SunSong Community

SunSong Community is the land project
that holds space for the Soul Gardens programs

OUR MISSION
​We are an interdependent, land-based community in Barnardsville, North Carolina dedicated to living in joyful reciprocity with each other, the Earth, and all beings. Through shared cultural and ecological practices we build the vibrant topsoil of a regenerative way of life, and nurture the flowering of the human Spirit. ​

OUR STORY 
Scotty, Maayan, Fox, Esben, Jon, and Kristiana began visioning for a land-based community project in 2016. They came together in friendship through a shared love of singing, dancing, wilderness camp-outs, gardening and building regenerative culture. After 2 years of visioning meetings and land visits, an auction sign in downtown Barnardsville led them to their current home at Sun Song.  Only one bid was placed on that synchronistic morning and the rest was history.  

Our crew dove right in: planting gardens, trees, and herbs for future generations and tending to the hearth and home to create our sanctuary.  Our project is a continual work in progress; growing together in a way that we believe is a blessing to the land, each other, and the children yet to come.

We live together here on 20 magical acres, sharing abundant garden harvests, meals and songs. We work together on projects, share our hearts, and uplift and support each other's individual growth.  We are committed to continually coming back to loving kindness and compassion when the inevitable conflicts arise.  Our choice to live in this way is a prayer that humans return to living in harmony and balance with each other and our precious planet.

Our Guiding Values:

  • Interdependence & cooperation

  • Sharing

  • Celebrating aliveness

  • Earth-based spirituality 

  • Reciprocity 

  • Earth care

  • Creativity and self-expressioin

  • Soul-cultivation

  • Peace & Harmony

  • Service

  • Regenerative Culture

Our Community Practices:

  • Sharing resources, space and responsibilities

  • Co-raising children

  • Working together to create a bountiful garden full of food

  • Cooking for each other and sharing meals

  • Community days called Avodah is when we tend to the relationships and land, we have heart share, meetings, share food and work on building and gardening projects

    • Avodah means "work, worship and service" in Hebrew.

  • Hosting events that are healing, connective and nourishing to the Spirit

  • Singing and playing together

  • Peaceful and clearing communication: supporting all relationships in the community through mediation

  • Reducing our impact on the Earth by making conscious choices around consumerism and minimizing plastic and fossil fuels

  • Educating others about how to live in harmony with the Earth and grow food

  • Building and tending relationships with elders

  • Creating a sanctuary where children can run free, play and receive the care they need

  • Building altars on the land, singing to the Grandmother Trees

  • Heart share circles and shadow work

  • Sharing our cultivation practices: meditation, dance, yoga, qi gong, singing, praying, silent hours, fire tending, mindful eating, ritual and ceremony

  • Donating our time and resources to serve those in need​

  • Planting orchards, woodland medicinals, gardens full of flowers and herbs

  • Making medicine and keeping a stocked community apothecary