During my ten-week stay with the beautiful surroundings and wonderful people that constitute Ananda Valley, I have learned to revalue productivity and to enjoy taking things slow. This development started with the necessary discomfort. While I started working in the kitchen team, I felt a constant urge to prove myself. I wanted to make sure …
A channel of love Reason before the heart they say,I am always choosing the heart though,What makes me vibrate, what makes me feel alive,This is why I came here,Hearing the call of the Portuguese valley. I want to learn, I want to explore.A force is pushing me forward,To follow my dreams,Becoming who I am.I want …
During my stay at Ananda Valley I learned a lot. About myself, relationships, group dynamics, boundaries, sustainable living, communication and creativity. I felt really inspired by the conversations I had with everyone of the Ananda Valley Community and I think that I made good friends here which I will see again at some point in …
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 …
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.
For me, coming to volunteer at Ananda Valley has meant entering another world. It is a world ofconnection: connection to nature, the environment, the weather, connection to the food we eat, tothe people we meet, to the actions we take every day, and ultimately, connection to ourselves. Thepeople that I’ve met here share the values …
I decided to come to Ananda Valley because I was a little lost in my personal projects, I was physically and mentally exhausted.I was looking for adventure and wanted to get involved in a volunteer project, a project that I felt was not only beneficial for me, but for other people too. At first I …
