June 8, 2026 pilot — applications now open
A six-month invitation to co-create place, rhythm, infrastructure, and facilitation at PurposeFlow Living in Alentejo, Portugal — beginning with the summer build and unfolding into the September cohort for those called to stay.
The strongest programs are not only taught well. They are built, tested, refined, and held by the people willing to steward them from the beginning.
Two roles we are calling in
This page speaks to two different energies. One is practical and infrastructure-facing. The other is facilitation-facing and program-facing. Both matter, and the clearer the distinction is, the better the fit will be for everyone involved.
For grounded doers who want to help build the physical systems of the place during the summer months through land work, maintenance, kitchen support, and practical stewardship. This role can conclude after the summer build phase, or continue forward if the fit is strong.
Apply as an Infrastructure BuilderFor experienced or emerging space holders who want to help shape the pilot itself, contribute to curriculum and culture, strengthen their facilitation practice, and ideally remain through the September cohort to help hold the program alongside us.
Apply as a Facilitator StewardHousing and food are part of the exchange, paid facilitation opportunities exist, and the final support structures will be shaped in conversation with each role.
The journey
The invitation is not vague. It has a beginning, a developmental arc, and a reason for each phase. The people who join should understand both the support and the responsibility.
June 8
The pilot begins on June 8, 2026 with arrival, shared orientation, role clarity, and entry into the working rhythm of PurposeFlow Living.
Summer
The summer months focus on infrastructure, land systems, culture-building, and creating the practical conditions that will allow the program to stand well.
Pilot phase
As the place takes form, the program does too. This phase is about refining rhythm, curriculum, facilitation, and what this journey is actually asking to become.
September onward
Those in the facilitation pathway, and some builders who wish to stay, can continue into the September Anchor Stewardship cohort and help hold the program in live practice.
What people can expect here
This pilot is meant to support both the place and the people who help shape it. That means learning through contribution, real collaboration, and enough structure that the experience feels trustworthy rather than chaotic.
We know that the right people are often allergic to vagueness. Roles, rhythms, and responsibilities should feel explicit enough that trust can grow.
Whether you are building infrastructure or helping hold groups, this is a place where learning happens through real participation rather than abstraction alone.
For the right people, this may become more than a season. We are building not only a pilot, but a living ecosystem of future stewards, collaborators, and facilitators.
Support and practical details
Some details are already clear, and some should stay open until they can be shaped in a way that actually matches the role. We would rather be transparent about that than oversimplify it.
Application form
Use this form to express interest in the pilot, name the role that fits you best, and share what kind of contribution you feel ready to bring.
Frequently asked questions
This section is here to reduce uncertainty and make the invitation feel clear enough to trust. The right people often need honesty more than hype.
This pilot is for people who do not only want to join a finished program, but feel called to help build the conditions that make one possible. Some will arrive as practical builders who want to learn through contribution and visible work. Others will arrive as facilitators, retreat hosts, workshop leaders, or emerging space holders who want a real place, a real container, and a real team in which to grow their craft. In both cases, what matters most is not performance, but alignment. We are looking for people who are self-responsible, collaborative, and genuinely willing to contribute to something larger than themselves.
Infrastructure Builders are primarily here to help make the place function well during the summer build phase. Their contribution is practical, physical, and immediate: land work, systems support, maintenance, kitchen support, and the many tasks that allow a place to become capable of holding a program. Facilitator Stewards are here to help shape and hold the pilot itself. Their contribution includes facilitation, culture-building, curriculum input, group process, mentoring, and, ideally, continued involvement through the September cohort. The roles are different, but both are essential to the integrity of what is being built.
Not necessarily. We are especially open to Infrastructure Builders joining for the summer phase without needing to remain for the September cohort. For Facilitator Stewards, however, the deeper invitation is to stay through the full arc so that the people helping shape the program are also present to help hold it in live practice. If your timing is not exact, you should still apply. The conversation can clarify what is realistic and aligned.
Yes. We expect paid opportunities for people taking on genuine facilitation responsibility. The exact structure will depend on role, contribution, and the phase of the pilot, so some of that detail is intentionally left open for direct conversation rather than forced into a single model too early.
Housing and food are part of the exchange, because this is a residential and community-based experience. Beyond that, there will be different contribution and support pathways depending on whether you are joining as a builder, a facilitator, or someone moving between both. Those structures are still being refined, and we prefer to be honest about that. The intention is not vagueness, but to create a framework that matches the reality of each role well.
Structured enough to feel trustworthy, but alive enough to evolve. One of the clearest needs named by the people this page is speaking to is clarity: clear leadership, clear expectations, clear roles, and a container that does not collapse into chaos. That matters to us too. This pilot is not improvised free labor. It is a co-creative build with intention, rhythm, and responsibility.
For the right people, yes. Especially within the Facilitator Steward role, we want to create space for people to contribute their own modalities, practices, and workshop leadership where it genuinely strengthens the whole. What we are building is not a place where your work is diluted, but a place where it can become more rooted, relational, and integrated.
No, not necessarily. Some people will arrive with clear facilitation experience, while others will come because they feel the potential but have not yet had the place, mentorship, or container in which to grow it. The pilot is partly designed to support that development. What matters is maturity, commitment, and a real willingness to learn.
For some people, this pilot may become the beginning of a deeper relationship with PurposeFlow Living. Those who are aligned, committed, and genuinely valuable to the unfolding of the work may have the opportunity to continue on, support future cohorts, or become part of the wider anchor stewardship network over time.