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Amoura

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Spiritual
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2024

What we do

Welcome to Fonte de Mouros, the Fairy Spring. We have 8 ha = 20 acres of pasture and woodland in the middle of Galicia directly on the Camino de Santiago, 50km from Santiago airport.
We want to create an off-grid community of people who share same values of life, having a life-affirming orientation toward authentic connection.
Touch and intimacy are very important in the community in order to heal and connect with one another. Evelyn and Richard met through tantra and both have extensive tantric and shamanic experience. We aim to use these principles in our day-to-day lives. We are keen to share these practices with our new clan, creating the feeling of a tantra retreat every day. As such we particularly welcome ISTA graduates or equivalent.
The land is a former dairy farm. We are planning to grow fruit commercially. At present the only crops are chestnuts and walnuts, but we want to plant fruit, vegetables, etc. as time goes on, and aim to be self-sufficient. We have chickens and intend to get donkeys and sheep. We have our own Celtic fairy spring (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_Moura).
Currently the liveable accommodation is the ‘new’ farmhouse with four bedrooms and a communal sleeping area. Our vision is to restore the old farmhouse and convert the 100 m² barn into an event space with a gallery/hay loft for co-sleeping.
We invite you to share our finca for short or long stays and to share our co-creation. The daily routine is flexible and is decided on week by week according to the group energy and people’s work commitments. As a minimum we eat together every evening. We are strictly alcohol-free, but there are cafés/bars within walking distance on the Camino de Santiago.
Nudity and consensual intimacy are commonplace, weather permitting.
See our ideas sheet for big projects we want to do, and follow us on Facebook. Join us to help plan these and put them into action. Please note there are a dog and two cat, chickens very soon. Other people’s animals are welcome but we can talk about this before you come to see if they will fit.

Our Mission

Our primary objective is to cultivate an intimate community space. We want to bring together people who share our vision of a community who works, eats, cooks, relaxes, lives and even sleeps together.

  • Purpose
  • Spiritual
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Activities
  • Farming
  • Experiences
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2024
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2024
  • Started living together

Gallery

  • 2 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
2

How to join

Initial contact via email, video chat and come and visit us.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Email the address above. Please check our website amoura.es for more details and if you think you’d be a good fit please get in touch. Include your WhatsApp number.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (20 hrs/week)
The contribution can vary depending on the work you do to help build the community. You are welcome to stay purely as a guest, but obviously you will want to contribute more accordingly. This is negotiable according to means.

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Swingsets & play areas, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately 1 meal per day

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Organization, Resource, or Network
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Religions
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Coliving

    Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
    kitchens, dining, and social areas.

  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

    Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Energy sources used

  • Biomass (from wood or other organic materials)

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Livestock / poultry
  • Land area size
    20 acres

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Promoted Needs and Offers

Offer
  • Housing For Rent + Shared
4 weeks ago

Cohousing Home for Rent in Snohomish WA

Beautifully maintained and spacious home in the woods! The first floor features an open-concept kitchen with granite countertops and island off the great room, which includes a river rock wood fireplace in the living room. Large windows and skylights let the light shine in year round. Walk out the French doors onto a covered patio and pavered area for outdoor living. A bonus room is included on this floor in addition to the single-car garage. A large laundry room with lots of storage and a 3/4 bathroom complete the first floor. Solid oak flooring is throughout the home. The second floor includes 3 nicely sized bedrooms and a bathroom with a large soaker tub, dual sinks, and newly remodeled shower enclosure. Walk out the second floor to a large grassy area that is part of the shared community space. The top floor is a spacious room with skylights and a full bathroom. Total rooms is 3-4 bedrooms + office and 2-3/4 bathrooms. This home is part of the Sharingwood Cohousing community. The neighborhood incudes 23 acres of greenbelt where a stream flows during fall and winter. The common areas include a common house, play structures, a greenhouse, and community garden. Get to know your neighbors in this community of 29 single-family homes. Residents join teams and volunteer a few hours a month as participants in the community. Applications are subject to qualification requirements. Additional terms and conditions apply. Reach out to request a viewing! Owner pays HOA fees. Renter pays all utilities including water, garbage, electric, gas, and internet/cable. Renter maintains plants and gardens around home. Renters are expected to sign a cohousing agreement that outlines community expectations (available in advance upon request). Rent is $4500 per month, deposit $4500. Pets negotiable for additional damage deposit fee.
Offer
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2 months ago

Do you feel called to help co-create a small, newly forming eco-spiritual community?

Old structures are crumbling. New ways of living are calling. We are answering that call. Wild Grace is an eco-spiritual community located in the Sierra foothills 30 minutes from Grass Valley, California. We recently completed new homes for those who feel called to our vision. Currently there are four of us living on this sacred 80 acres of land although we are a hub for an expanded neighborhood community. Many join us weekly for potlucks, expressive dance, Qi Gong, monthly musical gatherings, and seasonal celebrations in our temple, as well as tending to our orchard. We are excited to welcome others to join us on the land who are dedicating their lives to spiritual growth and ready to live in a more focused and intimate heart-centered lifestyle. Might that be you or someone you know? The fundamentals are simple. Spirit. We listen personally and collectively together most mornings, usually starting with a musical offering, a prayer, or a short reading, followed by about 40 minutes of what we call “sacred silence.” Heart Circles. About once a week we gather to share and listen. We are informed by authentic and compassionate communication practices. Nature. The land itself—an 80-acre oasis of field and forest perched above the wild and scenic South Yuba River—calls for our stewardship in the gardens, orchard, greenhouses, and general care. In turn, nature feeds us abundantly, both literally and spiritually. Interbeing. We join with others to share inspiration and connection as we host monthly gatherings of song, story and prayer that draws from the larger community in addition to other events we share with our closer neighbors. As we attend to these fundamentals, Grace flows to and through us—often in “Wild” or unexpected ways. Grace catalyzes through us, but is not something we possess. Because we all are connected, we feel that Grace actively transforms n

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