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

by Muffy Weaver
Category
Communities with Openings
Location
North San Juan, California
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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 not only us but humankind far beyond what our limited perceptions tell us.

Spirit is expressed at Wild Grace in our beautiful octagonal temple, which is dedicated to the Mother of Us All and is perched atop a cliff overlooking the river. That’s where we gather most mornings. We draw upon many sources of inspiration—including A Course of Love, Thomas Huebl, Yogananda, Tara Brach, and more. Please see the Wild Grace listing on this site. The temple is also the venue of weekly Qi Gong, expressive dance, and monthly times of sacred music, and other celebrations. We also honor the first peoples here, notably the indigenous Nisenan tribe.

Just as we aim for deep listening to Spirit, likewise we try to practice deep listening and sharing with each other, compassionately and gently. We endeavor to relate authentically and meaningfully during these almost-weekly “heart circles.” We bring our experience to these circles seeing them as an opportunity to heal personal, ancestral, and collective trauma.

In addition to the temple and multiple housing, we have a guest cottage, two greenhouses, a pool, two garage/solar buildings, and a tractor barn. We are completely off-grid.

We are calling in others who resonate with our vision and who would like to live in a focused intimate group, learning and sharing and shaping our lives together.

Please see the Wild Grace listing on ic.org and our website, https://wildgracecommunity.com/ 

And contact us if you feel the call.