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Sustainable Living Skills:
- Solar Power Installation
- Permaculture Design
- Sustainable Health Through Yoga
Pyramid Yoga Center,
Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand
Date it started: January 14, 2005
Welcome builders,
gardeners, students, teachers, and all friends of Mother
Earth! Come improve your building/life skills by constructing
an Earth Super Adobe Sound Temple at The Pyramid Yoga
Center in, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand. Become part of a
Global Community service action to help promote sustainable
development and conscious living. The Earth Dome Sound
Temple is a place where people can practice yoga & meditation
as well as chant mystical mantras, dance, and play
music . Through these practices one can connect with
their spiritual essence through the use of sacred sound
and help raise the consciousness of our planet.
The Earth Dome Sound Temple is a vision of the Pyramid
Yoga School located on the island of Koh Pha Ngan,
Thailand.
The purpose of building such a Dome is to
create a Temple space to practice sacred sound,
harmonic overtoning, mantra chanting, mandala concentration,
visualization & meditation as once practiced by
the ancient civilizations.
“Sacred Sound has been used by many of
the earlier civilizations such as those of Egypt,
Greece, India, Tibet, China, other countries of Asia,
Europe, North & South American, all Indigenous
people and more. The practice of sound in meditational
Sound Chambers & Temples allows one to open up
the gateways to the cosmic universe, attune
to the divine energies of the higher realms and create
inner peace, alignment & healing for the
earth. “ – Marina Rae
Have you ever wanted to change the world around you?
You can do this by cultivating flexibility, clarity,
and focus of mind, body and soul. Start with an hour
morning Yoga class where you ground yourself and become
mentally and physically ready for the day.
After breakfast we will go into the instruction and
hands on skills of how to build a Earth Super Adobe
Dome ( Sound Temple). Learn the art of forming structural
arches, domes and curves made from rammed earth-bags.
Discover the theory and design of acoustical architecture.
At lunch relax or go for a swim. After lunch learn
the art of landscaping. Develop design skills that
promote sustainability, ecological productivity, and
how to assess environmental impact. Learn how to harness
clean electricity by wiring a solar power system under
the guidance of an experienced instructor.
We believe that the ‘hands on experience’ of
building the earth dome sound temple will give you
skillful building confidence. You can then go out and
build structures locally or internationally while helping
to spread affordable creative spaces for humanity.
This Five – Week Sustainable Living Workshop
will include:
- Daily Yoga & Meditation
- Nutritious Meals on Site
- Super Adobe Earth Dome Construction
- Solar Power Installation & Maintenance
- Permaculture & Landscape Architecture
- Acoustic Design Theory
Accommodations are extra : Tenting $ 2.50 US per
day / Shared Cabin $ 3-4 US per day / Private Cabin
$6-7 US per day Affordable Living.
Optional Recreational Activities include : swimming & snorkeling
in the warm tropical ocean, thai massage, music circles
by the fire as well as evenings of chanting & dancing
in the Pyramid. FUN!
Workshop schedule
- Five weeks.
- 175 hrs total.
- M-F with half day on Fridays.
Accommodations On-Site Housing at Pyramid
Yoga Center.
- Large Bamboo Bungalow with half bathroom $6-7
US per day for private or $3-4 US per day shared
. Five Weeks.
- Tenting with electricity shared half bathroom.
$2 - $3 US per day for 5 weeks.
Teachers
- Trevor Lytle - Sustainable Architecture & Agriculture. Evergreen
State College. Archearth / Portland Oregon,
USA.
- David Goulet - Chakra Yoga Teacher, Solar Power,
Acoustical Theory. Pyramid Yoga Center / Victoria
, Canada & Koh PhaN gan, Thailand.
- Marina Halleran - Chakra Yoga Teacher, Mantra
Yoga & Sacred Sound. Pyramid Yoga Center / Victoria
Canada & Koh PhaN gan, Thailand.
- Scott Howard – Alternative Building. Whitman College. Earthen
Hand Natural Building / Portland Oregon, USA.
Super Adobe (Earth Bag)
- M-F, 9am-4pm, 30min lunch, Thursday evening slideshow.
(122.5hrs. Total)
- Orientation.
- Site Preparation.
- Foundation Layout.
- Arch Form Construction.
- Sail Compass Construction.
- Wall & arch construction.
- Dome Construction.
- Lime Plaster.
- Site Repair.
Solar Power
- Wednesday workshops, 1pm-2pm. (5 hrs. Total)
Permaculture & Landscape Architecture
- Tuesday workshops, 1pm-4pm. (15hrs. Total)
- Orientation.
- Principles and Ethics.
- Project Teams.
- Plant Identification.
- Zoning.
- Sheet –Mulching.
- Greywater.
Chakra / Hatha Yoga
- M-F Morning classes, 7pm-8pm. (25hrs. Total)
Acoustical Design Theory
- Tuesday Evening Classes, 7pm-8pm. (5hrs. Total)
Application for Admission and Workshop
Information
- Tuition $675.00 US – Checks or Money orders.
- Application: Please send one written page to Trevor
Lytle, describing your background, interests, and
goals you hope to achieve at the workshop. Telephone:
1-971-221-8071
- Trevor Lytle OR trevorlytle@yahoo.com
- 1313A SE 115 th trevor@archearth.com
Links
Additional Notes
- Optional Bring musical instruments.
- Cal-Earth Apprentice’s wanted please contact
Trevor Lytle 1-971-221-8071.
- Work trade is available under special circumstances.
Please contact Trevor Lytle. trevorlytle@yahoo.com
- The beginning of the workshop maybe delayed due
to rain resulting in an extension of the project
completion.
- Intern positions will be granted to individuals
who desire to stay and finish the temple; if the
project is not completed within the five-week period.
Special accommodation will apply.
COME AND MEET NEW FRIENDS; LEARN ABOUT THAI CULTURE;LEARN
NEW SUSTAINABLE LIVING SKILLS AND ENJOY THE WARM,
ISLAND LIFE OF TROPICAL, KOH PHA NGAN, THAILAND!!!
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