Introduction to Tamera

Learn about the core areas of our research and what keeps us together, while experiencing community and learning how we build trust as the foundation for community.

Overview

We’ll introduce you to the Healing Biotopes Plan, as well as some of our community leaders and members. You’ll hear about our history and our main research areas, as we explore together the different places and areas of our community– from the stone circle to our Water Retention Landscape, the Children’s Place to the Solar Test Field.

You’ll get a taste of how we build trust and intimacy in a group, with social technologies like sharing circles, Council and/or Forum.

This year we are offering introductory experiences of two different lengths;  7-day and 10-day programs. The overall frame will be the same but the 10-day courses offer more space for breathing in and out to and digesting all the information shared.

Introduction with Focus on Community, September 4-13

We warmly invite you for a 10-Day journey into Tamera and its different aspects with a particular focus on the realm of community and its different levels.

Our exploration will include::

• Community with all beings, trust and truth as key qualities
• What are the basic understandings, workings and experiences involved in recreating community?
• The political relevance of building community
• Challenges and struggles in building community
• What becomes possible in love, sexuality and partnership once the foundation of community has been laid

We will listen to the experiences of experienced community members, walk the land, sing together, study and share in both smaller clusters and as a whole group.

Our wish is to give you the opportunity to harvest from our life and experience for your own work and development.

In joyful anticipation,

Robert, Susanne, Mariló and Elias

Who is the course for?

• Community curious people
• Prospective community founders
• Community researchers
• Peace workers
• Group leaders and facilitators

What you’ll learn

• Our vision: “Healing Biotopes” as catalysts for system change towards a regenerative peace culture
• Our key research and  learnings: what keeps a community together – what creates trust and healing in sexuality and love, how children can grow up in trust, on a communal economy, and a culture of spirituality, art and healing
• Our long history: the keys to our longevity and our  evolution over the last 45 years
• Our current questions and challenges: like  intergenerational dynamics, decision-making etc
• Our political impact: how we’re working for peace and system change in the world
• Our relation with the more-than-human world: restoring water cycles and ecosystems, communication with plants, animals and elements and work towards regenerative autonomy

“This is an emerging Healing Biotope where we work to reconnect and restore the wholeness of life. Courses are focused on topics, but all of our research exists in an interconnected web, so your learning will likely expand on other areas.

As a learner, you can join our morning offers, which can include things like Yoga and Qi Gong. You’ll also be able to join in whole community events, like our Sunday matinee, the Ring of Power and Political Cafes.”

Course content

• Presentations and Q&A sessions with different leaders from the community on:
  • Project history
  • Healing Biotopes
  • Community building
  • Love and sexuality
  • Raising free children
  • Communal economy
  • Ecological regeneration
• Guided tours, e.g.:
  • Stone Circle
  • Children’s Place
  • Water Retention Landscape
• Sharing circles, Council and/or other trust-building group practices
• Creative and spiritual exercises

Teachers

Introduction weeks are held by three to four members of our community. We’ll let you know closer to the time who your teachers will be.

Testimonials

“I did this course some years ago, and am still in touch with some of my fellow students. Even in such a short time, we developed a deep sense of connection in the container of community that Tamera provided.”
– Anke

“My expectation for Tamera’s intro week was to get a glimpse of the community’s essence, values, and daily practices. The experience exceeded my expectations. I felt consistently safe, held, and supported. The week left my senses, thoughts, and ideas continuously stimulated, offering profound food for thought that lingered months after. A few months later, I participated in the community course, and having completed the intro week proved invaluable. It served as a solid foundation, allowing me to fully engage in the transformative experience of the course. Despite its intensity, I left with a heart full of gratitude. Thank you for the wonderful and enriching experience.”
– Rossana

“The intro week was so transformative for me I could hardly wait to come back a second time to try to understand what had happened! Tamera is very special.”
– Anouchka