I skipped about a months worth of happenings, so here’s what we did from mid-June to mid-July. Zach and I spent 4 weeks doing a work trade in Hawi on a property that is used primarily for meditation and yoga retreats. It was an amazing place and our job was to focus on maintaining the landscaping as well as caring for the vegetable garden. The property manager was awesome and so was the other work trader that was there. I felt like I got a lot out of it overall and really started to delve even deeper into my spirituality while I was there.  We ended up leaving because we wanted to travel more around the island and because Zach was falling behind in his part-time online work. I’m really very thankful that I ended up going there, because I felt like a regained a part of my sanity that had been kicked into chaos after leaving the farm I was originally at.  Hawi is a very small town. The entire island has a “small-town” mentality, so being in a small town is like doubling that, everyone knows everything about everyone lol.  The local Lighthouse Delicatessen has the best big pretzels I’ve ever had (with a honey and horse radish dip!) and the Kava Bar was a great Friday night hangout with live music. There was also a great Saturday Farmers Market. Overall, it was a great experience! The property sits on the hill above Hawi and has a spectacular view of the ocean and of Maui. There were tons of beautiful plants and flowers and great spots to sit and enjoy the scenery or meditate. An orchard with tons of exotic fruit was off to one side, but there were fruit trees all over the property as well. There was a kitchen devoted to us work-traders that had everything needed (including an oven!) The bath house was spectacular and the guest yurt was empty after he first week which allowed us to hang out and watch movies or use our computers indoors. There was wi-fi too! We stayed in a really big tent while we were there near the orchard. They provided mattresses, sheets, pillows, etc and we had power running out to the tent so we could use our electronics out there too. The property dog, Maitri, was the sweetest dog and was always hanging out with someone.  I originally really wanted to stay and tried to convince Zach, but I realized that I’d never really enjoy it fully if Zach was feeling as stressed about work as he was getting. We ended up leaving 3 days after the owners got back from traveling. They were great people and very thankful we had been there helping. They gave us a signed copy of one of their meditation books the morning we left too! How wonderful, eh?
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I skipped about a months worth of happenings, so here’s what we did from mid-June to mid-July. Zach and I spent 4 weeks doing a work trade in Hawi on a property that is used primarily for meditation and yoga retreats. It was an amazing place and our job was to focus on maintaining the landscaping as well as caring for the vegetable garden. The property manager was awesome and so was the other work trader that was there. I felt like I got a lot out of it overall and really started to delve even deeper into my spirituality while I was there.  We ended up leaving because we wanted to travel more around the island and because Zach was falling behind in his part-time online work. I’m really very thankful that I ended up going there, because I felt like a regained a part of my sanity that had been kicked into chaos after leaving the farm I was originally at. 

Hawi is a very small town. The entire island has a “small-town” mentality, so being in a small town is like doubling that, everyone knows everything about everyone lol.  The local Lighthouse Delicatessen has the best big pretzels I’ve ever had (with a honey and horse radish dip!) and the Kava Bar was a great Friday night hangout with live music. There was also a great Saturday Farmers Market. Overall, it was a great experience!

The property sits on the hill above Hawi and has a spectacular view of the ocean and of Maui. There were tons of beautiful plants and flowers and great spots to sit and enjoy the scenery or meditate. An orchard with tons of exotic fruit was off to one side, but there were fruit trees all over the property as well. There was a kitchen devoted to us work-traders that had everything needed (including an oven!) The bath house was spectacular and the guest yurt was empty after he first week which allowed us to hang out and watch movies or use our computers indoors. There was wi-fi too! We stayed in a really big tent while we were there near the orchard. They provided mattresses, sheets, pillows, etc and we had power running out to the tent so we could use our electronics out there too. The property dog, Maitri, was the sweetest dog and was always hanging out with someone. 

I originally really wanted to stay and tried to convince Zach, but I realized that I’d never really enjoy it fully if Zach was feeling as stressed about work as he was getting. We ended up leaving 3 days after the owners got back from traveling. They were great people and very thankful we had been there helping. They gave us a signed copy of one of their meditation books the morning we left too! How wonderful, eh?

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