Spiritual community (sangha) is crucial on the personal level, as Thich Nat Hahn says: Your sangha—family, friends, and co-practitioners—is the soil, and you are the seed. If you have a sangha that is joyful, animated by the desire to practice and help, you will mature on your path of awakening.  (adapted from Cultivating the Mind of Love)

We also believe that spiritual community is crucial on the global level. The intentional focus of loving, mindful consciousness transmits a healing and transformative energy beyond our ability to perceive, which assists in planetary awakening.

Wild Grace provides an opportunity for an intimate group/sangha to focus on inner attunement to the Divine, to deepen in group authentic communication practices,to steward sacred land, and to choose love moment-by-moment.

Our octagonal temple, perched above the wild and scenic South Yuba River, is devoted to the Mother of Us All. We are dedicated to life-long learning of the skills needed to communicate, heal, and live life fully together in Love, Oneness, and Presence. We support a healthy balance of personal and community care, work and play, purpose, and “right livelihood.”

Our shared foundation consists of group morning silent meditation, weekly heart circles and spiritual support, weekly work flow meetings, tending the land, sharing two or more meals a week, and creative expression. We host events including weekly neighborhood potlucks, open monthly Kirtans, weekly A Course of Love online global meetings, sun/moon cycle ceremonies, and various classes and workshops.

Wild Grace is located on 80 acres of land adjacent to closely connected neighbors who participate in many of our activities. Currently six of us in our 50’s, 60’s and 70’s are living here. We have a 600 sq. ft. home facing the river canyon suitable for a couple and a 500 sq ft home for one person. We are looking for others who are physically able to help steward the land for three hours each week, care for our peach orchard, the landscaping, maintain the swimming pool, and mow with our riding mower the grounds.  In addition to our housing there is our Temple, a guest cottage, pool, tractor shed, two greenhouses, and solar/tool buildings—completely off-grid. All are intermixed with stands of pine, oak and manzanita. We honor the ancestors of this land, particularly the indigenous Nisenan tribe.

Please review the Wild Grace listing on this site and the Vision Statement and “Building Stones” on our website to learn more about how we are “walking each other home.”  We seek to attract those of diverse ages who have a meditation practice, have done some inner work, and enjoy practical tasks such as mowing and weeding, as well as hosting events, sharing deeply, and expressing creatively. All residents need to have a source of income to support housing and other living expenses. We invite souls to contact us who feel deeply aligned with our Wild Grace Vision .

 https://wildgracecommunity.com/