Since the first day that I arrived in Nepal, I experienced the extreme hospitality and kindness that Nepali people have for the guests and foreigners. It’s surprising for someone who came from western countries. Also it has been surprising to know about the different and rich culture.

It is so nice to know a different way of eating, relations and spirituality.

There is big different my culture and Nepal even though I adopted very well and being very happy. It has been a great experience. In my life, I came to Nepal with the intention to work as a volunteer in a school. Previously, I had a few experience as a teacher.

Finally, I was working in a government school in Bhaktapur.

This experience has been so positive in my life and I think that I learn much more than my students.

Student in government schools have a low level of English and sometimes the communication was more difficult. But for them and me it was a motivating and positive experience. All students were really curious and more interested.

In my volunteer stage, I lived with one Nepali family knowing in a close way of their traditions and lifestyle. Also to say here as volunteer and co-coordinator of spain, Nepal is really a great country that I recommend to everybody to visit Nepal. If you have any questions at all about volunteering Nepal.

Please email me: carbasseta@gmail.com(Spain)

I had so many wonderful experiences while I was in Nepal for 5 months especially as a volunteer. I was so lucky to teach the Nepalese children English, they would come running to class in the morning’s, big smiles on their faces and really eager to start the class, I would teach the children to dance and have some fun for an hour or so which was so different to the life that they would return to after there class, I just wanted then to be ‘kids’.

The ashram is long-established with a compelling yoga and meditation programmed in place overseen by exceptional yogis. With a decline of such unique places this really is a fantastic opportunity to gain an experience like no other.

I met these people while they were researching and considering setting up an orphanage and during all times their focus was on these children and what they could do for them to help provide them with a more prosperous future, it is very difficult nowadays to find an organization that truly helps others and expects nothing in return but these guys are incredibly noble in every sense of the word.

The ashram is located in a wonderful setting and I spent many mornings’s practicing yoga and meditation with the Himalayas in the background. Sometimes we would go into the jungle to meditate or just for a walk to look at all this wonderful natural beauty that surrounds the ashram.

All meals are traditional Nepalese such as rice, with lentils and a curry and are really tasty, for a real challenge use your fingers instead of a knife and fork takes some getting used to!

Today I still have a passion for yoga and meditation which I practice nearly every day, most importantly though is that I carry a light in me that was re-ignited by my time as a volunteer and having contact with the ashram, I am due to return to Nepal in February 2009 and am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

This really is a life enhancing experience, Nepal has so much to offer so don’t think anymore about if you should or should not go just go and get your flight booked!

If you have any questions at all about volunteering, Nepal , or the Ashram please email me: penny_lane47@yahoo.com