The Palawan Samadhi Project is a yoga lifestyle endeavor based on clean energy sustainable living, to support an easy going daily life which allows a lot of time for spiritual pursuits. Living in nature, not trying to control or conquer it, life becomes relaxed and the mind can easily reach up to higher states of consciousness with regular and daily yoga practice.
The old, outdated lifestyle, based on farming, gardening, and building your own simple house in a natural environment may now be coming back into style. Rather than doing this in hostile chalenging climates of the northern hemisphere, the Palawan Samadhi Project is being developed on the tropical island of Palawan in the South Pacific. Here Nature is lush, warm and friendly while providing food for its inhabitants 12 months of the year. On the more deluxe side of life there are incredible beaches with warm ocean waters that make you feel so welcome you never want to leave.
This sustainable yogic environment is being non-developed in a way that does not change what it is into an air-conditioned humanly civilized condo unit. Seeing that nature has sustained us for so many millions of years, we choose to live in harmony with it, studying her ways, eating the fruits provided, breathing the rich air while walking the trails between waterfalls. The lifestyle is natural, with the addition of moderate and clean technology that does not pollute nor harm the natural balance of life. From solar power to composting toilet systems to organic coffee, the additions to nature are all supportive of a yoga lifestyle devoid of the high stresses of modern civilization.
Here is a portion of David's sustainable farm with banana trees and pineapple growing on the hillside and a goat grazing in the pasture, well the goat is actually mowing the lawn organically. The caretakers native style hut is in the background just above the goat.
The beach studio is being screened off in this photo; there is a creek flowing behind it, and the camera position is on the beach side.
Individuals wanting to step out of the stumbling rat race can have there own plot of land and house they build or have built, in the style of a non-crowded community, sharing skills and abilities as well as tools. Farmland is still available at relatively cheap prices like $800 to 1000usd per acre at this time: June-11. The more livable areas of flat or farm land can be the sustainable and supporting foundation for human needs like food and houses. Hillsides are fine for many fruit trees, including avocado that likes to grow here.
The idea of sustainability has been applied from food growing to power systems that nature can sustain through wind, sun and waterfalls. No rumbling generators that everyone would has hear, and no one has to breathe the fumes. David does have a back-up deisel generator that will be converted to run on coconut oil. In 2 years, the generator has hardly been used. Withdrawal from the oil wars is possible. Water and waste water, sewage etc are set up in environmental and sustainable re-cycling fashion such as composting toilets. Houses can be built in a simple native style with whatever modern and high tech adaptations that are not destructive to the environment.
The financial side aims at a gradual (or quick) withdrawal from the world monetary crisis and re-establishment of support from nature, rather than banks. A financial launching pad is required but then learning to fly without ATMs is the education.
This was the beginning of the building project. You can see the solar panels catching some rays. Three of five are out here; what I have found is that generally only two are needed. the red electric cement mixer was one of many power tools used during construction.
