I was going to this place. I'm pretty sure is a wonderful and magical place, but this shouldn't happen again. At the end I received support from the worldpackers insurance to afford a few nights for free in a hostel and help to find another worktrade

almost 4 years ago


Nalanda replied

Namaste Nathan. We understand your side. And it's also important to understand force majeure can happen to anyone and it can change plans from night to day. That's why worldpackers insurance exists, so the volunteers can have a support until they find a new place. We were in touch with you all the time, except when this force majeure came out, regarding a serious disease in a beloved person of our family. Wishing you great experiences and learning wherever you go. Tashi Delek.


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