Become a Pillar
Join our volunteer
residency program
This retreat center is being brought to life through the practical contribution of people who want to help build something meaningful from the ground up.
We are opening a limited number of residency places for people who wish to live on-site, contribute their skills, and participate in the daily rhythm of the project during this important launch phase. This is an opportunity to be part of a living sanctuary as it takes form – through practical work, shared responsibility, beauty, care, and community.
We are looking for residents who are grounded, reliable, generous in spirit, and ready to contribute meaningfully. The right people will understand that this is both a place of service and a place of transformation: a chance to support the creation of a retreat center while also living close to nature, community, spiritual life, and daily practice.
This is an opportunity to take part in the early development of a retreat center and sanctuary in the mountain landscape of the Alpujarras in southern Spain.
What You Receive
As part of the residency, you receive the opportunity to live within a meaningful vision while supporting its creation.
This may include:
- Being part of a project intended to positively impact many people’s lives
- Contributing your time and skills in alignment with a high purpose
- Living in community with like-minded souls
- A room with a private bathroom
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Light Dinner
- Filtered Water
- Laundry facilities
- Pool Access
- Internet in Community Zones
- Opportunities for outings to the extraordinary natural places around us, including hot springs, Mediterranean beaches, caves, mountain hikes, lakes, mountain towns, and waterfalls
This is more than accommodation. It is an invitation into a way of life rooted in practice, service, beauty, nature, and shared purpose.
Our Ethos
We take care of one another, and we are united by the shared mission.
The inner life is a daily practice. The love field is a living reality we tend together. We value completion as much as inspiration. We lead with the heart, and we honor the practical work required to make beauty real.
We are looking for people who understand that a sanctuary is created through both devotion and responsibility, through meditation and mopping floors, through vision and follow-through, through vision and follow-through, through inspiration and completion.
This Is a Call to Those Who:
- Value reflective practice, healthy living, and thoughtful shared life
- Have the time, energy, and reliability to contribute meaningfully
- Approach shared work with care and a spirit of service
- Value clear communication, good judgment, humility, and follow-through
- Bring practical skills, creative initiative, or a readiness to learn
- Are comfortable with contemplative life alongside practical work
- Want to help prepare a retreat center, temple, and sanctuary for opening
This is a focused service residency for people who want to contribute to the early foundation of a retreat center that is still taking shape.
A Residency Path That Fits Your Stay
People arrive at HūRosa with different needs, capacities, and intentions.
Some are looking for a focused way to contribute to the practical development of the retreat center.
Some are carrying online work, a creative project, or a professional path that would benefit from a peaceful and well-supported base.
Others are seeking time away for rest, reflection, and renewed direction, with meals, nature, and a caring environment already in place.
For this reason, we have created four residency paths.
Each offers a different balance of contribution, independence, accommodation, meals, and participation in the shared rhythm of the center.
Whether you are joining as a resident contributor, coming for a supported period of focused work, or choosing a private retreat stay, HūRosa offers a beautiful setting in which to live more simply, restore your attention, and take meaningful steps in the direction that matters to you.
Explore the paths below to see which arrangement best suits your time, needs, and hopes for your stay.
Four Types Of Residencies
There are four ways to come live on site.
Choose the one that best fits with your availability and budget.
🌾 Devotional
Steward
Dedicated Service – 30 hrs/week Monday – Friday
For people who feel genuinely called to help shape the life, culture, and future of the center. You will take part in the daily work that moves the project forward, contribute your skills where they are most needed, and grow into a meaningful place within the team as the sanctuary develops. Living costs are covered through a private or shared room, private bathroom, and all meals, with daily Morning Practice included. Residents in this role will be considered first for future paid positions when the center opens.
0 € /week
✔️ All Meals ✔️ Private or Shared Room + Bath
🌾 Hybrid Steward
Part-Time Sacred Service – 20 hours/week, Monday–Friday
For those who feel connected to the mission and want to contribute, while maintaining independence and space for their own work, study, or life. You will be part of the wider team, support the day-to-day development of the sanctuary, and bring your skills where they are most useful. Includes full team participation, daily Morning Practice, a shared room with private bathroom, and a stocked kitchen for self-catering. Good for couples.
0 € /week
✔️ Self-catering ✔️Shared Room + Bath
Steward Rooms
All rooms have a private bathroom with shower, and rooms are single and double occupancy.
Sample Steward Schedule
| 6:30 – 8 am | Meditation / Chanting / Movement |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am | Daily Team Check-In & Coordination |
| 10:00 am – 12:30 pm | Work Time Shift |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 3:00 – 5:00 pm | Private Work / Pool / Siesta |
| 5:00 – 8:00 pm | Work Time Shift |
| 8:00 – 9:00 pm | Dinner |
This is a sample weekday rhythm for Devotional Stewards. The two practical work shifts total 5.5 hours per day; the daily 9:30 am Daily Team Check-In & Coordination Meeting is also part of the shared residency contribution. Together, these bring the weekly commitment to approximately 30 hours, Monday through Friday.
🌿 Digital
Nomads
Service Alongside Independent Work – 8 hours/week
For those whose energy is devoted to an online job, creative practice, or professional path, this residency offers a peaceful and beautiful place to regain rhythm, deepen in your being, and move forward with meaningful personal goals. You maintain the majority of your time for your own work, while offering one or two hours of weekday service in support of the evolving vision of the center. Your contribution becomes part of the shared work of bringing this place into fuller expression. Living needs are cared for in a magical natural setting, including a private room and bathroom, all meals, daily Morning Practice, and Sunday Adventure Day. It is an opportunity to participate in the life and development of the center while continuing to build the work that is yours to bring into the world. Includes a private room with bathroom, three meals daily, Morning Practice, and transportation for Sunday Adventure Day.
799 €
/week
✔️ Full service ✔️ Private Room + Bath
✔️ All Meals included
✔️ Planned group outings (when available)
🕊 Private Retreat
Private Retreat Stay with Light Service ~ 2 hours/week
For those seeking a private retreat space to focus on their own work, creative practice, restoration, or professional path. Whether you are a digital nomad advancing an important project, an artist seeking uninterrupted creative time, or simply someone needing space to come back into yourself, HūRosa offers a peaceful, beautiful place to land.
Your days are largely your own: quiet space to work, nourishing meals prepared for you, a premium private room and bathroom, and the ease of being held within a caring international community. You are welcome to join Morning Practice, shared meals, and selected activities or group outings when they are scheduled and available during your stay. Arranged massages may also be available by separate booking.
A light weekly service offering of around two hours creates a simple point of connection with the center and its unfolding vision—leaving space for any deeper collaboration to arise naturally.
Includes a premium private room with bathroom, three meals daily, access to Morning Practice, and transport for included group outings when scheduled.
999 €
/week
✔️ Full service ✔️ Private Room + Bath
✔️ All Meals included
✔️ Planned group outings (when available)
Digital Nomad Rooms
All rooms have a private bathroom with shower, and rooms are single and double occupancy.
Example of a Planned Group Outing
| 6:30 am – 7:30 am | Meditation / Chanting / Movement |
| 8:00 am | Field trip to Beach, Packed Breakfast |
| 2:00 pm | Optional lunch in seaside town |
| 4:00 pm | Head back home |
| 5:00 – 8:00 pm | Free time |
| 8:00 – 9:00 pm | Dinner |
| 9:30 pm | Live Music in the Olive Grove |
Group outings vary with the season, weather, team capacity, and the interests of current residents. This is an example of how a beach outing may unfold when one is scheduled.
Example of a Weekend Relax Schedule
| 6:30 am – 8:00 am | Meditation / Chanting / Movement |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | Resident Retreat with special guest |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Lunch |
| 3:00 – 8:00 pm | Free time |
| 8:00 – 9:00 pm | Dinner |
| 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm | Relaxing Sound Bath |
Weekends are generally more spacious and may include free time, shared meals, informal music, rest, or occasional resident activities, depending on the week and the people in residence.
Needed Skills
Immediate practical needs
Painting, sanding, cleaning, gardening, cooking, room preparation, repairs, carpentry, organization, photography/video, and social media.
Specialist contributions
Landscape design, permaculture, systems, marketing, administration, hospitality design, event planning, technology, and business planning.
Facilitation and wellbeing offerings
Experienced movement, meditation, music, and wellbeing practitioners may be considered through a separate conversation based on qualifications, experience, safeguarding, and the needs of the program.
I’m Interested in Coming To Live on Site!
Please fill out the following registration form and we will be in touch.
⚘ Join a Team Call ⚘
HūRosa is also gathering a wider circle of people who wish to support the project from elsewhere. These calls are for people who may have useful experience, ideas, professional skills, research capacity, or practical support to offer remotely. Participation is voluntary, and each call will have a clear purpose, topic, and next steps.