The Natural Living School, is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, at the Ananda Village, a yoga and meditation community that studies the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, and is one of the oldest intentional spiritual communities in the world. Instruction on how to legally construct your own affordable, naturally built cottage (building with stone, earth, clay, sand, straw, wood, and water while windows, doors, and fixtures are mostly salvaged), and to create your own home garden with the potential for self sufficiency, as well as educate you in the art of natural living and higher thinking. The school is a drug and substance free atmosphere.