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Volunteers
Volunteering / Intern / 2012
We have run a small but successful volunteering program in 2011 and are planning to do the same or similar program in 2012.
If you are keen to put your details forward with a view to volunteer in 2012, please feel free to fill in the application at the bottom of the page..
Two options available
- with Yoga Retreat (option 1)
- without Yoga Retreat (option 2)
Option One
Price per week £250.
for this you share a room in the Finca a 10 minute walk from the retreats.
You can attend the 18 yoga per week program at either of the retreats but not when Palmas has been hired out to private guests.
We train you to work with us .
You work 37.5 hours per week as described below.
Should you application be successful we provide a broader description of duties and conditions in further correspondence .
Payment in full (for each month increment) for this option is due 8 weeks prior to arrival.
A deposit of 25% is payable 12 weeks prior to arrival.
We hold the initial interview / chat via Skype , so be sure to include your Skype address.
Please enter your details below if you are interested in joining our above program and state which option suits or is of interest to you .
The intern needs good communication skills and a general knowledge of English and some Spanish would be useful.
Interns will get a double room, breakfast, one daily vegetarian meal - in exchange for volunteering 6 days a week that always includes our change over day of Saturday.
The accommodation will be our 300 year old Finca standing high on the hill over looking the med - rustic, spacious.
You need money to supplement your food. You need to travel to get to a shop, or to leave Benirras when not working, so you need additional money for either car hire , petrol, or taxis. The restaurants on the beach charge around £10 for a meal and £6 for a cocktail. It would be possible to maybe live on £60 - £100 per week excluding transport, you will need to bring these funds with you or have access to them. The volunteer pays his / her own flight and transfers too and from Ibiza.
The volunteer hours generally are: a 6 hour shift in either the morning or the afternoon, or split (hours as required and agreed upon with the management) + whole day Saturday.
The majority of the program consists of general household chores, gardening and some light lifting and carrying. Cleaning Villa Palmas, Villa Roca and Pagoda Garden is a large part of the job you will all operate as a team. You will be given a training program along with a health and safety check list.
We do not obtain visas from embassies, so a volunteer will need a work permit or visa. We welcome and encourage people from all over the world.
You take your position on the yoga deck after all the guests have taken theirs. You take your space after the guests have positioned their mats .
Use of the yoga deck for self practice is fine.
Our programs lasts for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of the entire season. In subsequent years some volunteers have gone on to paid work at the retreat.
There is more information available should you application go to stage 2 of our application procedure. Further details include a description of a typical day.
If you are accepted as a volunteer / intern we shall require all of the information set out in 1 to 6 below but to get your application moving please initially submit only numbers 1,2 and 6 along with filing out the application form below.
Our email address for submission is info@ibizayoga.com
- a clear recent head & shoulders photograph of yourself
- your CV
- 2 references
- A copy of your European Health Insurance Card - Free from post offices to UK citizens for free health care in Ibiza. If you are not a UK citizen your travel insurance may suffice.
- A copy of your travel insurance to cover you for loss of possessions and personal injury.
- Confirmation that you have funds available to live off outside of the retreat.
Volunteers / Interns that would enjoy the scheme would typically be :
- a previous guest who knows how we operate and enjoys the ambience at the retreats.
- a professional/ established person who is financially self sufficient and is taking a sabbatical from work or has a gap between jobs
- people wanting to have a working holiday from their jobs – so they come to us for a period of time and then return to their jobs, a person who is humble and doesn't have an issue with carrying out mundane tasks, intelligent, a happy, helpful and spiritually minded or yogic minded person, a team player, a good communicator, flexible and accommodating
- A person that understands the volunteer program is designed to give opportunities - and always keeps this as a consideration.
- someone who wants to develop their yoga practise and isn't looking for financial reward or a job.
- this is a volunteering holiday and sometimes the program can be quite hard, however, it can be fun and it is in a good environment.
- And you will have plenty of time to enjoy everything that this wonderful island and retreat have to offer.
Volunteers will share a room in the Finca - it may be possible to have your own room but this is not guaranteed.
Option 2
You do not pay us. You do not do yoga (or you pay per class) and you volunteer 37 1/2 hours in return for food and accommodation as set out above.
In the application form below where is says Please tell us about your availability , please also include the year - if you do not include the year your application may be passed by as we scan through the dates first.
Ideally we are looking for Spanish speaking volunteers / interns.
We thank you for your interest in Ibiza Yoga and endeavour to respond to successful applicants as soon as possible.
Please fill in the application below if you would like to take part in volunteering. Please clearly state the dates you are available (dd/mm/yy) + option 1 or 2.
