"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
Do you sense that life has a wild and divine design for you, in which you can blossom and express your full potential? This transformative retreat empowers you to manifest this design using a unique combination of permaculture principles and mindfulness practices. You’ll learn how to sustainably use your energy and resources to thrive, express your creativity, and contribute to your community. You’ll also learn powerful practices to connect with your intuition, overcome doubt, confusion, or fear, and take conscious and consistent action. All of this, while you immerse in Dularia’s vibrant indigenous tribal culture and hands-on activities such as mud plastering, bamboo building, and gardening. You’ll start the new year with a clear and coherent life design and specific action steps to make it happen.
THIS RETREAT IS MEANT FOR YOU IF…
YOU WANT TO MANIFEST A VIBRANT, NATURE-CENTRIC LIFE
You love nature and want to intentionally manifest a life where nature is central in your everyday living and/or work. You've either heard of permaculture or learnt it, and you're interested in using the principles of permaculture and biomimicry to design your own life.
YOU LOVE TO GROW & TRANSFORM
You love to self-reflect, learn, and transform through gaining self-awareness and doing inner work. You believe that by overcoming your limiting beliefs and taking intentional action, you can dramatically shift outcomes in your life.
YOU HAVE DIVERSE INTERESTS & WANT TO LIVE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
YOU LOVE PLAYING WITH NATURAL MATERIALS & LEARNING FROM INDIGENOUS CULTURES
You love doing many diverse things and have different priorities, such as health, finance, relationships, creativity & community. You find it hard to integrate them all and live to your fullest, and would love to explore how to make it happen.
While you enjoy meditation, journaling and contemplation, you also like to get your hands dirty gardening, mud-plastering, or building with natural materials. You also enjoy immersing in and learning from nature-connected indigenous cultures.
YOUR FACILITATORS
COMPONENTS OF OUR RETREAT
Each day of the retreat will have a combination of all these components to give you a diverse, rich, and embodied experience
PERMACULTURE AND BIOMIMICRY PRINCIPLES
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Basics of permaculture- how can you apply the principles in your life? How can you balance your energies and make your life and its legacy sustainable?
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Biomimicry design principles- how can you make your dream projects nature-aligned?
MINDFULNESS & NATURE CONNECTION
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Solo time in nature
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Embodied practices to gain self-awareness
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Intentional relationship with food and your body
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Deep observation of nature through art
YOUR PERSONAL LIFE DESIGN
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Your life’s intentions- how you can design a rich and diverse life
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Overcoming fear and doubt- how you can master your monkey-mind
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Connecting to intuition- how you can listen to your inner mentor
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Designing conscious action - how you can take small, consistent steps to manifest your life design
HANDS-ON FARM ACTIVITIES & CULTURAL EXPERIENCES
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Planting & harvesting
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Mud-plastering
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Building with natural materials
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Village walks & interactions with surrounding village communities
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Immersion in the indigenous, nature-connected Santhal tribal culture
Tshering Penjor, Bhutan
Attending a workshop at Dularia has been life-changing for me. If anyone wants to learn about regenerative living, I think Dularia is the best place to do so
Felipe & Ana, Columbia
The permaculture course at Dularia was a tipping point for us in our lives, as this is when we started designing the dream project that we are implementing now!
Ajay Ravi Varma, India
I find Sharmishta very inspirational in the way she has learned to unleash the creative life force that is within us all, through curiosity and honesty, and by syncing with the values and rhythms of the natural world.
Food & Accommodation
We have three options for accommodation:
- in our gorgeous Earthhome (limited to four people on a first-come, first serve basis)
- in your own tent with own bedding pitched in the middle of our food forest. Shared showers and toilets are available on the premises.
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In any of the surrounding guest-houses. Two options are Panchabati Resort ( 850 m away from Dularia) or Khoai Village Resort (2.7 km away from Dularia).
Meals consist of simple yet wholesome vegetarian food containing fresh vegetables and greens harvested from our farm, and often cooked on our wood-fired stove in the Santal tribal tradition. We serve two big meals plus fruit, tea and snacks to keep you well-fed and energized for the tasks of the day.
DETAILS
DATES
Jan 18 - 26, 2025
Arrival is suggested on Jan 18 by 4 pm latest, and departure is after 10 am on Jan 26.
Last date for registration: Jan 5, 2024.
PARTICIPANTS
Min 6 - Max 10
Book your spot soon as limited places are available! This is an intimate retreat where you'll meet like-minded people on an intentional, nature-loving journey.
FEES
Tuition fees: INR 25,000/-
Includes taxes, excludes food & accommodation, to book your spot, a non-refundable deposit of INR 5,000/- will be required.
Food: INR 7,200/-
Includes all meals. Vegetarian meals using local tribal and Bengali recipes will be prepared using organic ingredients from the farm.
Accommodation:
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In your own tent with own bedding: 800/-
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In our Earthhome (only 4 spots available, first-come, first serve basis): 8,000/-
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For homestays outside Dularia please enquire with them directly
All inclusive prices, including food and accommodation:
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In your own tent: 33,000/-
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In our Earthhome: 40,200/-
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In the homestay of your choice: 32,200/- plus accommodation expenses.
DAILY SCHEDULE
7:00 - 8:00: Group or self practice of mindfulness and nature connection. This time will be mostly spent in silence and will vary each day.
8:00 - 8:30: Fruit smoothie (optionally tea/coffee).
8:30 - 10:30: Morning session. These sessions will cover the core content of the course and include journaling, group-sharing, and design practice.
10:30 - 11:00: Brunch. This will be the big meal of the day.11:00 - 13:00: Personal time, to rest, bathe, wash clothes, chill out.
13:00 - 15:00: Afternoon session. These sessions will cover the core content of the course and include journaling, group-sharing, and design practice.
15:00 - 18:00: Daily fun and interactive hands-on work on the farm. This will be different every day and guided by Chris and our tribal team members.
18:00 - 18: 30: Dinner
18:30 - 21:00: Bon-fire, songs, sharing, relaxation.
21:00: Suggested bed time!
WHERE WE'RE LOCATED
Dularia is located in a rural setting, just ten kilometers away from Shantiniketan, which has been recently recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site for its historical and cultural value. This makes it all the more attractive to visit Dularia and to take a few days extra to visit the surroundings.
HOW TO REACH US
The closest train stations to Dularia are Prantik and Bolpur stations, and the closest airport is Durgapur.
If you want to come by flight, you could fly into Kolkata airport, followed by either a train journey from Howrah/ Sealdah stations to Bolpur/Prantik stations, or take a 4-hour taxi ride directly to Dularia. Alternately, you could fly into Durgapur airport, followed by a 2-hour taxi ride to Dularia. Kolkata has several more flight options than Durgapur does, so both airports have their advantages/disadvantages.
If you want to arrive by train, you can come to Bolpur/Prantik stations, and then take an electric rickshaw (Toto) to Dularia. There are better and faster train connections to Durgapur train
Have questions? Contact Us
Contact Sharmishtha Dattagupta (WhatsApp): +91-9831404006, email: dulariatrust@gmail.com
