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Opening to resonance

living together like music

'Resonancia community' is an open and flexible environment for communal living and exploration conceptualized by Achim Burkard.
A dance between structure, free flow, and the unpredictable.
Oscillating between intensive group dynamics, free space & time for individuality and co-creation.
A fertile ground for creativity, sensuality, and healing. Never guaranteed, but always waiting to be awakened.... by you ... by us

"vibrational fusion of freedom, authentic presence and connection"

In acoustics and physics, resonance means that two bodies that are free to vibrate are creating relation to each other. It is a basic human need and ability. We can be resonant with other people, even with groups, with (creative) activities, with things, with nature, with art, with spirituality. Since everything vibrates, we can consequently also enter into resonance with everything. Resonance means being touched or moved. Something has reached me.

A transformation is taking place

Resonance does not mean consonance, harmony or unison. Resonance happens between dissonance and consonance. It's about being touched and responding to it, emotionally, physically and mentally. Thus it is not aimed at growth or improvement. On the contrary, it is the basis for mindfulness and deceleration. It's about getting in contact with yourself and the world differently, getting transformed.

Resonance cannot be planned

Resonance relationships cannot be systematically established. We cannot be sure that resonance will ocurre. We cannot force it. A resonance situation cannot be increased, improved or saved either. When we resonate with something or someone, we don't know what will come of it.

Resonance presupposes being in trust and free of intention

The principle of resonance contradicts the goal orientation, efficiency and effectiveness. In times of acceleration and self-optimization, however, resonance relationships fall by the wayside. People who are in fear, under stress or in time or competitive pressures, cannot get involved with them. If we want to enter into resonance with people, it means that we initially trust each other unintentionally.

In resonance, we get involved with processes whose outcome we do not know

Resonance Hub

The Resonance Hub ("Casa de Resonancia") in the very center of our village provides spaces and setup to facilitate the connection and the collaboration between all people who decide to enter our communitarian resonance field.
Through the acoustic and visual connection between most spaces in the house, its resonance architecture creates a feeling of togetherness between all people present. This connection is also to be felt towards the vivid central place of our little village, which is right in front of our south-facing windows.

It is not a building where to find complete privacy or complete silence (for that you can enjoy other of our spaces). Instead, even in one of the 5 private rooms, you will notice if some communal dynamic is arising in the central internal patio, with its huge communal hammocks, its sound system and dance area, the whirlpool, and the open activity and chill space on top with its huge roof terrace. This area which also offers an office, a library, and a little kitchen expands between the 1st and the 4th floor and is protected for celebrating the internal dynamics of our community.

The ground floor is open to a wider community and our spontaneous guests. There you find the communal kitchen, a salon for dining, togetherness, or cozy chimney nights, and a light-flooded co-working space. 

Beyond held sessions or even longer events, we invite for an ongoing communal lifestyle where resonance is understood as the most precious state of togetherness and of connecting to the world.
A unique framework got created to invite, nurture, and support such dynamics, somehow like an immense resonance chamber, waiting for the changing human dynamics to get sound, to create the unpredictable music of living in community.

traditional Andalusian resonance wisdom

Our little white Andalusian mountain village is an impressive example of embodied communal resonance. During each day's activities, its inhabitants constantly check in with each other, coordinate their objectives and their needs, share their resources, solve their conflicts, celebrate unexpected parties,...
while always having time for a laugh, a glass of wine with a neighbor, or an extensive chat with whom crosses one's path.

Observing their resonance wisdom you will see some magic ingredients: