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Whether coming for a day, a week, or longer, please stop by and visit us!
We also have plenty of hammock space, and guests during our workshops stay on hand-made cots in the Community House, which has room for seven. If you would like to come visit us, please drop us an EMAIL to check on availability.
Welcome to Centro Nijo A.C. Founded on fifty acres of rich, ecologically diverse land, Centro Nijo is home to a wide variety of tropical birds, butterflies, lizards, native plants, and of course, we humans and our friends—which includes dogs, cat, turkeys, chickens, and a horse. As you arrive in the main area of the Centre, you’ll find the building that houses the waiting area and Consultorio to the right, where our therapists treat patients; permanent living quarters for our healers are located just above it on the second floor, along with our library of books on alternative medicine, martial arts, and Mexican shamanism. Just in front of you across the drive will be the two-story Community House, which offers temporary accomodation to guests, volunteers, and students, in addition to a lounge and small library. In front of it is our large, open-air kitchen and dining area, and beyond them, the compost and chicken coop. To the left is our bamboo and aloe garden, which is planted around the area of the temazcal, just visible from the dining area. To the far left, on a windy hill overlooking the driveway, is the Palapa del Fuego, a round, thatched structure that acts as the heart, temple, and hearth of Centro Nijo. This is the House of Fire, oriented to the four directions and grounded in indigenous Mexican and North American spirituality, which provides a sacred space for all of Centro Nijo’s inhabitants. Behind the Palapa del Fuego is our open-air classroom, where we conduct community workshops on a floor painted with designs from previous classes. In accordance with our principle of deep ecology, all the buildings at Centro Nijo are built with local, sustainable materials, including palm, bamboo, and hardwoods which are grown and harvested on the ranch itself. Our water comes from our own well, and is pumped up into holding tanks for our bathrooms and kitchen. Since we have no external electricity, we make the most of natural sunlight, both by working outside as much as possible, as well as by using solar panels to store and provide us with energy during the night. In the evenings, we read inside our mosquito netting by candlelight, or by the glow of small, energy-efficient lightbulbs. At night, the quiet descends upon you, and the booming of waves from near-by Ventanilla sounds like a recurrent thunder, as the sky affects a dazzling array of stars. Far from the stresses and worries of everyday life, Centro Nijo offers a simpler way of life, a way of deep peace, connection with the earth and elements, a way balanced with pure foods, and a lifestyle in harmony with all the living organisms that surround you. Whether you visit for a single afternoon, or come to volunteer for months, the land itself will have a profound effect on your healing.
Centro Nijo is surrounded by small towns and communities along the coast that provide shopping, swimming, and a host of other activities. In Ventanilla, only a 15min walk away, one can find beautiful lagoons, which form a natural reserve. Here, a local co-operative operates ecological boat tours and horseback rides along the beach. Two miles beyond Ventanilla is the nearby village of Mazunte, which houses a turtle museum working for the protection and preservation of these incredible animals. Mazunte has a beach safe for swimming, and a number of restaurants offering Italian and vegetarian food. There is also a co-operative cosmetic shop, where the women of the community produce natural beauty products and crafts. In Mazunte, you can also reach one of the most ancient, but unmarked ceremonial sites of Mexico: Punta Cometa. Considered “The Door of the South”, this high, rocky outcropping is the southernmost point of Mexico on the Pacific Ocean. A place of great energetic strength, it is visited frequently by people from all around the world in search of ancient sacred wisdom. Just beyond Mazunte to the west is San Agustinillo, a picturesque fishing village built on the edge of a tiny cove, watched over by a small shrine to the Virgin Mary built out on the rocks of the bay. The smallest and most “tranquilo” of the towns, San Augustinillo is known for its great boogie-boarding and surfing waves. Continuing along, you’ll come to the largest of the three towns, Zipolite. Famous for its clothing-optional beach, traveler’s culture, and nightlife (it has the only disco in the area), Zipolite offers a wide variety of cuisine: Mexican, Oaxacan, Italian, Argentinian and French and German food as well. Amongst the different activities that the coast of Oaxaca offers, the principle one is surfing, thanks to the variety of beaches offering accessability to surfers of all levels. Zicatela, in Puerto Escondido, is known as the Mexican pipeline, and can be found at a 45min drive or bus ride from Centro Nijo. Other activities on the south coast of Oaxaca include snorkelling, and boat tours to see turtles, dolphins and occasionally the enormous great whales...or if you wish, all you have to do is take a seat and contemplate the great explosion of colours at sunset. At Centro Nijo A.C.
we offer accomodation to a different type of tourist, those seeking harmony,
inner peace, reflection and fundamental health. There’s plenty to
do and see during your time of healing here...come check us out! |
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