Casa de Leda y Centro de Yoga

First of all, you can write to me in Spanish, English, French or Italian. The app will only allow me to choose one language, but I can communicate fluently in those four.

Volunteers will be treated with respect and friendliness. I will take into account their tastes, their abilities and their willingness to do or not do certain things when organizing tasks. The idea is that we can all feel happy while sharing this space.
Although the house is not big, we can accommodate well and organize the tasks.
It is extremely important that volunteers be very respectful, clean and orderly. That is a condition to be able to stay in the house.
The schedules are flexible, as are the tasks.
I have a very pampered little cat that will want to sleep part of the night with the volunteers and will jump on them whenever they sit. So, if you love cats, you will have a great time (everyone misses her when she leaves).
Right now in the house it's me (Leda) and Francisco, a volunteer from Ecuador who is about to complete a year in the house.
Both of us work many hours during the day, so the house is mostly empty and volunteers will be able to enjoy that privacy.
As Francisco is in the room, the other volunteers will have to sleep in the living room. There is a sofa bed for one person and if mattresses on the floor are not used.
There is also the Yoga Room available, both to join the classes and to use it for video calls or to work online for those who do it at night. The view is beautiful, it has a bathroom and it is very warm. It can also be used for fitness activities, yoga, etc.
As I work many hours a day it's difficult to coordinate activities together, but during weekends it's sometimes possible to do an outing or play board games.
The house is quiet and must stay that way while I am in it; watching television is not allowed and if you want to watch movies, multimedia content, etc., the volunteers should use headphones to avoid disturbance. Calls and video calls should be done in the Yoga Room, for the same reason. Silence is essential.
Regarding order and cleanliness, it must be maintained at all times. That, along with silence and well-done tasks, are conditions to be able to stay in the house.

As for tasks, there are several, to choose from. In general related to ecological projects, garden and house maintenance.

For volunteers:
Here is a list of tasks where you might be able to help me. Keep in mind that I don't have time (nor knowledge, often) to teach you, so you would have to opt for what you really know how to do.

- Help with house cleaning:
Right now I am working many hours a day, so I don't have time to clean the house. So this is now my main need.
If you are a person who loves cleaning I will be very grateful if you can clean in detail.
And if not, I will only ask you to maintain cleanliness and daily order.
These could be some of the tasks: deeply cleaning external and internal parts of the house such as bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, deeply cleaning the fridge, oven, washing machine, glass, the yard, the garden, etc.

- Gluten-free, sugar-free and dairy-free cooking:
I love to eat but I am terrible at cooking. So if cooking is one of your strengths I would be happy for you to prepare some dishes, especially those that can be frozen.
I have a weakness for flours, so if you know how to make gluten-free cakes I will surely ask you for that.

- Care of the cats:
This would be only in case I have traveled and am not at home. It is about feeding them, filling their water containers and cleaning their bed.

- Garden maintenance:
I have a beautiful garden that was built thanks to the help of the volunteers. We are just starting so for now the harvest is not very abundant. My idea is that someday the volunteers can also consume some of the harvest, we'll see how the garden progresses.
It is important to have prior experience working with gardening so as to differentiate invasive plants from what has already been planted since one of the tasks is to remove invasive plants.
Another daily task (from September to April) is watering them every day after 5 PM (if it hasn't rained).
Depending on the time of year we will work the soil, sow or harvest (except in winter).

- Care of indoor plants:
My plants are beautiful, they need water, removing soil and lots of love.

- Care of outdoor gardens:
I have three small gardens that are very neglected, full of weeds, so they really need someone who knows how to care for plants and keep them watered (except in winter).

- Sewing:
Mainly clothing repairs (machine or hand).

- Repairing broken things:
If you are one of those people who have a lot of patience to glue broken things (like cups, etc.) you will be welcome to help me with that.

- Help with the construction of a log wall:
I am starting to build a log wall, so these are some of the tasks required: Cut logs, remove their bark, waterproof them. Help me with the construction of the base of the wall.

- Make my website:
This is not a priority for me, but if you are into making websites, it would be a great opportunity, but only if you think you can leave it finished during your stay. It would start from scratch, both the design and layout part.
For this we should start working during a weekend, which are the days I have free.

- Other tasks as needed
For example organizing, doing some craft work, painting…

Thank you very much for having read all the help requests!