Questions you're probably asking.

It's a 10-week online program that prepares you for intentional community living. You're matched into a pod of 6–10 people based on your values, life stage, and geography. You meet twice a week — one session with your pod, one session with the full cohort — and work through structured themes together. By the end, you know whether village life is right for you — and which villages might be right for you.

None of the above. It's closer to a neighbourhood simulation. You practise the skills that village life actually demands — making decisions together, navigating disagreements, building trust with people who were strangers a few weeks ago. There's structured content and expert input, but the core of the program is relational, not educational.

Three things. First, you receive a personal readiness assessment — an honest picture of where you are. Second, you get a shortlist of up to three villages that match your life, values, and finances. Third, you receive a Readiness Certificate that village founders use to identify prepared applicants. If the assessment shows you're not ready yet, you'll know exactly why and what to work on.

Roughly 3–4 hours per week. One pod session (60–90 minutes, scheduled by your pod) and one cohort-wide session (60–90 minutes), plus some personal reflection and pre-recorded content. Your pod chooses its own meeting time, so there's flexibility around your schedule.

Life happens. Missing an occasional session is fine — your pod will catch you up. But the program is built on consistency and trust. If you regularly can't attend, it affects your pod, not just you. We ask for a genuine commitment to showing up.

We use a combination of your intake survey and AI-assisted matching. The key dimensions: values alignment, life stage, geography, timeline for moving, family situation, and preferred level of community versus autonomy. We're not matching you with people who agree with you on everything — we're matching you with people you could actually live near.

That's actually part of the program. Community living means working with people you didn't choose — and learning to find value in difference. If things genuinely aren't working, you can request a pod change around the mid-program mark. We evaluate these case-by-case. Safety concerns are handled immediately at any point — our facilitators are always there for that.

Yes. The household ticket (€750) covers your household. Partners in the same household are placed in the same pod. If you're coming with friends or a pre-formed group, let us know — we'll take that into account during matching, though we may split you across pods so you also build new connections.

Yes. Every village in the program is a real project — either move-in ready, under construction, or in active co-creation phase. They've been personally evaluated by our team. The program gives you access to 10 village projects, and your pod evaluates them together.

We visit, interview founders, review governance and financial models, and evaluate long-term viability. 'Curated' means we've done serious due diligence — but we're not guarantors. You make your own decision, armed with much better information than you'd have on your own.

That's a valid outcome — and we consider it a success. Knowing what you don't want saves you years of searching and potentially a very expensive mistake. You keep your certificate, your pod relationships, and the skills you built. Many people come back for a later cohort when new villages are featured.

Pathfinder is €500 per individual or €750 per household. That covers the full programme, all content, facilitator access, AI tools, village presentations, and your readiness assessment and certificate. We also offer Navigator at €12,000 per person — a premium track with substantially more one-to-one work and training in the meta-facilitator lens, for people who want to hold this work for others as well as walk it themselves. Navigator is by application. See the full breakdown on the join page.

We offer a full refund if you withdraw before the pod matching is finalised (typically 1 week before the program starts). After pods are formed, we can't offer refunds because your withdrawal affects your pod members. If exceptional circumstances arise, talk to us — we're humans, not a policy document.

Yes. Everything happens online — Zoom for live sessions, Circle for the community platform, and asynchronous content you can access anytime. You can participate from anywhere in the world.

We run a free online gathering on Wednesday 7 October at 20:00 CET. Individual, self-paced training opens 15 October 2026, alongside our main introductory event. The facilitated programme starts 20 November. Part 1 runs 20 November to 10 December, followed by a break over Christmas. Parts 2 and 3 run through January and February 2027. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

It's a document that tells village founders you've done the preparation work — relational skills, self-awareness, financial clarity, and collaborative capacity. Village founders in our network use it to prioritise applicants. It doesn't guarantee a spot, but it puts you at the front of the line.

Then the program has done its job. Discovering you're not ready is far cheaper than discovering it after you've moved. Your assessment will tell you specifically what needs more work and what a realistic timeline looks like. You're welcome to join a future cohort.

Yes. Alumni stay in the Circle community and have access to future village showcases, events, and cohort updates. Many pods continue meeting independently long after the program ends. Some of our pilot pods still talk daily.