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Adawehi Wellness Village

  • Communities

About the Communities

  • Established
  • Home-sharing
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 1997

What we do

POLK COUNTY NC UPDATE as of APRIL 2025:
Temporary Housing Availability. To aid our fellow Western North Carolina residents in need of housing due to Hurricane Helene and recent forest fires, Adawehi Wellness Village has opened a few of our community homes for Temporary Housing.
We have large, beautiful furnished rooms with office space, private bathroom, and ample privacy for singles, couples and families. Rooms are available for immediate occupancy and rent for three (3) months.
At Adawehi Wellness Village, you’ll find the warmth of a loving community along with Beneficial Foods Organic Grocery store, pristine walking trails, holistic health services, wellness classes and family-friendly community events. Participate as little or as much as you desire. Know that you will be welcomed and safe at Adawehi.
Please contact us at adawehi.com or call 828-290-7523 to find out more.
Please note that we are unable to accommodate pets in the community homes, and smoking, vaping, substance use, and consumption of alcohol are not permitted.
LONG TERM HOUSING
The Adawehi community has been together over 25 years. We have found that living in community, surrounded by loving people ensures ample opportunities to really get to know yourself, and embrace the diversity of others. All people come with a myriad of gifts to share with the world, but we also have an innate desire to immerse ourselves in environments that encourage us to learn and grow.
This is what Adawehi is about. From our organic grocery and greenhouses to our resale shops and labyrinth, we invite you to share your expressions and to explore the undiscovered parts of yourself. There are wonderful spiritual awareness classes onsite should you choose to embrace a deeper level of personal growth.
If you are ready to experience this new adventure, please read on!
Community Exploration
Adawehi offers the opportunity to explore the magic of community through warm, welcoming, on-site experiences designed to empower unity, celebrating who you are as one facet of the whole. Contact us for help in designing a visit to help you claim more of who you are while considering Adawehi as your new home. These create the doorway to the next miraculous phase of your life.
The process begins with an introductory virtual call for an overview of community living, to answer initial questions, and together decide on the next steps. Then, you might consider any one or a combination of the following:
-A one-day visit
-Participation in a weekend workshop
-Bed and Breakfast visit (open to your preference)
-Exploratory and immersive sessions (average 3 months in a host house)
What to Expect
-Tour the campus, meet community members and spiritual growth teachers.
-Amp up your spiritual growth through classes.
-Gain insights for more healthy living.
-Participate in service activities, e.g. land care, gardening, etc.
-Participate in community events, e.g. pancake breakfast.
-Invitation to meditate with the host house.
-Invitation to hang out with residents at other houses to get to know the community.
Please note that we are unable to accommodate pets in the community homes, and smoking, vaping, substance use, and consumption of alcohol are not permitted.

Our Mission

To discover and share health for oneself and the planet by addressing whichever area of health—body, mind, spirit, or emotions—that you need to strengthen.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Experiences
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1997
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 1998
  • Started living together
  • 50 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
50

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Call 828-290-7523 or send an email to in**@*****hi.com and we will be glad to welcome you with a guided tour.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

Jackie Woods is the founder and director.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • 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

Labor: Yes (3 hrs/week)

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

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Gym or sports area, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Dietary restriction

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

Community activities and engagement

  • School, Educational Institute or Experience
  • Organization, Resource, or Network
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Substance use culture

  • Substance use is prohibited in the community

Gender composition

  • Majority cis (over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • Other

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Cohousing

    Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
    interaction while maintaining independence.

  • Coliving

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

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Greenhouse / aquaponics
  • Land area size
    125 acres

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Location

  • North Carolina, United States

Needs and Offers

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Offer
  • Marketplace
6 years ago

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves Books for Sale

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant introduce Cohousing with stories and pictures of both Danish and American communities. Beautiful photographs and line drawings illustrate the warmly written account of how these communities came to be. Specific information on legal and financial aspects of working with developers, group process, and design issues make this book informative as well as inspiring. This is the book which brought Cohousing to North America. This book is the much prized second edition which has become a rarer and somewhat of a collectors item. Its community case studies were not included in the more recent publication. It preceded Creating Cohousing which is widely available. I acquired 25 cases from a local distributor who closed down. If you would like three or more copies for yourself, to share with your friends or to market your group, please let me know. I would love for them to be made useful and find great homes. Books are paperback (hard copy was not an option at the time from the publisher) all brand new, in Oakland (CA) so could be picked in Oakland or mailed to you. I would very much like to recuperate what I paid which is $10 per book. So, If you would like three or more shipped, I will add the postage, packing and handling fees. I have sold several cases (18 books per case) for $150 per case ($8 per book). I have a little wiggle room on the pricing. Please let me know if you are interested. Use the Send Message button on this page.
Offer
  • Housing For Rent + Shared
19 hours ago

Turn-key commune opportunity on 30 acres in beautiful rural Minnesota (~$500-550k)

Hi everyone! Our founding group of queer women is transitioning ownership of our rural Minnesota homestead, and we’re looking for new stewards to keep it running as an intentional community! Let me give you a tiny window into what to expect: Picture yourself stepping out of the overwhelming corporate chaos of the city, into an idyllic little slice of a slower life – there’s a certain look of relief we tend to see on our visitors’ faces. When you enter, the path is surrounded by vibrant flowers in every color that come back every year. To your left is a stone path to the organic gardens, growing easily without much effort. Straight ahead are the barns and pathways to the fields – you might pass by the occasional honeybee or butterfly. To the right is a large farmhouse, behind which there is a mossy forested area where you’ll find a conversation circle fashioned out of old logs and stones, and a small sitting platform up in the trees.    The Highlights: 30 Acres: Forest, pond, creek, permaculture gardens (HĂĽgelkultur), native plants, perennial flowers and future fruit trees, and ~1 acre dry-farmed. 9-Bedroom Farmhouse: ~4,000 sq ft across 3 levels. Solid heating, great bones, in good shape, quiet layout. Outbuildings: Garage, woodshop barn, event barn, quonset storage, a silo, plus honeybees & resident farm cat! Location: Quiet and peaceful. Remote with off-the-grid features like a well and pending solar installation, yet under 10 mins to hospital/town. Zero flood/fire risk, and a wonderfully welcoming, queer-friendly local network.   Ideal for an established group of 2+ people ready to take on a relatively large farmhouse and property. We are open to an outright purchase or a gradual transition/shared-ownership arrangements with existing members. -> Full details, photos, and contact info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ONZk-TUYQg3Xzh5Q7yl14PPeuwl5NYXu9ZDTgFGT4sY/edit?usp=sharing   Feel free to message me or share with anyone looking for land!  
Offer
  • Forming Communities
1 month ago

Create Home in Greece, Together

There are two ways into Greece’s first community-led cohousing network: a new-build mountain-foothills village in the Peloponnese, or an adaptive-reuse project where you help choose the property itself. Both are shaped by the vision and values of the people who will live there. PATH ONE: TAYGETE COHOUSING VILLAGE — NEW-BUILD, PELOPONNESE A mountain agrihood at the foot of the majestic Taygetos Mountains, inspired by the UNESCO village of Monemvasia — pristine national forest and hiking, olive groves, a vineyard, farm, surounded by mountain villages and close to extraordinary beaches. Common House with a full coworking suite, incredible kitchen for indoor/outdoor dining, workout room and lounge with fireplace. Includes a pool, gardens, soccer field, and village plateia. Adjacent to a luxury wellness resort with spa and farm-to-table restaurants now building. 2.5 hours from Athens International Airport, 20 min. drive to a vibrant town with nightly filled tavernas and a new hospital, 25 min. drive to beaches and charming fishing villages. Project Advantage: This project does not require the group to take out a collective construction loan — a rare, significant risk reduction most forming cohousing projects can’t offer. This project also provides the opportunity for a Golden Visa permanent residency in Greece, with the advantages of European healthcare, university access, Schengen business and travel. Stage of Development: Site Selection Completed. Feasibility studies completed. Development Partner Selection Completed. Collaborative Site and Village Design Process Completed. Finance Plan Completed. Architectural and Environmental Studies are completed and in the modification process. A current building permit exists and is in the modification process. Once the permit modification process is complete, member investment opportunities will open. Utility infrastructure excavation is underway, and only 12 investe

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