About · Values
All life is relationship.
Our values aren't a statement on a wall — they're how we farm, host, and gather. Eco-spiritual, land-first, and rooted in this particular corner of the earth.
Coming back to earth
Sundari began with a simple conviction: that beauty, community, and right relationship with the land are not luxuries — they are the work. On twelve acres in Lower Puna, where the volcano is still making the island, we practice living that out every day.
Eco-spiritual living means the food forest and the meditation shala are the same project. It means the neighbor who needs a hot meal and the retreat guest seeking deep rest are both welcome at the same table. It means the health of the soil and the health of the people tending it are inseparable.
We don't always get it right. We are off-grid, learning through trial and error, rooted in a neighborhood that has survived eruptions and floods and the slow grind of paradise becoming unaffordable. That rootedness is part of what we offer: not an escape from the world, but a deeper contact with it.
How we live it
Four practices, every day
Land-first
We grow food, medicine, and flowers on this land — and we tend the soil that grows them. The garden feeds the kitchen, the kitchen feeds the community.
Regenerative
A food forest, two ponds, and a nursery designed to give more than they take. We build systems that improve over time rather than extracting from them.
In community
We serve neighbors and the wider Puna community, not only visitors. Fast WiFi, laundry, a song circle, a dance floor — these are for everyone.
In relationship
With the volcano, the ocean, the night sky, and each other. Living here means being in constant conversation with forces larger than ourselves.
Memberships
Organizations we stand with
We're proud to be part of networks working toward a healthier island and earth:
