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January, 2027 |  $900 Includes Everything

10-Day Workshop in India

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January 2027 (10 Days)

Prakruthivanam Organic Farm, Chinna Tippa Samudram, India

$900: includes instruction, food, and indoor lodging

Register early by October 15th and pay only $800

Join us for an unforgettable ten day natural building experience at Prakruthivanam Farm in Andhra Pradesh, India. We’ll build an outdoor classroom and earthen oven out of natural materials including cob, adobe, wattle & daub, natural plasters, and more.

This will truly be an intercultural experience as our group will consist of North Americans and Europeans working alongside the community from the farm as well as participants from across India.

Like all of our workshops, not only will we teach you a range of natural building techniques but we’ll take time for lectures on design, appropriate technologies, simple living, permaculture and living systems management principles, slideshows, and lots of Q&A. You’ll leave with a toolbox of skills ready to employ on your own projects, energy and excitement for natural building, and maybe even a new perspective on life. 

❋ Food & Meals

All meals will be vegetarian and feature organic vegetables, fruits and grains grown and harvested on the farm. The food will be prepared by the talented cooks of Prakruthivanam.

❋ About the Site

Breakfast: 7:00

❋ Lodging

All participants can opt to stay in a shared double room with electric, fans, and shared bathrooms. Or, you can opt to tent camp (with your own tent and camping gear) at one of the many sites on the farm.

Wifi is available on site.

❋ Instructors/Facilitators

About Kyle

About Venella

Arrival and Departure

Participants flying to India should fly to Bengaluru Airport.

We will pick up travelers at the airport twice on Friday, January…: at 12:00pm and again at 8:00pm.

We offer one return trip to the airport on ….January…at 7:00am.

If those times don’t work for you, we can assist you in booking another ride at your own cost.

Daily Schedule

Want to stay longer at the Farm after the Workshop?

Contact Venella.

$15/day rate for participants includes meals and lodging. 

Reconnect with your body and mind as you escape the noise of everyday life.

Daily Schedule

As everyone arrives, we take time to settle in, get comfortable, and begin connecting with those around us. The journey starts here.

Breakfast

7:00 am

First Building Session

8:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Lecture or Demonstration

2:30pm

3:30pm - 6:00pm

Second Building Session
Dinner

6:30pm

The 10 Days at a Glance

Together, we pause to consider our goals, hopes, and direction. This is about aligning with ourselves and with the journey ahead. This is a chance to reconnect with what brought you here—your questions, your hopes, your turning points—and consider how they’ve shifted or deepened.

Day 1

Foundation and stem wall

Earthen floor: the tamped floor

Getting to know the materials

How to make and build with cob

Slideshow in the evening

Days 2 & 3

Building the walls and incorporating other techniques like adobe, wattle and daub, cordwood cob, rock cob, strawbales…

Building well - how to plumb walls, refining techniques

Building the oven from base to oven cob layer

Days 4 & 5

Setting windows and doors

Oven insulation layer, entry and door

Processing materials - straw, clay and sand - for finer uses

Days 6 & 7

Sculpting, niches, and shelves

“Fix-all” plaster and sculpting material

Oven basecoat/straw plaster layer

Variety show on Day 7 Evening

Afternoon off on Day 6

Days 8 & 9

Earthen plasters: Base and finish coats

Clay paints

More sculpting

Roofs and how to attach

Inserting windows

Lime plaster

Day 10

Final touches

Earthen floors

Graduation

Cleanup

Day Three

Look Forward & Wrap Up

We explore the possibilities beyond this moment, making space for growth, action, and forward momentum. As we end our time together, we honor the experience, the growth, and the connections made along the way.

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Group Activity

11:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Creative Workshop

2:00pm

Dinner

6:30pm

  • "What I love most is the flexibility. I can go at my own pace, revisit lessons, and keep learning whenever it works for me."

    Former Customer

  • "Even as a total beginner, I never felt lost. The step-by-step structure and encouragement along the way made all the difference."

    Former Customer

  • "This has been such a worthwhile investment in myself."

    Former Customer

How It Works

  • Browse our upcoming events to find the one that feels right for you. We host events year-round in all different locations and climates.

  • Sign up and pay all required fees to reserve your spot. If plans change, you can cancel up to 14 days before the retreat start to receive a 50% refund.

  • After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know—detailed schedules, packing list recommendations, add-ons to consider, and more.

  • We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays.

  • Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and get excited for your new adventure.

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