About this phase
Our first residency took place at Gaiaville in Åsum, five minutes from the center of Odense.
Over the course of three months, eleven to twenty residents lived together, practicing tools, running experiments, and documenting what emerged.
The Regenera team collaborated with the owners of Gaiaville to seed a longer term community on site and interfaced with the Danish Ecovillage Network (LØS) and other groups to bring transformational work to local communities.
- Location
- Åsum, Denmark
- Venue
- Gaiaville
- Duration
- 3 months
- Residents
- 11–20
Three pillars
Research is our orientation
Through these three pillars, we explore how to create a regenerative culture on a personal, interpersonal, and systemic level.
- 01
Radical Relating
Meeting in the present, sharing honestly, and tending the relational field. We bring tools for emotional hygiene, transparent communication, and the dynamics that let groups actually thrive.
- 02
Community Finance
Experiments in resource pooling, non-material value, and healing our conditioning around money and ownership, as an alternative to defensive, individualistic models.
- 03
Bridge Building
Cross-pollinating transformational methods, building relationships across projects, and sharing what we learn in clear, accessible language.
Daily life
Co-created cadences to weave our field
Each month begins with a three-day intensive to set context, build common language, and seed the group field. Outside the intensive, daily life is shaped together.
Everyday rhythm
A morning moment at Gaiaville — silhouettes around a shared table, steam from coffee or tea, soft window light. Or an evening fire scene with residents in close conversation.
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- Morning movement & contemplative practice
- At least one shared, co-created daily meal
- Group sessions five times per week
- Weekly documenting & sharing time
- Daily blocks for remote/computer work
- Weekly solo recharge time
- External community engagement days
- Weekly adventure days exploring the surrounding area
Field notes
Dispatches from Phase I
The essays and field notes published over the course of Phase I on Substack, in the order they emerged — from arrival to closing.
- 01 ↗
We have arrived
Mar 23, 2026
- 02 ↗
Announcing… Regenera
Mar 24, 2026
- 03 ↗
The Map is not the Territory
Apr 6, 2026
- 04 ↗
Connecting to Purpose Inside a Living Experiment
Apr 6, 2026
- 05 ↗
Containers of Healing
Apr 7, 2026
- 06 ↗
Research as Orientation
Apr 8, 2026
- 07 ↗
What It Takes to Truly Decide Together
Apr 13, 2026
- 08 ↗
What Holds Us
May 8, 2026
- 09 ↗
Overlapping Maps
May 11, 2026
- 10 ↗
Consciousness As Ordinary Life
May 13, 2026
- 11 ↗
Freedom Means Choice
May 25, 2026
- 12 ↗
Healing Patriarchy in Community
May 29, 2026