Peshtigo River Center - Wellness Intentional Community

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About the Community

  • Established
  • Town/Small City

What we do

In the Northwoods of Wisconsin, our property is on the Peshtigo River. We are located just outside the small town of Crivitz. There are over a dozen waterfalls & lakes in the area. Our facility was once a hotel with about 30 units. Each unit has its one bathroom and kitchenette. There is a common kitchen to share, as well.

 

We are looking to grow our Wellness Intentional Community. We desire to find practitioners in the healing arts, mindfulness, organic gardening, raising small animals, and other holistic practices. If you are not a practitioner, but enjoy this lifestyle and desire to live in a mindful and healthy community, you would be welcome, as well.

 

We typically prepare our individual meals together and then eat together. We will do pot lucks for holidays and special events. We focus on wellness and mindfulness. We have a workout room and a wellness room for therapies such as Myofascial Release, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Reiki, sound healing, and other energy practices. We gather for activities, drum circles, bonfires, and anything fun one wants to do. We host wellness retreats, wellness fairs, craft/art shows, and hold a space for the local community to host events.

We practice Qi-gong, yoga, stretching, the Feldenkrais Method, ecstatic dance, contact improvisation dance, meditation,

 

Our rooms can hold up to two people. One of the apartments can hold 3. We are open to all ages and abilities. We are ecumenical as to religion, or lack thereof, philosophy, sexual orientation, dietary preferences, and, at least in principle, politics. We respect and celebrate each others differences and everyone is expected to have an open mind and willingness to learn and accept new things and ideas.

 

Here is a description of the feeling we desire to create. We feel the joy of living in community with those desiring to grow as people and spiritual beings. We feel save with everyone we live with. Every day is fun and exciting. We are constantly creating new things and sharing new ideas. We spend much time attending to our bodies, our spirits, our emotions, and nature. We help each other out along their journey. We do not worry about money, food, or lacking anything. Real love is seen and experienced all the time. The place is filled with laughter. We all awaken our innate, natural gifts as healers. We nurse each other back to health. Everyone pursues their passions and the things that truly make them happy. We are very supportive and cooperative community, holding each other accountable to be a good human being. We allow others to speak into each other’s lives to encourage them to be the best version of themselves possible. We encourage the greatest good for the individual, as well as the community.

Our Vision

Provide connection & community, helping each other grow as people & spiritual beings, pursue our passions, and develop our innate healing abilities. Share life together in meals, activities, and laughter. To be mindful and help each other become the best version of themselves. To help support the greatest good for the individual and the community.

Our Mission

Provide connection & community, helping each other grow as people & spiritual beings, pursue our passions, and develop our innate healing abilities. Share life together in meals, activities, and laughter. To be mindful and help each other become the best version of themselves. To help support the greatest good for the individual and the community.

  • Community type
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • 16 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
16

How to join

Fill out an application. If approved and a visit hasn’t happened yet, set up a visit.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

for potential new members -Email [email protected]. Indicate interest in Intentional Community. Then we will set up a visit.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Representative/Democratic

Members elect leaders who make decisions within defined roles.

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: Encouraged or suggested
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes (some debt)

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

Common House, Garden(s), Library, Fire pit, Waterfront access, Gym or sports area, Internet, Common room, dining room, rec games, pool table, ping pong table, piano, Pavilion for cookouts, wrestling mats for stretching and exercise

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure

Property status

  • Privately owned

Setting

  • Town/Small City

Smaller municipalities with local services but rural character.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
  • Land area size
    16 acres acres

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Location

  • Wisconsin, United States

Peshtigo River Center - Wellness Intentional Community

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10 months ago

Seeking Couples Interested in Long Term Deep Connection & Farming (open to singles)

Description Our  sloped and terraced community farm has far more potential than we have time and energy to use to the fullest. We have been in community for 15 years now, but feeling pulled to the deeper nourishment we find in long-term residents over shorter-term interns.  We seek one to two couples (or super aligned singles) who are interested in conscious connection, intimate conversation, personal growth and healing, regenerative agriculture, and serious about a building a life in community.  Although we hold space and flexibility for shifts in needs, we desire humans who plan to stay for all or part of a season (1-3 months at a minimum), after which we would explore longer-term alignment and relationships.  We MAY also be open to folks wanting to live off-site, as long as we prioritize ample time to explore how we work together before we get too deep. Current Use Heart 2 Heart Farms is a small, forested, 10 acre Permaculture farm nestled in the fertile hills of the Willamette Valley. Between the quaint towns of Newberg and Sherwood, this oasis is in the middle of wine country, just 30 minutes south of Portland, has been an intentional community and teaching facility for over 15 years, hosting a myriad of community outreach, up-cycling, homesteading, and prepping workshops.  Although we have recently slowed substantially, residents should be prepared for both a busy environment, and shared, informal, mixed-use spaces. We are almost completely self-sufficient, producing large varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables, and we breed, butcher, and sometimes sell heritage chickens, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle. We tan hides, carve bone, save seed, occasionally blow glass, throw pottery, create alternative/green energy, dig root cellars, and build constantly. We have three large un/under-utilized areas available: The front hill is a terraced and amended south-facing slope that has LOTS of room and potential. We also have a poultry pasture is 2 acres of partially wooded Douglas Fir, an additional 4 acres of wooded mixed use browsing space and native habitat that’s virtually unused at the moment, two large greenhouses (including one set up aquaponically), and lots of space to expand the orchard and rotational grazing system. Additionally, we have a 20’x40′ healing center and sacred space we use for yoga, massage, reiki, ceremony (including traditional Lakota sweat lodge and grief/trauma work), and make available to local practitioners to offer their services to the community. If you are wanting to connect deeply, work hard, learn and expand your experience base, and participate in a small but established intentional community, shoot us a note and let’s explore. Owner’s Short Term Vision for the Property Our short-term goal is to find/train a few young/new farmers to assist with land stewardship and increase productivity of the existing space to spread out the work/responsibility and assist in overall streamlining and cleanup of the existing farm/operations. Owner’s Long Term Vision for the Property Our long-term vision is to continue to use this space as a teaching and educational facility, expanding the diversity and frequency of events we can host and services we can offer. Over the next few years, we hope to find an a couple interested in learning/independently managing most of the farm production, which will allow us to dig deeper into the training and certification we make available, to include natural building, basic and advanced Permaculture technique and application, beekeeping, horticulture, animal husbandry, food preservation, fermentation, plant identification/natural foraging, and primitive skills. Available Water / Irrigation Extensive rainwater collection on site, as well as a high-flow/capacity well. Soil Type / Quality Sandy loam with great organic matter, good clay content, and established vermiculture and mycorrhizal network. Buildings and Structures Available for Farm Use We have multiple barns and greenhouse space for use, or lease, depending on the particulars of use/situation. Farm Equipment Available for Use We have a skid steer on site, as well as rototiller, chipper, 26′ truck, and pickup trucks for use. Hand tools are also available, depending on the arrangement. Any Restrictions That Could Limit Agricultural Production Creating and supporting natural borders, food forests, and wildlife habitat (and incorporating these into a holistic/natural pest management strategy) is a very high priority to us, so intensive mono-crop/large machine harvesting and/or crops needing spraying/chemicals are not likely a fit on this site. County: Washington Total Acreage: 10 Acreage Available to Landseeker: 5 Current Farming Practices: Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Farming Practices Allowed: Certified Organic, Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Agriculture Types Suitable: Beans, Bees, Berries, Dairy, Fiber Animals, Flowers, Goats, Herbs, Hogs, Mushrooms, Nursery Stock, Nuts, Orchard/Fruit, Pasture, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep, Vegetables, Vineyard, Other
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