The real question is: How can we have more places like this in the world without charging tons of money to be a volunteer?

When I saw all those women hugging the one who was crying I realized what being human is supposed to look like. So touching, we need this sense of community back in our lives, it is an emergency. I can just imagine how wonderful life would be with a built in support network where we would lift each other up rather than seek division.

As a Costa Rican, I love permaculture and this type of lifestyle but is sad to see this kind of places in my country without any local in the video, enjoying our natural resources but without a single bit of Costa Rican culture, sorry guys but this gives me colonialist vibes.

$145,- per day to "volunteer"?!? I'd really like to know how much they pay back to the local community or if it's just a rich people's playground to play hippie for a couple of weeks? Sounds more like a lucrative business to me than a willingness to change the world for the better. Just more of the same old, same old. 🙄

Me as a Costa Rican who likes to explore and study nature dont really like this. It is ok if they want to come and live this kind of experience but if you are a Costa Rican these people will make you feel bad and look over their shoulders like if you owed them some kind of service for them coming here. Im White and have a good english so im treated pretty good but as soon as they realize you are from this land something switches in them. I love the fact that you people like it and enjoy it but I want to make sure you know that as hippie as it looks this is just a bussines and it is a branch of a corporation that you are supporting and is taking away the most beatiful lands to give it to the wealthy.

I'm a teenager but once I graduate and go to college I want to learn about horticulture and permaculture. I want to make great big botanical gardens and probably even live in a community like the one shown in this video. It's want my soul wants. I'm really passionate about saving the Earth and I always feel bad when I create unnecessary waste. Once I'm out on my own I'm going to try to reduce my waste as much as possible. Manifesting it all right now! This video has inspired me so much. Thank you💖🌲🌳🌿🌍🌎🌏

It would be nice if people could do this in their own communities where they come from. Don’t get me wrong I am absolutely on board with this but we need to do this in the cities the suburbs. All across the planet. Bring the knowledge home and see how we can implement it

These places are not made for the average person they are made for the privileged hippie to come and do their kumbaya cosplay, love and peace, assume that everything in Costa Rica is like that and then continue with their normal life in the United States

As a Costa Rican I've always been very hesitant about this type of communities since sometimes it seems like they're a bit unconcious about the place they are in an the local communities. Seeing this video helps me understand a bit more of the philosophy behind it and it's honestly pretty impressive in a lot of ways and I love the fact there is a major respect for the earth. That being said, I can't assume since Costa Ricans can look like any person of the video, but by the surnames and accents I assume they are not that many Costa Ricans in that community which is kind of sad and feels a bit appropiating in a way too.

this isnt really very hippie , i would say its neohippie for city kids who are into trends like minimalism, hipsterism and such. you can be a hippie anywhere you want, its more of a lifestyle then giving away stuff and planting crops. i was young and used to camp and fish and trek and be by myself a lot, that was the best time ever. then i did meaningless jobs for 20 years. now i just spend more time doing art, painting and music by myself, and i feel more hippie then i ever was. its an attitude and a feeling. and being in more solitude spaces and freeing your mind, and these are things u find yourself. if u need to be taught yoga, breathing and ceremonies, then the part of exploration is dead, you again have gone study mode and not figured things out yourself. being a hippie should be a spiritual, emotional, physical and mental journey that u need to take by yourself. however if this is a catalyst for u to open your mind then its useful i guess.

As a costa rican, I love to see people coming and enjoy my country but its crazy to me that nowhere on that video people talk about the costarican culture nor there was no costarican people to be seen like damn I have to know about this through tourists

As a Costa Rican, it saddens me that most of the positive commenters are probably ignorant of how harmful these types of activities are to locals. Seeing how gentrified my country has been the last couple of decades precisely because of this idea of Costa Rica being a paradise on Earth fabricated for foreigners to grab and enjoy as they please is just so so wrong and you all could not care less. The cost of living for people on the coasts and tourist areas is exorbitantly high for actual Costa Ricans that what else is there left to do but leave our hometown/house/actual community to live in places where we can actually buy groceries. You can go back to your country which is probably way better off than any Latin American country but we have to stay in this mess (because yeah, it is not as nice when you have to live here as a Costa Rican, not an “expat”), while not being able to even visit our own beaches because we simply cannot pay your prices.

It sucks that my conformist voice tells me this is silly or culty when it's actually what we need to do to help the Earth and to be happy. The zombie thing is totally relatable because I'm still breaking out of the zombie thinking. Thank you for this type of content. Edit: I had no idea of the experiences people have had at this village. Thank you all for sharing.

Who watched the movie "The Beach" with leo di caprio? It reminds me of that movie. Everything seems fine and cool until things gets funky.

So I'm for the general vibe of this video and the community it's highlighting, but there's an important point about this that I think gets lost. How many of the people in this community were Costa Rican? How much does the community contribute to undoing the centuries of exploitation and genocide that the native people of this region faced due to US imperialism? Is it really our place to come in as foreigners and take land to create our vision of a better world (and it is better, don't get me twisted) while simultaneously excluding the very people whose land we wish to use? You are drawing more and more people to Costa RIca, which, within the current system, leads to things like more streets and cars, more power lines, more deforestation and encroachment into native habitats. How about instead, you buy 100 acres of farmland in the middle of the US that's currently being used for monoculture agrobusiness farming and convert that into a permaculture system built on sustainable living? Think about how your vision and behavior affects those native to the place you are invading and the wider ecosystem. I'm not saying this is on the whole bad, but there are negative aspects below the surface which need to also be contemplated

This feels to me like just another shopping experience for the rich

For me this is a form of feel-good exotic tourism/volunteering. Nothing wrong with that, however it doesn't appeal to me as it probably would when I was a teenager ot in my early 20s when I was single and looking for like-minded people.

Interesting how they come to another country and exclude the natives, why not do it in the States? This all creates the idea that Costa Rica is just up for grabs for anyone that's from the northern hemisphere. Why don't I see them speaking Spanish? Trying to learn the culture of Costa Rica? Mingle with the locals?

if you live in the EU, I highly recommend Galicia in Spain, or Northern Portugal, cheap, plentiful with water and mild winters. If tropical fruits are what attract you in, You can easily grow avocados and citrus, and bananas or papaya with some fine-tuning along with every temperate or mediterranean climate crop you can think of. The people here are at the mercy of neoliberalism and right-wing politics so their entire rural economy is based on destructive mining, forestry or cattle-raising industries. Luckily most of the land is still in the hands of regular people, who own human-scale homesteads of 1-5 acres. These traditional homesteaders, tend to enjoy foreigners and could use a lot of new ideas from permaculture, syntropic agroforestry and forest gardening. So any land you buy here will probably be much better off than in the hands of the local tycoons who are buying up land for cheap, polluting industries. As a Galician, please buy land here, I don't care if you contribute or not to the local economy or not, or create jobs, I just want people who will take care of the land in a regenerative way!

sounds great but lets be honest. its something for the privileged only. most cant escape to a place like this nor is it realistic for large numbers. cant have millions doing this or its good bye to the environment u enjoy

Me, a Costa Rican, who didn't know this place existed: 👁️👄👁️ EDIT: Btw y'all not "elevating" shit, don't speak like that on my culture cause it's really disrespectful.

Wow! For some reason I just really connected to that! It made me cry lol...I'm an empath. I'm a Pisces my birthday is coming up on March 13th. I feel the zombie society all around me and it just makes me feel so frustrated.

As other comments say, it would be nice if you did this in your own community. As a native from where you're being an off-grid hippie there's real struggle and unfortunately severe affected marginalized groups that get into worse condition due to foreigners staying instead of visiting rising prices for locals that already pay for American prices with third world salaries. Look up places like Carpio or Leon Xlll too see if you're hippie lifestyle is really finding self-love and prosperity for others

That hugs was very touching, to see people embrace is so beautiful during this time because it's so common to see hate among us as a people.

I have genuine questions out of curiousity, 1) is there a reason they chose costa rica over the united states where most of the people here are from the U.S ? 2) it seems most people there are white, thin, and young, can you speak to that ? Obviously both of these questions are based off what I see in your video, so you could give more insight since you were there.

I do have to say it seems lovely and looks lovely but there has been numerous people telling me that the organizers are really just in it for the money and for the people who really need assistance in life and are looking to seek a welcoming community this is not the place to go. Sort of like a “Fake spirituality” thing going on which doesn’t surprise me because I know some of these people there and I agree that they aren’t too loving or giving and more on the selfish side. Idk maybe one day it’ll change I mean the nature is really beautiful but for people to treat the land like it’s their property is not respectful to the locals and pachamama

I am all for alternative communities...except when they start asking for 'donations'. Also a lot of people who leave after an extended period leave and depending on situation, many will have no savings and expect other tax payers to help them out with government benefits. There has been many of these communities that have existed in America, especially in 1960s/1970s...and most of them failed. If a community like this is truly a better way to live, then it needs to be sustainable without financial help from the outside.

God bless all of you. I love you all and sooooo appreciate that you are all awake!

How beautiful, my soul is definitely longing for something like that. You realize the matrix we live in when you witness something so opposite and healthy

I lived at PM for 8 months and it was life transforming. I grew up in the american south so it was an eye opening experience. I learned about Mushrooms, herbal medicine , art, off grid living, spwaking spanish, and yoga. I went back for almost 2 months in 2020. 💜

Being able to disconnect from society and go somewhere with your inner child's passion sounds like a dream! I love nature and love nice humans. I'm a kid with anxiety, depression, adhd, and probably autism. I'm also apart of the lgbtq and other things society looks down at. It's torture, but the hippies are so welcoming, warm, and amazing! They are positive energy for me. While I've always been a hippie even when I don't try, I just connect more and more. It feels right.

Out of curiosity how many Costa Ricans did you meet while you were there?

Ahhhh such beautiful memories. I'm so glad we got to experience this magical place together. Ull have to come visit us in Alegria once our house is built!

I’ve always asked if there’s places like this and said to myself I’ll create one if I don’t find any and I see this now! Amazing 🤩 I am definitely going to go and visit this place when it’s divine timing 🙏🏼 thank you for sharing

Do they invite some of the native people of Costa Rica that live in extreme poverty to get to know this lifestyle or is it just an elitist pseudo hippy place only for Americans and people who can afford it 💵?

Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Beautiful community! We are living in toxic environments in cities and really have to rethink our lifestyle. Thanks Sky 🙏🏻💖

I’m assuming this is a very extroverted community. Not sure how well most introverted folks would do. But it does looks cool!

One thing that is remarkable is that Stephen manages to maintain his composure throughout this. That man must be laughing to himself all the way on the 25 minute boat ride to the bank.

Watching this feels like I'm watching home the place i belong

How does the founder of this place involve the local Costa Rican community? There’s a lot of westerners volunteering so I’m curious to know if this village is benefiting the local people, especially if there are any indigenous groups nearby. Because otherwise it does appear to be quite a euro-centric woofing/backpacker environment which are a privileged portion of the population.

I admire hippies and gypsies. They don't need the government to live ✌

Too much ego in the comment section. If this video makes you feel uncomfortable then you need to take a look inside yourself and wonder why it’s triggering you. It doesn’t matter if a person goes for a week to experience it and then goes back to life in a city. Look what they have gained, and how they can go and share what they’ve learnt. I’m just relieved and delighted there is a place like this, and it is growing. Thanks for sharing Sky Life 🙏🏼

I live in Greece. I am so grateful for KZfaq. You can have access to so much knowledge from all over the world. Thanks for sharing.

Pretty short sighted to think everyone could live like this. Its all easy when you live in a tropical environment with an abundance of food and it feels like a vacation. But lets get real. 0.0001% of the earth is like this. Like to see you go North and survive the winter, in this life style. Good luck.

LOL I have lived in costa rica my whole life and I had no idea this place exist. Such a paradise God, I want to take my guitar in there and sing Mamas & The Papas songs. They were such a 60s hyppie group and this place is the perfect fit for the music

This is so amazing🙏💜🫂thank you for sharing it, Sky! You are a lovely being!

Why am I crying watching this. My soul is yearning 😢😢😢

This video is awesome. I also want to live like that.

A sign of the spiritual upgrades of the permaculture community manifesting in the physical-let’s acknowledge the fact that everyone’s hair in this video is shiny, thick and beautiful, and everyone’s skin is fresh, glowing, and flawless. It’s so telling how the Matrix is literally creating chronic adverse effects on our health, even right down to sub-optimizing our DNA/gene expression health.

Girl, you make me smile 😊

Thank you for this video. Absolutely epic!!!

I was supposed to spend two months at Punta Mona last summer but then the pandemic hit. This video makes me so happy!

Good morning and have a great day!

Rich spoiled kids who think they are changing the world... If the weed supply gets interrupted, they don't last 1 day there

Basically is a bunch of gringos living together in Costa Rica, Spanish is not even needed lol

I'm a former hippie who lived hitchhiking around a bit in US, Canada, Mexico and Central America. I loved that life, and hated going back to the States and getting the expected college degree and working 32 in some places I loved and other environments that were close to intolerable. But I miss being a vagabond. Would love visit that place for while before I'm too old to travel anymore. I also know some folks in Panama I'd like to visit as well, then check out Machu Picchu as las ruinas have always haunted me since my trip to Tikal and Chichen Itza, et al

When you live in Costa Rica and had no idea this places existed 😂😅.

places like that should be available everywhere. ❤️🌻🙏

So so beautiful!!!

I would really like to try something like this one day. But I am afraid my introvertedness will cause problems for me.

You know what I see, a bunch of white people living off of mom and dad and living off of my ancestors land

Realising the sick state of humanity is the first step to create a better World ❤️

i love your videos and execution! love love love everything about this message

I so wish these were more accessible and common. I’m over here stressing that I can’t find a higher paying job and letting it affect my self worth, meanwhile there’s communities like these where people value strengths that actually relate to our well being.

Would love to create something like this in the Netherlands...

I love this tiny green island. Love is all there is. Love will keep us alive.

So powerful inspiring! Shows how much people can make a change, I hope this way of living can shape how other towns live

This is the life!! So beautiful. It does wonders for our mental state, and most important, it's the lifestyle that Madre Tierra needs us to consider. Thank you for sharing ❤️🤗

Your videos make me so happy!

thank u for posting this, considering a gap year now and volunteer

Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing

what a shame you just show this little part of Costa Rica when we have a lot more of culture to show, not everyone live in the montain like hippies!

Why can't everyone live like this? How do you take this kind of life to the rest of the world?

this is amazing thank you

This is so inspiring I cried.

I’m only one minute in, but this is incredible 💕

Does any1 else wish they were sky? 😌💖 she lives the dream

See you guys soon! 🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

LOVEEEEEE THIS, COSTA RICA IS MY PLACE

Looking forward to visiting this place one day with a couple of my friends!!!

My life goal is to road trip around, and then settle down off-grid. Who knows, maybe I will end up in Costa Rica... I am happy to know that I am not the only one who feels stuck in our society, and feels like a better way of living is possible.

YESSSS Honeybee here, haha how many of you are iin my permaculture course with Stephen !?!? Holla fammmm, I love seeing this, thank you Sky Life for documenting, I also aspire to do what your doing with sharing on your channel 😎 so thank you for sharing. I am so over the zombie life and excited to step into the permaculture world to live in pace, dance my ass off and just enjoy my life on this planet before I pass.

i so support your mission sky life. love Air

I wish I could afford to travel like this. Nice to know that there is a place where people do respect nature

i thought of living like this and you upload a video about it, truly just synchronicity i'm glad i found your channel years ago i will one day live in a village like this

Padi!!!! 💖💖💖 So wonderful to see this place doing so wonderfully! Aloha to you all!!!! 🌺🤙🌺

Grate testimonies. Love what you did. BLESS you Friend.

I'm so jealous that you've had these amazing experiences!!! Ugh I wanna visit

Mae, how come I didn't see any Costa Rican on this video? Someone give me a hint pls. 😒💸

Beautifull place and people. Great connection. cheers

I lived on a permaculture farm/community for a while and loved it so much! I now have an allotment which for now will so but my dream is to live off grid and completely off the land and in nature ❤️

Wish I could go and stay there, permanently.

10:10 I agree with her... I think the people that have experienced lockdowns will begin to want to return to nature and connect with the planet earth once again. 💙🌍💙

so cool , reminded me of that movie the beach

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH

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Great video Sky. Such an inspiring community and what a great story they have. Hopefully I'll get to visit some day.

Love this I’m ready !!!

Wow when that WHM melody from the breathing exercise started it awakened that deep inner connection and honestly it made me cry. Thanks for sharing that beautiful place with these beautiful people. I can’t wait to explore myself