NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOPS

IWP hosted our first natural building “earthhouse” workshop in October, 2004 to build a meditation hall for our training center. The 15 day workshop, attended by more than 25 women from Thailand, Burma, Australia, United States, and Europe, was led by Jon Jandai and Peggy Reents, members of the Pun Pun sustainable farm and community in northern Thailand. Participants “played” in the mud each day while learning sustainable building techniques, and the finished product is a community meditation hall built by the strong, diverse hands from around the world. The workshop also included cultural exchange, meditation and yoga.