The Essence Conscious Tribal Living

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2024

What we do

We are grounded in slow living, sharing plant-based meals, and living in close proximity to nature and ourselves. Life here is about being rather than doing. We’ve cultivated a sanctuary where we can stay present, be conscious, develop self-awareness, and build emotional resilience.​ Together, we inquire into the nature of the mind to remember the root cause of our suffering and pain. By sharing our struggles and reactions openly, we bring clarity to doubts and find peace with who we are and each moment as it is
Our Essential Practices
At The Essence, we live each day as if it were our last, embracing simplicity and enriching our lives through presence and connection. We nurture the body, mind, and spirit with the following daily practices:

  • Meditation: Guided and silent sessions to deepen self-awareness and build resilience.
  • Self-Inquiry and Awareness Practices: Explore beliefs and patterns that cause suffering, and learn how to inquire into and be free of them.
  • Group discussions and mindful sharing after meditations and in the evening.
  • Conscious Movement to reconnect with and strengthen the body:
    • Qi Gong
    • Yoga
    • Inner yoga
    • Pranayama (breathwork)
    • Various connection exercises
  • Balance and centering exercises

Mindful Plant-Based Eating
We prepare and share fresh, wholesome vegan meals together every day, focusing on unprocessed and unrefined ingredients.​ We’re cultivating connection by sharing each meal together as a community.​​ We also have freshly made juice together around midday to enjoy and connect. To help with the body’s natural detoxification process we practice intermittent fasting and have a 5h non-fasting timeframe from 9:30-14:30 where all our meals take place.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2024
  • Started living together

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How to join

How to Become a Member
Joining our community is a commitment to a way of life, not just a temporary stay. We are building something long-term, creating a space not only for ourselves but for future generations.
What’s Expected:
100% vegan lifestyle
No drugs, smoking, or alcohol
Participate in all daily practices and community events
Take initiative and contribute your energy
The Process:
1.⁠ ⁠Start with a trial period – Join us for two weeks or one month. If you want to focus fully on yourself in this period (with no obligations to work), we recommend that you come for a retreat first.
2.⁠ ⁠If you continue – After your trial, the next step is committing to three more months.
3.⁠ ⁠Long-term commitment – After three months, you commit to a total of one year (so if you did one month + three months, you’d stay another eight months).​
Financial Contribution:
First year: $2000 per month
Financial difficulties? A scholarship program may be available, depending on your level of investment and involvement in the community.
This is about being part of something real and lasting. If this speaks to you, we welcome you to take the first step.

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Location

  • Mexico

The Essence Conscious Tribal Living

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Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.

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