Saturday, 9 April 2016

Weekend in the Country at Gaia Sagrada


Enjoy the Mountains Near Cuenca in Llayzhatan!

Weekend In The Country

If you have wanted to see Gaia Sagrada Eco-Community & Retreat Center, this is the perfect opportunity for a small cost. A weekend trip into the country is only 45-50 minutes away from Cuenca, Ecuador.
Come to the country for a weekend of relaxation, enjoyment and peace. Gaia Sagrada offers you the opportunity to enjoy easy hiking, hammocks, great vegetarian meals, and great company. This is your chance to get out of the city for the weekend, take in the sunshine, nature, trees, birds, sit in the flower gardens, and just be yourself.

Saturday Campfire at Night

This is an old fashioned campfire night under the stars (protected from rain on the fireplace patio). This is a chance to hang out with others for music, sharing, marshmallows, s’mores, stories and just enjoying the country! Bring some marshmallows if you want to roast them, and bring your instruments if you would like to play music at the fire! Who knows what can happen on Campfire Night. Sometimes, if a telescope is available, we take turns gazing at the galaxies! Beer and wine can be purchased at these events (please do not bring your own, and no hard liquors).
If you live in Cuenca, this is a wonderful chance to get out of the city, walk around, enjoy nature, and be with your friends in a wonderful country atmosphere!
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Host Your Own Retreat


Group Accommodations for  Hosting Your Own Workshop, Group, or Retreat

If you are interested in reserving space on our calendar, name the dates you are interested in, first choice and second choice, what your retreat is about, who is facilitating it, and how many people you would like to reserve for.

Housing

§                  Minimum reservations are for 20 spaces.
§                  You save 20% for taking care of booking your people in their rooms (we give you charts), processing payments, and registration of your guests upon arrival
§                  What extra you charge for your retreat is yours and you don’t have to pay us any of that

Meals

Meals are NOT included in room fees. Catering your event must be arranged separately. We can cook for your retreat or you can bring someone of your own, either way is fine. If you want us to cook for you, it is $15 per person, per day, 3 meals a day.
If your group has a special diet, please let us know if it is more specific than a vegetarian diet. We could create an entirely vegan diet or an entirely raw diet for your group, but we do not cook meat for any reason. Only vegetarian, vegan and raw food diets can be accommodated.

Meeting Facilities in Community Center

Facilities for your meetings are $45 per day, $90 per weekend if you start Saturday morning and end Sunday afternoon. If you would like to start Friday evening, the meeting area only costs $25 more for a Friday evening meeting.

 

 

Outdoor Areas

All outdoor areas are available to use as you like, but schedule your meeting spaces with us so we know where your group is meeting at all times during your stay here. We would like to make sure we don’t plan noisy activities nearby. We can let our workers know they should steer clear of that area during that time. This is included with the $45 per day hall rental fee.
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Gaia Sagrada Retreats & Events


12-day Ayahuasca & San Pedro Shamanic Ceremonies
(If a retreat is full, ask to be on the waiting list, sometimes there is a cancellation) Shamanic Retreat Prices

 

2016 Retreat Dates

Jan 9 – 20 – Full
Jan 30 – Feb 10 – Full
Feb 20 – Mar 2 – Full
Mar 12 – 23 – Full
April 2 – 13 – Full
April 23 – May – 2 spaces, private room or apartment
May 14 – 25 – 7 spaces
June 4 – 15
July 2 – 13
July 23 – Aug 3
Aug 13 – 24
Sept 3 – 14
Sept 24 – Oct 5
Oct 15 – 26
Nov 5 – 16
Nov 26 – Dec 7

2017 Retreat Dates

Jan 14-25
Feb 4- 15
Feb 25 – Mar 8
Mar 18 – 29
April 8 – 19
April 29 – May 19
May 20 – 31
More… To Be Announced


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Sunday, 10 January 2016

Casa Del Sol


In Casa del Sol (House of the Sun), you get two rooms! One room is below, and the upper room is a second floor loft that you can use for other things. It is actually a lot of space between the two rooms. Some people use the upper loft for doing yoga, sitting under the sunroof in the sun, writing, or as a living room.
Bathrooms are right outside the door, and lots of them so you never have to wait. Gardens and hammocks are right outside your door as well, so you never have an excuse for not relaxing!
8 rooms with a shared 4 stall bathroom outside the door
·  Each room has a good amount of space, both first floor and loft floor, like a mini apartment
·  Furnished: 1st floor – Twin-bed or full bed, dresser, bookshelf, lamp, desk, chairs
·  Upstairs in the loft, desk, chair and bookshelf
·  You have private use of both floors, room and loft room, with trap door to keep heat downstairs when needed
·  Bathrooms have ample space in each stall, total privacy while you do your business. If you don’t want to make a run at night to the bathrooms, just keep a bottle or bucket in your room and empty in the morning!
·  Shower-house for showers (or sauna/hot tub complex)

If you rent a single room monthly in Casa del Sol that has a bunk in it, we take the mattress on the top bunk out and then you have a flat storage area for all your stuff. Don’t forget, you have the second floor loft all to yourself as well!
Here are some more pictures of the Casa del Sol rooms, including pictures of the roomy lofts above each of the 8 rooms.

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Gaia Sagrada Shower House


The water is always hot! We use on-demand water heating systems in order to conserve on fuel. Why heat water when it’s not being used? Hot water tanks are just silly! And to keep heating them all day when the hot water is not in use? Not smart!
We use propane gas to heat the water but our plan is to incorporate more and more of the passive solar heating methods as time goes on. We are still working on our prototypes right now to figure out which is the most efficient way to heat water without high tech solar equipment.
Our plan is to eventually have most of our showers using water heated by sunlight, with black tubes on the roof under glass enclosed boxes, with a tank at the top to collect the hot water as it is heated. We hope to have our first solar shower house done by mid 2014. In the meantime, we heat with gas and the showers are always strong and hot. No wimpy dribbles! Plenty of water and always super hot!
There is a lot of room in the shower areas, with a dressing area and the shower area separated by the curtain so none of your things get wet while you are showering. Enjoy!

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Casa Tranquilo


These rooms are  do not have as much space as Casa del Sol rooms, but the advantage is a bathroom across the hall inside the house. If you do a mid-sleep run to the bathroom in the middle of the night, Casa Tranquilo might be your best choice!

  • 6 small private rooms in a house
  • Read and hang out in the living room if you want
  • Two toilets and sinks in the hall, shared
  • Shower-house for showers (or sauna/hot tub complex)
  • Furnished: dresser, bookshelf, twin bed (1½ plazas), desk, chair
Rental Pricing
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Ecuador Info


Travel to Cuenca, Ecuador, South America

  • Passport & Entry– You only need your passport, no Visa necessary, if your visit is under 3 months!
  • Getting to Gaia Sagrada- Information about flying into Ecuador, and getting to Gaia Sagrada.
  • Tips for Traveling Safely- Ecuador is a very friendly place, and you will most likely have a great experience while travelling. To help ensure this, Gaia Sagrada has put together a few simple safety tips for travel.

Language

English is spoken primarily. Bi-Lingual staff are  present as well. Spanish is the primary language of Ecuador. If you want to interact with the locals, you’ll have to practice your Spanish! Even if you take a quick Spanish I course at your local community college, that’s enough to get you going. Another language learning possibility is the Rosetta Stone course  you can load onto your computer. We hear the Rosetta Stone CDs  work well.

Money

  • Ecuador uses  US dollar
  • Bring a large quantity of $1’s and $5’s so you can make change

About Cuenca, Ecuador

Cuenca is considered the #1 place to retire in South America by International Living, and from our experience we can see why! All the modern amenities are in the Ecuadorian cities, high speed internet, cell phones, clean water and food, it’s all here. It is very much like middle class America   in Cuenca.
Cuenca has a rich night life, many museums, as well as universities and a lot of cultural activities. Some refer to Cuenca as the cultural center of Ecuador because Cuenca is where all the artisans go. Cuenca is a little bit more expensive to live in than other cities in Ecuador.
Quito is the capital of Ecuador so all the   business and political affairs go on there. Guayaquil is a port city where  imports and exports happen, and might be considered the Los Angeles or Miami of Ecuador. Cuenca is the cultural center of Ecuador and very historical.

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