Broad Acre Permaculture – The Convergence http://permacultureconvergence.com Building Resilient Communities Mon, 25 Sep 2017 01:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://permacultureconvergence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-permaculture-convergence-norcal-logo-32x32.png Broad Acre Permaculture – The Convergence http://permacultureconvergence.com 32 32 Implementing a Full-Scale Design, Sivananda Yoga Farm http://permacultureconvergence.com/implementing-a-full-scale/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:56:09 +0000 http://permacultureconvergence.com/?p=5717 In this workshop Colin and Phillip will talk about the challenges in implementing a Permaculture design at the Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, CA. They will review the design elements, the invisible structures, the 5 zones, as well as touch on the importance of spiritual practice in any well-rounded Permaculture design. This workshop will use the Yoga Farm as a model to tie in larger themes of self-sustainability with ecological resilience.

The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm is working on building more resilience by implementing a full-scale Permaculture design on the property. This presentation or workshop can give them a tangible application of Permaculture design at the beginning stages. Furthermore, the theme ties in to diversity in a multitude of ways. The motto of the Sivananda organization is “Unity in Diversity”. Though they are a traditional school of Yoga teachings, they embrace and accept all races, creeds, religions etc. The Sivananda Yoga Farm offers 200-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings as well as Permaculture Design Certificates and a multitude of other courses. The workshop will begin with a couple interactive, simple Yogic breathing exercises to help participants stay grounded and focused, as well as give them a snippet of what is taught at the Ashram.

Friday Oct 6| 3:30pm| Zocalo

Presented by Colin Eldridge & Peter Quercia

]]> Colin Eldridge http://permacultureconvergence.com/colin-eldridge/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:21:32 +0000 http://permacultureconvergence.com/?p=5719 Colin has been a Permaculture activist and advocate for over 5 years. He enjoys sharing his teachings on design principles, medicinal plants, edible forestry, ecology, and sacred regenerative knowledge. He runs a small-scale design and education project called Vibration.Energy Permaculture where he shares his passions in teaching, regenerative design, and property assessment. He got his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2014 and has been teaching workshops ever since.
He got his Yoga Alliance accredited 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate in 2016 through the Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, CA. At his training he learned how to teach Asanas, Pranayama, Advaita Vedanta philosophy, as well as many other facets of the traditional Yoga practice.


Colin was also a naturalist and environmental educator in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, where he helped children connect with nature through hiking, camps, and interactive and inquiry-based educational games.


Colin has taught educational and interactive workshops around topics of Permaculture, art, social justice, and nature at several festivals and transformational gatherings including Imagine Festival, F.A.R.M. Fest, and Unifier. His goal is to spread seeds of awareness and inspiration for people to heal each other and the planet.

 

2017 Workshop:

Implementing a Full-Scale Design, Sivananda Yoga Farm

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