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We are OPEN for PART-TIME VOLUNTEERS only
*PART TIME staff work between Feb 10-19 as few or as many days as they are available based on our need.
*Part time staff need to buy their own entry tickets, but we will give food on the days your work.
*Part-Time staff are accepted on a first come first serve basis, please do NOT email us.
★ How to apply for PART-TIME VOLUNTEER:
After buying your entrance pass, ask about volunteering at the reception or go to the Kitchen and ask for YUMEKO or KAZUYA. Then tell them you want to be volunteer staff.
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*Yoga teachers please scroll down for application info*
Please send FULL TIME STAFF volunteer applications to:
Shambhala.info.english@gmail.com
with the following information
1. Full Name and nickname if you have one
2. Gender and Age
3. Nationality or where you identify with
4. Have you volunteered and/or performed at this festival before?
Yes —> details when and what u did
No—> ok.
5. Have you attended this festival before?
Yes—> when.
No—> how did you hear about us?
6. Can you be in ChiangMai on Feb 5th to take the bus together to festival?
Yes —> good
No—> when and how will you come to the festival?
6b. If you are planning to join TIPI (building) team or Kitchen Staff will you be available to start from Jan 31st?
Yes--> good
No--> When are you available from?
7. Can you stay until a day after the festival ends to help clean up? (leave on the 21st)
Yes—> good
No—> please tell us how much of the festival you can volunteer for and your special skill.
8. Can you help in reception, or shop, or cooking for up to 5 hours/day during the festival between 10th to 19th? (Tuesday the 14th will be an "off" day with no work, there may be more off days or time depending on your team)
Yes —> good
No—> Why not?
9. What special skills do you have?
(Artist -send examples of work / Sound Engineer / Carpenter /Able to lift heavy objects and do heavy physical work / Professional or high level vegetarian cook or chef / Fluent in other languages like Japanese,Thai,... /etc..... )
10. After applying, please send a message directly to the Shambhala FB page with text: "Applied Volunteer" *We will only accept applications from people we got a message from. We use an FB messenger group to give all the information to staff, so we will only accept staff who can use FB messenger.
Thank you.
11.Any other information about you we should know or you would like to share.
12. Any questions you have.
Thank you!!
* For Thai who want to volunteer please also try to contact (ChiangDao Heart) on FB who is the Thai coordinator. สนใจติดต่อ 0855282202 ค่ะ However he is very busy so If you cannot get in touch with him just send us an email or FB messege here. We have strong desire for bilingual Thai volunteers. ❤
日本人のボランティアーはこのメールで shambhalainyourheart@gmail.com 直接シスさんへメールしてください。Thank you!
* if you help full time we give you:
-Full festival access /
blanket(s) - if you need.
-All you can eat vegetarian food during the day (Minus Tuesday the 14th when the Kitchen Staff will be off)
**Our supply of cushions and tents was destroyed in storage during the covid years so we cannot supply tents to volunteers. Please be prepared to bring your own. If you need help finding a tent to buy/rent/borrow you can ask on the FB page.**
*IMPORTANT* - You should receive an automated reply from us confirming we received your email application. If you did not receive the reply something might have gone wrong with the email so please try to send again or contact us on FB. Thank you!!<3
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We have reserved 2 times for OFFICIAL daily Yoga Workshops:
Morning Vinyasa Flow (8:45-10)
Afternoon Hatha Flow: (4-5)
*Also there is often opening for Acro yoga facilitators.
We are looking for 1 or 2 instructors to commit for each time period.
All workshops at the festival are by donation, in the spirit of sharing.
All workshop facilitators are expected to buy their own entrance ticket. You are welcome to ask for donations for your workshops.
If you would like to apply as an instructor/yoga workshop facilitator, please fill out the following application and email with the subject YOGA to:
Shambhala.info.english@gmail.com
1. Your name, age, gender, nationality
2. Are you a Vinyasa Flow (Morning), Hatha, (afternoon) and/or Acro teacher (Evening)?
3. Have you attended shambhala before? (details)
4. will you be available to commit to teach every day of the festival? 8th-16th?
5. Would you be willing to commit to teach every other day between 8th-16th?
6. If you cannot commit to every day or every other day, specifically which dates are you available to commit to teach?
7. Are you certified and how many years/classes have you been teaching? Where do you teach? (details)
8. Do you have experience leading mixed level classes as small as 3 or as big as 60 people?
9. Were you trained in and are you able to include safety and focus on proper alignment in your classes?
10. Are you trained in and able to do small adjustments and fix alignment while you are teaching? (In the past we have gotten a lot of complete beginners at this festival and a teacher that can help these students while still challenging the more advanced students is ideal)
11. Can you project your voice outdoors to possibly a class of up to around 40 people?
12. Would you be interesting in being an assistant teacher and helping with alignment and adjustments in the class while another teacher is teaching?
13. If you are teaching would you like another teacher to walk around and help with alignment and adjustment during your class?
Answering no to any of these questions does not disqualify you. But from these answers we will choose the most qualified applicant(s).
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*We will not make the final decision until the week before the festival.
We hope to find the most qualified teacher(s) for the slot. 🙂. **The ideal teacher(s) will be very experienced. Able to teach many levels together, adjusting the class on the fly according to the student(s) abilities, and have a good sense of safety/focus on proper alignment. **
Thank you all for your interest and generous offers.