The vision or main idea of this project is to create a community place where seekers can come to find inner peace and to transform and expand their consciousness through yoga, meditation and Ayurveda.
Our aim is to offer a location, built in Himalayan nature according to eco-friendly principles and Earthship techniques to live off the grid in a sustainable way.
The building structure & design:
This first Earthship building is designed after a few aspects of Fibonacci.
It consists of 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and library room.
The Earthship system:
The Earthship biotecture system, which we use to build this Ashram and first building, is based on using:
1. The natural material available onsite, like dirt stones and dry woods and;
2. Recycling the waste material used by the human, like car tyres, beer bottles and soda cans, etc.
The principals and advantages of Earthship buildings:
*** Thermal & Solar Heating and Cooling: We don’t need cooling the house in the summer and heating it during the wintertime. Because of the thermal mass. the temperature can be stabilized to a human comfort level.
*** Solar & Wind Electricity: We will use solar panels and wind turbines to generate electricity onsite.
*** Contained Sewage Treatment: The grey and black water, which comes from your bath and toilets will be treated onsite.
*** Building with Natural & Recycled Materials: We using earth and stones, which are available in the next environment onsite. And we are recycling car tires, beer bottles, soda cans and plastic water bottles by using them in the Earthship construction.
*** Water Harvesting: We intend to use the rain water by collecting it from the roof of the Earthship build and use and recycle it for many times.
*** Food Production: We intend to grow all the fruits and vegetables in a big front green house planter by using the water, which comes from the bathroom and kitchen.:
A Community of conscious living in this Ashram:
It will be a community, where we live together, we build our houses together, we grow our own food together, we eat together, we meditate and celebrate the life together.
The Ashram’s warm atmosphere provides guests with a deeper experience of unity and belonging while being part of an integral whole.
Equally, we respect and honor the needs of individuality, solitude, self-cultivation, and freedom. While we each walk this walk alone, it is more supportive and fun to share the process with others. Our various daytime and evening activities allow guests
to try out a new meditation technique, enjoy an evening kirtan, participate in dancing or engage in live theater events.
The ashram is a unique environment created through awareness, humor and celebration that each of us brings to the table.
We need to finish the rest of the exterior building structure and the interior work finishing work.
This includes:
- All the doors & front green house glass windows
- All bathrooms
- Plastering the whole building, outside and inside
- Finish the floor of the 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and library room
- Planters
- Grey and black water system
- Solar panels and wind turbine
- Cistern to collect rain water
With your donation we are able to finish building the first Earthship inspired Ashram.
More information:
Website: http://rishikeshyogaashram.org
Facebook Yoga Ashram Rishikesh:
https://www.facebook.com/RishikeshYogaSanctuary
Facebook Yogi Amitram:
https://www.facebook.com/yogiamitram
