Ongoing Learning & Integration
All of the work we do - from consulting with clients to house meetings - is designed to create deeper understanding of intentional community and intentional living. The Next Big Step is committed to noticing, reflecting, and integrating these lessons in an ongoing iterative process.
Community Incubator: The Sanctuary
This is a true story of four landmates who chose to live together, work passionately, and practice sacred connection.
The Sanctuary is a small intentional community in Oakland focused on sacred living.
We gather with intention. We hold monthly meetings for check-ins and house business, and monthly gatherings for connecting (crafting fun & other play). We also host regular community events focused on sacred living.
We deeply value and honor our personal practice in meditation, prayer, and ritual in the home and hold morning personal practice hours 8-10am for a serene start to the day.
You can often find the landmates enjoying epic porch hangs, talking about life and cackling our joy.
Research
In the spring and summer of 2023, we partnered with Zach Rubin and Sky Blue to conduct a survey and focus groups targeted at individuals who have experience with both military service and living in an intentional community. We have since published an article in Communities magazine and continue to analyze the results for insights into intentional living.
Check out the article in Communities Magazine #204 - A Desire to Serve: The Experience of Military Veterans in Intentional Communities
More Matriarchy
A value system to live by…
Purpose Statement: Embodying, activating, and empowering the 8 elements of More Matriarchy.
Our Process: We are living into these elements as an open inquiry one at a time, noticing how/when/if they show up in our lives and what it would look/feel/be like to further embody them.
We are then inviting others into a Learning Circle to discuss what we’ve learned, chew on it a little more, and gather the wisdom in the room.
We are beginning with “Love Centered” and allowing the process to tell us what is next.
