Full Raw Immersion

[Guest guest]

Hi Folks,

 

 

 

Many people had many different questions about the RAW FOODS jobs that I

posted earlier, so I thought that I would try to answer them all for

everyone in one email.

 

 

 

The best thing about working at the Ann Wigmore Institute is that you have a

full immersion into a Raw Food community while living at a beautiful warm

sunny beach. This Institute is more remote than some of the busier Dr. Ann

institutes which may be next door to fast food restaurants and the like. It

is located in a small residential neighborhood with maybe ten other houses

and apartments on 100 yard residential street that ends in the sand of the

beach. There is no through traffic. On the main road that this street comes

off of, there is one road side stands that sell Juice Ice Frappes to local

beach tourists. There are a few more businesses within a ten minute walk

including a pharmacy, but everything else is just normal family houses and

fields. Most people at the institute enjoy the sense of enclosure, never

having to leave our safe little community.

 

 

 

A Typical Day

 

 

 

Many staff and students begin their day with optional sunrise yoga at the

Yoga Pavilion overlooking the beach. When yoga is finished they head to the

Wheatgrass area for the morning wheatgrass at 7:30 am and then get ready for

their day. Breakfast at 8:30am always has energy soup for those who are

staying strictly green, as well as other tasty treats, like fresh local

papaya halves covered with blueberries and almond cream, or sesame milk

mango smoothie. At 9am, our office staff opens the office and begins the

typical work of arranging student reservations or managing the premises

while the students begin their classes which are also open to the staff. The

classes include sprouting, composting, food combining, colon care, raw skin

and body care, about forty different classes altogether. The Greenhouse is

busy soaking, sprouting, and planting all of the buckwheat, wheatgrass,

adzuki, barley and others that will be used for our daily greens, as the

harvesting staff is busy cutting, washing and drying greens for the kitchen.

At 10:30am a light snack is served such as baby coconut water or fresh

fruit. Fresh energy soup is always available.

 

 

 

Lunch is served at 12:30 and this is the biggest meal of the day. Our

kitchen carefully plans a large spread with perfect food combination rules

followed. Large salads with raw dressings, dehydrated stuff vegetables, seed

cheeses, etc, and as always plenty of fresh energy soup for those looking

for purity. The early afternoon is usually kept open for the students to

enjoy the warm sunny beaches whether swimming or long walks looking for

freshly sprouted coconuts (yum). Some students even rent horses from locals

for horseback rides on the beach. Another lite afternoon raw snack is served

at 2:30pm.

 

 

 

Classes resume at 4pm, with dinner served at 5:30pm. The office closes and

the staff enjoys a leisurely meal as the sun sets over this beautiful place.

Evening classes are usually devoted to inner healing, such as meditation,

inner-child work, communication, positive thought, 12 step Raw Program.

Staff are encouraged to participate.

 

 

 

After the evening class, many use this quieter time to work on their colon

cleansing while other choose to socialize in the common rooms. Quiet time

begins at 10 pm so that we can get up early in the am again for yoga at

sunrise.

 

 

 

Accommodations

 

 

 

Apartments within a two minute walk of the institute are usually in the $400

to $600 range for one bedroom beach front ocean apartments for long term

stays. There is also discount staff housing available at the institute but

this is dependent upon availability. For those relocating here from the

states, the office can help with info on housing within the immediate area.

Some people choose to share larger apartments with other staff members.

Almost all staff from the states find long term accommodations within a

hundred yards of the institute. Others, like myself, choose to live in the

more rural hillside just a few minutes drive from the institute.

 

 

 

Staff Diversity

 

 

 

About half of the staff is from the states who are just to work at the

institute. Many of them originally came down to do the two week

certification program and decided that they wanted to devote themselves

completely to their healing process by taking jobs and residences at the

institute. We have many international visitors, so foreign languages are

pretty common.

 

 

 

The other half of the staff is comprised of local people who love the

institute and are dedicated to a more natural way of life. They are very

helpful in giving you personal inroads to the Puerto Rican culture that

surrounds the institute. I am continually impressed with how helpful, loving

and generous they are to those who have traveled so far. Some were friends

with Dr. Ann personally and are part of the reason she stayed here so much

to do her writing and teaching.

 

 

 

Jobs

 

 

 

Human Resources Coordinator

 

Bookkeeper

 

Manager

 

Reservations

 

Promotions

 

Computer Systems Maintenance

 

Facility Maintenance

 

Development Coordinator

 

Kitchen Coordinator

 

Living foods Chef

 

Office Supervisor

 

 

 

Why are there so many jobs listed? Most people come down to spend a year or

so healing and then go back to the " real world " so there is usually just a

pre-understood rate of turn over. I like the fluidity that allows people to

come and go as the seasons take them. It is much more relaxed in that

respect than any other place that I have worked

 

 

 

Pay

 

 

 

Pay is low but expenses are pretty small as well. Prices are typically half

of what they are in the states. First run movies are $3.50 to $5.00, where

as in the states they are $7 to $10. By living entirely within the community

and getting all of your food from the kitchen with five meals and snacks per

day, plus 24 hour energy soup, you can keep your expenses pretty low.

 

 

 

Healing

 

 

 

I guess that this is best for people who really want to unplug from their

toxic life and live and work in a state of purity and healing.

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that this helps everyone who had questions. All of the info on these

jobs is located at www.annwigmore.org/employment.html

 

 

 

Email your resumes to Sandra

 

 

 

Have a beautiful day.

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for elaborating with your second post about these raw jobs!

I have a question regarding what you said about how easily the turnover of job

positions flow over the seasons and years (I erased most of your post in this

reply to save kilobytes):

With awareness of the raw food lifestyle increasing exponentially into the

near future, do you expect more difficulty in say, 2 years from now, being able

to take up on this opportunity?

The reason I ask is because I'm still working on my A.S. degree here in S.

California, and I want to have at least that goal met in my life before I just

drop everything and go do what I dream of doing for life (I'm 31 and already

took a long break- 6 years - in life by moving to Florida for similar

health-oriented goals).

Thanks,

Tiffany

 

Tom Spontelli <outreach wrote:

Hi Folks,

Many people had many different questions about the RAW FOODS jobs that I posted

earlier, so I thought that I would try to answer them all for everyone in one

email...