I have taken some time out to find alternatives to hosting workshops & retreats around the world and directly encouraging others to fly. I have also been thinking a lot about how these kinds of yoga, wellbeing, spiritual, sustainable living retreats are very white middle class, and it takes a lot of privilege to be able to go on them. So after ruminating this, I came up for the idea of this online community which is much more accessible. I will try and bring the same level intimacy I do to a retreat but in this way where it integrates more naturally into daily life, and it’s a much smaller financial investment. I am really excited to be creating a space that is not about striving for perfection, manifesting our dream lives or any of the other rubbish the new age tells us. But instead really speaks to the cycles of growth and offers community and insights for how to hold ourselves through them – especially at this potent time in the world story. I have been exploring these teachings and practices for over 15 years and I want to share what I have discovered in a way that is more personal, deep and intentional than I feel is possible on open social media channels. I also love that it’s open to people who live in more rural areas and might not have people around to talk about this kind of thing with, and also parents who can’t get away for workshops but need support – the elderly, introverts and those who find the “white spaces” that this work is offered to uncomfortable – basically this is for anyone who can get online wherever in the world you are (if you understand the English language).

Throughout our time together we will explore the themes most relevant to the alchemical relationship of our inner and outer worlds – the place where who we are and the future we are creating meet. We go beyond silos and mix it up into themes that are the most useful for you. Themes we intend to explore together include Creativity, Death, Community, Unlearning, Sacred Activism, Living with Cycles, Nature, Service, Eco-anxiety, Flow and Embodiment.

If you find it challenging to stay on the path of connection, and you want structure and guidance to keep you grounded and connected to yourself, and if you find that you sometimes feel quite alone in your journey on the path of conscious living – this will offer a support system, a navigation system and a beautiful community to keep you inspired and showing up for yourself and the times we live in. My main belief which is at the centre of this is that nobody knows what you need better than YOU, and so I am sharing great tools and resources with you in the spirit of giving you choices, but with you being the one who feels what works for you when.

Once you join, you can simply log in and can access everything. Our online portal is very easy to navigate and you have access to the current month as well as all previous months. All you need is a computer, tablet or smartphone. I send an email every week sharing anything new that’s been added and your contemplation question – as well as to encourage and support you. As well as this you will be part of a group where you can connect to other members as we all navigate, support and share with each other. And you don’t need to be on facebook to access the community! You get to choose how much time you give to this. Everything is optional and given as a suggestion for you to try and see if it works for you. You are your biggest teacher, healer and guide – and so all this is offered as support. You can dive in deeply with a few hours a week as it’s designed to be simple to integrate into your daily life (that’s where all the real shifts happen!) You have access to all of it for as long as you are a member so you can keep referring back to whatever themes are the most useful for you at any particular time.

Yes! I start from the beginning. I like to keep it both simple and deep so that you can dive in easily and meaningfully. We start with the basics including how to set up a daily practice and how to meditate. With the structure, support and community here you will have what you need. There is so much out there – books, workshops, podcasts, teachers, traditions, schools of thought – so the idea of this is to make it easier to navigate and find the more useful information.

Yes. We all need reminders, and so this might not all be new information to you, but likely it will be what you need to hear when you need to hear it. I am sharing a mixture of what I have learnt through my obsession and dedicated study into personal growth, innovation, sustainable and spiritual lifestyles and so I offer the best and most relevant tools I come across. I am constantly learning new things as the world changes which can support us – from practices, to supplements to new technologies and I share all this with you. And then of course you have the community too which is always helpful!

Presence Mentoring is one to one support over six months, on the mentoring programme we do regular one to one sessions, using intuitive therapy to work directly with patterns as well as creating rituals together which you commit to throughout the programme. It also gives you access to ask anything throughout the mentoring programme as and when you need support. If you are doing Presence Mentoring, you have access to Presence Collective as part of it. It also works well to keep the flow going after the mentoring programme, or as an introduction into it. However there is so much value and community with Presence Collective, it is designed to offer support on a stand alone basis and you can always do one to one sessions with me alongside if you ever want to.

I wanted to offer this as something very accessible. In fact I don’t want anyone to be priced out of taking part. I am inspired by newer models of gift economy which are all part of us creating a beautiful future. I don’t have the tech set up to offer this on a donation basis, and so I am starting it on three different tiers, where you can choose the one that works best for you. I feel like this will strike the balance between allowing this project to support me (and production costs of The Future Is Beautiful podcast) and also make it possible for anyone who wants to join. I had been advised not to do a collective membership site but instead to create an expensive high value course – and I felt like I didn’t want to fall into that bullshit way of doing things! And so here is something that I know is of high value, that I am putting my heart into (as well as all the teachings I have been learning over the years) and offering it this way. As a guideline you can chose your tier based on income – of course take into account cost of living where you are and any dependents you have. But it goes something like this, if you earn less than £25k per year choose the lowest tier, £25-40K the middle and above £40K the highest. If you earn above £100K, please also make a donation to The Future Is Beautiful podcast. And if you lowest tier is currently too much of a stretch for you, then email me and we can figure it out! I believe that being open, transparent and generous with this will mean that we all get what we need to be nourished and supported.

As you may know, I love transparency. I am very disillusioned with modern marketing tactics for the wellbeing world (and well in general in our capitalist system). I actually did a course about how to run successful online courses and realised I didn't feel comfortable manipulating you in all the ways they were teaching. So here is the thing, I am not trying to make it better value if you join sooner, or if you pay a higher price. I want you to join because you are inspired and pay the tier you can. I am making it high value because I want you to have this information and support - not based on a sense of the 'market' or what I feel it is worth in monetary terms. The world needs us to come alive in the ways this course guides us. Apparently you need a sense of urgency to actually sign up - and so it's this simple. As we do live in a capitalist world, I need a certain amount of people to join to make this happen and provide the costs to run this project - I am hoping you sign up immediately. In terms of numbers, it's hard to say how many as it depends on which price tier everyone chooses and also how quiet or chatty the people who join are so I can feel when it feels like a strong number but not too much. The limit is 200 but I imagine it will be less than that. I am feeling between 100-150 and when it feels full, I will close enrolment until somebody leaves when a space opens up again.