Clearly we have to heal earth, heal ourselves and heal our connection with other living beings. All these are disturbed due to our doings. Earth and oceans and air is polluted, animals and plants go extinct and our biosphere is about to collaps. Not a nice perspective for future generations.

Quinta Quixote and recreating the flow

At our Quinta we have 2.5 ha wilderness and permaculture in the silent mountains of the East Algarve where we can reconnect with earth, each-other, the plants and the animals, especially also with our tame chickens. We are connected with the Portugese WWoof system: WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Regularly we have friends and Wwoofers, who often become friends to help us at the Qunta.

We focus on:

Eco-landschaping: restoring the landscape by taking away creepers and bushes wich suffocate the olive trees. the carobe trees and the fig trees. We create new paths along side of the creek and elsewhere so that we can access the entire landscape.

Zenwalks: we build paths in the landscape, so you can slowly walk through the scape and savour all the beauty of the trees, the rocks, the dead wood, the old well, the plants, the insects and all the green around you near the creek, and across the hills. Sometimes we use the old Portugese tiles to delineate the paths. Walking is never boring.

Permaculture: we have 2 places with vegetables and fruit trees. We strive to have veggies the entire year and are currently creating such a flow. Salads we already have the entire year around, and other veggies such as tomatos, aubergines, pumkins, potatoes all love to live with us!!

Greenhouse: Our greenhouse is a former stable for the horses and we redid it totally with PC, polycarbonate. Now toads and frogs are so happy to live with us and find the greenhouse very attractive. We can also sit there in the warmth and read a good book, Nisigardatta’s one for instance…;)

Yoga and Qigong: everyday we start with some yoga at the scared circle in the mountain. We share practices and enjoy the rising sun. We do NO Surya Namaskars….because this cycle of yoga postures is always done imperfectly, too fast and not in sync with the breath. We in stead do more simple postures which can be done with full attention and in a perfect way….

Sauna and Chill Net: we have a big hammock for 4 people, a so called chill net for tree-showers and a sauna near the net, embedded in the green of the stone oaks.