A Vision

I'm very fortunate because I am building a 160-acre development, part of which is an eco-village and the other part is a retreat center. The idea is that the retreat center is going to be financially successful so it can finance the school and some of the affordable housing units for the eco-village, and it all becomes a place where the older generations who have maybe made some money can contribute financially, the middle generation can contribute through their labor, and the younger ones or those with families can be supported. All of us can create a model for a healthier lifestyle, for our nervous systems, for our need for community, for the way we feed ourselves, for being interdependent from the government system. It's called Turiya, and Turiya actually is a Sanskrit name or a Sanskrit term for the fourth state of being, a state beyond the physical, a state of oneness. There are going to be 10 what's called Eden Arches, which are smaller dwellings made from earth aircrete. And then domes. We'll have 10 of those, 10 Eden Arches, so 20 dwellings altogether that can hold up to 60 people. We'll have a big movement dome, a kitchen area, a dining area, and a lounge area. We'll definitely have a greenhouse that has tropical plants, a cafe, and a smoothie bar. We're going to have different natural pools and ponds, cold plunges, saunas, wood-fired saunas with glass doors where you can overlook the whole valley. We'll have meditation paths, a running path hopefully all the way around the property. We'll have a food forest, Valapi greenhouses to grow year-round root sellers.