An Intentional Community for Lightworkers

AINA-RA CONSTITUTION

Your Rights:

You are free to…

Speak honestly & express your true feelings, while acknowledging that others may think of feel differently.

• Freedom of speech and expression.

Engage in spiritual practices that align & anchor you, so long as they do not interfere with the spiritual practices of others. 

• Freedom of religion. If you have a question about whether any particular spiritual/religious practice is acceptable, please email aina@thelghtwrkr.com.

Join together with other members of the community around shared priorities or goals.

• Freedom of assembly.

Express your concerns to leaders of the community.

•   Freedom to petition the governing authorities.

Join together with other members to request changes to structural aspects of community living, that benefit the majority of members.

• The right to recall.

Cultivate a private living space that you enjoy. 

• The right to a private living space.
  *Aesthetic considerations are available upon request.

Utilize our common spaces including ---- tool shed, garden, main house, property, trails - as communicated & described by the Community Board. 

• The right to use common spaces.

Engage in independent work and income generating activities.

• Work autonomy

Refrain from participating in community events, such as meals, social events, and projects, so long as you communicate your decision to the community members & leaders.

• Relationship and social autonomy

A successful means of solving conflict helps us to live together well. As a community, we will learn to communicate from our emotionally intelligent place. The following tenets will help us clearly understand the thoughts & feelings of others as we join together in the creation of a respectful & inclusive space.

Guidelines:

1. Please engage in your personal spiritual practices, except where your practices interfere with the freewill or wellbeing of another. Examples of prohibited spiritual practices include: casting spells that harm another, sacrificing animals for ritualistic purposes, harming another, etc. If you are unclear whether a practice is allowed, please reach out and we will get back to you.

2. Please communicate your thoughts, feelings, needs, boundaries, and challenges as they arise, within reason. We recognize that people may sense emotional or energetic shifts in others. These perceptions should be held with humility and never treated as more authoritative than a person’s own account of their experience.

3. Please complete your assigned chores, duties, and tasks, for the maintenance and upkeep of our community. You may confirm your duties by checking the chore board. Chores will be assigned according to your emotional and physical abilities.

4. Please attend the monthly Financial meeting. Meetings are held on or around the 5th of each month.

5. Please set clear boundaries, and honor the boundaries of others.
   * A boundary is NOT a preference. 
   Boundary: Your clearly communicated response to an action that interferes with your emotional/spiritual/psychological/or physical safety.
   Preference: A statement of what you like, relative to something else.  

6. Please tell us who you are, your sensitivities, your hopes, your fears, your dreams! Please help us create a community of self-aware beings who deeply understand one another. 

7. Please do your best to self-regulate during times of conflict.
   Successful conflict management means
   (1) Emotionally regulating yourself, grounding & centering. asking for help if with emotional regulation, if you are struggling
   (2) Clearly communicating how the situation has impacted you
   (3) Stating whether a boundary/rule has been broken
   (4) Hearing & Understanding the other party and working together to communicate until a resolution has been reached
   *A council or mediator is available to assist with conflict resolution.  

8. Please bring a warm, welcoming, and friendly energy to common areas. As energy sensitive beings, we feel those around us. If you are highly dysregulated, and experiencing intense negative emotions, please minimize your presence in common areas and call on Aina or another member you trust for support.

9. Please show love & respect to all members of our community.
   Please join us in building a family-like tribe. Please do not discriminate on the basis of any form of supremacy.

10. Please stay connected & engaged in our community. Please actively participate in monthly meetings. For your safety, intermittent health and wellbeing check-ins will be performed. If you are in need of an extended sabbatical - a time of quietude to recharge your energy - please arrange such with Aina or Lyz. 

Hi! If you have made it this far it was fated and We should connect…

Please send me and email at aina@thelghtwrkr.com with the following questions answered:

How did you find me?

Tell me where you are in your journey to freedom.

What would you like from me/aina-ra?

Are you a healer?

Are you willing to come to an Open House weekend in Lakehead, California?

Do you know that you are magical?