Desert Ashram offers an ideal environment, varied and flexible, for a wide range of workshops. Workshop operators will find here installations and services that cater to their varied needs and the participants will find here the comfort, hospitality and of course, the splendor of the desert scenery, that will all assist the processes of the workshop and deepen them.
So what are we offering our visiting workshops?
Varied compounds for different activities and seasons:
Pola – a closed air conditioned group room with a wooden floor (80sqm), The Club – a closed air conditioned group room with carpeted floors (36sqm), Dome – geodesic dome with floor mats, open or closed, facing wide open desert scenery (150sqm), Buddha Hall – an open shaded court facing open desert scenery (400sqm),Comli – a closed elongated compound with an arched ceiling (100sqm) and Tantra – an open shaded court facing the desert (150sqm).
• You can also order mats, carpets, sitting cushions, mattresses and a sound system, free of charge.
Rooms for every budget and taste:
Private Wooden Huts (up to 4 guests in each), Private Rooms, some of which include a kitchenette (up to 3 guests each), Half-Private Rooms with a shared bathroom (up to 3 guests each), Dormitory Beds (2 adjoining rooms of 3 4 guests each) and Camping Grounds, including toilets and hot showers.
• All rooms are heated during winter and air conditioned during summer, beddings and blankets are provided.
Healthy, rich, tasty vegetarian cuisine:
We have a vegetarian kitchen, serving 3 warm fresh buffet meals daily. Menu and meal times can be flexible, according to the needs of the workshop and its guests, and a coffee stand is available for free all day long, with coffee, tea, infusion plants and a bowl of fresh fruit. Soft drinks can be purchased during most of the day as well.
And most importantly, the place:
Desert Ashram is a unique home, first and foremost because it really is our home, so hospitality is personal and warm. In the Ashram there are Osho Meditations in the mornings and evenings, in which everyone in invited to take part, and which the workshop is welcome to include in its itinerary. Each Friday we hold a festive Shabbat Ceremony, with white clothes, music and singing to open up the hearts, freshly home-baked Hallas and blessings, which we will also be happy to incorporate into the workshop's schedule, in accordance with time constraints. At the end of the workshop, we will be happy to serve you a delicious cake, and afterwards we offer a special discount price for participants who would like to stay an extra night in the Ashram, to ease their transition back into their lives at home.
And let us not forget the main player in all the happenings in this unique place: the splendid Desert which surrounds the Ashram from every direction for many miles. The seclusion from the bustle of the city, the mind boggling stars at night, the powerful connection with Nature, the wide opens and the profound silence – all intensify and deepen the workshop experience, sharpen the process and inspire an air of peace and freedom.
English Translation: Shira