Anahata is a intentional community and gathering place situated on 22 pristine acres along the Little River in Floyd County, Virginia. We have adjoining properties with extended community member-owners on an additional 25 acres.
Since 1995, we have explored the sacred interrelation of people, nature and the cosmos. Our aim is to create a sustainable and mutually thriving connection with nature and each other. We invite you to come explore, learn and share with us as we live from the Anahata Chakra – a Sanskrit word for heart center.
OUR CORE VALUES:
CO-ENLIGHTENING KINDNESS ~ We practice being fully present to one another, deep listening, truthful sharing, and mutual encouragement. We commit to loving communication and skillful conflict resolution, supporting and one another to do and be our best.
SELF-DISCOVERY ~ We explore the inner dimension of self, cultivating a humble heart, ‘beginner’s mind’, self-reflection, self-responsibility, self-empowerment, self-healing, and self-actualization.
CO-EMPOWERMENT ~ We share responsibility and leadership, each person making a significant contribution to the overall vision and activities of the community, with consensus decision-making wherever practical.
SACREDNESS ~ We deepen in our chosen spiritual paths, find our place within nature/the cosmos, commune together in spiritual brother-sisterhood, serve the greater good, and celebrate the deeper meanings, rhythms and passages of life.
CREATIVITY & CELEBRATION ~ We flourish through the arts in our playful ‘renaissance community’, which cultivates merrymaking and creative expression through song, music, dance, visual arts, games, crafts, and the practice of living fully in each moment. Co-enlivening!
LEARNING & EVOLUTION ~ We strive beyond our current parameters of understanding to embody the dynamic flow of new ideas, skills and attitudes that will enable collective evolution, while appreciating our individual dreams and perspectives, styles of expression, and unique contributions to the common good.
HOLISTIC WELL-BEING ~ We strive for a mostly organic, whole food, locally sourced diet, active lifestyles, connection to nature, and use a variety of holistic healing modalities to cultivate full-spectrum well-being.
ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY ~ We work toward ecological sustainability through permaculture landscaping, organic gardening, food preserving, wildcrafting, green construction methods, alternative energy production, supporting the local economy, and more.
ECONOMIC THRIVANCE ~ We seek individual and collective economic well-being, through stewardship of various enterprises, including our educational and guest programs and member-initiated cottage industries. We encourage economic self-responsibility and autonomy while celebrating expressions of interdependence as we share resources and simplify our lives, in gratitude for present moment abundance.
CONNECTION & SHARING ~ We reach out to others, sharing our many gifts, network within the local and global new-paradigm community, and create space for the larger community to gather to celebrate, learn and share.
We first get to know each other. We share information, a visit and orientation, and ask for an interested person to fill out a sharing form or two. We meet, visit, work and play together, and really get to know each other. A visit, then time apart for some reflection seems to work best. Then we ask that someone live here for 6-12 months minimum to see how it flows. There are check ins and mentoring along the way.
Contact us to book a stay with us at a mutually convenient time. We have Airbnb links on our site, or contact us directly. Warm season camping and van/RV/camping are an option. We are part of an intentional communities tour in early September 2024.
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
A single person, couple, or small group makes most major decisions.
Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).
We are moving into a phase of self-governance through the taking on of leadership domains with the support, input and feedback of the group. We also hire out basic tasks that support the community and retreat/event center.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: $25000
Regular fees: $125
Labor: Yes (3 hrs/week)
If not (yet) an owner of one’s own space, a community member pays a monthly ‘community contribution’ akin to rent. Once an owner, a smaller community contribution helps to cover the costs of repair and maintenance of community roads and driveways, shared tractor, truck, tools, equipment, spaces – also property taxes, property insurance, utilities of the ‘community co-house’, etc. The membership council, consisting of all owner-members, determines how the community contributions are spent.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Stage or Auditorium, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Waterfront access, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
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interaction while maintaining independence.
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kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
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