Every evening during retreats we pass around a pile of question cards for each participant to answer. Some are philosophical, some are introspective and some are about the activities of the day. On the evening of our last day in Paruro, I received the card “Give one word to describe the theme of today.” My answer? …
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The Sacred Valley retreat is nothing short of amazing. After our first week listed in our last post, we continued to adventure and explore throughout the enchanting valley. We started our second week with a traditional andean instrument class. We learned the sounds of the Andes and made our own pan flutes! PWS co-founder Miro …
Project World School includes at least one volunteer opportunity within each retreat. For the Cusco and the Sacred Valley Retreat this year, we volunteered with Cochahuasi Animal Sanctuary in the Sacred Valley of Peru. The sanctuary’s mission is to rescue and help rehabilitate animals native to Peru. All of the animals at the sanctuary are …
Wow, time flew. We toured Lima, explored farm life in the Andes and became big fans of Cusco’s cuisine and culture. What a whirlwind! The retreat started in Lima, where we greeted the participants at the airport and made our way to Miraflores, a district on the cliffs of the Peruvian coast. Although we only …
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*Our participants wrote various creation mythology stories for Miro’s evening session and have opted to share them here on the Project World School blog* Creation Story *Plink* *plink* Suddenly, there was rain. It was fresh and it was falling fast around me. The ground was brown and muddy. Through the rain there was green springing …
*Our participants wrote various creation mythology stories for Miro’s evening session and have opted to share them here on the Project World School blog* Creation In the beginning there was Nothing. And Nothing was a lonely creature. A vast being in an even more vast void, within and without Nothing. And somewhere inside Nothing came …