Transformational Communities

An ever-evolving map of communities around the globe!

Over the past few years, I’ve had the blessing of going on a soul-guided journey around the world visiting, living and participating in various intentional communities and healing centers ranging from electricity-free ecovillages, to modern day monasteries, to tantric sexuality temples.

Along the way, I’ve met hundreds of people who have been to dozens of other communities. One day I started compiling a list…

This project is ever-evolving, and I’d love your help! Please reach out via tuckerlighthouse@gmail.com if you have feedback or recommendations.

Communities with an *asterisk* are places that I have personally visited. That said, I am not endorsing these organizations, nor do I take responsibility for anyone’s experiences :)

Next Generation Regenerative Villages (a shortlist of the projects that I’m most excited about)

• *Traditional Dream Factory, Portugal* (video)

• Future Thinkers Smart Village, Canada (video)

• *Nuanu, Bali* (videos)

• *Eterna, Costa Rica* (videos)

• Next Gen Village, Switzerland

• Brave Earth, Costa Rica (video)

• *Feÿtopia, France* (video)

• *Project Ka, Costa Rica* (video)

• Emerge Lakefront, Sweden

Spirituality & Healing Communities

• *PachaMama, Costa Rica* (video & article)

• Tamera Peace Research & Education Center, Portugal (video)

• Findhorn Foundation, Scotland

• Damanhur, Italy (video)

• Ängsbacka, Sweden

• Krishna Village Eco Yoga Community, Australia (video)

• Mindfulness Project, Thailand (video)

• Auroville, India (video)

• *Inanitah, Nicaragua* (video)

• *Project Ká, Central America* (video)

• Tribal Village, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

• Source Temple Sanctuary, Brazil

• *Tierramor, Costa Rica*

• Teal Swan’s Philia Center, Costa Rica

• Yoga Farm, Costa Rica

• *Awakeland, Portugal* (video)

• *Temple of the Earth, Portugal* (video)

• Ashram Ram Dass Guru, Portugal

• Nikkilä Temple, Finland

• Osho Miasto, Italy

Meditation Communities

• Clear Sky Retreat Center, Canada (video)

• Vipassana Goenka Meditation Centers, Worldwide (video)

• *Monastic Academy, Vermont* (video)

• *Hridaya Yoga, Mexico and France* (video)

• Hridaya Family, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico (video)

• The Hermitage, Guatemala (video)

• Mooji’s Monte Sahaja Ashram, Portugal (video)

• Osho Meditation Resort, India (video)

• Amma’s Amritapuri Ashram, Southern India

• Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Center, India

• Sadhguru’s Isha Institute of Inner-Sciences, Tennessee (video)

• Plum Village, France (video)

• Blue Cliff Monastery, New York

• *Deer Park Monastery, California*

• *Spirit Rock, California* (video)

• Osho Risk, Denmark

• Karme-Choling, Vermont (video)

• Ananda Village, California (video)

• *Bhakti Center, New York City* (video)

• The Abode of the Message, New York

• Zen Mountain Monastery, New York

• Yogaville, Virginia (video)

• *Lama Foundation, New Mexico* (video)

• *Sat Manav Yoga Ashram, Maine* (video)

• Gampo Abbey, Canada (video)

• Anuttara Ashram, Canada

• Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas (video)

• Gaia House, UK

• Osho Afroz, Greece (video)

• Shunyamurti’s Sat Yoga Ashram, Costa Rica

• Zen Community of Oregon, USA

• The Korinji Rinzai Zen Community, Wisconsin

• San Francisco Zen Center, California

• Tassajara, California (video)

• Abhayagiri Monastery, California

• Rocky Mountain Ecodharma, Colorado

• *Two Arrows Zen, Utah*

• *Integral Zen, Iowa*

• Transcendental Meditation Center, Iowa

• Roots & Water, Puerto Rico

Plant Medicine Communities

• Temple Of The Way Of The Light, Peru (video)

• Blue Morpho, Peru (video)

• Lotus Vine Journeys, Peru (video)

• Novalis, Peru

• Awaken Your Soul, Costa Rica

• *Iboga Wellness Center, Costa Rica*

• Brave Earth, Costa Rica (video)

• Soltara, Costa Rica (video)

• Munto Gente Medicina, Costa Rica

• Florestral, Costa Rica (video)

• Rythmia Life Advancement Center, Costa Rica (video)

• Flor da Montanha, Brazil

• Carioca’s Ciranda, Brazil

• Ambiwasi Ceremonial Center, Colombia (video)

• Portal Xibalba, Mexico (video)

• The Psychedelic Society, UK (video)

• Amoraleza, Spain

• Alquimia Centre of Healing Arts, Portugal

• Soul Quest Ayahuasca Church of Mother Earth, Florida

• Iboga Church of America, Florida

• Pachamama Sanctuary, New Hampshire

• Sacred Garden Community, California

• Temple Mother Earth, Washington, D.C.

• Psychedelic Therapy Training, Worldwide

Ecological Communities

• La Ecovilla, Costa Rica (videos)

• Punta Mona, Costa Rica (video)

• *Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Missouri* (video)

• *Possibility Alliance, Maine* (podcast)

• *Sirius Ecovillage, Massachusetts* (video)

• Earthaven Ecovillage, North Carolina

• Ecovillage Ithaca, New York

• Rooted Northwest, Washington State

• Kailash Ecovillage, Oregon

• Aloha Salt Spring, Canada

• Acorn Community, Virginia

• Twin Oaks, Virginia (video)

• East Wind, Missouri

• Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, California

• Sacred Nectar Sanctuary, New Hampshire

• The Garden, Tennessee

• Unadilla Community Farm, New York

• 42 Acres, UK

• Refugio Terraza de la Tierra, Mexico (video)

• Crystal Waters Community Cooperative, Australia (video)

• Fruit Haven Ecovillage, Ecuador (video)

• Kalu Yala, Panama (video)

• Eco Truly Park, Peru

• Finca Sagrada, Ecuador (video)

• Finca Morpho, Costa Rica (video)

• Alegría Village, Costa Rica

• Catfarm, France

• Purposeflow, Portugal (video)

• La’akea, Hawaii

• Sunny Hill, Slovenia

• Earthsong Eco Neighborhood, New Zealand

• Tui Community, New Zealand

CoLiving Communities

• *Feÿtopia, France* (video)

• Canticle Farm, California (video)

• Wild Seeds Ranch, California

• Los Angeles Ecovillage, California

• K9 CoLiving, Sweden (video)

• Liminal Village, Italy (video)

• Coconat, Germany (video)

• Lightning Society, New York

• &Soul, UK

• *Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage, Maine*

• Zunya, Costa Rica

• Cyclical Village, Portugal

• Desa Alam Indah, Bali

• Rizoma Field School, Uruguay

• Mars College, California

• Tribe Coliving, California

• Embassy Network, Worldwide

• Moos Community Residency, Germany

• Kibbutz Neot Semadar, Israel

Communities In-Development

• Future Thinkers Smart Village, Canada (video)

• La Tierra, Costa Rica

• *Nuanu, Bali*

• Ripple Project, Nevada

• Mother Tree, Mexico

• Pioneers Of Our Time, Spain

• Next Gen Village, Switzerland

• Traditional Dream Factory, Portugal

• Coalesce Ecovillage

• Mothership, California

• Jordan Hall’s Civium (video)

• Oceanix (video)

• The Venus Project (video)

• ReGen Villages

• The Auravana Project

• Montanoso Crypto Co-Operative, Texas

• Cohere Co-Living, Worldwide

• Orchid City, Nederlands

• Alma do Solo, Portugal

• The ARK, Costa Rica

• Kuyabeh, Mexico

Retreat Centers

• *Esalen Institute, California* (video)

• Garrison Institute, New York

• Omega Institute, New York

• Shambala Gatherings, Sweden (video)

• The Bergerac Praxis Hub & Farmhouse, France (video)

• New Life, Portugal & Thailand (video)

• Holos, Costa Rica

• *Blue Spirit, Costa Rica* (video)

• Finca Mia, Costa Rica

• The Ekskaret Foundation, Sweden

• *Shanti Space, Portugal* (video)

• Osheanic Retreat Center, Brazil

• Orphan Wisdom School, Canada (video)

• Lost Valley Education Center, Oregon

• *Sky Meadow Retreat, Vermont* (video)

• Sunrise Ranch, Colorado

• Wellness Retreat Blue Mountains, Australia

• Res Artis Arts Residencies, Worldwide

Festivals & Gatherings

• *Burning Man, Nevada* (video)

• Lightning In A Bottle, California (video)

• *Emerge Gathering, Worldwide* (video)

• Summit, USA (video)

• *Science & Nonduality (SAND), California*

• Tribal Gathering, Panama (video)

• Envision, Costa Rica (video)

• Garbicz, Poland

• Boom Festival, Portugal (video)

• Fusion Fest, Germany

• VOOV Festival, Germany

• Pura Vida Festival, Germany & Costa Rica

• Primavera Sound, Portugal

• Waking Life, Portugal (video)

• Waha Festival, Romania (video)

• Medicine Festival, UK (video)

• Yes& Conscious Living Festival, Australia

• Rainbow Serpent Festival, Australia (video)

• Earth Frequency, Australia (video)

• The Town, Australia (video)

• Wonderfruit, Thailand (video)

• Bali Bloom, Indonesia (video)

• Lucidity Festival, California (video)

• Totality Festival, California (video)

• Soul Play Festival, California (video)

• Shambhala Music Festival, Canada (video)

• Ecstatic Dance Festival, Greece (video)

• Colibri Spirit Fest, Greece

• Rainbow Gathering, Worldwide (video)

• Bhakti & Shakti Fest, California (video)

• Firefly Gathering, North Carolina

• SoulPlay Festival, California (video)

• Arise Festival, Colorado

• Duck Duck Roar, California

• Cosmic Convergence Festival, Guatemala

• Healing Turtle Island, Maine

• Spirit Weavers Gathering, Oregon

• *Daybreaker, Worldwide*

Resources & Inspiration

• Gaianet Regen Ecosystem Map

• A Collective Blooming by Joe Lightfoot

• Microsolidarity

• Enspiral

• Karl Steyaert: community catalyst

• Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal

• Belong by Radha Agrawal

• Tribe by Sebastian Junger

• Lost Connections by Johann Hari

• Belonging by Toko-pa Turner

• The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck

• Designing Regenerative Cultures by Daniel Christian Wahl

• The Turquoise Brick Road by Rhys Marc Photis

• Transition Network

• Possibility Now! Podcast

• Terrenity “A Dreamer’s Guide to Ecovillages”

• NuMundo

• Foundation for Intentional Community

• Global Ecovillage Network

• Ecoversities