Wisdom of the earth

May 19-26 and September 8-15, 2025 | Krabi, Thailand

An 8-day journey into permaculture & natural building, deep ecology & indigenous wisdom, regenerative living and awakening.

About the retreat

Reconnect, Regenerate, and Rise with the Earth.

Wisdom of the Earth is a retreat series designed to deepen your relationship with Nature through the lens of permaculture and regenerative living. From soil and seeds to sacred ceremonies and natural building, this immersive experience blends practical skills, inner work, and indigenous wisdom into one transformative journey.

Experience

What You’ll Learn

Permaculture Foundations

Understand principles & ethics. Apply them to real-world social-ecological systems.

Soil, Seeds & Sustainability

Learn to build soil, save seeds, and grow resilient ecosystems.

Natural Building Projects

Work with earth, bamboo, and sacred geometry to build an adobe sweat lodge.

Indigenous Wisdom

Learn holistic living, immerse into Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with indigenous communities.

Mindfulness & Healing

Daily practice of meditation, nature connection, and sacred ritual.

Creative Earth Crafts

Pottery, macramé, and ancestral crafts woven through the week.

LEARNING APPROACH

How do we share knowledge?

We combine interactive seminars, hands-on workshops, personal projects, reflections, a diverse range of healing and artistic modalities to foster transformative learning. While all retreats will share the same core foundational teachings, each retreat is different in its delivery with specific hands-on projects varying from retreat to retreat.

💡 Interactive seminars: key principles, philosophy, coaching sessions.

🎨 Workshops: thematic hands-on, pragmatic application of principles, creative transformation of existing infrastructure or processes

🔨 Thematic project: Each retreat has at its center a larger collective project that varies from retreat to retreat.

𖦹 Mindfulness: everyday, dedicated mindfulness-based practices are offered, Infuse all components of the retreat, from music and crafting to the practical work we do.

Flow

Retreat Flow & Program Highlights

DAY 1 – LIFE BASE – SOIL & COMPOST

Begin with a heart‑opening ceremony and tobacco offering to honor the mountain spirits, then enter into the sacred alchemy of soil and compost, grounding your intentions in the living earth.

DAY 2 – SEED SOVEREIGNTY, LOCAL BIODIVERSITY, AND FORAGING

Awaken with a “Feeding the Sun” ritual and gentle yoga, then learn the sacred art of seed sovereignty before mindfully foraging in the forest, tuning into the pulse of local life.

Day 3 & 4 – EARTH OVEN – NATURAL BUILDING WITH EARTH & BAMBOO
Over two days, move from meditation and natural‑building theory into hands‑on creation: mix cob, weave bamboo, sculpt and insulate your adobe oven, then fire it up—each layer a prayer of resilience, each touch a dance with the elements.

Day 5 – SACRED VOICE ACTIVATION AND DRUMMING WORKSHOP

Explore the power of your own voice through guided activation exercises and sacred chanting, then craft a simple drum and weave your rhythms into a healing sound circle that awakens your inner song.

Day 6 & 7 – TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOODS
Spend two days immersed in ancestral knowledge: learn Uraklawoi sea‑heritage and community crafts in local villages, share meals with elders, and close each evening with a sweat lodge ceremony, embracing grief and praise as pathways to transformation.

Day 8 – LIFE DESIGN PROJECT – LIVING THROUGH THE PATH OF BEAUTY
Summit new heights with mindful rock climbing, pen a “Letter to Your Community,” and close in a cacao ceremony and sound bath, sealing your commitment to walk the path of beauty.

The Team

Meet your mentors

Gregory Pettys

Co-Founder Panya Forest & member of Punpun community

Gregory Pettys has been an international experiential educator for nearly 20 years, facilitating opportunities for people to learn directly from people and places still alive with ancestral intactness. He is an apprentice of Myth, a seed saver, ceremonialist, storyteller, farmer, musician and above all, a father. He is the co-founder of Panya
Forest, an ecovillage in Northern Thailand that seeks to keep alive endangered knowledges that demonstrate “how to live well in a place”.

Ramphai Noikaew (รำไพ น้อยแก้ว)

Co-Founder Panya Forest Punpun community

Ramphai Noikaew, Lao-Khmu heritage who has spent 14 years at Pun Pun alongside Jon Jandai. Holding wisdon in regards to honorable seed saving, planting with reverence, and indigenous earth wisdom. Her teachings weave together deep ecology, ancestral rituals, and storytelling to help people reconnect with Nature as kin. Drawing from ethnic traditions, especially Karen cosmologies, she guides through simple ceremonies, poetry, music, and mindful gardening. Ramphai emphasizes respectful harvesting, gratitude for life, and eating as a sacred act. Her work creates safe, grounded spaces for remembering our place in the web of life.

Pierre Echaubard

Founder NatureMind-ED

Dr. Pierre Echaubard is an ecologist and sustainability researcher and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology from Laurentian University, Canada. He specializes in health ecology, biodiversity conservation, community-based ecosystem restoration, social-ecological systems resilience and sustainability education. Pierre is the founder and executive director of NatureMind-ED, a research-based social enterprise in Southern Thailand dedicated to reconnecting individuals, institutions and societies with Earth through transformative education, transdisciplinary research, and adaptive capacity building. With over 20 years of experience, he integrates mindfulness practices, transdisciplinary learning, sacred ecology and ecosystem approaches, permaculture principles, nature therapy and a myriad of other transformative tools into uniquely embodied learning experiences fostering awakened Earth stewards and Regenerative systems.

Organized by

Collaboaration between PunPun & NatureMind-ED

Transformation and positive impact is strengthened with conscious collaboration and co-created vision, combining diverse but converging experiences and expertise to propose unique experiences.

From Chiang mai to Krabi we share the vision of an inclusive, biodiverse, Authentic and regenerative world. From Punpun to NatureMind-ED we are putting together years of Thinking and Doing outside the box to foster a generation of honorable change makers speaking for Earth, Diversity and Justice.

As we propose this retreat, for the benefit of the participants and their communities, we also are thrilled by the prospects of the co-learning that will happen among the instructors, sharing knowledge, approaches, styles and cultural dimensions underpinning the key learning components of the retreat, embodying in practice the collaborative spirit that the organizers thrive to communicate.

This retreat is about awakening and reconnecting with life and its unfathomable processes through gently, playfully, expertly, respectfully touching the Earth.

Pricing & Logistics

PRICE

฿23,900 (only the retreat, excluding accommodation)
฿25,650 (Tent at Spirit Mountain)
฿28,450 (Shared Room)
฿31,500 (Private Room)

INCLUDES

Accommodation for 7 nights (if relevant, see above)
All workshops, activities, material and equipment
Highly qualified and experienced mentors
Indigenous immersion
All meals (B, L, D)
Local transport related to activities

EXCLUDES

Flights
Transfer to Spirit Mountain
Personal expenses

DEPOSIT POLICY

30% to reserve
Refunds up to 30 days before (see full terms)

Payment Options: Thai Bank Transfer | Wise (Payment information will be sent after registration)

The Retreat Space

Spirit mountain

Nestled in Krabi’s ancient limestone jungles, Spirit Mountain is a sanctuary for learning, reflection, and reconnection. Sleep in simple, cozy bungalows. Eat nourishing meals. Breathe in jungle air. Rewild your spirit.

Bungalow Features: