Volunteering Spain – Love in Action
Karma Yoga: The Art of Mindful Action at our Ashram in Denia, Spain
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Centre for Inner Transformation
in Denia, between Alicante and Valencia, Spain
Karma Yoga at Open Sky Oasis
Sometimes, the best way to quiet the mind isn’t by sitting still, but by moving with awareness. At Open Sky Oasis, we don’t see work and meditation as two separate things. Here, in the sun-drenched landscape of Denia, we practice Karma Yoga—the simple, profound act of selfless service.
The Practice: What You’ll Be Doing
We don’t believe in “busy work.” The tasks here are about maintaining a high-vibration environment for everyone who visits. As a volunteer, your presence is woven into the daily life of the center. Volunteers practice 6 hours of karma yoga daily, 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon. Your tasks could include:
The Mediterranean Garden: Pruning, planting, and tending to the soil in quiet corners of our impressive garden and handyman tasks
The Pond: Caring for our water feature, a central point of reflection and peace with fish and turtles
Kitchen: Preparing meals with our cook for the community and guests
- The Seminar Centre: Helping prepare the Oasis and its rooms and meditation hall for our retreats and guests.
Why Karma Yoga?
At its heart, Karma Yoga is the yoga of action, where work is transformed into a spiritual practice. Unlike traditional labor where the focus is on a paycheck or personal gain, Karma Yoga shifts the focus to the quality of awareness behind the task. By performing service—whether it is weeding the garden, cleaning the pond, or preparing communal meals—without attachment to the outcome, you begin to dissolve the boundaries of the ego. It is a process of “mindful action” that allows you to meet life’s daily frictions with presence and grace, turning every ordinary movement into a selfless contribution to the whole.
A Sanctuary Between the Mountain and the Sea
Our Oasis is tucked away in a spectacular corner of Spain. To one side, the rugged peaks of the Montgó National Park rise up; to the other, the Mediterranean Sea stretches toward the horizon.
We are a small, quiet, and loving community – a growing sanctuary dedicated to the search for Truth. This makes the Oasis the perfect setting for a personal retreat, where you can contribute to the energy of the space while finding your own inner rhythm.
Is This for You?
This isn’t just a “work-trade” program. It’s an invitation to step out of the constant “doing” of modern life and into a state of “being.”
If you feel a pull toward a simpler way of living—one where you can live and work day by day with a loving community of like-hearted people in spiritual community and sit in silence in the evening—you will feel at home here. We are looking for people who are ready to meet life as it is, meet the friction of the ego with awareness, and who want to contribute to something greater than themselves.
Our Spiritual Activities
An opportunity to connect with a loving and powerful energy field that nurtures Inner Transformation
– Meditation weekends
– Vipassana weekends
– Tantra weekends
– Self Inquiry weekends
– Retreats with spiritual teacher John David
– Karma Yoga ( Volunteer ) Programs
– Mantra chanting
– The chance to become an active resident of a vibrant spiritual community
What we offer
Karma Yoga at Open Sky Oasis in Spain
You can come anytime as a Karma Yogi and live with our community at Open Sky Oasis.
In exchange for 6 hours of contribution per day, you join our daily rhythm of morning yoga and three meditations, share a room, and enjoy three vegetarian meals with the community.
Bicycles are available, the Mediterranean beach is only 3 minutes walk away, and the Oasis offers a large swimming pool and a beautiful tropical palm tree garden.
Karma Yoga
Daily Program:
8 – 9 am: Yoga and Meditation
9 am: Breakfast
9:45 am: Morning Meeting
10 am – 1 pm: Karma Yoga
1:30 – 2 pm: Meditation
2 pm: Lunch
4 – 7 pm: Karma Yoga
8pm: Silent Dinner
Contact
Indira
Whatsapp:
+34 691 372 916
+49 178 2890814
Email: office@openskyoasis.com
Location:
Open Sky Oasis
Carrer Lleó 11
03700 Denia
Las Rotas Spain
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