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Open Volunteer Positions
Landscape Artisan, for Banyan Grove Our property is filled with lots of potential for outdoor activity. To accomplish this, we would like to engage some landscaping expertise. If you have experience and background in outdoor design,... |
Awakin Circle Chef, for Banyan Grove Once a month, we host an Awakin Circle -- where we sit in silence for an hour, engage in a circle of sharing, and then conclude with a shared meal. If you are available to help cook some or all of... |
Event Coordinator, for Banyan Grove We routinely have many in-person circles, events, retreats and residencies at Banyan Grove. This volunteer position is to help coordinate various strands of the events, align it with the vision of... |
Content Scout, for Seeds + Transformation The role is to look for deep articulations about people, organizations, books or media coverage related to sustainability of the soil and soul. |
Awakin Call Biographer, for Awakin Calls Learn the stories of our remarkable speakers’ lives, and help present their stories to the world from the lens of their inner transformation journeys! This volunteer will write a 3-5 paragraph... |
KarmaTube Tweeter, for KarmaTube We are looking for an active Tweeter to help post KarmaTube content on Twitter and keep the community engaged with the portal. |
Transcribe Inspiring Conversations and Journeys, for Awakin Call Help us take our Weekly Awakin Calls, which feature a conversation with a unique guest speaker each week, and edit it into a transcript (with some context about the topic), so it can be shared... |
Translate Awakin Wisdom Readings, for Awakin Wisdom Readings Weekly readings are often translated in other languages like Hindi. If you are proficient in another language, and are able to translate few paragraphs every week, please let us know and we would... |
Good News Scout, for Open Good/Positive History We are looking for a volunteer who can help us build up a database of good news. It will requires researching stories on particular day, writing a couple sentence description summary, and adding... |
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After each call, we post an edited transcript. This blog post has the potential to spread quite far, from ServiceSpace blog to DailyGood.org, so we would like to have them reviewed by a copy... |
Upcoming Events
Awakin Meditation Gatherings
Join for an hour of meditation, followed by a circle of sharing and dinner in silence. They happen in varying frequencies in different cities but always a joy to catch one!
WHERE: Santa Clara NYC Oakland Ahmedabad London, Singapore, More...
Upcoming Forest Calls
Call into our weekly conference call, every Saturday, as a few Service Space coordinators share inspirations from the previous week and interview an inspiring guest speaker!
Karma Kitchen Sundays
Imagine a volunteer-run restaurant where all guests pay forward for people after them. While frequency is different at different locations, you can volunteer any week.
WHERE: Berkeley Washington DC Chicago Hayward Tokyo ...
Volunteer Reflections
Apr 06: Maitri Tune By Beatles This week's 'Maitri Tunes' newsletter is a song by Beatles: Let It Be.
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Apr 17: Nipun's Sunday Talk On Flow Excited to have Nipun visit our center for the first time this weekend, on his mom's birthday. :) All are welcome!
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Apr 08: A Colorful Splash To Chicago's Awakin ... A colorful splash to Chicago's Awakin this March to celebrate Holi/Spring/Renewal!
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Apr 03: Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky: Sustaining Self Through This week's Awakin Call guest: 'Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky: Sustaining Self Through TraumaReflection questions: Our guest this week is a pioneer and foremost expert in the field of trauma exposure...
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Apr 03: Inspiring Link
Awakin Thursday at Patparganj Delhi | ServiceSpace.org
Inspired by Awakin Wednesdays and the spirit of community, we gather...
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Apr 08: My Weekly Meditation Practice That Involves ... My weekly meditation practice that involves crafting a kindness-based poem inspired by a verse of the Tao Te Ching is up to verse 25. For anyone interested, I keep an archive of these at...
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Apr 06: Kindful Kids: Cultivating Empathy And Compassion In This week's 'Kindful Kids' newsletter is on Cultivating Empathy and Compassion in Children. Take a look."Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive."...
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Apr 16: Inspiring Link
I believe | Yoav Peck | The Blogs
From the blog of Yoav Peck at The Times of Israel
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Apr 03: Befriending Our Despair: Guidance From Joanna Macy Last week's featured video on KarmaTube received 7366 views and 15 comments. "Joanna Rogers Macy is an environmental activist, author, and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep...
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Apr 04: Phil Cass: Shifting The Healthcare Paradigm Phil Cass is making a difference in Columbus, Ohio. He describes how shocked he was to discover that physicians have become the #1 group of people who commit suicide in the U.S. Working with staff,...
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