“A Mother’s love is somethingthat no one can explain,It is made of deep devotionand of sacrifice and pain,It is endless and unselfishand enduring come what may,For nothing can destroy itor take that love away,It is patient and forgivingwhen all others are forsaking,And it never fails or falterseven though the heart is breaking,It believes beyond believingwhen …
Everyone knows what May Day is. The celebration of labourers happens each year on the first day of May and is celebrated in a lot of countries across the world. What we sometimes don’t know is that before becoming a public holiday, May Day was the celebration of spring and the rebirth of nature after the …
A Ananda Valley, um projeto socioambiental próximo da Serra da Estrela, está à procura de um(a) voluntárix do Corpo Europeu de Solidariedade (programa Eramus+) para auxiliar na gestão das atividades ambientais por um ano! És de Portugal e tens menos de 31 anos?Interessadax em ecologia?Aqui tens a oportunidade de ajudar a desenvolver uma organização ecológica …
Here comes the favourite bread of our volunteers, made by our brother Florian. During his time here, he wrote the Ananda Valley Recipe Book, with plenty of fantasticrecipes. Everything from Kimchi, basic sour dough and how to cook tofu, to soy yoghurt and sauerkraut recipes can be found there.To access it, subscribe and support us …
There’s a general philosophy, that is happily applied in our community, and in different movements throughout the world: it’s the sense that all that happens, happens for a reason, and all that happens, happens for the best. Although it’s a very positive perspective on life, it is not always easy. When we are faced with …
Ananda Valley taught me the concept of community in all its upsides and downsides. Living our shared values and vision for the future through working on the land, doing our spiritual practices and hosting small workshops or creative sessions, inspired me to such an extent that now I want to try out many things I …
Story-telling is deeply rooted in our communication culture. It is an integral part of how we connect with each other and ourselves. From sharing stories around the campfire to cinema, global news and advertising, we LOVE a good story.With the explosion of Social Media, the ‘story’ has developed a very significant role in branding. The …
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In Ananda Valley we have over the past couple of weeks created a new garden, our heart garden. To make a new garden, or to plan what to plant on your plot of land, your balcony, window-sill or your allotment is a creative process and an art in itself. Our heart garden carries a set …
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Ananda Valley is an experience of inner growth, is a way of living,
is a way of seeing the world through a different lens:
a love lens.
Following our previous blogpost on Permaculture and Change , we explored how vital the permacultural principle of change is to our growth, not only in the agricultural field – but all the fields we walk through. In this second part we will dive into how permaculture-thinking can inspire us to look differently at diversity and …
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