LIGHT SERVICE Volunteer Programme

If you are unable to commit to a minimum of a one-month residency or if you are needing more rest and personal time but still wish to be part of the programme you can choose the Light Service option .This option is somewhere between the individual practice of a personal retreat and the longer commitment of our Mindfulness-Based Volunteer Programme.

Volunteers on this programme offer 2 hours a day of work (or more if they would like to), Monday to Saturday, and contribute $180 per week for food and accommodation, and dana/donation when you can for the teachings. Volunteers join in the daily practices and offerings on the centre schedule - meditation, community sharing, working meditation, eating meditation and evening practices twice a week.

Please note that our volunteer programmes are popular and fill up in advance. We are rarely able to accommodate last-minute applications, so please consider your plans and make your application to us 2-3 months prior to your proposed arrival date.

If you love music then please visit the joyful sharings of our young residents: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ctTnTgq9dmKYwrFGX-eJg

To apply, please email and tell us:

If you have preferred dates you’d like to be considered for, or if you have any particular time constraints (visas, work sabbaticals etc) 

And then please share:

A bit about yourself

Your background

Where are you from?

Your age and gender

What skills and experience do you have

What is your capacity for physical work, and are you healthy? 

Your interests

Any previous experience with meditation and/or mindfulness 

And you can also include any other information that you feel is relevant to share.  We would be very happy to hear about what draws you to apply and what you hope to get from the experience.