Educational Workshops

At the Kalavan Retreat Center, we believe that everyone is both a teacher and a student. Everyone with enough passion and curiosity can be a lifelong learner. Likewise, they can pass on what they have learned to others, no matter how and to what extent they know it.

Our facility hosts educational workshops on a wide variety of subjects that is continually evolving with the knowledge and experience of the people who share their influence here. Some of these skills and areas of knowledge are quite rare in Armenia and would be of significant value to the Armenian people and those who undertake the trouble to visit or immigrate here. By incubating within the boundaries of The Kalavan Retreat Center, this knowledge can spread outward to the rest of the country, benefitting everyone.

With our intimate class sizes and distraction-free environment, you'll be able to focus completely on learning, growing your paradigm and personality, and discovering new aspects of your identity.

Earthbag Construction

Earthbag construction involves stacking bags filled with inorganic material like gravel and dirt. Join us as we build what we believe to be the first earthbag house in Armenia.

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Wood & Metalworking

The Kalavan Retreat Center hosts the most complete wood and metalworking workshop in the village. Learning these practical skills on a range of tools not typically available from seasoned experts in techniques not often seen in Armenia will give Armenians the chance to develop marketable and practical skills.

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Entrepreneurship & Economics

There is perhaps no knowledge more important and more lacking throughout Armenia than that of how to think and act entrepreneurially. It's time people learn to think for themselves about how they can use their knowledge, skills, tools, and other resources to produce wealth.

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English Fluency

English is the most widely used and useful language in the world, and it benefits every Armenian who can learn it. Our goal is to provide a stimulating environment where learners can sharpen their communicative skills while exploring topics they care about.

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Musical Literacy

Learning basic musical literacy and ability is just like learning to speak a new language. The instruments we are currently able to offer include guitar, piano, ukulele, dutar, and violin.

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Modern Permaculture

Kalavan promotes itself as an ecovillage intent on bringing modern, organic, and ecologically superior methods of food production into the mainstay and being a beacon for other villages to align with. We feel it's time to start putting these principles into action.

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Writing & Publishing

We help first-time authors sorting through their complex ideas about what should go in their book. They don't know how to prioritize everything they might write about, including what to elaborate on or cut out in their first published work.

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