• Send us an email telling us a little about yourself and include the information listed below.
• Look over the Wind Spirit website to see if you are a liked minded soul.
• How we can contact you, email, address or  phone number
• Your interests and skills
• Have you lived or spent time in community environments, (communities, shared housing etc)
• Any questions you have about our community
• Are you looking for a place to relax as opposed to working (see costs below)
• Proposed dates of how long you would like to stay (see more details below)
• Are you visiting communities with the intention of moving to one full time.
• Would you like to rent a dwelling.. Would you like a camping space.

 

If you are not fairly certain you are going to come here

please be considerate of our time with excessive communication.

Fees

• Daily or weekly visitors - contribution $10. to $25 per day sliding scale. We ask a $50.deposit upon arrival for weekly visitors.
• Monthly visitors -The base fee in the Winter months December thru May is $200.00 per month. June thru November is $150. per month, a one month deposit is required also. This is paid upon arrival and due at the beginning of each month. Community dues include (limited) satellite internet access, fruit and vegetables from the land as well as community foods (you will still need to purchase some of your own food), use of community facilities. If you are a seasonal or longer visitor and help with retreat work you can sit in on most workshops/retreats free or for a small donation.
• If you are looking for just a relaxing retreat and little or no work this can be arranged starting at $500. per month. You are still responsible for cleaning up after yourself in the kitchen, baths and toilets.  Contact us for more details.
• Dwelling availability -call or email - (small domes, RV's and converted buses).
• There is a charge for heat in the winter, (summer the heat is free), personal refrigerators if used and evaporative coolers other times of the year. If you use a woodstove there is no charge other than you must do your share of wood harvesting.

Work Exchange  At this time work exchange is limited to 2 positions in any season. Work-trade positions are filled at this time (July) We will from time to time increase this as projects develop.

• Work exchange is a minimum of 30 hours a week.
• Work exchange is for people low on funds and 25 or under , please do not apply if you can afford to pay monthly community dues.
• You cannot come here with no money even if you are on a work exchange. (period)

• If you are not a motivated worker do not apply for work exchange. If you have to be reminded several times to keep up your work exchange hours/agreement the work exchange program will be given to someone else.
• No work exchange shorter than a 1 month period unless there are special projects listed on this website.
• We are willing to do a partial work trade fee arrangement for shorter periods.
• Any work exchange can be terminated with 1 weeks notice if you do not follow our work exchange guidelines.
• If you are skilled in building, electrical or plumbing let us know and we can tailor an exchange.

Good reasons to come here.

• You want to live in a community
• You are truly interested and want experience living in a community setting
• You realize there must be a fundamental change in the way people live (this is one option)
• You want to learn basic skills such as gardening, building, electrical, plumbing, solar ........
• You want to empower/help people working toward a positive future

Good reasons not to come here.

• You are looking for a place to kill some time and don't really care about community.
• You generally cannot get along with people, you are judgmental, intolerant and anger easily.
• You need lots of attention focused on yourself, you are generally a needy person.
• You must have things your way and do not have the ability to let go of your opinion/idea for the good of the group.
• You are a substance abuser of any kind.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR VISITING

• Visitors need to have permission from a community member to visit Wind Spirit.  This can involve having contact with us through e-mail, a letter, or a phone call before coming to visit.  Drop in visitors with no notice may not be welcome. 
• If a visitor is staying for less than a week they do not need to go through the whole approval process.
• We have a varied amount of community work projects, other days work is done individually or in small groups.   Wind Spirit is not a commercial organic farm and we do not want our community to act as a work camp, but we also have many tasks that need doing. 
• Anyone who stays at the community and uses community spaces such as the kitchen, bathhouse, sauna or pool must be willing to take a turn in cleaning these spaces, this is not optional.  We ask that everyone take one day a week in cleaning tasks.  Basic cleaning and doing dishes after using the community kitchen is a must! Overall we try to make the work fun and often work together.  We hope that work projects can help individuals learn new skills and our usually guided under a project manager.
• At least 15 hours of Community service per week is asked of visitors.  These hours can be part of work parties or individuals projects. 
• Visitors need to get permission from the community council to invite other visitors or their own personal guests.
• Visitors may not use Wind Spirit Community's address as a permanent mailing address, registering their vehicle, etc. without community approval. Of course you can receive mail here.
• Some come here with expectations that our community buildings/infrastructure are just like what they have seen in $250k a unit co-housing communities , you will be disappointed if that is your expectation.
• We have good relations with our neighbors and ask that visitors not get involved in any conflict with them.  If there becomes a problem please let the community know immediately.
• Upon arrival you will meet with a designated person to:  (Please follow these instructions upon arrival.)
  • Sign in
  • Pay your visitor fee and deposit.
  • Be shown tent spaces or rentals.
  • Be given a tour.
  • Be given a Visitor Manual which you agree to read completely the first week and sign a statement that you agree to live by the community guidelines while here. We encourage everyone to also integrate The Co-Creators Agreements while here.

Addictions and Psychological Problems !
We expresses compassion for individuals who have psychological problems. We can only take visitors and community members who are emotionally coherent, reachable, honest about healing themselves and what issues they need to resolve, and those who can participate within the community in a healthy way. If you have addictions and are still using, you cannot come here.

Dealing with Habitual Guideline Offenders
Theft, violence and ongoing anger will not be tolerated! Dealing with habitual guideline offenders is on a case-by-case basis. Periods of probation may be imposed. Repeated cases of defiant disrespect of the bylaws and or general codes, visitors will be expelled from the community immediately.

Community Consumption Guidelines
a) We are primarily a vegetarian community! Other diets can be accommodated but there is no cooking of fish, beef or fowl in the community kitchen. We have an outdoor barbecue for those who desire to eat these occasionally.
b) Tobacco smoking is permitted at the community. No smoking in any community building/rental or while walking the paths. Please be considerate of others.
c) Alcohol use is permitted, excessive use is not acceptable. If you have a problem with addiction and are not using then please let community members know and we can support you in abstaining. Those still using cannot come here.

Pets and Animals
a) We are not overly enthused to have lots of dogs here, they usually wreck havoc with the local wildlife. Dogs that continually bark are not welcome!  Dogs who are aggressive toward other dogs must be restrained. We have a lot of wildlife here and do not want dogs that will continually chase after, rabbits, deer, skunks, etc or cats. Well behaved (trained) dogs are welcome.

Internet

We use WildBlue satellite service for our internet access. All satellite companies have a FAP (Fair Access Policy). This limits the amount of bandwidth we can use every month, so streaming audio or video, downloading lots of music, watching YouTube and other high bandwidth sites is very limited. If you like to surf the internet for hours everyday that will not work here!

Items you should bring with you

1. Your own bedding if you can, some is available, toiletry items and towels for showers, sauna/pool and hot springs.
2. Summer and winter clothing. Be prepared for hot and cold weather.
3. A good sleeping bag and bed pad.
4. An extra blanket for warmer nights.
5. Light rain gear, not a big issue in the desert.
6. A water bottle or two.
7. A good attitude.
8. A good solid flashlight with extra batteries, we prefer rechargeable batteries
9. Solid shoes and sandals!
10.A sun hat or sun glasses if needed.
11.We have laundry facilities on the land, see bio list.
12. Biocompatible shampoo and soap - Dr. Bonners soap and Aubrey's shampoo are the best.
13. You will need to some of your own food, our food supplies varies & are not guaranteed.
14. RV, truck and car camping also.

If you have more questions about the community or any thing else then please feel free to call or send us an e-mail and we will try to get back with you as soon as possible.