December 13 - 29, 2010

The Tantra of Permaculture: Connecting Inner and Outer Landscapes

The Tantra of Permaculture expands upon the standard 72-hour Permaculture Design Certification curriculum by integrating a deeper exploration of our relationship with ourselves, our communities, and the environment. Each step of the course is an individual and collective embodied learning experience.

Permaculture and Tantra employ a parallel philosophy of cultivating an observant and acceptance based perspective through which an understanding of the wild within and without can be organically and infinitely linked. The Tantra of Permaculture workshop utilises this joint perspective to design collaborative, mutually beneficial and  abundant realities in nature.  By integrating the work of internally focused tantra with externally focused permaculture, we create a synergy based in holistic approaches to the design of integral living.

This course begins with a 2-day Tantra Intensive retreat with world-renowned teacher, Gaia Ma, and continues into a 14-day integrated eco-tantra Permaculture Design Certification with Brandy Hall and Keri Evjy of the Ashevillage Institute. The 2 day intensive introduction will develop intimacy and deepen our connection as a co-creative community.

Participants will gain experience in the following:

• Permaculture Design Methods
• Observation & Biomimicry
• Pattern Design & Sacred Geometry
• Appropriate Technologies
• Water Systems Design
• Integrated Animal Systems
• Organic Gardening & Agroforestry
• Soil Ecology & Soil Building
• Natural Building
• Eco-Village Design
• Group Wisdom Circles
• Community and Group Facilitation
• Tantra & Relationship Skills
• Yoga & Embodiment Practices
• Silent and Dynamic Meditation
• Eco-Sprituality & Sexuality
• Ritual
• Dance & Celebration

Instructors:

Gaia Ma is a co-founder at InanItah where she pioneers an evolution in community based living and learning. She has served and lived in alternative community since 2003.   Gaia facilitates yoga classes and Tantra intensives internationally. She is a Certified Skydancing Tantra Teacher, received certification in the Osho Therapist Program and earned degrees in Economics and Gender & Sexuality Studies from New York University. Gaia is committed to supporting the expansion of consciousness and to creating symbiotic relationships. In her work she highlights the integration of spirit with matter, of masculine with feminine and of shadow and light.

Brandy Hall is the Education and Site Director for the Ashevillage Institute in Asheville, NC. She holds a Master’s in Contemplative Education from Naropa University and brings forth a passion for Permaculture as a tool for planetary healing in this time of global transition, beginning with ourselves. She has lived and taught on farms from Virginia to Costa Rica, and has been deepening her connection to the Earth through farming, building, designing, and educating since 2004.

Keri Evjy is the founder of Healing Roots Design, a regenerative and medicinal landscape design and herbalism practice in Asheville, NC. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and minors in Spanish and Sociology from the University of Vermont, a certificate in Sustainable Design from Yestermorrow Design/Build School, and received her Clinical Herbalist status through the Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism. Keri has taught in the fields of Permaculture, bilingual and outdoor education, yoga, and herbal medicine. She is renewed by guiding people through their desire for greater self-reliance, grassroots preventative health care and care for the earth.

Please inquire about private accommodations at nearby hotels and hostels.

If you have questions please contact Gaia at workshops@inanitah.com or Brandy Hall, brandy@ashevillage.org, or 434.284.3057.