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 – program opening ceremony
DAY 2: SEEDZ – seed sovereignty, local biodiversity, seed saving, growing, harvesting
DAY 3: PROJECT – Natural Building with Earth & Bamboo: adobe sweat lodge building (part 1: sacred geometry & Bamboo star dome structure, medicine wheel stories)
DAY 4: PROJECT – Natural Building with Earth & Bamboo: adobe sweat lodge building (Part 2: adobe and cob building, nature-inspired design)
DAY 5: PROJECT – Natural Building with Earth & Bamboo: Inipi adobe sweat lodge building (Part3 – rendering, waterproofing and decoration, Inipi ceremony)
DAY 6: INDIGENOUS WISDOM: overnight immersion into the indigenous ways and wisdom
DAY 7: INDIGENOUS WISDOM: overnight immersion into the indigenous ways and wisdom
DAY 8: HEALING WITH EARTH – closing activities (life design project, closing ceremony and ecstatic dance)
The Team
Meet your mentors
Jon Jandai (โจน จันใด)
Founder PunPun Community and Public Seed For People
Jon Jandai is a pioneer in natural living, with over 30 years of experience in natural building, especially earthen homes, and sustainable agriculture. He specializes in soil regeneration, composting, seed saving, and low-cost self-reliant living. While teaching across Thailand, he recognized the urgent need to preserve heirloom seeds, leading to the creation of Pun Pun Seed Center in Chiang Mai — a hub for seed sovereignty and sustainable living. He also founded the Public Seed Fund, a social enterprise empowering communities to protect and share indigenous seeds for future generations. Jon teaches across Thailand and globally.
Ramphai Noikaew (รำไพ น้อยแก้ว)
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
- ฿22,900 (only the retreat, no accommodation)
- ฿24,650 (Tent at Spirit Mountain)
- ฿27,450 (Shared Room)
- ฿30,500 (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:
Double/Bunk beds
Private bathroom & balcony
Jungle view & natural stillness
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