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How Intentional Society began

In early 2021, a small group began weekly online calls exploring the intersection of relational practices with adult development psychology, seeking to marry theory with practice and understand how we can grow big enough to handle anything life throws at us.

Five+ years and hundreds of gatherings later, we now make up a network of relationships and an ecosystem of affiliated spaces, integrating developmental (perspective-taking) expansion to more parts of our lives as we "be the change" and embody "the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible".

What it means

Intentional Society isn't one place or one thing you do. It's a stance, a way of being — with your evolving self, with others, and with the world around you. We offer spaces for increasing capacity: small group practice spaces, training spaces, a congregational space, and a livelihood-workshopping space, loosely linked by a networked relational web which connects and celebrates a multiplicity of journeys. The chaotic complexity of this world is calling each of us to source and lead as best we can, and so we choose to grow our capacity for wise and loving responsiveness.

There is often a sense of ‘relaxation towards experimentation.’ It is OK to express myself freely… a ‘familiar frame’ that does create a sense of intimacy and openness.

This space reminds me that there are other people living unconventional lives… it reminds me to not give up on aspiring to live fully.