Chakra Yoga

The Chakra Yoga Center in Palawan

In a world where civilization is far from enlightened and not at all sustainable, we might need to back up a couple of generations in time to look at where we made the wrong turn.

The Chakra Yoga Educational Center in Palawan is based on sustainable living simply in nature while focusing on learning and growing in consciousness. The sustainable aspect is already largely in place, with solar power, one creek and two springs, and dozens of varieties of fruit trees. Presently the main house is being repaired and large sections of the land is being cleared for planting edible products.The feeling of independent living in this sustainable situation is like a profound security coming from the earth itself. We have long lost that feeling of living in a garden, being part of nature. There is no need to conquer or subdue; we can cultivate a sense of belonging while living in cooperation with the natural elements.

The image on the left is from the early days when the land was first purchased and my friend Harold put up a temporary shelter for us to see the ocean view. In the years that followed we built a more permanent structure (on the right). With that came solar power and the earthly task of planting fruit trees and all types of edible crops.

For those interested in being part of a new community with a foundation in Yoga, we offer plots of land at local prices so that you can have a place to build a house and a place to call home in Southeast Asia.We have recently subdivided the land into plots so people can buy into this lifestyle and learn more about sustainable living based on the yogic ideal of maintaining your health as a foundation to sustainable living. If you cannot maintain yourself, it becomes rather difficult to maintain a house and grow food. So, we have lots of 200 square meters, 500 and a thousand, now legally subdivided and with road access. The idea of solar power is suggested, though plugging into the grid is a possibility, but the grid is not seen as sustainable actually.