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Tree Planting on our Spiritual Sanctuary, Nosara, Costa Rica
This is a further sharing of the massive tree planting that took place on our Spiritual Sanctuary in Nosara, Costa Rica on May 28th. I’ve fallen behind on my blog posting and hope to catch up this week as I spend the summer at home in New York City.
We acquired about 120 trees from a large nursery close to the town of Liberia which is located about 2 hours north of Nosara. The trees arrived early in the morning, neatly packed in a large truck. We hired five locals to help with this huge endeavor of getting all these trees in the ground. The first step was getting the trees of the truck which was a lot of work. Tim, who does landscaping for a living, took charge and organized the trees into groups representing the various sections on the property they were to be planted on. Once that was done we started to move the trees to the specific locations they were to be planted in. All of these spots had been marked with stakes the day before. Some of the plants were about 6 to 8 feet tall and required 4 people to move them.
Needless to say it was a long exhausting day and we didn’t even dig any of the holes for the trees. The five local Costa Ricans got the holes dug while we marked, planned and moved the trees into position. By the need of the day we had gotten about 80 trees in the ground. In the process of doing so we also made a lot of spontaneous decisions on clearing some additional trees and parts of the property. One of the great things about Costa Rica is that we could get a tractor and a driver in on a moment’s notice.
The truck arrives with all the trees on it.
Unloading the truck took a while and needed to be done carefully in order not to damage any of the trees.
Some trees were quite big and heavy that it needed 4 people to move it.
The first part of the morning was getting all the trees to the spots that they were to be planted in.
Designing the entrance to the Spiritual Sanctuary
We continue our update on our spiritual sanctuary in Costa Rica project. A while back I asked one of my oldest and closest friend, Tim Davies, if he would help me with my project of building a spiritual sanctuary in Costa Rica. He immediately said yes. He flew 30 hours to be here with us…
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First trees planted on the Spiritual Sanctuary
We planted our first trees on our spiritual sanctuary in Costa Rica today. A big day and the beginning of a wonderful future. 30 coconut trees were planted today with the help of 2 hard working locals. The Coco trees consisted of 15 dwarf varieties and 15 tall ones. It was a long hot, humid…
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Birth of a Spiritual Sanctuary in Nosara, Costa Rica
We are so happy to officially announce our project of building a spiritual sanctuary and botanical garden in Nosara, Costa Rica. In 2013 my wife and I bought 16.5 acres of land in Nosara, Costa Rica and we are embarking on an adventure to create a sanctuary focused on spiritual growth and wellnes...
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CompaNanny trains Nannies to Raise Children a Positive Way
On the weekend of May 17th outside of Amsterdam, Netherlands, I conducted a corporate retreat for a wonderful Dutch company called CompaNanny. CompaNanny provides high-quality childcare throughout Amsterdam, and it is one of the nation’s largest nannying agencies. It’s well known for ...
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The Art of Balanced Living with the Barcelona Entrepreneurs’ Organization
I had the pleasure of traveling to Barcelona, Spain, to conduct an all day workshop on the Art of Balancing Life for the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Barcelona chapter on May 15. The event took place about an hour outside of Barcelona in the Spanish countryside. A beautiful drive out th...
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Grand Central Station, New York City
I hardly ever photograph in New York City but today I had to return a wide angle lens that I had rented for my recent trip to the Himalayas in Nepal and on the way to the store I stopped at Grand Central Station and took the following images. It is definitely one of my…
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