Starseed Healing Sanctuary, 672 Chapel Road, Savoy, MA (2025)

04/27/2025

Come grow with us! We are seeking summer/fall caretaker partners.

Would you enjoy living and working in an earth-based healing sanctuary this coming summer and fall?

We are seeking 2 people to live and work at Starseed Healing Sanctuary, partnering with us in sanctuary stewardship for the 2025 growing season.

For 39 years, Starseed has been an interfaith healing sanctuary, informal retreat center and developing intentional community located on 150 acres in the rural northern Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. We are looking for the next generations of leadership to carry Starseed forward and during this transition we are seeking 2 people (this could be ideal for a couple or two friends who would enjoy living and working together) to be a central part of our caretaker and stewardship team for the 2025 growing season. We are ideally looking for a minimum commitment of mid-May to mid-October, but this could become a long-term arrangement if you are interested in becoming a partner at Starseed and living here year-round.

A lot goes into stewarding a center dedicated to personal and planetary transformation. For the 2025 Growing Season, we are in particular seeking 2 people to play a central role in the following:

Groundskeeping: mowing (involves operation of a riding mower, push mower, brush mower and w**d wacker), raking, and pruning (use of clippers and ideally a chainsaw)
Gardening: preparing the soil, planting, w**ding, watering and harvesting in a vegetable garden and a hoop house; w**ding and maintenance of perennial and annual flower and herb gardens
Cleaning: cleaning retreat spaces in between guests
Carpentry and fix-it work: skills in this area are a huge bonus!
Volunteer supervision: organize volunteers for work projects during community work days
Event support: assisting with physical logistics and hosting of Starseed events as well as registration
Computer work: newsletter communications with the Starseed mailing list and other light office work

Lodging is provided in the retreat house. A stipend may be possible based on need, as well as opportunities for income sharing of revenue generation.

Starseed is in a rural location, so it is ideal if people have their own transportation, but if not, ride sharing can be arranged for supply runs. The retreat house kitchen is a vegetarian kitchen.

Please contact starseedhealingsanctuary@gmail.com if you are interested and would like to discuss this more! We look forward to hearing from you.

11/18/2024

Would you enjoy living and working at an earth-based healing sanctuary in rural western Massachusetts this winter, or do you know someone who may be interested in that with whom you could share this message?

Satyena Ananda, founder and director of Starseed Healing Sanctuary http://www.starseedsanctuary.org is looking for a live-in winter steward and part-time companion/assistant from December-April.

Starseed is an interfaith healing sanctuary, holistic retreat center, and developing intentional community located in the northern Berkshires of western Massachusetts on 150 acres of fields, forests and wetlands.

The land is host to numerous stone arrangements that support prayer and contemplation such as a peace labyrinth and medicine wheel circle. There are many beautiful places to walk on the Starseed land and in the nearby Savoy State Forest.

Winter caretaking duties include: taking care of the Retreat House by maintaining a tidy and clean building, tending the wood stove, carrying wood to stock each building and removing snow and ice from the driveways and paths as needed (requires use of snow blower and a shovel).

Companion/assistant duties include: occasional preparation of vegetarian meals, house cleaning, computer help and transportation for Satyena. Satyena enjoys sharing meals, meditating and going for walks with people who are living at Starseed, and if there is an interest, can offer some spiritual direction.

If you are drawn to a quiet and rural lifestyle, this steward/companion position at Starseed may be a wonderful fit, giving you time for pursuing your personal interests and creative activities. It is ideal if you have your own reliable vehicle that can function well on hilly, snowy and sometimes icy roads as Starseed is a 25 minute drive from the closest grocery stores, but it can be possible to coordinate supply runs with Satyena in her vehicle if needed.

A time commitment of 15-20 hours per week is requested. Compensation is a private room in the Retreat House with access to the kitchen and Starseed amenities as well as a $360 monthly stipend. Additional income is possible if needed hours exceed 20 per week.

If interested, please email Satyena at starseed@bcn.net or call 413-743-0417.

04/13/2024

Opportunity to volunteer at Starseed this coming Tuesday (and maybe Wednesday). Help needed to rebuild stone wall adjacent to the foundation on Satyena's house. Stay overnight if you wish, or come however long you can. Accommodation and meals provided, with optional periods for meditation and prayer. Call me at 206-495-1669 if interested. I'm helping Satyena with this project.

Gratefully,
Jeremy

02/02/2024

Dear friends of Starseed,

This weekend and the following (Feb 9-11), Starseed will be collaborating with The Flow of Abundance Vision (www.flowofabundance.org) to host the first Awakening In Resonance retreats.

In these retreats, we distill the process of awakening by tuning into our heart's resonance- that sense that “this is right” arising whenever an unresolved, unconscious experience is reconciled through loving acceptance of the moment.

Over the course of the weekend, we learn to integrate resonance into all ways of being, in all moments, at all levels of our experience: in the space before and beyond experience, in ourselves, with each other, our community, the world, and all that is.

In doing so we uncover our unique path of awakening and new frontiers of psychological-spiritual fulfillment.

Retreats are shared by an expanding group of friends who’ve dedicated their lives to living continuously in resonance. Here, everyone’s wisdom is embraced and authentic connection is the guiding compass. These retreats are offered in the spirit of generosity. This includes food and lodging. Private bedrooms are available for those who need them.

If it resonates to join (no pun intended!) please apply here: https://www.flowofabundance.org/immersionsapplicationform

Anyone is welcome to donate to support Starseed and the continuation of this work through this link: https://givebutter.com/fundofabundance

For more info about the retreats please visit: https://www.flowofabundance.org/awakeningexperiences

We look forward to connecting with you soon,

With an abundance of love,

Friends at Starseed

Address

672 Chapel Road
Savoy, MA
01256

Telephone

+14137430417

Website

http://www.starseedsanctuary.org/

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